Davis Cup Friday - Murray, Simon Make It GB 1-1 France Overnight; Australia In Trouble; Arnaud Clement Interview; Singing
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2015
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
After the first day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas quarterfinals on Friday, Great Britain and France stand 1-1 overnight, with the winner looking increasingly likely to face Kazakhstan, who took a shook 2-0 lead in Australia.
Tennis Podcast presenters David Law and Catherine Whitaker sit next to the centre court at The Queen’s Club to reflect on a pulsating if largely predictable day one in London, and speculate over Saturday’s doubles pairings.
Would a chat with France captain Arnaud Clement shed any light? Find out in the latest Tennis Podcast, produced in association with the Telegraph, and supported by BNP Paribas, the bank for a changing world.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi I'm Layton Huet and you are listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:12.7 | Well hello and welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the Telegraph |
| 0:16.8 | and supported by the NPP Power Bar, the bank for a change in world. It is day one of the |
| 0:23.3 | the Davis Cup here and it has been thrilling from start to finish but the scoreline is pretty much |
| 0:29.6 | as we would have expected after day one one rubber piece overnight going into Saturdays doubles, |
| 0:35.7 | Jules Simon getting the first rubber on the board against James Ward in straight sets and then |
| 0:40.1 | Andy Murray replying in similarly emphatic style in the second rubber of the day. My name is David |
| 0:46.3 | Law from BBC Radio 5 Live. I'm joined by Catherine Whittaker who is here sitting alongside me |
| 0:52.4 | Catherine we're right next to the court we could touch if I just leaned over this little wall here |
| 0:57.7 | I could touch the grass courts that have been so beautifully prepared by our groundsman Graham |
| 1:02.6 | Kimpton after just four or five weeks following the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club and we're |
| 1:07.7 | sitting Catherine on the team bench of Great Britain at the moment. Have we got away with this? |
| 1:13.4 | I would recommend you don't leave it in touch with the girls because Mr Graham Kimpton is actually |
| 1:16.8 | in our eye line and is keeping a close eye on us I can see that and I can tell you are you doesn't |
| 1:21.2 | want anyone going near that grass I think it pained him to see players walk out on it I think |
| 1:26.4 | the effort he put into making these courts pristine in the space of three weeks I mean that's what |
| 1:32.6 | he spends a whole year doing and he did it in three weeks and and I think he was devastated by the |
| 1:38.3 | Davis Cup rule that all players from both teams have to be able to practice on the court I think it's |
| 1:45.2 | for an hour and a half a day per team before the match for three days before the match I think |
| 1:49.8 | so he was devastated when that first match ball was struck today the the court wasn't in pristine |
| 1:56.2 | condition but if for anyone watching on the telly three days ago you wouldn't believe it but this |
| 2:00.5 | court was in absolutely immaculate condition and you have to say even even with a few days of practice |
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