Tennis Unfiltered

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  The WTA reopens the trans debate, Alcaraz eyes Cincy comeback, and some throwback title winners 21.07.2026 1h 9min

  Are you a member of the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club yet? Tuscers get all sorts benefits, including ad-free listening, an extra podcast every week, access to full grand slam dailies and the chance to participate in our Patreon group chats. Some of those group chats are completely free, so you can create a Patreon account and join in anyway. Just tap here to get started: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered⁠ NB: IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP AS A PAID MEMBER, DO NOT DO IT THROUGH THE PATREON APP. YOU WILL GET CHARGED EXTRA FEES. Head to the website, create your account, pay there and then use the Patreon app to your heart's content. **** This week, James, George and Calvin tackle the trans debate, after the WTA announced a change to their gender eligibility policy. (Read the whole story here: ⁠https://www.benrothenberg.com/p/wta-require-genetic-sex-tests-dna-trans-women-tennis-womens-tennis-document⁠) They also discussed... - Carlos Alcaraz spotted at the World Cup final and on the entry list for the Cincinnati Masters - Joao Fonseca shows off the Brazilian pulling power - Barbora Krejcikova, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev all win titles in a throwback week (but so does Daniel Merida, to claim his maiden ATP title) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 14 in full: Sinner waits out Zverev + Cruz Hewitt makes a mark + Henry and Calvin's night out 13.07.2026 1h 17min

  Welcome to your weekly, full-length free episode of Tennis Unfiltered. It contains more James, George, Calvin and two-time Wimbledon champion Henry than you could ever dream of, all for the low, low price of £0 per month. If that seems like a bargain, wait until you hear about the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. For £6 a month (plus VAT, if you're in the UK - sorry, there is nothing we can do about this!), you get ad-free listening, an extra weekly bonus, full episodes every day during grand slams, access to our Patreon group chats and loads more. Join here, support the podcast, and help get George through his Iron Man: https://www.patreon.com/c/tennisunfiltered/membership **** Well, there you have it. Wimbledon 2026 in the books. Doesn't the player protest over prize money feel an awfully long time ago? Since then, so much has happened. Here's what this last podcast for a few days covers... Cruz Hewitt, son of Lleyton, reaches the boys' final but loses to an American qualifier called Jordan Lee It's a serve-fest in the men's final with one of the lowest average rally lengths in years Alexander Zverev takes the first set and seems to have grown a forehand... ...but Jannik Sinner hangs tough and waits him out, sticking to the gameplan and eventually breaking the German down Zverev is in real danger of becoming likeable, charming the Wimbledon crowd with his acceptance speech Meanwhile, Sinner remains a character with whom the British public struggle to connect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 13: Noskova beats the choke + Henry and Harri win again! 11.07.2026 16min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-163552660 **** Grand slam champions - AGAIN! Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara have done the TUSCers proud at Wimbledon by triumphing in straight sets over Arevalo and Pavic. We've given Calvin Betton the evening off - and he was about four beers deep by the time we sat down to record. Instead, Eleanor Crooks is back to join James and chat about a straightforward (thank goodness...) win for the lads and the women's final. Linda Noskova very nearly goes all Jana Novotna and chokes a stunning lead - but completed an impressive reset after the second set to make sure she secured her first grand slam title Karolina Muchova produces her best line of the tournament by congratulating her "ex-friend" in her post-match speech Henry and Harri win two more tie-breaks to claim their third grand slam title - and Henry takes a well-aimed swipe at the ATP in his own speech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 12: The end of the Fery-tale (for now) 10.07.2026 17min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-163473940 **** George Bellshaw hoped he would be able to nip down after work and watch the final few sets of Sinner-Djokovic - but the one-sided nature of both men's semi-finals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 11: Noskova bags maiden GS final + Gauff blows a huge chance 09.07.2026 15min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-163383368 **** It's always a pleasure to have Eleanor Crooks sub in on the podcast: the Press Association's tennis correspondent is one of the very best tour-mates in tennis and what she doesn't know about tennis probably isn't worth knowing. She was covering the women's semi-finals on Thursday, so who better to have on while James waits for Calvin to gladhand his way round the locker-room after guiding Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara to a third grand slam final. Here is the big news from the second Thursday of Wimbledon. Coco Gauff dumps a drop shot into the net on match point and is dumped out of the tournament four points later by Karolina Muchova Linda Noskova makes it an all-Czech final as she beats Marta Kostyuk in straight sets, twice breaking at 4-5 to ensure she never had to serve it out Calvin assesses the chances of a player he has known for years, Arthur Fery, who is preparing for the biggest challenge of his life, up against Alexander Zverev in the first semi-final on Friday Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic will follow them on Centre Court in a blockbuster semi-final, the world No 1 against the all-time GOAT Carlos Alcaraz has already pulled out of the Masters event in Montreal, taking his wrist injury layoff to four months at least Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 10: The Arthur Fery train just keeps on rolling 08.07.2026 15min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-163287160 *** Arthur Fery, Wimbledon semi-finalist. We can still barely believe they are words that you can write down and no one can say "hang on, that's not right". But they are, no matter how little George or James can believe it. Arthur Fery beats Flavio Cobolli in straight sets to book his place in the last four, only the fifth British man in the Open Era to do so He will face Alexander Zverev, after he served Taylor Fritz off the court to catch his pigeon and end a long-running streak of defeats to the American Marta Kostyuk's display of clean hitting knocks out Jasmine Paolini and moves the Ukrainian into her second straight grand slam semi-final Linda Noskova's destiny awaits (if you ask James) as she picks up another win, this time beating Elise Mertens in straight sets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 9: Bryan brothers on doubles + Petko on Zverev + Osaka out + Gauff through 08.07.2026 1h 3min

