BJK Cup Finals Day 5 - Heartbreak and hope as final is set; Matt meets Billie Jean King

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The two most recent runners-up, Switzerland and Australia, will play the Billie Jean King Cup Final on Sunday after another absorbing day of action in Glasgow.

David and Matt discuss the way in which Storm Sanders and Harriet Dart stepped up for their teams, whether they can take this form onto the tour, a curious team selection from the Czechs, and why Sunday’s final matters so much to both teams.

Elsewhere, to top off a great day, Matt speaks to Billie Jean King about her time in Glasgow, her hopes for this event, Coco Gauff, and the tennis calendar.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mayan Bartorzi.
0:03.1	I'm Matt Svillander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Shriver.
0:06.4	This is Yanik Noah. This is Peter Dorian from Oak Beach in Funnelth Queensland, Australia.
0:12.0	Welcome you to the very fabulous tennis podcast.
0:15.0	Well, thank you Peter. What a perfect day to have you as our intro for the tennis podcast.
0:31.6	Peter's is a friend of the tennis podcast at the intro level. If you'd like to introduce a show,
0:36.3	you can do exactly that by becoming a friend at that level. And yes, from lovely Queensland and
0:41.9	Australia on a day that Australia have had the most wonderful day reaching the final of the
0:47.6	Billie Jean King Cup finals by Gainbridge. And here Matt and I are late into the evening on Saturday.
0:55.8	And it's been another thoroughly uplifting day, I think, in terms of competition and storylines.
1:03.0	And all the things that you want from an event like this. I mean, look, there's some very sad people
1:08.5	today upset the fact that Great Britain didn't win, for instance, because they came so close.
1:16.2	Disappointment also for the Czech Republic, beaten by Switzerland. But my overriding feeling is
1:24.0	that there were worthy winners there in Australia and Switzerland. And both teams that have had
1:31.4	such disappointment in this competition at the final hurdle, the last couple of times that they've
1:37.5	played it or at least two runners up in a row. Now one of them is going to get crowned. One of them
1:42.0	is going to get disappointed again. It's the beauty of sport, I suppose, isn't it? And who better to
1:48.2	be speaking to about the beauty of sports than one of the all-time greats and an icon of the sport?
1:55.2	And the woman whose name is on the trophy, Billie Jean King. That's who Matt's been speaking to today.
2:01.2	It's amazing. And I've listened to the interview, folks. I've listened to all 15 minutes of it. I
2:06.2	loved every minute of it. And you're going to get to hear it towards the end of this tennis podcast.
2:12.0	Matt, the person that got to speak to Billie Jean King, how are you?
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