French Open Day 4 – Heartbreak for Bertens; Wawrinka sends a message; Why are the stands so empty?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
A chaotic hour at the end of day four saw huge disappointment for Kiki Bertens as she was forced to retire, narrow and nervy victories for Grigor Dimitrov and Jo Konta, and late-night drama involving Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Benoit Paire. While it was all going on, Catherine Whitaker and Matt Roberts soaked up the atmosphere and recorded the latest Tennis Podcast.
What happened to Bertens? How will Jo Konta fare against the rising and increasingly prominent Viktoria Kuzmova? And why could neither one of Dimitrov and Cilic hold on to the lead?
Elsewhere, what did Stefanos Tsitsipas have to say at the end of his enthralling win against Hugo Dellien? Why does everyone in the men’s draw need to watch out for Stan Wawrinka after his demolition job on Cristian Garín? And why are the grounds so busy but the stands so empty?
Finally, straightforward wins for Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Garbiñe Muguruza and Karolina Pliskova are discussed.
The Tennis Podcast will be daily throughout the French Open, the Fever-Tree Championships at Queen’s, and Wimbledon. It is produced in association with Telegraph Sport.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratilova. |
| 0:03.7 | I'm Matt Vylander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm Stan Ravinka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Nguet. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.2 | Hello and welcome to the day four of the French Open 2019, |
| 0:24.3 | where you find myself, |
| 0:25.3 | Catamidga Matt Roberts. |
| 0:26.8 | No David Law. |
| 0:27.9 | He's asked us to let you know that he's not just |
| 0:30.5 | shirking his podcast responsibilities. |
| 0:32.4 | He's tied up with Queen's responsibilities back in London, |
| 0:35.6 | although we happen to know that that's not what he's doing |
| 0:38.4 | at this precise moment, Matt. |
| 0:40.7 | He is at Hugh Jackman slash greatest showman sing along. |
| 0:46.9 | Yeah, he claims it's for his kids, but we've had photographic evidence of him looking. |
| 0:51.3 | First of all, quite miserable to be there and then ecstatic to be there. |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah, David Law holding a glow stick. |
| 0:56.7 | And never thought I'd see the day Simon Briggs also otherwise detained |
| 1:00.8 | because the British press are furiously writing away following Joe Conte's success. |
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