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It is hard not to feel like you are missing something on fourth-round day: it makes you realise that Manic Monday really was completely insane from a journalistic perspective.

But we've done our best to pick up all the best stories from Middle Sunday (once a day off for the overworked courts and reporters).

Naomi Osaka handed Aryna Sabalenka her first straight-sets defeat at a slam for six years, overpowering the world No 1 on Centre Court to reach her first ever Wimbledon quarter-final

She will face Karolina Muchova in the last eight after she won the battle of the Czechs against Barbora Krejcikova

Jessica Pegula produced an impressive comeback win over the ever-improving Iva Jovic and will play Coco Gauff (see below)

Novak Djokovic is safely through but did drop a set and expended more energy than he would have liked in the sun, while Jannik Sinner played in a cool evening and bagged victory in three sets

Jan-Lennard Struff is the oldest-ever first-time major quarter-finalist at 36, after Hubert Hurkacz's back caught up with him in the fifth set

And Felix Auger-Aliassime is NOT happy about Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's badly timed medical timeout

AND WE MISSED...

Coco Gauff reaching her first Wimbledon quarter-final in the nick of time, beating Belinda Bencic and the SW19 curfew by just two minutes. Sorry, we were already heading to bed...

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Whew, what a day! And it really was George Bellshaw's day as he took the lead on the podcast group chat account - and sauntered around some of Wimbledon's best courts in search of the best story.

Was it...

Defending champion Iga Swiatek downed by slow-serving Alexandra Eala on Centre Court

Elena Rybakina backing up George's assertion that she is not a consistent slam performer by losing to Elise Mertens

Serena Williams having fluid drained from her knee and pulling out of the women's doubles with Venus Williams

Arthur Fery ensuring the Brits WILL have singles representation in the second week with an unlikely five-set win over Grigor Dimitrov

A comeback win for Flavio Cobolli over Karen Khachanov after stomach trouble and a Davis Cup-like atmosphere on No 2 Court

We covered them all and more in our daily podcast!

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George Bellshaw and James Gray are back to discuss everything that happened on the fifth day of Wimbledon, including...

And so much more!

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Calvin Betton, James Gray and George Bellshaw discuss the last day of second-round action at Wimbledon, including...

- The ATP's controversial plans to downsize doubles draws at tour events, slash prize money in half and reallocate it to singles players

- Serena Williams's comeback and whether she lived up to the wildcard

- Arthur Fils crashes out at the hands of Matteo Berrettini

- Grigor Dimitrov records another emotional victory

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Our top stories from Wednesday are...

- Mirra Andreeva manages one more Wimbledon win than last year's French Open champion but still crashes out in the face of a gruesome draw with Barbora Krejcikova

- Coco Gauff survives a scare against Solana Sierra to win 10-7 in the final-set tie-break

- "Super Sunday" is still on thanks to wins for Sabalenka, Osaka, Sinner, Djokovic and Fonseca - but Jodar is wobbling

- Learner Tien, Katerina Siniakova and Ignacio Buse among the seeds to fall

- An injury scare for Serena Williams

- And finally... Nick Kyrgios's Wimbledon career is over, for now

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Our top stories from Tuesday are...

- Serena Williams is out of the singles after defeat by Maya Joint, but did she deserve a wildcard in the first place?

- British tennis is BACK with wins for Arthur Fery, Jan Choinski, Katie Swan and Jacob Fearnley

- Ben Shelton is out in the first round, what he called the toughest loss he has had to take

- George is just glad he called Donna Vekic's doom

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George Bellshaw, James Gray and Calvin Betton are ALL in Wimbledon (mostly down to the TUSCers) and chatting about the biggest issues in tennis, as well as the first day of Wimbledon.

They covered...

- Injuries to Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu on the eve of Wimbledon

- More reaction to Marketa Vondrousova's four-year ban over a refused anti-doping test

- A statement win for Daniil Medvedev

- The least surprising upset for a while as Hubert Hurkacz beats Casper Ruud

And LOADS more...

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In the meantime, here are James Gray and George Bellshaw breaking down the Wimbledon draw in the men's and the women's singles.

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This week, George dials in from Mexico while James and Calvin are down in Eastbourne trying to avoid the heatwave.

Here are the stories they discussed

- Serena Williams has been handed a wildcard for Wimbledon, where she will play her first singles match for four years

- Dan Evans meanwhile is going to have to battle through qualifying if he wants to play the main draw at Wimbledon one more time

- Francisco Cerundolo is the Queen's champion, watched by his father Alejandro who had taken a flight for the first time to see him. He beat Tommy Paul in the final.

- Frances Tiafoe won a title too, beating Taylor Fritz in the Halle final to confirm his advances this year and suggest he could be a dangerous man to face in the Wimbledon draw

- Aryna Sabalenka was bagelled in the final set for the second tournament in a row, Jessica Pegula dishing it out, but it was Linda Noskova who came up trumps in the final

- And finally, Paula Badosa calls out Stefanos Tsitsipas's 'toxic' behaviour

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NB: This podcast was recorded BEFORE the Wimbledon wildcards were confirmed on Tuesday. We can only apologise. Blame the All England Club.

Calvin Betton (west London), James Gray (south London) and George Bellshaw (actual Mexico) are back to go through another week of tennis news. And it really is all about wildcards.

- Donna Vekic, with Dave Felgate back in tow, wins the women's title at Queen's, seeing off Emma Raducanu in her biggest final since winning the US Open five years ago

- Serena Williams was back playing, in doubles for now, with Victoria Mboko, although a nasty knee injury stopped her progress and ruled the teenager out of Wimbledon

- Meanwhile, Queen's defending champion Tatjana Maria had to come through qualifying for the chance to play at the west London WTA 500, after organisers handed all the WTA wildcards to Brits

- Dan Evans is retiring but he is also not happy at Queen's, after they failed to give him a wildcard to the main draw... will he get one at Wimbledon?

- Speaking of Wimbledon, they have announced their prize money with a 20 per cent uplift for players, but not all players...

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