Live from Wimbledon on Media Day - what's the story with Sinner?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt were back for their second live show with news from media day at the Championships.

Part 1 – Men’s Draw. We discuss what the top players said in press today, including Jannik Sinner’s reluctance to state his reasons for changing his team right before a major tournament. There’s further chat about the apparent “blind date” nature of the US Open doubles partnerships, and about a cheerful Carlos Alcaraz being beaten by Andy Murray – at golf. Novak Djokovic showed he’s clearly still hungry for big titles, and we discuss whether a professional and mature Jack Draper is feeling the pressure to succeed on home turf. We’ve spoken as well to Matteo Berrettini, Alexander Bublik, and Alexander Zverev, and an emotional Dan Evans gave us a insight into the internal struggles that can loom over you at the end of your career.

Part 2 – Women’s Draw (36m28s). How long and dark a shadow has been cast by Aryna Sabalenka’s post US Open press conference? We talk about how both Sabalenka and Coco Gauff feel about the situation now and their reactions at the time. There is concern about where Ons Jabeur is with her game these days, and fears about Emma Raducanu’s fitness as well. But there was cheer from an unexpected encounter with Marketa Vondrousova.

Part 3 – Results (56m49s). Jessica Pegula wrote herself into the narrative by winning Bad Homburg, beating Iga Swiatek. Is she now firmly in the mix for the Wimbledon crown? And there is huge news from the women’s tournament in Eastbourne as Maya Joint defeated an emotional Alexandra Eala in a hard fought final, leading to a big Backhand List announcement.

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0:00.0	This is the 1733 to Manchester Piccadilly, calling at,
0:07.0	thank the team over email for a great meeting.
0:10.0	Finally, close your laptop.
0:12.0	Crack open that novel your MD recommended.
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1:17.5	Now, back to the tennis.
1:38.5	Thank you. Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast live from Wimbledon on the championship's Eve Eve.
1:40.5	That is what we are calling it.
1:43.9	The place has been a little bit busier today.
1:45.6	A few more of the outside courts being used for practice. More people milling about staff, being trained, ready for Monday, security,
1:52.0	being briefed. I've seen briefings all about the place, that kind of thing. Big, calm before the
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