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Ep 81: The race to the ATP/WTA Finals heats up, Rune suffers devastating injury as Sinner cashes 6 million in Saudi Arabia!
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This week on the Chip n Charge Tennis Podcast, join Nick and Kyle as they catch-up on the week in tennis discussing:
- A title won for Medvedev in Almaty over Moutet ending an 882 day title drought and continuing his bizarre stat of never defending an event in the same city!
- Alliasime and Ruud also pick up titles in Brussels and Stockholm as the race to Turin heats up
- Holger Rune suffers a devastating Achilles injury vs Humbert and could be out for up to 9 months
- Elena Rybakina picks up a WTA 500 in Ningbo beating Alexandrova in the final and strengthening her chances of qualifying for the WTA Finals in a few weeks time
- Fernandez also picks up a title in Osaka beating the talented up and coming Tereza Valentova int he final- someone to keep an eye on for 2026
- The Six Kings Slam and whether it should have the word 'slam' in it except there wasn't much of a debate!
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