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Welcome to your weekly, full-length free episode of Tennis Unfiltered. It contains more James, George, Calvin and two-time Wimbledon champion Henry than you could ever dream of, all for the low, low price of £0 per month. If that seems like a bargain, wait until you hear about the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. For £6 a month (plus VAT, if you're in the UK - sorry, there is nothing we can do about this!), you get ad-free listening, an extra weekly bonus, full episodes every day during grand slams, access to our Patreon group chats and loads more. Join here, support the podcast, and help get George through his Iron Man: https://www.patreon.com/c/tennisunfiltered/membership **** Well, there you have it. Wimbledon 2026 in the books. Doesn't the player protest over prize money feel an awfully long time ago? Since then, so much has happened. Here's what this last podcast for a few days covers... Cruz Hewitt, son of Lleyton, reaches the boys' final but loses to an American qualifier called Jordan Lee It's a serve-fest in the men's final with one of the lowest average rally lengths in years Alexander Zverev takes the first set and seems to have grown a forehand... ...but Jannik Sinner hangs tough and waits him out, sticking to the gameplan and eventually breaking the German down Zverev is in real danger of becoming likeable, charming the Wimbledon crowd with his acceptance speech Meanwhile, Sinner remains a character with whom the British public struggle to connect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-163552660 **** Grand slam champions - AGAIN! Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara have done the TUSCers proud at Wimbledon by triumphing in straight sets over Arevalo and Pavic. We've given Calvin Betton the evening off - and he was about four beers deep by the time we sat down to record. Instead, Eleanor Crooks is back to join James and chat about a straightforward (thank goodness...) win for the lads and the women's final. Linda Noskova very nearly goes all Jana Novotna and chokes a stunning lead - but completed an impressive reset after the second set to make sure she secured her first grand slam title Karolina Muchova produces her best line of the tournament by congratulating her "ex-friend" in her post-match speech Henry and Harri win two more tie-breaks to claim their third grand slam title - and Henry takes a well-aimed swipe at the ATP in his own speech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-163473940 **** George Bellshaw hoped he would be able to nip down after work and watch the final few sets of Sinner-Djokovic - but the one-sided nature of both men's semi-finals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-163383368 **** It's always a pleasure to have Eleanor Crooks sub in on the podcast: the Press Association's tennis correspondent is one of the very best tour-mates in tennis and what she doesn't know about tennis probably isn't worth knowing. She was covering the women's semi-finals on Thursday, so who better to have on while James waits for Calvin to gladhand his way round the locker-room after guiding Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara to a third grand slam final. Here is the big news from the second Thursday of Wimbledon. Coco Gauff dumps a drop shot into the net on match point and is dumped out of the tournament four points later by Karolina Muchova Linda Noskova makes it an all-Czech final as she beats Marta Kostyuk in straight sets, twice breaking at 4-5 to ensure she never had to serve it out Calvin assesses the chances of a player he has known for years, Arthur Fery, who is preparing for the biggest challenge of his life, up against Alexander Zverev in the first semi-final on Friday Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic will follow them on Centre Court in a blockbuster semi-final, the world No 1 against the all-time GOAT Carlos Alcaraz has already pulled out of the Masters event in Montreal, taking his wrist injury layoff to four months at least Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-163287160 *** Arthur Fery, Wimbledon semi-finalist. We can still barely believe they are words that you can write down and no one can say "hang on, that's not right". But they are, no matter how little George or James can believe it. Arthur Fery beats Flavio Cobolli in straight sets to book his place in the last four, only the fifth British man in the Open Era to do so He will face Alexander Zverev, after he served Taylor Fritz off the court to catch his pigeon and end a long-running streak of defeats to the American Marta Kostyuk's display of clean hitting knocks out Jasmine Paolini and moves the Ukrainian into her second straight grand slam semi-final Linda Noskova's destiny awaits (if you ask James) as she picks up another win, this time beating Elise Mertens in straight sets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've decided to make this episode free for all listeners, because we're feeling nice. But we still want and frankly need your support. For full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. **** George Bellshaw, James Gray and Calvin Betton get together on the first day of quarterfinals to discuss everything that has been going on at Wimbledon and more - and are joined at various points by Jamie Murray, Andrea Petkovic and the Bryan Brothers - Naomi Osaka is out, well beaten by Karolina Muchova in straight sets and admits to pain in her feet due to plantar fasciitis - Coco Gauff lost the first set and appeared to be having "one of those days" but turned around her 23rd three-set match of the year to roar into a first ever Wimbledon semi-final, seeing off her often doubles partner Jessica Pegula - Alexander Zverev comes in on his day off to (eventually) see off Jiri Lehecka - Jannik Sinner absolutely cruises past Jan-Lennard Struff - Mike and Bob Byran weigh in the ATP's efforts to turn the doubles circuit upside down and downsize it up... - ...and so does Calvin - Henry and Harri make