Hi, I'm John McEnore and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast.

Well, hello and welcome to the Tennis Podcast. The first edition of 2014

and the new tennis year is upon us. We are a day away from the Australian open

and Catherine Whittaker and myself David Law are ready to get cracking with plenty of tennis

Catherine, how are you doing? It's the middle of the night where you are in the UK, isn't it?

Well, it's beautiful outside here in Australia. Oh well, lucky for you. Am I how the tables have turned.

Yes, a year ago we were in completely the other way around. Well, I was in England talking to you

with your fan on in your sort of 40-degree heat in Brisbane. But here we are and I'm in Melbourne

and in fact it is overcast skies outside at the moment. It's only about 25 degrees today at

Celsius but it is going to be 40 on Tuesday. That's not how they advertise Australia on the Telli,

25 degrees in the peak of summer. I think you need to ask for your money back, David.

Yeah, I know. Well, apparently there was one moment last week where I looked at the weather forecast.

You know when you can predict it ten days ahead and the weather forecast said it was going to be

53 degrees next week. Whoa, whoa. I've never, I don't think that that's actually possible. I think

if I was in 53 degrees, I don't think I would exist any more the day after. Yeah, I've got

gosh, 53 degrees. If that's the general weather forecast, imagine, I mean generally you add,

you add several degrees, don't you? For would it's like actually on a tennis court in the

cauldron of a stadium? I know. Well, yes, generally speaking, I mean the temperature on

centre court for example during the Wimbledon final was several degrees hotter than the general

air temperature at the time. I think is that not the, I don't have the science to back that up,

but I'm pretty sure. You're one of those who for scientific purposes puts a fraying egg on the

on the court, aren't you? Yeah, to just prove it. Yeah, there are scientific reasons for that.

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