French Open Finals - Serena vs. Muguruza; Djokovic vs. Murray
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2016
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Andy Murray is trying to be the first British man in 81 years to win the French Open, Djokovic will try to complete a career Grand Slam on Sunday, Garbine Muguruza is after her first ever major title, and Serena Williams is trying to tie Steffi Graf on 22.
The only prediction anyone can make with confidence is that tennis is in for an emotional weekend.
After a day packed with semifinals, tennis broadcasters Catherine Whitaker and David Law convened for a Tennis Podcast which reviewed a scintillating performance from Murray to knock out defending champion Stan Wawrinka, and assess his chances in the final.
We hear from Grand Slam champions Mats Wilander and Thomas Johansson, and Wimbledon runner-up Mark Philippoussis about what they see as the keys to victory for Murray against Djokovic.
In the women’s final, the physical condition of Serena Williams is discussed - she was revealed to have an ‘adductor injury’ after her semifinal win over Kiki Bertens. And we talk about her...
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.3 | This is Martina Navratelova. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Matt Villander. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Stan Bavinka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Njut. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.7 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:09.6 | The tennis podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | The tennis podcast. |
| 0:22.4 | Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:24.6 | My name is David Lawer. |
| 0:25.7 | I'm joined by Catherine Whittaker on the show, |
| 0:28.3 | which is brought to you in association with the telegraph. |
| 0:30.9 | Catherine is back from Paris. |
| 0:32.7 | The French Open is still very much going on. |
| 0:35.6 | And it is at the business end because... |
| 0:38.7 | Andy Murray's into the final for the first time in his career. |
| 0:42.0 | He's the first British man to do so since Bunny Austin in 1937. |
| 0:47.2 | No man from Great Britain has won this event since 1935 and Fred Perry. |
| 0:51.9 | But he has the ultimate challenge to come through if he's to win it. |
| 0:56.8 | He's got to face Novak Chokovitch. |
| 0:58.2 | Who's trying to win his first ever French Open title |
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