Australian Open Extra 1 - Top Seeds Cruise, Sloane and Laura On The Rise, And Sad News From The ATP
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2013
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In our first Australian Open Extra, Catherine and David are joined by Sunday Times Tennis Correspondent Barry Flatman to talk through the first couple of days of action in Melbourne. Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer cruised through, Serena Williams had a scare when she twisted an ankle, and her protege Sloane Stephens and Laura Robson both continued their rise with comfortable wins. On Tuesday, the tennis world received some very sad news about the Executive Chairman and President of the ATP, Brad Drewett, who is stepping down from his role because of ill health.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Matt Svillander and you are listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Well hello and welcome to the tennis podcast in our first Australian Open Extra. |
| 0:19.0 | This is not a full podcast, there won't be any interviews, so don't hold that against me. |
| 0:23.0 | We're just here to give you an update, have a chat about what's happened on the first couple of days in the first round here in Melbourne. |
| 0:29.0 | And get to grips with what's to come. It's exciting to see what will happen. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm happy to say Catherine Whittaker is with us as usual. Catherine, how are you doing? |
| 0:37.0 | I'm doing very well, thanks. |
| 0:38.0 | And we have a very special guest today. |
| 0:40.0 | The Sunday Times tennis correspondent Barry Flatman is with us. Barry, how are you doing? |
| 0:45.0 | I'm fine, thank you. And enjoying the Australian Open so far. |
| 0:49.0 | That's good to hear Barry. |
| 0:50.0 | How to live up to a billing night that, isn't it? Is that why you bill me so low so I can exceed expectations? |
| 0:55.0 | Well what you have to understand Catherine is you are my protégé and Barry, I am Barry's protégé because in 1995 Barry invited me to a tennis tournament for the very first time. |
| 1:05.0 | And I was a sort of spindly 20-something with long hair and no hopes and Barry gave me some hopes, didn't you Barry? |
| 1:14.0 | Well you didn't have that's wrong to say David, you're always a bright, very keen young man who I could see had a future in tennis media. |
| 1:24.0 | The tennis media world and for once I've been proved right. |
| 1:28.0 | You can see why I've invited Barry onto the tennis podcast, can't you? |
| 1:31.0 | Before we go any further, some rather more serious news to report, not about matches on court. |
| 1:40.0 | We've had some very bad news on the tennis circuit today. |
| 1:43.0 | This afternoon it was announced by the ATP that their executive chairman and president Brad Druitt is to step down from his role after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. |
| 1:53.0 | Brad will continue in the role on an interim basis as the ATP begins the search and process for his successor. |
| 2:01.0 | It's news that shocked and saddened everybody in the tennis world because Brad has been part of the ATP for 35 years as a player, a council and board member and the CEO of the international region in Australia. |
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