Hi, I'm John Mackinor, and you're listening to the tennis podcast.

Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on the day that Raffa Amadow won his eighth

French Open title. That's more Grand Slam titles than a single Grand Slam tournament

Catherine and anybody in history, but more importantly, I was right.

Yes, you were right David, but as Jason, as I am by my inaccurate predictions,

I am delighted that you were right. I'm really chuffed. He's won that eighth title. I think he's

as dominant on clay as anyone has ever been on any surface, which is quite something.

Well, arguably more dominant, but it is ridiculous. If you think about it, the guy

had seven months out of the sport, and I think he's played nine tournaments since then.

He's reached nine finals. Nine finals out of nine tournaments played, it is just absurd.

But it's absurd, Catherine. What are you pausing for? It's absurd.

But it's not absurd. It's a stupendous achievement. It's utterly fantastic,

and not to be underestimated, but it's there's nothing absurd or ridiculous about it,

because I just don't think he would have come back unless he knew really that he was able to

reach the final of every tournament he entered or win it. So I certainly don't think it's absurd,

but in terms of the scale of the achievement, it's as big as it gets, I think.

That's the annoying thing about Catherine Whitaker. Just when you think you've got on the back

foot, she comes out with an answer that makes sense, and it really annoys me. However, Nadal,

in terms of the way he beat Ferrer, I mean, you've got to say that poor old David Ferrer,

I mean, he reaches his first Grand Slam final and credits to him. He's done everything

asked of him. He put everything he could into that final. He just had no answers at all. I mean,

we talked about it on the eve, didn't we? We said, if they play each other, it's like

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