US Open Day 12 - Daniil the disruptor; Djokovic hangs up on Shelton

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Novak Djokovic will face Daniil Medvedev in Sunday's men's final after Djokovic beat Ben Shelton in straight sets and Medvedev stunned Carlos Alcaraz in an incredible night session match on Friday. Catherine, David and Matt discuss how Medvedev solved his match-up problem with Alcaraz, the sweet spot aggro as Djokovic copied Shelton's celebration, and what to expect on Sunday. There's also a round up of all the doubles and wheelchair results as well as a preview of the women's final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka.

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0:00.0	Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head, taking in the views,
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0:30.4	Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Marion Bartotti. I'm Matt Vellander. This is Mary Carrillo.
0:37.7	This is Pam Shriver. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:53.2	Hello and welcome to tennis podcast hours where it's two minutes past midnight and we are all
0:59.7	reeling from the fact that the defending champion and current world number one for another 48
1:06.2	ish hours is out. Carlos Algras beaten in four sets at the hands of 2021 US Open Champion
1:14.9	Daniel Medvedev. Who saw that coming? Well, I'm sure there are some people out there that did
1:21.5	but categorically the tennis podcast did not. Can confirm. Gee, that was some performance
1:32.8	blow by Daniel Medvedev. It was my first takeaway. He was amazing. I still thought Carlos Algras
1:41.5	would have won, but he didn't. Yeah, I mean, Matt and I have a certain amount of shame
1:48.0	and Egon faced to deal with here. David's your predicted run of 12 Grand Slam's for
1:53.3	Carlos Algras has ended, has fallen at the first hurdle. Yeah, that's a bit of a shame.
2:02.8	So, you know, I mean, it'll just start in Australia, you see.
2:09.0	It's just a new prediction. It's just a new 12. I've very much enjoyed your treat and
2:14.0	immediately after the match saying, okay, next 11 then. Matt, what do we have to say for ourselves?
2:23.2	I have to say sorry to Daniel Medvedev. I feel like I have. It's an apology in episode at the
2:30.4	moment. It really is. I feel like I've overlooked him. And I think mainly what I overlooked was
2:39.3	this rivalry with Carlos Algras. Having watched their previous two matches this year, you know,
2:47.1	with my own eyes on the court at Wimbledon and at Indian Worlds, it was so stark to me.
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