Aus Open Day 2 - The REAL Day One Delivers

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

After a slow start on Sunday, the Australian Open really got going on Monday, with big names in action and stories galore. Catherine, David and Matt got stuck into it all.

Part one - Men's results. Basavareddy impresses, how Djokovic and Murray need to get to know each other, Alcaraz and Sinner through in straight sets, Michelsen schools jades Tsitsipas, Post Puke Tiafoe.

Part two (from 45 minutes) - Women's results. Gauff and Swiatek progress, Bencic battles past Ostapenko, Osaka gets revenge on Garcia.

Part three (from 60m45s) - Day 3 Order of Play.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
0:02.0	This is Marion Bartoli.
0:03.3	This is Bianca Andrescu.
0:04.7	I'm Matt Vylander.
0:05.9	This is Mary Carrillo.
0:06.9	This is Pam Schreiber.
0:08.0	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast.
0:37.9	Well, hello and welcome to tennis podcast, Towers, Melbourne, and day two of the 2025 Australian Open, which Matt and David, I would like to table a motion to be renamed as day one of the Australian Open 2025.
0:41.7	I would like to forget that yesterday happened and consider today the spiritual starting point
0:47.3	of the 2025 Grand Slam season.
0:51.0	Are you with me?
0:52.6	Past.
0:54.3	Full house.
0:55.3	Yeah.
0:55.7	With apologies to Cana Shakori and Arina Sabalanka, but look, they're still in the tournament.
1:00.8	They'll have their chance in a few days' time.
1:03.9	Today is when things kicked off.
1:07.2	Yeah.
1:07.7	Today felt like a grand slam day.
1:09.8	The start of the first grand slam tournament of the year. It was a Monday like it used to be.
1:17.5	Look, I don't mind a Sunday start. I've sometimes got issues with how it's implemented. But like a Sunday start in principle I get. But don't do a damp squib Sunday start. I know the weather was rubbish, but like a Sunday start in principle I get, but don't do a damp squib Sunday start.
1:29.5	I know the weather was rubbish, but like that order of play was always going to be shite.
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