Madrid - Can Rafael Jodar fill the Alcaraz void?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Sports & Recreation, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt catch up on all things Madrid - a tournament which has been hit by a bout of apparent food poisoning, but with plenty of interesting plot lines still developing.

Part one - WTA (00:00 - 32:38). We cover Post Puke Gauff’s gutsy victory over Sorana Cirstea, Elena Rybakina coming through a couple of testing three setters, and a nice run for Hailey Baptiste. Plus, David fills us in on the return to form of Caty McNally and we make some predictions for the week ahead.

Part two - ATP (32:39 - 1:05:44) Rafael Jodar’s win over Joao Fonseca was the standout moment of the tournament so far. How did Jodar win it? What happened to Fonseca in the decider? And did their match prove how good they are or reveal some potential weaknesses? There’s also chat about Lorenzo Musetti beginning to rediscover his confidence, some wild Terence Atmane scenes, and debate about who might come through the bottom half to (probably) face Jannik Sinner in the final.

Part three - News (1:05:45 - 1:21:51). We get some ⁠extra information from the ITIA⁠ about Marketa Vondrousova’s case and we react to the news that Portia Archer has left her role as WTA CEO.

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0:00.0	Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast.
0:14.0	It is Monday morning.
0:15.8	The sun is shining.
0:17.2	No one has eaten any dodgy shrimp tacos.
0:19.3	So we are a full house and good to go david how has your
0:26.6	weekend been it's been really good it's been really good the sun's been shining here um i don't
0:33.2	actually know how to make shrimp tacos but i i'm now going to not do it even if I can because it
0:41.1	sounds like there might be dodgy but no it's been very nice and I've watched loads of tennis
0:45.4	and I'm delighted to be here to talk about it I think the key David might be very very fresh
0:51.7	shrimp okay I'll bear that in mind Matt he's out of his funereal might be very, very fresh shrimp. Okay.
0:54.9	I'll bear that in mind.
0:58.8	Matt, he's out of his funereal garb.
1:00.5	Fulham have got a win on the board.
1:01.2	How are we doing?
1:03.5	There's talk of Europe again, Matt.
1:08.1	Just when I'm out, they pull me back in.
1:10.9	That is very much the Fulham vibe.
1:12.3	They've got no chance to move.
1:12.9	Don't worry about it.
1:14.8	Fulham and Thomas Mahatch,
1:16.0	what do they have in common?
1:19.0	Ooh.
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