Roland Garros Draw - Swiatek’s worst nightmare?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

For our first show from Paris in 2025, Catherine, David and Matt are at Roland Garros to discuss the French Open draws.

Part one - Women’s draw. The big headline from the draw was that Jelena Ostapenko has landed in Iga Swiatek’s section. Will that match happen? And just how tricky is Swiatek’s possible route here? There’s also chat about how top heavy the draw is generally, how Aryna Sabalenka’s draw could develop into a hard one, and why it looks like a dream draw for Coco Gauff.

Part two - Men’s draw (from 20m11s). We react to Carlos Alcaraz coming to the draw ceremony and studying the draw, ponder whether things could get difficult for Jannik Sinner, and consider how things might go for Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud and Lorenzo Musetti.

Part three - Results so far this week and the Mike Dickson Award (from 51m40s).

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by TNT Sports, where you can watch Grand Slam tennis throughout the summer.
0:06.4	With Roland Garros just around the corner, we can't wait to see the world's biggest tennis stars take to the iconic orange clay for a thrilling start to summer.
0:15.3	As Grand Slam tennis arrives on TNT Sports for the first time, Matt. Who are you looking forward to seeing in Paris?
0:22.4	I'm always excited to see Carlos Alcarez,
0:25.3	and this year watching him trying to defend his title
0:28.0	against the likes of Sina, Djokovic,
0:30.6	and even Britain's Jack Draper, is going to be fascinating.
0:34.1	Good stuff. David, what about the women?
0:36.0	Well, Arina Sabalenko is the dominant player, but Ego Svientek is the defending champion.
0:40.3	So who's the favourite?
0:41.4	Probably Sabalenko, Coco Gough will be there challenging.
0:44.5	Maybe Emma Adikana can have a run.
0:46.4	Watch every match of Roland Garros from May 25th to June 8th, exclusively live on TNT Sports.
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1:00.3	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
1:02.1	This is Marion Bartori.
1:03.3	This is Bianca Andrescu.
1:04.8	I'm Matt Villander.
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1:07.0	This is Pam Schreiber.
1:08.0	This is Janik Noah, and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
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