Aus Open Day 1 - Bianca's back as WTA Avengers Assemble; Shapovalov-Sinner Epic

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

After an exhilarating opening day at the Australian Open - featuring dominant performance from the leading women’s contenders and culminating in a five-set epic under the lights - Catherine, David and Matt had plenty to discuss on the pod.

In what ways did both Shapovalov and Sinner impress in their late night epic? How did Kyrgios respond to Djokovic’s comment that he doesn’t “respect” him off court? Who sent the biggest statement - Halep, Serena or Osaka? What did Kerber have to say about the impact of 14-day quarantine after her heavy defeat? Why did Gael Monfils get so emotional in his press conference? And how did it feel to watch Andreescu play and win a tennis match again?

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli. I'm Matt Vylander. This is Mary Carillo.
0:05.3	I'm Stan Ravinka. I'm Lighten Hutt. I'm Andy Murray. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening
0:09.9	to the tennis podcast.
0:22.4	Well nothing says day one of the Australian open like an Arctic Blizzard. That is what David
0:28.8	Law woke up to at 4.30am this morning. What on earth were you thinking David when you walked
0:35.6	to work for day one if the Aussie open the happy slam in an Arctic Blizzard and how did it? How does
0:43.6	it compare to how you're feeling now after day one? I feel great now. I feel a bit weird you know
0:51.6	because it's two three in the afternoon. I really do feel quite ready for bed and it's beautifully
0:56.6	sunny outside now but and the day has been great so I've really enjoyed it but you're right. When
1:03.0	I walked out the hotel door at 5.30am and it was pitch dark and a Blizzard it did it did amuse me
1:12.6	just the ridiculousness of the difference between where I am and where they are actually playing the
1:18.0	tennis that I am describing. Don't know where you're getting up at 4.30 if you're not commencing
1:23.6	your commute until 5.30am you need to get that routine down to 10 minutes.
1:29.4	Yeah I know from experience that you have become an expert at that but you wouldn't get to watch
1:38.0	the hours worth of tennis and catch up on all the tennis podcast Twitter that I got to catch up on.
1:43.8	Okay fair enough fair enough match we will wake at 4.30am you have had a very weird body clock
1:49.7	situation start as you mean to go on how you feeling how was your night and morning.
1:56.4	Yeah I mean this is a little bit of a throwback for me really because up until two years ago this
2:01.0	was how I used to follow the Australian open being being up through the night and yes I intended
2:08.3	to watch just a couple of hours from midnight ended up watching about six hours from midnight so my
2:14.0	body clock is a little bit all over the place but as weird an experience it was on the first day
2:21.3	it was also a classic grand slam day wasn't it there was so much going on so many good stories
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