US Open Day 3 - Murray Out, But Not Without A Fight; Stephens Survives Scare; Serena & Venus To Meet In Third Round
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Andy Murray is out of the US Open. But not without a fight. Not without looking much like his old self in a four-set defeat to Fernando Verdasco.
After another scorching day in New York, Catherine joins David on The Tennis Podcast to discuss the match in detail. What made this the most encouraging performance of Murray’s comeback so far? What did Murray say in his press conference? How well did Verdasco do to hold his nerve in that thrilling final game?
In the women’s draw, defending champion Sloane Stephens survived a three-setter against the impressive Anhelina Kalinina. Stephens didn’t play her best, but Catherine and David are full of praise for her attitude. They also can’t get enough of her opponent’s name…
Elsewhere, a number of fascinating third round matches have been set, including Serena vs Venus. What will the atmosphere be like for that one on Friday?
In a packed podcast, there’s also reaction to the statements given by the USTA and the WTA in response to Alize Cornet’s controversial code violation, chat about the latest Twitter activity of Nick Kyrgios, and a look ahead to day four.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Vylander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm San Roenka. I'm Lighten Huat. I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.1 | So Andy Murray is out, but Andy Murray, to my mind, is back. |
| 0:24.6 | We've been saying that for a while, but it really felt like that tonight. |
| 0:28.4 | He was in a dogfight, a four-set battle with Fernandes Vadaska. |
| 0:32.7 | He went to the nail against him, and it was like old times. |
| 0:37.6 | It was just absolutely fantastic. This is David Law here, |
| 0:41.2 | alongside Catherine Whitaker on the tennis podcast, brought you an association with a telegraph |
| 0:46.1 | and Amazon Prime Video UK, the home of the US Open in the UK. |
| 0:50.7 | Catherine has been presenting since goodness knows when on TV. |
| 0:56.1 | I think she left the hotel lobby that we're in at the moment, |
| 0:59.2 | about, oh, 14, 15 hours ago, but here she is still just before midnight, |
| 1:05.5 | to talk to you on the tennis podcast, Catherine. How are you doing? |
| 1:08.8 | It's just so much to talk about, isn't it? Yeah, I'm doing okay. |
| 1:13.8 | I'm doing okay. I'm a shell of a person, David, that's the real answer. |
| 1:17.9 | So this is what I look like some of the time, isn't it? |
| 1:20.5 | Yeah, I'm experiencing a touch of the David Laws, |
| 1:24.8 | but still want to talk about a don't quite feel like I've talked about tennis |
| 1:28.9 | enough today, David. I want to do another half an hour of it. |
| 1:32.4 | Here we go. Let's start the right place. |
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