US Open Day 3 - Americans advance; Wozniacki rolls back years

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Sports & Recreation, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt discuss all the major storylines from Day 3 at the US Open, including Dominic Stricker's defeat of Stefanos Tsitsipas, the sad and sudden retirement of Dominic Thiem, impressive victories for Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz, a five-set loss for last year's finalist Casper Ruud, the best moment yet of Caroline Wozniacki's comeback, a big win for Taylor Townsend over Beatriz Haddad Maia, and wins for Coco Gauff and Elise Mertens to set up a third round encounter.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Billie Jean King.
0:01.9	This is Mary and Bartoli.
0:03.2	I'm Matt Vellander.
0:04.3	This is Mary Carillo.
0:05.4	This is Pam Shriver.
0:06.4	This is Yannick Noah.
0:07.6	And you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:20.7	Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on day three of the US Open,
0:26.6	where it's 5 a 2 p.m.
0:28.4	We're recording part one, as per usual, in the media garden.
0:32.2	Myself Kataryska, David Law, Matt Roberts.
0:35.3	The reason we're recording part one now is, well, it's twofold.
0:41.2	Fold number one is that we all want to go and watch Dominic team against Ben Shelton,
0:45.5	which is currently in the last stages of the evening set.
0:49.0	Fold number two is that it was a very stacked day early on.
0:54.1	In fact, in terms of first matches on the schedule today,
0:58.0	there was a period of about an hour where the following things were all happening.
1:04.4	Taylor Townsend was beating Beatrice Hadadmire on Grandstand
1:08.8	in the most extraordinarily atmospheric match out there.
1:12.2	It was real vibes.
1:13.4	We had Kevin Bridges slashed on an extricter.
1:16.4	A beating is definitely a sit-to-bass.
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