James Gray asks Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw the big questions after Carlos Alcaraz claims his first Wimbledon title and Novak Djokovic misses out on his eighth. Questions like: Has Alcaraz's second serve always been this good? What happened to Djokovic in the tie-break? Is this the beginning of a great rivalry? Who will win the US Open? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 17, 2023•35 min
Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw join James Gray for a debrief on the women's final, which saw Marketa Vondrousova become the lowest ranked women's champion in Wimbledon's history, while Ons Jabeur lost her third consecutive grand slam final. It left us asking questions like... Why shut the roof in the wind? Will Ons Jabeur ever win a grand slam? Will Marketa Vondrousova ever win another? Has the women's draw given us more entertainment than the men's? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
Jul 16, 2023•35 min
George Bellshaw joins James Gray at the gates of Wimbledon ahead of the women's final to look back at Friday's action and ahead to Saturday's. Novak Djokovic felt he was unfairly called for a hindrance against Jannik Sinner. What do you think? https://twitter.com/jamesgraysport/status/1679872598295937024 Does Carlos Alcaraz have any chance of beating him on Sunday? He says he will not be tired or afraid. Who will become a first-time Wimbledon champion: Ons Jabeur or Marketa Vondrousova? Learn mo...
Jul 15, 2023•25 min
Tennis coach Calvin Betton joins James Gray to review the women's semi-finals (Vondrousova vs Svitolina and Jabeur vs Sabalenka) as well as look ahead to the men's last four (Djokovic vs Sinner and Alcaraz vs Medvedev). To sign up for our live text chat on a new app called Circus on Friday, you need to download two apps. First of all, download Test Flight: https://t.co/UAjqwtpRFa Then download Circus: https://testflight.apple.com/join/R83MjeGY When we go live during Djokovic vs Sinner, you'll se...
Jul 13, 2023•31 min
James Gray and Calvin Betton look back at the second set of Wimbledon quarter-finals as Ons Jabeur beats Elena Rybakina, Carlos Alcaraz tonks Holger Rune, Daniil Medvedev outlasts Christopher Eubanks and Aryna Sabalenka cruises past Madison Keys. To sign up for our live text chat on a new app called Circus on Friday, you need to download two apps. First of all, download Test Flight: https://t.co/UAjqwtpRFa Then download Circus: https://testflight.apple.com/join/R83MjeGY When we go live during Dj...
Jul 12, 2023•42 min
Tennis coach Calvin Betton joins James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper to look back at the first day of quarter-finals at Wimbledon Order of play Centre Court – 1.30pm (6) Ons Jabeur (Tun) vs (3) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) (1) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) vs (6) Holger Rune (Den) No 1 Court – 1pm (25) Madison Keys (USA) vs (2) Aryna Sabalenka (Bel) (3) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) vs Christopher Eubanks (USA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 12, 2023•29 min
James Gray and Calvin Betton look back at a day of shocks that never were - and ask why Wimbledon insists on starting matches so late. Tuesday's Wimbledon order of play on the show courts Centre Court (1.30pm) (1) Iga Swiatek (Pol) vs Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (7) Andrey Rublev (Rus) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) No 1 Court (1pm) (4) Jessica Pegula (USA) vs Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) (8) Jannik Sinner (Ita) vs Roman Safiullin (Rus) No 2 Court (11am) (15) Marcel Granollers (Spa) & Federico Zeballos ...
Jul 11, 2023•44 min
James Gray looks back at the second ever scheduled Middle Sunday, and ahead to a not so manic Monday, which will feature... Centre Court (1.30pm) (13) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) vs (3) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) Not before 2.30pm, to finish: (2) Novak Djokovic (Srb) leads (17) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 7-6, 7-6 (6) Ons Jabeur (Tun) vs (9) Petra Kvitova (Cze) (1) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) vs Matteo Berrettini (Ita) No 1 Court (1pm) (3) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) vs Jiri Lehecka (Cze) (21) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) v...
Jul 10, 2023•20 min
James Gray, Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw debate the merits of the BBC's Wimbledon coverage and why British tennis has had such a poor tournament. Order of play for Sunday Centre Court (1.30pm) (7) Andrey Rublev (Rus) vs Alexander Bublik (Kaz) (1) Iga Swiatek (Pol) vs (14) Belinda Bencic (Swi) (17) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) No 1 Court (1pm) (4) Jessica Pegula (USA) vs Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) (8) Jannik Sinner (Ita) vs Daniel Elahi Galan (Col) (19) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) ...
Jul 09, 2023•41 min
James Gray gets Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw to break down all the action from the first Friday of Wimbledon, including Andy Murray finally losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas. Saturday’s order of play (All courts start at 11am unless stated) Centre Court (1.30pm start) (1) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) vs (25) Nicolas Jarry (Chi) (6) Ons Jabeur (Tun) vs Bianca Andreescu (Can) Katie Boulter (Gbr) vs (3) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) No 1 Court (1pm start) (3) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) vs Marton Fucsovics (Hun) Anna Bli...