it through to the men's doubles semi-finals - And Arthur Fery is about to take on the biggest match of his life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. **** Look, it's fair to say that George and James were a little sleep deprived after both making bad football-related decisions on Sunday night. So if they got a little bit silly at Wimbledon on Monday, that's why. Genuinely, no drink had been taken. They even forgot to mention Alex de Minaur. We're sorry. We don't really know what got into them. Arthur Fery keeps British hopes alive by winning a five-set thriller over Grigor Dimitrov, but is that the worst defeat of the Bulgarian's career? James's Linda Noskova prediction gets better every day as Madison Keys is the latest victim Alexander Zverev gets shafted by the schedule and loses his day off Does Alexandra Eala have the worst serve in the draw? James certainly was blown away by her first serve bottoming out at 65 miles per hour in defeat to Italy's Jasmine Paolini  Taylor Fritz's serene progress continues with a speedy win over Alexander Bublik Marta Kostyuk is done by lunchtime and slips under the radar into the quarter-finals AND FINALLY, George has finished his novel. **** To become a member of the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club, head to: https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-7-163003363?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link **** It is hard not to feel like you are missing something on fourth-round day: it makes you realise that Manic Monday really was completely insane from a journalistic perspective. But we've done our best to pick up all the best stories from Middle Sunday (once a day off for the overworked courts and reporters). Naomi Osaka handed Aryna Sabalenka her first straight-sets defeat at a slam for six years, overpowering the world No 1 on Centre Court to reach her first ever Wimbledon quarter-final She will face Karolina Muchova in the last eight after she won the battle of the Czechs against Barbora Krejcikova Jessica Pegula produced an impressive comeback win over the ever-improving Iva Jovic and will play Coco Gauff (see below) Novak Djokovic is safely through but did drop a set and expended more energy than he would have liked in the sun, while Jannik Sinner played in a cool evening and bagged victory in three sets Jan-Lennard Struff is the oldest-ever first-time major quarter-finalist at 36, after Hubert Hurkacz's back caught up with him in the fifth set And Felix Auger-Aliassime is NOT happy about Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's badly timed medical timeout AND WE MISSED... Coco Gauff reaching her first Wimbledon quarter-final in the nick of time, beating Belinda Bencic and the SW19 curfew by just two minutes. Sorry, we were already heading to bed... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. If you want to support the podcast, get full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, ad-free listening and so much more, go to ⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. Listen to the full version of this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-6-162921714?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link **** Whew, what a day! And it really was George Bellshaw's day as he took the lead on the podcast group chat account - and sauntered around some of Wimbledon's best courts in search of the best story. Was it... Defending champion Iga Swiatek downed by slow-serving Alexandra Eala on Centre Court Elena Rybakina backing up George's assertion that she is not a consistent slam performer by losing to Elise Mertens Serena Williams having fluid drained from her knee and pulling out of the women's doubles with Venus Williams Arthur Fery ensuring the Brits WILL have singles representation in the second week with an unlikely five-set win over Grigor Dimitrov A comeback win for Flavio Cobolli over Karen Khachanov after stomach trouble and a Davis Cup-like atmosphere on No 2 Court We covered them all and more in our daily podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. These podcasts are only possible with YOUR support, for which we are eternally grateful. To get our full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, go to ⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. You'll have a great time, we promise. (Promises are not legally binding. Terms and conditions apply. This promise may cause nausea, fainting, dizziness and a powerful sense of existential dread.) **** George Bellshaw and James Gray are back to discuss everything that happened on the fifth day of Wimbledon, including... Rafa Jodar is beaten by Shintaro Mochizuki and Joao Fonseca loses to Roman Safiullin to leave our "Super Sunday" dreams in tatters... ...but at least Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka won to keep up their ends of the bargain Novak Djokovic gets his daytime match, still slips around and then drops another set, this time to Arthur Rinderknech Belinda Bencic wins a thriller against Anna Kalinskaya Daniil Medvedev is out And so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. These podcasts are only possible with YOUR support, for which we are eternally grateful. To get our full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, go to ⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. You'll have a great time, we promise. (Promises are not legally binding. Terms and conditions apply. This promise may cause nausea, fainting, dizziness and a powerful sense of existential dread.) **** Calvin Betton, James Gray and George Bellshaw discuss the last day of second-round action at Wimbledon, including... - The ATP's controversial plans to downsize doubles draws at tour events, slash prize money in half and reallocate it to singles players - Serena Williams's comeback and whether she lived up to the wildcard - Arthur Fils crashes out at the hands of Matteo Berrettini - Grigor Dimitrov records another emotional victory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. These podcasts are only possible