So rarely does a championship weekend feel this great. The widely adored Babs Krejcikova has done it again, this time winning the Wimbledon title amidst an injury-plagued year. It’s her 12th major title across all disciplines. Carlos Alcaraz is now the youngest male Channel Slam winner, sweeping past 7-time champion Djokovic in a rematch of last year’s final. In more good news, Taylor Townsend claims her first major title and Sinikova and Hsieh add to their impressive resumes. Plus, we chat about some extraneous stuff, as usual, like Medvedev’s near-default, Djokovic’s lecture to the crowd, and the “4 the girls” controversy.

2:55 This time, the tougher roads resulted in titles

7:40 Babs is a big match player

24:00 The men’s tournament: where’s the rest of the field?

26:50 Men’s final: all Carlos

37:25 Fritz, Riddle, and That Guy: 4 the girls?

44:55 I know all the tricks

53:15 Medvedev narrowly avoids a default in the semis

56:50 Doubles: Townsend is now a Slam winner! Siniakova & Hsieh add to their historic hauls

We made it to Middle Sunday at Wimbledon! (Well, not all of us.) The bottom half of the women’s draw is guaranteed to see a surprising finalist; in the top half, slightly more order prevails, even after the dismissals of Swiatek and Jabeur. The men’s draw is proceeding mostly as expected on the top half, while the bottom has seen the rapid rise of Perricard, the precarious state of Djokovic's repaired knee, and a slightly spicy beef between Taylor Fritz and Arthur Rinderknech. We also witnessed the last of Andy Murray at Wimbledon, featuring a moving tribute, a singles withdrawal, and mother Judy getting into a self-inflicted internet scrape.

1:00 Early upsets set up a very interesting and unexpected women’s bottom half

10:10 Navarro knocks out Gauff

18:55 Iga and Ons out within 20 minutes of each other

29:50 The return of Caroline Wozniacki, Esq.

35:50 Andy Murray’s last dance at Wimbledon

41:10 AstonishGate

47:25 Stefanos was just here for the *filmmaking*, not the tradwife content

50:40 Have a nice flight home

53:25 Men’s results: top half going to form, bottom's a little messy

The year's third major is upon us as we face the first Williams-less Wimbledon in 28 years . Novak is back from knee surgery and sheltered from world #1 Sinner and defending champion Alcaraz, who share a balanced but tricky top half. Iga’s draw has done her no favors, but some of the grass stalwarts are questionable, including Rybakina, Vondrousova, and the injured Sabalenka. And buckle up, because early on we’ll be treated to the Your Behavior Is Terrible classic, featuring Steve Carell and Lil’ Wayne’s favorite tennis player.

0:35 The end of the Williams Wimbledon Era

3:20 This week’s results: Dasha, Shnaider, Tabilo, T. Fritz

9:20 Injury updates: Andy Murray intent on playing, Sabalenka dealing with shoulder problem

20:00 Men’s draw: Sinner’s tough draw, a potential Paul Rudd matchup

32:15 Men’s bottom half: Djokovic, Hubert, de Minaur + a messy third quarter

39:35 Women's draw: Iga in peril or does the draw not matter?

50:15 Women’s bottom half hinges on Sabalenka’s health

Grass season is well underway -- almost over, actually -- and we’ve got British players coming out of hibernation, a tennis power couple winning again, the new ATP #1 switching surfaces with ease, and basically all the top WTA grass contenders out with injury or illness in Berlin. Elsewhere, Carlos is unhappy with the ATP’s latest rule experiment and a commentator is unhappy with a problem he just made up. We also cover Tsitsipas’ bizarre tradwife posting and the Olympic qualifications; and finally, it wouldn’t be a Slam without wild card drama.

1:55 Grass titlists: Draper, tennis’ actual power couple, and another birthday humiliation

7:10 FOMO in Berlin until all those retirements …

12:30 Castle’s totally unprovoked rant on pronunciation

14:10 Why are you messing with the shot clock rules during an actual tournament?

