Episodes

  • Wimbledon 2025, Day 11: Angry Sabalenka beaten by emotional Anisimova, Swiatek one win from history

    Wimbledon 2025, Day 11: Angry Sabalenka beaten by emotional Anisimova, Swiatek one win from history
    Jul 10 2025
    Molly McElwee subs in for George Bellshaw and joins James Gray to talk about the aftermath of women's semi-final day at Wimbledon. - Amanda Anisimova booked her place in a first ever grand slam final in front of her family and friends, coming full circle from her eight-month break from tennis in 2023 (Read James's piece here: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/artist-psychologist-wimbledon-final-amanda-anisimova-3799855) - Aryna Sabalenka once again lost at Wimbledon at the semi-final stage and insisted she was not going to "do a Roland Garros" again (but sort of did) - Belinda Bencic's remarkable run, 15 months on from starting a family, comes to an end in a one-sided semi-final - Iga Swiatek is within one victory of the career Surface Slam, winning a grand slam on hard, clay and grass (Read Molly's piece here: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/iga-swiatek-time-become-superstar-3799968) Mollie McElwee is a freelance journalist and the author of "Building Champions": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Building-Champions-Success-Womens-Tennis/dp/1913759237 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Wimbledon 2025, Day 10: Djokovic and Sinner book showdown despite double injury scare

    Wimbledon 2025, Day 10: Djokovic and Sinner book showdown despite double injury scare
    Jul 9 2025
    James Gray and George Bellshaw are back on the microphones at a pleasantly early hour after four relatively straightforward quarter-finals on the second Wednesday of Wimbledon. - Novak Djokovic "played with his food" by dropping the first set to Flavio Cobolli but came through in four sets, despite a nasty looking fall behind the baseline - Iga Swiatek is doing her best to grow her reputation in Britain with five straight match wins at Wimbledon, into her first SW19 semi-final - Jannik Sinner's elbow seems to be fine, judging by the smacking he handed a downtrodden Ben Shelton - Mirra Andreeva is out, beaten by Belinda Bencic, who had a baby just 15 months ago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Wimbledon 2025, Day 9: Alcaraz wipes out Brits, Sinner's serious scare and Sabalenka avoids an upset

    Wimbledon 2025, Day 9: Alcaraz wipes out Brits, Sinner's serious scare and Sabalenka avoids an upset
    Jul 9 2025
    George Bellshaw and James Gray are at Wimbledon at the end of the first half of the quarter-finals and enjoying an (alcohol-free) lager to celebrate. Here are the top stories from the second Tuesday at SW19 - Carlos Alcaraz thrashed Cam Norrie and ending British interests at Wimbledon - Aryna Sabalenka came within a few games of a serious upset at the hands of 37-year-old world No 107 Laura Siegemund - Jannik Sinner barely practised after an MRI scan on his right elbow is an injury doubt to face Ben Shelton - Taylor Fritz overcome "rubbed raw" patches on his feet to beat Karen Khachanov in four sets (despite a Hawk-Eye malfunction) - Amanda Anisimova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to complete a weird stat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Wimbledon 2025, Day 8: Dimitrov's tears, a Djokovic scare and George piques Iga's interest

    Wimbledon 2025, Day 8: Dimitrov's tears, a Djokovic scare and George piques Iga's interest
    Jul 8 2025
    George Bellshaw is back, baby - and James Gray is just here as always. On "Not So Magic Monday" they discussed... - Grigor Dimitrov was two sets up on Jannik Sinner but then tore a pectoral muscle serving and had to retire in tears - Novak Djokovic lost the opening set and was a break down in the fourth against Alex de Minaur before putting the afterburners on to reach the quarter-finals - Iga Swiatek got an interesting question from George - Mirra Andreeva keeps hope in the women's draw alive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Wimbledon 2025, Day 7: Bring back line judges! Hawk-Eye fail causes controversy

    Wimbledon 2025, Day 7: Bring back line judges! Hawk-Eye fail causes controversy
    Jul 7 2025
    Ben Rothenberg subs in once again for George Bellshaw, who returns on Monday. James Gray is here as always and they discussed... - The electronic line-calling farce that marred Sonay Kartal's defeat to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova - How Wimbledon responded to Hawk-Eye Live's failure - The threat of AI in journalism - Laura Siegemund's surprise run to the quarter-finals - Cam Norrie's win over Nico Jarry and his chances of upsetting Carlos Alcaraz And SO much more... As ever, do read Ben Rothenberg's Substack, Bounces: just head to benrothenberg.com and sign up using, well there isn't a promo code but there should be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • Wimbledon 2025, Day 5: Raducanu almost produces an upset and Norrie gets a baffling question

    Wimbledon 2025, Day 5: Raducanu almost produces an upset and Norrie gets a baffling question
    Jul 5 2025
    James Gray runs down all the stories from the first half of the third round at Wimbledon. - Naomi Osaka misses out on her best-ever Wimbledon performance - Sonay Kartal is lost for words after an uber-clean win over Diane Parry - Emma Raducanu produces a creditable effort but is eventually out-blasted by Aryna Sabalenka on Centre Court - Cam Norrie is bafflingly asked if he is dating Emma Raducanu - Carlos Alcaraz almost trips over Jan-Lennard Struff Molly's piece on THAT Norrie questions: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/questions-emma-raducanu-boyfriend-are-disgusting-sexist-3789380 James's analysis from Centre Court last night: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/emma-raducanu-top-10-wimbledon-best-matches-3789374 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Wimbledon 2025, Day 4: Draper's bid prematurely ended as Djokovic monsters Evans

    Wimbledon 2025, Day 4: Draper's bid prematurely ended as Djokovic monsters Evans
    Jul 4 2025
    George Bellshaw is back, a year older and wiser, to join James Gray on the podcast and look back at a bloodbath for the Brits. Four of the five remaining British men were taken out on the fourth day of play at Wimbledon. Dan Evans won just five games against Novak Djokovic and admitted he "doesn't know" if that was his last ever match at Wimbledon Jack Draper is out after a four-set defeat to an inspired Marin Cilic Zeynep Sonmez is still going! And more from the last embers of the second round at Wimbledon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • Wimbledon 2025, Day 3: Fritz hangs on and Keys makes a move - feat. Ben Rothenberg

    Wimbledon 2025, Day 3: Fritz hangs on and Keys makes a move - feat. Ben Rothenberg
    Jul 2 2025
    Ben Rothenberg (Bounces and No Challenges Remaining) subs in for George, joining James Gray to discuss all things Day 3 with an American slant. They talked about... - Taylor Fritz making it through two gruelling five-setters to then earn a reward of a cushy draw going forward - Madison Keys being, by default, the "Other Guy" of the women's draw - Oliver Tarvet's struggles to make any money - Emma Raducanu romping past Marketa Vondrousova - Naomi Osaka's best Wimbledon in seven years Please do take a look at Ben's Substack here: https://www.benrothenberg.com/ Or check out his book about Naomi Osaka: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naomi-Osaka-Journey-Finding-Power/dp/0593472438/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 mins