Cincinnati - Dimitrov Delivers; Muguruza Hammers Halep; Nadal No.1 But Not US Open Favourite?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2017
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Grigor Dimitrov has made a career out of promising much but failing to deliver, while Garbine Muguruza follows Grand Slam breakthroughs with slumps. Until now.
This week’s Tennis Podcast discusses their impressive victories in Cincinnati and wonders whether they could be the forerunners to even bigger wins at the US Open, which starts next week.
With Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori all out injured, and question marks over the fitness of Roger Federer and Andy Murray, is this Dimitrov’s time to shine? Could the man he beat in the final - Nick Kyrgios - make a run of his own? And wasn’t he supposed to be injured?
Is Muguruza now a clear favourite for the women’s title? And what happened to Simona Halep in the final when she was just one match away from reaching World No.1?
The podcast team also discuss the return of Rafael Nadal to World No.1, the US Open wild card given to Maria Sharapova, the likelihood of Andy Murray featuring in New York, and the sad case of Melanie Oudin.
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| 0:56.2 | and with Euro Sport on the day of both the Cincinnati Western and Southern Open Finals, |
| 1:04.0 | which have seen Champions Crown in the form of Garbeniut Mugaruta and Grigor Dimitrov. |
| 1:10.3 | We've seen some Mona Hallett flop at her chance to become World No. 1. |
| 1:14.0 | We've seen Nick Kirios, well, lose today, but surprise us all by reaching the final. |
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