44 min
Doha to Dubai and everything between, Miami Open preview, and it's time to talk about Karatsev Points To Defend | Tennis Podcast
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We're back with a bumper two-week episode, and there's a LOT to talk about.
Djokovic broke the record for most weeks at world number one with 311, which is now a little longer because we forgot to mention it before but that's been rectified here.
Federer was back in Doha and looked good in his three setters despite falling to eventual champion Basilashvili, while Muguruza finally won a title in her third final of the year in Dubai.
St Petersburg appropriately had an all-Russian semi final lineup with 'Russian wall' Daria Kasatkina winning her second title of the year, the first home player to win the tournament, and we reflected on her journey over the last few seasons and how she sums up the state of the WTA Tour.
This week saw Rublev's ATP 500 streak finally snap in Dubai where he lost to Karatsev. And we really need to talk about Karatsev, who won his first tour title at the ripe age of 27 and gave us Djokovic-domination vibes.
Over in Acapulco, Zverev survived an earthquake to come through to the final and beat Tsitsipas, while last year's Rome favourite Lorenzo Musetti returned to show he can keep beating the top guys.
We look at Genie Bouchard's last few years since going top five and making the Wimbledon final, and ask everyone to cut her a bit of slack, then get excited about teen favourites Clara Tauson and Leylah Annie Fernandez winning titles.
And then it's over to the Miami Open where we compare and contrast the loaded WTA draw with the noticeably scaled back ATP draw and do our favourite thing - make predictions that ultimately never come true.
We're back with a bumper two-week episode, and there's a LOT to talk about.
Djokovic broke the record for most weeks at world number one with 311, which is now a little longer because we forgot to mention it before but that's been rectified here.
Federer was back in Doha and looked good in his three setters despite falling to eventual champion Basilashvili, while Muguruza finally won a title in her third final of the year in Dubai.
St Petersburg appropriately had an all-Russian semi final lineup with 'Russian wall' Daria Kasatkina winning her second title of the year, the first home player to win the tournament, and we reflected on her journey over the last few seasons and how she sums up the state of the WTA Tour.
This week saw Rublev's ATP 500 streak finally snap in Dubai where he lost to Karatsev. And we really need to talk about Karatsev, who won his first tour title at the ripe age of 27 and gave us Djokovic-domination vibes.
Over in Acapulco, Zverev survived an earthquake to come through to the final and beat Tsitsipas, while last year's Rome favourite Lorenzo Musetti returned to show he can keep beating the top guys.
We look at Genie Bouchard's last few years since going top five and making the Wimbledon final, and ask everyone to cut her a bit of slack, then get excited about teen favourites Clara Tauson and Leylah Annie Fernandez winning titles.
And then it's over to the Miami Open where we compare and contrast the loaded WTA draw with the noticeably scaled back ATP draw and do our favourite thing - make predictions that ultimately never come true.
44 min