As world events unfold, what happens to tennis?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Catherine, David and Matt catch up on all the latest results and news in a week which saw the illusion of tennis existing outside of world events collapse again.
Part one - ATP (00:00 - 48:17). We cover the dystopian scene of the doubles final in Dubai taking place despite American and Israeli strikes on Tehran and Iran’s retaliatory attacks across the region. Plus, an update on the players and staff still stuck in Dubai with airspaces closed. On the court, there’s chat about Daniil Medvedev finally winning a tournament for the second time, even if this one came via walkover, the return of Jack Draper, Flavio Cobolli’s triumph in Acapulco, and Luciano Darderi picking up his fifth clay court title in Santiago.
Part two - WTA (48:18 - 1:01:57). We discuss Peyton Stearns winning the title in her college town of Austin and a career-best moment for Cristina Bucsa in Merida.
Part three - News (1:01:58 - 1:31:53). The worst kept secret is finally out - Craig Tiley is moving from Tennis Australia to the USTA. We discuss the challenges ahead of him and where Tennis Australia might go next. There’s also chat about Emma Raducanu's clothing and coaching news as well as a look ahead to Indian Wells, which gets underway with its draw ceremony today.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is presented by ServiceNow. Learn how ServiceNow puts AI to work for people at |
| 0:06.6 | servicenow.com. This is Tom Chalanzio from Herndon, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. |
| 0:13.6 | My favorite tennis players of all time are Rafa Nidal, Monica Seles, and Garbeen Muguruta. |
| 0:23.3 | Favorite tennis podcasters of all time are Catherine, Matt, and David. You are listening to the amazing tennis podcast. |
| 0:55.8 | Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on this first Monday of March. Spring has sprung. The sun is shining and Tom has just given us an absolutely delightful intro to today's show. |
| 1:04.4 | Thank you, Tom, whose intro there was a surprise gift from his clearly very lovely and thoughtful wife, Susan. |
| 1:13.4 | And if you'd like to be a thoughtful husband, wife, partner or friend, then the link to become a friend of the pod is in our show notes as always. Matt Roberts is here. He's having tech issues, but he's also still riding |
| 1:20.6 | high from watching Fulham beat Spurs. So it is swings and roundabouts for Matt today. How are you doing? |
| 1:27.9 | Very well, thank you. Yeah, a bit on age because things were going swimmingly. |
| 1:31.6 | And then 10 minutes ago I had inexplicable tech issues and have delayed this recording. |
| 1:36.5 | But at the moment, things are okay. |
| 1:38.9 | And I have watched the highlights of Fulham's goals about 10 times already this morning. |
| 1:44.6 | So feeling good about that. Big week. Got two more home games coming up this week. |
| 1:50.3 | Big week for Matt Roberts. We don't mention football to David at the moment, but the good news for David is no tech issues for you. |
| 1:58.6 | Congratulations. Also good news, no football this this midweek. So for dear, |
| 2:03.9 | the less of it, the better as far as I'm concerned. But yeah, let's concentrate on the Seahawks, |
| 2:09.6 | shall we? It's about four weeks ago that they won the Super Bowl, but I'm still happy to talk about |
| 2:14.5 | that. Yeah, I think that is fair enough, David. |
| 2:18.6 | And if any sports fans out there have any sort of manifesting in them, |
| 2:24.1 | then please manifest good things for West Bromwich Albion, |
| 2:27.0 | because my goodness me, it is needed. |
| 2:28.8 | And the tone and mood of our French Open shows might depend on that manifestation, quite frankly. |
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