Osaka backs up US Open victory; Pliskova & Thiem win hard court titles; Lahyani suspended by ATP; Murray to shut down season after Beijing; Laver Cup – what does the future hold?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
There’s a lot to cover on the new Tennis Podcast.
For the second week in a row, David and Catherine begin by talking about the form of Naomi Osaka. The Japanese reached the final in Tokyo to back up her US Open title. Why was that so impressive? And just how well did Karolina Pliskova have to play to beat her?
Elsewhere, Andy Murray has decided that he will shut down his 2018 season after Shenzhen and Beijing in order to focus on being in the best possible shape for Australia. David and Catherine agree that it's a smart move.
There’s also discussion about Serena’s complicated relationship with her coach Patrick Mouratoglou, Mohamed Lahyani’s suspension by the ATP, and more progress for Dominic Thiem on hard courts. Plus, tribute is paid to Mikhail Youzhny following his retirement.
Finally, this week saw the second edition of the Laver Cup. What do David and Catherine think of the event? And what does the future hold for it?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi I'm John McEnore, I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina and Navell Lová. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Matt Svillander, I'm Stan Roenka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Njut, I'm Andy Murray, and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello and welcome to the Network Rail Podcast, |
| 0:24.0 | brought you in this association with the telegraphs and with Amazon Prime Video UK. |
| 0:30.0 | The home of, well, what was the US open and what was the Lava Cup in the UK? |
| 0:35.0 | It is not the Network Rail Podcast, sorry David, that I've just lost at least half of our viewers. |
| 0:42.0 | Listen, get back into Podcast mode, Catherine. |
| 0:45.0 | We are though at Waterloo Station and I felt like I should introduce people early on |
| 0:53.0 | to the fact that there are going to be sound effects, non-tener-related sound effects |
| 0:57.0 | to this podcast, one of which is the sound of a gaggle of pigeons |
| 1:02.0 | absolutely savaging a leftover pastry David is taking a selfie often. |
| 1:08.0 | So he looks genuinely concerned, I mean they are laying into this goodness me. |
| 1:13.0 | Okay, so sounds that you will drink this podcast, |
| 1:18.0 | include train announcements, coffee being ground, pigeons eating things. |
| 1:25.0 | Yeah, is that about it? That pretty much covers it. |
| 1:28.0 | And you will also hear the sound of us talking about tennis. |
| 1:30.0 | Yeah, we'll do that too. |
| 1:31.0 | I'm Catherine Whittaker, this is David Law, |
| 1:34.0 | and yeah, this is the tennis podcast, to be clear, the tennis podcast, |
| 1:38.0 | which is the association with the telegraph Simon Briggs of the telegraph |
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