US Open Day 4 - Nadal’s search for form goes on
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
We talk about whether Iga Swiatek is hitting her stride, who are looking like the biggest contenders in the women’s draw, Paula Badosa’s struggles, an uncomfortable encounter between Marta Kostyuk and Victoria Azarenka, four British men making it through to the third round and the competition between them, how Jenson Brooksby got on Borna Coric’s nerves, one final act from Serena and Venus Williams in doubles, and a very weird match between Rafael Nadal and Fabio Fognini.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartori. |
| 0:03.1 | I'm Matt Vellander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Shriver. |
| 0:06.4 | This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.4 | Wednesday 4 of the US Open and Catherine, |
| 0:24.4 | Whitaker, Matt Roberts and myself, David Law, sitting around a nice little table in the media garden |
| 0:29.6 | with the wind blowing and the sun shining. It's evening as we come to you. |
| 0:33.7 | Now there's still a night session to calm which means that we'll be reconvening. |
| 0:38.0 | At the end of it all to talk about what's gone on. You'll hear that later on this podcast, |
| 0:43.7 | the doubles involving Venus and Serena Williams and then Raffa, and then Al against Fabio Fennini. |
| 0:48.0 | But what we wanted to do is have a chat about what's gone on today and just generally catch up. |
| 0:52.8 | It's starting to get into the meaty part of the tournament and yet today has been kind of |
| 1:00.7 | uneventful which I always think Catherine is kind of that double-edged sword because you don't |
| 1:06.3 | get drama but you get kind of prescripted drama to come. Yes, you get anticipation of drama. |
| 1:14.4 | You get things like Jensen Brooks be against Carlos Alcaraz to look forward to in two days time, |
| 1:19.5 | more on that shortly. Yes, today has felt a little strange. It's been a gorgeous day of weather, |
| 1:25.9 | the humidity's gone. The stickiness of my skin has gone very welcome. |
| 1:32.9 | So it's been gorgeous. It's been incredibly busy and busy and yet it still has felt like a lol. |
| 1:40.0 | And that's partly to do with what's been happening on the court. No major dramas there. Again, |
| 1:44.4 | Jensen Brooks be aside. But I think it's also a marker of the fact that |
| 1:50.3 | Serena Williams is defining the rhythm and the cadence of this tournament. You know, we're in an |
| 1:56.7 | aftermath right now. In a few hours time, the build-up will begin pretty much 20... well actually |
| 2:03.1 | we're going to see them in double shortly aren't we? But in terms of her singles quest, which I think |
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