Davis Cup Final Preview - Argentina Seek To End Excruciating Wait; Karlovic Seeks Fairytale Finishd Episode

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Argentina have been trying to win the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for more than a hundred years, and after four failed final attempts, they will be hoping that this is their year.Ahead of their final against Croatia in Zagreb, the Tennis Podcast team of David Law and Catherine Whitaker get together to discuss their chances, the late selection of 37-year-old Ivo Karlovic - the oldest man to have played singles in a final since the 20's, and the journey of Juan Martin Del Potro.Who will win? It's discussed, with predictions from presenters and listeners.And before signing off, they reminisce about great Davis Cup finals from the past. This edition of The Tennis Podcast is produced in association with Telegraph Sport and sponsored by The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas. www.daviscup.com

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andy Murray and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:14.0	Hello, welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the telegraph.
0:18.0	My name is David Law, commentator for BC Sport and BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:23.0	Join by Catherine Whitaker as always from Eurosport to our going to be covering the Davis Cup by BNP Parbar over the next three days our Eurosport as our tennis channel in the United States.
0:36.0	It all kicks off on Friday at two o'clock local time in Zach Webb Croatia, Catherine and myself are here to preview it.
0:45.0	Catherine, I can't believe it's a year ago since Britain won the Davis Cup.
0:50.0	I would have been in Gent in Belgium a year ago.
0:53.0	One whole year ago, yes, I was just on the Davis Cup website and I see that Great Britain is still the top ranked Davis Cup nation.
1:03.0	I'm quite sure that will change after the final Argentine recurrently the second ranked Davis Cup nation.
1:10.0	I don't know whether they can only move up should they win.
1:15.0	But anyway, yeah, great, but the legacy is still there.
1:18.0	They're still clicking on to the title of Davis Cup champions.
1:22.0	I don't know whether presumably the handing over the trophy, which has been on a tour of the UK for the past 12 months was a poignant moment.
1:32.0	But who knows maybe we'll get it back one day who knows, but yeah, it's really ignited.
1:40.0	It's certainly in this country.
1:41.0	It ignited a fire and an interest in the Davis Cup, which I still think we're we're seeing the effects of a year later, which is great.
1:50.0	Yeah, I agree. Just on the on the subject of getting it back, have you ever wondered how they actually ship that thing around?
1:58.0	I mean, they keep it kept turning up at sort of local schools in the UK as they were doing the sort of tour of Great Britain and really trying to spread the word about it.
2:08.0	But I mean, that thing is as big as me and I'm six weeks seven inches tall and that's made of wooden silver.
2:15.0	Well, I believe I believe it can be disassembled to some extent.
2:21.0	It is it's in part, isn't it? The trophy portion can be removed from it. I don't know how much of the wooden base plinthy thing.
2:30.0	I don't know if that can be disassembled in any way.
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