US Open - Tales from the Interview Room
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Shortly after attending media day, Catherine, David and Matt gather to reflect on what the players had to say ahead of the final Grand Slam tournament of the season. There’s chat about Jessica Pegula’s need to elevate at slams, lots of players dodging questions about Saudi Arabia, Coco Gauff’s relationship with new coach Brad Gilbert, Marketa Vondrousova’s experience so far at her first major since becoming Wimbledon champion, the way in which Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are dominating all discussion in men’s tennis, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartoli. I'm Matt Vellander. This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:05.3 | This is Pam Shriver. This is Yannick Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.4 | Well hello and welcome to the tennis podcast where you find us on site at the US Open. Floschy Meadows, |
| 0:28.7 | the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre for the first time in 2023. And more specifically, |
| 0:36.6 | you find us, myself, Catametric and Matt Roberts and David Law, overlooking a outside court |
| 0:44.5 | where right now the whooping and hollering that you hear prominently in the background is four |
| 0:51.7 | Matt Roberts for the artist formerly known as Victoria Cosmova. They are loving whatever she's doing |
| 1:02.6 | and presumably her opponents as well. They're sharing the adoration, but honestly I just came back |
| 1:08.7 | from getting us a couple of beers for this podcast recording and I heard this enormous |
| 1:13.9 | ovation go up and I thought wow who's that for? It's suddenly all happening here. And then I saw |
| 1:20.0 | the name and I thought where do I know that name and then I realised it's the new name of Victoria |
| 1:25.0 | Cosmova and it all came full circle and over on the huge stage that they erect for Fan Week |
| 1:33.5 | here outside the very front of the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Nicholas Jerry is currently being |
| 1:40.0 | interviewed Matt. Honestly, you guys are lucky I'm here. I feel very privileged. Matt is absolutely |
| 1:49.0 | in his element. I mean, we all are. It's good to be back, isn't it? Yeah and the fun doesn't stop |
| 1:55.0 | there because I just saw as we came and sat down in our position here in the media cafe walking head |
| 2:02.4 | down, looking massively focused. Kevin Anderson charging out towards the qualifying court where he's |
| 2:09.0 | currently three two down against Thomas or three two up against Thomas Mahatch. Best pair in the |
| 2:14.4 | world. Yeah. So all of our little favourites plus a returning runner up from a few years ago looking |
| 2:20.3 | ultra focused. I thought you were calling Kevin Anderson one of our favourites then. I mean, I've |
| 2:26.3 | I have no negative feelings whatsoever about Kevin Anderson. I just wouldn't quite perhaps go |
| 2:30.3 | that far. Just don't have any feelings whatsoever. Good luck to him. I wish him very well indeed. |
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