with YOUR support, for which we are eternally grateful. To get our full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, go to ⁠www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered⁠ and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. You'll have a great time, we promise. (Promises are not legally binding. Terms and conditions apply. This promise may cause nausea, fainting, dizziness and a powerful sense of existential dread.) **** Our top stories from Wednesday are... - Mirra Andreeva manages one more Wimbledon win than last year's French Open champion but still crashes out in the face of a gruesome draw with Barbora Krejcikova - Coco Gauff survives a scare against Solana Sierra to win 10-7 in the final-set tie-break - "Super Sunday" is still on thanks to wins for Sabalenka, Osaka, Sinner, Djokovic and Fonseca - but Jodar is wobbling - Learner Tien, Katerina Siniakova and Ignacio Buse among the seeds to fall - An injury scare for Serena Williams - And finally... Nick Kyrgios's Wimbledon career is over, for now The full episode is available here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered/posts/wimbledon-2026-3-162647483 **** To donate to George's JustGiving page, head here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/gd-bellshaw-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a short preview of our daily podcast from Wimbledon, to give you a flavour of what we are doing each day during the Championships. These podcasts are only possible with YOUR support, for which we are eternally grateful. To get our full-length daily podcasts from grand slams, go to www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered and sign up for the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. You'll have a great time, we promise. (Promises are not legally binding. Terms and conditions apply. This promise may cause nausea, fainting, dizziness and a powerful sense of existential dread.) **** Our top stories from Tuesday are... - Serena Williams is out of the singles after defeat by Maya Joint, but did she deserve a wildcard in the first place? - British tennis is BACK with wins for Arthur Fery, Jan Choinski, Katie Swan and Jacob Fearnley - Ben Shelton is out in the first round, what he called the toughest loss he has had to take - George is just glad he called Donna Vekic's doom **** To donate to George's JustGiving page, head here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/gd-bellshaw-1#supportersList Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you a TUSCer yet? It's the only way to listen to daily episodes from Wimbledon this year. You're lucky, so here is Day 1's extended episode for free. But remember, it's just £3.60 for the first month to join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club, and it really is a lot of fun. Join here: https://www.patreon.com/c/TennisUnfiltered *** George Bellshaw, James Gray and Calvin Betton are ALL in Wimbledon (mostly down to the TUSCers) and chatting about the biggest issues in tennis, as well as the first day of Wimbledon. They covered... - Injuries to Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu on the eve of Wimbledon - More reaction to Marketa Vondrousova's four-year ban over a refused anti-doping test - A statement win for Daniil Medvedev - The least surprising upset for a while as Hubert Hurkacz beats Casper Ruud And LOADS more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For ad-free listening, daily grand slam updates and access to group chats with the lads, subscribe to our Patreon from £3.60 for the first month. Tap here to join now: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered *** In the meantime, here are James Gray and George Bellshaw breaking down the Wimbledon draw in the men's and the women's singles. *** Fantasy Tennis Unfiltered, Wimbledon 2026 is LIVE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yf28lm97QpO_BhTzFDQGiSGoBe0YDM-XmwfJ8Zuv7Mo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you a TUSCer yet? Join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club for just £3.60 for the first month. TUSCers get ad-free listening to the main pod, an extra episode every Friday, daily coverage of the grand slams and loads more exclusive content. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/TennisUnfiltered *** This week, George dials in from Mexico while James and Calvin are down in Eastbourne trying to avoid the heatwave. Here are the stories they discussed - Serena Williams has been handed a wildcard for Wimbledon, where she will play her first singles match for four years - Dan Evans meanwhile is going to have to battle through qualifying if he wants to play the main draw at Wimbledon one more time - Francisco Cerundolo is the Queen's champion, watched by his father Alejandro who had taken a flight for the first time to see him. He beat Tommy Paul in the final. - Frances Tiafoe won a title too, beating Taylor Fritz in the Halle final to confirm his advances this year and suggest he could be a dangerous man to face in the Wimbledon draw - Aryna Sabalenka was bagelled in the final set for the second tournament in a row, Jessica Pegula dishing it out, but it was Linda Noskova who came up trumps in the final - And finally, Paula Badosa calls out Stefanos Tsitsipas's 'toxic' behaviour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you a member of our Patreon channel yet? It's the only way to get ad-free listening, daily podcasts from Tennis Unfiltered during grand slams, access to weekly bonus episodes every Friday and group chats with other Patreon members. Join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club here: https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered **** NB: This podcast was recorded BEFORE the Wimbledon wildcards were confirmed on Tuesday. We can only apologise. Blame the All England Club. Calvin Betton (west London), James Gray (south London) and George Bellshaw (actual Mexico) are back to go through another week of tennis news. And it really is all about wildcards. - Donna Vekic, with Dave Felgate back in tow, wins the women's title at Queen's, seeing off Emma Raducanu in her biggest final since winning the US Open five years ago - Serena Williams was back playing, in doubles for now, with Victoria Mboko, although a nasty knee injury stopped her progress and ruled the teenager out of Wimbledon - Meanwhile, Queen's defending champion Tatjana Maria had to come through qualifying for the chance to play at the west London WTA 500, after organisers handed all the WTA wildcards to Brits - Dan Evans is retiring but he is also not happy at Queen's, after they failed to give him a wildcard to the main draw... will he get one at Wimbledon? - Speaking of Wimbledon, they have announced their prize money with a 20 per cent uplift for players, but not all players... