Ostapenko stuns Sabalenka and beats Swiatek again in Stuttgart; Rune rules Barcelona as Zverev steadies ship

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt cover the main headlines from tournaments in Stuttgart, Rouen, Barcelona and Munich.

Part one - WTA Results. Jelena Ostapenko wins Stuttgart and becomes the third woman this year to beat Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka in the same event. We discuss her incredible form, Sabalenka’s final performance, Ostapenko’s now 6-0 head to head against Swiatek, and what it all means as Roland Garros approaches. There’s also chat about Elina Svitolina winning Rouen and a dreadful moment from Harriet Dart.

Part two - ATP Results (from 33m). Holger Rune won his first title in two years, beating a physically compromised Carlos Alcaraz in the final. We discuss Rune’s strategy, an extraordinary trophy ceremony, and Alexander Zverev rediscovering his form to win the title in Munich.

Part three - A look ahead to Madrid (from 54m).

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billy Jean King. This is Marion Bartoli. This is Bianca Andrescu. I'm Matt Villander.
0:05.8	This is Mary Carrillo. This is Pam Schreiber. This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the
0:10.2	Tennis Podcast. Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast.
0:24.7	It is Monday the 21st of April and we have just had a week in tennis that is seen titles for Yelaina Osterpenko, Alina Svetalina, Holgeruna and Alexander Zverev.
0:37.0	We will be talking about all of that.
0:38.6	Looking ahead to next week in tennis and talking about a few other bits and bobs as well.
0:45.6	To do that, I am joined by a man that I've known 18 years and I've never had to ask him to wear deodorant.
0:51.4	David Law, how are you doing?
0:56.8	I'm hoping that's because I actually didn't warrant requiring to be asked rather than just not knowing how to raise it. Otherwise,
1:04.6	you could have just asked Harriet Dart's advice and she'd have been able to help you at her.
1:09.3	I think actually to be, for this joke to be really faithful to the incident to which I'm referring,
1:15.5	it would actually be me asking you, Matt, to ask David to wear deodorant,
1:21.3	you being the umpire in the situation.
1:24.4	Yeah, and I would have done what the umpire did and done nothing about it.
1:29.8	Which is entirely appropriate. Absolutely.
1:35.1	Folks, we will talk about that if there is indeed anything more to say, but I feel like we
1:41.1	should start in Stuttgart and the WTA 500 event there,
1:47.9	won by Yelena Osterpenko,
1:50.7	only a few hours ago as we come to you on Monday.
1:54.4	The final between Osterpenko and Sabalenka was played on Monday
1:57.9	because of a law that exists in Germany and is exercised in Baden Wurttemberg,
2:09.6	which is the state in Germany where Stuttgart finds itself.
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