Madrid - Sabalenka, Alcaraz win again; Women's doubles finalists censored!?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

It was a thrilling finals weekend in Madrid with Aryna Sabalenka getting revenge on Iga Swiatek before Carlos Alcaraz survived a great performance by Jan-Lennard Struff to defend his title. Catherine is back home and she joins David and Matt to review it all. Is Sabalenka-Swiatek now a legitimate rivalry? Will Sabalenka be able to take this form to Rome and Roland Garros? And did Struff provide a blueprint for facing Alcaraz?

Sadly, the great tennis was somewhat overshadowed by the fact that the women's doubles finalists - Victoria Azarenka, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Jessica Pegula & Coco Gauff - were not allowed to give speeches on court. What happened? Why did it happen? What might it have to do with #cakegate? Why have the tournament not put out an official explanation? And in what way did this incident feed into the idea that the WTA players don't receive equal treatment in Madrid?

Elsewhere, we cover Andy Murray winning a Challenger title in Aix-en-Provence, Rafael Nadal withdrawing from Rome, and Veronika Kudermetova's sponsorship with one of Russia's gas and oil giants.

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0:20.4	Well hello everybody. Catherine is back from Madrid. The tournament is done.
0:25.6	Matt has just returned from the football. His voice might be a little bit gravely because he's
0:30.7	had five goals to celebrate today. Matt, is that accurate?
0:36.0	Yes, five goals and lots of singing, mocking John Terry. It was a pretty perfect 90 minutes.
0:43.1	Text book day. Catherine and I less enthusiastic about football.
0:49.2	Football's over, I think. It's had its day.
0:54.0	Okay, fine. Well, we'll move on then and talk about tennis.
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