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James Gray looks back at Day 10 of Roland Garros, where Novak Djokovic pulled out and Ons Jabeur was knocked out, and looks ahead to the last round of quarter-final matches including Mirra Andreeva vs Aryna Sabalenka.
To read what Lucie Safarova and Agnieszka Radwanska said about the rise of Andreeva, click here: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/mirra-andreeva-tennis-emma-radacanu-comparison-french-open-3092320
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George Bellshaw joins James Gray to look back at yet another four-and-a-half-hour comeback from Novak Djokovic, who looked done and dusted when behind in the fourth set and struggling with a knee injury.
There were also wins for Casper Ruud, Elena Rybakina, Alex de Minaur, Jasmine Paolini, Mirra Andreeva and Aryna Sabalenka in the rarified atmosphere of fourth-round day at Roland Garros.
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James Gray looks back at a packed and lengthy weekend of French Open action at Roland Garros.
Novak Djokovic finished at 3am
Calvin Betton had to sit on his hands while watching his two players face off
Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are eating people for breakfast
And more!
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Calvin Betton joins James Gray to talk about winning two doubles matches in the space of a few hours, look back at a busy (if wet) week of tennis at Roland Garros.
Plus James predicts Alcaraz vs Korda - and is immediately proved wrong.
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James Gray looks back at Wednesday's action - all of which took place indoors - and featured Iga Swiatek scraping past Naomi Osaka, Carlos Alcaraz beating Jesper de Jong and Stan Wawrinka leaving Roland Garros in tears
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James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper talks through the third day of action as...
Dan Evans and Katie Boulter are beaten to knock the Brits out of the French Open before the second round for the fourth time this century
David Goffin was spat at and insulted for three hours and 35 minutes as he beat France's own Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Novak Djokovic beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in straight sets but still did not look great
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George Bellshaw checks into the game with James Gray to look back at the day Rafael Nadal (possibly) said goodbye to Roland Garros (in its French Open form anyway) and lost to Alexander Zverev in the first round, plus a bad day at the office for the Brits.
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George Bellshaw and James Gray go through the French Open draw line by line and highlight their picks for Roland Garros glory.
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Calvin Betton calls in from the ATP 250 in Lyon, James Gray is packing for Paris and George Bellshaw is here too.
We discussed...
Emma Raducanu reveals she will not be playing the French Open in order "to do a healthy block before the grass and subsequent hard court seasons", and to prioritise fitness over Roland Garros
Jannik Sinner has been under an injury cloud but arrived in Paris this week to suggest he is ready to compete for his second grand slam
Novak Djokovic is also battling fitness concerns but has flown to Geneva in search of form
Andy Murray is there too but has already lost, beaten by Yannick Hanfmann - and will now head to Roland Garros for singles and doubles
And more!
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With George Bellshaw otherwise engaged (football...), freelance journalist Molly McElwee joins James Gray and Calvin Betton to discuss all the latest news in the tennis world. And there was a lot, so sorry we went on so long!
Andy Murray is back, playing on the clay in Bordeaux and signing up for Geneva, as well as changing
2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem says he will end his career at the end of this season after years spent battling a wrist injury
Naomi Osaka is playing regularly and starting to look like a threat on clay - and she's even enjoying press conferences
Novak Djokovic was hit on the head by a water bottle and then lost comprehensively to Alejandro Tabilo, seeming to blame concussion symptoms afterwards
Tsitsidosa is no more!
QUESTIONS FROM THE MAILBAG
David asks: "You can pick two former players, one male and one female, that you would like to have seen win Wimbledon. It can be for any reason, a favourite player, unfortunate not to have won etc. The third answer is a wild card, any other player to have won any other grand slam."
Elam asks: "What do you guys think needs to be done to address all of the concerns about scheduling in tennis that's been going on recently? With all of the recent chatter from the players and fans about the scheduling issues in tennis, like these 1000 level tournaments being extended to 10 days, all of the recent injuries that have been linked to these lengthened tournaments, and the already busy schedule these players face, how does tennis fix this problem? I've wondered about a shortened calendar, say a 9-month schedule that allows for a longer off season for the players to rest from the game."
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Calvin Betton, George Bellshaw and James Gray do their very best to set the tennis world to rights, discussing...
Iga Swiatek's continued dominance of the women's game
Her Madrid Open victory over Aryna Sabalenka
Felix Auger-Aliassime's remarkable run to the final of Madrid and his defeat to Andrey Rublev
Jack Draper hires Wayne Ferreira as a coach
PLUS your questions answered on...
Tennis documentaries
French Open night sessions
Promoting doubles tennis
Shirt-gate follow-ups
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Calvin Betton, James Gray and George Bellshaw are all at home for once and ready to answer your questions on...
Momentum shifts in tennis
The perfect tennis body
The new format of doubles in Madrid
They also discuss...
Anne Keothavong's criticism of Emma Raducanu
Rafael Nadal's run in Madrid
Whether Pedro Cachin should have waited to ask for his shirt
And so much more!
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Calvin Betton and James Gray talk through the last seven days of tennis news while George Bellshaw recovers from food poisoning. (Get well soon, George!)
Garbine Muguruza says she didn't miss "the discipline and the difficulty of the life" in her year off tennis and has decided to retire at the age of 30
Novak Djokovic is playing golf, playing with his dogs but not playing tennis after withdrawing from the Madrid Masters for a "non-medical reason"
Emma Raducanu picks up two more wins in Stuttgart before a creditable defeat by Iga Swiatek, and now heads to Madrid after picking up a wildcard
Rafael Nadal is beaten by Alex De Minaur in Barcelona
Casper Ruud gets his own back on Stefanos Tsitsipas in Barcelona
Elena Rybakina shows her form on red dirt
PLUS
We answer your questions from the mailbag
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Calvin Betton calls in from Bucharest to chat with James Gray and George Bellshaw in London about...
