The Tennis – Details, episodes & analysis

From qualifying to an equal-best Grand Slam performance, Sumit Nagal provided a feel-good story of Australian Open 2024. His broader journey to become India’s top-ranked singles player is equally compelling, with Nagal transitioning to tennis from his first sporting love of cricket. The 27-year-old joins Viv and Matt from Mumbai to discuss the challenges, breakthroughs, and inspirational figures who have shaped his career – and why he can’t wait to combine his sporting passions in his highly anticipated return to Australia.

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For our final episode of the season, Jon, Brie, Pratty and Pete reveal their choices for most eye-catching player, most surprising Grand Slam result, favourite tennis moment, and rising star of season 2024. Matteo Arnaldi is the first international player to arrive for the Australian Summer of Tennis — the Italian young gun joins the show to discuss his ‘honorary Australian’ status after recently buying a home in Melbourne with his girlfriend Mia Savio. Plus we discuss the wildcards for AO 2025 and unveil the charity match schedule for Opening Week, featuring the likes of Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin and Zheng Qinwen.

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The tennis world has bid farewell to Rafael Nadal at the Davis Cup finals in Malaga — we pay tribute to the King of Clay with a special Australian Open tribute. Meanwhile, Netherlands has progressed to the semifinals against Germany, and Australia is set for a quarterfinal showdown with USA, with Italy or Argentina to follow. AusOpen.com’s Rhys de Deugd is on the ground in Malaga, where Italy’s women have returned to the top of the world with an inspired performance in the Billie Jean King Cup finals led by Jasmine Paolini. GIG analyst Simon Rea casts a spotlight over year-end tour champions Jannik Sinner and Coco Gauff five weeks out from the Australian Summer of Tennis. Plus, Nick Kyrgios is primed and ready for his much-anticipated comeback at the Brisbane International.

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Defending champion Novak Djokovic has withstood another four-set test to reach the third round for the 16th time, more women's seeds have scattered on another turbulent day of competition including Maria Sakkari and Ons Jabeur — our experts Kate Burton and Simon Rea deconstruct teenage sensation Mirra Andreeva’s thumping of her Tunisian idol and preview the upcoming battle between Thanasi Kokkinakis and men’s 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov, Duncan McKenzie-McHarg helps preview some of the Day 5 match-ups, and who are the fans predicting to win the women’s and men’s singles titles?

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Thanasi Kokkinakis and Ajla Tomljanovic have delivered an Aussie double-header for the ages—each staring down demons to win memorable epics on ‘The People’s Court’, 2016 champion Angelique Kerber has become the latest Grand Slam winner bundled out in the first round — experts Chris Bowers and Simon Rea analyse Danielle Collins’ win, and preview Alexei Popyrin’s second round showdown with defending champion Novak Djokovic on Night 4.

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Naomi Osaka’s hyped return to Melbourne Park has been cut short by Caroline Garcia in the first round on a day that saw no fewer than four Grand Slam champions knocked out, Nicolas Jarry becomes the first seeded casualty of the men’s draw losing to Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli — our experts Nick Lester and Simon Rea analyse how he upstaged the Chilean 18th seed and preview tomorrow’s big-serving battle between 2023 finalist Elena Rybakina and Karolina Pliskova, plus party rocker Redfoo is in the house with his unique takes on tennis and the Australian Open fan experience.

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Novak Djokovic has taken four hours to overcome Croatian teenager Dino Prizmic in the 10-time champ's longest first round match in Melbourne, Amanda Anisimova has produced the biggest Day 1 upset dispatching 13th seed Liudmila Samsonova, Andrey Rublev has survived a thriller against Brazilian fireball Thiago Seyboth Wild — our experts analyse just how he managed to keep his campaign alive in a dramatic five-setter, and preview Naomi Osaka’s AO comeback match against Caroline Garcia, plus Aussie stage legend Tim Minchin takes a look at tennis through the lens of showbiz.

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After playing high school soccer and college basketball, 6'11" Texan Mason Cox was invited to join a US Combine for a sport he'd never heard of: Australian football. 10 years and more than 100 senior games later, the 32-year-old recently became the first American-born-and-raised AFL premiership player. And, as luck would have it, his workplace, the Collingwood Football Club, is right across the road from Melbourne Park — great news for this self-confessed tennis fanatic!

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Alex de Minaur is the first Australian man to receive a top-10 seeding at his home slam since Lleyton Hewitt in 2006 — we speak to tournament director Craig Tiley about the Demon's extraordinary form in the lead up to AO 2024, Todd Woodbridge and Casey Dellacqua dissect the Women's and Men's Singles draws and reveal their title predictions, and we take a car ride with defending champion Novak Djokovic from to the scene of his 10 AO titles.

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Alex de Minaur's heroics against Novak Djokovic have helped Team Australia reach the last four of the United Cup — which other two teams will join the home nation and Team Poland in this weekend's semifinals? Naomi Osaka has made her long-awaited return to professional tennis in Brisbane — she opens up about how her motherhood has changed her outlook on life and has helped her rediscover her love for the game.

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