RG Day 4 - Swiatek, Osaka serve up classic
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2024
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
It was a dreary day at Roland Garros, with the rain falling and play on the outside courts cancelled, but it came to life when Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka came onto Court Philippe-Chatrier and played one of the most thrilling matches of the year. Swiatek escaped as the winner, saving a match point, but it felt like Osaka won something too as she played her best tennis in years. On the pod, Catherine, David and Matt cover the match, the press conferences, and the disappointing crowd. Elsewhere, there's chat about an unconvincing win for Carlos Alcaraz, impressive performances from Ons Jabeur and Stefanos Tsitsipas, a big moment for Sofia Kenin, and a look ahead to tomorrow's schedule.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi this is Billy Jean King this is Marion Bartotti I'm Matt's Willander this is Mary |
| 0:04.9 | Carillo this is Pam Shriver this is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis |
| 0:09.0 | podcast Well, hello folks, and welcome to tennis podcast towers Paris, where it is a little |
| 0:26.2 | after 11 p.m. here in our lamp-filled haven in the de Cetium Aondissement of the French capital where it has been a |
| 0:36.2 | thoroughly grim cold damp miserable day in Paris and that was just my mood until about 5 PM and that is |
| 0:46.8 | no exaggeration trust me folks but then Eegis-Fiantec and Naomi Osaka stepped out onto the Philippe Chatria court a couple of four-time |
| 0:57.7 | Grand Slam champions and they played one of the best second round grand slam matches that you will ever see. |
| 1:06.2 | Eegos Viente beating Naomi Sarka 7-6-675 saving match point along the way in two hours and 57 minutes a match of the |
| 1:19.1 | absolute highest order worthy of a Grand Slam final and if it had been a final it |
| 1:26.1 | would go down as one for the ages it was on a Sarka's racket the tennis was |
| 1:31.2 | there she was a heavy arm and one point away from what we all decided sitting there in the Chatee press seats in our very privileged position. |
| 1:41.0 | We decided at 5-2 in the decided that it would be the biggest |
| 1:45.0 | result if Osaka pulled it off at the French Open since Nidal's lost to Sodeling in |
| 1:51.7 | 2009 but it wasn't to be and it wasn't to be because of that heavy arm and because of the world number one, the |
| 1:58.4 | imperious Eager Schmanteck. But David, for me, and I hope this isn't too trite, this, despite the result, was still |
| 2:08.4 | the biggest win of a noomeo Sark has come back by far. |
| 2:14.0 | Yeah, I think that's very well put and yeah, you gave me goosebumps with that intro |
| 2:19.3 | Catherine because it really did sum up what we what we experienced for those few hours and boy did we |
| 2:24.4 | need it. The dog's dinner of a day we'd had but and I and I thought it could be a good match I didn't think it'd be anything like this good and |
| 2:37.1 | To see no me as I could just remind you what she's got |
| 2:41.8 | The woman that took on Serena Williams in New York and won with |
| 2:47.8 | the most incredible movement and power and served, you know, she served out of a mind today and just kept Sri |
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