US Open Day 5 - Two Brits Into Last 16 - Neither Called Murray; Rafa’s Tweener; Keys’ Comeback
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2016
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Andy Murray has spent 11 years reaching the second week of Grand Slam tournaments, but he has never had the company of a fellow British singles player. That is about to change, assuming Murray makes it through against Paolo Lorenzi today.
The Tennis Podcast team convened to discuss the performance from Kyle Edmund, who showed maturity and mental strength to go with his power and precision from the baseline. The British player beat John Isner 7-6 in the fourth set.
Could he even trouble the World Number One Novak Djokovic in the last 16? Is Djokovic a little undercooked after his last two opponents withdrew because of injury? Or is Edmund going to be schooled by one of the greatest tennis players of all time? Tennis Podcast presenters Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport) and David Law (BBC 5 Live) give their views on the latest show.
They also discuss the extraordinary through-the-legs lob that Rafael Nadal hit to set up match point in his round three match, the comeback win of Madison...
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore, I'm Bjorn Borgh. |
| 0:02.3 | This is Martina Navratelova. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Matt Vylander. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Standard Winkert. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Njut. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.7 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on day five of the US Open We Are brought to you |
| 0:25.1 | in association with the Telegraph as always. |
| 0:27.0 | We're brought to you on an evening when David Law, we have just seen Kyle Edmund fulfill all the potential |
| 0:34.6 | that we've seen in him for the past, well particularly the past year but obviously more than that. |
| 0:39.4 | He's beaten John Disney, he's done it in four sets. |
| 0:41.8 | My oh my, it was something, wasn't it? |
| 0:43.8 | And it's come, I would say quite a bit earlier in his development than I would have expected. |
| 0:47.9 | I mean, you know, second week of a grand slam last 16 to be the guy like is, |
| 0:52.4 | now who let's, let's be honest, he was well short physically of his top level. |
| 0:57.6 | He said he, afterwards that he came in with some health concerns and that, that's what it felt like. |
| 1:03.3 | But at the same time Edmund did his job. |
| 1:05.8 | He did everything that was required of him. |
| 1:07.8 | I mean, it was a, it was a fantastically mature performance. |
| 1:11.0 | So I was commentating on it and my co-commitator said it was like watching a veteran in many ways. |
| 1:17.8 | Especially getting into a four-set tie break with John Isner who's played 53 tie breaks this year |
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