Aus Open Day 5 - Another new star lights up Melbourne!

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt assemble before and after midnight to review another crazy day at the Australian Open.

Part one - Men’s results. Sinner’s slow start against Schoolkate, Sonego stops Fonseca, Fritz’s ruthlessness, Musetti and Shelton set up R3 clash, Hurkacz beaten comprehensively.

Part two (from 25m07s) - Women’s results. Raducanu fights past Anisimova, positive signs for Jabeur, Rybakina beats another teenager.

Part three (from 42m54s) - Tien beats Medvedev, crazy late finish, Collins vs the crowd, Sensation of the day, and Day 6 order of play.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
0:02.0	This is Marion Bartoli.
0:03.2	This is Bianca Andrescu.
0:04.7	I'm Matt Villander.
0:05.8	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.
0:32.5	Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on day five of the Australian Open, where it is 9.35, as we come to you for part one of the show.
0:35.3	We are in the foothills of the Rod Laver Arena.
0:39.2	If you've been to the Australian Open, just to give you a bit of visual context,
0:42.3	we are mere metres away from the Channel 9 studio,
0:48.3	the setting of TJ and all his banter that we watch every morning,
0:53.6	the hallowed turf of the Channel 9 Australian Open studio.
0:58.5	The crickets are chirping, David Law is wearing a koala ears baseball cap,
1:05.1	and Yannick Sinner is currently on his way back to beating Tristan Schoolcate,
1:08.4	the Aussie wildcard after dropping the first set, 6'4,
1:13.1	and looking really, quite frankly, rocked on his heels by this completely unknown Australian sensation. More on that later. But he is now 6-4-6-1-3-love in the
1:20.7	subsequent sets, and actually he has a breakpoint now to go for love. So we're pretty
1:25.5	confident that Yannick Sinner is on his way to victory.
1:28.8	But I felt like he was in trouble there for a bit, David.
1:32.8	Yeah, he was certainly a little bit bamboozled, I thought.
1:37.5	He was, it's not to say that, I don't think he arrives on the chord,
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