Queen's Day 1 - Dimitrov, Tsonga Sail; Kyrgios Crocked; Shapovalov Soars; and John Bishop guests
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2017
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The Queen’s Club was baked in sunshine as the Aegon Championships got underway, and The Tennis Podcast team of Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport) and Gigi Salmon (BBC) are on hand to review the day’s action.
Billed as match of the day, Denis Shapovalov and Kyle Edmund didn’t disappoint, playing three sets of thrilling tennis in the late afternoon on Centre Court. Shapovalov in particular was impressive, building on his qualifying run to beat Edmund 6-4 in the third. Catherine could barely contain her excitement at his lefty single-handed backhand. We hear from the ATP #NextGen star.
Elsewhere, there was disappointment for Nick Kyrgios. The Australian unfortunately had to retire mid-match against Donald Young but is still optimistic for Wimbledon.
There were no other big name casualties on the opening day as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Grigor Dimitrov and Tomas Berdych all looked good in straight-set wins.
Looking ahead to day two, Andy Murray begins his title defence. His full pre-tournament...
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