Aus Open Day 7 - GEMS Life!

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

It was another thrilling day at the Australian Open, headlined by shock defeats for Taylor Fritz and Jasmine Paolini, courtesy of GEMS Life. Catherine, David and Matt discuss it all.

Part one - Monfils shocks Fritz, Tien and Michelsen back up big wins and keep their runs going, De Minaur battles past Cerundolo.

Part two (from 24m00s) - Swiatek dominates Raducanu, injury concern for Rybakina, Yastremska’s brainless tennis, Navarro outlasts Jabeur and wins third straight deciding set, lucky loser Eva Lys makes history.

Part three (from 43m54s) - Svitolina’s stunning performance to beat Paolini , Shelton overturns head to head against Musetti, Day 8 Order of Play.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
0:02.0	This is Marion Bartotti.
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.
0:27.1	Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on day seven of the Australian Open,
0:29.6	where it is shortly before 7pm.
0:35.0	The night session on the Rod Laver Arena in the second court are shortly to get underway.
0:39.8	And you find myself, David and Matt, in the lobby of the media centre,
0:43.3	just a stone's throw from the Keir Arena,
0:45.7	where David has been out having the time of his life,
0:50.1	watching Lennatian and Quarantamute, and more on that later, folks.
0:54.0	But we have to start with the biggest shock of the tournament so far.
0:59.1	The defeat of the fourth seed on the men's side, Taylor Fritz is out.
1:01.3	And nobody but nobody.
1:04.0	Well, certainly nobody in the tennis podcast vicinity.
1:06.7	I'm sure there are geniuses out there that did see this coming,
1:09.3	but those juniors were not us.
1:17.4	Taylor Fritz beaten 3675675-76-64 by 38-year-old Gail Montfis and Matt delivered the most jaw-dropping stat to me after we were leaving the second court,
1:24.0	having caught the last two games of this live and just soaking up the incredible
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