# Alcaraz wins 12 in a row and Fils-Ivanisevic: The Inside Story Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-590442/alcaraz-wins-12-in-a-row-and-fils-ivanisevic-the-inside-story Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-590442/alcaraz-wins-12-in-a-row-and-fils-ivanisevic-the-inside-story.md Podcast: [The Tennis Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-590442) Published: 2026-02-23T13:18:04+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/thetennispodcast/episodes/alcaraz-wins-12-in-a-row-and-fils-ivanisevic-the-inside-stor Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thetennispodcast/e/699c538c0e5c959d593aaafe/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tennis-podcast-590442/episodes/alcaraz-wins-12-in-a-row-and-fils-ivanisevic-the-inside-story Duration seconds: 5757 ## Resource Part one - WTA Dubai (00:00 - 44:40). J essica Pegula has capped a remarkable recent run with a big title. Is she playing the best tennis of her career? And what makes her so well set up to be a consistent force? We also cover an extraordinary semi-final won by Elina Svitolina against Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova finding some form, and the announcement of the new WTA Tour Architecture Council as the withdrawals and retirements in Dubai piled up. Can they make meaningful and beneficial changes to the schedule?  Part two - ATP Results (44:41 - 1:21:13). Carlos Alcaraz put in an astonishing performance to win his second title of the season, while Jannik Sinner was upset by Jakub Mensik in the quarter-finals. Is Alcaraz moving ahead of Sinner, or is it too soon to say? Elsewhere, David gives us the exciting lowdown on the new Goran Ivanisevic-Arthur Fils partnership, and there are titles for Tomas Martin Etcheverry in Rio and Sebastian Korda in Delray Beach to discuss.  Part three (1:21:14 - 1:35:57) - A look ahead to this week as Jack Draper and Bianca Andreescu return to the tour while Acapulco is set to begin despite violent clashes in Mexico.  Become a  ⁠Friend of The Tennis Podcast⁠ Check out our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !  Talk tennis with Friends on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Barge! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up to receive our free  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  (daily at Slams and weekly the rest of the year, featuring Matt’s Stat, mascot photos, Fantasy League updates, and more) Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  (@thetennispodcast) Subscribe to our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tennis-podcast-590442/episodes/alcaraz-wins-12-in-a-row-and-fils-ivanisevic-the-inside-story/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-590442/alcaraz-wins-12-in-a-row-and-fils-ivanisevic-the-inside-story.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.