Raducanu, Djokovic/Medvedev and the US Open, one week on - David Law's Takes!
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
One week on from the most extraordinary Grand Slam tennis tournament in recent memory, David Law returns to give his takes!
What did he think of Emma Raducanu’s win, what has he made of the media coverage one week on, and what should we expect in the future?
Joined by Catherine Whitaker with Matt Roberts is on holiday, David is grilled about the men’s final between Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic, the latest win by Clara Tauson, and the discord over Laver Cup.
The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. More than 150 editions of the show are produced year-round, with weekly coverage and daily pods during Grand Slam tournaments.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartorri. I'm Matt's Belander. This is Mary |
| 0:04.8 | Carillo. I'm Stan Roenka. I'm Lighten Hutt. I'm Andy Murray. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening |
| 0:09.9 | to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:22.1 | Hello folks, we are back. It has been eight days since the Wild Ride that was the 2021 |
| 0:29.7 | US Open ended. We've been on a bit of an emotional wild ride since then of sort of adrenaline crashes |
| 0:37.1 | and relief, but also sadness, wistfulness, maths on holiday. David Nyer here, David looks refreshed |
| 0:49.0 | and well, I'm very pleased to report this is a very healthy looking David Law that I see before |
| 0:55.0 | my eyes. How are you David? I'm all right, Catherine. I'm all right. Thank you very much for asking. |
| 1:00.4 | And yes, I do recognise myself in the Zoom call now, which is pleasant to see. After a weird old |
| 1:10.0 | week in which we had so many incredible highs and exhilaration and yet I was feeling appalling |
| 1:17.1 | and I was in bed shivering with fever. Not COVID, but it did have a virus and yeah, it was quite |
| 1:24.6 | interesting listening to I think the first time it struck me when when you said I'd kind of got |
| 1:32.8 | over, overamped, over hyped. And it was it was almost like, gee, I can't handle the excitement. |
| 1:40.9 | It was so extreme and I got overbubbed. David got an excitement related illness, which is a new |
| 1:48.6 | new genre for the medical profession. Well, we did in the in the preview podcast, you were so pumped. |
| 1:58.8 | And maybe you knew something that we didn't, David. Maybe you knew how good it was going to be, |
| 2:03.7 | but you were so pumped. And it was almost like your body went, no, you can't keep this up. We |
| 2:11.2 | can't keep this up for two weeks. We're going to shut down. Indeed. Well, thankfully you both |
| 2:16.6 | did the most splendid job in my absence. And I got to be a listener, which I enjoyed immensely |
| 2:22.2 | and the viewer folks as Catherine spoke to 10 million people on channel four, which are |
| 2:28.6 | most proud about. But no, no, and then we had the most mind blowing final weekend, which is why |
| 2:35.1 | I'm here, isn't it? Really? Yes, because folks, you were listening to tennis relived. |
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