Rome - Pliskova and Nadal Take Titles; Djokovic, Konta ... Kyrgios

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

While Karolina Pliskova was a surprise first-time winner of the women's title, Rafael Nadal lifted the Rome trophy for a mind-boggling ninth time, defeating his ultimate rival Novak Djokovic in three sets.

What has made Pliskova a force on clay? How has the woman she beat in the final, Johanna Konta, gone from a player that couldn't win more than 3 clay matches in a season to a runner-up in one of the biggest red dust tournaments in the world? And where does this leave us in terms of favourites for the French Open title?

Rafael Nadal had not won a title all year, until now. But was it fair that Novak Djokovic had considerably less time to prepare for their final? What happened in the final to swing it Nadal's direction? And is the Spaniard favourite for a 12th title in Paris?

And what about Nick Kyrgios after his explosive interview on No Challenges Remaining and subsequent default from his second round match in Rome?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Vylander. I'm
0:05.2	Stan Roenka. I'm Lainey Njut. I'm Andy Mori and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:20.0	Well you join us this week in the dressing room of Catherine Whitaker here at Prime Video.
0:25.1	I'm backstage Catherine. Wow, this is good isn't it? You are so privileged now.
0:30.3	I know, it's very exciting and we're here. We've got the teleon which Catherine will be on in a minute
0:37.5	and she'll be presenting the aftermath of the Novak Djokovic against Rafael de Dal Rome final
0:42.6	which is currently taking place. We're midway through the second set as we come to you after the
0:47.4	startling bagel set for Rafael and the down in the first set. We'll get onto all that in a little while
0:53.6	but I've just come over from BT Sport where I've been commentating on the women's final and
0:59.5	the women's tournament all week long which has resulted in a title for Carolyn Obliskeva over
1:06.8	Johanna Conter and to be honest either one of those players they're just not players I expected
1:13.9	to see in the final. No, maybe we should have expected to see Carolyn Obliskeva, I don't know. I
1:20.2	mean not sure anybody even after her run to the final in Rabat expected to see Joe Conter there,
1:26.1	probably not even Joe Conter, I mean she said winning that semi-final against Kiki Buttons was the
1:31.9	biggest result she's had since winning Miami back in 2017. No, since reaching the Wimbledon semi-final
1:39.1	for the 2017. That was those with the, I mean that was peak, Joe Conter wasn't it? So that shows
1:45.6	the significance of reaching that final but maybe we should have been thinking of Plyschkeva.
1:52.5	But we talked about this the other week. Do we talk about Plyschkeva very often?
1:56.4	Well that was the point being made is why is Carolyn in a Plyschkeva? I think it was in our questions
2:01.9	and answers show and we were talking about who's the most underrated player or who's the best player
2:08.4	not to have won a slam. That kind of thing she has not won a slam yet she's obviously an incredibly
2:14.0	talented player but for whatever reason she isn't a player. I don't think I've ever picked her to
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