Madrid - 'This Is The Year Novak Djokovic Wins The French Open'
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2016
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray for a 12th time in 13 meetings to banish memories of his early loss to Jiri Vesely in Monte Carlo, and our presenter David Law now believes that he will go on to finally land that elusive Roland Garros crown.
Law is joined by Catherine Whitaker from Madrid, who witness the Djokovic express close up in a final that became increasingly intriguing as it went on.
There’s also talk of Simona Halep’s title win, the returning Serena Williams in Rome, and a poll about who is now favourite for the women’s title at the French Open in a few weeks time.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.3 | This is Martina Navratlova. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Stan Ravinka. |
| 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. |
| 0:22.5 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:24.4 | Brought to you in association with the tenor graph. |
| 0:27.1 | We come to you just a few hours after Novak Chokovich won his 29th Masters 1000 title, |
| 0:33.3 | his 64th career title, |
| 0:36.0 | equaling the hall of Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras. |
| 0:39.1 | What names to have already |
| 0:40.5 | equaled when he's still very much at his peak. |
| 0:42.6 | He laid down another significant marker ahead of the French open in just a few weeks time. |
| 0:48.0 | And he did it by beating Andy Murray in the final. |
| 0:51.1 | Myself David Law and Catherine Whittaker are here to talk about it. |
| 0:54.6 | Catherine is in Madrid. |
| 0:56.8 | Where are you at exactly? |
| 0:58.1 | Are you still overlooking that monstrous Magic Box Centre Court, Catherine? |
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