Aus Open Day 6 - Things are about to get serious
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Catherine, David and Matt discuss a day which saw almost all of the big names win through to set up a series of enticing Last 16 matches.
Part one - Women’s results. We discuss Coco Gauff’s comeback against Hailey Baptiste, Aryna Sabalenka needing her tiebreak record to come through, a breakout performance from Iva Jovic to beat Jasmine Paolini, and some incredible Yulia Putintseva celebrations.
Part two (26:49) - Men’s results. We cover Daniil Medvedev’s comeback from two sets down against Fabian Marozsan, his match up with Learner Tien in the next round, a brilliant display from Alex de Minaur in keeping with his reliable record in Melbourne, a comfortable win for Carlos Alcaraz, and Francisco Cerundolo winning through to face Alexander Zverev.
Part three (55:46) - Sensation of the Day and the slightly adjusted Day 7 order of play with 40C heat expected.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast coming to you on day six of the Australian Open from, of course, the Creator Lounge in the media centre at Melbourne Park. |
| 0:21.9 | On a day that has seen comebacks, thrashings and Yulia Putin saver. |
| 0:28.7 | More on that later, folks. |
| 0:30.5 | Round three action got underway today. |
| 0:32.1 | The weather was absolutely perfect. |
| 0:35.1 | And Matt's parents were here. |
| 0:38.1 | They were here and they had a lovely day. |
| 0:42.0 | Yeah, every time I turned around to look at them in their seats they were beaming. |
| 0:47.2 | They had four hats, two each. |
| 0:50.5 | Yep, my mum came with her pos hat, my dad with his flat cap, |
| 0:54.8 | and they were both given free hats, which they accepted gladly. |
| 1:01.2 | The Roberts is a hat people, they're one step away from a koala baseball cap, I reckon. |
| 1:06.5 | There's a lot of those around this year, I tell you. |
| 1:08.4 | They've realised, oh, they work. |
| 1:10.8 | We're going to have every colour under the sun. |
| 1:12.7 | You've hashtag influenced, David. |
| 1:15.0 | In fact, I'm going to put mine on. |
| 1:16.5 | Yes, David. |
| 1:18.5 | Shall we start, while David puts his koala ears hat on, |
| 1:22.8 | shall we start by talking about one of the two thrilling comebacks |
| 1:26.8 | that your parents witnessed on the |
| 1:28.1 | second court today. Cocoa Goff beating Haley Baptiste 3-6, 6-love, 6-3. Now, I think a lot of the |
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