Episode Details

The 2023 Wimbledon Championships gave us some amazing moments, and a new King and Queen of Centre Court.

Carlos Alcaraz became the first man outside of the Big 4 to win the Wimbledon men´s singles title since 2002. Meanwhile the Czech Republic´s Marketa Vondrousova was the first unseeded player to win the women´s title in the Open era.

It was a great year for GB tennis too, with 3 British Wimbledon titles, and in today´s episode we speak to two of the Champions! World men´s doubles number 1 Neal Skupski chats to the panel about winning the doubles title with partner Wesley Kooloff for the first time.

GB´s Gordon Reid also joins the show to talk about his 5th Wimbledon men´s wheelchair doubles title with Alfie Hewett, and that incredible crowd on Court number 1!

Joining CTC Host Dan Kiernan to discuss all of the storylines from this year´s Championships are:-

• Denmark´s Davis Cup Captain and 2012 Wimbledon Doubles Champion, Freddie Nielsen
• Canadian WTA player Gaby Dabrowski who has been as high has 4 in the world doubles rankings
• GB´s Emily Webley-Smith who has been on the women´s tour for more than 20 years.

A brilliant episode! Enjoy!

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