James Gray and Calvin Betton are joined by Michael Hincks, freelance sports journalist who got to witness the Laver Cup and The Roger Federer Show up close and personal.

They ask:

Did Roger Federer overshadow his own event? Does it matter?

What was Ellie Goulding doing there?

Who was our Laver Cup MVP?

Is Frances Tiafoe the future of the tournament?

Should we be asking the Laver Cup to help grow the game internationally?

What would we change about the tournament format?


Plus the latest from the tour, including a fresh injury problem for Emma Raducanu and Alexander Bublik being... Alexander Bublik.
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Laver Cup review: The Federer Show, picking a tournament MVP, Djokovic form check + Raducanu injury concerns

Tennis Unfiltered is a weekly podcast where we try to make sense - tactical, ethical, emotional sense - of the tennis world. And we don't hold back.

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Calvin Betton joins James Gray to talk about winning two doubles matches in the space of a few hours, look back at a busy (if wet) week of tennis at Roland Garros.
Plus James predicts Alcaraz vs Korda - and is immediately proved wrong.
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French Open, Day 6: Calvin does the double!

James Gray looks back at Thursday's action - all of which took place indoors - and featured Novak Djokovic shaking out the cobwebs, a ban on booze in the stands and some late-night drama
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French Open, Day 5: Booze banned, Djokovic strengthens case and late-night drama

James Gray looks back at Wednesday's action - all of which took place indoors - and featured Iga Swiatek scraping past Naomi Osaka, Carlos Alcaraz beating Jesper de Jong and Stan Wawrinka leaving Roland Garros in tears
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French Open, Day 4: Swiatek and Osaka put on a show, Alcaraz does not

James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper talks through the third day of action as...

Dan Evans and Katie Boulter are beaten to knock the Brits out of the French Open before the second round for the fourth time this century

David Goffin was spat at and insulted for three hours and 35 minutes as he beat France's own Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Novak Djokovic beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in straight sets but still did not look great


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French Open, Day 3: Brits crash out, Goffin gets spat at, Djokovic breaks cover

George Bellshaw checks into the game with James Gray to look back at the day Rafael Nadal (possibly) said goodbye to Roland Garros (in its French Open form anyway) and lost to Alexander Zverev in the first round, plus a bad day at the office for the Brits.
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Laver Cup review: The Federer Show, picking a tournament MVP, Djokovic form check + Raducanu injury concerns

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