Stars in Wimbledon waiting game; Sinner, Pegula, Paul post statement wins

It was an eventful week in tennis headlined by Andy Murray having to retire from his second round match at Queen’s and then have surgery on his back. It leaves his Wimbledon participation in doubt. Catherine, David and Matt share their feelings and look ahead to what might happen over the next few days. Elsewhere, there’s chat about Tommy Paul’s title at Queen’s, Lorenzo Musetti’s run to the final, and Jack Draper’s big win over Carlos Alcaraz. Matt is full of praise for Jannik Sinner winning his first grass court title in Halle and there’s a rant about the shadow situation there. On the women’s side, who is the favourite for Wimbledon? Jessica Pegula saved five match points to defeat Anna Kalinskaya in Berlin, Coco Gauff impressed, and it was a good week for Iga Swiatek with her feet up as Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova all retired with injury or illness. ON LOCATION: This edition of The Tennis Podcast is sponsored by On Location, the premium hospitality and experience provider. On Location has fantastic ticket, hospitality and travel packages available for all the of the world’s biggest tennis tournaments, including the Roland-Garros, Wimbledon, the US Open, the Australian Open and the Laver Cup. Go to Tours4Tennis.com to check out the options and don’t forget, we have a 5% discount off those Laver Cup packages for Friends of The Tennis Podcast. So if you’re a friend, drop us a line at friends@tennispodcast.net to get the discount code, or Become a Friend to qualify for that discount. Terms and conditions apply. HANNAH’S COLUMN: An excerpt from Hannah’s latest column, about Andy Murray, is available now for everyone to read - https://bit.ly/ThankYouAndy OUR LINKS: Join The Barge! Become a Friend of the Tennis Podcast to also help us to produce the show year-round, receive exclusive access to bonus podcasts throughout 2024, including Tennis Re-Lived and Grand Slam review shows, read Hannah's Column and watch monthly live shows on YouTube. Sign up to receive our Newsletter (daily at Slams and weekly the rest of the year, featuring Matt’s Stat, mascot photos, predictions, and more) Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram (@thetennispodcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Check out our Shop Read our New York Times profile Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.