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Now that the Australian Open is over it’s back to the tour and this week the main focus is the dramatic Davis Cup Qualifiers 1st Round which saw upset and drama pan out across the globe. The main focus was one particular incident between Belgium and Chile that quite literally left Christian Garin floored when Zizou Bergs charged at him and collided at a change of ends.

On the ATP tour it was Felix Auger-Aliassime who came out on top after choosing to play the Open Occitanie instead of Davis Cup just for Canada. He won his 7th title in Montpelier and has now almost reversed his 0-8 record in finals and has gone 7-2 since 2022.

Elsewhere on the WTA tour there was a maiden 500 victory for Ekaterina Alexandrova who defeated former Australian Open semi-finalist Dayana Yastremska in a hard fought final. Alexandrova even bageled Karolina Muchova on her way to the title.

Joel and Chris also answer a mailbag involving Australian Open winner Madison Keys being removed from the entry list of the Austin Open due to a technicality and whether the WTA should be doing more to build the profile of 250s rather than just removing their star players that would mean bums on seats and money in the bank for the smaller tournaments.

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The Tennis Weekly Trio are back to catch up on the Australian Open Finals 2025, where Champions Jannik Sinner and Madison Keys have been crowned.

With Sinner defending his title with a straight sets win over World no.2 Sacha Zverev, he extends his hard court Slam dominance to 21 wins in a row and adds another Slam to this growing trophy cabinet. Conversely, Madison Keys won her long awaited first slam in dramatic fashion,, putting an end to Aryna Sabalenka’s hopes of an Aussie Open three-peat.

Meanwhile, Britain’s Henry Patten won his second Slam in the Men’s Doubles with Finn Harri Heliovaara, and the No.1 seeds Siniakova and Townsend clinched the Women’s Doubles; both finals an entertaining three set tussle.

Joel, Kim and Chris also announce the winner of this edition of Collect A Set, and reflect upon their peak, pit and pleasant surprise of the tournament.

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The Australian Open Finals are SET. Alexander Zverev will face defending champion and World No.1 Jannik Sinner for a chance to win his first Major. The big news from the semifinals was the retirement of Novak Djokovic after losing the first set against the tall german. He was suffering from the same muscle tear that affected him in his quarterfinal win over Carlos Alcaraz and knew going into the match it was unlikely he would be able to finish it.

Despite his best efforts on court the Australian crowd booed off their 10 time champion and 24 time grand slam champion for cutting short their afternoon of tennis which reflected badly on the tournament and the aussie fans. Zverev will face 2 time major champion Jannik Sinner in the Final who defeated Ben Shelton after a spirited first set from the american. Sinner steamrolled the last two sets but was seen limping in the third set. Joel and Chris ask - will he be fit for the final and predict who the champion will be on Sunday.

On the women’s side there was a HUGE upset and come from behind win for American Madison Keys. Keys a former finalist at slam level previously 8 years ago at the US Open will hope to go one better on Saturday against World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka. Keys caused the biggest upset on the women’s side when she saved match point and then recovered from 5-7 down in a super tie break to secure her spot in the final by defeated Iga Swiatek. Swiatek was so close to setting up a 1 vs 2 final but with the loss Sabalenka will remain the World Number 1 no matter the result on Saturday. Sabalenka will be going for the three-peat and the one thing we know for sure is that there will be some big hitting on Rod Laver in the final!

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We're down to the Final 8 in Melbourne Park with Kim and Chris ready to catch up on all the Quarter Final action from the Australian Open. In the men's draw, 10-time Champion Novak Djokovic defied injury and expectation to defeat Carlos Alcaraz in 4 sets whilst Jannik Sinner continued his dominance down under with a thrashing of home hope Alex de Minaur.

On the women’s side, Coco Gauff is out to a resurgent Paula Badosa, who will play her good friend and defending Champion Aryna Sabalenka in the semi finals after Sabalenka survived a scare from Pavlyuchenkova. Iga Swiatek carried on her one-sided scoreline dominance over Emma Navarro although controversy arose with a dodgy double bounce debate!