Jul 08, 2023•33 min
James Gray and Michael Hincks look back on Day 4 at Wimbledon, and Denis Shapovalov talks about what it's like trying to beat the SW19 crowd ahead of his clash with Liam Broady Order of play for show courts (All courts start at 11am unless stated) Centre Court (from 1.30pm) (1) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) vs Alexandre Muller (Fra) (Not before 3pm, to finish) Andy Murray (Gbr) leads (5) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 (1) Iga Swiatek (Pol) vs (30) Petra Martic (Cro) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) vs (2) Nov...
Jul 07, 2023•17 min
James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper looks back at a wild Wednesday, before asking Grigor Dimitrov about how to unlock the secrets of Carlos Alcaraz. Order of play (British players in bold; show courts only) Centre Court 1.30pm: Liam Broady (Gbr) vs (4) Casper Ruud (Nor) Alize Cornet (Fra) vs (3) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) Andy Murray (Gbr) vs (5) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) No 1 Court 1.00pm: (19) Alexander Zverev (Ger) vs Gijs Brouwer (Ned) Sloane Stephens (USA) vs (20) Donna Vekic (Cro) (4) J...
Jul 06, 2023•21 min
James Gray is joined by brand expert and editor-in-chief of PRWeek UK Danny Rogers to talk brand Wimbledon, as well as looking back at a rain-affected second day of the Championships Wednesday's order of play (All courts start at 11am unless otherwise stated) CENTRE COURT (1.30pm) Daria Kasatkina [11] vs Jodie Burrage (GBR) Iga Swiatek (POL) [1] vs Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [2] No 1 COURT (1pm) Daniil Medvedev [3] vs Arthur Fery (GBR) Heather Watson ...
Jul 05, 2023•35 min
Wimbledon order of play, day 2 (All courts start at 11am BST unless stated; show courts only) Centre Court – from 1.30pm Shelby Rogers (USA) v (3) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) Ryan Peniston (Gbr) v Andy Murray (Gbr) Panna Udvardy (Hun) v (2) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) Court 1 – from 1pm (1) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) v Jeremy Chardy (Fra) (6) Ons Jabeur (Tun) v Magdalena Frech (Pol) (12) Cameron Norrie (Gbr) v Tomas Machac (Cze) No 2 Court Dominic Thiem (Aut) v (5) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) Not before 12.30pm, to f...
Jul 03, 2023•46 min
Enter Fantasy Tennis Unfiltered here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1f4-6Mxa9xlLjMz1qr4FTytGFLPShl97MVUgYi8YFsBY George, James and Calvin react LIVE to Nick Kyrgios pulling out of Wimbledon, take a look at how tennis is ready to take the Saudi Arabian dollar whatever way they can and look ahead to the first day at SW19. Wimbledon order of play, day 1 (All courts start at 11am BST unless stated) Centre Court – 1.30pm Pedro Cachin (Arg) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) Venus Williams (USA) vs Elina S...
Jul 02, 2023•55 min
Read the Wimbledon men's draw in full here and the Wimbledon women's draw in full here Or listen to George Bellshaw and James Gray break down the full draw for both men and women, including: Can anyone stop Novak Djokovic? How will food poising affect Iga Swiatek's chances? What will Carlos Alcaraz make of his projected run to the final? Who are our best picks for fantasy tennis? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 30, 2023•35 min
Calvin Betton is in Eastbourne, George Bellshaw is in Birmingham and James Gray is in London to discuss all the latest goings on in the tennis world, including: Carlos Alcaraz beats Alex De Minaur to claim the Queen's title Jelena Ostapenko announces her Wimbledon candidacy in Birmingham Wimbledon wildcards are released Alexander Bublik beats Andrey Rublev to win the biggest title of his career Who are the best up and coming British players? Is Kate Middleton any good at tennis? Are the Saudis t...
Jun 25, 2023•1 hr 32 min
The latest tennis news with James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper, joined by tennis coach Calvin Betton (part one) and writer and broadcaster George Bellshaw (part two). We answered listener questions on: Are tournaments for sale to the highest bidder? Does tennis take doping seriously enough? Which one-time major winners are the least likely to win a second major? Why do you think Wimbledon is not exploiting all their commercial opportunities? And in tennis news, we talked about: Andy M...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Tennis coach Calvin Betton, writer George Bellshaw and reporter James Gray of inews.co.uk and i newspaper look back at the two French Open finals, review the tournament as a whole and pick up on the latest tennis news. Here are the stories we discussed: Novak Djokovic beats Casper Ruud to win French Open and eclipse Rafael Nadal with record-breaking 23rd grand slam Will Djokovic now go on and take the calendar year Grand Slam? Iga Swiatek beats Karolina Muchova in ‘rollercoaster’ to win fourth g...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 19 min
James Gray reports live from Paris after Iga Swiatek beats Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to claim her third French Open title and fourth grand slam title overall. In Paris, she equals Serena Williams, Margaret Court and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, while also winning her fourth slam just five days apart in age from Rafael Nadal. The men's final between Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud awaits (2pm UK time) and the weather is likely to mean the roof will be shut, another obvious advantage for Djokovic....
