Semi-finals set in Guadalajara; Turin feels a lot like London
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
It’s down to the final four at the WTA Finals in Guadalajara. David and Matt discuss how perfect it feels for Paula Badosa to be facing Garbine Muguruza in the semis, the way in which Maria Sakkari’s physical prowess should enable her to recover from her gruelling win over Aryna Sabalenka, and whether Anett Kontaveit’s momentum has been snapped at just the wrong time.
Over in Turin, the ATP Finals are underway. Why does it look and feel so similar to London? Will Matteo Berrettini have to withdraw? How is the court speed impacting matches? And in what way did a nap inspire Andrey Rublev?
We also give an update on Peng Shuai, react to the WTA’s statement on the matter, and consider where this leaves the WTA and the future of its relationship with China.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartorri. |
| 0:03.1 | I'm Matt Svillander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Yannick Noah. |
| 0:06.4 | Hi, this is Andy Brown from London and you're listening to the absolutely fabulous tennis podcast. |
| 0:24.0 | Well, thank you very much Andy from London. A wonderful intro to show today |
| 0:29.7 | and if you would like to be introducing a show in 2022, you can do so. When we launch our next round |
| 0:38.6 | of crowdfunding, I say crowdfunding, it's all going to be a bit different this next time. |
| 0:42.5 | We'll tell you about that next week. Oh, a tease David. 30 seconds into the pod. |
| 0:49.1 | Yeah, however, rest assured, we will still be doing shout outs, we'll still be doing intros, |
| 0:54.4 | we'll still be doing pet mascots, all the rest of it. And yeah, if you want to have a reminder, |
| 1:00.1 | when we launch all of that in early December, go to our show notes and you can have a link there |
| 1:06.4 | and we'll send you a reminder if you stick your email address in. But anyway, thank you to Andy |
| 1:11.4 | because it is at the stage where the WTA Finals semi-finals are complete and that's why we're |
| 1:18.7 | back now because we've had a few days. I have to say, I don't know about you, I'm slightly |
| 1:24.2 | struggling to keep across when we're supposed to do podcasts at the moment because we wake up to |
| 1:29.2 | two matches having played at the WTA Finals and then two hours later after we've recorded the |
| 1:33.6 | podcast, the ATP final starts in Churrin. Oh, dear, dear, we've, you know, we've spent about |
| 1:38.8 | half an hour this morning just trying to work out when we should record podcasts. So every other |
| 1:43.9 | day is more or less the plan. But it's, yes, it's messing with my mind. Thank goodness we've got |
| 1:49.2 | yours. It was backup. Yeah, there were very few windows in the day to actually record a podcast |
| 1:55.0 | when there's not tennis happening because of the two time zones. But yes, every other day we will |
| 2:00.9 | be here for the rest of this week covering both events. Okay. Well, right, well, we'll start with |
| 2:07.1 | the WTA Finals and let you know what the semi-finals lineup is and it is going to be |
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