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"I don't know, just hearing what Morgan riddle had to say about the damage that Taylor Fritz is potentially done to himself by refusing to back down. I don't know if it is. If it is quite so admirable, I mean, it is admirable, but I don't know. What do you think David? I am torn. Catherine, because when you were describing when you were reading out what she posted, I'm thinking, I love that. I love how he has dug in and refused to give in and he's taking all this stuff and yet I also do get what you're saying about let's not be silly. Let's not let's not put our hells that risk properly because of full body cramps are dangerous. They are truly dangerous. You need to be saved from yourself if you're having one. And they scare the life out of me. I've seen a few players have them and it does shake me. And I want somebody to get it to intervene. And yet I am, I am in awe of them of, I love Taylor Fritz's slightly old fashioned way of going about the business of playing tennis. I think Tommy falls got that too. I think that's probably why that was such a gladiatorial match. They are really respectful of what's gone before and they want to be that. They want to be Jim Courier and putting themselves Randy roddy can put in themselves through these ordeals to show what fighters they are. But. Maybe it needs to be more of sort of boxing referees role who steps in at some point and says enough. Enough. This isn't sensible anymore. I'm stopping the fight. I don't know whether that's doable. But maybe that's what needs to happen in a situation like that, because I do have respect for them. And in terms of how to phrase and frame it as a commentator, I'll definitely bear in mind what you've said there, Katherine. I mean, I will, I'd like to think that when I commentate, I probably am sensitive enough to say this is probably not worth it. And it's okay to stop. Hulk. But at the same time, I can't help but admire them as well. It is a tricky one. I would say if you're going to be somebody that plays on through three body cramps, definitely work on you, you're under arm serve. Quite a lot of my under arm serves. I mean, I loved all of them. But yes. Just on Tommy Paul quickly before we talk about the Alex de menor of it all. Had the news unofficially this week, although I think it soon to be made official that Netflix are recommissioning for season two of break point and they have been filming throughout the season so far and I know one of the players they've been filming with is Tommy Paul and they were with him in Acapulco this week. They were following him at the Australian open where he reached the semifinals. What's cause and effect there I don't know, but I mean, good call from Netflix to follow him, I think. He'll be interesting and perhaps there's a bit of observer effect there from Tommy Paul. He's been in the shade a little bit, hasn't he? If Taylor Fritz and the other, the other hashtag next jenners, but here he is having a bit of a moment, I think, and it being documented. And I think he needs it too. You know, just quickly on the, he is somebody I don't think people know. I don't know him at all. And I want to get to know him. I don't know whether there's how much there is to find out, but I suspect there is more to him than meets the eye and so I think he's a good he's a good selection for a number of reasons. I was just going to make a sort of face this comment that he needs to take advantage now because the Netflix effect or will kick in in 12 months in a week. Have we gone from the Australian open in round two? Biggest title of Alex Domino's career. It was funny, wasn't it? All of the, all of these really fit players dropping like flies due to the conditions around him and Alex dominoes just standing there going, well, I'm okay actually I'll just, I'll just do my thing over here in quietly, quietly win this title. Yeah, it's really impressive. There has been a general elevation, I think, for dim and all in over the last few months. Like he's had some, he's had some big wins against top players. You know, going back to the end of last season, he's beaten chappa valor, Medvedev, Nadal, Rublev, and runner now. In the last few months and this was a guy who used to always lose to top players and he started to turn that around and we're seeing that now with him winning the biggest biggest title of his career. And the final played out very similarly to the semifinal against Olga runner in that, you know, he was kind of getting outplayed a little bit by a player who's got a bit more sort of in their locker, you know, Tommy Paul is an incredibly good shop maker and can make even some of the best defenders in the world sort of scramble at times. And he was brilliant in that first set, but domino dug in stuck stuck in the match and sort of, I think, knew that his time would come if he could make it long and extend it and he did have more more in the tank and he'd only lost 8 games in his first three matches de manor. And I think that set him up to be really strong at sort of finals weekend. And there was a ruthlessness to him towards the end of this match where he just kept drop shotting Tommy Paul because he knew that Paul was struggling. And I felt like maybe that was a slight sort of progression for domino. I don't think of him as being that ruthless necessarily, but he was, and he got his tactics spot on in the sort of final portion of that match. And thoroughly thoroughly deserved to win, because as we said, not only was it a test of tennis, it was a test of how you coped in those conditions. And he really did. And I also think he's very, he's very at home, isn't he? We've talked about this before in the Hispanic world. You know, he's got a, he's got a Uruguayan father, a Spanish mother. He lives in Spain and I just think the sort of whole atmosphere just an environment suited him and he can connect with the fans when he speaks in Spanish and yeah, it's a really big moment in his career. He's sort of knocking on his career high ranking now and yeah, it feels like a sort of time frame for him to sort of capitalize on, I think, domino.
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"A cast powers the world's best podcast. Here's a show that we recommend. Let's imagine you work for the U.S. government in Havana, Cuba, and you experience this inexplicable episode. There was an incredible pressure and pain in my head and my ears. Many of your colleagues are experiencing the exact same thing, and nobody in the U.S. government seems to know what it is or what's causing it. I'm adamant is. And I'm John Lee Anderson. From vice world news, this is Havana syndrome, wherever you get your podcasts. Hey cast helps creators launch, grow, and monetize their podcasts everywhere. A gas dot com. Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Marion Bartoli. I'm Matt vilander. This is Mary carillo. This is Pam shriver. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. We'll greetings from garden square Melbourne park just in front of the rod laver arena the time is ten 18 p.m., the fountain is trickling behind me, the big screen is still going because there is doubles action, 25% of it featuring a sensation on the rod laver arena but singles action is finished for the night. And the reason we are here so early or so not quite as late as usual is because Novak Djokovic, the 9 time champion, has just beaten not sensation Alex domino for the loss of just 5 games. Two of those games were getting him to two all. And from to all Novak Djokovic just went into a different mode, a quite terrifying mode. I mean, he's just described it as his best match of the year. I mean by some distance he was fearsome tonight. It was pretty much a perfect performance, David. Do you watch the whole thing from the best seat in the House on the baseline at times just a few feet away from the 9 time champion? How good was he? Yeah, that's as good as tennis gets. In my estimation. I've seen it a few times from Djokovic in that commentary box actually. My mind goes back to him playing Roger Federer in a much hyped semifinal about 7 years ago. And, you know, I was part of the hype, you know, Federer Djokovic, all the rest of it, but it was when Djokovic was at his absolute peak in the first of his big peaks. Or maybe second of his big peaks, I suppose you'd say that 40 something match running 2011 or 12 or whenever it was as part of that. But he came out and he just destroyed Federer for two sets for about the loss of three games. And it was just as though he'd come out not just to win, but to just destroy and send a message. And tonight, for whatever reason, maybe it's just how he felt, being in the zone, maybe there was more to it. He came out to seek and destroy his opponent. And even in those first four games, that's what he was trying to do. I could see it in his eyes, I could see the way he was striking the body wasn't trying to rally. He was trying to knock demon or off the court. And demeanor to his credit, Ike made a very foolish decision to put on Twitter that demeanor has made a fantastic start because he's at two games all and he's living with this because that's what he was doing. Well on reflection, winning two games was blooming fantastic. I thought he was brilliant for the first four games that timid or and then I think he won two of the next 17. And so I looked stupid, but I don't care because that's what I saw at the time and then I saw Djokovic just settle. He'd got an angry look
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"Newsletter for free in our podcast show notes right now. I don't know why anybody wouldn't have not signed up for that, but if you haven't sort it out. That's where you'll find all the details. David, how are you doing? I'm all right, yeah, I am all right. And he and George is a dog, by the way. And a very lovely Doug. I've seen the pictures of, so I must forward those to you because there really worth having a look at. What is he? Okay. What type of dog? Now you're pushing me into territory. I'm uncomfortable in. So a nice one, a fluffy one. Lovely. A nice fluffy one. Yeah, great. Hundred and 50 podcasts. It's quite a lot. Today is the day David not only that we record our 19th podcast in November so far. But he's also the day that Canada won the Davis Cup for the very first time in their history. Now folks, David is going to spend the remainder of this episode, pretending to be really pleased for Canada, but I'm here to tell you that he has spent most of the afternoon trolling Canada on our WhatsApp and a little bit on the Internet because David's beloved Croatia beat Canada at football today. And David wasn't very magnanimous about it. I mean, I was pleased for them in the Davis Cup. I didn't mind who weren't that to be honest. And I really enjoyed the scenes that we had, but yes, I have Croatian skin in the game, so I was very much enjoying that. Sort of turn of events. You're very much not happy with the Canadian football manager. No, no, because he said something pretty derogatory and disrespectful in the direction of Croatia pre match. And they stuffed four goals down his throat. So there we are. One all we'll call actually. Well, maybe that's what the, I don't think they can do it. That doesn't need you to cast dispersions on that URL, stop that thought where I started it. But Canada were fired up by something today, David, weren't they, too, and didn't go to the doubles, which is a shame for the neutral. I desperately wanted that final to go to the doubles as you said last night. The previous four times all had gone to the doubles and that had been that had been great for the competition, I think, but although Canada were very much the favorites on paper going into this one, I was quite surprised by how one sided it was quite frankly it was a bit of a route by Canada over Australia. The far superior team, two fantastic singles performances from Denis Shapovalov beating for Nazi Okinawa and Felix auger seen beating Alex domino both in straight set, both frankly, very comfortably. Now, we'll be reacting to all of that very soon. But first, before everybody tunes out, David and goes, oh, another show without Matt, not going to bother. We've got some map for you, folks. He's still not feeling great, but he is improving. He's going to be flying home tomorrow and he felt well enough today after the final to send us and you lovely listeners a voice note. So here is Matt reflecting on the final and the week as a whole. Hello, everyone. Matt here, sorry I've not been on the podcast in the last few days. I was, I was in the thick of the action here in malaga. I was really enjoying it, and then I got flu. So I had to spend the next few days in my hotel room. Probably probably karma for spending too much time on the podcast talking about my ocean view and walking around town in my shorts, but anyway, thanks to everyone who sent well wishes my way. I'll try to keep the short before I have a coughing fit or need to blow my nose or anything, but I just wanted to contribute a little something extra before I leave here. I've quite literally just finished watching the final between Canada and Australia. The highlights are still playing on my screen. And as always, I'm just struck by the huge amount of emotion on display at the end of these tyres, both both from the winning team and the losing team. It's always just a very emotional experience, one of the end of these ties. Well, I suppose it's a familiar feeling having just reached the final of the Billie Jean King cup as well and comes so close to winning that event. I think it was the first time that Australia had reached the final of both the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King cup in the same year, since 1993. So an extraordinary effort from both those sides and both of them really contributed so much to each event. They both understand the rich history of the event. They're both so desperate to win it. And I enjoyed watching their teams and their efforts so much. I said about the Billie Jean King cup Australia team. I don't know how much better that team can get. It really feels like they're maximizing, whereas this Davis Cup team, well, there is a player who would add some quality if you were to throw them in. That's obviously Nick curious. But if you did that, do you lose some of what's made them so great. That spirit that putting aside of ego that all being on the same page and fighting for the same cause. I don't know, maybe curiosity is capable of all that, but that's a conundrum for next year. They were all play the Davis Cup finals next year. And the finals will be we'll be better for it because Australia always always bring a lot to this competition and yeah, just shout out to deminer and Thompson and hear it who've all been really, really great this week. Canada, well, congratulations, Canada. I was in I was in Madrid in 2019 when Canada reached there first, Davis Cup final.
