RG Day 10 - Injury dashes Djokovic hopes; Swiatek vs. Gauff, Alcaraz vs. Sinner are ON
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
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🗓️ 4 June 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
It was a seismic day at Roland Garros as Novak Djokovic withdrew from the tournament due to his knee injury. Catherine, David and Matt react to the news and what it might mean for Djokovic's future. The most immediate impact is that Jannik Sinner will become the new world number one on Monday and he found out just after his quarter-final win over Grigor Dimitrov. There's chat about that, the stunning Coco Gauff vs Ons Jabeur match to start the day, another dominant display from Iga Swiatek over Marketa Vondrousova, and Carlos Alcaraz's routine win against Stefanos Tsitsipas. We also look ahead to the semi-finals and reflect on the night session scheduling which has only got worse.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi this is Billy Jean King this is Marion Bartotti I'm Matt Villander this is Mary |
| 0:05.0 | Carillo this is Pam Schreiber this is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis |
| 0:09.0 | podcast Well hello and welcome to day 10 of Roland Garros where it is 10 past 7 and you find |
| 0:26.9 | myself Catham Ritica David Law and Matt Roberts over in the |
| 0:35.0 | Susan long length of what the Australians would call a precinct, I'm not quite sure what the French call it, |
| 0:37.0 | but we're over the far side of the Suzanne Long Lencourt |
| 0:39.0 | we're by court numbers 12 and 13, |
| 0:41.0 | and David has almost just been taken out by a stray tennis ball |
| 0:45.8 | coming from one of the I think junior matches that are taking place on these courts |
| 0:50.4 | over here the day session in the singles is done there is still the night |
| 0:55.0 | session to come with Carlos Alcries and Stefano sit-to-pass so we're going to be |
| 0:58.4 | talking about the day session matches in due course but first we have to talk about some pretty |
| 1:05.3 | seismic news which dropped about two hours ago here at Roland Garros that is the news |
| 1:10.3 | that Novak Jokovich subsequent to the injury that he sustained |
| 1:13.3 | yesterday during his five-set win over Francisco Surundello has pulled out of the |
| 1:18.5 | tournament he said on social media I'm really sad to announce that I have to |
| 1:22.3 | withdraw from Roland Garros. |
| 1:23.9 | I played with my heart and gave my all in yesterday's match and unfortunately due to a |
| 1:29.2 | medial meniscus tear in my right knee. |
| 1:32.6 | My team and I have made the tough decision after careful consideration and consultation. |
| 1:37.9 | I wish the best of luck to the players competing this week and sincerely thank the incredible |
| 1:42.2 | fans for all of the support and the love and |
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