  We've decided to make this episode free for all listeners, because we're feeling nice. But we still want and frankly need your support. For full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. **** George Bellshaw, James Gray and Calvin Betton get together on the first day of quarterfinals to discuss everything that has been going on at Wimbledon and more - and are joined at various points by Jamie Murray, Andrea Petkovic and the Bryan Brothers - Naomi Osaka is out, well beaten by Karolina Muchova in straight sets and admits to pain in her feet due to plantar fasciitis - Coco Gauff lost the first set and appeared to be having "one of those days" but turned around her 23rd three-set match of the year to roar into a first ever Wimbledon semi-final, seeing off her often doubles partner Jessica Pegula - Alexander Zverev comes in on his day off to (eventually) see off Jiri Lehecka - Jannik Sinner absolutely cruises past Jan-Lennard Struff - Mike and Bob Byran weigh in the ATP's efforts to turn the doubles circuit upside down and downsize it up... - ...and so does Calvin - Henry and Harri make it through to the men's doubles semi-finals - And Arthur Fery is about to take on the biggest match of his life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 8: All aboard the Arthur Fery + Eala crashes out + Zverev loses his day off 06.07.2026 1h 6min

  If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. **** Look, it’s fair to say that George and James were a little sleep deprived after both making bad football-related decisions on Sunday night. So if they got a little bit silly at Wimbledon on Monday, that’s why. Genuinely, no drink had been taken. They even forgot to mention Alex de Minaur. We’re sorry. We don’t really know what got into them. Arthur Fery keeps British hopes alive by winning a five-set thriller over Grigor Dimitrov, but is that the worst defeat of the Bulgarian’s career? James’s Linda Noskova prediction gets better every day as Madison Keys is the latest victim Alexander Zverev gets shafted by the schedule and loses his day off Does Alexandra Eala have the worst serve in the draw? James certainly was blown away by her first serve bottoming out at 65 miles per hour in defeat to Italy’s Jasmine Paolini  Taylor Fritz’s serene progress continues with a speedy win over Alexander Bublik Marta Kostyuk is done by lunchtime and slips under the radar into the quarter-finals AND FINALLY, George has finished his novel. **** To become a member of the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club, head to: https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 7: Osaka brings the power 05.07.2026 16min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-7-163003363?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link **** It is hard not to feel like you are missing something on fourth-round day: it makes you realise that Manic Monday really was completely insane from a journalistic perspective. But we've done our best to pick up all the best stories from Middle Sunday (once a day off for the overworked courts and reporters). Naomi Osaka handed Aryna Sabalenka her first straight-sets defeat at a slam for six years, overpowering the world No 1 on Centre Court to reach her first ever Wimbledon quarter-final She will face Karolina Muchova in the last eight after she won the battle of the Czechs against Barbora Krejcikova Jessica Pegula produced an impressive comeback win over the ever-improving Iva Jovic and will play Coco Gauff (see below) Novak Djokovic is safely through but did drop a set and expended more energy than he would have liked in the sun, while Jannik Sinner played in a cool evening and bagged victory in three sets Jan-Lennard Struff is the oldest-ever first-time major quarter-finalist at 36, after Hubert Hurkacz's back caught up with him in the fifth set And Felix Auger-Aliassime is NOT happy about Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's badly timed medical timeout AND WE MISSED... Coco Gauff reaching her first Wimbledon quarter-final in the nick of time, beating Belinda Bencic and the SW19 curfew by just two minutes. Sorry, we were already heading to bed... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 6: Swiatek is out but Cobolli wins a cracker 04.07.2026 16min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-6-162921714?