US Open Preview - Media Day, Qualifying, The Serena Show
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On the eve of the US Open, David, Catherine and Matt are together on site to reflect on what the players said on media day, to react to the news that Serena and Venus Williams are playing doubles together, to highlight some of the best stories from qualifying, and to preview Monday’s action.
We discuss lots of the players' tributes to Serena, whether Iga Swiatek is going to thrive or not in New York, Rafael Nadal’s fitness, Naomi Osaka’s form, some punchy comments from Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz, Emma Raducanu’s return as defending champion, the incredible Brandon Holt story, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartori. |
| 0:03.1 | I'm Matt's Belander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Shriver. |
| 0:06.4 | This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.4 | Well hello folks and welcome to the US Open, the actual US Open from on-site at Flushing Meadows. |
| 0:27.9 | Catherine, Matt and myself sitting around a table in the media area for the first time |
| 0:34.5 | talking on a podcast Catherine in three years. I think the last time we were here was just after |
| 0:41.3 | Rafael Nadal's victory over Daniel Medvedev, that incredible five-set classic recorded here with |
| 0:47.0 | music all around as it fell to the back. Yes, balls being thwacked in the background were about |
| 0:54.0 | 10 metres away from the practice courts and about five metres away from the scene of a selfie we |
| 1:01.2 | took with then student Matt in 2017 Matt. That's right, yeah I wasn't allowed on this side of the fence |
| 1:08.7 | back there. We had to cross the fence for the selfie but here we all are on the right side of the |
| 1:15.0 | fence and it's very special. Yeah it is. What are your early impressions of the behind the scenes here |
| 1:21.5 | Matt? I've just gone in the media centre and wandering in places you weren't allowed to go sort of |
| 1:26.2 | five years ago. Yeah no it's been great finding my bearings. Very cool that it's the Bud Collins |
| 1:30.9 | media centre. I feel like that is so fitting and I think it was named after him in 2015. |
| 1:38.4 | And yeah I mean lots of the media centres are quite similar at the slams, you know you have your desk |
| 1:43.6 | and you have your screen. Yeah no it's been really special to finally be backstage here. |
| 1:51.5 | So to speak. Yeah it sure has and it has for me I mean I've been coming here for 20 years and it |
| 1:57.4 | still feels like a buzz anyway but as I said the other day just having not been here for a couple |
| 2:02.7 | of years it's definitely elevated the whole feel to me and I can't wait for the fortnight to get |
| 2:09.0 | started. We're coming to you on Sunday so it's Sunday afternoon the qualifying has all been done. |
| 2:15.2 | We were at it on Friday the day after we recorded in Manhattan on Thursday and then we also attended |
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