US Open Day 10 - Del Potro Dashes New York's Federer vs. Nadal Dream; An American Will Win The Women's Title - Guaranteed
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2017
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Juan Martin del Potro partied like it was 2009 to beat Roger Federer in the US Open semifinals and deny New York the Nadal vs. Federer clash it craved.
Afterwards, Telegraph Tennis Correspondent Simon Briggs joined Tennis Podcast presenter David Law to talk about where it all went right for the Argentine and wrong for the five-time champion.
Federer squandered four set points in the third set tie-break with the match tied at one set all. Did he choke?
Given Del Potro had nearly retired a two sets down against Dominic Thiem in the previous round, how on earth has he reached the semifinals?
New York will be devastated to have missed out on a Nadal - Federer clash. Nadal kept his side of the bargain by beating Andrey Rublev in straight sets, but Del Potro had other ideas. Twice before Federer had fallen short when he held match points against Novak Djokovic in the 2010 and 2011 semifinals, with Nadal already in the final. Will it ever happen?
And, with Venus Williams vs. Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys vs. Coco Vandeweghe, America is guaranteed an all-American semifinal line-up for the first time in 36 years. Law and Catherine Whitaker discuss.
Plus, with Andy Murray announcing that his season is all but over, we hear from Mats Wilander on whether it's the right decision.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.4 | This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm Stan Bavinka. I'm Lighten Eut. |
| 0:06.9 | I'm Andy Murray. And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.5 | Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:22.3 | Brought to you an association with a tenor graph and with |
| 0:25.6 | Eurasports for whom Catherine Whitaker has been broadcasting |
| 0:29.5 | all time every five seconds on the telly, |
| 0:33.0 | telling people about stuff that's going on at the EOS Open. |
| 0:36.3 | And we've had another busy day and Catherine's been in the |
| 0:39.2 | play box talking to Pat Cash, who's coaching Coco Van Dwayne. |
| 0:43.4 | I mean, is there nowhere you get to go, Catherine? |
| 0:46.0 | You get to go everywhere. |
| 0:47.7 | I have to say, getting to speak to a player's coach in the |
| 0:52.0 | play box, as they're warming up for a grand slam quarter |
| 0:57.1 | final is pretty cool, especially given its Pat Cash, |
| 0:59.6 | who is just fantastically candid. |
| 1:02.0 | I mean, not in an indiscreet way, just so candid. |
| 1:06.4 | There's nothing I feel like I can't ask him. |
| 1:09.2 | He is very upfront about her nerve levels and nerve levels |
| 1:13.0 | relative to previous matches. |
| 1:14.3 | He said, I'm less nervous than the previous match, |
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