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"I'd come out thinking, you know, chill it's just got charges win behind him. He's going to come out and he's going to play free and he's going to win. But then that slightly discounts everything we know about Marin Cilic in reality, which is he ain't so good if he's ahead. Yeah, now I obviously less than 24 hours ago on this very podcast I predicted that crash would have been this tie and that would be critically down to Marin Cilic winning this rubber against Alex de minor. Now I would like to sort of maintain that that prediction wasn't entirely wrong because the guy that I predicted to win that rubber against Alex domino did not show up today. I mean, I don't I predicted that on the basis of the guy that I saw. Was it yesterday? Was it a couple of days ago? Whenever it was being excellent and I don't know who that was against our exterminator was great and he is maybe I underestimated exactly how fearsome he is when he is bearing the badge of Australia and the tattoo of his Davis Cup number on his chest. But who was that? Who was that the showed up for Croatia today David? It was an impostor really. And look, you don't get a scoreline of 6 two 6 two without it being both sides of the net responsible for it. Unless somebody just is injured. It doesn't lose like that unless he's playing badly and unless his opponent is playing incredibly well. And those two things happened at the same time. Deminer was amazing. That's the best I've ever seen in play. And he loved it. He loved it. He loved being the one who Australia was relying on. And that's why you get that look of pride, bursting out of the eyes of Leighton Hewitt. You can see the smile on his face. He looks like a proud, older brother, or father, you know, just looking at somebody in his own image from all those years ago. Do you know it's 19 years since Australia reached the final? And I know here it has his issues with this format, but it hasn't dampened his desire. For them to win the thing. And dim and all just stepped up and actually it was very interesting to hear conversation I think actually Pam shriver mentioned to us she was watching the matches from afar and she often messages with us and we have a chat about what's going on and she was curious as to whether social name dropped David well done. She was curious as to and it's always interesting to get her take on the doubles, obviously because they're very incredible pedigree in that format of the game and just wondering whether dim and or should have been playing in that doubles. And when you see the guy wins 6 two 6 two you can see why she was saying that. He does play a decent amount of doubles, doesn't he? The menorah as well, it's not like just sort of rudimentary oh stick him into the doubles just because he's a good tennis player. I feel like I feel like he's it played a fair bit with Cameron norrie in doubles. Does that ring any bells to you? I think he and Cameron norrie have played this together. I'm going to look that up. Yeah. Okay. If
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"The tennis podcast following day four of the Davis Cup finals in malaga. I'm Catherine whisky, David Laurie is here. Hello, David. Hello. Hello. No pressure David, but you have got to be extra excellent tonight because we are once again without the star of the show, Matt Roberts. Good luck us. Getting good luck. We are, we sort of torn here between telling you that the show will not be depleted in any way and will be excellent and we'll make up for the absence of Matt, but also very much knowing that we are much depleted without Matt and he is much missed. He is still feeling under the weather, so we send him our best and I'm sure you do as well and we will do our very best to make up for his absence in full knowledge that we will not fully succeed in that task. But the tennis today, David, has gone a long way to do the work for us. Hasn't it? Because it all played out in pretty dramatic fashion today. We know our first Davis Cup finalists and it is team Australia and if you'll allow me to slap an explicit sticker on this podcast less than two minutes in to quote max per cell, there's nothing fucking like it, mate. That's exactly what he said. And to be honest, that was his first answer on international global television live. Because he was asked the question, how does this feel? And that's exactly what he said. And it did make me laugh because there wasn't time for the interviewer to even apologize in his behalf or anything. And actually, I just think you get to a point of delirium in a stadium like that, where you just think, well, that is an entirely appropriate reaction for what we've just witnessed. And I loved it. The celebration of just so euphoric and the players were swearing left right and center at each other in declaring their undying love for each other and how amazed they were at what they'd all achieved. But what this what this did in terms of the comeback, it just one up yesterday. It felt like the last three ties that we've had of all gone out of their way to one up each other with a deciding set and deciding doubles tie rubber in each one of those tyres. And this felt quite similar albeit not a Dennis Shapovalov hitting spree. This was different in the way the Australian team fought back in the doubles, but in terms of the fact that I felt very solid in my confidence that neither Canada nor Australia would end up winning when those double started. You know, yesterday I felt the same with quits and cravings being such a solid doubles partnership would never lost. And here you've got mech titch and pavich playing against, well, a kind of a new pair because it ended up being Thompson and Purcell. And they shocked me. They showed what Davis Cup can do, what a team, a team environment can do and what adrenaline and inspiration can influence things with and it's so intoxicating that that mixture of the unknown. Yeah, today was a good day for the Davis Cup. I would say, I mean, obviously if you're a Croatian tennis fan slash somebody that is picked Croatia to win the Davis Cup sorry Matt to kick you will need to help. But welcome to the club. We've got a full house now, a failure. Yeah. Yeah, less good, but just the neutral Davis Cup fans that want to see this tournament thrive. And look, you know, there are still caveats to this. I still don't love the way it's positioned in the season. I still have worries about the number of people that are watching this, you know, the better the day at the event, you know, we had a really great day today. We've had several great days. There is a part of me that goes, oh, but I'm not many people are watching this. You know, in order as many people are watching this as I want to be watching this and paying attention to it and seeing how good it is, you know, all those caveats still apply, but it was a great day for the Davis Cup. Today, I think, and you, I assume it was you, David, unless Matt from his slightly fevered state is still keeping a very tight control of our Twitter account, but you tweeted screenshots if the Australian team reactions and you know I saw it in real time and yet somehow this screenshots capture something so visceral about what that victory means to the Aussie team. I mean, there is a picture of Alex de menor that is like Mel Gibson in braveheart. It's true. It really is. It's. Pure emotion and I love to see it because, you know, that is what Davis Cup should be and the bond between him and letting Hewitt has made it all the more all the more everything. I think. But look, let's roll back a bit and take you chronologically. Step by step, how we got to that image of Alex, screaming out like Mel Gibson in braveheart. Let's start at the start of the day, which was a very, very reasonable hour. 4 p.m. local time David, 3 p.m. UK time, excellent time to start today's tennis. Today I had a nap before it even started. That's how it should be. People should have time to take naps, should they should they wish to. That is a perfect day's tennis. We started off, didn't we, David, with Bonita rich against the Nazi cook and Argus? And we speculated yesterday about whether it would be kokina is coming in. The top man on paper or whether it would be Jordan Thompson, who played in the tie in the opening round. And I don't think many eyebrows were raised about the fact that it was cock and Arcus. And I think maybe equally few eyebrows were raised about, the results, 6 four 6 three for born in torch. I don't think I can play badly or underperformed. I think Bonita rich performed and is a better tennis player at the moment than honestly who can argue. What do you think? I think that's right. I think charit is found himself in the last 6 months. I mean, obviously the most important thing is that he's able to rely on fitness and I know we still he still has question marks over day to day how his shoulder is going to feel when he wakes up. But he said in the post match interview that in many ways it's stronger than it's ever been because he's had to work on it so hard to build it up and protect the injured part of it. The part that was repaired paired by surgery. So as a result of all that and such studious work on his own serve, his serve is a reliable weapon when it's working well. You can't really do much with it. And the reason that they chose Cochran is two reasons that it was addressed in the press conference with him afterwards. That he didn't play on day one, Thompson was brought in, partly because Carter's was carrying a bit of an injury, just to twinge, but he said he felt a 100% today. There were no issues. And he was brought back in despite Thompson's win on day one. He was brought in Kaka nakas because of his power because they were hoping that his power could get to charge and to be fair to him he served 9 aces in the first set, and he still lost at 6 four. So the server was doing the job, church sent after the match. I was saying to my coach, I can't get near his serve. I can't read it. What do I do? And to the captain and but then he just started to get a read on it. And honestly, the moment he broke, it was to quote Catherine Whittaker 2013, a foregone conclusion. And that is loading. I'm all you've got today, David. I need to get you on side. Okay. And look, it is quite interesting to think of these two players who came along probably quite similar times in their careers, both of them have had horrible injuries. And yet at the moment, charge looks far more accomplished player of the two in singles. And so there they are one zero up. And based on our discussion last night, I think I would have agreed with you that I would have put chillage a very marginal favorite against Alex domino coming into this match. They played each other a year ago in the same event, two one was the head to head overall and chill it won that one in a very tight third set and it was diminished only ever singles rubber defeat in the Davis Cup to this point.
