Madrid - Sabalenka stopped, but what about Sinner?
5/1/20261 hr 12 min
Catherine, David and Matt look ahead to the women’s final and the men’s semis in Madrid.
Part one - WTA (00:00 - 29:59). The Athletic’s Matt Futterman provides a report from on the ground in Madrid before we discuss Hailey Baptiste’s thrilling upset of Aryna Sabalenka as well as the paths that Mirra Andreeva and Marta Kostyuk have taken to the final.
Part two - ATP (30:00 - 56:16). After Jannik Sinner’s impressive victory over Rafael Jodar, can Arthur Fils stop him? In the other semi-final, we discuss how Alexander Blockx has got there to face Alexander Zverev.
Part three - News (56:17 - 1:12:07). Jack Draper is out of Roland Garros and will drop outside of the Top 100. We also have some insight into Emma Raducanu’s coaching developments…
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Matt Futterman0:02
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Matt Futterman0:09
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Matt Futterman0:14
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Speaker 00:15
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Matt Futterman0:18
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Catherine Whitaker· Host1:00
[upbeat music] Well, hello, and welcome to the Tennis Podcast, where it is Friday morning, men's semifinals day in Madrid, with the women's final to come on Saturday and the men's final following on Sunday. Lots has unfolded since we last podded on Monday,