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The Tennis Podcast

Aus Open Day 2 - Novak Djokovic Is Back With A Bang But What Did He Say About That Player Meeting?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis, Sports & Recreation

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Aus Open Day 2 - Novak Djokovic Is Back With A Bang But What Did He Say About That Player Meeting?


Novak Djokovic was front and centre on Tuesday, both on and off the court, as he played a competitive tennis match for the first time since Wimbledon and then addressed reports about his role in the Player Meeting on Friday.


In the latest Tennis Podcast, we hear his post-match press conference in which he denied talking about a potential boycott, insisted he had been misrepresented in reports, and said he merely wanted to get the players together to discuss certain ‘topics’ amongst themselves. We get the reaction of Telegraph tennis correspondent Simon Briggs on the podcast.


On the court, Djokovic was imperious on his return, and he was joined by Stan Wawrinka. Podcast presenter David Law is joined by former Top 50 player Jil Craybas to assess how they looked, examine the form of Maria Sharapova in her first match since testing positive at the event two years ago, and predict who will win the men’s and women’s events.


The Australian Open will be live on Eurosport from midnight, with radio commentary available on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.


The Tennis Podcast will be produced daily throughout the Australian Open, in association with Telegraph Sport and Eurosport. 


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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Elegy Norwick.

0:02.0

I'm John McAnorwick.

0:03.2

I'm Bjornborg.

0:04.0

I'm Razy.

0:04.8

This is Martina and Navratelova.

0:06.3

This is Mark Fulkes.

0:07.3

I'm Andy Mori.

0:08.3

You're listening to the tennis podcast.

0:21.6

Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast.

0:24.2

Brought to you in association with the tenor graph and with your sport.

0:28.2

This is David Law coming to you from Garden Square at the Australian Open

0:32.9

and Melbourne Park on day two of the year's first major tournament of 2018.

0:38.9

I'm on my own today because Catherine Whitaker has unfortunately been taken unwell.

0:44.6

She has gone to rest up a little bit ahead of day three

0:49.1

and hopefully we'll be back with us on the podcast tomorrow.

0:52.9

However, happy to say we do have guests and they are very good guests too.

0:57.6

We've got Simon Briggs with us from the tenor graph, of course, our partners on the tennis podcast.

1:03.2

And he is going to be talking us through the press conference that Novak Jokovic

1:08.4

attended after his match.

1:09.9

Of course, we discussed the situation with the player meeting that Novak Jokovic

1:15.6

was part of and all the stories that came from that will also be speaking to

1:20.2

Jill Kraybass, top 50 player who is here with me a little later in the show.

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