Aus Open Day 11 - Is this where Naomi Osaka takes over?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Day 11 of this Australian Open was a classic day of Grand Slam semi-final tennis, defined by tournament favourites underlining their credentials, an ageing great dealing with the heaviness of defeat, and two inexperienced players anxiously trying to defeat their nerves and each other to reach a first major final. It left us with lots to reflect on and lots to look forward to on the podcast.

Osaka shines bright - what makes her so special?
Interpreting Serena’s wave goodbye
Will Serena get to 24 and does it matter? (Featuring a small argument)
Brady survives epic last game to reach first major final - can she trouble Osaka?
Djokovic hits peak form at the right time
What next for Aslan Karatsev?
Medvedev vs. Tsitsipas preview

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartorri. I'm Matt Vylander. This is Mary Carillo.
0:05.3	I'm San Roenka. I'm Lighten Hutt. I'm Andy Murray. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis
0:10.8	podcast.
0:22.0	So that was day 11 of the Australian Open. Our women's final lineup is set. It'll be Naomi Osaka
0:29.1	against Jennifer Brady or Jen Brady as David Locke's to call her a replay of one of the matches
0:35.6	of 2020, if not the match of 2020, their US Open semi-final and half of the men's final
0:43.2	is set. No doubt Drockovich will compete in the Australian Open final for the ninth time
0:49.2	in his career and of course he's never lost one. He's an eight-time champion and he waits the winner
0:56.0	of the second semi-final tomorrow or today or some time ago depending on when you're listening to
1:02.3	this between Daniel Medvedev and Stefano Sittapas. I'm starting David and Matt to get anxious
1:12.1	about Monday and the fact that the Australian Open 2021 canister is running low. Stop that.
1:21.7	That's a sad thought. Come on, it's waiting till Sunday to do that because I can't handle it.
1:30.0	Okay, what I'm saying is I'm enjoying it and it's great and I don't want it to end. It's a positive
1:34.3	thing really. Okay, well that's a good way of turning it around while doing Catherine. I'm pumped
1:39.6	again. We've all been up well. I say we've all we all awoke at 3 a.m. for a soccer against Serena.
1:48.2	Some of us snuck in some significant extra sleep after that and some of us stayed awake right
1:54.6	the way through. Who might that be? Hands up please. Yeah, look at him. How you feeling, David?
2:01.2	Great. Yeah, it's been quite a few hours, hasn't it? All 10 hours and more since that. Yeah, I mean
2:11.7	Asaka Serena was just fascinating. Not quite the match I thought it would be, but really interesting.
2:21.8	Lots to discuss. Brady against Mukava was also not what I was really expecting, but I mean the final
2:29.7	game of it was the best game of the whole tournament. And then Jokavitch and Karatev was a lot more
2:38.4	interesting than the score would suggest it was. Matt, you had a post-brainy, pre-Jokavitch nap,
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