The Simona Halep case and the Davis Cup

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The US Open and Grand Slam season may be over for another year, but the tennis news keeps coming, with Simona Halep receiving a four-year ban following breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme.

Catherine, David and Matt react to the 126-page report published by the International Tennis Integrity Agency.

Elsewhere, there’s chat about a week of Davis Cup action which saw the very best of the what the competition has to offer as Great Britain beat France in a thrilling tie in Manchester, but also threw up big existential questions about the event’s future, with lots of ties played in front of poor crowds and the elimination of Spain meaning that there will be no host nation at the Finals in November.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli.
0:03.1	I'm Matt Vellander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Shriver.
0:06.4	This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:20.5	Well hello and welcome to the tennis podcast folks. We're back. We are back
0:26.8	in every possible sense. We're back in your ears. We are back in the UK.
0:31.2	We're back in the rain. Hello David Law. Hello. Yes, I've been out in the rain and it's just
0:36.6	like it was before I left but Catherine it is fresh at least and there is something to be said
0:42.9	for that. Yes, when Matt and I stepped off the plane or out of Heathrow Airport on whenever
0:50.3	it was Thursday and it was a lovely sunny day but I didn't instantly feel sweaty.
0:56.2	I was it was a joyful moment wasn't it Matt? Yes, it was the best air we'd we'd
1:01.0	breathed in several weeks and yeah I stand by that tape but as great as New York was the the air
1:08.7	was was tough to breathe. Yeah, absolutely. We loved it folks. I miss it but I I don't miss
1:16.4	the soupie air that is for sure. Just before we get into the nitty gritty I must remind you
1:24.4	that we have if you're listening to this on the day it comes out. Today Monday the 18th of September
1:30.8	is the last day that our incredible AO travel prize draw is open. The tennis podcast throughout
1:36.8	the US Open was of course brought to you in partnership with AO travel. They operate the travel
1:42.8	program for the first Grand Slam of the calendar year which is also the next Grand Slam
1:47.4	hooray for the Australian Open. There are just a few hours as we record right now until that
1:53.5	AO travel prize draw closes at 11.59pm New York time to night. Monday the 18th of September as a
2:01.2	reminder to celebrate the launch of that glorious AO travel lounge which I've promised is going to
2:06.8	be air conditioned. One lucky tennis podcast listener is going to win an AO travel premium lounge
2:13.2	package for themselves and a friend to visit the Australian Open in style. This coming January the
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