In other news, a feather stopped play between Alexander Zverev and Tommy Paul much to the German's annoyance whilst the team give an update on Collect a Set (spoiler alert: scores struggling across the board!).

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Week Two is underway at the Australian Open 2025 as the Quarterfinals are set in Melbourne Park. Join Joel and Kim as they cover Novak Djokovic’s dominant win over Jiri Lehecka amid controversy, Carlos Alcaraz’s victory over an injured Jack Draper, and the highly anticipated quarterfinal between Djokovic and Alcaraz (!). Jannik Sinner battles through illness and a broken net to defeat Holger Rune, while Alex de Minaur reaches his first-ever Australian Open quarterfinal.

On the women’s side, Iga Świątek continues her ruthless dominance with a dominant win over Eva Lys, setting up a clash with 8th seed Emma Navarro, who has fought through FOUR three-set battles to reach the final 8. Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff remain in top form, while former finalist Elena Rybakina is ousted by Madison Keys, who is still searching for her maiden Grand Slam.

Plus, Joel and Kim share a mini update on Collect a Set and celebrate Joel’s new Tennis Weekly sign.

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Kim and Chris are back at Tennis Weekly HQ to catch up on the third round of the Australian Open, which saw Britain’s Emma Raducanu demolished by Iga Swiatek for the loss of just one game, Novak Djokovic fight through sickness to dispatch Tomas Machac in straight sets, and GEMS life duo Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina upsetting the fourth seeds to make the second week at Melbourne Park.

Meanwhile, Jack Draper lives to fight another day (against Carlos Alcaraz) with a third 5 set win in a row, this time against Australian Alexander Vukic. American Next Gen stars Alex Michelsen and Learner Tien are also through to the second week for the first time in their careers, and Jessica Pegula laments the speed of the court in her surprise loss to Olga Danilovic. German Lucky Loser Eva Lys becomes one of the happy stories of the tournament as well with her third round win over Cristian to make the 4th round and set up a clash with Iga Swiatek.

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The top seeds are in trouble at the AO 2025 as Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic lose sets on their way to round 3. One player who won’t be joining them is Daniil Medvedev. Last years finalist went out in a 5th set tiebreak to ATP Next Gen newcomer, Learner Tien in an epic ending after 2am Melbourne time.

As the men’s seeds struggle Carlos Alcaraz and Sascha Zverev keep getting better and Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka continue to make smooth progress.

Elsewhere the Brits are still on a charge, led by the heroic efforts of Jack Draper and former US Open Champion Emma Raducanu. Raducanu beat friend Amanda Anisimova in a tight contest earlier in the day whilst Jack Draper came back from the brink to win in 5 sets against Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Danielle Collins caused a stir when she invited the crowd to ‘kiss her a**’ after downing local favourite Destanee Aiava in three sets to progress to the third round. Lifting Aussie spirits, Alex de Minaur ‘the demon’ was sharp and quick to seal another trip towards a deep run at the Happy Slam!

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Round 1 Recap! The Australian Open has begun and boy has it been a dramatic star down under! Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev scrape past Wild Cards to make the second round. This marks the first win for Novak Djokovic with new coach Sir Andy Murray in his box. The team got the win but it was't pretty or easy for the GOAT of tennis and his former nemesis.

Elsewhere there was an EMPHATIC win for teenage sensation and ATP Next Gen Finals winner, 18 year old Joao Fonseca as he ousted Andrey Rublev in straight sets. Will he be the next Gustavo Kuerten? Joining Rublev crashing out of the AO2025 were Stefanos Tsitsipas, Grigor Dimitrov.

It wasn't just the young guns that had success Gael Monfils and Kei Nishikori rolled back the years to win in 5 sets and both are in the mid to late 30s, proving there is life in the old dogs yet!

On the women's side the top seeds were serene in their progress. Two time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka cruised past grand slam champion Sloane Stephens and Coco Gauff matched her effort in downing former champ Sofia Kenin in R1.

Other notable wins came from Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek who won in straight sets to move through to round 2.

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