Episode Details

Checking in as we face week two of Wimbledon: 6 of the top 8 women are out, including the #1 and last year’s finalists, but we’re left with a surging Coco Gauff, a Linda Noskova ready to break out (again), a healthy Karolina Muchova, and a Naomi Osaka who’s trying to shed the hard court specialist mantle. On the men’s side, Sinner and Djokovic are on a crash course, our faves Felix and Alejandro are beefing (hopefully briefly), and Grisha breaks our hearts. We spend some time on Serena’s comeback, which has, predictably, opened old wounds and reawakened old trolls. Overall, what do we make of her performance, and what do we hope for her presumed next stop? Spare a thought for Auntie Venus, who just wants to play some doubles.

2:05 The quarterfinal match-ups

7:25 Grass is an outlier

13:50 Notes on the women’s draw: Naomi stuns Aryna

22:30 Coco wins under the buzzer

28:30 Serena’s comeback

42:00 Men’s tournament: don’t trust the Sinner flop allegations; a “pretty match”

48:40 Our faves were fighting

54:50 Zeynep Sonmez’s loophole

58:10 Player protest starts then stops