Nadal quits Indian Wells, Halep’s ban reduced and why Netflix has cancelled tennis

Tennis Unfiltered

James Gray, George Bellshaw and Calvin Betton are back together to look back at a dramatic week off the court (and occasionally on it), discussing the following...

• Rafael Nadal pulls out of Indian Wells at the last minute, citing an injury issue - although he seemed fine at The Netflix Slam...
• Simona Halep gets a successful ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport, her doping ban reduced from four years to nine months and a verdict that she had not deliberately ingested a banned substance
• Katie Boulter follows up the best result of her career with... a first-round defeat to Camila Giorgi
• Andy Murray beats David Goffin and then loses a one-sided match to Andrey Rublev
• Netflix follows up its first live tennis event by cancelling its behind-the-scenes documentary
• Queen's is set to host a WTA 500 event from 2025, according to the BBC
• Calvin calls out the ATP on the doubles entry system - and gets a lot of blowback on Twitter

LINKS

• Calvin's viral tweet: https://twitter.com/Calvbetton/status/1766779797554762071
• James's piece on Simona Halep and doping: https://inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/simona-halep-doping-tests-reform-tennis-2945955
• George's interview with Tim Mayotte: https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/24/tim-mayotte-bemoans-conflict-ridden-tennis-after-snub-from-noval-djokovic-and-player-council-9648485/
• Full story on WTA and Queen's: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/68497148
• Stu Fraser's piece on Netflix cancelling tennis: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/netflix-cancels-break-point-tennis-documentary-series-kbx0t9fzm

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