Tennis Unfiltered

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This week, Calvin is fresh off a Barcelona title, George is prepping for a big vegan night out and James has promised not to entertain any more soft drink chat... Instead, they talked about TENNIS. (Mostly.)

Luke Johnson and Sander Arends are the Barcelona champs after beating Britain's top pair in the doubles final

Carlos Alcaraz was beaten in the singles final by a resurgent Holger Rune

Serena Williams has been in the media after saying in an interview with Time that she would have got "20 years" if she had done what Jannik Sinner did. (Read the whole interview here: https://time.com/7277099/serena-williams-interview-time100-2025/)

Alexander Zverev is interrupted by a fan calling him a "wife-beater" - but still beats Ben Shelton to win the title in Munich on his birthday

Iga Swiatek STILL can't Jelena Ostapenko - and actually neither can Aryna Sabalenka

Harriet Dart causes global ripples with her "deodorant" comment

Elina Svitolina wins in Rouen

We have the first player born in 2008 to win an ATP tour match

And Aryna Sabalenka is in trouble on her phone

AND MORE!

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James Gray, Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw are back together again - but you might wish they weren't...

Here is an extended episode featuring:

Carlos Alcaraz's Monte Carlo win

The struggle to sell the Billie Jean King Cup

Why Novak Djokovic has lost the hunger

Ben Shelton's doubles beef

A home win in Monaco

PLUS

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Calvin Betton, George Bellshaw and James Gray are in particularly nonsensical mood, discussing...

The return of the clay-court season

Emma Raducanu's decision to skip Billie Jean King Cup duty

An epic head-to-head battle between Calvin and George

The best tennis court in the world

The rise of the super-coach

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In this episode of Tennis Unfiltered, James Gray, George Bellshaw, and Calvin Betton discuss everything that has been going on in the world of tennis and more from coaching techniques and the Wimbledon dress code to scheduling and the recent Miami Open.

Jakub Mensik defeated Novak Djokovic, even though the Czech teenager almost withdrew from the tournament before his first-round match. Djokovic did not appear to be 100 per cent with a swelling under his right eye and trouble moving behind the baseline, but said Mensik deserved the win.

In the women's final, Aryna Sabalenka snapped her run of two straight defeats in finals (AO, IW) by beating Jessica Pegula to claim her first Miami title: she has now won three of the last four top-level American hard-court events, cementing her place as runaway world No 1.

Still somehow No 2, Iga Swiatek's challenges and mental resilience have been in the spotlight, targeted by an abusive member of the public in practice and then shocked by breakout star Alex Eala.

It was also a good week for Emma Raducanu and her temp coach Mark Petchey, a bad one for Alexander Zverev and a decent one for French tennis...

PLUS: Ongoing developments from the PTPA legal case and a new coach for Andrey Rublev that Calvin doesn't like

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Calvin Betton calls in from Miami and Molly McElwee subs in for Barcelona with George Bellshaw on holiday.

The PTPA has finally broken cover on a legal battle with the ATP, WTA, ITF and ITIA across three different territories. The men's tour says it will not be cowed by the players union, but over the weekend the PTPA filed a motion with US judge asking “to prohibit all illegal contact with players by the ATP or any defendant or co-conspirator”. The ATP said it "refutes their assertions".

Nick Kyrgios wins his first match on tour since wrist surgery but is then beaten by Karen Khachanov

Francisco Comesana and Corentin Moutet both provide unusual entertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/DHeuH7RMkTr/?img_index=2&igsh=MTZjeWc2aGxtNHNoZQ==

Jacob Fearnley becomes British No 2

Emma Raducanu parts ways with her trial coach Vlado Platenik and then goes on her best run of the season with Mark Petchey in the box

Mirra Andreeva can't back up her Indian Wells title, beaten by Amanda Anisimova, but puts female coaches firmly in the spotlight

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