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you a TUSCer yet? Subscribers to our Patreon get a bonus podcast every Friday outside of grand slams (this week it's our Roland Garros Q&A, answering your questions from the French Open), daily coverage of every grand slam, ad-free listening to our Tuesday pods and access to all the group chats for just £3.60 for your first month. PRO TIP: To avoid paying extra (and extortionate) Apple Store fees, set up your account and sign up on browser: www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered. You can then download the Patreon app, log in, go to our page, hit the three dots in the corner and add the subscription feed to your podcast app. ***** With George Bellshaw gallivanting in Mexico, Myles David of Tuned into Tennis steps in to the breach, joining Calvin Betton (WORLD NO 1 COACH) and James Gray (WORLD NO 1... er, of being himself) to review Roland Garros 2026. They discussed: - Mirra Andreeva is a grand slam champion, overcoming an awkward clash with qualifier Maja Chwalinska in Saturday's final - Is this the beginning of a significant run at the top of the game for the Russian? - Will Maja Chwalinska get a wildcard? - Are the big hitters going to bounce back from big upsets? - Alexander Zverev has finally ended his quest for a grand slam title, winning his maiden major at the fourth time of asking, but will it change anything for the German going forward? - Can anyone expect to challenge Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon? And does the Italian have something to prove after his heat-related exit from Roland Garros? - What does it take to become world No 1? Just ask Calvin Betton! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton and James Gray are in Paris, while George Bellshaw holds the fort in London (while dodging celebrating Arsenal fans). Serena Williams confirms her comeback to tennis and will play doubles with Victoria Mboko at Queen's next week Jannik Sinner suffers one of the biggest shocks in French Open history as cramp and fatigue beats him (and Juan Manuel Cerundolo) Novak Djokovic is beaten for just the second time ever from two sets up, smoked off the court by Joao Fonseca in a compelling five-setter in the heat of Chatrier Iga Swiatek's return to form comes to an end with a shock defeat to Marta Kostyuk that she blames on being "tense" on the court Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff are also early casualties to leave the draw relatively open in the second week For daily podcast updates from the grand slams, join the TUSCers on our Patreon channel for just £3.60 a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you a TUSCer? For ad-free listening, daily grand slam podcasts and group chats with the hosts, join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club for just £3.60 for the first month, just tap the link here: https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/tennis-rich-players-french-open-prize-money-4434620 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you a TUSCer? For ad-free listening, daily grand slam podcasts and group chats with the lads, join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club for just £3.60 for the first month, just tap the link here: https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered And if you want to play Fantasy Tennis Unfiltered for FREE, then you can enter here before 1pm BST on Sunday: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gBnATXVxgHeKD-Ihek5woFg0RciA9SaXXiBhHvVjMJE The basic concept is simple: predict the quarter-finalists. Do that successfully, and play your captaincy chip right, and you'll win! You must pick one player from each section of the draw, and hope that they go as far as possible - as well as nominating a men's captain and a women's captain. (To help you, the players are presented as they are in the draw, so you know who plays who!) SCORING Players are split into four categories: Top Seed (a top 8 seed), Minor Seeds (9-32 seeds), Unseeded (self-explanatory) and Bolter (a wildcard or a qualifier). Unlike previous years, you do not HAVE to pick any qualifier or wildcards - but they will score points more quickly if you do pick a successful one. Top Seed - 10 points per win Minor Seed - 15 points per win Unseeded - 20 points per win Bolter - 30 points per win The overall tournament winner also receives a bonus of 20 points. CAPTAINS You must select a captain in the men's and the women's draw. Captains will score double points. