Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic on their turmoil without tennis, and desire to return
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Andy Murray is back! After almost a year side-lined by injury, he will make his competitive return at The Queen’s Club against Nick Kyrgios on Tuesday.
In the first of daily podcasts from the Fever-Tree Championships, Murray’s last-minute decision to play dominates discussion.
In an incredibly honest interview, Murray opens up to Catherine about his difficult year and his prospects for the future. How has his relationships with the sport changed? How low did he feel during the long months of rehab? What unfinished business does he have left in the sport?
Hear the full-length interview on The Tennis Podcast.
The other big news is that Novak Djokovic is back at The Queen’s Club for the first time since 2010. Speaking to Gigi Salmon, Djokovic recounts in detail his own struggles over the last twelve months. What lessons has he learned? Have his problems been more physical or mental?
Finally, Cameron Norrie will face Stan Wawrinka on Monday. But what is the Brit’s party trick?
The Fever-Tree Championships at The Queen’s Club will be broadcast on Amazon Prime Video in the UK from 11.30am every day. Their coverage is presented by our very own Catherine Whitaker, alongside Ross Dyer, Daniela Hantuchova and Greg Rusedski.
The Tennis Podcast is produced weekly throughout the year and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments and The Fever-Tree Championships, in association with Telegraph Sport. It is presented by Catherine Whitaker (Prime Video) and David Law (BBC 5 Live, BT Sport).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Andy Murray and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the tenor graph. |
| 0:19.0 | We are one sleep away from the fever tree championships at the Queens club where myself David Law and Gigi Samman |
| 0:26.0 | currently stand on the tournament directors balcony looking over a glorious site in his center court. |
| 0:33.0 | It does have 14 of the world's top 30 here ready to play on it and it will also have the returning Novak |
| 0:39.0 | Jockovich after eight years away and Andy Murray who hasn't played a tennis match on the tour for 11 months. |
| 0:47.0 | But he's going to be back here and we're going to hear from him. |
| 0:50.0 | We're going to hear from Novak Jockovich here on the tennis podcast. |
| 0:53.0 | We've got a lot of chat that Catherine Whitaker had with Andy and Gigi had with Novak today. |
| 0:58.0 | It was media day. We've had a lot of fun going through and talking to all the players today. |
| 1:03.0 | Gigi, the anticipation is building and I mean there were so many crews today out there weren't they. |
| 1:08.0 | It was a lot happening. |
| 1:10.0 | It was like television alley along the south stand at the bottom and each time a player arrived they said this center court is amazing. |
| 1:16.0 | When you asked for their memories of being and why they like to come back here they said this is quite possibly one of the best grass courts in the world |
| 1:22.0 | and Novak Jockovich said it's great you can't practice on center court. |
| 1:26.0 | He said it's so unique that you're not allowed out there until you actually play on it. |
| 1:29.0 | Everyone's in a good mood but they normally are before the tournament starts. |
| 1:32.0 | We spoke to some people who have come through qualifying so very very happy. |
| 1:35.0 | They just relax. They love being out here on the grass. |
| 1:38.0 | It's a nice day isn't it media day to speak to them but they had a lot of work to it. |
| 1:42.0 | When they came to us they was a little bit more fun. |
| 1:44.0 | So a lot of them quite serious interviews but we're also a little bit of a mix. |
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