Tennis stops and fingers cross

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

A positive covid test from someone who had worked at the Australian Open quarantine hotel appeared to leave the tournament teetering on a cliff edge last night, with hundreds of players and staff forced to isolate again. After 24 hours of mass testing, however, Craig Tiley says the tournament will go ahead as planned. For now.

It’s a situation which has served as a reminder of the precariousness of Tennis Australia’s operation to stage the event and in this episode we talk all about it.

We also reflect on what we’ve seen so far from the the lead-in tournaments. Who has impressed at the ATP Cup? How is Iga Swiatek adjusting to life as a Grand Slam champion? How do we feel about the latest Nick Kyrgios circus? And what makes Carlos Alcaraz so good?

Finally, we respond to some of the feedback we’ve received about our decision to refer to the second stadium court at Melbourne Park as the Evonne Goolagong Arena.

The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartorri.
0:03.1	I'm Matt's Belander. This is Mary Carillo.
0:05.3	I'm Sunroenka. I'm Lighten Huet. I'm Andy Murray.
0:08.0	This is Janik Noah.
0:09.2	Hi, this is Leslie Nash from Deledon New Zealand.
0:13.0	I am a huge rapper fan from Wayback and you are listening to the tennis podcast.
0:19.0	Well, thank you very much Leslie from New Zealand, nominated by listener Carl Solomon.
0:35.0	Now, Matt, do explain to me what relation Leslie is to Carl because I'm trying to get my head
0:40.6	around it.
0:41.6	Leslie is Carl's grandmother in law.
0:44.7	Right. As we heard, she's a big rap fan and Carl tells me that he had the pleasure of taking
0:52.4	Leslie to Roland Garros a couple of years ago to see Nadal play for the first time.
0:57.5	So they're a special moment they shared there.
1:00.0	What a fantastic story. That's lovely. Well, I hope you're listening Leslie and I hope you
1:04.3	enjoy the show and it's lovely to have you introducing us and thank you for your support,
1:10.2	Catherine, you're right.
1:11.2	Yes, I'm fine. I must put a disclaimer on my contributions as they might have some dog sound effects
1:21.2	in the background. She's wrestling with something.
1:25.7	Okay, right. Well, we'll deal with that. That's fine. And then my printer might start obviously
1:30.8	because it's home schooling day and my son doesn't seem to have got the gist yet.
1:35.3	I know if haven't got the lock sorted on the door, but anyway, we will crack on.
1:41.2	It's that kind of Australian open, really, isn't it? That's fine. It's nothing's normal.
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