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you a TUSCer yet? Join the Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club, just £3.60 for the first month. Sign up ON BROWSER for the best price and offer: https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered You can then use the Patreon app to connect the podcast to your existing podcast app. **** Calvin Betton, James Gray and George Bellshaw are here to look back on Rome and start thinking about Roland Garros favourites... - Jannik Sinner became only the second man to win every single Masters event since it was introduced in 1990, joining Novak Djokovic in extremely rarefied air - Can anyone stop Sinner? Probably not, but his own body might betray him... as Daniil Medvedev nearly found out - Alexander Zverev will be No 2 in Paris but was unhappy with court in Rome, blaming the clay for his defeat to Luciano Darderi - Elina Svitolina won arguably the biggest title of her career, beating Coco Gauff after already knocking off Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina to claim the title - Svitolina is now the first Ukrainian player to win 20 WTA titles PLUS... - Andy Murray is back in a coaching box after agreeing to work with Jack Draper for the grass-court season, including Wimbledon - Emma Raducanu has re-hired Andrew Richardson, the man who guided her to the 2021 US Open title, to coach her nearly five years after letting him go NEWS - Andy Murray is to coach Jack Draper over the course of the grass court season “I am very grateful for everything Jamie Delgado has done for me over these past six months. “He is a world class coach and a great man. “In the interim, I will continue to be supported by the excellent team at the LTA, with the addition of Andy Murray, who will be supporting me throughout the grass court season.” - In other coaching news, Emma Raducanu has announced she is back with Andrew Richardson, the man who coached her to US Open glory five years ago.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton calls in from Rome (and a rather echo-y Airbnb) to join George Bellshaw and James Gray for another look back at a week of news leading up to the French Open - and to break some exciting podcast news! We are launching Patreon channel because we want to bring you even more unfiltered content throughout the year - that means daily podcasts from every grand slam, bonus premium content every other week, group chats with all three of us, the chance to help shape the podcast, and loads more. But that's not easy - by launching a Patreon, it will give us more time to spend putting together great podcasts, making sure we have a presence at every slam, and going deeper on the sport we all love than we ever have before. Sign up for just £3 for the first month at https://www.patreon.com/tennisunfiltered and join The Tennis Unfiltered Supporters Club. In the meantime, here is this week's free podcast: - Novak Djokovic returns to Rome but it is in vain as he is beaten in three sets by Dino Prizmic... - ...and the 24-time grand slam champion admits battling physical issues is "a new reality" for him at the age of 38 - Jannik Sinner is on the verge of breaking one of Djokovic's records as his Masters 1000 winning streak extends into the 30s - can anyone stop him? - Aryna Sabalenka's Roland Garros favourite tag is under threat after another shock defeat, this time to the retiring Sorana Cirstea - ...so who is in line to take favouritism to Paris? - And there's a dispute brewing between the top players and the tennis authorities with Sabalenka, Sinner and Gauff all among those threatening a boycott of a grand slam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Gray, Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw are all back around the microphones to discuss another week of tennis news - and as we always say, what a week! Here's what they talked about - Jannik Sinner crushed his pigeon Alexander Zverev in the men's final to claim a fifth straight Masters title - Eight years after breaking through as a 15-year-old, Marta Kostyuk finally won the biggest title of her career and then of course failed to shake hands with her Russian opponent Mirra Andreeva - Calvin had to coach both sides of semi-final but the match was marred by a horrific warm-up injury... - ...but Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara did at least win the title a day later to sweeten the pill a little - Kei Nishikori announces his retirement (and it's not fake news this time) - Jack Draper is out of the French Open with a new injury - Novak Djokovic is back in Rome And so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton is in Madrid, George Bellshaw is in recovery again and James Gray is in a dark, lonely Pembrokeshire car park. They discussed... - Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the French Open, and perhaps beyond, with an ongoing wrist injury - Jannik Sinner is now a 70 per cent favourite to win Roland Garros, but who is his closest challenger? Alexander Zverev can't beat him, Novak Djokovic isn't fit... the lads assess the challengers - Rafa Jodar is on a breakout run and beat fellow young gun Joao Fonseca - might he join the Possibles in Paris? - Has a sickness bug ruined our chances of understanding the WTA power rankings at Madrid? - Venus Williams has lost 10 (TEN) singles matches in a row but is still getting wildcards - The players are torn over electronic line-calling after a number of marks appeared to differ from the call made by Hawk-Eye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton, George Bellshaw and James Gray are all back around a microphone - in different parts of London but nevertheless all in London, yet nowhere near organised enough to get in the same room together. This week, they are talking about... Arthur Fils's comeback arc Ben Shelton's ability to power through slow care The apparent invincibility of Elena Rybakina Jamie Murray's retirement Marketa Vondrousova's fight to clear her name An injury epidemic in Madrid And underarm serves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every Tuesday at 6pm, another hour of tennis news, reviews and opinions drops from James Gray, Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw. This week they discussed... Jannik Sinner wins his first major clay-court title by beating Carlos Alcaraz in a wind-swept Monte Carlo final Has Sinner finally cracked the last surface on which he has not won a slam? What does Alcaraz have to do to arrest his slump in their head-to-head battle? Daniil Medvedev produced one of the all-time meltdowns in Monaco, beaten 6-0, 6-0 by Matteo Berrettini and marmalising a racket on court Valentin Vacherot reached the semi-final of his home tournament and said he would rather win that than a grand slam! Mika Stojsavljevic and Harriet Dart led