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"Matches just to mention as well. I think on jabber getting a bit of form maybe now. 7 5 6 two over Elizabeth mandlik, who shared a bit of temper according to Hannah on Twitter. Shouted shit. During that match, which I love the idea of. And of course, she's the daughter of Hannah Mann le Cova. And also the defeat of the third seed Maria thackeray, who is a setup against Wang Shi of China and one came back to win that 7 5 7 5 two and three quarter hours. I mean, that is a battle and half, isn't it? What a win for her and another disappointment for Zachary and Matt's prediction for the year for the Greeks is officially over. We'd just like to add that the dream, the dream. The dream actually died on Monday. I was going to say that myself. That they would both win slams this year. So you're being generous. It's very bad, Zachary's slam year. She hasn't got past the ball of round in any of them, and earlier defeats them that in the last three, she's lost the players outside of the top 50, yeah, really tough for her. She's still 7th in the race. It doesn't feel like she's having that kind of year. I think her Indian Wells results probably doing a lot of heavy lifting there. By the way, on Wang xiu, I thought she was brilliant. She got better as the max went on lefty, chutney incredible forehand down the line, which was causing sakurai all sorts of problems, and she's won a lot of matches since Wimbledon's. She's in Susan really good form. And on jabber, I saw that seal, which also links in with Alex domino chat because he was an unexpected guest of Alex de menor the other day. Seal described on shiber to her face, I believe, as the sneaky player. He said, you're the sneaky player, which I actually think is a really fun on the nose description of unsure. I think seal should be doing some tennis analysis. You present for a conversation between shepherd and seal. She shared it in the press conference. Just before we go, what about the order of play for day four, Catherine, who's up, what are the notables? Well, the world number one seems notable, especially given that she's playing former champion, Sloane Stephens. That's first up on ash. I wondered if that might be night session on ash, but you'll find out why it's not night session on ash in just a moment. First up at midday, then it's Carlos Sainz Cruz against Federico Corey. That's back to back ash billings for Carlos alcaraz. They're going big on him here. They're obviously not trying to moderate any of the pressure that the tennis world is heaping on call us Al graze his shoulders under the lights on Arthur Ashe first up at 7 p.m. midnight in the UK. I shall stop saying that shouldn't I am not on Prime Video. At 7 p.m. Serena and Venus Williams taking on Lyndon Oskar and Lucy radesh. Love that. Love that. And then a dolphin Nene is the second match. We all know what happens in a doll for Nene at the U.S. open, don't we? Fun things. Armstrong is bagula sas novich, Eubanks, sinner. Muguruza through wit deva two lenders playing tomorrow. Great. What else have we got, Daniel Collins, night session on Lewis Armstrong. She's becoming my dark horse for the title I liked what I saw against Naomi Osaka a lot of fangs. What else have we got? Jenson brooksby against born in church tomorrow. Can I have a yes please? Go on. Azarenka, but dosa martic, Dimitri of nakashima, Shapovalov playing tomorrow own. Things are happening. Yeah, it's
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"Question for the mailbag as well this week from Ed on email. So edge has said hi, Joel and Kim. Inspired by the Commonwealth Games. So Ed was asking, if tennis was in the Commonwealth Games, who would you have as your gold medal winning champions in the men's and women's singles events? So that's a really good shout. I actually went to the Commonwealth Games this weekend, but I was ruminating on the fact that tennis wasn't included. And I'm sort of thankful if I'm being honest, Kim, it's not been included. Yeah, I think it's probably a bit too much given that they do play the Olympics, and I think given the not even everyone plays the Olympics. Oh, no, exactly. And there's always a bit of debate over that. And the Commonwealth Games would not actually not many tennis players at the top of the tours would be classed as Commonwealth players. So it would be like a few of them going off to do something. And they probably would want to focus on the U.S. open. So I mean, who would you have as your champs? Yeah. It's a tough one. I mean, you've obviously got UK Canada, Australia. I think has maybe your big, big three. I might go someone like Alex de menor, maybe, or Nick curios. As my kind of men's champion, women's champion, I'm going to go Sam Stosur. Maybe not Samsung. Maybe not Samsung. I don't know, Emma randa cardi. Especially at home in Birmingham. I think she would have risen to the occasion. But yeah, that was sort of where my head was at, but yeah, you'd think the field would be if even if it was like a full field of it would feel more like a two 50 or a 500 I feel. Yeah, I would say so, yeah, just because of, I think even like the likes of Alex domino, they may not have wanted to have played it. And that's no disrespect to the Commonwealth Games, but it might have been something that and maybe we'll see this if it's ever introduced into the Commonwealth Games, but yeah, I was sort of thinking maybe a Jordan Thompson or a Tommy yovich of the world could excel at something like this. Yeah, exactly. If he wanted to play at home, although I don't know who he would have represented because his sort of part Scottish part Welsh, I think. So I grew up in New Zealand. Yeah, so he's just everyone gets a medal. He's just very Commonwealth, isn't he? Anyway. Great, great question. Ed, thank you for getting in touch with us. It's very, very kind of you. So Keaton coming, would you love listen to questions on the tennis weekly mailbag? But your one thing I wanted to kind of discuss, I guess, with yourself today was there's been a report, I guess or on a sports blogging website actually. Called 5 38 for the reference there. It's a very interesting read. I don't know if any of our listeners have read it, but it was talking about how tennis and outdoor tennis especially could become and I'll quote from their headline could become sports sports first big climate change casualty because of all of the rising temperatures and tennis players being outside for hours and hours on end and these ridiculous heats and how will they cope with that. It's going to get to a level that's unsustainable from a health perspective just to be out there playing in these sort of unhealthy temperatures, not to mention the fact that I guess tennis by its very nature as a global sport probably isn't the best for the environment, what with all the sort of emissions produced by it. So and what did you make of this report when you had a look at it? Yeah, it was certainly something I've not really kind of thought about and the actually the only real way I've been thinking about the environment and the tours is more to do with the carbon footprint of players flying from tournaments a tournament all around the world as opposed to thinking about it in terms of the heat and that endangering lives of players and we do have tournaments where the conditions can be extremely punishing. This week Washington D.C., the humidity factor just looked like it was felt very, very almost like unplayable at times to a point where you just think the play who's going to win is the play is just going to survive. And I wonder if some of the players think that when they go through these conditions given how punishing they are and even earlier on in the season Kim, that match between Nadal and zverev in the French Open on that indoor setting was just a very, again, very, very punishing, maybe not necessarily from a weather sense, but very slow core, dry conditions just did not help anyone or do anyone any favors, I think. Again, Australian open is and is another who's, you know, they're sort of they're probably at the forefront in the sense that they have some science there that tells players and fans, if it goes above a certain level, then they stop. But it certainly does feel like it's becoming more and more of an issue.
