US Open Day 7 - Sublime Stephens Puts Down A Marker; Serena Impresses Again; Nadal Tested By Brilliant Basilashvili
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
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🗓️ 3 September 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
With no obvious headline on Day 7 at the US Open, David and Catherine start the Tennis Podcast by purring over the form of Sloane Stephens and trying to pin down what makes her such a sublime player. They agree she has a sixth sense, but is she unstoppable at her best? It certainly felt like it against Elise Mertens.
Another good performance from Serena is discussed. How well did she do to weather the second set onslaught from Kaia Kanepi? Will the quietly impressive Karolina Pliskova provide her biggest test yet in the next round?
Dominic Thiem pulled off the result of the day on the men’s side, beating last year’s finalist Kevin Anderson in straight sets. Did Anderson’s five-setters catch up with him?
Thiem’s next opponent is Nadal. The world No.1 was rattled by the brilliance of Basilashvili, with the Georgian adopting a similar aggressive approach to Khachanov. Has Khachanov softened Nadal up? If so, can Thiem deliver the knockout blow?
Elsewhere, John Isner and Milos Raonic played a five-set match without any tiebreaks. How on earth did that happen?
On Monday, Maria Sharapova has been handed another night session slot. That’s four in a row. Is that fair?
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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 Svillander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm San Roenka. I'm Lighten Ewitt. I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.2 | Catherine Whitaker, we are halfway through the US Open and it is Sunday. |
| 0:25.5 | We are sitting in your lobby. We're sitting right next to Dominica Civil Cova, |
| 0:28.8 | actually, at the moment, as she prepares and talks about her match tomorrow. |
| 0:33.7 | Tomorrow, isn't it? |
| 0:34.7 | Tomorrow against Madison Keys. |
| 0:35.9 | Yeah, I mean, we quite literally just saw her tactical pre-game chat with her coach. |
| 0:41.5 | I mean, if only we could speak Slovakian. |
| 0:44.0 | Where's Daniel and Antica over when you need her? |
| 0:45.8 | Little did you know that the other has been teaching me all sort of, no, she only. |
| 0:49.3 | I mean, we literally just saw it. |
| 0:52.3 | Yeah, we did. This is the tennis podcast brought to you on a association with the telegraph |
| 0:56.8 | and with Amazon Prime Video UK, the home of the US Open in the UK. |
| 1:02.1 | Catherine has been on air all day long bringing the best of the stories and linking play |
| 1:08.4 | and all that sort of stuff, all that jazz, that TV Wonderland. |
| 1:13.3 | The TV Wonderland where I have to drink tea through a straw. |
| 1:16.8 | Indeed. Why was that again? |
| 1:21.4 | Because it just, so it's not to dislodge your lipstick. |
| 1:26.3 | Right, okay. I won't need to wear them that. |
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