Madrid - Sabalenka, Ruud seal titles, but what do they mean for Paris?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt hopped on YouTube mere moments after the Madrid men's final had finished to talk about the concluding days of the 2025 Madrid Open and What It All Means.

Part one - ATP Results. We hail Casper Ruud after his thrilling victory over Jack Draper in the final, debate whether he’s In The Mix for Roland Garros, and throw some cold water on the Draper Grand Slam hype, despite his incredible form and improvements.

Part two - WTA Results (from 37m50s). Is Aryna Sabalenka the favourite for Roland Garros after her victory in Madrid? The answer to that probably depends on Iga Swiatek. We discuss her shockingly one-sided defeat to Coco Gauff in the semi-finals and how we read this concerning trend.

Part three (from 60m). Naomi Osaka wins a WTA 125 title on clay and we look ahead to the return of Jannik Sinner in Rome.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
0:02.0	This is Marion Bartoddy.
0:03.2	This is Bianca Andrescu.
0:04.7	I'm Matt Villander.
0:05.8	This is Mary Carrillo.
0:06.9	This is Pam Schreiber.
0:08.0	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast.
0:24.7	Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast.
0:27.1	It is Sunday the 4th of May.
0:33.1	We are with you live following on from the men's final in Madrid, which has seen Caspar Rude win his maiden,
0:36.5	Masters 1000 title 753664 over Jack Draper in an awesome final.
0:43.3	Yesterday we saw Arena Sabalenko beat Cocoa Goff to lift the women's title for the third time in her career.
0:50.3	David Law is here. David, it was a final so good.
0:52.9	I am regretting my decision to have dinner after the live show.
1:00.8	Yes, went on a bit longer than you expected. Okay. Well, I think we can get by an adrenaline. The excitement of being live with everybody here.
1:13.4	But it was a good final, wasn't it?
1:16.7	And in fact, it was quite an interesting last few days, I think.
1:18.9	Lots for us to get into.
1:22.8	Yes, absolutely.
1:23.4	Yeah, I loved it.
1:24.8	I absolutely loved that final. I mean no disrespect to either player, but it really exceeded
1:31.3	my expectations as a tennis match. I wasn't expecting to be sort of hanging on every single point there.
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