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The Tennis Podcast

Federer Sidelined by Surgery - Curse or Blessing? Plus Rybakina's Rise & Halep's Heroics

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt catch up to discuss a busy week which saw Roger Federer announce knee surgery, Kim Clijsters impress in her first match for seven years, Simona Halep beat Elena Rybakina in a thriller in Dubai, and Dominic Thiem struggle in Rio. 

Could Federer’s enforced break actually be a blessing in disguise when it comes to Wimbledon and the Olympics this summer? What makes Rybakina special? And who is 16-year-old Carlos Alcaraz who won a match in Rio?

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Mary Ann Bartorri, this is Martina Navratelova, I'm Matt Vylander, this is Mary Carillo, I'm San Roenca, I'm like New York, I'm Andy Murray, and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast.

0:21.5

Lunch at Catherine Wittigas, that's what we've just had, not made by Catherine, but provided by Catherine and lovely it was too.

0:29.5

It's a lot like breakfast at Tiffany's, but significantly less romantic.

0:35.5

Very tasty, wasn't it Matt? Very lovely.

0:38.5

Exceptional, yes, okay. So we've had that, and Catherine's plumbing has been done in the flat, which we were concerned about noise-wise, but the bathroom has been fixed.

0:50.5

So everything's gone well, and Catherine's got the invoice to pay.

0:55.5

Yes, I was just going to give a shout out to the plumber, but clearly I've forgotten his name, and it's not on this invoice.

1:03.5

So he was a Frenchman, and he was great, he is tightened the washes on my bathroom taps.

1:12.5

Excellent, splendid.

1:13.5

And the toilet is back in action, I can serve hot drinks again.

1:18.5

And that hissing sound has stopped, which you said have been going on since 3am.

1:23.5

Since 3am, I said to David, oh, the toilet's back in action, so I can offer you hot drinks now, and David's face can tauted in an amazing way.

1:36.5

While he tried to make sense of what I said, your first thought was that I was sourcing the water for the cat, and I'm from the toilet.

1:47.5

Well, it was one of the possibilities. It turns out it wasn't what actually happens in the establishment.

1:52.5

So we're okay folks.

1:55.5

As I said, a lot like breakfast, it's definitely establishment, I think.

1:58.5

Yes, not a thing.

2:00.5

Okay, right, so tennis, which we are here to talk about, and which we've been watching with interest all week, so much happens in the tennis world, doesn't it in the space of a week?

2:12.5

We did over an hour last week, and I got to the end of that, and I thought, nothing's going to happen over the next week, or we'll require anything like this much.

2:20.5

And then within about half an hour, loads of stuff had happened, including them, and that was the day that Kim Clistus came back.

2:26.5

And then, yeah, I think within 12 hours, a 36 year old had made a really impressive comeback after seven years not playing, and a 16 year old had won a match on the ATP tour.

2:39.5

All within 12 hours of us hitting stop on our recording.

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