Tennis Weekly

It's that time of season when all the finals are upon us. Fortunately, the gang are on hand at TW towers to discuss all the action including Switzerland winning the Billie Jean King Cup Finals and Brandon Nakashima being crowned the new Next Gen Finals Champ in Milan. They also look ahead to the ATP Tour Finals which have got underway in Turin, touch upon Caroline Garcia’s remarkable win at the WT...

Joel and Chris are back at the Billie Jean King Cup for a new addition of Tennis Weekly Diaries. On Day 4, they cover the emphatic wins for Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Katerina Siniakova had a sensational upset over Coco Gauff and Marketa Vondrousova made short work of Danielle Collins. They also look ahead to the historic semi-finals featuring Great Britain, and attemp...

Joel and Chris are back at the Billie Jean King Cup for a new addition of Tennis Weekly Diaries.   On Day 3, they cover the unbelievable win for Great Britain over Spain in which they didn’t drop a set to make the semi-finals for the first time since 1981. They also issue a public apology to Harriet Dart and analyse the individual performances that lit up Glasgow.   Elsewhere there...

Joel and Chris are back at the Billie Jean King Cup for a new addition of Tennis Weekly Diaries.     On Day 2, they cover the nail-biting USA vs Poland clash which required Coco Gauff to take to the court at midnight local time, Paula Badosa being too good for Kazakhstan and look ahead to GB’s clash with Spain this evening in Glasgow. They also share all the stories from the press r...

Joel and Chris are back at the Billie Jean King Cup for a new addition of Tennis Weekly Diaries. They have all the inside scoop from behind the scenes as well as keeping you up to date on all the on-court action here in Glasgow. Today they cover Great Britain’s tough start to the competition, Australia’s triumphant return and a special shout Olivia Nicholls gave the podcast in the press room after...

Who will win the WTA finals between Caroline Garcia and Aryna Sabalenka? That's the question on everyone's lips at Tennis Weekly HQ as Joel, Kim and Chris discuss all the action from the WTA Finals.  They also look back at the stunning run of Holger Rune in Paris and debate whether the next generation of players are showing more promise than the current gen.  They also discuss the ‘Djoko...

The chase is on as the top players chase the final spots at the coveted ATP Finals! Joel, Kim and Chris also discuss Felix Auger Alliasime’s Basel triumph, securing the rare feat of three titles in three weeks and contrast his performance with Medvedev’s return to form to take the Vienna title and qualify for Turin. They preview the Paris Masters and make predictions as to whose name will be engra...

On today's episode, Joel and Chris are on hand to chat the past week of action from the tour and react to the news that shocked the tennis world that Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended from competition.  They react to the line-up being confirmed for the WTA Finals Fort Worth and talk all things Pegula after her stand out result of the season winning the W1000 in Guadalajara. They a...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel, Kim and Chris are back together to discuss the past week on tour, which saw FAA claim his second singles title, Iga Swiatek continue her dominant year by clinching her 8th title of the year and qualifier Anna Blinkova winning in Transylvania. They also discuss Tennis Australia saying they won’t lobby for Novak Djokovic to be at the AO in 2023, Patrick...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel, Kim and Chris are back together for some belated 300th episode birthday celebrations which rather nicely coincide with the arrival of baby Rafa. They round up the past week on tour, which saw Novak Djokovic win his 90th career title, Barbora Krejcikova get the better of Iga Swiatek in a Tour Final (!) and Taylor Fritz edge out fellow American Francis T...

Another week goes by on the ATP & WTA Tours and there's no let up for Joel, Kim and Chris. Today, they catch up on all the action from ‘250 Week’ on the international tennis circuit. We saw impressive wins for Djokovic and Krejcikova and surprise victories for Nishioka, Marc-Andrea Huesler and Mayar Sherif.  They also cover the newly announced World Tennis League, Iga Swiatek pulling out...