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link **** Whew, what a day! And it really was George Bellshaw's day as he took the lead on the podcast group chat account - and sauntered around some of Wimbledon's best courts in search of the best story. Was it... Defending champion Iga Swiatek downed by slow-serving Alexandra Eala on Centre Court Elena Rybakina backing up George's assertion that she is not a consistent slam performer by losing to Elise Mertens Serena Williams having fluid drained from her knee and pulling out of the women's doubles with Venus Williams Arthur Fery ensuring the Brits WILL have singles representation in the second week with an unlikely five-set win over Grigor Dimitrov A comeback win for Flavio Cobolli over Karen Khachanov after stomach trouble and a Davis Cup-like atmosphere on No 2 Court We covered them all and more in our daily podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 5: Fonseca and Jodar crash out to ruin Super Sunday 03.07.2026 14min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. These podcasts are only possible with YOUR support, for which we are eternally grateful. To get our full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, go to ⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. You'll have a great time, we promise. (Promises are not legally binding. Terms and conditions apply. This promise may cause nausea, fainting, dizziness and a powerful sense of existential dread.) **** George Bellshaw and James Gray are back to discuss everything that happened on the fifth day of Wimbledon, including... Rafa Jodar is beaten by Shintaro Mochizuki and Joao Fonseca loses to Roman Safiullin to leave our "Super Sunday" dreams in tatters... ...but at least Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka won to keep up their ends of the bargain Novak Djokovic gets his daytime match, still slips around and then drops another set, this time to Arthur Rinderknech Belinda Bencic wins a thriller against Anna Kalinskaya Daniil Medvedev is out And so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 4: Calvin on ATP's controversial doubles proposals 03.07.2026 13min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. These podcasts are only possible with YOUR support, for which we are eternally grateful. To get our full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, go to ⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. You'll have a great time, we promise. (Promises are not legally binding. Terms and conditions apply. This promise may cause nausea, fainting, dizziness and a powerful sense of existential dread.) **** Calvin Betton, James Gray and George Bellshaw discuss the last day of second-round action at Wimbledon, including... - The ATP's controversial plans to downsize doubles draws at tour events, slash prize money in half and reallocate it to singles players - Serena Williams's comeback and whether she lived up to the wildcard - Arthur Fils crashes out at the hands of Matteo Berrettini - Grigor Dimitrov records another emotional victory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 3: The burden of the French Open champ 01.07.2026 15min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. These podcasts are only possible with YOUR support, for which we are eternally grateful. To get our full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, go to ⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. You'll have a great time, we promise. (Promises are not legally binding. Terms and conditions apply. This promise may cause nausea, fainting, dizziness and a powerful sense of existential dread.) **** Our top stories from Wednesday are... - Mirra Andreeva manages one more Wimbledon win than last year's French Open champion but still crashes out in the face of a gruesome draw with Barbora Krejcikova - Coco Gauff survives a scare against Solana Sierra to win 10-7 in the final-set tie-break - "Super Sunday" is still on thanks to wins for Sabalenka, Osaka, Sinner, Djokovic and Fonseca - but Jodar is wobbling - Learner Tien, Katerina Siniakova and Ignacio Buse among the seeds to fall - An injury scare for Serena Williams - And finally... Nick Kyrgios's Wimbledon career is over, for now The full episode is available here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-3-162647483 **** To donate to George's JustGiving page, head here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/gd-bellshaw-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 2: The Serena show has started 01.07.2026 12min

