Olympics Re-Lived: 2008 Beijing

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The Beijing Olympics are perhaps best remembered for the world-beating achievements of Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, but it was also an unforgettable Games for tennis.

We discuss Russia’s clean sweep of the women’s singles medals, how much a gold meant to Elena Dementieva, the way China embraced tennis, the lasting influence of the Beijing Games on the sport, how much Roger Federer values his doubles gold, and Rafael Nadal’s ascension to World No.1.

There was also an epic semi-final between James Blake and Fernando Gonzalez featuring a moment of controversy over whether or not Gonzalez’s racquet had touched the ball. On the podcast, Blake explains exactly why it made him angry, and Gonzalez gives his version of events.

Blake also discusses his one and only victory over Roger Federer and reveals how difficult it was to bounce back from a loss and play the bronze medal match.

The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments. It is crowdfunded by listeners each December.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Mary Ann Barto di.
0:01.8	I'm Matt Vylander.
0:03.0	This is Mary Carillo.
0:04.0	I'm Stan Ravinka.
0:05.0	I'm Lainey Hutt.
0:05.8	I'm Andy Murray.
0:06.7	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:20.8	Hello folks and welcome back to the tennis podcast and the latest edition of
0:25.3	Olympics Relived, the 2008 Beijing.
0:29.9	edition.
0:30.5	We excited to be in Beijing in 2008, Matt.
0:34.9	I mean, Matt excited to be anywhere and everywhere at the moment because he's still
0:38.8	basking in full and glow.
0:42.3	The Beijing Olympics are the first Olympics I watched extensively.
0:48.1	I vividly remember Kelly Holmes doing what she did in Athens, but for sort of
0:54.3	wall to wall coverage, it was Beijing for me.
0:57.2	And I just remember the venues being really cool, the birds' nest, the aquatic
1:01.4	center looking quite futuristic.
1:03.6	And yeah, I just I lapped it up.
1:06.6	Do you remember the dramas at the opening ceremony?
1:09.3	That's kind of the, I know you're all about iconic moments, Matt.
1:12.5	I think that is the iconic moment, isn't it, from Beijing?
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