17:40 Unfortunately yes, we’re still talking about wild cards

22:20 A bunch of Americans say thank you, next to Olympics

29:25 Andy Murray not out yet

34:00 Tsitsipas shares weird tradwife fantasy

41:45 Thoughts on the Federer documentary

Iga Swiatek further cements her position as the highly feared queen of Roland Garros and Carlos Alcaraz completes a “Surface Slam” amid injury problems and less than ideal preparation. The years-long ordeal surrounding domestic violence allegations and criminal charges against Zverev has been resolved, at least legally, but the tennis community will continue to reckon with its comprehensive failure in their handling of it. We’ve also got doubles news, WTA CEO announcement, and more takeaways from the tournament like umpire headcams (did they get headcam premium pay?).

2:50 Alcaraz wins his first French title, that other guy loses another Slam final up 2 sets to 1

8:05 Zverev assault case has been settled

13:40 The sport has utterly failed in its handling of domestic violence

22:15 Carlos & Jannik in ascendance, Novak out with meniscus tear

32:55 Iga thoroughly dominates the field post-Naomi

41:20 Coco Gauff wins her first Slam doubles title - and Siniakova her 8th!

45:45 WTA announces a new CEO

47:00 Tournament et ceteras: first up, the umpire head cams

49:05 The Djokovic/Jockovic vowel shift

53:30 Danielle Collins addresses the incredulity about her impending retirement

61:10 PTPA announces additional funds raised for its commercial arm, Winners Alliance

It’s been a rainy slog through the first week of Roland Garros. The weather has wreaked chaos on scheduling, the tournament banned alcohol on Philippe Chatrier because the fans didn’t know how to act, and the night session has no women (but who would want it anyway?). We analyze the draw as it stands and take you through the highlights and lowlights: Rafa may or may not have played his last match here, Swiatek-Osaka put on a clinic, Djokovic’s fire got lit at 2am on a Sunday, and Dimitrov completed his collection of Slam quarterfinals.

1:55 Did Rafa play his last match at Roland Garros? Not 100%

7:05 Zverev goes to court for intimate partner violence, his colleagues remain (at best) indifferent

12:35 Musetti awakens the Djokovic beast

21:15 Rublev is upset as his on-court behavior gets worse

27:00 Looking ahead to the men’s quarters

32:20 Iga & Naomi throw in a classic, Naomi’s performance inspires optimism

42:35 Upsets: Sakkari, Collins, Ostapenko

46:50 Looking ahead to the women’s quarters

60:25 Rybakina vs the press: the brief journey from drama to indifference

68:00 Nonstop rain + weird scheduling = misery

72:50 Roland Garros enters its Prohibition era

Roland Garros approaches, and the women's draw has a heavy favorite in Iga Swiatek plus a few major contenders. In contrast, the men's tour seems in a temporary state of disarray, as Djokovic enters without momentum and Sinner and Alcaraz are dealing with injuries. What's worse, the 14-time champion, the (possibly) retiring Rafa Nadal, draws a man who starts his domestic violence trial days after their match. As usual, no predictions here but lots of chatter about this clay season and who's primed to show out. And what's a major without a little wild card drama?

0:50 Wild card drama is constant but a good chance to talk about maternity leave policy

9:00 Rafa draws That Guy

13:15 Men’s draw analysis: what to expect from Djokovic and the walking wounded?

21:20 Men’s draw: the tricky third quarter

28:05 Women's draw: it's Iga's world

35:40 Women’s draw bottom half: opportunity knocks

47:00 Fedal goes mountaineering

Halfway through Rome and it’s all peritonsillar abscesses and water bottles knocking down GOATs and Italian stars retiring and fleeing their home country amidst myriad legal problems. You know, the usual.

0:35 Andrey does not have angina

3:25 Djokovic gets hit in the head by a falling water bottle

9:45 Camila Giorgi retired and lamming it

18:55 Rafa says there’s a tiny, tiny chance this isn’t the end

23:35 Qinwen says no to drama

25:30 More retirement talk: Dominic and Diego

31:45 So how does one qualify for the Olympics?

38:35 How will we know if the extended Masters tournaments are successful?