  This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. These podcasts are only possible with YOUR support, for which we are eternally grateful. To get our full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, go to www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. You'll have a great time, we promise. (Promises are not legally binding. Terms and conditions apply. This promise may cause nausea, fainting, dizziness and a powerful sense of existential dread.) **** Our top stories from Tuesday are... - Serena Williams is out of the singles after defeat by Maya Joint, but did she deserve a wildcard in the first place? - British tennis is BACK with wins for Arthur Fery, Jan Choinski, Katie Swan and Jacob Fearnley - Ben Shelton is out in the first round, what he called the toughest loss he has had to take - George is just glad he called Donna Vekic's doom **** To donate to George's JustGiving page, head here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/gd-bellshaw-1#supportersList Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon 2026, Day 1: Terrible start for the Brits + double injury shock + a statement win 29.06.2026 1h

  Are you a TUSCer yet? It's the only way to listen to daily episodes from Wimbledon this year. You're lucky, so here is Day 1's extended episode for free. But remember, it's just £3.60 for the first month to join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club, and it really is a lot of fun. Join here: https://www.patreon.com/c/TennisUnfiltered *** George Bellshaw, James Gray and Calvin Betton are ALL in Wimbledon (mostly down to the TUSCers) and chatting about the biggest issues in tennis, as well as the first day of Wimbledon. They covered... - Injuries to Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu on the eve of Wimbledon - More reaction to Marketa Vondrousova's four-year ban over a refused anti-doping test - A statement win for Daniil Medvedev - The least surprising upset for a while as Hubert Hurkacz beats Casper Ruud And LOADS more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wimbledon preview and draw analysis: Swiatek's shocker and Sinner's breeze 27.06.2026 1h 14min

  For ad-free listening, daily grand slam updates and access to group chats with the lads, subscribe to our Patreon from £3.60 for the first month. Tap here to join now: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered *** In the meantime, here are James Gray and George Bellshaw breaking down the Wimbledon draw in the men's and the women's singles. *** Fantasy Tennis Unfiltered, Wimbledon 2026 is LIVE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yf28lm97QpO_BhTzFDQGiSGoBe0YDM-XmwfJ8Zuv7Mo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Serena to play singles, Tiafoe finds form and Sabalenka is in a wobble 23.06.2026 1h 29min

  Are you a TUSCer yet? Join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club for just £3.60 for the first month. TUSCers get ad-free listening to the main pod, an extra episode every Friday, daily coverage of the grand slams and loads more exclusive content. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered *** This week, George dials in from Mexico while James and Calvin are down in Eastbourne trying to avoid the heatwave. Here are the stories they discussed - Serena Williams has been handed a wildcard for Wimbledon, where she will play her first singles match for four years - Dan Evans meanwhile is going to have to battle through qualifying if he wants to play the main draw at Wimbledon one more time - Francisco Cerundolo is the Queen's champion, watched by his father Alejandro who had taken a flight for the first time to see him. He beat Tommy Paul in the final. - Frances Tiafoe won a title too, beating Taylor Fritz in the Halle final to confirm his advances this year and suggest he could be a dangerous man to face in the Wimbledon draw - Aryna Sabalenka was bagelled in the final set for the second tournament in a row, Jessica Pegula dishing it out, but it was Linda Noskova who came up trumps in the final - And finally, Paula Badosa calls out Stefanos Tsitsipas's 'toxic' behaviour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Wildcards, wildcards and more wildcards 16.06.2026 1h 14min

