Tennis Unfiltered

Calvin Betton and James Gray are in Paris, while George Bellshaw holds the fort in London (while dodging celebrating Arsenal fans).

Serena Williams confirms her comeback to tennis and will play doubles with Victoria Mboko at Queen's next week

Jannik Sinner suffers one of the biggest shocks in French Open history as cramp and fatigue beats him (and Juan Manuel Cerundolo)

Novak Djokovic is beaten for just the second time ever from two sets up, smoked off the court by Joao Fonseca in a compelling five-setter in the heat of Chatrier

Iga Swiatek's return to form comes to an end with a shock defeat to Marta Kostyuk that she blames on being "tense" on the court

Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff are also early casualties to leave the draw relatively open in the second week

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The basic concept is simple: predict the quarter-finalists. Do that successfully, and play your captaincy chip right, and you'll win!

You must pick one player from each section of the draw, and hope that they go as far as possible - as well as nominating a men's captain and a women's captain.

(To help you, the players are presented as they are in the draw, so you know who plays who!)

SCORING

Players are split into four categories: Top Seed (a top 8 seed), Minor Seeds (9-32 seeds), Unseeded (self-explanatory) and Bolter (a wildcard or a qualifier).

Unlike previous years, you do not HAVE to pick any qualifier or wildcards - but they will score points more quickly if you do pick a successful one.

Top Seed - 10 points per win

Minor Seed - 15 points per win

Unseeded - 20 points per win

Bolter - 30 points per win

The overall tournament winner also receives a bonus of 20 points.

CAPTAINS

You must select a captain in the men's and the women's draw. Captains will score double points.
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Calvin Betton, James Gray and George Bellshaw are here to look back on Rome and start thinking about Roland Garros favourites...

- Jannik Sinner became only the second man to win every single Masters event since it was introduced in 1990, joining Novak Djokovic in extremely rarefied air

- Can anyone stop Sinner? Probably not, but his own body might betray him... as Daniil Medvedev nearly found out

- Alexander Zverev will be No 2 in Paris but was unhappy with court in Rome, blaming the clay for his defeat to Luciano Darderi

- Elina Svitolina won arguably the biggest title of her career, beating Coco Gauff after already knocking off Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina to claim the title

- Svitolina is now the first Ukrainian player to win 20 WTA titles

PLUS...

- Andy Murray is back in a coaching box after agreeing to work with Jack Draper for the grass-court season, including Wimbledon

- Emma Raducanu has re-hired Andrew Richardson, the man who guided her to the 2021 US Open title, to coach her nearly five years after letting him go

NEWS

- Andy Murray is to coach Jack Draper over the course of the grass court season

“I am very grateful for everything Jamie Delgado has done for me over these past six months.

“He is a world class coach and a great man.

“In the interim, I will continue to be supported by the excellent team at the LTA, with the addition of Andy Murray, who will be supporting me throughout the grass court season.”

- In other coaching news, Emma Raducanu has announced she is back with Andrew Richardson, the man who coached her to US Open glory five years ago. 
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Calvin Betton calls in from Rome (and a rather echo-y Airbnb) to join George Bellshaw and James Gray for another look back at a week of news leading up to the French Open - and to break some exciting podcast news!

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In the meantime, here is this week's free podcast:

- Novak Djokovic returns to Rome but it is in vain as he is beaten in three sets by Dino Prizmic...

- ...and the 24-time grand slam champion admits battling physical issues is "a new reality" for him at the age of 38

- Jannik Sinner is on the verge of breaking one of Djokovic's records as his Masters 1000 winning streak extends into the 30s - can anyone stop him?

- Aryna Sabalenka's Roland Garros favourite tag is under threat after another shock defeat, this time to the retiring Sorana Cirstea

- ...so who is in line to take favouritism to Paris?

- And there's a dispute brewing between the top players and the tennis authorities with Sabalenka, Sinner and Gauff all among those threatening a boycott of a grand slam
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