And it's live! Tennis Weekly history is made as Chris goes above and beyond by joining the pod direct from Roland Garros to discuss all the action from Round 2 with Joel. The seed shocks keep on coming as Jannik Sinner falls in five sets yet again at a slam, Jelena Ostapenko comes unstuck against Peyton Stearns and Caroline Garcia is stopped in her hometown tracks by Anna Blinkova, Elsewhere, the duo marvel over Gael Monfils midnight heroics and debate double bounce drama that proved pivotal in Cam Norrie's victory over Lucas Pouille to reach R3. Chris also gives an insight (and hot tips!) in ..read more

Bring on Paris! The French Open has begun with Joel and Kim catching up on the first round of action from Roland Garros, whilst Chris makes the trip to Paris to soak up the sights of Round 2. Joel and Kim discuss Daniil Medvedev falling in a shock defeat to Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild, Novak Djokovic courting controversy with political writings on the camera, and a barrage of women’s seeds falling early with former Champion Barbora Krejcikova, Petra Kvitova, Belinda Bencic, Maria Sakkari and Veronika Kudermetova all bowing out early. Round one also saw easy enough wins for top se ..read more

The French Open is here and Joel and Chris have all the analysis you need of the 2023 Roland Garros draws as well predictions as to who will lift the trophies on finals day in Paris.    With question marks over the fitness of Novak Djokovic and defending champion Iga Swiatek, both draws have never been more open or more exciting. Joel and Chris take us through quarter by quarter; assessing the seeds chances, the mouth watering matchups and the dangerous floaters that could cause chaos in Paris.    They also reveal the Tennis Weekly 2023 Roland Garros Collect A Set picks and ..read more

Joel, Kim and Chris are back at HQ to catch up on the finals weekend in Rome, which saw two first-time Rome Champions crowned with Daniil Medvedev and Elena Rybakina taking home the titles after a wet and wild weekend in the Italian capital. They also discuss Rafael Nadal’s recent announcement about the future of his career, Andy Murray withdrawing from Roland Garros to focus on the grass court season and Simona Halep receiving a second doping charge in addition to her ongoing suspension. The trio also look ahead to the last batch of clay tournaments prior to Roland Garros and Chris tests Ki ..read more

Kim returns! With her Eurovision exploits over, the trio are re-united at HQ to catch up on the highlights so far from the Italian Open. There’s been yet more controversy with suspect line calling, questionable scheduling and some truly shocking results with Carlos Alcaraz losing to Hungarian outsider Fabian Marozsan and Sofia Kenin surprising Aryna Sabalenka in a battle of the Australian Open Champions. Holger Rune also got the better of Novak Djokovic once more in a three set tussle. They also reflect on the other key results from the past week, look ahead to finals weekend and discuss rece ..read more

Joel and Chris are back to round off Tennis Weekly’s coverage of the Madrid Open. It’s been an eventful finals weekend with home favourite Carlos Alcaraz defending his title and Sabalenka upsetting Swiatek in three sets. Grand Slam winners Andy Murray and Sloane Stephens dropped down from the main tour to pick up titles and Emma Raducanu underwent two of her three scheduled surgeries on her road to becoming injury free. It’s also been a week of birthday celebrations on tour and a story of three varying sizes of cake opening up the conversation on gender equality whilst tournament Director Fel ..read more

On today’s Madrid mid tournament catch-up, Joel and Chris have all the events from the Spanish capital covered. Unpacking Carlos Alcaraz’s improvements to his serve, Swiatek and Sabalenka surviving their draws and Holger Rune’s need to improve his on court relationship with the crowd. They also delve into Halep’s ongoing doping case and her decision to go public with her frustrations, as well as touching upon the Emma Raducanu’s press conference that caused quite the media meltdown. On a lighter note Chris puts Joel to the test in our popular segment identifying a mysterious player, we celeb ..read more

Back-to-back, three-peat! This week, Joel, Kim and Chris catch up on the past week’s worth of clay court tournaments, which saw title defenses from Iga Swiatek, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune in Stuttgart, Barcelona and Munich respectively. The week also saw Dusan Lajovic capture his second tour title, defeating Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev en route, Dan Evans making the semis in Barcelona and Botic Van De Zandschulp having one of the toughest losses of his career. The trio also discuss Emma Raducanu’s latest off court (and on court) appearance, rumours about WTA 250 tournament rule chan ..read more

The trio are back from their time at the Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers to catch up on all the latest action on tour. With Andrey Rublev notching his first ATP Masters 1000 title, Holger Rune battling with the crowd and Novak Djokovic falling to Lorenzo Musetti in a poor performance, there is plenty to unpick from the week in Monte Carlo. Meanwhile, the trio debate the recent announcement that the WTA will return to holding tournaments in China later in the year after their previous suspension due to the Peng Shuai allegations, and they look ahead to this week’s events including the return o ..read more

In another special episode live from the Billie Jean King Cup Finals (or rather an apartment with a cathedral view), Joel, Kim and Chris reflect on the final two rubbers between Great Britain and France. The day saw Caroline Garcia fending off a second set resurgence from Harriet Dart to seal victory for France and the British duo of Olivia Nicholls and Alicia Barnett snatching victory in the doubles match against Clara Burel and the experienced Kristina Mladenovic. Kim was also able to ask Caroline Garcia about her 2022 Renaissance (something which frequent listeners know has been discussed ..read more