Davis Cup Reforms - Gerard Pique & ITF team up to create proposed 'World Cup of Tennis'; Nadal Out Until the clay - Could it be a blessing in disguise?; Bouchard - The settlement, the tweet and the wildcard
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
After a four week podcast hiatus to cover doubles luge and the like (men lying on top of one another and flinging themselves down an icy hill), Catherine reunites with David just in time to discuss the newly proposed sweeping reforms to the Davis Cup that some are welcoming with open arms, and some are heralding as the 'death of the Davis Cup'. David & Catherine delve into the depth of strong opinion on the future of the competition as well as addressing some of the big results and stories from the tennis world this week, including a breakthrough title for Juan Martin Del Potro (could he win a Slam this year?), an injury-enforced lay-off for Rafael Nadal and a 'hefty' settlement for Genie Bouchard in her civil suit against the USTA.
Plus there's chat about ferret couture, romantic billboard declarations and whether or not 1998 Australian Open Champion Petr Korda has ever received an invitation to the Oscars.
The Tennis Podcast is produced weekly throughout the year and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments, in association with Telegraph Sport.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratelova. |
| 0:03.7 | I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm Stan Ravinka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Njut. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | This is John Weir and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:20.8 | Hello and welcome to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:22.8 | Sport you in association with the Telegraph and with Yuris Bort. |
| 0:26.6 | I am Catherine Whittaker returned from my podcast hiatus. |
| 0:31.1 | I'm joined by David Law. |
| 0:32.8 | But more importantly, the dulcet tones you heard in our intro there |
| 0:36.1 | were those of Mr. John Weir, who very touchingly bought his wife, |
| 0:40.6 | Lear, a guest editor ship as part of our Kickstarter campaign. |
| 0:44.7 | For her birthday, it was a surprise for quite a long time, |
| 0:47.8 | but it is now no longer a surprise. |
| 0:50.2 | Lear is very much aware of the great, great honour that has been bestowed on her |
| 0:55.1 | by her lovely husband, John, who incidentally gives me the opportunity |
| 0:59.6 | to mention our podcast prediction standings because John Lines |
| 1:03.2 | in a very respectable joint seventh, |
| 1:06.0 | out of one grand slam event of the year with 1119 points. |
| 1:11.4 | I'm just scrolling. |
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