Calvin's team win another title!
Stefanos Tsitsipas has now won Monte Carlo three times, more than Novak Djokovic even (although we all acknowledge he is probably more successful at other tournaments...)
... but perhaps Jannik Sinner should have beaten him, except for a blown line-call overrule by the umpire
Sinner was not the only player to suffer from a bad call over the last two weeks: Nuno Borges got an extraordinarily bad call in Estoril against Cristian Garin so we ask...
Is it time to bring in video reviews for almost anything that happens on a tennis court?
Emma Raducanu is back, winning two ties for Great Britain against France to qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals
Good news out of Andy Murray's camp that he is not having surgery on his ankle and is due back hitting this week
Great Twitter shithousing from Corentin Moutet, Holger Rune and more
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Calvin Betton, George Bellshaw and James Gray are back behind the microphones to look at all the biggest stories of the week - and celebrate Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara's victory in Marrakesh.
The WTA has confirmed that its biggest tournament, the WTA Finals, will be held in Riyadh for the next three years in a deal worth around $50m in prize money
Rafael Nadal is out of the Monte Carlo Masters saying his body 'simply won't allow me'
Danielle Collins wins her second title in a row, this time in Charleston, and has only lost two sets in the last three weeks. We talk about her incredible numbers on return of second serve
It was a good week for the big servers as Ben Shelton, Hubert Hurkacz and Matteo Berrettini all won titles on clay across three different continents
But it was a bad start to the clay season for the Brits with Dan Evans and Cam Norrie both bounced out in the first round in Monaco
LINKS
Calvin's week in crazy Marrakesh: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ehdtLN5-QeJTvUq00oTY_TOTHje-QD50BMYY0
James ran a half-marathon on Sunday, raising money for his local community cricket club. You can donate here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/james-runs-london-1
Jeff Sackmann has written this excellent blog on Danielle Collins's second serve return: https://www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2024/04/03/danielle-collins-destroyer-of-second-serves/
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FACTCHECK FROM JAMES: I said I was watching Charleston on red clay. I was of course watching *Houston*, not Charleston. Houston = reddish brown clay, Charleston = still equals mucky grey-green. Apologies...
Calvin Betton joins James Gray (inews.co.uk) and George Bellshaw (man of the people) from the ATP 250 in Marrakesh to discuss a very busy few days in tennis...
Danielle Collins is the surprise Miami champion after beating Elena Rybakina in the final, losing the first set of the tournament and then not another one after that
But Collins also made headlines after clapping back at the suggestion she might reconsider retirement, due at the end of this year, given she is now playing the best tennis of her life
Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the women's doubes: an unlikely duo or a force to be reckoned with?
Jannik Sinner comfortably beat Grigor Dimitrov in the men's final, having beaten Daniil Medvedev in the semi, their first meeting since the Australian Open final.
Andy Murray has chosen not to have surgery on a “full rupture of my ATFL” and a “near full thickness rupture of my CFL” - that is the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) to give them their full names.
Novak Djokovic has split with Goran Ivanisevic and does not know if he will replace him. Who would be the perfect coach for Djokovic at this point in his career?
Djokovic said: “First of all, Goran is my friend for life, mine and of my family’s. I will always remember that he was there for me as a person, as a human being, first and foremost, and that he brought the right set of values into our relationship. That kind of chemistry was followed by great results. I wish Goran all the best. I still don’t have a clear idea who a new coach would be, or whether there will be one at all. I’ve had coaches since I was a kid, now I am trying to feel by myself what I need, what I feel most comfortable with. You will be informed in case someone joins the team.”
PLUS...
We answer your questions on Dominic Thiem and whether there really is "a dominant eye".
LINKS MENTIONED
James's piece on everything we know about Andy Murray's injury: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/andy-murray-wimbledon-injury-hopes-2976945
Novak Djokovic's quotes in full on his coaching situation: www.tennismajors.com/atp/djokovic-trying-to-feel-by-himself-what-he-needs-without-a-coach-for-the-moment-752469.html
John McEnroe's penchant for the dramatic: https://twitter.com/Calvbetton/status/1774855117725933985
Hubert Hurkacz loses his mind: https://twitter.com/TennisTV/status/1772784378717823397
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George Bellshaw, James Gray and Calvin Betton are back round the microphone to discuss
Andy Murray picks up two valuable wins in Miami - but then tears two ligaments in his ankle while losing to Tomas Machac
Simona Halep loses on return and gets into a fiery spat with Caroline Wozniacki over wildcards and doping bans
There were defeats for Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans and Christopher Eubanks
Holger Rune was thrashed by Fabian Maroszan (and blamed illness for winning just two games
Denis Shapovalov wins the battle of the one-handers with Stefanos Tsitsipas
Naomi Osaka is beaten by Caroline Garcia again and Katie Boulter picks up a couple of wins including beating Beatriz Haddad Maia
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George Bellshaw, James Gray and Calvin Betton are back to talk about another week of tennis after the final of Indian Wells...
Carlos Alcaraz won first title since June, beating Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev along the way - although he was temporarily halted by a swarm of bees...
Novak Djokovic was stunned by lucky loser Luca Nardi, his third ever Masters loss to someone outside top 100, and has pulled out of Miami too
Iga Swiatek thumped Maria Sakkari in just 69 mins to win Indian Wells for a second time
Emma Raducanu picks up valuable points but is beaten well by Aryna Sabalenka
Hsieh Su-Wei is the world No 1 in doubles after spending 18 months out of the game
Roger Federer says today’s game is starting to lack variety, his goal when he was on tour was to mix things up
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