French Open Day 12 - Will Maja Chwalinska match Raducanu’s title run?
6/4/20261 hr
Catherine, David and Matt are joined by The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare on the day that Maja Chwalinska and Mirra Andreeva booked their spots in Saturday’s Roland Garros Final.
Part one - We react to Chwalinska’s absorbing victory over Diana Shnaider and the continuation of her remarkable run from qualifying. How did Chwalinska showcase the full range of her game? And how will she handle the next 48 hours?
Part two (24:38) - We discuss Andreeva’s comfortable win against Marta Kostyuk in the day’s first semi-final. In what way did Andreeva deal with the conditions and demonstrate her mindset growth? What happened to Kostyuk and why was she able to process this defeat so well in the press conference? And how might the final play out?
Part three (44:27) A preview of tomorrow’s men’s semi-finals. What does Jakub Mensik have to do to upset Alexander Zverev?
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First 90 secondsCatherine Whitaker· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Tennis Podcast on day 12 of the French Open, a tournament where we have learned to expect the unexpected, and yet the most unexpected thing of all has happened today, and absolutely none of us saw it coming. World number 114, Magda Linette, today became the first ever qualifier to reach a Roland-Garros final. She's the third lowest ranked major finalist in the Open Era of women's tennis behind Emma Raducanu and Kim Clijsters, who was unranked when she came back to win the 2009 US Open. And she might, Linette, be everyone's new favorite player. For a story of this magnitude, we have drafted in reinforcements in the form of The Athletic's Charlie Ecclestone. Charlie, you are quite often the guy that sees things coming. [laughs] I will never forget you picking Markéta Vondroušová for the 2023 Wimbledon title when she was the last name on everyone else's list. Did you- [laughs] ... see Magda Linette coming?
Matt Roberts· Host1:18
I mean, I'd love to pretend I did, but no, I didn't. I mean, I saw her, in fact, in the first round, um, against Zheng Qinwen, and, again, I'd love to say at that point I said, "Look out. Look