Indian Wells - Sincaraz, Sabatek finals incoming?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
It’s only been a few days since the last pod but so much has happened at Indian Wells for Catherine, David and Matt to get stuck into.
Part one - ATP (00:00 - 40:17) It’s been a thrilling week on the ATP side with the return of Jack Draper and Arthur Fils helping to reinvigorate the tour. We discuss Draper’s epic win over Novak Djokovic and the technical tweaks which have helped Fils on his return. But will it still be a Carlos Alcaraz - Jannik Sinner final? There’s chat about Alcaraz’s absurd level against Casper Ruud and Sinner’s steel in seeing off a fine performance from Joao Fonseca.
Part two - WTA (40:18 - 1:11:48) The matches may not have quite lived up to expectations so far, but there’s still been plenty of intrigue. We cover Iga Swiatek’s perfect tactics against Karolina Muchova, Aryna Sabalenka displaying how she’s evolved her game by beating Naomi Osaka handily, the impressive form of Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina and Victoria Mboko, and the worrying pattern of Mirra Andreeva losing her composure in matches.
Part three - News (1:11:49 - 1:23:50). We react to reporting in The Athletic about how the ATP and Saudi Arabia plans to reshape the men’s tennis calendar by going on a shopping spree and buying back tournament licenses.
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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. Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast, our midweek tennis podcast updating you on all things Indian Wells. |
| 0:26.6 | And a lot of things Indian Wells have happened in the last three days. |
| 0:32.8 | I feel like I've got memes to last a lifetime just from the last few days of Indian Wells action. |
| 0:40.7 | Matt Roberts, are you over Fulham's FA Cup defeat to Southampton? |
| 0:46.7 | Is that something that's happened in the last three days? |
| 0:50.2 | Time has helped. |
| 0:52.2 | Southampton drawing Arsenal in the next round has helped a little bit as well. |
| 0:57.0 | And India Wales has helped. |
| 0:59.0 | It's taken my mind off it. |
| 1:00.0 | I feel like I've watched so much tennis over the past three or four days, like really racking up the hours, just six till late kind of thing here in the UK. And that has been |
| 1:13.1 | a joy, actually. Some of the matches haven't lived up to expectations, but some of them |
| 1:18.1 | have exceeded expectations. And there's just so many interesting names and stories in this |
| 1:23.5 | drawer. I've had a great time. Yes, is the short answer to your question. I am feeling a lot better. |
| 1:30.4 | We don't talk about football with David anymore, but still good news about those seahawks, David. |
| 1:35.2 | You'll always have the seahawks. Yeah, but I have a few shoots of optimism that are sprouting. |
| 1:44.0 | And I feel like West Romerjabian are going to be okay |
| 1:47.4 | and it's all going to start on Saturday with a win against Hall because we deserve to win last |
| 1:52.2 | night against Southampton and I feel it's coming. David Law in optimism shocker all is right with |
| 2:00.8 | the world and all is right with the world. |
| 2:01.8 | And all is right with our agenda because Matt has done the Lord's work here after my |
| 2:08.5 | multiple catastrophes in Monday show. |
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