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"I can do what I like. And the follow-up then was so do you think you're above the rules and which was a great follow up? And he said, no. And he was like, he paused, didn't he, is sort of, oh God. And he said, no, but saying I can do what I like. Is that not the definition of considering yourself above the rules? Yeah. And he says, I just do it anyway. You'll get funny. He goes, that's fine. I'm happy to be fine. But he was contradicting himself. He also had made the point that he often makes about the media saying all these things about him and how much he dislikes it and all this sort of thing. And then at the end, when pushed on this being the center of attention, elements with putting the red cap on, he said, well yeah, all publicity is good publicity. Effectively. And that's something we shouldn't debate right now because it's a question. But it was a really a really interesting press conference. I thought, and a grown-up press conference. And I don't, I always come out of those thing, well, which one's the real one? Well, they're all him, aren't they? This is in him, that's in him. I don't know whether he knows or is able to control what which one of him he is at any given time, because he was talking throughout that press conference about the process, and I am, and that's this professional sounding as I've ever heard, Nick curios in terms of his interest in trying to get the boat the most out of himself at this tournament and seeing how far it takes him. All the things that everybody's saying they wished he would do for the last 7 or 8 years. He's at least saying he's trying to do. It was suddenly very sort of media trained tennis player at the end of at the end of a big tournament, wasn't it? It wasn't all, yeah, I'm going to win this thing. I'm the best girls club player in the world. It was I'm just focusing on my next Sunday, it became like the match quite boring. I'm just going to focus on my next question. You said about his team, you know, I know that I give them a lot of shit. They have to put up with a lot of shit from me. And I look up at them because so many things are running through my head at a million miles an hour just before I'm about to do something and I look at them and it just sort of brings me back, which again I found a fascinating insight and I believe that. I believe there's all sorts of stuff going on in his head. At any given moment. But while he never ceases to intrigue and that was just really interesting that he was like normal today, I suppose. That's a terrible word to use, but he was he was right there. I think it was a pretty massive win for him actually. It brings his 5 set record at Wimbledon. To 6 played 6 one. That is not a stat I was expecting. That's a great stat. And that clearly has given him strength. Well, ally said that he said that was in my mind going into the 5th set. I've never lost a fitter at Wimbledon. I think he's lost plenty elsewhere, but never lost one at Wimbledon, and that was in his mind, and it gave him belief and it must have done when he was break points down at the start of the 5th, as well. So I think one of the biggest wins of curiosity career. Great. And the good news for him is that in the quarterfinals, he gets to play a guy who played for four hours and 34 minutes today Christian gerin and his heroics coming from two sets to love down to beat Alex domino ten 6 in the 5th set tiebreak. Now, Matt and I watched the early stages of this at my flat before picking a time to miss 25 minutes of it in order to make our way into Wimbledon. And it was a good match. But it was a fairly straightforward match. It was like a really competitive straight set match. That was the feel of it to me. But it was like Matt had some sort of Spidey sense. About it. Matt was like, I'm really enjoying this match. I don't know. I don't know why. I don't know what's going on, but I can't take my eyes off this match. It's as if you knew a thing was going to happen. Maybe I did, and a few hours later I would find myself on the court for a 5th set, and watching David, who also went out onto the court in the commentary box and my favorite thing was that I could tell when David was doing commentary from I was like, I don't know. 50 meters away or something, and David was behind a glass window, and yet I could tell because he was standing up and he was fist pumping and he was really getting into it and I was like, oh yeah, David's on at the moment. The tennis podcast likes a 5th set face. Oh yeah, we were there. It was the place to be. And I really did like this match, and I didn't see it turning, as you said, because it looked like a really good matchup for the manor. I've just set you up to say I did see it to me. I was enjoying it. I was really enjoying it, and you're right. In the first set was one sided, but even the second set which did mineral one was close and the third set was really close. And when the manor went two sets to lava, that meant that he'd won all 9 sets he'd ever played against green. It's a matchup that he likes. So his two sets up. He's kind of 9 sets up and green had to win three in a row, and he did. And the way he turned it round was really impressive to watch. He started going for his shots way more because the first couple of sets they were trading rallies up the middle of the court and very flat hitting and de menor is much better at that style of tennis on grass and he's much better in defense on this surface than Christian gorin. So green had to take the initiative and win points quicker and he really started to and he was joking afterwards about grass now being his favorite surface other than clay with these couple of Wimbledon runs he's had. And it is a game which works on grass. It really does and it's the hallet was saying this in her press conference. I think it might be the enormous thighs. Leg strength is the thing. That's what it was saying. It's very important. Low center of gravity. Yeah. To quote my brother to me when I was about 11 years old. I like tree trunks. You and I met when we got out there. We both said, we think them all will win this. Still. In the 5th set. And I mean, look, he had his chances. He should have won. And he had two match points, and could we talk about what happened on one of those match points? It was literally blood. Flat on his face, he slipped and he cut a side of his hand and what a time to stop and I know that green was a bit miffed at this point because he's basically having to stop for about three minutes a juice. That's rough. It was rough. Not diminished fault. And you've got to do it, but still. Wide open..
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"It's not all bad. It's just, I wish a lot of the bad weren't there. Jack Draper won today in straight sets over ZZ bergs, the ilkley challenger champion that win earned him a wild card at Wimbledon. I sort of love that Jack Draper one straight sets, no big fanfare because he's good. And we know he's good. And yeah, he should be winning first rounds at Wimbledon now. And yet that was still his first ever Grand Slam win. Yeah, he looks like a professional player now. He doesn't look like a junior who doesn't look like a junior making a transition to being a senior he looks like a senior. He had his run at eastbourne. Did really well, narrowly lost out to maxime Chrissy, and then came here and could very easily have been the one who ends up disappointing, and he didn't. He just did a thoroughly professional job. We know he's got the tools and then it's about applying them and that's what he did. Very excited about his second round match against Alex domino. I think I said fascinating match. Yeah, good contrast and roadrunner against a big hammer Thor player. I think they'll get a big tour. Rob it in for berrettini, David, that's his thing. He's already a bad day. He's lent him his hammer. Right. He lent Alex domino caught one. He's been quite generous to him. Yeah, one last bum note to end on from the men's draw, Grigor Dimitrov retired mid match against Steve Johnson. And I suddenly, I suddenly had this feeling of, oh my God, Grigor Dimitri was not even young anymore. You can't even go, oh, well, he'll have plenty more. I mean, he'll have more, but he won't have plenty more. No. I suddenly felt a bit sad about it anyway. Steve Jobs. Second half of his career, isn't it? Oh. It's not Twilight. He's 31, David. Anymore. Some of the site? There's magic in the night, Grigor. That's it. Set you up for that. Steve Johnson three to play Ryan peniston. In round number two, who is just one of the lovely good vibe stories of the grass court summer as an Iran peniston. It's a good drawer, Henry Larson, and first round, but he made the most of a good first round draw, which is what he's been doing and he's just he's backing all this stuff up, which I'm so impressed by. And that's been the case for 9 Brits into round two across the men's and women's singles, which is the most since 1997. And you know, we had 17 players in the draw, none of them faced the seed and 9 of them have really taken advantage of that. So yeah, been a good tournament for them so far. David, you started your day commentating on KT swan against Monte Carlo two he wasn't one of those British ministers. She came close, didn't she? I always find it impressive when I'm saying Ukrainians win at the moment, particularly somebody like Marta Kosta, who's clearly bearing it all, you know, quite sure they all are, but I just feel like I can see it in multi cost duke. You know, she again, she's somebody that sort of emotes something. Yeah, she's impressive, impressive today. You can feel it in her tennis even point to point. The kind of massive fluctuations in how she's feeling and viewing things now. I can't really remember watching that much of her a couple of years ago or three years ago to be able to compare. What was interesting, I remember she came out onto the court because I was commentating on this and there was a little bit of rain in the air and she was having a really nice open polite conversation with the umpire before the match started before Katie swan arrived. And I thought what a nice way to begin whatever the next two hours are going to be like and actually they were pretty fraught to be honest, but she showed that there's something to her beyond being a tennis player in that to me. And the match was quite good. Casey Swann has got something, but she's never been inside the world's top one 50. And it's going to take something else, you know, she suffered a little bit physically out there today. She had a little bit of an injury wrapped thigh, and she'd won the first set, she can play, but it's stringing it together, isn't it? In tournaments that can get you high enough up that you don't have to get all these futures. And these ITF events, that's the problem. The age old problem in tennis. You've got to find a way to get into these high ranking tournaments to give yourself a chance. Simona Halep won today against Carolina mocha for the cursed Carolina mocha. Yeah, and look, I know I know now that Simona Halep won the match and therefore must be okay. But she should have been open in that center court play. Today. Anna and nothing against digita, we had the whole conversation the other day. If the doubts were about hallux, physical health, well, she banished them today. And I think she should have been given the honor. Well, of course it was eager to take that was given the honor opened up play with a 6 love set over the Croatian and then got locked in a real tussle, I think she was three one down in the second set came back to win it 6 three, but she really went off the boil in that second set quite dramatically actually Matt. Yes, you did. She was three one down and love 40 down in that game. So very close to falling a double breakdown, having already lost served twice in that set. It was a bit odd, how suddenly error strewn her performance was after a really good first set. I actually asked her in the press conference afterwards about the honor of opening center court on the Tuesday in the ash Barty slot in the spot reserve normally for the defending women's champion, because obviously it's been a lot of talk about that. And she said that she felt like they were players who deserved it more than her. Former champions in the drawer, she listed kvitova. She listed Halep and she listed Serena, but then she did also say that, you know, she also felt like she kind of deserved it as well because of her consistency and because of the run she's on and she is the number one. But I don't think she felt totally comfortable with it, I would say, because her first response was that there were players who maybe deserved it more than her. I asked whether she'd thought about the fact that maybe she wanted to win Wimbledon. First, you know, to properly earn that on end and she said, no, I haven't thought about it that way. But yeah, look, it was nice seeing tech there. I've just felt a little bit.
