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The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Catherine is in Perth for the United Cup and she’s joined by Matt to discuss everything they’ve seen and soaked up from the first tournament of the new season.

Part one - Headlines from Perth including Elena Rybakina’s new partnership with Goran Ivanisevic, Leylah Fernandez’s serve vs Taylor Fritz, and the lack of vibes in Team Greece.

Part two (from 33 minutes) - Sydney so far including Casper Ruud’s thrilling win over Tomas Machac and Belinda Bencic’s reality check against Jasmine Paolini. Plus, tennis experiments with timeouts.

Part three (from 50 minutes) - Joao Fonseca’s Next Gen Finals victory and other bits of news.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
0:02.0	This is Marion Bartoli.
0:03.2	This is Bianca Andrescu.
0:04.7	I'm Matt Vlander.
0:05.8	This is Mary Carrillo.
0:06.9	This is Pam Schreiber.
0:08.0	This is Janik Noah.
0:09.1	Hello, this is Rose Mercier in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
0:12.7	And you're listening to the tennis podcast and to the 2025 tennis season brought to you in the drag ends of 24.
0:36.5	Introduced beautifully there by Rose in Canada,
0:40.1	which is pretty apt for me, at least,
0:42.7	because Canada and its participation in the United Cup
0:46.5	has been a big feature of my tennis season so far,
0:51.9	all three and a half days of it.
0:53.9	You find me in perth you find
0:56.7	matt roberts sitting in the dark in southwest london hello matt hello i should probably
1:04.5	inform listeners that i do at least have lights on but it is it is pitch black outside yes it's a it's a 7 a m recording for me
1:14.4	this morning such is such as life with the new tennis season and our our time zones that we're in
1:22.2	yes 7 a m recordings can only happen when I'm in a time zone where it's not 7 a.m.
1:29.4	Those are the tennis podcast rules.
1:31.7	Speaking in time zones, David is in a completely different one altogether.
1:37.5	He has been holidaying in Florida, sending all manner of content through on the group chat, Matt.
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