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Enter Fantasy Tennis Unfiltered here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1f4-6Mxa9xlLjMz1qr4FTytGFLPShl97MVUgYi8YFsBY George, James and Calvin react LIVE to Nick Kyrgios pulling out of Wimbledon, take a look at how tennis is ready to take the Saudi Arabian dollar whatever way they can and look ahead to the first day at SW19. Wimbledon order of play, day 1 (All courts start at 11am BST unless stated)...

Read the Wimbledon men's draw in full here and the Wimbledon women's draw in full here Or listen to George Bellshaw and James Gray break down the full draw for both men and women, including: Can anyone stop Novak Djokovic? How will food poising affect Iga Swiatek's chances? What will Carlos Alcaraz make of his projected run to the final? Who are our best picks for fantasy tennis? Learn more about...

Calvin Betton is in Eastbourne, George Bellshaw is in Birmingham and James Gray is in London to discuss all the latest goings on in the tennis world, including: Carlos Alcaraz beats Alex De Minaur to claim the Queen's title Jelena Ostapenko announces her Wimbledon candidacy in Birmingham Wimbledon wildcards are released Alexander Bublik beats Andrey Rublev to win the biggest title of his career Wh...

The latest tennis news with James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper, joined by tennis coach Calvin Betton (part one) and writer and broadcaster George Bellshaw (part two). We answered listener questions on: Are tournaments for sale to the highest bidder? Does tennis take doping seriously enough? Which one-time major winners are the least likely to win a second major? Why do you think Wimbled...

Tennis coach Calvin Betton, writer George Bellshaw and reporter James Gray of inews.co.uk and i newspaper look back at the two French Open finals, review the tournament as a whole and pick up on the latest tennis news. Here are the stories we discussed: Novak Djokovic beats Casper Ruud to win French Open and eclipse Rafael Nadal with record-breaking 23rd grand slam Will Djokovic now go on and take...

James Gray reports live from Paris after Iga Swiatek beats Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to claim her third French Open title and fourth grand slam title overall. In Paris, she equals Serena Williams, Margaret Court and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, while also winning her fourth slam just five days apart in age from Rafael Nadal. The men's final between Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud awaits (2pm UK ti...

James Gray, George Bellshaw and Calvin Betton look back at Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz - and spend a lot of time talking about cramp. Here is Carlos Alcaraz playing arguably the best shot of all time: https://twitter.com/jamesgraysport/status/1667211512371396615 And here is Roger Federer doing something similar: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/14588bg/where_have_we_seen_this_before/...

James Gray reports live from Paris after Iga Swiatek beat Beatriz Haddad Maia and Karolina Muchova stunned Aryna Sabalenka on women's semi-final day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Gray catches you up on all the quarter-final action from the French Open Carlos Alcaraz hammers Stefanos Tsitsipas, who blames a failure to manage his sleep properly for his performance Novak Djokovic cruises past Karen Khachanov to reach his 12th Roland Garros semi-final and set up a showdown for the ages Karolina Muchova is through to face Aryna Sabalenka, who appeared to inflame the situa...

James Gray looks back at Day 9 action from Roland Garros and ahead to the first set of quarter-finals Tuesday’s schedule (All times BST) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10am) Karolina Muchova vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Not before 11.30am) Elina Svitolina vs Aryna Sabalenka (2) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Karen Khachanov (11) (Not before 7.15pm) Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) Learn more abo...

Looking back at the middle Sunday of Roland Garros, when the first two quarter-finals in each singles draw were decided Monday’s French Open schedule All times BST Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10am) Bernarda Pera vs Ons Jabeur (7) Nicolas Jarry vs Casper Ruud (4) Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs Coco Gauff (6) (Not before 7.15pm) Grigor Dimitrov (28) vs Alexander Zverev (22) Court Suzanne Lenglen (fr...

James Gray in Paris and Calvin Betton at Surbiton look back at the first week of the French Open, and glance ahead at what might be to come Sunday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am) Court Philippe Chatrier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Elise Mertens (28) (Not before 11.30am) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Juan Pablo Varillas Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Lorenzo Musetti (17) (Not before 7.15pm) Sloane Stephens vs...

James Gray reports live from Paris Saturday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless otherwise stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Elena Rybakina (4) vs Sara Sorribes Tormo Holger Rune (6) vs Genaro Alberto Olivieri Iga Swiatek (1) vs Wang Xinyu (Not before 7.15pm) Alexander Zverev (22) vs Frances Tiafoe (12) Court Suzanne Lenglen Zhang Zhizhen vs Casper Ruud (4) Mirra Andreeva v...