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"That match, you know, peak songer. Coming out with completely, you know, as drawers get, he's not facing Nadal or Djokovic. And it felt it felt it had a strange feel about it right through. It looked like he was on his own in the stadium as though he'd been maybe forced to play the match in his dreams and his dreams are of a deserted pandemic type situation in the chateau region no one's dreams are a deserted pandemic type of situation. Yeah. So yeah, I mean, that's the only match that I look back on. I mean, maybe there are others, but that's the one that immediately comes to mind and stands out. Other than that, he had a weakness. He had the backhand, which was a weakness. And the big four picked on it. And could exploit it. I felt. And actually, that's what kind of turned the match for rude because he kept on making this silly decision to run around his backhand and hit inside in forehands, opening up the whole of the cross court forehand for tsonga. And then finally, he figured it out. Oh, I've just got to go the other way. Pick on that back end. But just as a final point about tsonga, he's always brought me joy. Watching him, you know, whether it's just the awe of when he's on. And or just a look in his eyes when he celebrate in victory or he's engaging with the crowd. I think a lot of him. He was a show. And he had the iconic celebration which you found yourself waiting for. I was sort of waiting for it today, but then realized that was the only Potter's shoulder out. The only hit we didn't get on the real on the rail today, but my goodness what a career and what a man and be interesting to see what he does next, won't it. So that was on shattering. It delayed paladin Fiona farrow coming out. They had to come out to a completely empty stadium, really felt for them both. I mean, almost sort of 2013, French Open semifinal vibes, poor Fiona pharaoh. You felt like, you know, that much had been scheduled there and at that time, you know, to get the crowd behind Fiona Ferro and she didn't get that and look, she's a shadow of the player that she briefly was during pandemic tennis. I saw a few games at that. There weren't many games to watch panda but also crushed her, but she was missing by a lot really, really missing. And it felt to me that also was pulling a margins in today. I wondered how she'd handle the situation she'd found herself in a feeling a bit anxious and not feeling really that good recently. Well, it seems that she just thought, okay, well, I'm just going to hit the ball really hard, try and get my rhythm, but down the middle, more or less, and it will work straight. Good match up for her today. I think good match to just find her feet and avoid a first round banana skin. I want to head over to long Len next for a match that we all watched a portion of together. Because I think it all ties in with the whole crowd thing, French player thing where it definitely ties in with all of that. We watched the final set in half of Hugo Gaston beating Alex domino a match that went to a deciding set ten point tie break. I think it's the first of those. In French Open history. I think I haven't heard of it. No, I think it's ever involved in a couple of days ago. Yes. Did he win it? No. No, he did not. I can't remember who. Did not win this week. Okay. Well, anyway, one of the first we were lucky enough to be there. And it was one of those, it was one of those moments when you were in it and feeling it, feeling the atmosphere and witnessing it. I remember thinking, well, obviously we're going to lead the podcast with this. Obviously, obviously this is the biggest thing happening in that moment, it feels all consuming and the biggest thing that's happening in the world and has ever happened in the world. But of course, it's just Hugo Gaston winning around the French Open against a bloke that doesn't particularly like playing on clay and it probably won't mean anything in the bigger picture and it's just all about the moment. Yeah, and that's what I love about this place. It's what I love about the French Open it elevates matches the on paper anywhere else wouldn't be that big a deal. You know, there'd be nice matches, there'd be good tennis and all the rest of it, but I'm in love with this place and this atmosphere. I could sit in those press seats near the court on long lane, all day, quite happily and not move. Especially when the French players are in action. The crowd is the best tennis crowd I've had. Access to. And I know it's only just happening now, but it's like it all the time. Every time there's a French player playing, especially they raised their level because of them. And the crowd and rise to them. I mean, I was so gutted when I had to leave that match because I had to go and do my job on BBC Radio, but you two were left with it, and yeah, I daresay, the end was great. There was an under arm surf, David. Oh, dear. There was an under. Oh, dear. Not amazing. He lost the game. He won the point. He was break point down at 6 5 in the 5th. This is Gaston, obviously. Yeah, so of course he thought now's the time of an underarm serve. He's an inexplicable tennis player. I mean, when we arrived. The first shot he hit was a tweener. Yeah. When we arrived, the first shot we saw him hit was a treat and I thought. What are you doing? Oh, you're not a running backwards back to the net forced wiener. Nick curios. It was because he hadn't moved his feet after he'd served. Can't be bothered to get out of the world. He tanked that full set, didn't he? He lost it. And then he went three love down in the 5th. He lost 9 games in a row in the fourth and 5th set and won the match. I mean, that doesn't feel that surprising when you watch him. He feels like he feels like he's sort of managing the 5 sets in his own way. Oh, totally, he was doing that. Yeah, he was managing energy levels enormously. I think, well, he was very cross with the crowd. Was he? Yeah, he said he thought they crossed the line, cheering his double faults as they were. Yeah, I mean, they were. They were cheering his double foot. Didn't these errors? There was one important double fort where they where they roared like a goal had been scored and I did think if I'm deminer. I'm fuming. And there was a moment where he was stepping up to serve and the crowd will August and they would just quietening down and just as he was about to start his motion, someone shouted. Quite close to the court, I don't know if Alex deminer speaks in our French to understand, but someone shouted on his she knew, which means you in our House. Wow. Which is wow. That is so hostile. That is. I hope he didn't, I hope he didn't understand that, but it was..
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"We've had 12 teams qualifying for September's group stages and then it will be at September's group stages when the finalists are confirmed at the Davis Cup. Finals. I hope that is very clear for everybody. So who have we had qualifying this week? And of course, Croatia, the runners up last year, Great Britain and Serbia, the wild cards. They've all already qualified for the 2022 Davis Cup finals. Russia are now suspended from the competition from all international team competitions and the Davis Cup committee will meet during the week commencing march the 7th. That's this week to make a decision on the finals lineup and other related matters. So that's quite a vague vague situation. Any notable results in particular map from those 12 teams that have qualified for the group stages? Well, we had easy wins, three zero wins for the USA over Colombia, France over Ecuador, Argentina, over Czech Republic and the Netherlands over Canada. I would say that result is notable. Oh. Was that my man Greeks poor? It was, you may explore. But it was not your man, Shapovalov, and not your man, Ajay Ali has seen, hence why Canada lost, but a team needs to replace the Russian tennis federation in this competition. And it wouldn't surprise me if it's Canada because they're the they're the highest rank losing team from this weekend's ties. It's pure speculation. I have no idea, but a team does need to replace the Russian tennis federation. So it could be Canada, that's one to look out for. It could be Ukraine. That would be, I don't know. Just throwing that out there. Spain over Romania, Carlos alcaraz made its debut at last in the Davis Cup, having missed out, just having got COVID before the finals last year, a career will be there soon, help them be Austria. Kazakhstan beat Norway. That was a good tie with bublik beating Casper Ruud in the crucial match there overturning in a zero three head to head previously. And then you had Germany beating Brazil as well three one. And then you had four ties that were great that went to the deciding match. We had Belgium over Finland. David Goffin been in terrible form recently. Only won three of his last 16 matches managed to get a couple of wins. Every time you say David Goffin, which admittedly is not very often, I go, oh, God, yeah, David Goffin exists in the world. Which is unfair, really, isn't it, but yeah. No, that's what I'm trying to say. Well, he's been in such bad form, but he does like Davis Cup. He's got an incredible Davis Cup record, and he beat rusev Ori there in an important match. Great scenes in Sydney, Australia, beating, hungry, couple of wins for Alex domino on his favorite court, the Ken rosewall arena with cameras while in the stadium and then Tennessee koka nakas getting the crucial point for Australia in the final match there. That's pretty big, isn't it that they've all flown back to Australia to play that time now they'll be flying on to Indian Wells. I mean, that's quite a commitment for a country that is very vocally opposed to the new format of Davis Cup. That is, that's proper commitment from those players. Yeah, no, it really is. And I mean, this is currently Davis Cup in its most pure form. These are 12 home and away ties. Doubles in the middle, reverse singles. Okay, it's not 5 sets, but this is as close as you get to the old format. And I do think some of the players de manor certainly being one of them kokina is like the chance to compete in that environment in that atmosphere. Just a couple of other notable ones. You had Sweden beating Japan in a final match and they did that without Mikhail Lima. Elias won all three of his matches two singles and doubles. So that was really impressive from him. And then the final one was Italy beating Slovakia. This was very close to being a shop. This went to a final rubber, an Italian team with sinner, mazetti, sonego, and yet Slovakia took them right to the end and just the scenes at the end were pure Davis Cup, mazzetti drafted in for the final match, hit three backhand winners to win it, was lying on the ground, his whole team rushed over and jumped on him and then across the net you had norbert gombos inconsolable, just destroy head in hand, crying into his towel, you know, it was the sort of contrast elation and despair and then yeah, I mean, it was a day, you know, Italian tennis kind of dreamed of, I think, sinner and mazetti winning one in their singles matches. They'll be hoping for much more of that in the future. And then bear a tini joined the team via FaceTime for the press conference at the end, which was quite a nice moment as well. So yeah, that was that was the Davis Cup this week. Hang on, he didn't play for them, but he got in on the glory via FaceTime. He did, yeah. That's another way of looking at it. It's a bit like how he didn't play for the Italian team at the Euros, and then was on the bus celebrating with them around around Italy. Are you saying is the John Terry in full kit of the Italian Davis Cup team?.
