Tennis Unfiltered

Tennis coach Calvin Betton and (belatedly) George Bellshaw join James Gray, journalist for i newspaper and inews.co.uk, to answer your questions and look at the biggest news in tennis this week. Listener topics include: Why team tennis in Europe makes players money (but will never work in the UK) Cam Norrie crashes out in R1 for the second tournament in a row Dominic Thiem has split with his coach...

VOTE FOR US - NOW (voting closes April 6): https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/shortlist-category James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper is joined by tennis coach Calvin Betton and tennis writer/broadcaster George Bellshaw to chat through some of the biggest stories of the week, including: Daniil Medvedev's incredible run of 19 titles in 19 different cities The Alcaraz vs Sinner rivalry Kvit...

James Gray (@JamesGraySport) asks George Bellshaw (@BellshawGeorge) and Calvin Betton (@CalvBetton) YOUR questions, including: What aspects of the respective games of Roger, Rafa and Novak do you see in Carlos Alcaraz and what specific improvements should he make since apparently currently he has reached only 60 per of his potential according to Juan Carlos Ferrero? (From Elena Tsourdi) What's hap...

Calvin Betton dials in from France and special guest Myles David of Tuned into Tennis joins to tell us what's going on in the US during the Sunshine Swing. If you enjoyed this podcast and previous ones, please VOTE for us in the Sports Podcast Awards: https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/sports_category/best-tennis-podcast/ LINKS Here are a few of the bits and pieces that came up in our discussion t...

James Gray is not impartial and he won't get sacked for it here (yet). He is joined as usual by Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw to talk about the biggest stories in tennis this week, and there are plenty of them. Emma Raducanu is back winning matches, including by ranking her best win since the US Open semi-final against Maria Sakkari, beating world No 21 Madga Linette - and that is despite a fl...

Abigail Johnson returns as guest contributor alongside George Bellshaw and Calvin Betton to look over this week's biggest stories, including: - A statement week for Daniil Medvedev after winning his third title of the season and, more significantly, beating Novak Djokovic fairly comfortably and ending a 21-match win streak. - Novak Djokovic will not be in Indian Wells or Miami despite his request...

It's George (the hungover one), James (the posh one) and Calvin (the angry one) again trying to sum up a week of tennis in just 90 minutes. We ask: Will Andy Murray ever win in straight sets again? And how bad IS his second serve? Are we NOW convinced that Daniil Medvedev is back? Has Cam Norrie made us all look very silly? What does Carlos Alcaraz bring back to the top table? Is Barbora Krejcikov...

Calvin Betton is back in the UK and joins George Bellshaw and James Gray, of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper to talk about all the biggest stories in tennis this week. Has Daniil Medvedev rediscovered his mojo? How can Carlos Alcaraz just hit the ground running so easily? Will we see that much of Iga Swiatek in 2023? What is Cam Norrie's schedule all about? And we try to answer your questions... D...

Tumaini Carayol of the Guardian sits in for Calvin Betton, alongside George Bellshaw and James Gray as per usual. Jessica Pegula has revealed her mother has been fighting for her life, a sub-plot that has left her struggling mentally for months (Read her story here: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/jessica-pegula-tennis) Nicolas Mahut picks a fight over the Davis Cup Novak Djokovic is two w...

Want to ask a listener question? Mention us on Twitter (@UnfilterTennis), DM us on Instagram (@tennisunfilteredpod) or email as tennisunfiltered@gmail.com. Tennis commentator Abigail Johnson joins the podcast for the first time alongside James Gray in Melbourne and George Bellshaw in London, with Calvin Betton calling in from Dallas, Texas. Listeners ask: Will Elena Rybakina or Aryna Sabalenka hav...

Want to ask a listener question? Mention us on Twitter (@UnfilterTennis), DM us on Instagram (@tennisunfilteredpod) or email as tennisunfiltered@gmail.com. James Gray in Melbourne, Calvin Betton in Barnsley and George Bellshaw in London look back at the 2023 Australian Open. Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets and dropped just one set all tournament - is this how he should be p...

George Bellshaw and Calvin Betton make their predictions - with a little help from James Gray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tennis coach Calvin Betton joins writer George Bellshaw and inews.co.uk journalist James Gray to talk through the biggest issues from the third and fourth rounds of the Australian Open and look ahead to the second week: Novak Djokovic is through after he absolutely marmalised Alex De Minaur 6-2 6-1 6-2 - but is he carry an injury or is he playing possum? Djokovic says he is being victimised: “I le...

