Catherine, David and Matt were back for their second live show with news from media day at the Championships.

Part 1 – Men’s Draw. We discuss what the top players said in press today, including Jannik Sinner’s reluctance to state his reasons for changing his team right before a major tournament. There’s further chat about the apparent “blind date” nature of the US Open doubles partnerships, and about a cheerful Carlos Alcaraz being beaten by Andy Murray – at golf. Novak Djokovic showed he’s clearly still hungry for big titles, and we discuss whether a professional and mature Jack Draper is feeling the pressure to succeed on home turf. We’ve spoken as well to Matteo Berrettini, Alexander Bublik, and Alexander Zverev, and an emotional Dan Evans gave us a insight into the internal struggles that can loom over you at the end of your career.

Part 2 – Women’s Draw (36m28s). How long and dark a shadow has been cast by Aryna Sabalenka’s post US Open press conference? We talk about how both Sabalenka and Coco Gauff feel about the situation now and their reactions at the time. There is concern about where Ons Jabeur is with her game these days, and fears about Emma Raducanu’s fitness as well. But there was cheer from an unexpected encounter with Marketa Vondrousova.

Part 3 – Results (56m49s). Jessica Pegula wrote herself into the narrative by winning Bad Homburg, beating Iga Swiatek. Is she now firmly in the mix for the Wimbledon crown? And there is huge news from the women’s tournament in Eastbourne as Maya Joint defeated an emotional Alexandra Eala in a hard fought final, leading to big Backhand List announcement.

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In our first live show from Wimbledon in 2025, Catherine, David and Matt are here to dissect the men’s and women’s singles draws.

Part one - Men’s draw. We discuss Jack Draper’s tough route which could involve facing Alexander Bublik in R3, Novak Djokovic landing in the top half along with Jannik Sinner, the news that Sinner has suddenly split with his fitness trainer and physio, the dream path facing Carlos Alcaraz in the bottom half, a potentially tricky two weeks for Alexander Zverev, and Taylor Fritz’s grass court scheduling.

Part two - Women’s draw (33m03s). It looks like a tough road ahead for top seed Aryna Sabalenka. We cover the names which could stop her from going deep as well as Sabalenka’s practice session with Coco Gauff and what that told us about their relationship after the Roland Garros final. There’s also a bold Amanda Anisimova prediction, Iga Swiatek coming in under the radar for once, and lots of intriguing round one matches.

Part three - Results round up (54m34s). We cover the intriguing Eastbourne final between Alexandra Eala and Maya Joint, discuss Swiatek’s run in Bad Homburg in more detail, and look ahead to media day on Saturday.

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Wimbledon is on the horizon and Catherine and David are joined by Charlie Eccleshare from The Athletic to cover all of the important grass court results and stories.

Part one - ATP Queen’s, Halle. Carlos Alcaraz was already a formidable opponent who had reached World No.1 and won five Grand slam titles, but how will anyone stop him now he has learned how to serve like this? His second Queen's title is reviewed, Alexander Bublik's Halle win is covered, and all the potential Wimbledon permutations come into view.

Part two - WTA round up (47m00s). The return of Marketa Vondrousova, and where it leaves Aryna Sabalenka after she apologised for her Roland Garros final remarks.

Part three - This week (60m30s). The US Open Mixed Doubles entry list - our reaction, and all of the other news in a news-heavy week.

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