French Open Day 1 - Kvitova 'Wins French Open' On Opening Day; Kerber Out; Evans Toils
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2017
⏱️ 20 minutes
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The Tennis Podcast - Kvitova ‘Wins French Open’ On Opening Day
It was only the first day, but it already felt as though Petra Kvitova had won the French Open.
Six months after being subjected to a terrifying knife attack in her own home, Kvitova returned to the court and won her first match at Roland Garros. Simon Briggs, the Telegraph’s Tennis Correspondent, appears on the latest Tennis Podcast and says that she was unquestionably the story of the opening day of the tournament.
That’s on a day when the World No.1 Angelique Kerber suffered a humbling defeat at the hands of Ekaterina Makarova. The German seemed a shadow of the woman that won two major titles a year ago. What did Briggs and Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport) make of her defeat?
Catherine Whitaker was courtside during the Dan Evans vs. Tommy Robredo match, and described the conditions as some of the most oppressive she had ever experienced, such was the heat. The pod team assess the performance of...
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| 0:51.3 | brought to you in association with the Telegraph and with Eurosport, |
| 0:54.8 | brought to you after a very sweaty, interesting, intriguing first day of play |
| 1:00.6 | at Roland Garros 2017. |
| 1:02.4 | I'm delighted to say that I'm joined by the Telegraph's tennis correspondent Simon Briggs. |
| 1:07.8 | Where to start really? |
| 1:08.9 | It's sort of a bonus day this Sunday isn't it that we get at Roland Garros? |
| 1:12.1 | We don't get it any other slams in it. |
| 1:13.6 | There have been so many storylines already on day one. |
| 1:16.0 | Well maybe we should start with the rather luxurious weather that we're experiencing. |
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