Madrid - Early winners & losers, what now for Djokovic, and what were Team Alcaraz thinking?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt discuss the opening week of action in Madrid which has seen plenty of shocks (and shadows).

Part one - A voice note from The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare, a chat about the ATP draw so far including defeat for Novak Djokovic, and our impressions of Carlos Alcaraz’s Netflix documentary.

Part two (from 59m) - The WTA results from Madrid including Coco Gauff discovering some better form, Iga Swiatek surviving Alexandra Eala and not having to face Jelena Ostapenko again, and one-sided defeats for Elena Rybakina, Zheng Qinwen and Jasmine Paolini.

Part three (from 1h16m) - Madrid power cut, mascot and shout outs.

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0:54.1	Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. It is Monday the 28th of April here in London and Solihull, respectively in Madrid. We are five days deep into the 2025 edition of the Mutua Madrid Open.
1:12.9	Five days for the men, anyway, six days for the women.
1:16.6	The women are at the round of 16 stage.
1:19.0	The men are midway through the round of 32 stage, otherwise known as the third round, I think.
1:28.0	Very excited to talk about everything we've seen so far in Madrid with Matt Roberts,
1:32.9	who has already this morning, described this event as an absolute abomination.
1:41.5	Yeah, that's my take for the pod.
1:43.8	Done. I mean, specifically the shadow situation. Yeah, that's my take for the pod, done.
1:50.7	I mean, specifically the shadow situation, which gets no better.
1:51.9	In fact, maybe gets worse.
1:55.3	In fact, it was actually a, well, in Hannah's words on the barge,
1:59.1	a rectangular portal of blazing light situation that meant that we couldn't see what was happening in one of the
2:03.2	matches of the day, Benchich Gough. So, yeah, thanks for that, Madrid. It's just always such a
2:09.3	challenge to actually see the tennis that you want to see in Madrid. And it annoys me every year.
2:16.8	I have decided, David, just to get this particular rant out of the way, early doors,
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