Tsitsipas reigns in Monte Carlo again; Raducanu's first steps on clay; Bianca's back - an interview with Andreescu
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
With the clay court season in full swing, Catherine and Matt talk through the main headlines from an exciting week in Monte Carlo, including how Stefanos Tsitsipas' game suits clay so much, what makes Alejandro Davidovich Fokina so fun to watch, and why there's pressure on Novak Djokovic to win matches over the next few weeks after his early exit.
There's also a round up of what happened in the Billie Jean King Cup, including poignant scenes at the tie between United States and Ukraine, as well as Emma Raducanu's pro level debut on clay.
Looking ahead to this week, there's lots of excitement about Stuttgart, not least because Bianca Andreescu is back. Hear her talk to Catherine about why she's chosen now to return, why she felt she needed a break last year, her love of clay, and of course how she keeps in touch with Coco when she's on the road.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli. I'm Matt's Belander. This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:05.3 | This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:19.5 | Well hello folks and welcome to the tennis podcast recorded during the |
| 0:25.2 | Dregs of the Easter Bank holiday weekend here in the UK, which is where I am. It's where Matt is. |
| 0:32.8 | Hello Matt. Hello. It is not where David Law is because folks, the universe has cut the laws |
| 0:41.6 | of break and they made it to Croatia. COVID-free, they are in the words of David Law himself |
| 0:49.2 | earlier on today on WhatsApp, ponsing around on a beach and we could not be more happy about that |
| 0:55.8 | fact Matt. As much as we'd love to have him with us on this podcast for the sake of all feature |
| 1:02.1 | podcasts, I think it's good news that David Law is currently forlicking on a beach. |
| 1:07.7 | Yes, absolutely and he may or may not be doing so in an office shirt. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah, he's just wearing a work shirt on the beach, he keeps sending these really lovely selfies. |
| 1:19.3 | Sunglasses on, looking happy, work shirt. He claims it's not a work shirt but I think that is just |
| 1:27.5 | semantics. Anyway, he's having a lovely time and it's very well earned and I'm so pleased they made |
| 1:34.6 | it out there because yeah, COVID doesn't be not kind to David over the past few months and that |
| 1:41.4 | holiday was much needed and deserved. So David's listening to this as a as a fan, as a listener, |
| 1:47.7 | which sort of builds the pressure on me and Matt. So we've drafted in some reserves. We have Matt, |
| 1:54.4 | well I know you know this, I don't know why I'm billing it like it's a surprise to you. |
| 2:00.0 | But it might be a surprise to the listener to know that we have Bianca and rescue on the show |
| 2:06.0 | later today. I interviewed her earlier on this afternoon and I want to be her friend Matt. |
| 2:12.9 | I want her to come and eat curry at tennis podcast towers and watch football with this, |
| 2:19.3 | which is what we do with our celebrity friends, isn't it? |
| 2:23.5 | Well, and actually I must say if the back end of the interview is anything to go by, |
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