Barbora K's Wimbledon Dreamhouse

Barbora K's Wimbledon Dreamhouse

In part 2 of the Wimbledon debrief I talk about the womens final and tournament 2:24 The women’s finalists and the final  15:43 Remember Madison Keys? 18:19 The Crowd  26:11 Jasmine should be proud  29:39 Barbora’s narrative  35:03 the WTA’s big 4 41:23 Lulu Sun, Maddison Keys,  44:42 Reacting to Barbora’s Q and A 57:28 matches that stoodout  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Carlos Channel

I had too much to say on 2024 Wimbledon that I had to split the podcast into two. In Part 1 I discuss the final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz and some other stuff from the men's tournament. 04:45  - achievement for carlos  06:26 The Djokcaraz Rematch  18:53  the final itself and how Carlos elevated himself  31:13 Carlos’ aura 34: 37 Djokcaraz bromance 36:34 The Key is To Enjoy  46:15 I want Carlos to aim for the goats 49:15 What is Carlos’ best surface? 55:03 Lorenzo Musetti’s run  59:07 Fritz, Zverev  1:07:50 Danill Medvedev  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Halfway through Wimbledon 2024

As everyone's finally played 3 matches, a tired Stephanie looks at all the big names so far and previews the round of 16 matches for the women and men. 2:24 - Marketa Vondrousova  7:16 Sabalenka, Jabeur, Rybakina  10:38   Emma Raducanu Hype  19:48 Bye Iga  21:49 round of 16 ladies predictions  34:00 Sinner so far 36:00 Ben Shelton 41:17 Holger Rune 47:00 Djokovic  48:18 20 year old Frenchman 50:13 Musetti v Perriecard 51:54 De Minaur v Fils  52:50 Carlos Alcaraz  60:00 other mens round of 16 predictions  61:31 Zverev v Fritz  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Grass is Greener?

1:15 - Halle or Queens? 4:03 - the live experience of tennis  5:54 - Jannik Sinner wins Halle  9:00 - quick rant about british grass season potentially becoming paywalled  10:54 - Carlos Alcaraz at Queens  13:22 - Draper V Alcaraz and Draper hype  16:20 - reflecting on Alcaraz’s season and the increase in learning to ‘suffer’  21:58 Jack Draper saves us from the Norries etc, me idealising a future mens top 4 24:37 Tommy Paul wins Queens (girlfriend makes the highlights) 28:12 Jessica Pegula wins Berlin  30:22 Eastbourne and The Curse 31:30 Emma Raducanu ? 34:!6 Layla Fernandez ? 35:25 Eastbourne final prediction 36:15 Tennis and Vogue, Serena  39:26 Andy Murray: retirement impending  47:15 Nadal hibernating on clay  49:22 Federer : 12 final days and my thoughts  1:09:20 - Swiatek’s draw  1:14:34 Gauff’s Draw  1:19:03 - Sabalenka’s draw 1:20:45 interesting women’s first rounds  1:23:46 - Sinner’s draw  1:25:33 Djokovic’s draw  1:29:19 - Alcaraz’s Draw 1:30:31 Zverev’s Draw  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Wrapping up Roland Garros 2024

I discuss the mens final, the fates of the two men involved. Iga and her potential, and the promise of the Sincaraz rivalry. 00:00 - mens final 11;24 - The Brand of Carlos Alcaraz 14:44 - Sascha Zverev's consistent year 19:48 - Jannik Sinner becomes number 1 26:38 - Sincaraz era 31:42 - Iga Swiatek is an all timer yet underrated 40:39 - Novak is lying in wait ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.