Will Serena play singles at Wimbledon?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Catherine and David are rejoined by Matt, who’s back from Chicago, to catch up on the week’s results so far and speculate about whether Serena Williams will play more than just doubles at Wimbledon.
Part one (00:00 - 25:45) - We start with Wimbledon’s wildcard decisions. Is a spot being saved for Serena to play singles? Do we think she will take it? Is that something we would like to see? And why does it feel wrong that Dan Evans has been snubbed?
Part two - WTA (25:46 - 53:00). We discuss Alexandra Eala’s brilliant win over Elena Rybakina, emotional scenes for Paula Badosa after she beat Coco Gauff in Berlin, and why this grass court season feels big for Aryna Sabalenka. Plus, are Madison Keys and Karolina Pliskova dormant volcanoes who are beginning to rumble?
Part three - ATP (53:01 - 1:22:03). On the men’s side, are Tommy Paul and Alex de Minaur on a collision course at Queen’s? Was Corentin Moutet being funny or rude with his f-bomb heavy interview? And who’s going to come through a competitive field in Halle?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast coming to you on a sunny Thursday evening here in London. |
| 0:18.0 | I've managed to squeeze in tonight's pod between Harry Stiles' concerts, |
| 0:22.2 | which I know is very dedicated and professional of me. We are all three of us |
| 0:27.4 | struggling an absolutely monumental volume of sports watching at the moment. It's a heroic |
| 0:34.5 | effort from all of us. David, you had four screens on the go earlier, possibly five. |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah, and that was pre-football. The World Cup hadn't even started at that point. That was me just trying to watch three lots of tennis because I was watching Queens, Haller and Berlin. |
| 0:53.1 | I had nowhere for Nottingham to go |
| 0:54.9 | because I did also want to keep an eye on the US Open Golf. |
| 0:58.8 | So now the World Cup started as well for, you know, |
| 1:02.2 | with Bosnia playing at the moment. |
| 1:03.9 | I'm a bit struggling now. |
| 1:06.4 | And I've got to do this podcast. |
| 1:08.1 | So, you know, one of the screens had to go. |
| 1:11.9 | Yeah, it's, our of the screens had to go. Yeah. |
| 1:12.6 | It's, our struggle is real at the moment, folks. |
| 1:15.6 | There's, there's a lot to take in. |
| 1:17.3 | The good news tonight, though, David, is we are not on our own because Matt is back. |
| 1:26.0 | He's, he's not quite in one piece, but he is at least not in Chicago anymore. Welcome, Matt. |
| 1:35.6 | Thank you. Good to be back. What has Illinois done to you? I am wiped out, guys. You know that day at a slam when I just crash and hit the wall? |
| 1:46.9 | I felt like that this entire week. |
| 1:49.7 | You know what that looks like. |
| 1:51.7 | Yeah. |
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