Aus Open Day 15 - Carlos Alcaraz: History Boy
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
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🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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History was made at the Australian Open on Sunday as Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic to become the youngest man to win the career Grand Slam. Catherine, David and Matt react to a special night in Melbourne.
Part one - Djokovic’s incredible start to the match, Alcaraz’s tactical adjustments and impressive mindset, a tense fourth set as Djokovic upped his intensity, and Alcaraz proving the doubters wrong.
Part two (39:57) - Could Alcaraz now win the calendar slam? And where does this extraordinary tournament leave Djokovic?
Part three (1:01:25) - Sensation of the day and Craig Tiley’s big plans for the Australia Open.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is presented by ServiceNow. Learn how ServiceNow puts AI to work for people at |
| 0:06.6 | servicenow.com. |
| 0:18.1 | Hello and welcome to Melbourne Park on the 15th and final day of the 2026 Australian Open. |
| 0:27.4 | You find us one last time in the Media Centre's Creator Lounge, which I'm really going to miss next week when we're back on the other side of the world. |
| 0:36.6 | And we are here processing |
| 0:39.1 | the history that we have witnessed tonight with Carlos Alcaraz at 22 years of age, |
| 0:46.1 | becoming the youngest man to ever complete the career grand slam of all four major titles. |
| 0:53.4 | He did it with a 26, 6-2-6-3-75 victory over 38-year-old Novak Djokovic, denying Jokovic, |
| 1:02.4 | a 25th Grand Slam title. |
| 1:06.0 | Matt, one of the youngest tennis journalists ever to witness a career grand slam. How does it feel? |
| 1:15.4 | It feels great. Yeah, I mean, ever since I first saw Carlos Alcraz in 2017, you've set me up. |
| 1:24.1 | You've set me up. No, I have said this before, but I've always thought that, like, |
| 1:30.2 | Carlos Alcrez is the first tennis player I've seen where I just always assumed he would do the career slam, |
| 1:38.2 | you know, which is such an absurd thing. |
| 1:41.2 | But I didn't necessarily think he would do it this quickly. It's absolutely outrageous what |
| 1:47.1 | he's achieved tonight. And yeah, very special to be here. For you, David? Absolutely. I also |
| 1:55.2 | never had any doubts that he would do it. That really felt like a foregone conclusion, but to do it this early in his career, and for |
| 2:04.8 | him to signpost it as something that mattered to him as much as it did, in answer to your |
| 2:09.8 | question a couple nights ago, Catherine, that amazing question about whether you'd do this |
| 2:15.1 | one, win this one, rather than the other three of the rest of the year, |
| 2:19.2 | and him saying yes. And to do it, and to do it against Novak Chalkovich, given what history he was |
| 2:25.2 | going for, couldn't have been more perfect. How good a match was this final? I thought it was |
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