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The one and only Mary Carillo is back!

After debuting on The Tennis Podcast at last year\\u2019s US Open, Carillo is at her storytelling best as she joins Catherine from Roland Garros to preview Satuday\\u2019s women\\u2019s final between Simona Halep and Sloane Stephens.

Carillo is the first to admit that this year\\u2019s French Open hasn\\u2019t caught fire. But that doesn\\u2019t dampen her enthusiasm for the women\\u2019s final. Will it live up to expectations?

Find out why Carillo\\u2019s nerves are jangling for Halep, how she\\u2019s got to know and love the real Sloane Stephens, who she sees as the slight favourite and who she thinks the crowd will be supporting.

As well as all that, there\\u2019s time to get Carillo\\u2019s thoughts on a range of other topics, including whether she thinks Sharapova is playing to prove that she can win without meldonium.

Carillo also talks about her \\u201cjam\\u201d, coins a new word, explains her love for Judy Murray, and gives Catherine some advice on how to get more dog-related work gigs. All in the space of 25 minutes. As ever, she\\u2019s hilarious and insightful.

Elsewhere, Catherine chats to Simon Briggs about the men\\u2019s draw on a day when Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem booked their spots in the final. In truth, the semi-finals were underwhelming. Will the final be better?

There will be daily editions of The Tennis Podcast throughout the French Open, in association with Telegraph Sport. It is presented by Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport) and David Law (BBC 5 Live, BT Sport)

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