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The clock inside our car says 11.32 pm, we're actually out before midnight Catherine, how

about that? 11.32 pm. Yeah, that's a first and that's because we've had two straight set matches,

albeit neither of them were that straight forward. The result is that we have Rafael Nadal going

for Grand Slam title number 19, he is going to be up against Daniel Medvedev, who is going to be in

his first ever Grand Slam final and I have to say Catherine irritatingly, you more or less picked

that one, in fact you more or less picked them both. Did I? You didn't exactly get the number of

sets rights but you held your nerve with regard to Medvedev when I was letting my heart.

I mean I said I think I said I thought Dimitriof would get a set and I think I said Medvedev

and for and I think really in spirit I think the record should reflect here on the tennis podcast

that he sort of didn't get a set, it's just that tennis scoring. He was a weird and wonderful

thing. How he didn't win the first set. He had more winners, fewer unforced heros, he won more points

and he didn't win the set, Gregor Dimitriof. That is extraordinary. I was I actually was I was so

impressed that he didn't just completely fall to pieces after that. I said I thought it was going

to be love and more or something after that first set. It must have been so devastating. Not

to win it. I just dumped off in a half. Yeah I'd have just I'd have done a Medvedev and

stuck a finger up to somebody and and done some disgraceful behaviour with the towel and I don't

know I'd have done I'd have absolutely disgraced myself in that moment because it would have been

what a happily joint. Heart wrenching. Yeah. Yeah it tennis scoring is cruel.

Cruel and wonderful. Yes, wonderfully cruel. But in terms of what happened the way Medvedev

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