French Open Day 14 - Brilliant Barty Wins First Grand Slam; Thiem Takes Out Djokovic
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Ash Barty has become a Grand Slam singles champion, just as David Law predicted would happen this year on The Tennis Podcast over a month ago. We are never going to hear the end of it.
On the penultimate day of the 2019 French Open, David is joined by Catherine Whitaker and Matt Roberts to chat about how Barty did it, and gloat about his prediction.
What makes Barty so popular? If clay is not her favourite surface, will she now go on to win more Grand Slams elsewhere, particularly on the grass at Wimbledon? And how much of an impact did the delayed start time have on Marketa Vondrousova?
In the men’s event, Djokovic’s quest to hold all four Grand Slam titles for the second time was ended by Dominic Thiem.
How did Thiem use his variety to disrupt Djokovic? Why did we not see the relentless brilliance from Djokovic? What did both players have to say about last night’s premature suspension of play?
And how will Thiem get on against Nadal in the final?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.3 | This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Villander. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Stan Roenka. I'm Lighten Ewitt. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.3 | We have a new champion, a new grand slam champion. |
| 0:24.2 | Her name is Ash Barty of Australia and it was achieved in |
| 0:29.1 | the most sensational style from her point of view. |
| 0:31.8 | It wasn't dramatic. It wasn't extravagant, but it was absolutely brilliant from start to finish. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm David Law. This is the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the telegraph. |
| 0:42.4 | And I'm joined by Catherine Whittaker in Paris. Catherine, how you doing? |
| 0:45.8 | Doing good, David. Doing good. Not as good as Ash Barty. |
| 0:48.9 | No. Who might have owned you staying in the macaure where I find myself right now? |
| 0:55.1 | Oh, well, there we go. You've been saying all along. |
| 0:57.9 | The macaure is responsible and she is a few million richer. |
| 1:01.6 | Breakfix of champions, literally. |
| 1:04.5 | Yeah, it seems so. And we've also got Matt Roberts here. Hello, Matt. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello, David. |
| 1:09.1 | It's not the same, is it? We're in three different places, |
| 1:12.6 | whereas you were sort of crowded around a media cafe table with some pretty revolting food in front of you. |
| 1:20.4 | But great company and general atmosphere. |
| 1:23.9 | But anyway, we're here virtually on the tennis podcast and that's a great start. |
| 1:28.9 | The final obviously followed the resumption of the men's semi-final today. |
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