2025 Season Review

2025 Season Review

Catherine, David and Matt, with the help of voice notes from an esteemed list of colleagues and Friends, look back on the 2025 tennis season.

Part one (00:00 - 40:24) - A very special discussion between Pam Shriver and Mary Carillo on Amanda Anisimova’s resilience, a year of two halves for Coco Gauff, and the way Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz separated themselves from the field.

Part two (40:25 - 1:03:53)- Charlie Eccleshare talks about the Roland Garros men’s final, while Simon Briggs discusses men’s tennis’ hunt for its third man.

Part three (1:03:54 - 1:44:33) - Hannah Wilks shares her perspective on how the sport’s politics got in the way of the actual tennis in 2025 and Matt Futterman helps to close the show with reflections on how a player’s narrative can change over the course of a long season.

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Episode 56 - Back-stage at the Royal Albert Hall with Annabel Croft and a half-naked Goran Ivanisevic

Episode 56 - Back-stage at the Royal Albert Hall with Annabel Croft and a half-naked Goran Ivanisevic

You thought the tennis season drew to a close with the Davis Cup final, but no, it all ends at the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall in London. There, Catherine and David chatted to Annabel Croft, and Goran Ivanisevic - as he lay half-naked on the treatment table.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Dec 201318min

Radek Stepanek: 'I whispered to my parents, this moment is for you'

Radek Stepanek: 'I whispered to my parents, this moment is for you'

Radek Stepanek achieved his dream by winning the Davis Cup in 2012 and hopes to help the Czech Republic successfully defend it this week. What does he remember about the moment he won? The first 30 seconds, he tells us, nothing at all! In an interview with David Law a month afterwards, Stepanek explains his horror at realising he forgot to shake his opponent's hand immediately afterwards.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Nov 20133min

Episode 55 - Special Guests at the 02 - Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and friends

Episode 55 - Special Guests at the 02 - Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and friends

After Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer, Catherine and David got together to discuss the other semifinal and look ahead to the final. Oh, and to talk to every man in the draw, and a couple of other tennis stars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Nov 201319min

Episode 54 - ATP World Tour Finals Preview/Predictions; Fed Cup Final - Where Were The Russians?

Episode 54 - ATP World Tour Finals Preview/Predictions; Fed Cup Final - Where Were The Russians?

After an early discussion about who would be the World No.1 player in the rain (obviously), David and Catherine get down to the serious business of predicting who will come through the ATP World Tour Finals at the 02 Arena in London. There's also chat about the Fed Cup final, which saw a depleted Russia trounced by Italy. So where were the Top 10 Russian players? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Nov 201331min

Episode 53 - The Big Del Potro Prediction; Serena - How Long Can She Keep This Up?

Episode 53 - The Big Del Potro Prediction; Serena - How Long Can She Keep This Up?

As the Great Storm hits the UK, David and Catherine hunker down for a chat about Serena Williams' victory at the WTA Championships, the sight of Dimitrov playing Federer, and a massive prediction made at 30 seconds notice.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

28 Okt 201320min

Episode 52 - Could Martina Navratilova coach Laura Robson? Andy Murray's back, OBE or Drugs Test, and Federer - by the man that beat him in his first final.

Episode 52 - Could Martina Navratilova coach Laura Robson? Andy Murray's back, OBE or Drugs Test, and Federer - by the man that beat him in his first final.

Laura Robson needs a coach. Martina Navratilova wants to be a coach. Is it a perfect match? Andy Murray is out for the season. Will he ever reach No.1? Roger Federer can't hit a barn door at the moment. Should he retire? And what was he like when he was young? We speak to the man that he grew up idolising, and who beat Federer in his first final.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Okt 201330min

Episode 51 - Will Serena and Rafa break Steffi and Roger's records? Mario Ancic interview

Episode 51 - Will Serena and Rafa break Steffi and Roger's records? Mario Ancic interview

In Episode 51, Catherine and David review and the US Open and debate whether Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal will break the records of Steffi Graf and Roger Federer. And we hear from Mario Ancic, whose career was cut short, but who is making a good life for himself outside of tennis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 Sep 201339min

Episode 50 - US Open Finals preview with John Lloyd, Jill Craybas and the BBC Radio team

Episode 50 - US Open Finals preview with John Lloyd, Jill Craybas and the BBC Radio team

On the eve of the US Open finals between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, and Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, we enter the BBC Radio commentary box to get the views on what will happen from a woman that has beaten Serena - Jill Craybas, an Australian Open runner-up John Lloyd, the BBC's Tennis Correspondent Russell Fuller, and BBC producer Steve Jones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Sep 20138min

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