Aus Open Day 4 - Where does this loss leave Raducanu?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Part one - Men’s results. We discuss Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev withstanding good performances from Yannick Hanfmann and Quentin Halys, Alex de Minaur weathering a bit of a storm on Laver, Alexander Zverev finding his best form, and the distinct lack of upsets so far.
Part two (30:21) - Women’s Results. We cover a dispiriting performance from Emma Raducanu and concerns over the direction of her game, as well as convincing wins for Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva.
Part three (53:24) - A Sensation of the Day dilemma and a look ahead to Day 5.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast coming to you on day four of the Australian Open from what I'm now going to call our regular haunt, the creator lounge. |
| 0:21.5 | Comfy seats, good lumber support, good Wi-Fi, and crucially, it is indoors, |
| 0:28.6 | because it is bloody cold and wet tonight in Melbourne. |
| 0:33.4 | And further evidence of Matt being sensible, he's the only one of us that has a waterproof jacket. |
| 0:39.0 | I do take my Wimbled and Merch everywhere, as my friends and family will know. |
| 0:44.6 | You saw that through, didn't you? |
| 0:46.1 | Yeah, very envious. I'm wearing shorts. It's not appropriately dressed. |
| 0:51.5 | Matches are still ongoing in various different forms. Jasmine Paolini is in a state of |
| 0:58.5 | suspondue. The noise you can hear is bangers being played into the Keir Arena trying to keep the |
| 1:05.8 | crowd there while they wait for the resumption of Paolini against Freck, which has been called off, I think, for the second time due to rain. |
| 1:13.7 | And it's now moving to the Jean-Cain Arena to finish off under a roof. |
| 1:19.0 | Close the roofs. |
| 1:20.4 | Absolutely. Thank goodness for the roofs. |
| 1:22.5 | It's what we always say, thank goodness for the roofs. |
| 1:25.8 | And there's still a whole Priscilla Hon to come on the Rod Laver Arena. |
| 1:29.8 | She's just walked out onto the Rod Laver Arena. |
| 1:31.9 | Priscilla Hon and Eva Jovich. |
| 1:34.1 | And frankly, if we were truly diligent tennis podcasters, |
| 1:38.0 | we'd be waiting for the result of that match |
| 1:40.1 | because spoiler alert for part three, |
| 1:43.0 | sensation of the day is a bit of a tough scene today. |
| 1:46.9 | There's a lot on the line for Priscilla Hon here. |
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