Tennis Weekly

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim roundup all the action from the Western and Southern Open in Cincinatti. They discuss the resurgence of Svetlana Kuznetsova; Medvedev's 3rd straight final; Andy Murray's singles comeback and Federer's fastest ever loss in sixteen years. They also raise the prospect of a suspension for Nick Kyrgios...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot: Extra Slice, Joel and Kim delve into the territory of the fan favourite. The elusive, eccentric, often obscure players we love to follow on the ATP and WTA circuits; despite them perhaps never making it big or grabbing the newspaper headlines. This episode features many of our listeners' favourites; and the reasons why these players have captured our...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim discuss this week's key talking points from the Rogers Cup and Coupe Rogers. They also look ahead to the Cincinnati Masters and reflect on Federer and Nadal's recent addition to the ATP Player Council as well as Andy Murray’s return to singles competition. Joel also taunts Kim with an elusive player to...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot: Extra Slice, Joel and Kim delve into the territory of the fan favourite. The elusive, eccentric, often obscure players we love to follow on the ATP and WTA circuits; despite them perhaps never making it big or grabbing the newspaper headlines. This episode features many of our listeners' favourites; and the reasons why these players have captured our...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim preview the Rogers Cup and Coupe Rogers out in Toronto and Montreal. They also round up this week's action from Washington, San Jose, Los Cabos, Kitzbuhel and Karlruhe including dogs on court, lucky losers, double double bagels, scheduling controversies, Amazon Prime mix up and more! Hosted on Acast. See aca...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot: Extra Slice, Joel and Kim discuss more of their pet peeves when attending and watching live tennis! Fuelled by listener bugbears and recent Wimbledon experiences; they vent out their frustrations on tipsy tennis fans, the serious picnickers, swooping birds; wannabe coaches and excessive ball bouncers! Let us know if you have any more to add to the list! ...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim round up results from the past two weeks on the ATP/WTA Tour. With maiden titles galore, Brits on form in Atlanta and an odd shaped trophy in Hamburg, the post-Wimbledon period has been packed full of incident. Joel also brings us some more gems in Scoreboard Stories with possibly the longest ever three set men&a...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim put each other to the test with a mid season review of the year quiz! Play as you listen along and see how much you recall from the first 7 months of the season across the ATP and WTA tours. Which player lost after being a bagel and 5 MPs up in front of their home crowd? Which player ended a long losing streak in...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim look back on a weekend of finals at Wimbledon 2019. They discuss the thrilling 5 set final between Djokovic and Federer; and reflect on the greatest hour of Simon Halep's career when she won her first Wimbledon title. They also round-up the doubles, junior, wheelchair and quad champions before closing the do...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim reflect on the somewhat underwhelming Wimbledon semi-finals. They predict the men's and ladies champions; debate whether they'd partner with Jelena Ostapenko in the mixed doubles and take pleasure in the De Groot-Van Koot match-up in the ladies wheelchair singles final! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim dissect the action from the men's and women's 4th round and Quarter Final action at Wimbledon. They talk Johanna Konta's press conference, cancelled stag do's and preview the upcoming semi-finals including #Fedal40! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim round up all the action from the 3rd round at Wimbledon. They reflect on Konta making the second week; Dan Evans' dramatic 5 set exit; Coco Gauff's story continuing and why a Federer-Nadal semi is looking even more likely. They also preview week 2 at Wimbledon with their picks on who will be making the...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim review Round 2 action from Wimbledon from Day 3 and Day 4. They reflect on the popcorn match between Nadal and Kyrgios; defending champion Angelique Kerber's upset at the hands of lucky loser Lauren Davis; as well as discussing which Brit will make it furthest in the draw. They also make a plea for Bernard T...

In the second of our daily catchups from Wimbledon, Joel reflects on the biggest talking points of the day. Federer and Nadal overcome early hiccups; Kyrgios entertains against Thompson; Sharapova out in dramatic fashion; Kerber and Barty begin campaigns with victories. It was also another good day for the Brits with Konta and Dan Evans leading the charge.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

In the first of our daily catchups from Wimbledon, Joel rounds up the day's play from The Championships; whilst Kim gives us a quick update from The Queue. Day 1 has been dramatic with Venus, Osaka, Zverev and Tsitsipas all falling at the first hurdle. Meanwhile, Brits Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund win through the second round. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch up podcast, Kim goes solo as she dissects the Wimbledon draws; looks ahead to The Championships 2019 and attempts to make semi-decent predictions! She also rounds up the week's action from Wimbledon Qualifying, Eastbourne and Antalya. Last but not least, she meets a familiar face in Scoreboard Stories who serves up a litany of error...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch up podcast, Joel and Kim chat to Will Brierley aka @AELTCGroundsman to discuss all things Wimbledon grass courts! They find out what the groundsteam actually get up to for the other 50 weeks of the year and discover what the future holds for the team as Wimbledon expands. Joel also reveals his plans to start growing a grass court in the...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim revel in the dream week that was Queens 2019 for Feliciano Lopez and Andy Murray.  They also digest Roger Federer's 102nd tour title and Ash Barty's meteoric rise to become the new World No.1. Elsewhere, they debate Wimbledon Wildcards; Mixed Doubles Partners for Andy Murray and hear from superfan Zaina...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot: Extra Slice, Joel and Kim debate the most annoying pet peeves amongst fans when attending live tennis events. From towel grabbing adults to screaming babies; from blocked views to wannabee trumpeteers; Joel and Kim explore the trials and tribulations of live tennis; with the help of listeners who have shared their most common bugbears. Did we miss any? Tw...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim dissect this week's action and results from the grass (and indoor hard!) courts of Europe. They reflect on the wet week that was; Garcia edging Vekic; Riske's astonishing fightback against Bertens; as well as titles for Berrettini and Mannarino. A full roundup of British results and updates from the ten...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim talk to touchtennis founder Rashid Ahmad to learn all you need to know about one of the fastest growing racket sports in the world. From its backyard beginnings in the leafy suburbs of London to being played at events all around the globe, we find out what's been behind its success. We also look at both the...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch up podcast, Joel and Kim round up the action from Roland Garros. They reflect on Nadal's historic 12th title on the dirt of Paris; Barty's brilliance in capturing her maiden slam and all the fallout from the scheduling controversy! They also look at the grass court action in Surbiton this week; with a win for Dan Evans and a fa...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot presents... Extra Slice , we take a look back on the historic tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in conversation with the host of the Sports Wars podcast, Dan Rubenstein, who has researched and documented their rivalry from the very beginning. We start in Miami 2004 at their first meeting and travel through subsequent match-ups on the re...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim reflect on the first week's play at Roland Garros 2019. They discuss the rise of the WTA teenagers, Jo Konta's impressive run to the quarter-finals and Naomi Osaka's slam streak ending with the Doubles No. 1 beating the Singles No. 1! They also look at the Big 3 sailing through the draw on the men&...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim digest the men's and women's draws for Roland Garros 2019. They discuss the contenders for this year's titles; debate whether a Djokovic-Nadal final is a foregone conclusion or not; look at the chances of British players and eventually make potentially terrible predictions! They also hear from Le...