The Punchy Podcast - Injury & wildcard misery for Sharapova; Nadal & Halep the ones to beat on clay; Murray, Djokovic woes continue; Federer out of Roland Garros

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

With nine days having passed since the last podcast was recorded, an awful lot has happened in the fast-moving tennis world, including the announcement that the FFT have denied Maria Sharapova a wildcard into either the main draw or the qualifying event at Roland Garros. Catherine & David pick apart the decision, the way it was announced and the way the tennis world has reacted to it, as well as discussing the 4000 other things that have happened in tennis this week including yet another clay court title for Rafael Nadal, and the decision by Roger Federer to skip the French Open and focus on Wimbledon.

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0:30.4	Hi there, this is Martina Navratelova.
0:33.5	Hi, I'm Matt Vylander.
0:35.1	Hi, I'm Andy Murray and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:49.8	Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast,
0:52.0	brought to you in association with the telegraph and with Eurisport.
0:55.7	I'm Catherine Whitaker, alongside me is David Law and we are in the cozy
0:59.6	surround of Costa Coffee, Patinee David.
1:03.3	Due to the fact that it has been nine days since we last recorded and I must admit that's
1:08.0	my fault, at the very least the migraine gods fault.
1:12.3	There has been an awful lot of eventful happenings in the world of tennis which we must cover today,
1:17.7	so it's going to be a punchy, punchy podcast today, no fencing, no waftiness, no polevolts.
1:24.9	First of all, what do you say about what I normally say on this show?
1:28.1	Woffediness, fence sitting, well polevolts, yes I accept.
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