Aus Open Day 12 - Mount Medvedev too much for Tsitsipas

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Just when Stefanos Tsitsipas thought he’d scaled his Everest by beating Rafael Nadal, he ran into Daniil Medvedev. The Russian picked apart Tsitsipas’ game for his 12th consecutive win over a Top-10 player to set up a final meeting with Novak Djokovic.

In part one of this podcast we discuss the match, including the way the crowd influenced both players, the deceptive brilliance of Medvedev, whether Tsitsipas was fatigued, the simmering aggro, and Medvedev’s shot of the tournament contender.

In part two, we speak to Simon Briggs to get his views on Medvedev’s appeal in the UK, to hear about his interview with Naomi Osaka’s fitness trainer, to discuss the news that the Australian Open is set to cost Tennis Australia $100m, and to ponder what’s next for the sport in these uncertain times.

The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments.

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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 Lainey Nguet. I'm Andy Murray. This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis
0:10.8	podcast.
0:22.2	So Daniel Medvedev is an Australian open finalist. He joins Novak Djokovic who he'll face in Sunday's
0:29.0	final. Of course Naomi Osaka and Jen Brady in that single's final line up. You might notice I
0:36.3	sound a little bit different to the usual. Very high audio quality. You've come to be accustomed to
0:44.1	hopefully and that is all because Billie Jean has chewed through a very, very, very fundamental cable
0:55.2	to the recording process. What am I laughing? I mean, and this happened during the first version of
1:05.7	this call and recording. So yeah. I was only saying two weeks ago that I'd never had to do a re-record
1:15.6	in my two years on this podcast. Insert quote about London passes.
1:26.4	She's really apologetic. She knows not what she has done but she is very, very much in the dog
1:34.8	book house. In an attempt to make up for this total debacle, I have captured some, depending on how you
1:47.2	look at it, very funny photos of her with the incriminating cable. She chewed right the way through it.
1:53.4	It makes you feel better. She really seems to enjoy herself. No, it doesn't make me feel better.
1:58.2	No. She can be grig or dimmer trough smashing a racket into smithereens for all I care.
2:03.6	But no, it doesn't. But Alicia, we've got Simon Briggs on the show today later on.
2:08.4	So Billie Jean's in the dog house. Did Neil Medvedev's in the final? What different fates they've
2:15.7	both had today? Billie Jean is more in the Stefano Sitter Pass sort of type situation.
2:23.0	He came into press conference in slightly existential crisis mode because two days ago,
2:29.5	he beat Rafael Nadal and to use our or perhaps David's analogy, he thought he'd conquist his
2:36.6	ever conquered his Everest. And 48 hours later, he discovers that actually he's just got a new
2:43.2	Everest because he's now actually got fewer wins over to Neil Medvedev than he does over Rafael
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