Great Britain to an unlikely Billie Jean King Cup victory over Australia And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton, George Bellshaw and James Gray are back to look back at a week of 250s and answer your questions on the tennis world. Here are the big stories they discussed in this week's episode... Wim Fisette has "broken his silence" after splitting with Iga Swiatek in a "tell-all" (well, not quite all) interview but in the meantime... ...Swiatek has a new coach, picking up Emma Raducanu cast-off Francisco Roig... ...who was on trial with Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard and didn't even mention that he was leaving to the Frenchman... ...who in turn has hired Greg Rusedski! They also talk about a title for Rafael Jodar (denying Marco Trungelliti a historic win), the colour of the clay in Houston, and answer your questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton is on R&R in NYC but he is not MIA - he's bang up to speed to join James Gray in south London and George Bellshaw back from Benidorm for another Tennis Unfiltered podcast. They discussed most things that happened in tennis over the last week, including... - Jannik Sinner ended Jiri Lehecka's rather charmed run to the Miami final with a brutal serving performance to complete the 'Sunshine Double', the eighth man to complete the feat - Sinner has also now won three Masters titles in a row WITHOUT DROPPING A SET... no one had ever even won two in a row - Aryna Sabalenka also doubled up, winning Miami after Indian Wells, in an entertaining final win over Coco Gauff. She is only the fifth woman to win it, joining an elite club of Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Victoria Azarenka and Iga Swiatek. - Arthur Fils is most certainly back, winning the match of the tournament against Tommy Paul - Amanda Anisimova splits with her coach Hendrik Vleeshouwers - David Goffin announces he is retiring - The WTA are done with Finals in Saudi Arabia And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton gives us the lowdown on court conditions in Miami... while George Bellshaw updates us on his "internet box". James Gray, as usual, is just trying to hold everyone together. They discussed... - Joao Fonseca faced Carlos Alcaraz a week after playing Jannik Sinner, but how much will he learn from his own Sunshine Double? - Alcaraz won but was them stunned by Sebastian Korda, a Florida native excelling on home soil once again. Is this his moment to arrive again in the top 10? - Iga Swiatek was beaten by Magda Linette, a shocking defeat with some tortured quotes afterwards... - ...and then sacked her coach Wim Fisette mid-podcast - Pat Cash is pitching for a job at Tennis Australia - Wimbledon is introducing video review for the first time And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton is on training camp in North Carolina, George Bellshaw is dragging himself through Ironman regimes and James Gray is, well, still here. They're back to talk all about tennis from the last seven days, which included the end of Indian Wells, a whole host of withdrawals from Miami and another glimpse of the new structure of the tennis tour post-Saudi spend. Jannik Sinner won his first Indian Wells title, finally ending Daniil Medvedev's winning run... ...but is the Russian, who is now back in the top 10, ready to become the third guy in men's tennis? Jack Draper is back to winning ways, beating Novak Djokovic en route the quarter-finals... ...but was he unfairly "hindered" by a hindrance call in his last eight defeat? Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka slogged it out in the women's final... ...and while Sabalenka won to ding-dong the head-to-head back in her favour, is it really a match-up that helps the women's game? That and SO much more... LINKS Charlie Eccleshare and Matt Futterman on the new tennis tour: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7106736/2026/03/12/tennis-atp-calendar-tournaments-saudi-arabia-buybacks/ THAT hindrance call: https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2032299932947005764 An interview with Eugenie Bouchard: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2026/03/16/eugenie-bouchard-interview-i-understand-raducanu-pressure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George Bellshaw is back from India and reclaims his seat, Calvin Betton is still in California and James Gray is holding them all together. They discussed... - A new ticketing system at Indian Wells has turned one of tennis's better courts into a ghost town - There's a rare injury retirement, only the second of her career for Coco Gauff - Naomi Osaka is dressing to impress - Venus Williams's return to Indian Wells ends in a bad-tempered rant at tournament staff - Calvin reveals how Henry and Harri finally got out of Dubai, but not in time to play Indian Wells - Emma Raducanu talks about trying to get back to her natural game - but then gets hammered by Amanda Anisimova in the third round Do go read Harri's blog: https://www.harriheliovaara.fi/2026/03/03/tilannepaivitys-dubaista-vol-2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton gives us the inside scoop on what life in Dubai is like right now with Henry Patten, Harri Heliovaara and Boris Chernov all stuck in the United Arab Emirates, where at time of recording the airspace remains closed until further notice as a result of Iranian air strikes. And with George Bellshaw away, Ben Rothenberg of Bounces (https://www.benrothenberg.com/) fills in as our resident red head, while James Gray anchors as usual. They discussed.. - The chaos in Dubai where no one seems to have a good way out of the city - Harri and Henry winning the doubles title with explosions in the background - Daniil Medvedev finally ends the curse by winning a repeat title, but with an asterisk after Tallon Griekspoor pulls out injured - WTA Austin introduces a "Rage Room" for private racket smashes, but no one knows if Taylor Townsend used it after losing to Peyton Stearns in the final - Taylor Fritz says the Dunlop ball