Aus Open Day 8 - Djokovic Downed By Awesome Chung - What Next For Novak? Kerber / Keys To Clash; Anyone For Tennys?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Novak Djokovic found himself ‘playing in front of a mirror’ according to The Tennis Podcast team, as he was knocked out of the Australian Open by Hyeon Chung at the fourth round stage.
Chung out-Djokovic’d Djokovic, pounding whiplash groundstrokes, hitting lines, reaching seemingly irretrievable balls in a blur of speed, and doing the splits when forced out wide. After winning 7-6, 7-5, 7-6 Chung was given a standing ovation inside the Rod Laver Arena. On the podcast, concern turned to the health of Djokovic, who admitted he was in a bad way with his elbow, and that he was back to the drawing board.
Elsewhere, World No.96 Tennys Sandgren defeated Dominic Thiem in 5 sets, and will now meet Chung in the quarters. Is that clash, between the World No’s 97 and 54 one of the most unlikely last eight clashes ever?
In the other quarterfinal in the bottom half of the draw, Roger Federer will take on Tomas Berdych for a 26th time. Federer leads the head-to-head 19-6, winning their last eight clashes. Can Berdych to turn it around?
In the women’s draw, Angelique Kerber and Madison Keys will face off in a blockbuster quarterfinal. How did they get there and what do the team expect when they face off? Plus, is Simona Halep really back to her best after that 15-13 final set epic?
And ahead of the Kyle Edmund vs. Grigor Dimitrov clash on Tuesday, the Tennis Podcast team give their predictions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore, I'm Bjorn Borgh. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratlova, I'm Matt Svillander, I'm Stan Ravinka, I'm Lighten Youet, I'm Andy Murray, |
| 0:07.6 | I'm Caroline B, and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:21.8 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the |
| 0:25.6 | Telegraph and with Euro Sport and today with Caroline B, who was featured in our lovely intro there. |
| 0:32.4 | As we come to you now, Catherine Mitica and David Law alongside me, we are in Garden Square |
| 0:38.0 | sat on deck chairs just in front of the big screen on which there is Barbara Stritzever and |
| 0:44.1 | Caroline Laplacica, they're the all-check battle, the last match of the day, it's taking place. |
| 0:50.2 | They have followed on to court, David Law, what I think is one of the best straight sets matches |
| 0:57.2 | I have ever seen between Novak Djokovic and Haneon Jung. I think that's very well put. |
| 1:01.9 | One by Haneon Jung, 7-6 in the third, two tie breaks sets in there in a 7-5. |
| 1:08.2 | I mean, you were commentating in particular that final set, it was Pulse Sating. |
| 1:13.5 | Yeah, that third set, I mean, I don't know what I've done to deserve this because two nights in a row, |
| 1:19.6 | I've had these two incredible matches. This one wasn't start to finish the way Kiryos and Dimitrov was, |
| 1:27.1 | that one was just a gift that kept on giving, but this one as a climax with Djokovic clearly struggling |
| 1:35.7 | physically. I think both in terms of his arm, he'd had it rubbed and really wondered when he was a |
| 1:41.1 | set in two love whether he would be able to carry on, but he came back at Jung and he had a real go at him. |
| 1:47.6 | And the fact that he did that and Jung even found more, and the funniest thing about the whole match |
| 1:55.8 | for me was it was like Djokovic was playing in a mirror and you got Jung just screeching into his |
| 2:04.4 | forehand corner. I just, it's like watching the road runner, you know, just these blur of legs |
| 2:12.3 | in this sort of little cloud of smoke and he's off into the distance and, oh my goodness |
| 2:17.3 | it's, I genuinely could not believe what I was seeing at times. He is super cool, isn't he, |
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