Tennis Unfiltered
Tennis Unfiltered delivers honest, in-depth analysis of professional tennis. Get expert commentary on ATP and WTA tours, Grand Slam tournaments, player rankings, and the biggest stories in tennis. From Wimbledon to the US Open, we break down matches, strategies, and tennis news without the corporate filter. Perfect for tennis fans who want real talk about their favorite sport.
Episodes
April 28, 2026 • 67 mins
Calvin Betton is in Madrid, George Bellshaw is in recovery again and James Gray is in a dark, lonely Pembrokeshire car park.
They discussed...
- Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the French Open, and perhaps beyond, with an ongoing wrist injury
- Jannik Sinner is now a 70 per cent favourite to win Roland Garros, but who is his closest challenger? Alexander Zverev can't beat him, Novak Djokovic isn't fit... the lads assess the cha...
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April 21, 2026 • 72 mins
Calvin Betton, George Bellshaw and James Gray are all back around a microphone - in different parts of London but nevertheless all in London, yet nowhere near organised enough to get in the same room together.
This week, they are talking about...
Arthur Fils's comeback arc
Ben Shelton's ability to power through slow care
The apparent invincibility of Elena Rybakina
Jamie Murray's retirement
Marketa Vondrousova's f...
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April 14, 2026 • 65 mins
Every Tuesday at 6pm, another hour of tennis news, reviews and opinions drops from James Gray, Calvin Betton and George Bellshaw.
This week they discussed...
Jannik Sinner wins his first major clay-court title by beating Carlos Alcaraz in a wind-swept Monte Carlo final
Has Sinner finally cracked the last surface on which he has not won a slam?
What does Alcaraz have to do to arrest his slump in their head-to-head battle?...
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April 7, 2026 • 77 mins
Calvin Betton, George Bellshaw and James Gray are back to look back at a week of 250s and answer your questions on the tennis world.
Here are the big stories they discussed in this week's episode...
Wim Fisette has "broken his silence" after splitting with Iga Swiatek in a "tell-all" (well, not quite all) interview but in the meantime...
...Swiatek has a new coach, picking up Emma Raducanu cast-off Francisco Roig...
...w...
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March 31, 2026 • 75 mins
Calvin Betton is on R&R in NYC but he is not MIA - he's bang up to speed to join James Gray in south London and George Bellshaw back from Benidorm for another Tennis Unfiltered podcast.
They discussed most things that happened in tennis over the last week, including...
- Jannik Sinner ended Jiri Lehecka's rather charmed run to the Miami final with a brutal serving performance to complete the 'Sunshine Double', the eighth man to c...
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March 24, 2026 • 85 mins
Calvin Betton gives us the lowdown on court conditions in Miami... while George Bellshaw updates us on his "internet box". James Gray, as usual, is just trying to hold everyone together.
They discussed...
- Joao Fonseca faced Carlos Alcaraz a week after playing Jannik Sinner, but how much will he learn from his own Sunshine Double?
- Alcaraz won but was them stunned by Sebastian Korda, a Florida native excelling on home soil onc...
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March 17, 2026 • 78 mins
Calvin Betton is on training camp in North Carolina, George Bellshaw is dragging himself through Ironman regimes and James Gray is, well, still here.
They're back to talk all about tennis from the last seven days, which included the end of Indian Wells, a whole host of withdrawals from Miami and another glimpse of the new structure of the tennis tour post-Saudi spend.
Jannik Sinner won his first Indian Wells title, finally end...
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March 10, 2026 • 85 mins
George Bellshaw is back from India and reclaims his seat, Calvin Betton is still in California and James Gray is holding them all together.
They discussed...
- A new ticketing system at Indian Wells has turned one of tennis's better courts into a ghost town
- There's a rare injury retirement, only the second of her career for Coco Gauff
- Naomi Osaka is dressing to impress
- Venus Williams's return to Indian Wells ends in a ba...
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March 3, 2026 • 66 mins
Calvin Betton gives us the inside scoop on what life in Dubai is like right now with Henry Patten, Harri Heliovaara and Boris Chernov all stuck in the United Arab Emirates, where at time of recording the airspace remains closed until further notice as a result of Iranian air strikes.
And with George Bellshaw away, Ben Rothenberg of Bounces (https://www.benrothenberg.com/) fills in as our resident red head, while James Gray anchors...
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February 25, 2026 • 84 mins
Calvin Betton is perfectly safe in Acapulco, James Gray is finally home and George Bellshaw is about to head off to India - but for now at least two of the Tennis Unfiltered gang are in the same timezone.
Here are the stories they're talking about this week...
- Carlos Alcaraz only needed 50 minutes to beat Arthur Fils and claim the 26th title of his young career in Doha
- It extends his ranking lead over Jannik Sinner, after he...
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February 17, 2026 • 62 mins
Calvin Betton is in Delray, James Gray is in Bormio and George Bellshaw is our northern (London) star, constant and unchanging.
They're back round at the microphone to talk about the last week of tennis...
- Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka pull out of the mandatory Dubai tournament...
- ...and the tournament director calls them out on it!
- Victoria Mboko beats Elena Rybakina en route to the Doha final... but then loses to Karo...
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February 10, 2026 • 72 mins
Calvin Betton is back from Turkey, James Gray is now up in the mountains and George Bellshaw still doesn't really know what a pun is.
They discussed...
- Katie Boulter winning the title in Ostrava, claiming her fourth career WTA win
- Emma Raducanu made the final in Cluj but was then battered by Sorana Cirstea...
- ...is she fit enough? Does she need a coach? What now?
- The PTPA's $1bn plans for tennis are scrutinised...
- ....
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February 3, 2026 • 66 mins
The Australian Open 2026 is in the books. Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina are our two singles champions, and we have ANOTHER British doubles champion and everyone can take a deep breath (for a bit).
ATP Tour coach Calvin Betton, The i Paper sports news editor James Gray and tennis broadcaster and writer George Bellshaw are here to look back at it all.
They discussed...
- Is Novak Djokovic a genuine contender in other slams thi...
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February 1, 2026 • 21 mins
Calvin Betton returns, albeit from Turkey, to join George Bellshaw and James Gray to look back at the Australian Open men's final
- Was Novak Djokovic's gameplan the right one?
- How did Carlos Alcaraz turn it around?
- Was Djokovic injured? Will he ever come back as an active player?
All that and more...
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January 31, 2026 • 40 mins
Molly McElwee subs in for George Bellshaw to review the women's singles final at the Australian Open with James Gray.
- Elena Rybakina came from 3-0 down in the deciding set to win her second grand slam title
- World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka has now lost three of her last four major finals, including two in a row in Melbourne
- Rybakina's coach Stefano Vukov was presented with a trophy too, despite his chequered history working with...
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January 30, 2026 • 49 mins
- Carlos Alcaraz came through cramps, vomiting and an Alexander Zverev comeback to win his Australian Open semi-final and reach the final in Melbourne for the first time ever
- Jannik Sinner could not join him, denied a three-peat by an inspired Novak Djokovic, who is now just one win away from the 25th grand slam title of his career
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January 29, 2026 • 40 mins
James Gray and George Bellshaw are back around the microphone after two MORE straight-sets wins
- Aryna Sabalenka saved break points in the opening game against Elina Svitolina but never looked back after that..
- ...except when she was called for a hindrance in the fourth game of the match, a decision she says "p***ed her off" but also inspired her to win the match
- Elena Rybakina came through the challenge of the religiously ...
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January 28, 2026 • 50 mins
James Gray and George Bellshaw get down to it after a series of last eight matches in which...
- Coco Gauff sparked a privacy row after she complained about her racket smash in a corridor being broadcast to millions
- Novak Djokovic was "going home" after losing two sets to Lorenzo Musetti... and then the Italian pulled out injured
- Iga Swiatek was knocked out by a familiar opponent Elena Rybakina
- Michael Chang's kids turned...
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January 26, 2026 • 42 mins
Calvin Betton is back and anything BUT boring... however, is the Australian Open turning into a boring tournament? George Bellshaw and James Gray join him to discuss...
- Ben Shelton knocking out Casper Ruud to add another top-eight seed to the men's quarter-finals, making it seven in total and 13 across the two singles draws
- Lorenzo Musetti sets up a clash with Novak Djokovic by putting Taylor Fritz out of his misery
- All fo...
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January 25, 2026 • 26 mins
- Novak Djokovic has been handed a free pass into a record 65th grand slam quarter-final after Jakub Mensik pulled out of their fourth-round clash
- Are the stars aligning for Djokovic slam No 25?
- Daniil Medvedev is out, beaten in straight sets by Michael Chang-coached Learner Tien
- Elina Svitolina crushed Mirra Andreeva's AO dream with an efficient performance
- Coco Gauff fought fire with fire to beat Karolina Muchova
And...
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