George Bellshaw and James Gray spend almost as long talking about the women's final as Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova spent playing it...

- Swiatek becomes only the eighth woman ever to win the career "Surface Slam"

- Anisimova is the first woman since 1911 to be handed a 6-0, 6-0 defeat in a Wimbledon, and first in any slam since 1988

- Swiatek moves clear of Martina Hingis and Maria Sharapova with her sixth grand slam title and back up to No 3 in the world

- Nick Kyrgios predicts Carlos Alcaraz will overcome Jannik Sinner in the men's final

- Ben Rothenberg (cameo, brief) says the opposite, and explains his shoes!

James's Nick Kygrios interview here: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-tennis-boring-right-now-ill-be-back-soon-3802975

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George Bellshaw and James Gray look back at men's semi-final day at Wimbledon, in which Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner booked a rerun of the French Open final.

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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 (Read James's piece here: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/artist-psychologist-wimbledon-final-amanda-anisimova-3799855)

- 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 (Read Molly's piece here: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/iga-swiatek-time-become-superstar-3799968)

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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James Gray and George Bellshaw are back on the microphones at a pleasantly early hour after four relatively straightforward quarter-finals on the second Wednesday of Wimbledon.

- Novak Djokovic "played with his food" by dropping the first set to Flavio Cobolli but came through in four sets, despite a nasty looking fall behind the baseline

- Iga Swiatek is doing her best to grow her reputation in Britain with five straight match wins at Wimbledon, into her first SW19 semi-final

- Jannik Sinner's elbow seems to be fine, judging by the smacking he handed a downtrodden Ben Shelton

- Mirra Andreeva is out, beaten by Belinda Bencic, who had a baby just 15 months ago

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George Bellshaw and James Gray are at Wimbledon at the end of the first half of the quarter-finals and enjoying an (alcohol-free) lager to celebrate.

Here are the top stories from the second Tuesday at SW19

- Carlos Alcaraz thrashed Cam Norrie and ending British interests at Wimbledon

- Aryna Sabalenka came within a few games of a serious upset at the hands of 37-year-old world No 107 Laura Siegemund

- Jannik Sinner barely practised after an MRI scan on his right elbow is an injury doubt to face Ben Shelton

- Taylor Fritz overcome "rubbed raw" patches on his feet to beat Karen Khachanov in four sets (despite a Hawk-Eye malfunction)

- Amanda Anisimova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to complete a weird stat

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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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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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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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George Bellshaw is back, a year older and wiser, to join James Gray on the podcast and look back at a bloodbath for the Brits. Four of the five remaining British men were taken out on the fourth day of play at Wimbledon.

And more from the last embers of the second round at Wimbledon.

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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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