Indian Wells - The story so far
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Catherine, David and Matt catch up on the biggest talking points so far at Indian Wells.
Part one (00:00 - 12:00). We start by picking up where we left off last week with an update on how tennis players escaped the United Arab Emirates as the conflict in the Middle East escalated.
Part two (12:01 - 38:35). Men’s draw. Joao Fonseca is having a big week and now faces Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz remains the man to beat, Luciano Darderi accidentally called a hindrance on himself and lost the match, Arthur Fils and Jack Draper are continuing to impress on return, and what to make of Novak Djokovic?
Part three (38:36 - 1:16:53) Women’s draw. A rare injury scare for Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova’s demolition of Emma Raducanu, excitement ahead of Naomi Osaka and Aryna Sabalenka’s first meeting since 2018, and Iga Swiatek’s recurring second set drop off. There’s also chat about the Eisenhower Cup exhibition and some predictions for the rest of the tournament.
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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. |
| 0:18.8 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:22.1 | It is Monday the 9th of March. |
| 0:25.9 | Tennis Paradise is paradising. |
| 0:28.1 | Indian Wells is well underway. |
| 0:30.5 | Matt Roberts is in a bad mood about football. |
| 0:33.0 | How you doing, Matt? |
| 0:35.8 | Oh, thank you for asking. |
| 0:37.2 | But I really don't want to talk about it. I'm just |
| 0:39.6 | going to bring the mood down. I hoped when I woke up this morning that I'd be feeling better, |
| 0:46.1 | but I literally was immediately conscious and immediately remembering that we fucked up the |
| 0:52.0 | entire season yesterday. |
| 0:58.1 | So, yeah, not good. |
| 1:02.3 | I wish I didn't care as much, but I do, and it's ruined my day and weekend. |
| 1:06.9 | I don't want to talk about it. |
| 1:18.0 | I'll only bring the mood down is a far more polite version of what Matt Roberts said in our WhatsApp group to David yesterday, which is my highlight of the weekend when David bless him, sent a message about the football moments after the final whistle. |
| 1:25.9 | Yeah, I've got to learn to keep my mouth shut and not ask about Marco Silver's team selection decisions |
| 1:33.7 | because Matt was not happy with them nor being asked about them. |
| 1:37.8 | But I do think what we have done today is set a record for the fastest need ever |
| 1:42.8 | for an explicit tag on this show. |
| 1:45.1 | So well then Matt Roberts. |
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