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Ethan Quinn on Life Inside the ATP Top 100

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Ethan Quinn says that in college, "I got rewarded playing stupid," then had to learn how to play tennis.

1. Cracked Interviews follows up with Ethan Quinn, the world No. 70, on his 2025 breakout season and his third preseason in Boca. 2. Host Alex Gruskin welcomes back Quinn, the 2023 NCAA singles champion and French Open third-rounder, who trains with Franco Herrera and coach Brian. 3. Quinn's central argument is that his jump came from competing better and learning to play tennis, not from hitting the forehand bigger. 4. He says Boca became home because Tommy, Riley Opelka, Elliot Spazieri and others train at Everett, where Herrera, physios and strength coaches are available, and because friends such as Nico Godsick and Ellis Short live nearby. 5. He describes his first preseason, when he asked for "another 30 minutes" in week one and called it "hell" by week three, and says his hips and knees now get less impact running, with 10 sets on the VersaClimber instead. 6. He says he "got rewarded playing stupid" in college, and that Brian taught him to evaluate every decision and stay committed to it so he can fix it on the next ball. 7. After starting with sports psychologist Darren McCain in October 2024, Quinn says he went 24-18 in straight sets and 19-9 in deciding sets, and went 10-3 when he lost the first set and won the third. 8. He calls his 4-hour-40-minute first-ever five-setter at the French Open, with 92 winners and cramping, the match he learned most from, and describes a second match where his team told him to "throw the set" to save energy for the fifth. 9. He explains his ATP-centric schedule through a Canberra final, a Dallas qualifying run worth 75 points, and qualifying into 10 events, and describes losing a four-set practice 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 to Tommy. 10. Fans of tennis, the ATP Tour and player development will find this useful.

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