Roland Garros Day 6 - Tsitsipas survives; Serena soars; Sabalenka slumps

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Wimbledon, Sports, Tennis, Sports & Recreation

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🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

If you watched any of Day 6 at Roland Garros, chances are you had a bona fide Grand Slam experience, because it really did have a bit of everything. Catherine, David and Matt feasted on it and then talked all about it.

Why did watching Aryna Sabalenka lose to Anastastia Pavlyuchenkova feel oh-so-familiar?
How good did Serena Williams look in beating Danielle Collins?
What will Stefanos Tsitsipas take from passing the John Isner test?
Why was Paula Badosa vs Ana Bogdan one of the best matches of the tournament?
Who is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and why are his matches so fun?
How come Daniil Medvedev is suddenly winning matches on clay?

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli. I'm Matt Vellander. This is Mary Carillo.
0:05.3	I'm Stan Ravinka. I'm Lainey Neut. This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:21.2	So it is 10 pm UK time, 11 pm Paris time and Stefano Sittapas and John Isner are locked
0:29.6	at a set, a piece and four games to three on serve in the third set. Isner took the first set,
0:38.2	it's a pass, four back and took the second and it has been nip and tuck all the way. We're assuming
0:44.2	we'll get the third set result in as we record. If we feel that there's need for an emergency
0:51.6	addendum to this podcast, then you'll hear one. If we judge that it's not required, I.e.
0:57.2	Sittapas wins, then you won't hear one. So a little bit of jeopardy for you at the end of this
1:03.4	podcast. This we were just discussing as we led up to recording this, the odd deal that it is for
1:12.3	Sittapas to face John Isner. What a what a right of passage it feels for him on route to this expected
1:21.3	grand slam final and perhaps this is just kind of a shot to nothing, kind of match, can't take
1:26.8	much from it, can't learn much from it, just got to somehow find a way through it and get to the
1:33.6	other side whilst having by the looks of it zero fun whatsoever. Yeah, I think I think you're right
1:42.7	in terms of the experience. He will take no pleasure out of the actual tennis that he's having to
1:48.4	play because Isner is intent on making that experience like that with shortened points, huge
1:56.5	serves, sudden returns. There are returns that are coming back at Sittapas before he's virtually
2:02.8	not finished the service motion. The ball is back out of him and it's very difficult to get
2:08.3	any rhythm. And actually, I think Sittapas has handled it to this point as we're watching very well.
2:15.1	And I do think he would take if he gets through this great heart because this the sort of
2:21.2	player he hates to play, but you're right as an experience. I love that phrase right of passage.
2:31.4	I was having a look and Federer Nadal and Murray have all beaten Isner to reach a grand slam final.
2:38.3	It's one of those tests in men's tennis that has been over the last decade that you've got to pass.
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