  Are you a member of our Patreon channel yet? It's the only way to get ad-free listening, daily podcasts from Tennis Unfiltered during grand slams, access to weekly bonus episodes every Friday and group chats with other Patreon members. Join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club here: https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered **** NB: This podcast was recorded BEFORE the Wimbledon wildcards were confirmed on Tuesday. We can only apologise. Blame the All England Club. Calvin Betton (west London), James Gray (south London) and George Bellshaw (actual Mexico) are back to go through another week of tennis news. And it really is all about wildcards. - Donna Vekic, with Dave Felgate back in tow, wins the women's title at Queen's, seeing off Emma Raducanu in her biggest final since winning the US Open five years ago - Serena Williams was back playing, in doubles for now, with Victoria Mboko, although a nasty knee injury stopped her progress and ruled the teenager out of Wimbledon - Meanwhile, Queen's defending champion Tatjana Maria had to come through qualifying for the chance to play at the west London WTA 500, after organisers handed all the WTA wildcards to Brits - Dan Evans is retiring but he is also not happy at Queen's, after they failed to give him a wildcard to the main draw... will he get one at Wimbledon? - Speaking of Wimbledon, they have announced their prize money with a 20 per cent uplift for players, but not all players... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  French Open review: A divisive winner in Zverev and a charming champ in Andreeva 09.06.2026 1h 18min

  Are you a TUSCer yet? Subscribers to our Patreon get a bonus podcast every Friday outside of grand slams (this week it's our Roland Garros Q&A, answering your questions from the French Open), daily coverage of every grand slam, ad-free listening to our Tuesday pods and access to all the group chats for just £3.60 for your first month. PRO TIP: To avoid paying extra (and extortionate) Apple Store fees, set up your account and sign up on browser: www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered. You can then download the Patreon app, log in, go to our page, hit the three dots in the corner and add the subscription feed to your podcast app. ***** With George Bellshaw gallivanting in Mexico, Myles David of Tuned into Tennis steps in to the breach, joining Calvin Betton (WORLD NO 1 COACH) and James Gray (WORLD NO 1... er, of being himself) to review Roland Garros 2026. They discussed: - Mirra Andreeva is a grand slam champion, overcoming an awkward clash with qualifier Maja Chwalinska in Saturday's final - Is this the beginning of a significant run at the top of the game for the Russian? - Will Maja Chwalinska get a wildcard? - Are the big hitters going to bounce back from big upsets? - Alexander Zverev has finally ended his quest for a grand slam title, winning his maiden major at the fourth time of asking, but will it change anything for the German going forward? - Can anyone expect to challenge Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon? And does the Italian have something to prove after his heat-related exit from Roland Garros? - What does it take to become world No 1? Just ask Calvin Betton! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  The best French Open first week ever? 02.06.2026 1h 8min

  Calvin Betton and James Gray are in Paris, while George Bellshaw holds the fort in London (while dodging celebrating Arsenal fans). Serena Williams confirms her comeback to tennis and will play doubles with Victoria Mboko at Queen's next week Jannik Sinner suffers one of the biggest shocks in French Open history as cramp and fatigue beats him (and Juan Manuel Cerundolo) Novak Djokovic is beaten for just the second time ever from two sets up, smoked off the court by Joao Fonseca in a compelling five-setter in the heat of Chatrier Iga Swiatek's return to form comes to an end with a shock defeat to Marta Kostyuk that she blames on being "tense" on the court Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff are also early casualties to leave the draw relatively open in the second week For daily podcast updates from the grand slams, join the TUSCers on our Patreon channel for just £3.60 a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices