Chaos in Canada! On the women’s side, we discuss Aryna Sabalenka’s latest three-set defeat and ask just how worrying her form is heading into the US Open. Is the pressure starting to get to the world No.1, who hasn’t won a title since Miami and is now clinging to the top spot by a thread? There’s also a resurgent Iga Swiatek and we get very excited about the first-ever meeting between Naomi Osaka and Elena Rybakina — genuinely, how has it taken this long?
On the men’s side, we discuss Jack Draper’s emotional return to the tour and the awkward question of whether he came back too soon. And after all the talk of a ‘new’ Zverev, can we really put him in the same conversation as Sinner and Alcaraz after losing his first match back since Wimbledon? Speaking of Sinner and Alcaraz, we look at their injury troubles ahead of Cincinnati, ask whether two-week Masters events should be mandatory combined events given how barren the schedules have been in Toronto and Montreal, and get stuck into Novak Djokovic’s radical idea for changing the scoring system.
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00:00 - Intro
02:30 - Alcaraz hair update
04:00 - Roger Federer Exhibition
06:40 - Kostyuk letter
10:00 - Sabalenka out to Alexandrova
16:55 - Iga Swiatek return to form
20:59 - Eala schedule question
24:08 - Canadian Open Men's Update
28:20 - Zverev Out Early
32:18 - Jack Draper tears
37:16 - Tennis Weekly Federer Quiz
42:17 - Novak Djokovic Mailbag
46:50 - Two week Masters Schedule
52:00 - Alcaraz and Sinner out of Cincinnati
1:00:00 - Canadian Open Week 2 Predictions
