Live from Wimbledon Day 1 - Wild, wonderful start, but what was up with Alcaraz?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
It was a crazy first day at Wimbledon, but Catherine, David and Matt were live to help process it all.
Part 1 - Carlos Alcaraz took a scenic route to eventually beat Fabio Fognini. We discuss the potential reasons why and what if anything it means for his 2025 Championships bid. The original Next Gen members Medvedev and Tsitsipas continue to struggle and continue to provide unconvincing responses in press, We will have to wait until tomorrow though to find out the fate of two other members of that group, as both Fritz and Zverev are suspended overnight. The new next generation on the block, however, as represented by Joao Fonseca, was looking good.
Part 2 (42m08s) - We discuss Sonay Kartal’s unexpected win over an out of sorts Jelena Ostapenko, solid performances for Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu, and a reasonably comfortable victory for dormant-volcano-due-for-eruption Marketa Vondrousova. Sabalenka made short work of Branstine, but reigning Australian Open Champion Madison Keys had a tough time of it against Ruse. We are concerned about how Jasmine Paolini is looking despite having made it through to Round 2, and an incredible performance by Amanda Anisimova which thoroughly delighted Matt was overshadowed by security concerns around Putintseva and by Ons Jabeur retiring injured from her match.
In Part 3 (66m18s), we finally name our strawberry mascot, and run through the order of play for Day 2, now supplemented with matches held over from today.
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| 1:05.0 | It is day one of the championships. |
| 1:07.7 | It is just about to tick over to 11pm and it is still about 30 degrees out here. |
| 1:14.7 | I'm still utterly overstimulated from what has been a chaotic feast of drama today at SW19. |
| 1:23.3 | It's been pretty much the dream start to a grand slam today, |
| 1:27.9 | hopefully setting the tone for what's to come over the next 14 days. |
| 1:31.6 | It has been totally breathless for the last 12 hours and more. |
| 1:36.2 | So maybe, maybe that's why I need a breathe right nasal strip, Matt Roberts. |
| 1:42.4 | Or maybe it's because Nicholas Jarry, oh my God, in around 15 minutes, |
| 1:49.8 | please make your way to the exit gates and make sure you take all your belongings with you. |
| 1:55.9 | We hope you've enjoyed your day here at Wimbledon |
| 1:58.7 | and wish you a pleasant and safe journey home. Thank you. |
| 2:05.7 | I thought I was overstimulated. Matt, there is so much Matt coded stuff happening in this podcast. |
| 2:14.7 | As you were, Matt, back to your other bits. This is what happens when you commit to a bit. |
| 2:20.7 | And actually, I have to shout out David, my guy, |
| 2:22.8 | because I actually forgot my nasal strips. |
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