Episode 20 - Which Novak Djokovic season was better? 2011 or 2012?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2012

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After topping the World Rankings for the second year in a row amidst personal problems and against some of the greatest tennis players of all time, Novak Djokovic assesses whether 2011 or 2012 was the more impressive year. David and Catherine also weigh into the debate, with differing opinions that result in a full-scale argument. We also hear from Roger Federer on his year, and review the ATP World Tour Finals at the 02 Arena. And finally, who won David and Catherine's prediction competition? Do they even know?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm John McEnore and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast.
0:12.7	The ATP World Tour season is over and what a display of skill, physical endurance and mental
0:17.8	strength it's been from the World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. He went on beaten at the ATP World Tour
0:23.5	Finals. We're here from him, Roger Federer and try to work out who won our predictions competition.
0:28.9	Here's a clue, it isn't me. All that coming up on the Tennis Podcast.
0:33.9	Well hello and welcome to the Tennis Podcast. There's another Tennis Seas Nens and another thrilling
0:39.8	finale between two of the greatest players in the world, the World No. 1 Novak Djokovic,
0:45.9	beating Roger Federer, arguably the greatest player of all time. Catherine Whittiger and myself
0:52.4	David Law are here to talk it through compare predictions because that's what we made last week
0:58.0	to hear from both of the two players as they spoke in their post-match press conferences yesterday.
1:04.8	And it was breathless stuff again, Catherine, wasn't it? I was commentating on BBC Radio 5 live
1:11.0	last night and it was just all over the place that match wasn't it, but both sets had in common the
1:17.5	fact that Federer took a great start in them and then couldn't sustain it and credit to Novak
1:23.3	Djokovic for that. Yeah well you were commentating so it's quite literally breathless stuff for you.
1:30.2	Yeah I still you know I thought when Federer served for the second set last night I thought
1:36.4	oh we might still be here tomorrow morning when we were recording the broadcast you know this could
1:41.0	go on and on and then just in the blink of an eye I was sort of in shock for a while after
1:47.6	as an I'm sure Federer was as well. I can't give enough credit to Djokovic for that but I still
1:53.8	can't really fathom what went wrong there from two sets two set points up. No no I know I know
2:01.9	to me it was um it was a funny match in that regard. No I mean when I was when I was watching
2:09.6	the match I was I was thinking at times this is this is vintage Federer this is roles Royce Federer
2:17.2	certainly early on when he went three love up and and he does have that ability he sort of
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