Talking Tennis

#atp #barcelona #munich #banjaluka #tennis #madridA roundup of the week's ATP action where titles were won in Barcelona, Munich and Banja Luka.In Barcelona, Carlos Alcaraz swept all before him, including Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final while Botic van de Zandschulp blew a double break advantage in the deciding set against Holger Rune in Munich. Van de Zandschulp later tweeted "this one hurts." To his credit, Rune tweeted back: "Man i know. I was there last week up almost 5-1 in the final and losing in Monaco . Good things coming. You play incredibly."But the surprise of the week came in Banja Luka as Dusan Lajovic beat Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev as he took the ATP 250 title in Bosnia.Also, Talking Tennis talks about the situation in Madrid following the withdrawals of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rafael Nadal has announced he will not be competing at the Madrid Masters event due to get underway next week.More worryingly, he said he was uncertain when he will be able to return, merely that he hoped it would be before the end of the clay-court season.So what next for the 22-time Grand Slam winner? Anything from a return in Rome or for the French Open, to even retirement has been spoken of.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick is joined by WTA player Sofia Shapatava as they look back on the week's Billie Jean King Cup action, in which Sofia was representing Georgia.Talking Tennis also looks forward to the upcoming tournament in Stuttgart.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look back on the week's tennis on the men's side which concluded with today's Monte Carlo final between Holger Rune and Andrey Rublev.Rublev came from a set down to take the biggest title of his career.Talking Tennis also looks toward the upcoming tournaments in Barcelona and Munich.Carlos Alcaraz returns to action in Barcelona but compatriot Rafael Nadal remains sidelined.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ons Jabeur beat Belinda Bencic in straight sets to get her clay-court season off to a title-winning start while Tatjana Maria defended her Bogota title by beating Peyton Stearns in three sets.In this first episode of a weekly show, Nick is joined by Hanlon Walsh, who was in among all the action in Charleston.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Casper Ruud's 2023 season finally feels as though it got underway on Sunday, after arguably his best performance of the year against "blazing" Miomir Kecmanovic in the Estoril Open final.It was a bad day all round for Kecmanovic as he also lost the doubles final alongside fellow Serb Nikola Ćaćić.Elsewhere, the weather has caused chaos with the schedulers in the United States, where Frances Tiafoe has reached the final. Meanwhile, Roberto Carballes Baena won his second ATP Tour title, in Marrakech, overcoming Alexandre Muller in a battle which lasted more than three hours.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Miomir Kecmanovic beat Marco Checchinato with relative ease, 6-3 6-1 while Casper Ruud saw off Quentin Halys in a much tighter affair, 6-4 3-6 7-6.Here is a round-up of the day's action, from start to finish, including quotes from both Kecmanovic and Ruud.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#atp #estorilopenAfter a difficult start to the year, Dominic Thiem is beginning to find his rhythm once again.On Thursday he beat America Ben Shelton in the Estoril Open round of 16, where Thiem's clay court experience over the novice showed.Thiem was an early break down in the match, and said he was saying "bad words" to himself at this point."It was a horrible start," Thiem told the media after the match against Shelton, playing just his second match on clay since joining the tour last year.But the former world number three went on to win 12 out of the next 14 games, to seal his spot in the next round. "I was taking very good topspin," which he highlighted as a key characteristic in the match.Thiem has largely struggled in 2023, and hadn't even won a match before arriving in Portugal, but said he has started noticing improvements to his game in recent weeks."Between Indian Wells and Miami I started feeling the forehand better, and it is doing damage he again.""I’m moving better, had a good practice week last week in Austria, it feels good now," Thiem added.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an exclusive interview with Talking Tennis, Toni Nadal talks about Rafael Nadal's potential return to the tour, as well as how his nephew has evolved as a player and the matches that got away.Despite winning 22 Grand Slams, it could always have been more and there are a few 'what if' moments in Rafa's career. Toni highlighted the knee issues that scuppered his French Open chances in 2009, as well as some regrets about the Wimbledon semi final of 2018 against Novak Djokovic.Toni also told us about his collaboration with Félix Auger-Aliassime and the exact arrangement they agreed upon when the began their working relationship.He also told us where Felix needs to improve if he is to take the next step.This podcast is available on...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43f2LvpQA7rxGbaRXqRMxHApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/talking-tennis/id1652349752Amazon Music: https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/1e8c717a-0be6-4145-adf5-aee32501a1aeSubscribe to our YouTube channel...https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingTennisTTCheck out our website...https://www.talking-tennis.com/Follow us on...Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingTennisTTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkingTennisTTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingtennistt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices