2026 - Who’s started well, and who hasn’t?

The new tennis season is underway! David, Matt, and Catherine in Perth, discuss everything that’s happened so far.

Part one (00:00) All the talking points from the United Cup in Perth, including some concerns and controversy for Taylor Fritz and Coco Gauff, good vibes in Team Greece, and Stan Wawrinka rolling back the years. But will he receive an Australian Open wildcard?

Part two (42:48) We cover the rest of the United Cup action in Sydney, headlined by Poland’s win over Germany, with Iga Swiatek surviving a brilliant performance from Eva Lys and Hubert Hurkacz returning from injury and beating Alexander Zverev.

Part three (1:09:09) We finish with some news including Novak Djokovic publicly stepping away from the PTPA which he helped to create.

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