James Gray reports live from Paris to look back at Day 5 at Roland Garros, as the second round completes. Friday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated; singles only) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Elise Mertens (28) vs Jessica Pegula (3) Kamilla Rakhimova vs Aryna Sabalenka (2) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) (Not before 7.15pm) Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs...

James Gray reports live from Paris to look back at Day 5 at Roland Garros, the first half of the second round Thursday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Giulio Zeppieri vs Casper Ruud (4) Iga Swiatek (1) vs Claire Liu Oceane Dodin vs Ons Jabeur (7) (Not before 7.15pm) Alexander Zverev (22) vs Alex Molcan Court Suzanne Lenglen Elena Rybak...

George Bellshaw joins James Gray live from Paris to look back at the third day of French Open action, and look ahead to the second round. Wednesday’s order of play (All courts start at 10am unless otherwise stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Camila Giorgi vs Jessica Pegula (3) Caroline Garcia (5) vs Anna Blinkova Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Taro Daniel (Not before 7.15pm) Novak Djokovic (3)...

Live from Paris, James Gray looks back at a busy first Monday at Roland Garros... Novak Djokovic wins and writes a political message about Kosovo on the camera Carlos Alcaraz also picks up victory on Day 2 Jack Draper is 'mentally destroyed' after yet another injury Why Cam Norrie was furious with an 'absurd' umpiring decision despite victory over Benoit Paire Tuesday’s order of play (All courts s...

James Gray looks back at the opening day of the 2023 French Open, live from Paris. French Open order of play, day 2 (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Karolina Pliskova (16) vs Sloane Stephens Novak Djokovic (3) vs Aleksandar Kovacevic Caroline Garcia (5) vs Wang Xiyu (Not before 7.15pm) Jannik Sinner (8) vs Alexandre Muller Court Suzanne Lenglen Be...

James Gray is live from Paris and George Bellshaw is live from his bedroom to analyse the French Open draw. FANTASY TENNIS UNFILTERED IS LIVE, ENTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DFWXhrlx_Y25itXD7unoLUAXIMMmdkLgfBBZ0v_dR_Q Novak Djokovic could not have wished for a worse consequence of Daniil Medvedev’s first-ever clay-court title in Rome as the Serb was drawn into the same half of the Fr...

Rafael Nadal has announced that he will miss the French Open through injury and will spend several months away from the tennis court. Nadal wants to give his hip as much time as possible to heal because 2024 will probably be his last season. He said: “I’m going to try to make my last year not just a party, I'm going to try to compete at the highest level, give myself the option to try to compete a...

It's Roman but it's no holiday - the Italian Open follows hot on the heels of two weeks in Madrid, and while the grind of the clay-court swing may have caught up with some players, James, George and Calvin are still clinging onto their motivation. This week, the tennis podcast that does not hold back talks about... Rafael Nadal was spotted doubled over in pain during practice - are the pod startin...

Tennis coach Calvin Betton, writer and broadcaster George Bellshaw and journalist James Gray look back at another packed week of tennis news... Carlos Alcaraz wins another title in Madrid but can anyone stop him in Rome or Paris? No love lost in the women's final but Aryna Sabalenka came out on top against Iga Swiatek - could we finally have a rivalry worth fighting for? What on earth was going on...

Rick Macci thought he was mad when he answered Richard Williams's call and turned up in Compton to see his two little girls play tennis. What he saw was two of the greatest of all-time in the making: Venus and Serena Williams. As portrayed by Jon Bernthal in the Oscar-winning film King Richard, Macci coached the girls for four years and remains friends with the whole family. We talk: Why Serena an...

LISTENER QUESTIONS Kenny Koala Bear on Twitter: What can be done to address the distinct prize money differences in WTA and ATP tournaments? The difference between Stuttgart and Barcelona was huge! Carmen on email: With the clay season in full swing, I'd like to learn more about how chair umpires determine which specific mark on the court was made by the ball when a player challenges a call. The u...

LISTENER QUESTIONS Chris Thornton asks: “I know it’s not ‘new’, but does legal on-court coaching favour younger players, who may be more fleet of foot, but less experienced problem-solvers, compared to their potentially more experienced opponents, who my not be the athletes they once were, but greater problem-solvers?” Twitter user Ppeanut says: “Can Rafa win FO this year and what are his chances...