The best French Open first week ever?

About this episode

The episode discusses the surprising outcomes of the first week of the French Open, including major upsets and player comebacks.

Calvin Betton and James Gray are in Paris, while George Bellshaw holds the fort in London (while dodging celebrating Arsenal fans). Serena Williams confirms her comeback to tennis and will play doubles with Victoria Mboko at Queen's next week Jannik Sinner suffers one of the biggest shocks in French Open history as cramp and fatigue beats him (and Juan Manuel Cerundolo) Novak Djokovic is beaten for just the second time ever from two sets up, smoked off the court by Joao Fonseca in a compelling five-setter in the heat of Chatrier Iga Swiatek's return to form comes to an end with a shock defeat to Marta Kostyuk that she blames on being "tense" on the court Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff are also early casualties to leave the draw relatively open in the second week For daily podcast updates from the grand slams, join the TUSCers on our Patreon channel for just £3.60 a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Calvin Betton, James Gray, George Bellshaw

Topics covered

• French Open
• tennis
• player performances
• comebacks
• upsets
• tournament analysis

Keywords

• French Open
• Serena Williams
• Jannik Sinner
• Novak Djokovic
• Iga Swiatek
• upsets
• tennis news

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Paris, London

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