US Open Day 13 - Sloane Stephens - Grand Slam Champion; Jamie Murray/Martina Hingis Triumph; Nadal vs. Anderson Preview
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2017
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Sloane Stephens completed one of the most remarkable injury comebacks in recent memory to win her first Grand Slam title, and the Tennis Podcast convened to talk about it.
Stephens beat compatriot Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0 in a contest as one-sided as it sounds. So why was the scoreline so lopsided? Was Stephens that good, Keys that bad, or a combination of the two?
How did Stephens recover from surgery and a ranking of nearly 1,000 to win the US Open inside a year? And will she go on to win more in the future?
Tennis Podcast presenter David Law and Telegraph Tennis Correspondent Simon Briggs also discuss the fifth Grand Slam doubles/mixed doubles title won by Britain’s Jamie Murray (alongside Martina Hingis this time), and a marathon wheelchair singles match between Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid.
Then they look ahead to Sunday’s men’s singles final between Rafael Nadal and Kevin Anderson. What can Anderson do to take the title?
Eurosport will be on air for the men’s final at 8.30pm UK time. It will also be broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Andy Murray and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Well, hello, welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you an association with a |
| 0:17.6 | tenor graph and with your sport on a day when we have a new Grand Slam champion crowned. |
| 0:23.6 | We knew we were going to get one of those anyway because there were both |
| 0:26.4 | Debbie Suntz in a grand time final Madison Keys and Sloan Stevens but it is Sloan |
| 0:31.2 | Stevens who has won the title here. Myself David Law alongside Simon Briggs of the |
| 0:36.6 | Telegraph we've witnessed this final not a classic I think it's fair to say Simon 636 love. |
| 0:44.7 | That's to take nothing away from Sloan Stevens who looks like looked as though on the court as |
| 0:50.5 | at least as though she'd been doing this all her life but afterwards she was I put it |
| 0:56.5 | in dearingly clueless about what you do because she'd never lifted a trophy on a grand scale |
| 1:00.9 | like that before but heck of a performance from her let's start with that. |
| 1:05.2 | Yeah, I was thinking I mean if we say it was a rubbish final then we might be accused of |
| 1:10.8 | I'd name being gender biased but actually we've had two rubbish finals in slams in a row haven't we? |
| 1:18.4 | It wasn't so different in its tone from Federico Versicilice to Wimbleham. |
| 1:23.5 | It was a so one sided and the thing was that Keys was very very nervous and presumably she probably |
| 1:31.4 | wasn't totally mobile. She had a left thigh heavily strapped didn't she and she did if you remember |
| 1:37.5 | in the semi-final she pulled up didn't she I think 6141 up in that semi she pulled up and |
| 1:43.0 | went off the court had it strapped and came back on she said it was sort of a precaution |
| 1:47.2 | because she could feel it going and yeah I mean she's had problems like that before so I would say |
| 1:53.7 | she probably wasn't 100% but I don't think that was the only story. Yeah I think she freaked out |
| 2:00.0 | big big style I mean Christopher I was listening to her on ESPN I think it was Christopher who said |
| 2:05.7 | that you know it's in some ways it's easier for a player who is the percentage's player to |
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