{"podcast":{"title":"The Tennis Podcast","slug":"the-tennis-podcast-590442","podcast_index_feed_id":590442,"rss_url":"http://rss.acast.com/thetennispodcast","website_url":"http://www.tennispodcast.net","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/614d976b772a06543e6158fb/1784307176966-ac776f1b-0509-415e-8fb3-9c991dbafa89.jpeg","author":"David Law","episode_count":1545,"summary":"Your definitive tennis round up, daily at the Slams. Part of the Athletic Network. Named in Time Mag's Top 100 podcasts of all time. Friends of The Tennis Podcast have access to exclusive Q & A's, new editions of Tennis Re-Lived and more bonus content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T16:18:47.710123+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-590442"},"episode":{"title":"Arthur Fils - future Roland Garros champion?","slug":"arthur-fils-future-roland-garros-champion","published_at":"2026-04-20T12:19:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-590442/arthur-fils-future-roland-garros-champion","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-590442","url":"https://shows.acast.com/thetennispodcast/episodes/arthur-fils-future-roland-garros-champion","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thetennispodcast/e/69e619c907ecece42aff9608/media.mp3","summary":"Part one - WTA (00:00 - 32:07). We start with Elena Rybakina’s title in Stuttgart which takes her to the top of the WTA Race for 2026. What were the keys to her victory? How did she come through an extraordinary match with Leylah Fernandez? And what might this mean for the rest of the clay court swing? There’s also chat about Karolina Muchova’s brilliant run and another loss from a set up for Iga Swiatek. But were there some positive signs for Swiatek in her defeat to Mirra Andreeva? Over in Rouen, we cover Marta Kostyuk’s victory in an all-Ukrainian final against Veronika Podrez.  Part two - ATP (32:08 - 1:05:08). Arthur Fils is a title winner again and David is a very happy man! We discuss Fils’ level to beat Lorenzo Musetti, Rafael Jodar and Andrey Rublev in Barcelona before David makes a very big prediction. In Munich, we analyse Ben Shelton’s improvement on clay and an emotional week for Flavio Cobolli.  Part three - News and Madrid preview (1:05:09 - 1:28:49). We cover the news that Marketa Vondrousova is facing investigation for refusing a doping test before looking through the Madrid draws. How concerning is Carlos Alcaraz’s withdrawal?  Full details of the second edition of the Mike Dickson Award can be found here .  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…","meta_description":"Part one - WTA (00:00 - 32:07). We start with Elena Rybakina’s title in Stuttgart which takes her to the top of the WTA Race for 2026. What were the keys…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5329,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tennis-podcast-590442/episodes/arthur-fils-future-roland-garros-champion/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-590442/arthur-fils-future-roland-garros-champion.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}