Barcelona, Belgrade, Barty bonanza
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Catherine, David and Matt discuss an exhilarating finals weekend of clay-court tennis across Europe.
Has Aryna Sabalenka conquered clay now after her run to the Stuttgart final? What is Ash Barty’s best surface? How did Aslan Karatsev save 23 break points against Novak Djokovic in Belgrade? In what way has Matteo Berrettini been a forgotten man? Can Stefanos Tsitsipas take belief and confidence from his performance against Rafael Nadal in Barcelona? Why did victory mean so much to Nadal? And how did Sorana Cirstea win her first title in 13 years?
There’s also news of Bianca Andreescu’s withdrawal from Madrid due to covid and the impressive results of Jenson Brooksby on the ATP Challenger Tour.
The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. It is produced on Mondays and Thursdays, and daily during Grand Slam tournaments.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartori. I'm Matt Svillander. This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm San Roenka. I'm Lighten Ewitt. I'm Andy Murray. This is Yanik Noah. Hi, this is Jim Boyle |
| 0:10.7 | and Crumble, the Australian Open mascot from Glasgow. And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:15.9 | Well, hello and thank you to lovely Jim and to even lovely Crumble. Don't take that the wrong way. |
| 0:33.1 | Jim, we just love Crumble a two time Australian Open mascot. We don't quite know what Jim's |
| 0:37.4 | got against his other dog who doesn't get anywhere near the tennis podcast, David. |
| 0:42.3 | That dog's just not into the podcast, Catherine. So Jim's sparing that dog. |
| 0:47.2 | I think maybe Jim's Jim and the other dog are sponsored in the snooker podcast. |
| 0:52.1 | Right. I'd never thought of it that way. I wish I'd never asked Matt how are you doing? |
| 0:58.0 | Very, very well. Thank you, particularly so because when I appeared on our video call, you were both |
| 1:04.9 | complimentary of my new haircut. It was an arresting sight, Matt. |
| 1:10.3 | Matt Roberts, ladies and gentlemen, has had what would no offense map be. |
| 1:15.0 | A completely unremarkable male haircut in non-pandemic times. That's what I'm going for. |
| 1:20.6 | But it's very much commensurate with your vibe, Matt. Yeah. Yeah. |
| 1:27.0 | Is that okay to say you're not a man that likes to make a statement with your hair? |
| 1:30.1 | Would that be fair, fair assessment? Absolutely. And the hair previously was making a bit too much |
| 1:35.6 | of a statement hence why it needed cutting. What statement did it make to your hairdresser |
| 1:41.2 | when you when you walked in last week? She went, oh, I've dear, work to be done. |
| 1:46.7 | And this is a woman that's been seeing pandemic hair for the past two weeks. Exactly. |
| 1:51.1 | Yeah. So in normal times, an unremarkable haircut, but in the context of the 70s rocker look that Matt's |
| 1:58.3 | been sporting for a while, a very arresting new look for Matt. David, you've got the same look |
| 2:04.4 | you've had for the past 13 years that I've known you. And you've managed to maintain that |
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