French Open Day 1 - Kvitova 'Wins French Open' On Opening Day; Kerber Out; Evans Toils

French Open Day 1 - Kvitova 'Wins French Open' On Opening Day; Kerber Out; Evans Toils

The Tennis Podcast - Kvitova ‘Wins French Open’ On Opening Day

It was only the first day, but it already felt as though Petra Kvitova had won the French Open.

Six months after being subjected to a terrifying knife attack in her own home, Kvitova returned to the court and won her first match at Roland Garros. Simon Briggs, the Telegraph’s Tennis Correspondent, appears on the latest Tennis Podcast and says that she was unquestionably the story of the opening day of the tournament.

That’s on a day when the World No.1 Angelique Kerber suffered a humbling defeat at the hands of Ekaterina Makarova. The German seemed a shadow of the woman that won two major titles a year ago. What did Briggs and Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport) make of her defeat?

Catherine Whitaker was courtside during the Dan Evans vs. Tommy Robredo match, and described the conditions as some of the most oppressive she had ever experienced, such was the heat. The pod team assess the performance of...

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Aus Open Day 7 - Are Sinner and Djokovic lucky to still be in the tournament?

Aus Open Day 7 - Are Sinner and Djokovic lucky to still be in the tournament?

Catherine, David and Matt catch up at the end of a day of scorching heat in Melbourne as Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic both survived very different scares. Part one - Men’s results. We cover all t...

24 Jan 1h 12min

Aus Open Day 6 - Things are about to get serious

Aus Open Day 6 - Things are about to get serious

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23 Jan 1h 13min

Aus Open Day 5 - What led to Osaka aggro?

Aus Open Day 5 - What led to Osaka aggro?

Catherine, David and Matt are together to look back on Stan Wawrinka’s epic victory and a day with some aggro as well as the first big upset in the women’s draw. Part one - Men’s results. We discuss W...

22 Jan 1h 10min

Aus Open Day 4 - Where does this loss leave Raducanu?

Aus Open Day 4 - Where does this loss leave Raducanu?

Part one - Men’s results. We discuss Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev withstanding good performances from Yannick Hanfmann and Quentin Halys, Alex de Minaur weathering a bit of a storm on Laver, Ale...

21 Jan 1h 7min

Aus Open Day 3 - Keys, Sinner start title defences well

Aus Open Day 3 - Keys, Sinner start title defences well

Catherine, David and Matt gathered on an outside court towards the end of day three as round one came to a close. Part one - We focus on the day’s fun matches including Madison Keys coming through the...

20 Jan 1h 10min

Aus Open Day 2 - Big guns progress, but who looked best?

Aus Open Day 2 - Big guns progress, but who looked best?

Part one - Women’s results. We cover Iga Swiatek passing a pretty tough test against Yuan Yue, Mirra Andreeva’s Mix credentials after her comeback win over Donna Vekic, victories for Coco Gauff and Am...

19 Jan 1h 17min

Aus Open Day 1 - How did post-Ferrero Alcaraz look?

Aus Open Day 1 - How did post-Ferrero Alcaraz look?

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