Roland Garros Day 13 - In the end, it was just … cramp

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

For two sets, Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic was the match we hoped it would be, but then Alcaraz started full body cramping and was unable to really move or compete in sets three and four. Catherine, David and Matt discuss the feeling of deflation, analyse how Djokovic stamped his authority in the first set before Alcaraz hit back, and describe what went wrong for Alcaraz at the start of the third. What did Alcaraz have to say about what happened? And in what way did the aura and presence of Djokovic himself cause Alcaraz to cramp?

We also discuss Casper Ruud’s thrashing of Alexander Zverev. Just how impressive was Ruud? Why did we underestimate him yet again coming into this tournament? And what was up with Zverev?

There’s also a preview of tomorrow’s schedule, including the women’s final between Iga Swiatek and Karolina Muchova.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli.
0:03.1	I'm Matt's Belander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Shriver.
0:06.4	This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:20.6	Well hello and welcome back to Paris. It is three minutes past 11 p.m.
0:26.6	It is a Barmy humid evening in the French capital. We are back at tennis podcast towers
0:34.7	basking in what was supposed to be the aftermath of the greatest match there has ever been the
0:43.7	most anticipated match of all time sort of maybe except it wasn't David Law.
0:50.8	No, there was a set in which it was and Matt and I passed each other in the corridor
0:58.8	where we were pumped and it was one set all and it was just set up perfectly for another three sets
1:05.4	like that and a crowning moment and about 10 minutes later it was basically all over and
1:12.1	terrible shame in the end. Huge credit to Jockevic I think for playing a part in what happened but
1:21.2	I really didn't see that coming at all and yeah it was a bummer.
1:29.5	Yeah and for anybody that chooses to persist with listening to this podcast after that
1:35.5	we will do our best to remain pumped about well it's not going to be hard to be pumped about
1:43.8	what's to come over the weekend but certainly as David says it has been a bit of a bummer of the day
1:48.8	for anybody that's been sliding into our mentions saying Catherine called it a couple of days ago
1:54.4	when she said what if it's crap I didn't call it a couple of days ago that was me being utterly
2:01.2	flippant and facetious. I did however Matt and you can verify this call it at lunchtime
2:08.1	while we were gazing at our incredibly disappointing borderline in Edible politically incorrect
2:16.1	meat that we were forcing forcing down in order to fuel ahead of what we just assumed was going
2:23.7	to be a minimum five hour match I said oh my goodness what if this is an omen for the day and Matt
2:29.5	said don't be silly don't be silly this is just a real low point. You said what if today is cursed
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