Fed Cup Final Preview: Australia vs. France – Who has the edge?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
On the eve of the Fed Cup final in Perth, Catherine Whitaker and Matt Roberts are together at the O2 to look ahead to the tie.
They discuss the growing status of Ash Barty in Australia, the controversy surrounding Ajla Tomljanovic’s switch of allegiance, and the often-tumultuous but always-crucial relationship between Kiki Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia for France.
Elsewhere, David Law speaks to Nicole Pratt for an insight into the Australian camp. She talks about the ins and outs of her role as Fed Cup coach, the significance of this tie for Australia, why she always thought Ash Barty would win the French Open, and the possible impact that 40oC heat in Perth could have over the weekend.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McConnor, I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.3 | This is Martina Navratlova, I'm Matt Vylander, this is Mary Carrillo, I'm Stan Roenka, I'm |
| 0:07.2 | like Newt, I'm Andy Murray, and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:21.7 | Well you find myself and Matt Roberts in the media lounge of the O2 arena on the |
| 0:28.4 | eve, no, on the eve, eve of the NETO ATP finals, David Lawyers Elsewhere, don't worry though, |
| 0:34.3 | you will get your David Law fix for all those law fans out there. He'll be featuring on this |
| 0:42.4 | Fed Cup finals by BMP Parabart Preview Podcast. We'll also be talking about media day here at the O2 |
| 0:48.7 | Matt and I have just been to that. I've got all sorts of tales of speaking to top 8 tennis players. |
| 0:54.7 | Matt has been following events in Perth very closely indeed because we are on the eve of the Fed Cup |
| 1:01.9 | by BMP Parabart. I think that's the most I'm going to say it in full because it's a itter mouthful. |
| 1:06.3 | The Fed Cup by BMP Parabart finals in Perth where I've seen some pictures of the stadium, |
| 1:12.8 | the setting, it looks utterly breathtaking. Some of the quotes that have come out of the pre-final |
| 1:19.5 | press conferences have been really interesting and we've had the draw as well Matt so tell us things. |
| 1:26.5 | My alarm is set for 3am tonight which I'm slightly anxious about but I think I'll be all right |
| 1:35.2 | because it should be a good tie to wake up to at that hour. I don't wake up for many things at |
| 1:41.2 | that hour but I think Fed Cup final I can manage. I'm fine with time differences generally but |
| 1:47.7 | having tennis taking place on two completely different time zones is problematic. |
| 1:53.6 | It is problematic? Yes this is true. It's going to be worse for the second day in the Fed Cup final |
| 1:59.0 | which leads into the opening day here at the O2. But yes the draws happened and it sees the first |
| 2:08.0 | match Aliyah Tom Yanovich against Christine Imladenovich and then Ashbati against Caroline Garcia. |
| 2:14.8 | So those are the two matches on the opening day. Interestingly Tom Yanovich leads the head-to-head |
| 2:22.6 | to love against Christine Imladenovich. How recent are those two meetings? That is the carry-out. |
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