'New' Coco Gauff downs Swiatek; Machac melts down; Rybakina coaching news rocks tennis

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

It's been quite a week. Catherine, David and Matt convene to review the United Cup, Brisbane, Auckland, the extraordinary performances of Coco Gauff, and an increasingly disturbing storyline on the WTA Tour.

Part one - Coco Gauff, Taylor Fritz give US victory in the United Cup. Is this a new Gauff? Plus, Tomas Machac shows his two sides, and Elena Rybakina clashes with WTA after announcing suspended Stefano Vukov will return to her team.

Part two (from 44 minutes) - What happened in Brisbane, Auckland and Hong Kong? We review it all.

Part three (from 69 minutes) - All the other news and a look ahead to the coming week on the Tours ahead of the Australian Open.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
0:01.9	This is Marion Bartoddy.
0:03.2	This is Bianca Andrescu.
0:04.6	I'm Matt Villander.
0:05.8	This is Mary Carrillo.
0:06.9	This is Pam Schreiber.
0:07.9	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:32.9	Hello, happy new year and welcome to the tennis podcast where we have just watched Team USA beat Team Poland to win the United Cup.
0:39.4	We'll be talking about that and lots else that's taken place in the tennis world over the past week,
0:46.0	the week when the 2025 calendar has finally started taking place in 2025.
0:48.9	David is here.
0:50.1	Hello, David.
0:52.2	Hello, yes, yes.
0:53.9	Hot-footed it from Florida. Now in Solid Hall in the snow and slush,
0:57.9	and tomorrow morning we'll be on a plough flight to Melbourne, which makes me feel kind of cool,
1:05.3	I've got to say, you know, like a sort of James Bond type character, which isn't really accurate.
1:10.9	But still, that's how I feel.
1:12.3	I'm glad you feel good about it.
1:15.1	I feel very worried about your body clock.
1:18.5	Matt, how are you doing?
1:21.0	How many layers are you wearing?
1:24.1	Currently only two, but soon to be about three times that as I as I hot foot it to Craven Cottage for Fulham against Ipswich.
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