Live from Wimbledon Day 8 - Dimitrov's devastation, Sinner's uncertainty

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Moments after Grigor Dimitrov’s shocking retirement at two sets to love up against Jannik Sinner, Catherine, David and Matt were live to feel their feelings and review the day.

Part one - We start by reacting to the heartbreaking moment Dimitrov had to retire against Sinner after tearing his pec. We discuss the devastation on Centre Court, the way Dimitrov had been outplaying Sinner up until that point, and the uncertainty facing Sinner as he goes into the next round having not won a set and having hurt his elbow after taking a fall in the opening game. In the quarter-finals Sinner will face Ben Shelton who beat Lorenzo Sonego for the third straight major in a really fun match. Can Shelton trouble Sinner? There’s also an assessment of the difficulty Novak Djokovic had against Alex de Minaur, the way he turned the match around, and how he might fare against Flavio Cobolli in the last eight.

Part two (38m55s) - In the women’s draw, Mirra Andreeva impressed on her Centre Court debut by beating Emma Navarro, Belinda Bencic eventually came through against Ekaterina Alexandrova, Iga Swiatek didn’t have too much trouble against Clara Tauson, and Liudmila Samsonova is finally putting her game together at a slam.

Part three (56m11s) - A look ahead to tomorrow’s quarter-finals and the moment Reggie got a selfie with Roger Federer.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast live from Wimbledon on day eight of the championships,
0:17.4	an absolute emotional roller coaster of a day and in particular of an evening
0:22.2	here at SW19, culminating in some pretty harrowing scenes involving Grigel Dimitrov on
0:28.1	centre court, but then buoyed again by the scenes up here on the roof of Reggie getting a
0:33.7	selfie with Roger Federer.
0:35.4	The most iconic selfie you've ever seen, we've got a crowd over there, cheering our spirits.
0:44.2	And we needed them.
0:46.2	We needed that, didn't we?
0:47.3	Because it's been a tough couple of hours over here, isn't it?
0:51.6	Yeah, it has.
0:52.6	We've just, along, I'm sure, with all of you, yeah, we love you too, Reggie.
0:58.4	We have, along, I'm sure with all of you, just sat through Grigor Dimitrov going two sets of
1:05.6	love up against the world number one, Yanik Sinner, playing absolutely out of his mind, playing as we know he can,
1:13.6	and really having Yanuk Sinner in big trouble and within the space of 30 seconds having his
1:21.3	dreams dashed by what looks like a torn pectoral muscle. And that is as sad a scene as I've seen on Centre Court.
1:34.9	Matt?
1:38.0	Yeah, brutal.
1:40.3	One of the most brutal things I've ever seen on a on a sports in a you know in sport to be honest
1:48.7	he's out playing yanik sinner who himself had had a little injury concern which which I'm sure
1:57.8	we'll talk about but grigitrov Dimmatov is playing so well,
2:02.2	and then he's serving at 2-1 in the third set,
2:06.7	and at 40 Love, he serves and comes in,
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