Roland Garros Day 15 - Djokovic overtakes Nadal at last; Mauresmo talks
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
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🗓️ 11 June 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Novak Djokovic stands alone at the top of men's tennis after winning his 23rd major title at Roland Garros. Catherine, David and Matt discuss his 7-6 6-3 7-5 victory over Casper Ruud, his first set nerves, his extraordinary tiebreak record, the significance of the moment and how happy he seemed, and how motivated he is to keep winning. Elsewhere, we finally get to speak to Amelie Mauresmo about the night sessions and scheduling.
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| 1:17.9 | being made because Novak Djokovic is the clubhouse leader in the grand slam race. He has 23 |
| 1:27.2 | major titles. That very well may end up being the number in terms of men's grand slams. Of course, |
| 1:35.2 | they David, if we know anything about Novak Djokovic, it's that he ain't stopping there. |
| 1:41.5 | And he made that very clear in a really wide ranging press conference, which I really enjoyed being |
| 1:50.0 | at actually. Sometimes they've been a little fraught when he's won the title because he's defiantly |
| 1:58.8 | railed against criticism. I mean, look at some of the things that have happened, |
| 2:06.0 | involving him over the last few years and in Australia, it was really quite tense after |
| 2:12.5 | the things that were reportedly said by his father and the photo that was taken of his father |
| 2:18.7 | and his subsequent complaint that he didn't enjoy that process at all. And he had the injury |
| 2:24.6 | and he was on edge and that was a different feeling to this completely. But what was without question |
| 2:32.5 | is that he's feeling good. He knows that he's aging and that he has to handle his body a bit |
| 2:39.6 | differently, but he thinks there's a lot more to come. And 23 now? I mean, I think he could win a |
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