French Open Day 15 - Nadal's Ridiculous Dozen; Thiem gets closer
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
It’s getting ridiculous now.
After Rafael Nadal takes Roland Garros for the 12th time, Catherine, David and Matt chat on The Tennis Podcast about where the final was won and lost against Dominic Thiem, before trying to put Nadal’s achievements into context.
Was the first set one of the best ever in a Grand Slam final? How did Nadal outlast Thiem both mentally and physically throughout the match? And can Thiem take heart from this defeat, knowing that he won a set at least, or was it further evidence that the gap to Nadal on clay is unbridgeable?
Looking ahead, will Nadal transfer this form to grass? How many more French Open titles might he be able to win? And can he surpass Federer’s all-time Grand Slam record?
There’s also a rundown of all the other significant results from this year’s tournament, and a reflection on what made it such a memorable French Open.
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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 Vylander. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Stan Ravinka. I'm Lainey Njut. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.3 | Rafael Nadal has 12 French open titles to his name. |
| 0:24.8 | Just saying that out loud seems preposterous, |
| 0:28.0 | but that is the situation he's beaten Dominic Team |
| 0:31.2 | in the men's singles final at Roland Garros |
| 0:34.2 | in four sets, the first two of which were just incredible |
| 0:37.9 | sets of tennis. |
| 0:38.9 | Myself David Lord joined by Catherine Whittaker in Paris. |
| 0:41.7 | Hello Catherine. |
| 0:42.7 | Hello David. |
| 0:43.8 | And by Matt Roberts, who is not in Paris, |
| 0:47.6 | but is here on the tennis podcast and has been coming up with |
| 0:52.0 | stats that are sort of Rafael Nadal Esk in their brilliance |
| 0:57.3 | over the course of the last few hours. How you doing Matt? |
| 0:59.8 | Very well, slightly concerned how we're going to find the words to do this justice, really. |
| 1:04.8 | Yeah, actually Chris Braddenham on Eurosport said, |
| 1:07.2 | I think we're going to have to find a new word, |
| 1:09.2 | invent a new word to describe Rafael Nadal's achievements, |
| 1:12.2 | which I think is quite a good point. |
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