US Open Day 8 - Murray Destroys Dimitrov; Del Potro Fairytale Continues; Venus Loses Heartbreaker
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
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🗓️ 6 September 2016
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
24 hours after Novak Djokovic sent out a statement of intent with a straight sets humbling of Kyle Edmund, Andy Murray responded with one of the most ruthless wins of his career against Grigor Dimitrov.
David Law commentated for BBC 5 Live on Murray’s 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win, Catherine Whitaker interviewed Murray on-court straight afterwards for Eurosport, and then Law and Whitaker got together to compare notes on The Tennis Podcast.
Having reached 23 successive last 16 rounds at Grand Slams, was this Murray’s best performance ever at that stage of a major tournament?
Will he and Djokovic be able to recreate those performances over the next few days to meet in the final on Sunday?
What of Murray’s quarterfinal opponent Kei Nishikori? How did he look against the giant serving of Ivo Karlovic?
And what of sentimental favourites Venus Williams and Juan Martin Del Potro? How did they get on?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McInerick. I'm Bjorn Borg. This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Vylander. I'm |
| 0:05.2 | San Roenka. I'm Lainey Njut. I'm Andy Marri and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:19.9 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast brought to you in association with the telegraph |
| 0:24.0 | Catherine Whittaker of your sport and myself David Law from BBC Radio 5 Live |
| 0:28.9 | talked to you as we walk through the grounds of the US Open because we are racing for the bus |
| 0:35.3 | because Andy Murray has given us an early night thanks to the most ruthless, savage, |
| 0:41.0 | extraordinarily brilliant performance that I think I've ever seen from him. I was absolutely |
| 0:47.5 | bold over but listeners we're racing for the bus but we're still giving you a tennis podcast. |
| 0:53.1 | Catherine Whittaker you've just spoken to Andy Murray. I've just described it in a few words |
| 0:58.0 | as to what I saw from the man what did he have to say about it. He's not exactly one for |
| 1:03.6 | for sort of hyperbole about himself is he but I mean I don't see how he could have done anything |
| 1:10.0 | much better than he did tonight. No it's funny my first question with him I thought it was a |
| 1:15.1 | bit of a punt. I debated whether or not to put this to him. I said have you ever played a better |
| 1:20.4 | match than that and I thought he would bat it away you know I thought he'll quash that and go |
| 1:26.8 | and he sort of said it's hard to say but maybe not maybe I haven't and after I mean it was |
| 1:34.2 | always a bit uncomfortable for us Grigal's Imitial fans I mean it was such a statement we taught |
| 1:40.8 | last night. Trying not to walk through it into that tree there Catherine we've just had to |
| 1:45.1 | separate Catherine from the microphone as we walked headlong in towards a trunk. There we are |
| 1:50.6 | ever in transit tennis podcast. Yeah we taught last night about how Novert Jokovic's performance was |
| 1:57.7 | a statement performance knowing in the back of his mind that Andy would have been watching because |
| 2:03.1 | it was against his his contumin. Well it was you know it's statement and reply isn't it. I don't |
| 2:10.6 | know if that's what was in his mind but it wow I mean yeah statement and reply it was quite |
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