Aus Open Day 10 - Thiem's Time Has Come
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Dominic Thiem did it. He proved Catherine, David and Matt right (for once) by beating Rafael Nadal in four pulsating sets. How significant does it feel that he beat Nadal at his own game? What made Nadal look agitated? And can Thiem peak again for the rest of this tournament?
There’s also chat about Alexander Zverev reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final with victory over Stan Wawrinka, and the way he’s turned his serve into a weapon again, approached this year’s Australian Open with lower expectations, and kept faith in his father as his coach.
Finally, Simona Halep and Garbiñe Muguruza set up an exciting semi-final match. Is Halep playing as well as ever? And in what way is Muguruza on lockdown mode in her press conferences?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martino Navratlova. I'm Matt Vylander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm San Roenka. I'm Lighten Jut. I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | It's nearly 1 o'clock in the morning. Dominic team hasn't even come into his press conference yet. |
| 0:25.6 | But he is into the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in his entire life. |
| 0:30.9 | Which means that the World No. 1 rap on the doubt is no more in the 2020 Australian Open. |
| 0:37.4 | We will be having a new men's singles finalist because it is going to be the Dominic team or Alexander's barred. |
| 0:45.9 | And what a night, what a performance and team and such a match rich in different types of |
| 0:59.9 | entertainment. |
| 1:01.3 | Entertainment Catherine Whitaker, yeah. But you know, it wasn't straightforward. It wasn't linear. |
| 1:07.1 | It was just all over the shop. It was a rollercoaster. It was a meandering journey. |
| 1:13.6 | Well, I would say first of all, God, it feels good to be right for a change. |
| 1:19.7 | Oh, yeah, we got one right. Given that we all backed team. I just thought I should put that out there. |
| 1:26.0 | Given that we're wrong most of the time. |
| 1:27.6 | Some of us put our hypothetical money where I'm out. |
| 1:31.2 | Some of us picked fairies as well. They are on fire today. |
| 1:36.5 | But anyway, let's not worry about that. Let's just start with this team, Nadal. |
| 1:41.2 | Well, match, I've just a nice big name drop. Just walked straight past him. |
| 1:45.4 | Nadal, as you came out of the press comments. |
| 1:47.7 | And he still has the politeness to say, although he's walking past absolutely crestfall |
| 1:51.5 | enough for having been beaten. And he got beaten at his own game today. |
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