Martina Navratilova - French Open preview, the Chris Evert rivalry, and Martina vs. Serena - what would have happened?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis, Sports & Recreation

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2015

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The great Martina Navratilova joins David to talk about her childhood memories, her rivalry with Chris Evert, and her thoughts on the game today. Who does she think will come out on top in the upcoming French Open? Which of the young guns most excites her? Can Serena Williams surpass Steffi Graf Grand Slams singles titles won? And Serena vs. Martina - what would have happened? Plus, Rafael Nadal's battle with nerves, Novak Djokovic's dominance, and Andy Murray's opportunity. Finally, Catherine Whitaker returns from our European clay court swing with a spring in her step and plenty of thoughts, opinions and dodgy predictions.

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0:00.0	Hi there, this is Martina Navratelova and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:14.4	Well hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. It is a very special day for us because it isn't just
0:20.6	me and Catherine Whittaker talking about tennis and pretending we know what we're talking about.
0:24.9	Today we get to speak to somebody who really knows what they're talking about where this game
0:30.0	is concerned and that is because she has done it all in this sport that we love so much. 167
0:37.0	singles titles, 177 doubles titles, 18 grand slam singles, crowns 31 slam doubles, 15 mixed doubles,
0:46.5	crowns six and a half years at world number one. Martina Navratelova, where does it end? Welcome
0:52.1	to the tennis podcast. Well thank you. I usually do know what I'm talking about but sometimes I also
0:56.8	do just make it up as I go along. Well it's an absolute pleasure for us to have you on our show. It
1:03.2	is a show that celebrates tennis that loves tennis and judging by the way you have responded to working
1:10.0	on BT Sport over the last couple of weeks and seeing the enthusiasm with which you still watch
1:14.6	these tennis players in action, I think you love the sport as much as ever. Well you know it, I mean
1:20.6	it's a sport that gets under your skin doesn't it? It's a fantastic challenging sport and
1:27.3	definitely sport in my lifetime and I'm still learning. I'm still learning as the sport has evolved
1:31.8	so much since I first picked up a racket which was my grandmother's racket from like 1910
1:36.9	wouldn't handle, wouldn't rack it nylon and now we're playing with these space age materials and
1:44.7	space age materials in the racket as well for strings and nylon etc. So it's an evolving sport and
1:53.5	it's fun to be a part of seeing that evolution. Can you remember the first day that you picked up a
1:58.0	racket or and thought this is what I wanted to? Well I don't remember the first time I ever picked up
2:03.5	a racket but I do remember hitting against the wall in my hometown at the club. There was four
2:08.0	courts and then the end of it now there's a fifth court but it was just half a court and there was
2:13.1	a wall there and I spent hours and and actually two years before I stepped on a real court before
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