Wimbledon 2025, Day 11: Angry Sabalenka beaten by emotional Anisimova, Swiatek one win from history
Molly McElwee subs in for George Bellshaw and joins James Gray to talk about the aftermath of women's semi-final day at Wimbledon.
- Amanda Anisimova booked her place in a first ever grand slam final in front of her family and friends, coming full circle from her eight-month break from tennis in 2023
- Aryna Sabalenka once again lost at Wimbledon at the semi-final stage and insisted she was not going to "do a Roland Garros" again (but sort of did)
- Belinda Bencic's remarkable run, 15 months on from starting a family, comes to an end in a one-sided semi-final
- Iga Swiatek is within one victory of the career Surface Slam, winning a grand slam on hard, clay and grass
Mollie McElwee is a freelance journalist and the author of "Building Champions": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Building-Champions-Success-Womens-Tennis/dp/1913759237
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Wimbledon 2025, Day 8: Dimitrov's tears, a Djokovic scare and George piques Iga's interest
George Bellshaw is back, baby - and James Gray is just here as always. On "Not So Magic Monday" they discussed...
- Grigor Dimitrov was two sets up on Jannik Sinner but then tore a pectoral muscle serving and had to retire in tears
- Novak Djokovic lost the opening set and was a break down in the fourth against Alex de Minaur before putting the afterburners on to reach the quarter-finals
- Iga Swiatek got an interesting question from George
- Mirra Andreeva keeps hope in the women's draw alive
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Wimbledon 2025, Day 7: Bring back line judges! Hawk-Eye fail causes controversy
Ben Rothenberg subs in once again for George Bellshaw, who returns on Monday.
James Gray is here as always and they discussed...
- The electronic line-calling farce that marred Sonay Kartal's defeat to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- How Wimbledon responded to Hawk-Eye Live's failure
- The threat of AI in journalism
- Laura Siegemund's surprise run to the quarter-finals
- Cam Norrie's win over Nico Jarry and his chances of upsetting Carlos Alcaraz
And SO much more...
As ever, do read Ben Rothenberg's Substack, Bounces: just head to benrothenberg.com and sign up using, well there isn't a promo code but there should be.
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Wimbledon 2025, Day 5: Raducanu almost produces an upset and Norrie gets a baffling question
James Gray runs down all the stories from the first half of the third round at Wimbledon.
- Naomi Osaka misses out on her best-ever Wimbledon performance
- Sonay Kartal is lost for words after an uber-clean win over Diane Parry
- Emma Raducanu produces a creditable effort but is eventually out-blasted by Aryna Sabalenka on Centre Court
- Cam Norrie is bafflingly asked if he is dating Emma Raducanu
- Carlos Alcaraz almost trips over Jan-Lennard Struff
Molly's piece on THAT Norrie questions: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/questions-emma-raducanu-boyfriend-are-disgusting-sexist-3789380
James's analysis from Centre Court last night: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/emma-raducanu-top-10-wimbledon-best-matches-3789374
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Wimbledon 2025, Day 3: Fritz hangs on and Keys makes a move - feat. Ben Rothenberg
Ben Rothenberg (Bounces and No Challenges Remaining) subs in for George, joining James Gray to discuss all things Day 3 with an American slant.
They talked about...
- Taylor Fritz making it through two gruelling five-setters to then earn a reward of a cushy draw going forward
- Madison Keys being, by default, the "Other Guy" of the women's draw
- Oliver Tarvet's struggles to make any money
- Emma Raducanu romping past Marketa Vondrousova
- Naomi Osaka's best Wimbledon in seven years
Please do take a look at Ben's Substack here: https://www.benrothenberg.com/
Or check out his book about Naomi Osaka: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naomi-Osaka-Journey-Finding-Power/dp/0593472438/
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