Talking Tennis

Damian and John round-up all the latest from the Spanish capital with all of Round One completed and half of Round Two.Leylah Fernandez crashed out to 15-year-old Mirra Andreeva and the teenager repeated the trick by beating Beatriz Haddad Maia.Meanwhile, lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff got even luckier, as he went on to Round Two.The same could not be said of Andy Murray, who lost in straight sets for his third defeat in a row.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan-Lennard Struff, after such a good run in Monte Carlo and tearing up the qualifiers all year, lost out Aslan Karatsev, in what was brutal draw for the German.Benoit Paire has also joined the main draw party in Madrid while on the women's side there were wins Laura Siegemund and Eugenie Bouchard.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#wta #tennis #stuttgart #madridNick is joined on this week's show by Rennae Stubbs, one-time Serena Williams coach and a former tennis player herself.The pair will look back on the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart where Iga Swiatek retained her title after beating Aryna Sabalenka in the final.Next up is Madrid but there has already been one major withdrawal with Karolina Pliskova announcing she will not be participating due to a knee injury. Will Ons Jabeur join her in pulling out after she retired hurt from her semi-final with Swiatek in southern Germany?And what chance a Rennae Stubbs return to the coaching box? And have we definitely seen the last of Serena?Find out all this and more with Nick and Rennae as they delve into the ever-evolving WTA world.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#atp #barcelona #munich #banjaluka #tennis #madridA roundup of the week's ATP action where titles were won in Barcelona, Munich and Banja Luka.In Barcelona, Carlos Alcaraz swept all before him, including Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final while Botic van de Zandschulp blew a double break advantage in the deciding set against Holger Rune in Munich. Van de Zandschulp later tweeted "this one hurts." To his credit, Rune tweeted back: "Man i know. I was there last week up almost 5-1 in the final and losing in Monaco . Good things coming. You play incredibly."But the surprise of the week came in Banja Luka as Dusan Lajovic beat Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev as he took the ATP 250 title in Bosnia.Also, Talking Tennis talks about the situation in Madrid following the withdrawals of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rafael Nadal has announced he will not be competing at the Madrid Masters event due to get underway next week.More worryingly, he said he was uncertain when he will be able to return, merely that he hoped it would be before the end of the clay-court season.So what next for the 22-time Grand Slam winner? Anything from a return in Rome or for the French Open, to even retirement has been spoken of.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick is joined by WTA player Sofia Shapatava as they look back on the week's Billie Jean King Cup action, in which Sofia was representing Georgia.Talking Tennis also looks forward to the upcoming tournament in Stuttgart.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look back on the week's tennis on the men's side which concluded with today's Monte Carlo final between Holger Rune and Andrey Rublev.Rublev came from a set down to take the biggest title of his career.Talking Tennis also looks toward the upcoming tournaments in Barcelona and Munich.Carlos Alcaraz returns to action in Barcelona but compatriot Rafael Nadal remains sidelined.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ons Jabeur beat Belinda Bencic in straight sets to get her clay-court season off to a title-winning start while Tatjana Maria defended her Bogota title by beating Peyton Stearns in three sets.In this first episode of a weekly show, Nick is joined by Hanlon Walsh, who was in among all the action in Charleston.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Casper Ruud's 2023 season finally feels as though it got underway on Sunday, after arguably his best performance of the year against "blazing" Miomir Kecmanovic in the Estoril Open final.It was a bad day all round for Kecmanovic as he also lost the doubles final alongside fellow Serb Nikola Ćaćić.Elsewhere, the weather has caused chaos with the schedulers in the United States, where Frances Tiafoe has reached the final. Meanwhile, Roberto Carballes Baena won his second ATP Tour title, in Marrakech, overcoming Alexandre Muller in a battle which lasted more than three hours.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Miomir Kecmanovic beat Marco Checchinato with relative ease, 6-3 6-1 while Casper Ruud saw off Quentin Halys in a much tighter affair, 6-4 3-6 7-6.Here is a round-up of the day's action, from start to finish, including quotes from both Kecmanovic and Ruud.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices