Aus Open Day 7 - Slam finals galore in round 4; Thiem tonked

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

All eyes were on the blockbuster Naomi Osaka vs. Garbine Muguruza and Serena Williams vs. Aryna Sabalenka matches on Sunday, and they didn’t disappoint.

How did Osaka manage to raise her game when she needed it most? Did Muguruza get tight at the finish? And where did Serena’s incredible movement and defence come from?

We also discuss what makes Su-Wei Hsieh’s presence in the quarter-finals so exciting for the tournament and why Simona Halep seems to be in a really good place.

In the men’s draw, Novak Djokovic took to the court and beat Milos Raonic for the 12th time. How much did his side strain affect his play? And how might he fare against Alexander Zverev next?

Plus, how did Grigor Dimitrov beat Dominic Thiem so easily? And what happened for Aslan Karatsev to come from two sets down to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime?

The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli. I'm Matt Vylander. This is Mary Carillo.
0:05.3	I'm San Roenka. I'm Lighten Yut. I'm Andy Murray. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis
0:10.8	podcast.
0:21.9	So it's around about 315 UK time on Sunday, never a jog of itch finished off beating Milos
0:29.1	Rownitch a bit over an hour ago that rounded off day seven at the Australian Open, Billie Jean
0:36.2	successfully fetched her first tennis ball earlier on today, which let's be honest was the result
0:42.3	of the day. So I thought I'd cover that off early. She's very pleased with herself. I could not
0:48.1	possibly have given her more congratulations. I made it very clear that that was desirable
0:54.4	behaviour that should be repeated in the future and I think she's got the message. David, how long
1:00.8	have you been awake for? 15 hours and 18 minutes. I don't feel great. I really don't. I mean, I felt
1:10.9	fantastic in the middle of the night when I was watching all that stuff. He was pumped, folks.
1:16.2	Oh, it's just amazing. But yeah, about two and a half hours ago, I hit the wall big time.
1:22.4	Matt and I bowed out for a bit. So we watched the back-to-back women's matches on the Rod
1:28.9	Laverina, although I have to confess that without realizing it, I did fall asleep midway through
1:34.8	Serena against Sabelenka and I woke up to find my iPad with the tennis on it, had tumbled off the bed.
1:45.0	I was lying in a sea of twiglets and Beijing was sitting in the middle of that sea looking like she
1:53.1	just had the best 45 minutes of her life. So woke up, caught the end of Serena Sabelenka, cleared up
2:01.6	the twiglets and then bowed out. I think at the same stage that Matt bowed out, we just didn't have
2:08.0	the stomach for Dimitrov team. At which point David said, no, I'm sticking with it.
2:14.9	By that time, I'd got no choice because I'd got about an hour and a half until I was
2:19.0	chewing at the BBC to start commentating, which was I'm not sure I planned it really that
2:25.8	sensibly, but look, I had the time of my life for about six hours. So I'm going to just try and
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