French Open Day 9 - Serena vs. Sharapova Off, and Everyone's Gutted; Kasatkina Finishes Job; Schwartzmann's Stunning Fightback
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
It was the match everyone wanted to see. But in the end, it didn't happen.
Catherine and David come together on The Tennis Podcast to discuss a day of immense frustration at Roland Garros after Serena Williams was forced to withdraw before taking to the court against Maria Sharapova due to a right pectoral injury.
Were there warning signs from Serena’s doubles match yesterday? Should Serena have even played doubles? And when was the last time the tennis world was so disappointed because a match didn’t happen?
Fortunately, there was some tennis to talk about elsewhere as the quarter-final line-ups were confirmed. World No.1 Simona Halep was in blistering form against Elise Mertens and Angelique Kerber breezed past Caroline Garcia. Those two will meet in a mouth-watering last eight clash.
On the men’s side, Rafael Nadal pulverised Maximilian Marterer, whose pre-match chat with Catherine helped him to a flying 2-love start, and then it was all downhill. Marin Cilic just about outlasted Fabio Fognini in 5, and Diego Schwartzmann pulled off the comeback of the tournament to beat Kevin Anderson from 2-6, 1-6.
There's a preview of Alexander Zverev vs. Dominic Thiem tomorrow, and Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McAnerd. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratlova. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Matt Vylander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm San Roenka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Njut. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | So, well, what a damp squib all that was, |
| 0:22.1 | Catherine Whittaker. |
| 0:23.1 | We spent two days trying to build up |
| 0:25.8 | to Serena Williams against Maria Sharpe, |
| 0:27.7 | but it's not over. |
| 0:28.6 | And it hasn't happened. |
| 0:29.6 | Here we are sitting on a Monday evening. |
| 0:32.5 | Welcome, everybody, by the way, |
| 0:33.6 | to the tennis podcast brought to you |
| 0:34.9 | in association with the telegraph. |
| 0:36.4 | We'd love to tell you all about the wonderful match |
| 0:38.8 | that Serena Williams and Maria Sharpe had, |
| 0:40.8 | but it didn't happen. |
| 0:42.0 | And I am currently sitting at Ser... |
| 0:45.8 | Where am I sitting at? |
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