On a day when Andy Murray was finally put away by the Spanish wall and Novak Djokovic limped his way into the fourth round, James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper gives you the lowdown from Down Under. Murray had a debt of lactic and energy to pay after his late-night finish against Thanasi Kokkinakis and the interest rate was too high as he was beaten 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 by Roberto Bautista...

We sometimes record special editions of Tennis Unfiltered during grand slams in an effort to give you even more content. This week, James (in Melbourne) and Calvin talk about the men's draw before George fills us in on what has been happening in the women's. Follow our new Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/unfiltertennis We are on Instagram too: https://www.instagram.com/tennisunfilteredpo...

We look over both Australian Open draws, where it was a car crash for the Brits but looked like a win for Novak Djokovic. #UnfilteredFantasyTennis is live! Click here to sign up before Sunday at 10pm: shorturl.at/ptuvz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new era begins. Tennis Unfiltered starts with Calvin Betton (resident tennis coach) calling in from Portugal, James Gray (inews.co.uk and i newspaper) on the line from Melbourne and George Bellshaw (tennis writer) in... north London. It's not all glamour. This week, we tackle the big topics in tennis. Is a sachet of vinegar acceptable to drink on court? What is Cliff Richard's biggest hit? Will...

This is the last Love Tennis Podcast (sort of). As of next week, we will be Tennis Unfiltered. The OG fans will remember we started this podcast as part of Love Sport Radio, a now defunct radio station, and that's where we got our name: the Love Tennis Podcast, a sort of co-branding exercise. It stuck, and we never bothered to change it. But over time, we've realised that it didn't really suit us...

They're back! George Bellshaw, James Gray and Calvin Betton return for the 2023 season to discuss anything and everything tennis related - and more! Are the pre-season exhibitions in the Middle East a complete waste of time? How would we rebuild tennis? Once again we ask: is Nick Kyrgios is right? (No) Is the United Cup a good idea? Will Tim Henman ever stop talking? Is the Forbes list of highest...

Calvin Betton, live from pre-season, joins George Bellshaw and James Gray to talk about all the biggest news from tennis this week, including: Why Nick Kyrgios thinks he should be ranked No 2 in the world (see link for the full 'discourse' https://twitter.com/NickKyrgios/status/1602161813998665728) We choose our picks for the following categories Player of the Year Best Newcomer Most Improved Coac...

Calvin Betton (coach), George Bellshaw (writer) and James Gray (journalist, inews.co.uk and the i newspaper) talk about the biggest issues of the week in tennis. This week... What Nick Bollettieri did for the game of tennis Did he really invent the tennis academy? Was he a great coach or a great motivator? And how many wives did he *really* have? The LTA have been fined $1m by the ATP, should the...

Tennis coach Calvin Betton returns to the UK and talks to George Bellshaw and James Gray about... The secret to Henry Patten and Julian Cash's record-breaking year, in which they've won nine Challenger titles and are on the verge of Australian Open qualification The ethical issues of playing in Saudi Arabia vs allowing Russian players to play in the UK Why Felix Auger-Aliassime can use Davis Cup s...

Calvin Betton dials in from Italy to join George Bellshaw and James Gray of the i newspaper and inews.co.uk to talk all things tennis, including: Will Novak Djokovic ever age? Is he already the greatest 35-year-old in the history of sport? Will he surpass Roger Federer's record of six ATP Finals titles? Do we read much into Rafael Nadal's defeats to Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz? Could he...

Tennis coach Calvin Betton, writer George Bellshaw and senior sports journalist at i and inews.co.uk James Gray discuss all the biggest issues in tennis over the last week, including: Why Novak Djokovic's drinks bottle became such a big deal How the BJK Cup was almost a disaster, then wasn't, then was again [and later why it should only be every four years] What Cam Norrie should have done instead...

George Bellshaw and Calvin Betton join James Gray of the i newspaper and inews.co.uk to talk about everything that has happened in the last week of tennis, with questions like: How can we fix the WTA Finals? Why did it break in the first place? Whose run to the final is more impressive: Caroline Garcia and Aryna Sabalenka? What of Holger Rune's chances of winning over the rest of the locker room?...