Marion Bartoli – Winning Wimbledon, Overcoming Anorexia, Coaching Ostapenko
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Before leaving Melbourne, Catherine Whitaker and David Law spent an hour in the company of Marion Bartoli. What followed was, we believe, one of the most powerful and important podcasts we’ve ever done.
Topics include how Bartoli came to play double-handed on both sides, the way tennis affected her relationship with her father and brother growing up, why she felt like a failure after losing the 2007 Wimbledon final, what it felt like to finally win Wimbledon in 2013, her sudden retirement from the sport, the dark place she was in while suffering from anorexia, how she overcame it, the current state of the WTA Tour, whether Serena Williams will overtake the Grand Slam record, and coaching Jelena Ostapenko.
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| 0:00.0 | I was set on being a mounted police officer from a young age, but I knew it |
| 0:04.6 | had to move to make it happen and for me the Met presented endless opportunities. |
| 0:09.0 | From joining as a PC at age 23 I went into a variety of roles from emergency |
| 0:14.7 | response to public order policing. As a sergeant in the mounted branch my dream |
| 0:19.7 | job became reality. Now I've been promoted to Inspector, I can't wait to see |
| 0:24.2 | where my career takes me next. Become a Met Police Officer, search Met Police |
| 0:28.4 | careers. |
| 0:32.0 | Hi this is Marion Bartoli and you're listening to Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:47.4 | Where is that great pleasure to have the Wimbleton Champion of 2013 here with us on the |
| 0:52.1 | tennis podcast Hello Marion Bartoli. Hello David and Catherine. It's an |
| 0:56.7 | absolute treat for us because both Catherine and I for anybody who doesn't know |
| 1:01.0 | we get to work with you throughout the year whether it's Catherine on the TV |
| 1:04.7 | or me on the radio and I know I said it to you and I'm really mean it. I think |
| 1:10.3 | you're one of the best commentators around to commentate with and so I'm thrilled |
| 1:14.8 | to have you with us. Well thank you so much thank you. It's not my mother language |
| 1:18.5 | I'm trying in English to really have a point every time I'm talking that's |
| 1:22.0 | probably why I do a better job. I tried to persuade David to do this in French |
| 1:26.4 | yeah but that wouldn't have worked because I am challenged when it comes to |
| 1:30.8 | languages. We want to go back in time to start with Marion because your career |
| 1:36.0 | is is one of great fascination to me because it's it's so different to to so |
| 1:41.6 | many people I mean I think everybody's career is different but the way that |
| 1:45.5 | you learn your technique two hands on both sides and tell us about how that |
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