Kvitova & Zverev Triumph at Altitude, only one marches on Rome; Mary Carillo's take on Djokovic's strife; Plus Pronunciation Corner
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2018
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Sheltering just metres from Craven Cottage and an army of angry Derby County football fans, David & Catherine digest the extraordinary and contrasting title wins in Madrid for Alex Zverev and Petra Kvitova. Who of the two will go further at Roland Garros? And why did David not think to ask that question as a poll vault?
Plus there's analysis of Nadal's (not so) shock defeat to Dominic Thiem, and chat about the (not quite) biggest win of Kyle Edmund's career over Novak Djokovic. And speaking of Djokovic.. Mary Carillo gives her astoundingly excellent thoughts about what's going on with him and why, all via the medium of Whatsapp.
All that as well as a Serena Williams comeback update, pronunciation corner, and a rare mention for Tom Okker.
The Tennis Podcast is produced weekly throughout the year and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments, in association with Telegraph Sport. It is presented by Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport) and David Law (BBC 5 Live, BT Sport).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi I'm John McEnore, I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratlova. |
| 0:03.7 | I'm Matt Svillander, I'm Stan Ravinka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Njut, I'm Andy Murray, and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast, brought to you in association with the telegraph by myself, |
| 0:25.8 | Catherine Whitaker and David Law. |
| 0:28.0 | We are in the same room, that room is just a stone throw away from Craven Cottage, where I had |
| 0:37.0 | forgotten that Fulham would be playing the second leg of their crucial championship playoff match tonight. |
| 0:45.2 | So David is, I feel like I've stitched him up a bit by suggesting he stay in the lovely potney |
| 0:52.3 | premiere in, which happens to tonight be solely occupied by Rowdy Derby County fans and then |
| 0:58.8 | also David Law. Yes, yes I'm trying to just sort of blend in really and not cause a stir. |
| 1:04.4 | I think it might be the official overnight residence of Derby County away fans, David. |
| 1:09.3 | I think it might be right there. |
| 1:10.9 | Seems to get very interesting. |
| 1:12.4 | Student Matt Incidentity, our very own specialist on social media, is a big Fulham fan, |
| 1:18.7 | so everybody's support Fulham for the next hour. |
| 1:21.6 | I'm already supporting Fulham for that. I do desperately want Fulham to fast forward through |
| 1:26.5 | the next minute and a half if you're not in football, but I really really want Fulham not to be in |
| 1:30.3 | the same league as Reading, because then I can support them for a bit. Right, I see. |
| 1:34.3 | Because I live, you know, I can hear the cheers of Craven Cottage from my flat. |
| 1:38.0 | Right. I feel a kinship. |
| 1:39.6 | Okay, and at the moment it's a problematic sharing the vision this next year aren't they? |
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