US Open - Murray Back From Brink; Konta Comes Of Age; Should 5-Set Format Continue?

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis

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🗓️ 4 September 2015

⏱️ 16 minutes

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After Andy Murray and Johanna Konta reached the last 32 of the US Open in 3-hour + epics, The Tennis Podcast discussed their post-match moods, which could hardly have been more different. While Konta celebrated the best win of her career - over the Wimbledon runner-up Garbine Muguruza - Murray went two sets down before roaring back to beat Adrian Mannarino in 5 in draining humidity. Telegraph tennis correspondent Simon Briggs joined presenters David Law (BBC Radio 5 Live) and Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport) to reflect on the British victories, discuss how Murray looked ‘a shell of himself’ in Catherine’s post-match interview, and how Konta seems like a different player to the one that has languished well outside the Top 100 for years. Will Murray bounce back to go all the way? Can Konta cause another shock against the 18th seed Andrea Petkovic? And how have the big names looked in the first few days? The Tennis Podcast discusses it all. The Tennis Podcast is produced in association with...

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0:00.0	Hi there, this is Martina Navratlova and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:14.3	Well hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. It is day four of the U.S. Open and I myself,
0:20.3	David Law, I'm sitting in the player garden, which is where all the players congregate and
0:25.5	get ready for their matches and have their interviews straight after the matches.
0:29.2	And I'm sitting here with Catherine Whitaker of Eurosport and Simon Briggs, the telegraphs tennis
0:34.6	correspondent because of course we are brought to you in association with the telegraph and what a day
0:40.1	we have just witnessed from a British perspective. First of all, Joe Conte winning the longest match
0:45.6	in the women's draw in the history of the U.S. Open, 3 hours and 23 minutes and she beat the Wimbledon
0:51.5	runner up, Garbini Mugaruta in three sets, the best win of her career and then Andy Murray has
0:57.4	just come back from two sets down to win in five. First of all, Simon Briggs, it's been an eventful
1:04.0	day. Did you expect this situation when you started the day? Well I suppose we're pretty happy to
1:09.8	have two Britain in the third round. On the downside we're kind of worried about Andy, I don't think he's
1:15.6	feeling too hot ironically in a figurative sense, very hot in a literal sense after he came off the court.
1:21.8	That's a bit of a downside. It's been an amazing day. It's been draining to be here but brilliant
1:28.6	and it's just a good to show what an incredible sport this is to watch and follow on a daily basis.
1:35.6	Well I think the best person to talk to about the physical condition of Andy Murray just
1:39.9	of the moment is Catherine Whitaker because in your role for Eurosport you were basically the first
1:44.2	person to speak to Andy just as he came off the court. Three hours of tussle on the Arthrastadium
1:51.1	really hot humid conditions and the air is heavy isn't it as we sit here outside just next to
1:56.5	the Arthrastadium. The air is heavy. What was he like? Well I wasn't like speaking to Andy Murray.
2:02.5	It was like speaking to the shell of Andy Murray where Andy Murray the man used to be. He
2:08.8	was as spent as I've ever seen. I mean as spent as I've ever seen a human being except when I
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