French Open Day 2 – Lucky Loser Trungelliti Captures Hearts; British Bullishness; Nadal Frustrated; Serena Ready To Return
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
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🗓️ 28 May 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Despite some late drama, the Sunday start at Roland Garros had felt a little flat. Fortunately, that all changed on day two and there was plenty for David (at a wildlife centre) and Catherine (at the tennis) to talk about.
While a number of big names may have taken to the court, it was the World No.190 Marco Trungelliti who stole the headlines. The lucky loser’s 9-hour road trip from Barcelona, which caught the imagination of everyone at Roland Garros, got the Hollywood finale it deserved as he defeated Bernard Tomic to reach the second round. Catherine and David delight in the sheer romance of the story.
It was also a successful day from a British perspective as Cameron Norrie and Heather Watson won convincingly. Both players are talking with real confidence. How might they fare in the next round?
Elsewhere, there were wins for Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki, Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic. Who impressed most?
But there was no such luck for Wawrinka. His ranking will drop alarmingly after a first round loss to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. But is there a crumb of comfort to be found in the way Stan is speaking optimistically about his health?
Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal was delayed by the rain and an inspired performance from Simone Bolelli. How much of a role did the heavy conditions play in that match?
Looking ahead to Tuesday, Serena Williams will play her much-anticipated first Grand Slam match for 16 months. What can we expect from her return?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm San Roenka. I'm Lighten Eut. I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | So day two of the French Open is underway and we are coming to you with |
| 0:24.4 | athletes, tennis podcast, brought to you in association with the |
| 0:27.1 | tenor graph myself, David Law, in the rather unusual surrounds of a wildlife |
| 0:32.9 | centre in the middle of the Cotswolds. Not something I expected to be |
| 0:37.7 | saying to you, but that's where I am with my family. Catherine Wittigah, |
| 0:40.2 | however, is in the thick of it at Roland Garros. |
| 0:43.2 | Another interesting day of tennis over there. Catherine, how's it been? |
| 0:47.6 | Still hot and humid, I think it is over there, isn't it? |
| 0:50.0 | Yeah, getting more humid by the minute. There are spots of rain around. |
| 0:54.0 | It's about 6 p.m. as we record this. But frankly, we've been pretty lucky |
| 1:00.1 | considering what the weather forecast was on the eve of the tournament a couple of |
| 1:03.2 | days ago. We haven't had any rain interruptions and |
| 1:07.6 | fingers crossed that that continues because I am here for the long haul because |
| 1:12.7 | Heather Watson isn't even on court yet, David. |
| 1:16.8 | Thanks to Dennis' system in a Roberto, about Easter and Goot heroic efforts |
| 1:21.9 | on court number three earlier on today. They kept that court occupied for about |
| 1:25.4 | 14 hours. Heather Watson has had a long wait to get on court today. |
| 1:30.6 | Who ended up winning that match? Dennis' system in. |
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