Talking Tennis

It has been quite a year for tennis, and the men's side is reaching its conclusion with its annual event in Turin, where the best eight players of 2022 face off. Carlos Alcaraz has had to pull out through injury, with Taylor Fritz taking his place, and the other seven players who will be in Turin are Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Andrey Rublev. But who is in the better form going into the tournament? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Novak Djokovic defeated Maxime Cressy in straight sets while home favourites Adrian Mannarino and Richard Gasquet crashed out. And where next for Andy Murray after his crushing defeat to the soon-to-retire Gilles Simon? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an impressive week in Basel, where Stan Wawrinka, with the help of the home crowd, beat Casper Ruud and Brandon Nakashima, we caught up with Swiss journalist Simon Graf to discuss Stan's tournament and his chances in 2023. Simon has also co-written a book - The Roger Federer Effect - which has just been published, so we start by talking about that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Talking Tennis spoke to Caitlin from Racquet Magazine about the end of year finals in Fort Worth as Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Maria Sakkari, Caroline Garcia, Aryna Sabalenka and Daria Kasatkina do battle at the season-ending championships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices