AO Day 6 - Murray leaves his mark on Melbourne; Sabalenka vs. Bencic? Yes please!
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
When we came to Melbourne for the Australian Open, we did not expect to be talking so much about Andy Murray, but once again he was the main story on Day 6, even in defeat. With his match against Roberto Bautista Agut only lasting 3h30m, we finally got the chance to record on site in Garden Square with a beer in hand and tennis noises in the background. There's also discussion about the state of Novak Djokovic's hamstring, the elite form of Andrey Rublev, Caroline Garcia surviving a tricky match against Laura Siegemund, the blockbuster fourth round match between Belinda Bencic and Aryna Sabalenka, and why we're disappointed that Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina is not Prime Time in the night session.
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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. |
| 0:20.5 | Well hello and welcome to day six of the Australian Open and I can actually say welcome to day six |
| 0:26.8 | of the Australian Open because I think for the first time this week we are recording or at least |
| 0:31.6 | starting recording before midnight. It is 11.44 pm and you find us, myself David and Matt, |
| 0:40.4 | in garden square with the trickle of the fountain, in the background, the sound of the big screen and |
| 0:46.8 | the final stages are what look like the final stages of Magdaleneck against a Caterina Alexander |
| 0:53.4 | that the final match of the day on Rodley but Arena Lynette leads by a set and a double break serving |
| 0:58.8 | 4-1 40 love in the second set. That would be a heck of a win for Magdaleneck to make it to the fourth round |
| 1:05.2 | of Islam. I think for the first time that is Magdaleneck's knowledge of the top of my head. |
| 1:11.3 | Don't at me but I think that that is the case. This is a very nice place to be. |
| 1:18.0 | Wonderful. The temperature is just right isn't it as well. I mean I put my coat on after I came |
| 1:24.0 | out of the commentary box and I've taken it off again just before midnight because it's not too hot, |
| 1:29.7 | not too cold. We've got a few beers on the go here. We've got some crisps. This is the seagulls |
| 1:36.1 | that are above us. It's great I think what I'm going to be able to secure this evening is my first |
| 1:41.6 | mosquito bites of the trip. Oh yeah. Oh you'll get pregnant. I was actually thinking yesterday wow, |
| 1:45.5 | it's been nearly two weeks and I'm yet to be savaged by mosquitoes but I feel like you know they'll |
| 1:51.8 | all gang up on me tonight. So that's something to look forward to but there's nowhere we'd rather be |
| 1:56.8 | and there is a lot to talk about and once again we're going to lead with Andy Murray because |
| 2:04.0 | it's the last time this tournament that we'll be able to do that and I think he's been the |
| 2:09.7 | story of the first week quite frankly. I know that Australians will perhaps see it differently |
| 2:15.5 | and possibly we're seeing this through British Lens but I think it's just through a sporting |
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