Episode 38 - Grigor Dimitrov - Is This It? Djokovic Ends Nadal's Decade Of Domination; Fed Cup - Anyone Understand The Format?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis, Sports & Recreation

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2013

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The headline story from Monte Carlo was the defeat of Rafael Nadal for the first time in the Principality for a decade, but almost as many people left talking about Grigor Dimitrov as they did Novak Djokovic. It was the 22 year old Bulgarian that pushed Nadal all the way in the quarterfinals, before Djokovic finished the job in the final. Is the Tennis Podcast's favourite player finally coming of age? We speak to him about the challenge of facing Andy Murray in Miami, his new coaching set-up, and why he plays so much doubles. We also review Monte Carlo, and try to work out how the Fed Cup works.

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0:52.0	Hi, my name is Gregor Dmitrof and you're listening to Tennis Podcast.
1:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Tennis Podcast Episode 38.
1:09.0	Catherine Whitaker is back. I'm here as well, David Law and we are here to talk tennis.
1:14.0	I was in the BBC studios for the first time over the weekend, Catherine.
1:19.0	They've moved up to Solford in Manchester and we were in the studio there presenting the Fed Cup match between Great Britain and Argentina.
1:26.0	So we'll be talking Fed Cup, reflecting on all of that and of course how could we possibly not talk about Monte Carlo
1:33.0	and that amazing performance from Novak Djokovic to win the title, beating Rafael Nadal and ending his 10-year reign at that tournament.
1:41.0	He's only lost. That's the first time he lost since 2003 when he was 16 years of age.
1:47.0	So what a performance it was from Novak Djokovic and we're also going to hear from a man who pushed Nadal very close as well.
1:54.0	That was Gregor Dmitrof, the tennis podcast zone, the man that we're always talking about as the next big thing.
2:00.0	Is it going to happen, Catherine? It might just.
2:03.0	Oh yeah, well, it's happening, isn't it? It's happening. Well, maybe it might be happening.
2:08.0	Very exciting, isn't it? How are you this week, Catherine? Have you been playing any tennis at all?
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