Aus Open Day 10 - What happened to Coco Gauff?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt discuss another day of matches without much jeopardy, but one that saw Aryna Sabalenka, Elina Svitolina, Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz all reach the semi-finals.

Part one - Men’s results. We cover the total brilliance of Carlos Alcaraz in the night session, a new Alcaraz theory that David’s developed, the devastation of Alex de Minaur, and the remarkable serving performance from Alexander Zverev which helped him to beat Learner Tien.

Part two (34:46) - Women’s results. We discuss Coco Gauff’s shocking 6-1 6-2 defeat against Elina Svitolina. What happened to her game? And what can Svitolina do against Aryna Sabalenka?

Part three (58:21) - Sensation of the Day and a preview of Day 11 with four more quarter-finals.

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0:00.0	Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on day 10 of the Australian Open, also known as Inferno Day. Temperatures hit 46 degrees Celsius here earlier before mercifully calling off a couple of hours ago.
0:27.0	It's also been All Abilities Day at the AO today, which is really tough timing because it's a great initiative that they do here.
0:35.1	But unfortunately, the crowds were obviously thin
0:37.9	because it was basically unbearable to be outside during daylight hours today.
0:43.7	But they still went ahead with most of the planned activities, a lot of them for kids.
0:47.9	They had a temporary tattoo station that we missed out on, David.
0:50.9	I'm sure you're gutted about that.
0:52.7	Dylan Alcott, who's a household name and a big star here.
0:56.1	He was very involved with various different things as part of All Abilities Day. And there was a
1:02.3	Paris standing tennis showcase as well, which is a really cool thing. Unfortunately, because of
1:08.8	the weather forecast, the wheelchair tennis events which were
1:12.0	scheduled to get underway today, don't get underway until tomorrow. And I would say if you have
1:17.6	tickets to Melbourne Park over the next five days, or if you are in Melbourne and don't have
1:23.0	tickets, get yourself a grounds pass and come and check out the wheelchair tennis.
1:28.2	Those events are well worth watching.
1:30.5	They get good crowds here in Australia.
1:32.4	I think there'll be a vibe and they deserve that support.
1:37.3	So yeah, it's a cool thing that they do here and it was just a shame that the timing worked out as it did.
1:45.3	But speaking of tennis showcases, David, Carlos Alcaraz
1:52.0	and poor old Alex de Manor, 76-6-2-6-1 for Al-Qaraz tonight.
2:00.5	It felt like an exhibition.
2:02.7	It felt like a Carlos Alcaraz testimonial.
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