US Open - The Big Preview

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt are joined by Charlie Eccleshare from The Athletic ahead of the first Sunday start at the US Open.

Part one - Press conferences. We cover the news that Novak Djokovic might be about to work with Monica Seles, good vibes from both Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, how Amanda Anisimova is processing the Wimbledon final experience, some concern over Jack Draper’s fitness, and a fascinating chat with Naomi Osaka as she reflected on what happened in Montreal and her new partnership with Tomasz Wiktorowski.

Part two - Tournament predictions (47:22). Charlie gives his winners and finalists, we pick out some potential surprise packages, and there’s a look at which top seeds could be vulnerable.

Part three - a rundown of the day one order of play (1:05:48).

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0:26.3	Learn more at vertexinck.com. Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast and our final preview show for this year's US Open, the final grand slam of the 2025 season.
0:53.8	You find us in the Media garden, in the eaves of the Arthrash Stadium, in what can only be
1:00.1	described as a wind tunnel.
1:01.8	It is 5.30 in the evening.
1:04.0	It's pretty warm, but not thick and sticky in the way it often can be in New York at this
1:09.3	time of year.
1:09.9	And we are here to give you our last gasp hot takes
1:13.5	ahead of the tournament.
1:15.8	And by we, I mean myself, Catherine Whitaker,
1:18.1	my co-host David Laura Matt Roberts.
1:19.9	And for today's show, we are also joined by the Athletics,
1:23.7	Charlie Eccleshare, buoyant after a 5-0 Arsenal win. Had it gone a different way, we might
1:29.6	have cancelled your invitation, Charlie. Yeah, good news for everyone. We all remember last
1:35.8	year. In fact, that's the most annoyed we've ever seen you, I think, day one of the US Open
1:40.5	last year. That and being messed around for an interview yesterday that David witnessed and said
1:44.9	he just saw all the signs. He spotted it. He could see from my body language from my face.
1:52.1	Well, it's very good to have you. And we've got a lot to get into. I feel like we, increasingly, I mentioned this yesterday.
2:00.5	Increasingly increasingly media day
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