Davis Cup - The Daniil Medvedev Show, Croatia vs Russia Final
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Russia reached the Davis Cup Final and while the actual tennis on Saturday wasn’t particularly compelling, Daniil Medvedev provided all the drama we needed. Catherine, David and Matt discuss Medvedev provoking the crowd, his fascinating press conference, Rublev’s ruthlessness, more reflections on Novak Djokovic’s exit, and how much of a chance Croatia stands against Russia in the final. Plus, Iga Swiatek splitting with her coach and tribute to Darlene Hard.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli. I'm Matt Vellander. This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:05.3 | This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:19.7 | So in a result that I would absolutely never call a foregone conclusion due to past experience, |
| 0:26.4 | but that some others in tennis might call something close to a foregone conclusion. |
| 0:31.6 | Russia are Davis Cup finalists and that is because they have thrashed Germany. |
| 0:38.4 | I've been debating over the last hour or so whether to say |
| 0:42.0 | 2-0 or 2-1 because really I think this was a 2-0 tie and then there was an exhibition doubles |
| 0:50.4 | afterwards. So I'm going to say 2-0 not least because Matt and David are both nodding at me |
| 0:55.7 | and making me feel validated. So Rubelev won the opening rubber 646 love. |
| 1:03.9 | Now let's talk about Medvedev for 29 minutes. Go. |
| 1:10.5 | Yeah, I didn't even watch Rubelev and Kuffa. I kind of feel quite honest. I didn't get back |
| 1:16.3 | early enough. It was also quick, but I very much was back in time for Medvedev. |
| 1:22.1 | Yeah, he played really well and then at the end, the crowd got… |
| 1:29.7 | He's appointment viewing at the moment, isn't he, Medvedev? |
| 1:32.2 | Yeah, he is the show. Really, he is the ATP show in just about every way because his tennis is |
| 1:39.0 | brilliant to watch, I think. I mean, it's nothing, it's maybe it's everybody's taste, |
| 1:42.9 | but I really enjoy watching his tennis and the way he gets involved with the crowds. |
| 1:50.1 | If they get on him and this has been simmering, actually, I meant to bring this up a couple |
| 1:54.5 | of days ago because I didn't quite catch what had gone on in his post-match interview. He started |
| 2:00.6 | making these references to the highlight of the week having beaten Spain in Spain. And that |
| 2:09.5 | kind of felt very much out of context because I couldn't really sense any reason why he was saying |
| 2:14.1 | that, but he obviously got wound up by the Spanish fans and he just wanted to keep reminding them |
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