Our reaction to Pam Shriver’s story, Wimbledon’s ban, and a big week of tennis
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
It’s been an extraordinary week in the world of tennis, and this is our chance to react to it.
0 mins - 28 mins: Pam Shriver joins us to reflect on the story she told us last week, how she’s since learned that she was also a victim of physical abuse, and what next steps should be for tennis to improve its safeguarding measures.
28 mins - 53 mins: Pam stays with us to react to the decision of Wimbledon to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes.
54 mins to 91 mins: Stuttgart, Barcelona, Belgrade, Istanbul
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli. |
| 0:03.1 | I'm Matt Vellander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Shriver. |
| 0:06.4 | This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.5 | Well hello folks and welcome to the tennis podcast in what has been I think it's fair to say and |
| 0:27.0 | this might be a gross understatement a pretty busy week in the tennis world. |
| 0:32.6 | We're recording on Sunday evening UK time. There have been four finals today and two semi-finals due |
| 0:39.6 | to rain and Barcelona. Obviously all four of those finals happened at the same time because tennis |
| 0:45.9 | be-tenzing. We've done our best to watch them all and we'll be bringing you up to date with our |
| 0:53.4 | thoughts and feelings about all of those results in due course. David's here. He's got are we |
| 1:00.8 | hint of a tan David. Yeah I got some burnt on day one and this is the results 10 days later. |
| 1:09.3 | It's good to know that some things never change or something quite comforting about that. Matt, |
| 1:13.6 | you and I are the same colour we were the last time we recorded a tennis podcast. |
| 1:18.6 | Yes and I'm actually going to somewhere which is a whole 10 degrees colder than where I currently am |
| 1:23.7 | tomorrow and calling it a holiday. So who knows what colour I'll be next week. |
| 1:29.2 | What is this magical destination Matt? It is Northumberland. |
| 1:33.7 | Oh well known holiday destination Northumberland. Yes, Plank Golf next week looking forward to it |
| 1:39.0 | but it is going to be chilly. I'm delighted to say that Pam Shriver's here folks. Pam, have you ever |
| 1:44.5 | been to Northumberland? I may have but I don't remember but I have been to places 10 degrees colder |
| 1:52.3 | but tomorrow I'm actually going on a four night five day retreat to just north of San Francisco. |
| 1:58.3 | So quite a few of us are departing on trips. I think you win. Matt, you've been out holiday. |
| 2:06.9 | Pam, we're really tough to have you with us. This has been a meaty old week for tennis and |
| 2:12.0 | that's before we get even get into those four finals that all happened at the same time earlier on |
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