Aus Open - Draw dissection, player chats and punchy predictions

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Melbourne! Catherine, David and Matt are in position for 17 podcasts in 17 days, and in this one they go through the draws and tell tales from their chats with players in the interview room.

Part One - Men's draw dissection. Who's got the toughest draw, will Alcaraz - Djokovic happen and who wins if it does? Plus, David details the results of his loitering.

Part Two (from 50 minutes) - Women's draw dissection. Sabalenka, Gauff on collision course as Swiatek faces tricky task.

Part Three (from 1h23minutes) - Catherine, David and Matt's Fantasy tennis teams revealed, and it doesn't look good for Catherine.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
0:02.0	This is Marian Bartoli.
0:03.2	This is Bianca Andrescu.
0:04.7	I'm Matt Vlander.
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.
0:34.2	Well, hello and welcome to Melbourne and the first of 17 daily tennis podcast from the Australian Open, the first grand slam of the 2025 tennis season.
0:40.1	You find us physically on court number three, one of the show courts here at Melbourne Park.
0:48.5	We are metres away from where Hugo Gaston will be stepping out at 11 a.m. on Sunday to open play on this court.
0:58.6	And half an hour after that, Rod Laver Arena will start its action on day one of 15 days of Grand Slam tennis to open the tennis season.
1:00.6	We have so much to talk about.
1:05.0	We have actually already recorded our first show from Melbourne.
1:15.2	Our first edition of Tennis Relived for 2025, focusing on the Australian Open 2005, of which it is the 20th anniversary.
1:20.1	Sorry to patronise those of you who are capable of basic maths.
1:24.5	That podcast is available for Friends of the Pod now.
1:30.6	I absolutely loved re-watching some of the classic matches from the Australian Open 2005,
1:36.3	including just an absolutely iconic match between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova and an all-timer between Roger Federer and eventual champion Marit Safin in the men's semifinals,
1:43.5	in which, of course, Roger Federer hit
1:45.7	a controversial match point tweener. So that's available for Friends of the Pod now.
1:52.2	Friends will also get access to an Australian Open review show after the tournament to help cope
1:57.7	with the post Grand Slam Blues.
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