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"Practice this earlier folks. I don't think I did. We probably should have practiced it early, shouldn't we? It's not dynamic radio. Anyway, he said that by the straight sets but it was in the heat of the day. He said, even for me, at the end, it was a bit hot. He was glad that that got done in three sets, put it that way. And I also had a bit of a gems life chat with him in that press conference. And that's me doing a little tease for the newsletter. Yeah, that exchange will be top notch newsletter content for subscribers and it's free to subscribe so why wouldn't you? Matt's just on Google Translate trying to decrease pay for us. It's our love word restaurant market. We did word rough tight. I think would be a good translation. There we go. So the more feast dream remains alive, he plays a Serbian in the fourth round. It's Misha, catch manovich. And I said to him, you know, you've lost to Djokovic so many damn times in big matches. Does it feel different if not being in the drawer and he wasn't being drawn on that? He sort of said wearily. I've lost to everyone in big matches. You know, no individual makes any particular difference, but it's a massive opportunity for Gael Monfils massive. So that I think other than the match that is going to go on until tomorrow's podcast records. Because for three juice in the fourth set and they've been playing for four hours and 28 minutes of mannarino incorrect. Other than that much, I think that's it for your day 5 Australian open. It has been a day. We've loved it. It's been brilliant. We can't wait for day 6. What is on the schedule for day 6? There are a few sort of obvious picks, I think there's Dan Evans and Felix O'Reilly has seen that have been scheduled for not before 5 p.m. out on out on the John Kane arena, which I've persuaded to actually go to tomorrow David. He's prepared to journey to the John Cain arena. Do you know the film kind of is no longer as far away? I don't know how they've done it, David. But the renovations they've made to the ground have brought the John Kane arena closer and convinced because we sort of went to it on the way out today. We had to get a taxi home because I only had one shoe by the end of the end of the day. It was that kind of day. Managed to break them sitting down. Just on the John canarina, for those of us that have never been, what it like it's a funny one because it does get great atmospheres, but I feel like it should. Yeah, it is the crowd of further from the court it feels than on any other arena because it's not a strictly tennis stadium. It's a multi purpose stadium that's used for concerts, I think, largely obviously pre COVID times. I think during the Commonwealth Games, it was the swimming venue. The John Kane Reynolds wasn't named after whoever John Caine is at the time. I always feel like John Cain is the. The public know the alter ego name for a superhero. Right, yes. Right. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, anyway. Isn't he? I think he's in politician. Former Victorian is a local politician. Daniel Andrews arena. One day. One day. It doesn't. It doesn't look promising for great atmos. Definitely not. But. Whether by design or just sort of, I don't know. It's developed this reputation as the place to go for the holy burly atmos, and that's I think that's kind of become so fulfilling that the people that want those kind of vibes go there and are attracted there, which is which is great because I think it could otherwise be a bit hollow and soulless because there is that physical distance between the crowd and the players, but players seem to bore a certain type of player really enjoys playing there. It's your, it's your offbeat. It's hipster. It's where the hipsters want to play. The grand pass people turn up and it's all in. And that's going to be there tomorrow. So extra hips to vibes. Why are you going to tell Dan ever? Well he's just not as far away. And it's not as far away as it once was. Okay. Somehow. Taos and Collins on rod laver arena can nepi against the Aussie World Cup muddy English. Then Benoit, peregrine Stefano past the night session is Pablo andujar against Alex domino and sonic estate against Anastasia pavlyuchenkova. Second court Zidane Sheik against corne von Drescher's sabalenka, the bookies have von Dre rover is the favorite in that against the number two seed. Then vandalism against daniil Medvedev night session is frantic Kazakh keener and Robert Medvedev, Halep's out on John Kane, as well as Evans and augereau theme. And David, I'm going to whiz down to court number three because not before 4 p.m. is where and when you will find Maxine Crecy against Chris O'Connell. What time I've got to sit down and I discovered what Chris O'Connell looked like this afternoon and it was not what I was expecting. What we were expecting and what did you find? I was expecting I had a generic Australian man in my mind. It was a sort of amalgam of Sam groth and Jordan Thompson..
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"Actually, in some ways. Yeah, he's actually. Maybe it's because he's playing on the same day as Medvedev, perhaps, and I don't know. My attention kind of goes to Medvedev. I think lots of people would probably feel the same. He described his win as a lot of fighting and a little bit of swearing, which I thought was quite a good summary. He was frustrated. He said it took him a time quite a bit of time to work out buyers, someone had never played before. Quite a tricky game. I think I asked him straight up. How was your elbow? And he said, fine. He said, honestly, I've not troubled me to Sydney. It is fine, and he didn't need any treatment, or anything like that. So it's a good sign. Because that's my biggest worry about sits a pass. You know, I do think other than that, the game, the game can be there. So then it sort of feels like. I've dropped a clanger then is what you're saying by not having him in my quarterfinals. I haven't got him in there. We've only worked with the information in front of you. I sort of, I had him losing to Taylor Fritz in round four, which is a much still on course to happen for it to beat TFA today in three sets, which is a big win little wobble from any double faulted serving match point serving for the match, but then he wrapped it up in the third set tiebreak. So they're on a little collision course. That TFA for it to match. I think it was, we didn't get to see that much of it three very competitive sets. I think, for those three, I mean, so striking the difference in physique between those two. One of them has been playing a lot of golf. And the other one's been playing less golf. I would say, but yeah, Taylor Fritz looking good. And I don't know. I don't know what I was thinking. Anyway, we're all thinking vaguely the same thing. So Fritz now faces Roberto Bautista, a goo and sits a pass faces Benoit pair. Who's unexpectedly doing a thing, he's having a run, he's beaten Grigor Dimitrov, he's got this extraordinary head to head, I think, with Gregor Dimitrov has and he's beaten in four times. So who knows? Maybe it's just one of these quirky head to heads, or maybe Benoit paire is ready to finally fulfill his talent anyone want to speculate about whether that's the case is he going to pass? Happy to take it in its own isolation, that particular match. Not to try to read anything into it whatsoever. Understood David understood. Pablo andujar, the movement killer. He has reached round three at the Australian open for the first time aged 35. And I think that deserves a little bit of a round of applause. And he faces Alex domino next. So he's got the chance to do some more movement killing. The first time Alex de menor had won a match on the rod laver arena today, which was a big moment for you. That was the only person that showed up for his press conference. Really? Great, Aussie hope, I know. Wow, that does surprise me. Yeah. How did that conversation go, Matt? This is where I say, find out in the newsletter. But it was very nice. It was very nice. Yes. Sign up then. We didn't plan that folks. Last match, I think that we want to mention is Felix auger LS theme against Alejandro davidovich for kina on the care arena my goodness me this was grueling. I mean, Matt and I went out to watch a short portion of it and that was grueling enough. Went out for a second stint. And that sounded grueling, and then the match seemed to go on for another 7 hours after that. And it was only four sets. Goodness knows what would have happened if Alejandro davidovich for managed to take it into a 5th, which could have happened four tiebreak sets. It was, wasn't it? Marathon marathon stuff. And I know Felix is an extraordinary physical specimen, but he has had serious court time to get to this point. Yeah, and played right in the heat of the day. It was hot today at Melbourne park and this was in the baking sun for four plus hours. Yeah, I found it interesting. I remember we commented on Aussie against battista goo at ATP cup and how good was your earliest scene looked, and how secure he looks. He wasn't making the same errors that he often makes. And I really thought maybe that playing someone with that rhythm helped him. But he's played two players here who give him rhythm. Rusev Rory, and davidovich for kina, their baseline that he's had rhythm. And yet, I've watched quite a lot of him. And he is spraying the ball. You do not know what is coming off of his racket. It's either a sweet connection with a perfect pop, and it looks brilliant. It's sort of mesmerizing. Or it's a shank and it's going ten feet long. And it's a real mix at the moment. And I do think perhaps though the video makes for keener and Rousey, both have firepower. And I think he's been wary of that. And I think he's been trying to pull the trigger a little bit, perhaps when he shouldn't be. Very different style of his next match against Dan Evans, who didn't have to play today. After render kanesh withdrew with a wrist injury. So couldn't be more contrasting circumstances for those two Felix about 8 hours court time into matches Dan Evans very fresh, having had a day off. Sometimes that doesn't help. You know, sometimes that can actually hurt a player. So that's an interesting third round, but gosh, Felix has had to have to battle through and his celebration afterwards was as big as you see from Phoenix also alias seem. He was buzzing to have won that today. He really was. Felix augere seeming in Stan Evans is a match that I can definitely get excited about. That'll be in a couple of days time. The schedule for tomorrow is tasty. It's very tasty indeed, David. There is a lot of this that you're not going to be allowed to watch because it's happening in the middle of the night. And if I see you tweeting at 3 o'clock in the morning again, there is not going to be a podcast tomorrow. Those are the rules. I don't need to start a burner account or something. Yeah. I mean, close your ears for this scheduled David because you're not allowed to watch any of it until the night session, okay? As a ranker against fitter first up on rod laver arena. We'll let you know the result in the podcast, David. Critique of our Panko. Thanks. And then in likely sensational match that you're not allowed to watch news, David, and watch some of this. Alcaraz against bertini. Look. Oh, I'm watching that. If it goes long, you can watch the end, okay? Can you make the others go longer?.