at Indian Wells is going to get very slow indeed - And finally, Jack Draper's haircut Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton is perfectly safe in Acapulco, James Gray is finally home and George Bellshaw is about to head off to India - but for now at least two of the Tennis Unfiltered gang are in the same timezone. Here are the stories they're talking about this week... - Carlos Alcaraz only needed 50 minutes to beat Arthur Fils and claim the 26th title of his young career in Doha - It extends his ranking lead over Jannik Sinner, after he came unstuck against Jakub Mensik in the quarter-finals - Jessica Pegula finally converted one of her semi-final appearances into a title, winning in Dubai (and proving Calvin right) - She beat Elina Svitolina, who spent three hours eliminating Coco Gauff, who in turn seems to be falling out of love with her biomechanics coach - Alexandra Eala keeps selling tickets - The WTA are forming a 13-player council to fix the schedule - Emma Raducanu has signed for Uniqlo (See James's story here: ⁠https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/emma-raducanu-nike-uniqlo-4255160⁠) And SO much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton is in Delray, James Gray is in Bormio and George Bellshaw is our northern (London) star, constant and unchanging. They're back round at the microphone to talk about the last week of tennis... - Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka pull out of the mandatory Dubai tournament... - ...and the tournament director calls them out on it! - Victoria Mboko beats Elena Rybakina en route to the Doha final... but then loses to Karolina Muchova - Destinee Aiava announces her shock retirement with a massive FU to the tennis establishment - No meat in Acapulco - Serena Williams officially reinstated - A great run for Jack Pinnington Jones ...and SO much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton is back from Turkey, James Gray is now up in the mountains and George Bellshaw still doesn't really know what a pun is. They discussed... - Katie Boulter winning the title in Ostrava, claiming her fourth career WTA win - Emma Raducanu made the final in Cluj but was then battered by Sorana Cirstea... - ...is she fit enough? Does she need a coach? What now? - The PTPA's $1bn plans for tennis are scrutinised... - ...as are Craig Tiley's wild and wacky ideas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Australian Open 2026 is in the books. Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina are our two singles champions, and we have ANOTHER British doubles champion and everyone can take a deep breath (for a bit). ATP Tour coach Calvin Betton, The i Paper sports news editor James Gray and tennis broadcaster and writer George Bellshaw are here to look back at it all. They discussed... - Is Novak Djokovic a genuine contender in other slams this year or will this prove to be his last hurrah? - Which slams with Carlos Alcaraz win this year and is the calendar year grand slam achievable? - Has Aryna Sabalenka got a problem in finals? - Will Elena Rybakina wait another four years to go from two majors to three? - How will we remember the 2026 Australian Open? And SO much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton returns, albeit from Turkey, to join George Bellshaw and James Gray to look back at the Australian Open men's final - Was Novak Djokovic's gameplan the right one? - How did Carlos Alcaraz turn it around? - Was Djokovic injured? Will he ever come back as an active player? All that and more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Molly McElwee subs in for George Bellshaw to review the women's singles final at the Australian Open with James Gray. - Elena Rybakina came from 3-0 down in the deciding set to win her second grand slam title - World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka has now lost three of her last four major finals, including two in a row in Melbourne - Rybakina's coach Stefano Vukov was presented with a trophy too, despite his chequered history working with Rybakina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

- Carlos Alcaraz came through cramps, vomiting and an Alexander Zverev comeback to win his Australian Open semi-final and reach the final in Melbourne for the first time ever - Jannik Sinner could not join him, denied a three-peat by an inspired Novak Djokovic, who is now just one win away from the 25th grand slam title of his career Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Gray and George Bellshaw are back around the microphone after two MORE straight-sets wins - Aryna Sabalenka saved break points in the opening game against Elina Svitolina but never looked back after that.. - ...except when she was called for a hindrance in the fourth game of the match, a decision she says "p***ed her off" but also inspired her to win the match - Elena Rybakina came through the challenge of the religiously consistent Jessica Pegula to set up a repeat of the 2023 final Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Gray and George Bellshaw get down to it after a series of last eight matches in which... - Coco Gauff sparked a privacy row after she complained about her racket smash in a corridor being broadcast to millions - Novak Djokovic was "going home" after losing two sets to Lorenzo Musetti... and then the Italian pulled out injured - Iga Swiatek was knocked out by a familiar opponent Elena Rybakina - Michael Chang's kids turned up in Learner Tien's press conference Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Calvin Betton is back and anything BUT boring... however, is the Australian Open turning into a boring tournament? George Bellshaw and James Gray join him to discuss... - Ben Shelton knocking out Casper Ruud to add another top-eight seed to the men's quarter-finals, making it seven in total and 13 across the two singles draws - Lorenzo Musetti sets up a clash with Novak Djokovic by putting Taylor Fritz out of his misery - All four women's matches end in straightforward straight sets victories for the favourites AND, as a special treat, here is a free link to read James's column for The i Paper: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-getting-lucky-4193977?utm_campaign=PNITUx1xSr1ai7e&ito=gifted_article&data-target=gifted_article&utm_source=XJPLeh5koSHChZEU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

