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The Tennis Podcast

ATP Finals - Medvedev’s yawn, Ruud’s rise, Djokovic vs. Zverev preview

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis, Sports & Recreation

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

David and Matt bring you the latest in the story involving Peng Shuai’s disappearance and discuss the main talking points from Turin as the ATP Finals group stage comes to a close. 

In what way was Daniil Medvedev vs. Jannik Sinner the best dead rubber of all time? Why did Medvedev’s fake yawn provoke such a reaction? Why does David like Casper Ruud so much? How did Ruud get the better of Andrey Rublev for the first time? What insights did Ruud give in his post match press conference? And how might Novak Djokovic vs. Alexander Zverev unfold? 

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartorzi.

0:03.1

I'm Matt's Vylander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Shriver.

0:06.4

This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.

0:20.6

Well we come to you in the evening of Friday with the final group stage match about to get underway

0:28.0

between Novak Chokovic and Cameron Nori, a late alternate replacement for the injured player

0:35.3

in that particular group, which was Stefano Sitsapas. And frankly nothing can happen of note

0:42.0

in it, Matt, because Chokovic has already qualified. Cameron Nori has already

0:48.9

well lost, so he's out. So basically it's a dead rubber for the second night in a row.

0:54.8

Although last night's dead rubber was pretty good. So we'll get onto that in a little while.

1:01.6

And yeah basically the locals in Turin are putting, I guess you might say, the popular player in

1:09.0

Janik's sinner and the big name in Novak Chokovic in prime time, regardless of whether the matches

1:15.5

mean anything. I think that pretty much sums it up. So Catherine's chatting away at the moment

1:20.8

ahead of the Chokovic's Nori match and here we are on the tennis podcast to bring you up to date

1:25.5

with it all. But before we do that, we'll bring you up to date with the latest involving punctuey.

1:33.1

As you know from, I guess a lot of the media coverage you will have been following and certainly

1:38.5

from our podcast over the last week, she still hasn't been heard from or spoken to or seen.

1:47.3

It's certainly not from a verifiable source. We have seen some screenshots of her within a

1:55.1

with in a tweet, but once again from somebody from the China state media. So frankly I don't think

2:02.8

many people are taking that too seriously, but what they are taking seriously Matt

2:08.0

is the ongoing story in itself and how distressing and worrying it is. And more and more players

2:15.2

seem to be speaking out and Steve Syme in the WTA CEO is taking every chance he can to

2:23.5

to make his and the WTA's position about her and about their business in China very very clear.

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