Joel and Kim are here to catch up on the second round action from Flushing Meadows in New York City, with the US Open now well underway in the hot, hot heat.

Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton have made their way through to setting up a highly anticipated US Open rematch in the 3rd round after their comfortable wins in the round of 64. Meanwhile, top seeds Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner safely progress, with Djokovic clocking up yet another milestone with 90 match wins now achieved at each of the 4 Grand Slams.

With Wimbledon Champion Barbora Krejickova ousted by Elena-Gabriela Ruse, and Karolina Pliskova retiring after 3 points against Jasmine Paolini, it hasn’t been the best of days for the Czech ladies. Harriet Dart and Katie Boulter also bow out, leaving no British women in the third round.

Joel and Kim also touch upon the epic first round encounter between Dan Evans and Karen Khachanov which has become the longest ever match in US Open history, and reflect on Emma Raducanu’s disappointing US Open and what has contributed to her poor result here yet again.

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Kim and Chris catch up on the opening round’s action from Flushing Meadows, as the US Open gets underway in New York.

With comfortable wins for defending Champions Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff, former Champion Naomi Osaka delighting fans with a stylish win over Jelena Ostapenko, and Danielle Collins refusing her retirement ceremony after a first round loss, there is plenty of action to sink our teeth into in just the first day and a half!

Iga Swiatek endures a gritty opponent in Kamila Rakhimova, whilst Harriet Dart and Katie Boulter get the win for the Brits, and Holger Rune, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Stefanos Tsitsipas have tournaments they’d rather forget with early losses. Meanwhile, Kim and Chris unpick some controversial comments made by Ben Shelton, and Chris tries to recover from another heartbreaking defeat for Sloane Stephens.

Collect A Set predictions from Joel, Kim and Chris are also revealed - let’s see who will manage to avoid the Slam Spoon of Shame come the tournament’s end!

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Joel, Kim and Chris are back to preview the US Open, which very excitingly gets underway this coming Monday, on the courts of Flushing Meadows. The trio are here to give their legendary Tennis Weekly quarter by quarter preview and predictions, as well as announcing the player picks for the latest edition of Collect A Set.

With Novak Djokovic fresh off the back of an Olympic Gold and Jannik Sinner dealing with recent doping news, how will these two fare as the top two seeds in the men’s draw? Meanwhile, Coco Gauff will be looking to defend her title from 2023 but will have strong opposition from a whole array of players, some in form and some unpredictable.

Certain first round popcorn matches await in the likes of Osaka v Ostapenko and Paolini v Andreescu, and Dominic Thiem finds himself in his final Grand Slam draw up against home favourite Ben Shelton.

Britain’s Emma Raducanu also faces a tough section of the draw, and Jack Draper will be hoping to set up a third round clash with the winner of the last two Grand Slams, Carlos Alcaraz.

Join us as we look ahead to likely match ups, who to watch and where our winners are coming from!

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The tennis world is in a state of SHOCK... as it's announced World Number 1 Jannik Sinner has escaped a drugs ban after two failed tests earlier in the year. Join Joel and Chris as they react to this bombshell news that has rocked the ATP Tour as they get to grips with what it means, how the locker room have reacted (Nick Kyrgios has unsurprisingly not held back!), what will tennis fans think and what impact will this news have on Sinner's chances at the US Open which begins in just over a week's time.

It had been a stellar week for the Italian as he captured his second M1000 title of the season in Cincinnati along with Aryna Sabalenka who steam-rolled her way to the women's title without dropping a set to rise back up to Number 2 in the world on the WTA Tour. Elsewhere, Carlos Alcaraz got ANGRY and smashed up a racket for the first time in his career (probably) and it was a week to forget for umpire Greg Allensworth with big match point controversy for Jack Draper and Felix Auger Aliassime.

It's all hotting up for the US Open so join us to cool off - and see how Chris does in the latest instalment of Joel's game!

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Tennis Weekly Podcast! It’s time to talk tennis and unpack all the events from the National Bank Canadian Open (Tournoi de tennis du Canada) on the ATP and WTA Tour which saw Alexi Popyrin a surprise winner of his maiden Masters 1000 title in Montreal, upsetting Andrey Rublev in the final. Popyrin was the first Australian Masters 1000 winner since Lleyton Hewitt in 2003!

On the women’s side more surprises as unseeded Amanda Anisimova made it an all American final against defending Champion and eventual winner Jessica Pegula. Jessie Pegula has now won the title in both Montreal and Toronto a feat that not many have achieved.

Elsewhere Joel and Chris discuss Rafael Nadal skipping the US Open and will he retire at the Laver Cup in Berlin like Roger Federer as well as what is the most unbreakable record in tennis. Is it Nadal’s 14 French Open titles, Novak’s Grand Slam tally or Steffi Graf’s gold slam year.

They also talk about Stefanos Tsitispas firing his father as his coach and preview the Cincinnati Open where Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek are back in action after winning Olympic medals and pick their champions ahead of the US Open getting underway!

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Joel, Kim and Chris are back together to catch up on all the tennis action from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Novak Djokovic finally completed a career Golden Slam by winning a much coveted Gold Medal in a rematch of last month's Wimbledon Final against Carlos Alcaraz. Meanwhile, Britain’s Andy Murray finally drew the curtains on his tennis career after bowing out alongside Dan Evans in the doubles event.

China’s Qinwen Zheng made history by winning the gold for her country, defeating Roland Garros Queen Iga Swiatek en route to the Final, and dispatching an in form Donna Vekic in the Gold Medal match. Jasmine Paolini also put behind her recent run of Final defeats to clinch the Olympic women’s doubles title with compatriot Sara Errani

With mixed doubles joy for Czech pair Machac and Siniakova as well as Angie Kerber also having played her last competitive match, there are plenty of talking points from the Paris Olympics.

So, grab a donut, turn off the gymnastics and come listen to the Tennis Weekly catchup of all things tennis at this year’s Games.

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With the Olympics in full flow, France and Roland Garros is firmly in the spotlight for tennis. And one of the leading names in French tennis is supercoach Patrick Mouratoglou who has mentored the likes of Serena Williams, Grigor Dimitrov and Laura Robson and many others over his career to date.

In this episode, Joel took the time to sit down with Coach Mouratoglou for a wide ranging chat on the tennis landscape including his grand ambitions for the Ultimate Tennis Showdown as master creator and his hopes for a women's event in the future.

Elsewhere, they talk about his partnership with Holger Rune this season which comes as they have announced they are to split (again) plus we put him to the test with some prediction challenges including who he thinks will win the Gold in Paris and who he thinks will be the next first time Grand Slam winners. They may not be the answers you were expecting!

This episode was pre-recorded during Wimbledon.

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It's the Rafael Nadal 'Rafa' Special!

Kim, Alina and Chris are here to bring you all the conversation and talking points with 22 time grand slam champion, Rafael Nadal from the Nordea Open in Bastad. This includes the short but sweet 'Ruudal' partnership, Rafa's 4 hour epic against Navone, his Olympic excitement to play with Carlos Alcaraz as well as looking to his future and his potential US Open participation.

It was an exciting week in Sweden where Rafael Nadal was returning for the first time since 2005 to 'defend' his title he won 19 years ago. Rafa made it all the way to the final but wasn't able to take home the title and the team follow his ups and downs of the week as well as the victory for Nuno Borges.

Chris and Alina also give you all the scoop when they went undercover at a Rafael Nadal practice session as well as what Casper Ruud had to say about Rafa and their now infamous doubles partnership in Bastad.

The wrap up the episode questioning where we will see Nadal play next and land on their peak, pit and pleasant surprise of their time in Bastad.

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