Raducanu scare the tip of the iceberg; Andreeva and Rublev make differing breakthroughs

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt cover a compelling week of on court action in Dubai, Doha and Rio, as well as a couple of disturbing stories about male threat against women, involving Elena Rybakina and Emma Raducanu.

Part one - WTA Dubai review. Mirra Andreeva wins the biggest title of her career so far - we discuss her game developments, how far ahead of the curve she is, and her iconic victory speech. Plus, is Clara Tauson happening? And some reflections on a tricky Middle East swing for Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek.

We also talk more about the Elena Rybakina-Stefano Vukov situation after a big investigation by The Athletic dropped last week, and we cover Emma Raducanu’s distressing experience in Dubai after she was targeted by a man who exhibited 'fixated behaviour'.

Part two - ATP Results (from 45m55s). Andrey Rublev makes a big personal breakthrough to win the title in Doha, Sebastian Baez defends his title in Rio, another poor loss for Alexander Zverev, and mixed messages from Novak Djokovic after defeat to Matteo Berrettini.

Part three (from 1h09m03s). Confusion over Venus Williams and an Indian Wells wildcard, plus a look ahead to this week’s tennis.

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0:40.3	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
1:01.2	Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on this not at all fine Monday morning in southwest London. I sent three different people WhatsApp messages on Saturday when I was
1:07.3	cruising down the M25 and the temperature gauge on my car hit 14 degrees and the
1:13.5	sun broke through the clouds. I text three different people to tell them that spring had sprung.
1:18.8	And it's fair to say based on the catastrophically muddy dog walk that I had this morning that I was
1:25.5	premature. How are you doing? David, how's the weather
1:28.7	in sunny, Solly Hole? Similarly, damp and rubbish, but yes, I'm quite glad you didn't send
1:35.2	one of those messages to me because I would have told you the Solly Hall reality, which was very
1:40.8	different to London and it often is. But no, it no, look, it's only around the corner, Catherine.
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