Ask Catherine & David 4 – Nadal-Federer GOAT Debate; Should Women Play Best-of-Five Sets?; Does Tennis Need A Unified Governing Body?; Is Doubles In Crisis?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
After producing 39 podcasts in 50 days during the French Open, the Fever-Tree Championships and Wimbledon, Catherine and David have handed over editorial control to the listeners for the latest show.
In the fourth instalment this year of Ask Catherine & David, the hosts do their best to answer all the questions selected by executive producer Melanie Bose.
What does Rafael Nadal need to achieve to become widely considered the GOAT? Would tennis be better off with a commissioner rather than a committee? Should women be playing best-of-five sets at Grand Slams? And what might Andy Murray do once his playing career is over?
Catherine and David get stuck into all that and more.
The Tennis Podcast is uploaded weekly throughout the year and daily at the Grand Slam tournaments. It is produced in associated with Telegraph Sport and sponsored by Amazon Prime Video, the new home of the US Open in the UK.
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| 0:31.0 | Hi, I'm John McConnor. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:34.0 | This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Vylander. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Stan Ravinka. I'm Lighten Jut. |
| 0:39.0 | I'm Andy Murray. And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:52.0 | Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you an association |
| 0:56.0 | with a telegraph and with Amazon Prime Video UK, the home of the US Open in the UK. |
| 1:02.0 | That's what it's going to be in just a few weeks time when the US Open gets underway. |
| 1:07.0 | We come to you right now from Wimbledon because we are just coming towards the conclusion of the event here. |
| 1:12.0 | And we are taking this opportunity to take your questions in the company of our executive producer Melanie Bose |
| 1:19.0 | who is choosing the very best of the questions of some of the ones she likes |
| 1:24.0 | that you've all sent in for Catherine Whitaker and myself David Law. |
| 1:28.0 | So Catherine, shall we get underway? Are you ready for this test? |
| 1:31.0 | Ready as I'll ever be. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm a bit scared. |
| 1:35.0 | Stan, it's a test. |
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