US Open Day 14 – Dominant Djokovic Beats Del Potro To Win 14th Grand Slam Title; Fallout Continues From Women’s Final – Was Sexism At Play?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2018
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Novak Djokovic is the US Open champion for the third time, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. On The Tennis Podcast, David and Catherine discuss his brilliant performance.
Does the straight-sets scoreline do Del Potro a disservice? Was he a little too cautious early on? Did the slow conditions play a part? How crucial was that epic 20-minute game?
Djokovic is now level with Pete Sampras on 14 Grand Slams titles. It suddenly looks possible that he might bridge the gap to Nadal and Federer, doesn’t it? Without question, his relentless dominance is back. How has he turned his season around so spectacularly since losing early at the French Open? Will he now end the year as World No.1?
Elsewhere, the fallout has continued from the women’s final. David and Catherine discuss the statement from WTA CEO Steve Simon and tackle the big question: was there sexism at play?
Finally, there’s time reflect on the 2018 US Open as a whole. What were the highlights? How will it be remembered?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. |
| 0:01.4 | I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratlova. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm San Roenka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lighten Huat. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.7 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.1 | For a final time, Catherine Whitaker and myself, David Law, |
| 0:23.6 | are here on Grand Slam Daily duty. |
| 0:27.2 | Because the US Open has officially come to an end for 2018. |
| 0:32.1 | And Catherine and I sit across the table from one another. |
| 0:35.4 | Here to ponder the final men's singles match of the US Open, |
| 0:41.0 | won by Novak Djokovic, a 14th Grand Slam singles title, |
| 0:45.2 | a third US Open. |
| 0:46.4 | He's beaten one Martineda Patro 6376, 63, |
| 0:51.5 | including a one hour, I think 34 minute second set. |
| 0:56.8 | I kind of should know that because I |
| 0:58.3 | commentated on every ball for BBC Radio. |
| 1:01.8 | And Catherine was presenting for Amazon Prime Video UK, |
| 1:05.4 | the home of the US Open, of course, over the last couple of weeks. |
| 1:08.7 | And Catherine, it was a funny old final in a way, wasn't it? |
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