Madrid - Nadal vs. Alcaraz is on; Ons Jabeur steps up; Disappointing scheduling

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

David and Matt get stuck into the main talking point from the last few days in Madrid. What's different about Ons Jabeur this week? Why will so many people be happy if she wins the title? And what's going on with the scheduling which made Jessica Pegula and Jil Teichmann walk out to a practically empty stadium for their semi-final?

On the men's side, disappointment about Andy Murray's withdrawal ahead of facing Novak Djokovic is made up for by excitement about Carlos Alcaraz vs Rafael Nadal. We discuss all four players, as well as a much-needed strong performance from Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Andrey Rublev's stress on court. We also pay tribute to former US Open and Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson who announced his retirement this week.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King.
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0:04.3	This is Mary Carillo.
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0:06.4	This is Yannick Noah.
0:07.6	Hi, this is David Smith, originally from Baudel in Scotland.
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0:13.8	and all the people who hit balls over it.
0:15.6	It's the tennis podcast.
0:17.6	Hi, and a big thank you to David Smith, who has introduced our edition of the tennis podcast Midway through the Midrid tournament here, which is ongoing as Matt and I come to you with Carlos Alcoraz against Cameron Norrie.
0:43.8	More of that a little bit later.
0:45.6	But David is one of those that came to our live show three years ago.
0:49.9	Remember that Matt?
0:50.8	Well, before locked down and all that and we were at the Queen's Club, but he's been a supporter of us for quite a while, has David.
1:00.4	And he's a friend of the tennis podcast.
1:02.4	He's in at the intro level.
1:04.0	If you'd like to introduce an edition of the tennis podcast as well, you can do exactly that.
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1:12.0	And yeah, thanks David.
1:14.1	Matt, how are you?
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