Jun 11, 2023•20 min
James Gray, George Bellshaw and Calvin Betton look back at Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz - and spend a lot of time talking about cramp. Here is Carlos Alcaraz playing arguably the best shot of all time: https://twitter.com/jamesgraysport/status/1667211512371396615 And here is Roger Federer doing something similar: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/14588bg/where_have_we_seen_this_before/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 10, 2023•44 min
James Gray reports live from Paris after Iga Swiatek beat Beatriz Haddad Maia and Karolina Muchova stunned Aryna Sabalenka on women's semi-final day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 09, 2023•13 min
James Gray catches you up on all the quarter-final action from the French Open Carlos Alcaraz hammers Stefanos Tsitsipas, who blames a failure to manage his sleep properly for his performance Novak Djokovic cruises past Karen Khachanov to reach his 12th Roland Garros semi-final and set up a showdown for the ages Karolina Muchova is through to face Aryna Sabalenka, who appeared to inflame the situation with Elina Svitolina after her quarter-final win Iga Swiatek still can't lose to Coco Gauff, ha...
Jun 08, 2023•29 min
James Gray looks back at Day 9 action from Roland Garros and ahead to the first set of quarter-finals Tuesday’s schedule (All times BST) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10am) Karolina Muchova vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Not before 11.30am) Elina Svitolina vs Aryna Sabalenka (2) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Karen Khachanov (11) (Not before 7.15pm) Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 06, 2023•22 min
Looking back at the middle Sunday of Roland Garros, when the first two quarter-finals in each singles draw were decided Monday’s French Open schedule All times BST Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10am) Bernarda Pera vs Ons Jabeur (7) Nicolas Jarry vs Casper Ruud (4) Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs Coco Gauff (6) (Not before 7.15pm) Grigor Dimitrov (28) vs Alexander Zverev (22) Court Suzanne Lenglen (from 10am) Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) Holger Rune (6) vs Francisco Cerundolo (23)...
Jun 05, 2023•21 min
James Gray in Paris and Calvin Betton at Surbiton look back at the first week of the French Open, and glance ahead at what might be to come Sunday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am) Court Philippe Chatrier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Elise Mertens (28) (Not before 11.30am) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Juan Pablo Varillas Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Lorenzo Musetti (17) (Not before 7.15pm) Sloane Stephens vs Aryna Sabalenka Court Suzanne Lenglen Karen Khachanov (11) vs Lorenzo Sonego Karolina Muchova vs El...
Jun 04, 2023•50 min
James Gray reports live from Paris Saturday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless otherwise stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Elena Rybakina (4) vs Sara Sorribes Tormo Holger Rune (6) vs Genaro Alberto Olivieri Iga Swiatek (1) vs Wang Xinyu (Not before 7.15pm) Alexander Zverev (22) vs Frances Tiafoe (12) Court Suzanne Lenglen Zhang Zhizhen vs Casper Ruud (4) Mirra Andreeva vs Coco Gauff (6) Fracisco Cerundolo (23) vs Taylor Fritz (9) Olga Danilovic vs Ons Jabeur (7) Court ...
Jun 03, 2023•18 min
James Gray reports live from Paris to look back at Day 5 at Roland Garros, as the second round completes. Friday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated; singles only) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Elise Mertens (28) vs Jessica Pegula (3) Kamilla Rakhimova vs Aryna Sabalenka (2) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) (Not before 7.15pm) Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Denis Shapovalov (26) Court Suzanne Lenglen Peyton Stearns vs Daria Kasatkina (9) Lorenzo Sonego vs...
Jun 02, 2023•18 min
James Gray reports live from Paris to look back at Day 5 at Roland Garros, the first half of the second round Thursday’s schedule (All courts start at 10am BST unless stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Giulio Zeppieri vs Casper Ruud (4) Iga Swiatek (1) vs Claire Liu Oceane Dodin vs Ons Jabeur (7) (Not before 7.15pm) Alexander Zverev (22) vs Alex Molcan Court Suzanne Lenglen Elena Rybakina (4) vs Linda Noskova Jannik Sinner (8) vs Daniel Altmaier Julia Grabher vs Coco Gauff (6) Arthur...
Jun 01, 2023•18 min
George Bellshaw joins James Gray live from Paris to look back at the third day of French Open action, and look ahead to the second round. Wednesday’s order of play (All courts start at 10am unless otherwise stated) Court Philippe Chatrier (from 10.45am) Camila Giorgi vs Jessica Pegula (3) Caroline Garcia (5) vs Anna Blinkova Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Taro Daniel (Not before 7.15pm) Novak Djokovic (3) vs Marton Fucsovics Court Suzanne Lenglen Roberto Carballes Baena vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) Marketa ...
May 31, 2023•38 min
