Cincinnati - Is tennis losing a generation?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt are back to talk about the opening stages of Cincinnati which has seen brutal temperatures, a power outage, and plenty of compelling tennis too.

Part one - ATP Results. We start by taking stock of the careers of Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud after their struggles continued. There’s also Lorenzo Musetti’s poor form on hard courts, both Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz immediately going out to practise after their latest victories, another tricky week for Joao Fonseca, and a surprise defeat for Alex de Minaur.

Part two - WTA Results (45m45s). The match of the tournament so far was Aryna Sabalenka’s three hour victory over Emma Raducanu. We discuss Sabalenka’s phenomenal tiebreak record, really encouraging signs for Raducanu, and our impressions of the early glimpses of her coaching partnership with Francisco Roig. There’s also Madison Keys saving match points to win yet again and Amanda Anisimova losing to Anna Kalinskaya.

Part three - Details of our live show in Wrexham on Wednesday 22nd October!

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1:25.1	It is Tuesday morning, Tuesday the 12th of August. So no Friday night disco vibes on this show. But great vibes nonetheless. The sun is shining. Taylor Swift is releasing new music. The US Open starts in a week's time. All is well with the world. Matt Roberts, how you doing?
1:45.1	Very well. Yeah, what fun news to wake up to this morning about Taylor Swift's new album.
1:52.9	As you said, the sun's shining. We're in a good place. I'm still getting through Springsteen's seven new albums.
2:00.9	They are feeding us.
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2:05.0	What a time to be alive.
2:07.0	And most of it is going over David's head.
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