AO Day 13 - Now THAT was a final; Courier previews Djokovic vs Tsitsipas
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Wow. We wanted a great final and we got a spectacular one as Aryna Sabalenka came from a set down to beat Elena Rybakina and win her first Grand Slam title. Catherine, David and Matt gather in Garden Square to react to the match, discuss Sabalenka's journey to this point, and consider what it might mean for her career. There's also live reaction to the Sensations - Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler - winning the men's doubles title, a round up of all the results including wheelchair matches and juniors, before a segment with Jim Courier to preview Novak Djokovic vs Stefanos Tsitsipas. Our full chat with Jim is available exclusively for Friends of The Tennis Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli. I'm Matt Vellander. This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:05.3 | This is Pam Shriver. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:16.3 | Well, it is 11.47pm. You find myself David and Matt in Garden Square on a perfect Melbourne night. |
| 0:30.2 | And even better news than all of that, we are not going to be sued because as promised in last night's podcast, |
| 0:38.4 | we have had a sensational women's final. We have just watched the match of the tournament, I think, on the women's side, |
| 0:48.0 | possibly overall. And we watched it in the final. How often do you get the best match of the tournament in the final? |
| 0:55.5 | Not often is the answer, I might press you on exactly when the last time maybe that happened. |
| 1:02.6 | But I can't think of an obvious example. Two hours and 28 minutes of grit and brilliance one by a woman who's |
| 1:13.5 | heard a quite extraordinary 12 months. In the words of Pam Shriver on our WhatsApp group, |
| 1:19.6 | Arena Sabilecka has completed the greatest comeback from the Yips. The sport of tennis has ever seen. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, she's seen a lot and I mean, I can't give you another example that is comparable to this. |
| 1:37.4 | The depth that she plummeted to with that server year ago, having to serve and dream to get it in, |
| 1:43.1 | serving over 400 double faults in the year. She just lost away completely and that's a distant |
| 1:50.8 | memory now. I mean, just just on the best final. I was trying to remember what the Asaka |
| 1:57.0 | Cavitival final was like from a few years ago. I don't think I watched it as closely as I did tonight. |
| 2:04.7 | This felt everything you would want it to be. Literally everything. It was two brilliant young players |
| 2:12.7 | with ultimate weapons and they were both going toe to toe at the same time. And it wasn't an |
| 2:20.4 | unforesterifest. It was just great. Yeah, it was the match we've been waiting for and more, wasn't it? |
| 2:27.3 | It was spectacular and such high quality, so much drama. I think Sabilecka hit over 50 winners and |
| 2:36.9 | had fewer than 30 unforesteris. It was really high quality and I just absolutely loved it. It's |
| 2:45.8 | one of the best matches I've ever seen live for sure. And on Sabilecka's sort of serving, |
| 2:53.5 | for those of us who like a bit of narrative, I just thought it was perfect that she started |
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