Olympics - Swiatek shocked, the end for Andy, Djokovic’s dream in danger & Vekic victorious
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2024
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
It's only been a few days since our last episode but SO much has happened in Paris. Catherine, David and Matt recap Andy Murray's career ending, Zheng Qinwen beating Iga Swiatek, all kinds of aggro involving Danielle Collins and Emma Navarro, no medal matches for Coco Gauff, a big injury scare for Novak Djokovic, the end of Nadalcaraz in doubles but progression for Alcaraz in singles, the form of Lorenzo Musetti and Felix Auger-Aliassime, and all the key doubles results. Plus, Pam Shriver pops in to talk about Donna Vekic's run to the gold medal match.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi this is Billy Jane King this is Marion Bartotti this is Biancon Dreskou I'm Matt's Villander this is Mary Carrillo this is Pam Shriver this is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast on Thursday the 1st of August, the sixth day of the |
| 0:30.4 | Olympic Games in Paris, the sixth day of Olympic tennis and the day that |
| 0:36.3 | Andy Murray officially we think finally has retired from professional tennis. |
| 0:45.0 | It's over folks. |
| 0:46.7 | He and Dan Evans were beaten at the quarter final stage, |
| 0:50.9 | 6264 by Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz ultimately quite a one-sided |
| 0:57.4 | match up barring one last stand for Andy Murray and Dan Evans when they just would not lay down, saved a |
| 1:04.9 | match point, broke back on the Americans serve, held themselves and forced the |
| 1:11.0 | Americans to serve it out a second time and I'm forced the Americans to serve it out a second time and I'm sure the Americans were |
| 1:15.0 | rocking a bit on their heels knowing what Andy Murray and Dan Evans had pulled off in their |
| 1:20.4 | two previous matches but they held firm and they were very classy in the moment |
| 1:26.4 | of victory not really celebrating totally acknowledging the significance of the moment and who belonged in the spotlight and that was |
| 1:34.8 | that was a very emotional Andy Murray and an even more emotional Dan Evans it was Dan Evans. It was Dan Evans tears that finally got me in the end and I feel like |
| 1:49.3 | we've done this part a few times before but it's I think it's definitely real this time David. |
| 1:58.2 | Yeah it's real it's real he knows it we all know it and and it's right that it is. And I don't think it could have gone really much better, |
| 2:08.9 | realistically, obviously if they'd have managed to win this match and get a chance at a medal. |
| 2:14.0 | But that would have been fantasy land, really. |
| 2:17.0 | This was about struggle and overcoming absurd obstacles in a |
| 2:23.4 | in a way that just had you holding your breath throughout for three matches |
| 2:28.9 | there was so many times that I found myself sort of like almost holding on to the sofa because I'm I'm on on this roller coaster and I don't I don't know how to handle it |
| 2:39.0 | And that's what Andy Murray does to everybody I think and he's been doing it for 20 years and so it could just couldn't have been more fitting I think the fact that he had that Evans |
| 2:50.0 | Somebody so down to earth and somebody who would have followed that ride every step of the way and |
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