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"And didn't you make a bold prediction of the but you thought the opposite would happen? Is that right? You thought it might have taken too much out of him. Yeah, thanks, Katherine. Sorry. Your conversation worked out, David. But that was when we that was the first incarnation of the ATP cup, wasn't it? We didn't know we were learning as we went about what it is and what it has on everything, where it sits in tennis. I genuinely wasn't trying to throw you under the bus there, David. It's quite right. Brilliantly. I think the home of rubbish predictions. I don't think you would ever any of us would ever say something like that now that. Any result at the ATP cup would lead us to draw dramatic conclusions about the Australian open in a couple of weeks time. Unless it's sort of injury unless it's a sit to pass thing where we're learning that maybe is elbow isn't quite right yet. You know, for example, Medvedev losing to umber. I don't read much into that. No. I think that could be a product of Medvedev, not having that much of an off season, and that might have a knock on effect at the Australian open if he's fatigued in any way or not fully prepared. I'm not predicting that. I think Medvedev will have a strong Australian open, but it might be something that we come back to later, I suppose. I think another couple of players that spring to mind from the past, I remember berating, he looked brilliant in the ATP cup last year and looked brilliant at the start of the Australian open as well before he got that injury. But that sort of set him up for a really good year, I think. And then the other one is Alex domino has played really well in the ATP cup in the past and then had his Australian open curtailed. I think one year he ran into Rafael Nadal quite early one year he actually got injured at the ATP cup and then and then couldn't play the Australian open and last year. From memory, he was playing really, really well, and then he had to play a match at the Austrian open against Fognini behind closed doors, and it just it took away all of them's energy and it actually really focused for nini and funnily played brilliantly. So there have been little examples in the past where we've perhaps been able to read into ATP cup form or think ATP cup form might tell us something about the Australian open, but I don't know. It's not conclusive, I don't think. Actually, did a bit of a cam nori in his post match interview yesterday after beating bertini, and he was very good. I found that a really interesting match. It was another example of what you can gain sometimes from having Jim Courier on commentary. He pointed a couple of things out, and they've had sometimes had him sit in courtside as well. And he just noticed his one or two things that I've not picked up on before about how dimmer just sort of stands stock still to return serve and doesn't move an inch. Doesn't move back and forth just stands there and challenges an opponent. It doesn't matter how hard it hit the serve, he's standing on the baseline. And afterwards, Domino's said, I'm in the best shape of my life and I'm ready to have a big year. And I thought that was boldly said that was boldly said in the way that nori said what he said at the beginning of 2021 about who things can have a big year. Well, me. Maybe you heard you all laughing at me on the live show a couple of weeks ago when dredging up our start of the year predictions and the fact that I had Alex de manor in my end of year top ten. That was a year ago. Well, yeah. And in response to your laughter, I said, well, you'd probably have laughed if I'd said cam nori as well. Yeah, no, it's fair point and actually the other thing that struck me was the difference in Domino's demeanor and I didn't meant to say that as it came out. From the end of last year when he's playing in Madrid or wherever he was playing in the group stages of the Davis Cup current where Australia were based. But how lifeless it all seemed in his matches versus what it was like the other night in front of an Australian crowd, where he is a hero, they absolutely revere him every movie makes every fist pump every disappointment, the crowd of feeling with him, and it's like he's plugged in to the crowd there. And I do think he could if he could stay fed him and he had COVID last year and he had from what I understood that took a lot out of him and he had some setbacks, but he could have, if he stays fit, a real breakthrough year, I could believe it. I could believe it, Catherine, he could be the Camry of 2022. I could believe that. The other one that I did think and I'm not saying it wasn't just because it was ATP cup, but watching very of yesterday beating nori and it was 7 6 6 one and he was serving above 80% first serves in. I did think zverev looks as kind of composed as I've seen him in terms of just clearly thinking he's it. He is ready. He is going to be the one. That's in his mind, I think he thinks it's inevitable that he's going to make a breakthrough pretty much this year. Well, he said as much, there was a quote going round in the sitter pass press conference that zverev had apparently said, I'm gonna say I missed this, but apparently he said the big three is now me Djokovic and Medvedev on a hardcore or something like that based on the results of the past 6 months and since pass was asked what he made of that quote and he said, let's let the tennis do the talking. Was way better than any of his tweets as an answer. It is a bit of a shame that since a person is a shame anywhere that he's got an elbow injury, but I would love to see him without an elbow injury. Trying to prove that wrong. He's really, because he's done a new tweet 12 minutes ago. He's just in. Remember the power of intention? He says. Is that directed at? In terms of the big three quotes. Well, it's going to be very interesting. All of this stuff, I don't find the storylines on the men's side as does not as many of them that I'm interested in anywhere near as there is on the women's side, but there's two or three that are just intriguing in terms of what where it's going to end up going. And yeah, noticeably though, after that match is very over his interview and the guy said to him, one of those questions that isn't really a question he said, he said, oh, you guys have got a pretty pretty formidable doubles line and haven't you? Because it would run one at the time and he goes, yeah, and he just walked off, and then he was selected for doubles, and then he got absolutely taken to the cleaners by Dan Evans and Jamie Murray and you could see in heaven's body language how pumped up he was to take it to zverev. He did. And I mean, honestly, it was quite interesting. I don't exactly know what was going on with the team selections there for, for instance, Evans being put in with Murray and Salisbury knitted and whether that was the Salisbury injury. And the excellent doubles team from the end of last year, the Davis Cup team for Germany of graves and Tim quits. That was broken up. And Sarah was put in..
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"Well, thank you very much to Joseph, one of our longtime backers and supporters here on the tennis podcast and now a friend of the show. And very delighted we are to have him as well. So it's a new year. It's 2022 and can't say it's much better than the last one so far. Three days in. Catherine Whitaker is here. She's got COVID. I'm David Laura. I've got long COVID. Matt, how are you? No COVID or long COVID. Let's put it yet at the end of that sentence. But I'm okay. Thank you. Catherine, tell us about it. Textbook start to 2022 for me. Yeah, I'm fine, folks. It's like having a cold so far, touchwood. But I am in, I'm in prison. Billie Jean is an enjoying that very much. She's being assisted by very hopeful neighbors and so on with walking her. But yeah, it's really, really, I mean, I'm fine. Touchwood, but it's really miserable. Yeah, well, COVID rubbish, we know that much. Let's hope let's hope it's over soon. For all of us. Right, let's talk about tennis. That's all I can think of to cheer ourselves up at the moment. And fortunately, we got a tennis podcast to do that on. But yeah, if you want to be like Joseph and become a friend of the tennis podcast, you can. You can introduce your share. You can have a shout out. And yeah, we've got another new episode for Friends very soon in the plans. We're going to try and record that later this week if we can. My first Australian open is the idea. We got several others over the next month or so. And if you haven't already signed up to become a friend, we've got my first Wimbledon. And news of a Catherine's decimation of her former house and our first experiences of going to Wimbledon. My parents still live in that house, David. No form. No former about it. No, fortunately, you fixed it all. I fixed the roof. Brilliant. Professional did it? Yeah. Yeah. And Catherine no longer lives there. So that's probably for the best. Given what she did to it. I'm hoping to visit at a date in the not too distant future if I'm ever allowed. Yeah. Indeed. So we're three days into the new tennis season. Crikey, that kind of crept up on me. I really genuinely got taken by surprise on New Year's Day when I realized that we were halfway through the first day of the ATP cup mat, which wasn't wasn't a great start I didn't think the first few hours of it, it ended up becoming better when Alex dem and order took to the court, I thought, but yeah it wasn't a very good start, but maybe that's also in keeping with how I'm generally feeling at the moment. Yeah, I don't want to be that guy that sort of dumps on the ATP cup on the very first tennis is back show of the year. But maybe that's just how we're feeling at the moment and we're all a bit down about it generally. Look, I struggle to get into the ATP cup. I have done, I think, every year it's been on, particularly, I think, because each time it's been on, I've been sort of focused on the Davis Cup just before it and then sort of 30 days later you get what feels like the same thing. And it just doesn't feel like a particularly brilliant start to the season. That being said, there have been some good matches, which I've enjoyed already, as you said, Alex domino bartini was excellent. I watched Stefano sit the past Diego Schwartzman today. That was fun too. So I do think it will produce some good moments, but I don't think those moments will make up for the fact that I still don't really know why the ATP cup exists what it is, how I'm supposed to feel about it or that sort of thing. It's got I feel like some good bits I was watching this morning and kind of there were bits that I think we've always liked the teams being in the corner and Mike tuck and therefore all to see. And that element of it is very well presented. And actually, I think as a TV product, it seems pretty well presented. And then some of the teams are wonderfully decked out in the same kits with the name on the back like chilly had had the name Chile on the back and they all looked in sync and then you've got other teams where the completely different outfits on the same team and then the first the first sight of the new season I had was two teams in red shirts playing against one another. And I couldn't actually tell which one was which. I mean, that's tennis textbooks start to 2022. That's the tennis equivalent of getting COVID. But I do share your view that it's there's lots and lots of good, little events going on with teams involved and none of them are particularly satisfactory at the moment. That's the bottom line. I'd take a bit of 80 pickup and a bit of lever cup and some of Davis cabin but them all together, and then you might have something good. And then my daughter who turned who sat by me yesterday when I turned it on, said, oh, is there a women's ACB cup? And I said, no. And she said, why not in this day and age? And I said, well, politics. She said, no, because it's stupid. That's pretty much sums it up. But yeah. The qualification criteria are a massive problem with the ATP cup if it's laying claim to legitimacy and this is the argument we have with the.
