‘Federer will finish 2017 as the World No.1’; Vesnina Makes The Heart Sing In Indian Wells; Why is 30 the new 20?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis, Sports & Recreation

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🗓️ 20 March 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Roger Federer, who will turn 36 in August, will finish 2017 as the World’s No.1 male tennis player if he stays healthy.That’s the view of David Law, the BBC 5 Live and BT Sport tennis commentator and one of the presenters of The Tennis Podcast, which is produced in association with Telegraph Sport.Federer added the Indian Wells title to his win at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January, and Law said on the new edition of the podcast that, with the physical and form issues being experienced by Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic currently, added to the freshness and brilliance being exhibited by Federer, the Swiss player overhauling everyone by the end of the year. Elsewhere, Law and co-host Catherine Whitaker, a tennis presenter for Eurosport, wonder why so many of the players in the latter stages of big tournaments tend to be over 30 these days, including the excellent Elena Vesnina, who won the women’s title 15 months after finishing 2015 outside the world’s Top 100.There is concern over Murray...

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andy Murray and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:15.0	Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the telegraph and with your sport.
0:22.0	It is International Happiness Day.
0:25.0	Happy International Happiness Day, David.
0:27.0	Oh, I will smile.
0:29.0	This is the endlessly happy David Law of Beauty Sport and Queens and all other parishes.
0:39.0	Happy International Happiness Day, David.
0:42.0	Thank you very much.
0:43.0	Yeah, I feel like I should be some sort of mascot for that kind of day person.
0:47.0	I didn't know it was that day but I brought my smile anyway and I feel just Andy.
0:53.0	Andy, David has enough happiness to enable all the earths of the 7 billion inhabitants to be sufficiently happy to celebrate International Happiness Day.
1:04.0	I really, he certainly has enough happiness for me to borrow some.
1:08.0	David, I reckon that Roger Federer and Elaine Verznina are enjoying International Happiness Day, don't you think?
1:15.0	Actually, to be fair, they do rival me and I would say this week you serve me because you're right.
1:23.0	Both of them are taps.
1:25.0	I mean, who wouldn't be after you've just won one of the biggest titles in the sport outside the slams and you know, the one everybody loves in Indian Wells and it's got all sorts of riches on offer to loads of points to go with it but but surely just the way that they go about their business is a testament to the world.
1:44.0	Is a testament to how I think every champion should feel after after a big win and how the sport should feel.
1:51.0	You know, not only Roger Federer who obviously we know who just loves everything about being a tennis player and being Roger Federer but Verznina is somebody who went down outside the world's top 100 just over a year ago.
2:02.0	I remember commentating on a match of hers on BT Sport when where I said she's basically a doubles player now, really a doubles specialist.
2:12.0	And because that's how she felt, she didn't look like she was going to get anywhere near the top 50 again because she was just I think she lost nine first rounds in 2015.
2:22.0	She lost seven times in qualifying. She just wasn't even a competitive player.
2:26.0	She's now the world's number 13th ranked player and she's just won Indian Wells.
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