Aus Open Day 7 - Are Sinner and Djokovic lucky to still be in the tournament?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Catherine, David and Matt catch up at the end of a day of scorching heat in Melbourne as Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic both survived very different scares.
Part one - Men’s results. We cover all the drama of Sinner’s victory against Eliot Spizzirri as the Italian cramped badly before the closing of the roof came to his rescue. What can Sinner do to avoid these situations? As for Djokovic, just how close did he come to being disqualified for nearly hitting a ball kid? Plus, Lorenzo Musetti beats Tomas Machac in five and Stan Wawrinka says goodbye to the Australian Open in fitting fashion.
Part two (41:48) - Women’s Results. We discuss Iga Swiatek’s impressive third set reset against Anna Kalinskaya, Naomi Osaka’s sad withdrawal, a dominant display from Amanda Anisimova, and the upcoming match between Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys.
Part three (58:40) - Sensation of the day and a thrilling Day 8 lineup. Do we see any upsets?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on what has been a pretty overwhelming day at the Australian Open. |
| 0:17.8 | The heat has been frankly intolerable. Temperatures have hit 40 degrees Celsius |
| 0:23.2 | and in fact are still hovering in the low 30s at midnight as we come to you from the air-conditioned |
| 0:30.4 | creator lounge at Melbourne Park and honestly the heat has created a cauldron of drama here over the last 12 hours or so. |
| 0:41.8 | We don't tend to do themes for our shows, but if we did, then today's would be luck. |
| 0:47.7 | Good luck, bad luck, earned luck, and totally random luck. |
| 0:52.9 | So how did today go down? |
| 0:56.1 | Well, play started half an hour early at 10.30 a.m. |
| 0:59.7 | In anticipation of the forecast temperatures, conditions were hot, but very much bearable for the first couple of hours. |
| 1:07.8 | Matt even managed to make an intrepid journey to the John Kane Arena. Give that man a medal. |
| 1:15.5 | God, that feels like a long time ago that I spent four hours on the John Kane Arena in the company of Lorenzo Mazzetti, Thomas Mahatch, and Greg Allensworth, especially for the occasion. |
| 1:27.9 | Just to make your trip worthwhile. |
| 1:29.5 | Exactly. |
| 1:29.9 | They put Greg on that match for you. |
| 1:32.2 | I do stand by my takes. |
| 1:33.7 | I do not like the John Kane Arena. |
| 1:35.9 | Why? |
| 1:37.3 | It's so ugly inside and so clearly not a tennis stadium. |
| 1:43.3 | There's so much of like the inside of that arena that is not seating. |
| 1:47.9 | I just don't like it. |
| 1:49.9 | Everyone's far away from the court. |
| 1:51.9 | It can actually have a pretty good atmosphere. |
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