Davis Cup Semifinal Previews - Exclusive 'Know Your Team' Interviews; Dan Evans Selection Reaction; Predictions

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Great Britain are about to play Australia in the host nation’s first Davis Cup by BNP Paribas semifinal for 34 years, and as well as previewing the tie in Glasgow, The Tennis Podcast has spoken exclusively to both teams to find out more about them. For instance, which of them would get on best at Strictly Come Dancing? Who knows their capital cities? And who spends the most time in front of the mirror? As you will hear, the team members on the respective teams do not always agree… Fun and games aside, the talk of the town, and the podcast, was that of Captain Leon Smith’s decision to choose Dan Evans as the No.2 singles player in place of James Ward and Kyle Edmund, who are both higher ranked. How big of a risk is it? Will it be a mistake or a masterstroke? The Telegraph’s Tennis Correspondent Simon Briggs talks it through with presenters David Law and Catherine Whitaker, and we hear the reasons given by Leon Smith, and the verdict of Andy Murray. Predictions for the tie as a whole are...

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Layton Huett and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:12.8	It's the Davis Cup by BMP Parabai semi-finals,
0:15.7	great Britain against Australia and Belgium versus Argentina.
0:19.6	In our previous show, we speak exclusively to the British and Australian teams
0:23.7	and find out who's the best dancer, who knows their capital,
0:26.8	cities and who spends most time in front of the mirror.
0:31.4	Yes, we are the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the telegraph and supported
0:35.8	throughout this Davis Cup weekend by the competition's title sponsor BMP Parabai,
0:41.0	the bank for a changing world. And we come to you as you can probably hear from court side
0:46.8	at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, where on Friday, Britain and Australia will do battle.
0:52.2	I'm David Law, part of the BBC Radio 5 Live commentary team that will be describing the
0:57.0	on both 5 Live and 5 Live sports extra over the next three days.
1:00.7	And I'm joined by my co-host Catherine Whittiger and the telegraphs tennis correspondent Simon
1:06.0	Briggs. Suddenly, it feels quite a long time since we last gathered together Simon in New York,
1:12.0	just barely three days ago. Quite a few miles anyway, so we've made our way back on the jet then,
1:18.4	we've had one day at home and come back up to Glasgow for what is going to be a fascinating
1:25.0	Davis Cup semi-final who would have said that to the beginning of the season that we'd be here
1:29.2	playing GB against Australia for a place in the final and a place against Argentinian
1:34.4	or Belgium. Crikey has there been a bigger opportunity in decades? It's amazing.
1:39.8	Really, it's amazing. Catherine, we sit here inside the Emirates Arena at the moment as Andy
1:44.5	Murray and Dan Evans are practicing in front of us, drafted in yesterday as a standby player,
1:52.4	as a late replacement, a practice partner perhaps, and lo and behold, he's been picked.
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