RG Day 1 - Fun first day, but Djokovic reveals doubts
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
As opening days of Grand Slam tournaments go, that was a pretty crazy one, starting with Naomi Osaka winning a match that became too close for comfort, ending with Andy Murray walking off Court Philippe-Chatrier for probably the final time, and featuring lots of fun matches involving French players. The new Suzanne Lenglen roof was also unveiled and Novak Djokovic gave a cryptic press conference where he talked about having 'low expectations'. Catherine, David and Matt wrap it all up on a two-part podcast, that also includes predictions for Rafael Nadal vs Alexander Zverev on day two.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm currently out of office. |
| 0:04.0 | An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break. |
| 0:14.0 | So I've gone to Barbados |
| 0:19.0 | for a month for science. |
| 0:22.0 | Yours, Toby. |
| 0:24.0 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday, Atoll |
| 0:29.3 | protected. |
| 0:31.3 | Hi, this is Billy Jean King. This is Marion Bartotti. I'm Matz Villander. |
| 0:36.6 | This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Schreiber. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the |
| 0:41.0 | tennis podcast. Well hello good evening and welcome to the sixth floor of Court |
| 0:57.3 | Philippe Chatee to my left sprawling out before me I have the city of Paris to my right we have an empty |
| 1:04.4 | Philippe Chatere Stadium because we are between sessions we've had the three day |
| 1:09.3 | session matches on there already we've had winners in the shape of Naomi Osaka Carlos and |
| 1:14.8 | Caroline Garcia and in around about half an hour's time Andy Murray and |
| 1:19.6 | Stanbarringer will take to the court for their night session match and don't worry |
| 1:24.0 | we will be back with part two covering off that match and anything else that |
| 1:28.8 | happens late into the evening here at Roland Garros The chance that you might be able to hear in the |
| 1:34.8 | background are incredibly for Richard Gascae. 37 years of age,'s he's inspiring the French over on Suzanne Longlin it's it's pretty |
| 1:48.4 | incredible definitively French open scenes over there David. |
| 1:53.7 | Yeah, I didn't think this place could get me anymore. |
| 1:58.1 | And it's one up to everything that I've had in the last two years I feel like today. |
| 2:04.0 | I mean I've had a complete day on Susan Longlin courts from the first ball of the first match with Ugo and Bear against Lorenzo Sonago in warm sunshine |
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