The Telegraph's Simon Briggs joins as a guest for the first half of this week's Love Tennis Podcast as George Bellshaw takes over regular hosting duties, accompanied by Calvin Betton. James Gray returns - live from Beijing - for the second half of the pod.

What they discussed:

- Behind the scenes of umpire controversy
- Juan Martin del Potro’s last hurrah
- Andy Murray’s decision to skip the clay-court season
- A first international media interview with Peng Shuai
- Alexander Bublik’s first ATP title
- Emma Raducanu’s off-court court case
- And random titbits across the world of tennis involving Carlos Alcaraz, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Albert Ramos Vinolas, Joao Sousa and Dominic Thiem.

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