About this episode

In this episode, Dan Kiernan recaps Day 2 of Wimbledon 2026 with guest Erin Routliffe, discussing major moments and player performances.

Day 2 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): the curse of the grass court champions, with Cerundolo and Shelton both out in round one, and Bergs surviving the Eastbourne final repeat Ben Shelton's stunning loss to Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 in the final-set tiebreak Dan's "Two Jacobs" moment from the players' cafeteria , a story about Jakub Mensik and Jacob Fearnley that's worth the listen alone British comeback Tuesday , with Fearnley's two-set fightback against Michelsen, plus wins for Arthur Fery and Katie Swan Live updates from Serena Williams' Centre Court return against Maya Joint, recorded as the match was unfolding TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Katie Swan , coaching in Kansas eighteen months ago, World No. 1,114 in her rear-view mirror, back at Wimbledon and winning against the same player she beat eight years ago…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Kiernan

Guest: Erin Routliffe

Topics covered

• Wimbledon
• tennis
• sports commentary
• player performance
• live updates
• interviews

Keywords

• Wimbledon 2026
• Erin Routliffe
• tennis recap
• Serena Williams
• Katie Swan
• Ben Shelton
• live updates

Sponsors

Novellus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SotoTennis Academy, Queen's

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