Pass the box of tissues around! The gang are here to catch up on a jam-packed week of tennis, which saw an emotional farewell in London for Roger Federer’s retirement and Team World clinching their first ever Laver Cup win. They also round up wins for Alexandrova and Samsonova on the WTA Tour, Emma Raducanu reaching the semi finals of Seoul, and Daniil Medvedev falling to Stan Wawrinka in the firs...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel, Kim and Chris reunite to catch up on the action from the US Open Finals, which saw Carlos Alcaraz claim his maiden Slam title AND the World No.1 ranking, and Iga Swiatek take home her 3rd Major with yet another straight sets Final win. They reflect on Ons Jabeur and Casper Ruud’s chances at winning a Grand Slam in the future after their respective two...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel and Chris react to all the action from the Semi-Finals at The US Open, which saw Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud set up a match-up that will decide the number 1 ranking, Iga Siwatek fightback to beat Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur’s impressive display against in form Caroline Garcia.  They look ahead to the finals and what might make the difference on the...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Kim is joined by Chris to chat through all the Quarter Final action from the US Open, which saw Caroline Garcia continue her win streak to make her first Grand Slam semi final with a victory over home hope Coco Gauff. Meanwhile, Casper Ruud is potentially one win away from becoming the world No.1 after easing past a disappointing Matteo Berrettini. He will f...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Kim and Chris round up on the 4th round action so far from the US Open. With Nick Kyrgios defeating defending Champion Daniil Medvedev at night on Ashe, home hopes Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula still going strong, and Andrey Rublev dispatching the last Brit standing Cam Norrie in three straight sets, there is plenty to discuss as the Quarter Final line ups s...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel and Chris catch up on all the Round 3 action from the US Open and look ahead to the second week of the final slam of the year. They cover THE tennis headline story of the year: Serena Williams playing what looks like will be her final match and question if it really is the last time we see her on a tennis court?   They reflect back on the mixed for...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel and Kim are joined by Chris to catch up on the Round 2 action from the US Open, which saw Serena Williams live to fight yet another day by coming through Anett Kontaveit in 3 sets and Jack Draper glide past FAA to make the 3rd round of a Slam for the first time in his career. They also reflect back on Emma Raducanu’s first round loss and Cornet’s fantas...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel and Kim catch up on the first round of the US Open, which saw shocks on day one with Simona Halep, Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas all crashing out to qualifiers. Conversely, the Brits have had a good opening few days with all through with the exception of Kyle Edmund, including a resilient win for Harriet Dart over 10th seed Daria Kasatkina and And...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel and Kim are joined by Chris to preview the upcoming US Open after the release of the men’s and women’s draws. They go quarter by quarter through the draw to assess the top seeds chances, debate which players to look out for and to finally make some possibly very inaccurate predictions. Discussions over Serena’s chances of getting past Round 1, Raducanu’...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel and Kim catch up on the Cincinnati Masters which saw Caroline Garcia continue her resurgence (RENAISSANCE) in form to capture her third 1000 level title with a dominant win over Petra Kvitova. The week also saw Borna Coric become the lowest ranked winner of a Masters 1000 title with a straight sets victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. Joel and...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel and Kim catch up on the action and key talking points from Toronto and Montreal, where we saw Simona Halep back to winning ways and Pablo Carreno Busta claiming his first Masters 1000. With Beatriz Haddad Maia making further waves for Brazilian tennis by reaching her first 1000 final, Hubert Hurkacz just falling shy of claiming a sixth straight victory...

On TW Meets this week… Joel delves into the fascinating world of tennis theatre and chats with Director, Writer and Actor Feargus Woods Dunlop and Heather Westwell from the theatre company New Old Friends about their latest production Crimes on Centre Court, a comedy whodunnit set during The Whombledun International Invitational Tennis Tournament! ______________ CRIMES ON CENTRE COURT Book tickets...

In the latest episode of Tennis Weekly, Joel and Kim catch up on the events from Washington DC, which saw Nick Kyrgios scoop the singles and doubles trophies and Luidmila Samsonova grab her second career tour title. Out in San Jose, Daria Kasatkina continues her good run of form by clinching the title and cracking the Top 10 again, whilst in Los Cabos Daniil Medvedev manages to get his first title...

In our latest Meets... we wrap up our Wimbledon coverage by talking to our Local Tennis Leagues sponsor and Lawn Tennis Association's Competition Manager Paul Cudmore about how the team are growing the grassroots game in the U.K. Joel & Kim delve into the progress of the LTA's five year plan including their exciting ambition for local parks, the launch of the World Tennis Number and...