Aus Open Day 6 - Heroic Halep Wins Epic; Kerber Crushes Sharapova Challenge; Zverev, Delpo Fall; Naomi Broady Guests As Jetlagged Murray Engages On Twitter
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Simona Halep produced an incredible feat of fitness and fire to save three match points and win 15-13 in the final set against Lauren Davis, and afterwards The Tennis Podcast team got together to marvel at it.
They were joined by British No.3 Naomi Broady, and while chatting, Andy Murray began a jetlag fuelled Q & A session on Twitter. So, Broady told Catherine Whitaker and David Law about the Andy Murray she knows, and also gave a backstage insight into Nick Kyrgios.
Later, Whitaker and Law reflected on Angelique Kerber's comfortable win over Maria Sharapova. Is she now the favourite for the title?
Meanwhile, what happened to Alexander Zverev, the fourth seeded German that everyone's been talking about? Beaten in a fifth set by Hyeon Chung, how much should be read into another disappointing Grand Slam loss? And what did Roger Federer say to Zverev in a quiet locker room moment afterwards?
The podcast team also discuss the progress of the wonderfully named Tennys Sandgren, and Lleyton Hewitt's refusal to retire.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnroe. |
| 0:01.4 | I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratlova. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm San Roenka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Njut. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.7 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:21.8 | Brought to you an association with the telegraph |
| 0:23.8 | and with your sport. |
| 0:25.1 | My name is David Lorum. |
| 0:26.1 | Of course, with Catherine Whitaker inside the |
| 0:28.0 | Urosport Green Room. |
| 0:29.4 | To my left, we have Matt Svillander. |
| 0:31.6 | Seven-time Grand Slam Champion of former World No. 1 |
| 0:35.1 | with his feet on the table watching tennis. |
| 0:37.7 | You're right, Catherine. |
| 0:38.6 | You did say watching Matt Svillander watch tennis |
| 0:40.8 | is way more interesting than watching tennis. |
| 0:43.0 | You are right. |
| 0:43.8 | To my left as well is Alex Gretcher, former French Open Champion. |
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