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The Tennis Podcast

Fed Cup – Joy At Last For Great Britain; Monte Carlo – Fabulous Fognini, Nadal Nowhere Near His Best, Djokovic’s Dry Spell

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In part one of this week’s Tennis Podcast, David Law and Grad Matt react to a thrilling weekend of Fed Cup action in London which saw Great Britain make a long-awaited return to the World Group with a 3-1 win over Kazakhstan.

Just how significant is this victory for Anne Keothavong’s side? What makes Jo Konta and Katie Boulter such good Fed Cup players? And what might the World Group look like next year?

In part two, David is joined by Catherine Whitaker to discuss a surprising start to the clay-court swing in Monte Carlo. Will Fabio Fognini ever be able to find some consistency to go with his occasional weeks of majestic tennis? Why was Rafael Nadal not at his best? And is Novak Djokovic’s lacklustre form becoming a cause for concern?

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Vylander.

0:04.9

I'm San Roenka. I'm Lainey Nguyen. I'm Andy Murray. And you're listening to the tennis podcast.

0:20.3

Or what a weekend of tennis. We have just witnessed all over Europe, all over the world in fact,

0:26.0

because the Fed Cup has been in full flourish. Monte Carlo has come and gone as well.

0:31.8

We're going to be covering everything in this edition of the tennis podcast, brought to you

0:35.6

an association with the telegraph. Myself David Law, a little bit later Catherine Whittaker

0:40.0

will join us to talk about Monte Carlo. But Grant Matt and myself right now,

0:44.5

are standing outside a place known as the Copperbox in London, which was an Olympic venue

0:50.2

for the 2012 Olympics. And this weekend has played host to Great Britain against Kazakhstan in a

0:56.6

world group to play off for the Fed Cup. It doesn't sound that bigger deal. I'm sure to those

1:02.0

of you that are not from Great Britain. But for us, who've been waiting for 26 years to get into

1:06.8

a world group of any sort in this competition, it's a huge deal. And it has been sealed by Great

1:13.0

Britain winning through by three rubbers to one in the end. courtesy of fantastic performances

1:19.9

from Katie Bolter and Johanna Conte, the Great Britain number one. We'll also talk about the

1:26.0

semi-finals in the Fed Cup World Group this year, which have also produced some incredible

1:30.8

moments. But first of all, Matt, what have you thought of your first Fed Cup weekend in the flesh?

1:37.6

Yes, superb. I always get this feeling whenever I'm at a Davis Cup, like I've been to before,

1:43.4

and now Fed Cup, that this might be the best version of tennis. Really, you can't replicate

1:51.1

the energy and the amount people care about it elsewhere. And we're in the Olympic Park,

1:57.7

and there was a little bit of that kind of Olympic 2012 spirit about the place today.

2:02.5

Just so many people willing them on. And yeah, it was just a whole lot of fun and

2:10.9

really dramatic tennis as well, which we'll get into.

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