Will Rybakina’s title be the first of many?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt discuss Elena Rybakina’s title victory in Riyadh and preview the ATP Finals in Turin as the field is finally set.

Part one - WTA Finals (00:00 - 49:38). We cover Rybakina’s incredible performance to beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 7-6(0) in the final and ponder what it might mean for the future. There’s also chat about Sabalenka’s brilliant victory over Amanda Anisimova in the semi-finals, the triumph of Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova in the doubles, and The Athletic’s Matt Futterman delivers some powerful final reflections on his experience of the event.

Part two - ATP Finals Preview (49:39 - 1:10:45). We react to the absurd situation in Athens as Novak Djokovic won a remarkable 101st title, breaking Lorenzo Musetti’s heart, but then withdrew from the ATP Finals allowing Musetti to participate in his place. After all that, what might happen in Turin?

Part three - Reaction to our Jack Draper interview (1:10:46 - 1:24:06)

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0:00.0	Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. We are back. We can't get enough. Tennis
0:16.4	can't get enough. David, how you doing? Great. Great, thanks. We are doing a lot of tennis
0:25.3	podcasts at the moment, aren't we? But yes, that's what happens anyway at this time of year. Oh,
0:30.4	and then we decided to say yes to Jack Draper's request to be on the tennis podcast. And so we did
0:37.4	that. And it was great.
0:39.8	Yeah, we are the Lorenzo Muzetti of the podcasting world except our qualification for
0:47.4	Turin is already confirmed as we come to you in part one.
0:52.4	We don't know if Lorenzo Muzetti is going to Turin.
0:54.9	By the time we get to part two, we will know.
0:57.8	But right now, we don't know.
1:00.5	And he doesn't know.
1:02.1	What a sport, Matt.
1:03.1	What a sport.
1:05.0	Right.
1:05.6	He's just a sort of character in Novat Jokovic's play at the moment.
1:13.6	Like he's just been beaten by him in an absolutely dramatic final.
1:19.9	And now his fate rests on whether Novatiochovich wants to go to Turin or not.
1:30.2	What a, what a sport.
1:34.2	What a sport.
1:36.8	That is all to come in part two.
1:39.2	In fact, there's an awful lot to come over the course of this show.
1:42.0	We've got a lot to get our teeth stuck into.
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