- Novak Djokovic has been handed a free pass into a record 65th grand slam quarter-final after Jakub Mensik pulled out of their fourth-round clash - Are the stars aligning for Djokovic slam No 25? - Daniil Medvedev is out, beaten in straight sets by Michael Chang-coached Learner Tien - Elina Svitolina crushed Mirra Andreeva's AO dream with an efficient performance - Coco Gauff fought fire with fire to beat Karolina Muchova And much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Rothenberg of Bounces and James Gray look back (mostly) at the seventh day of action at the Australian Open. - Jannik Sinner lost the opening set to Elliot Spizziri in sweltering conditions, which triggered the heat rule, shut the roof and seemingly swung the match in the Italian's favour - Madison Keys's title defence goes on in fine style - And why Daniil Medvedev vs Le-arn-er Tien is the match of the day on Sunday And loads more! Go check out Ben's work on Bounces (https://www.benrothenberg.com/), it really is excellent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George Bellshaw is back for his last podcast of the week with James Gray in tow. - Aryna Sabalenka admits she felt 'disconnected' from her body in a double tie-break win over Anastasia Potapova - Coco Gauff came from a set down to beat Hailey Baptiste after a tactical adjustment on her forehand side - Daniil Medvedev delivered on his annual AO five-setter - The British interest in the singles is over for another year, Cam Norrie beaten in four sets by an imperious Alexander Zverev - Yulia Putintseva did NOT disappoint! And so much more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Gray and George Bellshaw look back at the fifth day of action at the 2026 Australian Open. - No 10 seed Belinda Bencic is shocked by qualifier Nikola Bartunkova, the teenage sensation who served a six-month ban for inadvertently ingesting banned substance TMZ - Stan Wawrinka kept rolling back the years to beat Arthur Gea in five sets and set up a third-round clash with Taylor Fritz - Naomi Osaka wound up Sorana Cirstea, knocked her out the tournament and then hung her out to dry. Just watch: https://x.com/tntsports/status/2014296632775336143 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Gray and George Bellshaw are back around the microphones for another review of a relatively drama-free day at the Australian Open, but... - Emma Raducanu is out after defeat to Anastasia Potapova and seems ready to ditch the tactical overhaul being overseen by Francis Roig - Cam Norrie is the last Brit standing after grinding out a win over Emilio Nava in rarefied, late-night air - Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Kamil Majchrzak both fell out with the crowd but for different reasons - Diana Shnaider saves three match points to roar into the third round back at the tournament where she broke through three years ago LINKS Check your fantasy progress here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/125MgiVs97Xnbi9OQ5UdXck-VM2liwwxbQMVxeevJIIY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yes, the hat. Not Brooklyn Beckham, not the actual tennis. Naomi Osaka's incredible hat. George Bellshaw and James Gray are keen to focus on some other things... eventually. Because THAT. HAT. It was also a cracking first-round tennis match. But the hat. Where does she go from now?! LINKS The hat in question: https://x.com/tntsports/status/2013590606128263313https://x.com/tntsports/status/2013590606128263313 How are you faring in fantasy tennis? Check here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/125MgiVs97Xnbi9OQ5UdXck-VM2liwwxbQMVxeevJIIY/edit?resourcekey=&gid=1734778613#gid=1734778613 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Gray and George Bellshaw look back on the second day of first-round action in Melbourne including... - Felix Auger-Aliassime retires after cramping just two sets into his match against Nuno Borges - Iga Swiatek is made to work hard by Chinese qualifier Yuan Yue - Alexandra Eala fans overcrowd Court 6, but it's not a problem the Australian organisers will have to deal with again this year - Naomi Osaka lifts the lid on her leaving the Evolve agency - Why hasn't Carlos Alcaraz won the Australian Open yet? LINKS - The wild scenes of Parks vs Eala: https://x.com/christianscourt/status/2013099697431298256 - Naomi Osaka talks to Ben Rothenberg: https://www.benrothenberg.com/p/naomi-osaka-interview-australian-open-evolve-img-australian-open-day-2-schedule-preview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 1 of the Australian Open is in the books, a record day at Melbourne Park as more than 100,000 ticketholders streamed through the gates. The headlines were... - Qualifier Zeynep Sonmez pulled off the biggest win of her career by knocking out No 11 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova - Ukrainians Dayana Yastremksa and Marta Kostyuk both also suffered first-round defeats as three WTA seeds fell on Day 1 - Arthur Fery knocked out the only men's seed to lose on Sunday, although Flavio Cobolli called the doctor after one game because of illness and was clearly short of his best - Emma Raducanu looked like she was in trouble against Mananchaya Sawangkaew but saved break points at 1-3 down and lost two more games in the entire match. And so much more! LINKS Daria Kasatkina interview: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6978334/2026/01/16/tennis-daria-kasatkina-australia-russia/ Putintseva being Putintseva: https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/2012724674036183423 FTU League Table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/125MgiVs97Xnbi9OQ5UdXck-VM2liwwxbQMVxeevJIIY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices