About this episode

Dan Kiernan and Freddie Nielsen discuss the major moments from Day 3 of Wimbledon 2026, including ATP doubles changes and player retirements.

Day 3 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. A quick note: today's episode runs a little longer than usual as Dan and Freddie dive into the significant news emerging around proposed ATP doubles changes and what they could mean for the future of the sport. In this episode: Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy): Krejcikova ends Mirra Andreeva's Wimbledon hopes, Dan's Bartunkova prediction comes good, and Jannik Sinner records his 95th Grand Slam win Bublik and Kyrgios lose to Arevalo and Pavic, sparking a passionate discussion with Freddie Nielsen on the future of doubles and the proposed ATP changes Dan Evans' retirement announcement, his unforgettable Washington title run, and why his career should be celebrated Freddie relives his 2012 Wimbledon title run with Jonathan Marray, including the famous "If Carlsberg did moments to live for" exchange before serving for the title The Wimbledon Quickfire with…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Kiernan

Guest: Freddie Nielsen

Topics covered

• Wimbledon recap
• ATP doubles changes
• tennis history
• player retirements
• comeback stories

Keywords

• Wimbledon
• Freddie Nielsen
• ATP changes
• Dan Evans
• Jenson Brooksby

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Novellus

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Organizations: SotoTennis Academy, ATP

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