Rome chaos reigns for the men while Swiatek-Sabalenka ride again
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Catherine, David and Matt are together at Tennis Podcast Towers to discuss everything that's happened in Rome since Monday. There's lots of excitement about a final rematch between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka, David's hopped on board Matt's Nicolas Jarry hype train, and Catherine rants about the French Open's decision not to give Dominic Thiem a wildcard.
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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 and welcome to the tennis podcast on a lovely Friday morning where you |
| 0:25.4 | find myself Katham Ritka Matt Roberts David Law at tennis podcast towers |
| 0:30.4 | partner Matt you are sitting in the very seat where just a couple of hours ago |
| 0:35.8 | Tim Henman was sat before you. You are in his bum imprint. |
| 0:41.6 | Wearing almost identical clothing. |
| 0:45.0 | I was going to say you sent me a photo and I said it's just as well I wasn't there because I have accidentally matched Tim Hemman. |
| 0:55.6 | Down to the same make of trainers and everything. He's a fine replacement. |
| 0:59.0 | We can't say upgrade because we know Tim's, we now know Tim's wife listens to this podcast but a worthy a worthy man to fill Tim's shoes |
| 1:06.7 | but we can say it but yeah it was lovely having Tim. |
| 1:13.0 | Almost literally because Matt is wearing the same shoes as Tim as well. |
| 1:17.0 | Yet we were interviewing Tim for the next edition of Tennis Relived, |
| 1:22.0 | which is going to be about the 2004 French Open. |
| 1:25.0 | And it is being recorded and coming out next week ahead of the 2024 French Open |
| 1:32.0 | and it's going to really really good isn't it? Yeah if you are a friend of the tennis podcast or if you want to become one |
| 1:39.0 | This is a good reason because I mean unless obviously I would say that but I'm I'm pretty |
| 1:44.8 | proud of this show the way it's coming together and that I imagine that you know Tim |
| 1:48.7 | Heman basically come around a Catherine's house for us so that we can record a nice long interview which we did. |
| 1:55.2 | Yes I sent a picture to my family WhatsApp group of Tim sitting in my living room with David. I was behind the camera and my dad replied |
| 2:05.1 | the mountain comes to Mohammed which is excellent dad work in the family |
| 2:11.1 | what's that group so yeah that'll be coming out next week. It really is going to be good and look I'd love to say that at the time we picked 2004 the French |
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