Super grass starts for Boulter + Draper, Paris Olympics teams - Murray IN, Raducanu OUT

The sweet smell of freshly mowed grass courts is here! And of course that means the Tennis Weekly trio of Joel, Kim and Chris are ready to kick-off with their first official podcast of the 2024 grass court season. The Brits are off to a cracking start to the grass with two titles already. Katie Boulter battled fellow Brit Emma Raducanu, the rain, and former World No. 1 and Wimbledon Finalist Karolina Pliskova to defend her Nottingham title, whilst Jack Draper won his first tour title in Stuttgart to become British No. 1 with an impressive performance against grass aficionado Matteo Berrettini. Alex de Minaur and Liudmila Samsonova also claimed the trophies in s’Hertogenbosch. Meanwhile, the Olympics are looming, with the exciting announcement that Carlos Alcaraz and Rafa Nadal will team up in Paris, whilst Emma Raducanu has turned down the prospect of a wildcard, to the consternation and surprise of many. We also hear from Andy Murray and Carlos Alcaraz live from the Queen's Club as Tennis Weekly hits the grass courts of the famous Wimbledon warm up event. TENNIS CHANNEL OFFER Purchase Tennis Channel here to watch the British grass court season including all the action from Queen's (ATP), Eastbourne (ATP & WTA), Birmingham (WTA) and Ilkley (ATP). And use the code GRASS24 at checkout to get 30% off your annual subscription. SOCIALS Follow us on Twitter , Instagram , TikTok and YouTube , plus email the show tennisweeklypod@gmail.com . MERCH Purchase Tennis Weekly Merch through our Etsy store including limited edition designs by Krippa Design where all proceeds go towards the podcast so we can keep doing what we do! REVIEWS ***Please take a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It really means a lot to us at HQ and helps make it easier for new listeners to discover us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.