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"Yeah and leaders agree kevin. Anderson could be second de vich. Volcano would be interesting. Said around if that happened. I don't know what it feels. Like on grass champion. All right here. But of course he is yet. I icon inaction him. Getting close to joe mitch yet. I think he's a great draw for djokovic thinks looking through this draw i mean i think i ended up with yannick sinner as his quarter-final opponents and we saw sin lose the first match the entire queens tournament the other week to to draper. He's so it's not form he said green on it things just so used to it i think he said he'd spend fifteen days on gross in his life before queen. I mean that's that's tournament. Yes i would is. Denial medvedev straw like david. He has just won the title in yorker. He always used to say that. Gross was favors. Earth is a tough first. Round or gen. Lianne leonard strove in the first and that was the last thing to come out the draw. Wasn't that time. An anti sort of who and i didn't strove just i think he just beat medvedev in halla. Oh that is not a good draw. Then medvedev won the title of the yeah over. Five sets medvedev probably so seeming currently with second round chile third round Dimitrov who in the fourth round and then quarter-final opponent most likely going to be federal. Okay i would love to see that. Dr would be feel like we haven't seen fedor medvedev since medvedev's become a real force. I think i think medvedev can cause veterans for for reasons to why jock itch. Does i think i'm going to end up. Predicting that to happen. Thinks a bertini though. Loosening is white through all the way into the final. What's his light. He has got pallor first-round. Then he's got vanish. Look up on undesired to watch says Patrick unsual right yeah Barat mutate better navy's role in section. This is a good janis. Ner could be his third-round opponent for bertini which might might be tricky for him Casper rude aslam corrosive fourth-round slightly and then in his courter it's supposed to be very it is seen night. She against him in the is there anyone else. In the men's draw the is is worth highlighting either. A seed that is has a badge jordan his liable to lose or a floater. That that catches your. I mean sit surpass. We haven't talked about sitter pass while we in quantity. We're we're talking about this. We were wondering whether that should be one of predictions in our newsletter for tonight's low stroke tomorrow morning where we pick upset in the first four rounds of the tournament. Is that enough. Say is that realistic as a possibility. I think we all consider that and we all well. I ended up thinking well. No i think it's Yeah same. I think i think if he is going to be vulnerable to pass. It likely is going to be in the first couple of rounds. He's he's not had any matches on grass for two years. And as you said tiafoe is a is a tough opponent. I thought he played quite well at queens. But i just i just have faith in sit surpassed such a good year. He doesn't have that many bad results anymore. So after back and just think the whole thing about the menstrual. The women's draw. The i mean the whole tournament missing a of especially surface like grass makes it so hard to know how How well these players who have really blossomed since the last wimbledon are gonna do grass. You know correct women's store. I think more grand slam champions. Who i genuinely. Don't know how they play on girls radio of which the couple of matches in eastbourne but yet because we rave about them so much and yet i was looking when we were doing the picks today. I'm looking and rescues section. And i'm thinking when did i last not have and rescuing a front grand slam if she's in the drawer i can't think of one and yet in the end i went with somebody i think. He's just probably more suited to the surface but her and shannon tech. I feel in years to come will probably be at a win this thing but the moment i kana mentioned that because it. It's i feel like. I've appreciated the the intricacies of the surface a bit more in the last few weeks because it's been such a long time since we've seen it. You see how uncomfortable certain plaza are moving on it and what they do with the ball. And i think with undress goo since miami. She's not actually been able to show up at a tournament without any form and go deep in it. I mean that was one of her trademarks more recently. She's or. she lost first round at roland garros. She took a loss on the grass. Didn't she it was harder to justify picking and rescue without any form than it did even human. I think it's about confidence in her body as much as it is almost than it is full. Might think think she's nervous about her her body and it will take a lot of matches. I think it will take a bit of a grind for her to let go without stress. And why wouldn't she was about her body repeatedly letting her and us down that section she's just rammed with people of not as a rancor is potential for trying to ponant An controversy it could be as a continent in the third round. There is cass akina. there's ostapenko just won a title. He's happening she's happening. I'm when she happened. She wins grand slam but would you back her. Not to back it up. That's the thing. I ended up going with the player that she beats in. He was eastbound. concentrate. Now i've got for kazakina. Oh right to be another course. I'm always want kazakina flagwaver. But i'm also i can't get out of my head watching what kazakina did to rush party on grass at wimbledon about three years ago seeing somebody beat bharti around game was something running on seen before it is that not also a problem with players winning title the week before a slam. I always struggle with that. When i'm making prediction because logically. You should think that's the player. I'm gonna pay their in great form but actually it can often go the other way and sometimes well that matches in different conditions. Have maybe peaked too soon. How do you back out. Alex domino one in east born yesterday. That was the men's final was played. Second it was on late afternoon. He's i think playing not before five pm match on day. One tomorrow nathan and the lost time. He won a tournament on the eve of islam with sydney Before was it the twenty twenty australian open not one thousand nine hundred eighteen Ended up having to withdraw hudson. The it's it's. It's a poisoned chalice. Guys back to jakovich doing it recently in belgrade and when we were concerned that wasn't the standard preparation for grand slam. The ended up winning the franchise. Yes i'm but i. But i do agree with you at this tournament with. The amount of tennis. Have all played french. Open everything else to come to wimbledon. The some of these plays. It feels a bit frantic. So especially the ones who've had to fly in you know it's it's a lot all at once. You and you see the other players are spending a good five six days just acclimatizing getting used to it. Enjoying all aubergine. Getting used to so. I'm not gonna go your favorite player. Favorite play jinking. She's not jane. Yeah and and i see these players particularly today because it was so quiet at wimbledon..
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"To her after his friend of the poet shipper. Yeah i asked her about clay really. Because i don't think of hose Clay court player. And maybe that's rome you know she. She reached the fourth round at roland. Garros lost one of her best slam results. She weeks the funding charleston. Early this year on the green clay so i just sort of what. She likes about clan. What she doesn't like and face lit up she said i love the sliding sort of childlike enthusiasm for fifth on clay and actually. She said she does like it. Because it gives a time it gives a time to bring out the aspects of her game. I think there was some tennis players who they have time. They become worse players. But i think chipper probably is one who becomes better because she's got options which she can deploy and there was so many dropshots in this match today against pollutants wave of and eventually jabber sort of really took control of that action. Just had a bit more power as well i think. She's wary of the physicality on the surface. She knows matches can get can get tough. And i think you have to accept some suffering on clay and it's it's a bit of a mindset so you know i think basically i learned that she likes clay and therefore is someone to track in this tournament because she's the soda player. Who if she finds that top gear can cause problems to anyone. I think she's that good when she's playing. Well noted i is emoji on on chaba. That's your round up for day. Three jovic has two set points at five four in the second. Set as we come to barring a major incident he is making his way safely three to round number two to morisha. Joel reads thus marquette andrei chevelle starts things of trae former finalist calls and hominy tan. Great name. then it's such an off against nishikori and then not before four pm. Local time serena williams against mahela business coup and then the night sessions night belongs to tommy paul and daniil medvedev which i think could be very tasty then on longliners very against roman sa- fulin Russian play them in a hertzog against carolina garcia Then it sits a pass against pedro martinez and saas nova sub. Lincou bella russian clash and then the much of the day tomorrow. I think It's tulsen against as a rank that's lost up on no it's Penultimate much on coots simone mathieu kazakina bench. Shit sean simone mathieu then. Roberta battiste dragan and relaxing. And then it's is as rank at thomson and then enzo coco against pablo carini booster Plenty more matches tomorrow is well else stay elsewhere. But that's the that's the best of the bunch on the show courts. We have a mascot for the tournament. We have phoebe and we also have posthumously lucci as well as a heli phoebe. The lovely colgate billie jean hill fluffy because i gave her a groom today. And that's my next career sorted out. Go to bed carried away but i. i don't want to see my home. But i think i didn't excellent shoot. She's sponsored by billie jean king zeus. I let you down today or other donovan. Let us both down scouser mouthful. Matt how did how did you get on this council I've joined the party. We thanks thanks. thanks to face. Lovely david rogue general brady anastasius of it didn't go well chris but leaves our executive producer and we shoutout smart to not lee price processes. Right enough thanks. She's supposed alex maclellan. Alex think i know a mcclelland. I didn't if that's a very common name in scotland. Oh maybe that could be anyway. Hello alex like alex domino. He won today did and within the cartoon the agenda yes no shirt shops and much more affordable than the lacoste but probably still overpriced. Anyway our final shoutout is four clarisa troop who is the owner of lovely alfie. Who was one of our weekly lovely. Alfie and closer explains it all was A great tv show in the ninety s exclusive. Thank you clarisa. Thank you for listening to your friends if they like tennis. Seve just a policy interest in tennis. Probably probably worth mentioning it to them. We'll be back with daily podcasts. For the remaining twelve days of the french. You've been doing this folks. It's only gonna get better from here Thanks for listening to speech tomorrow..