Aus Open Day 9 - Can Showtime Shelton shock Sinner?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
It was another day at the Australian Open without the matches we were hoping for, but with a record-breaking quarter-final line up in terms of top seeds, surely they’re coming. Catherine, David and Matt discuss it all.
Part one - Women’s results. We cover Madison Keys going out of the tournament and look ahead to Amanda Anisimova vs Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals.
Part two (27:16) - Women’s results. Does Lorenzo Musetti truly believe he can beat Novak Djokovic? And can Ben Shelton make his quarter-final against Jannik Sinner properly close? Those are the big questions after Musetti, Shelton and Sinner all came through on Monday.
Part three (53:23) - Sensation of the Day and Tuesday’s order of play as the quarter-finals begin and temperatures are set to reach 45C.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast coming to you tonight on day nine of the Australian Open from tennis podcast towers Melbourne, which is where we will probably be for the next 24 hours or so |
| 0:24.7 | quite honestly because the forecast for tomorrow is predicting highs of 46 degrees Celsius which is |
| 0:31.8 | 115 Fahrenheit buckle up folks that is unequivocally don't leave the house weather. |
| 0:39.9 | So it's a very good job. |
| 0:41.6 | We have a comfortable sofa, |
| 0:42.7 | which is where you find us right now. |
| 0:45.1 | After, frankly, another day that hasn't delivered on the drama |
| 0:51.5 | that we've been promising, |
| 0:53.2 | which means another hour of promising you |
| 0:55.4 | that the good stuff is coming soon, we hope. |
| 0:59.6 | I mean, there's a case for leading the show |
| 1:01.7 | with Roberts against Briggs. |
| 1:04.8 | Oh, that wasn't the good stuff. |
| 1:07.9 | It was competitive, though. |
| 1:10.4 | It was. Yeah, yeah, it was. I mean, we didn't actually score, but we did play points in preparation for the media one point slam, which is coming up in a few days. Maybe we can... |
| 1:23.4 | God, I'm excited. |
| 1:24.6 | Maybe we can lead that show with that. No, that's Women's Semifinals Night. |
| 1:28.2 | That's going to be an amazing day. |
| 1:30.1 | It's coming. |
| 1:30.9 | The good stuff is coming, I think. |
| 1:34.6 | I've taught you well, Matt Roberts. |
| 1:36.5 | I've found it very odd. |
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