About this episode

In this episode, Dan Kiernan is joined by Ken Skupski to discuss the major moments from Day 9 of Wimbledon 2026, including Coco Gauff's semi-final win and insights on coaching.

Day 9 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus. Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19. In this episode: Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy) Sinner into his 10th Grand Slam semi-final at 24 , one of only 5 players since 2000 to reach 10 men's singles semis at the majors before turning 25 alongside Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Alcaraz Sinner beats Struff to extend his Wimbledon winning streak to 12 and reach the semi-finals of his title defence Coco Gauff into her first Wimbledon semi-final with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Jessica Pegula, who was playing her first ever Centre Court match Karolina Muchova through past Naomi Osaka , setting up a Gauff vs Muchova semi-final and a chance for Gauff to extend her 6-1 head-to-head record TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Coco Gauff Patten and Heliovaara win their third consecutive 7-6 in the third Ken Skupski joins the show on coaching his younger brother Neal to the 2023 Wimbledon men's doubles title Ken on…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Kiernan

Guest: Ken Skupski

Topics covered

• Wimbledon
• tennis
• coaching
• sports analysis
• Grand Slam
• Coco Gauff

Keywords

• Wimbledon
• Coco Gauff
• Ken Skupski
• tennis
• Grand Slam
• coaching
• Sinner
• Naomi Osaka

Sponsors

Novellus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SotoTennis Academy

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