Why Gimelstob Must Go
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Politics takes over on this week’s Tennis Podcast as Simon Briggs of The Telegraph joins Catherine Whitaker, David Law and Matt Roberts to discuss Justin Gimelstob’s conviction for assault.
What have been the latest developments in the case? Who has spoken out against Gimelstob and why are more people not doing so? How has he been able to become such a prominent figure in tennis? What is likely to happen next? Is it really conceivable that he could keep his position on the ATP board? And if he does, what does that say about tennis?
Elsewhere, there’s chat about Marco Trungelliti being snubbed for blowing the whistle on match-fixing, and the news that the ATP Finals will move from London to Turin in 2021.
On the court this week, Dominic Thiem beat Rafael Nadal in Barcelona and went on to win the title. Who is the favourite for the French Open?
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| 0:00.0 | Oh well we are back in our spiritual home the Putney Exchange Centre as you can probably |
| 0:15.5 | tell from the coffee machine that is worrying in the background. Hope you'll put up with |
| 0:19.6 | the little sound effects because it all makes it part of it doesn't it. However we are |
| 0:23.9 | joined by some very special guests today as per usual we have Catherine Whittaker, |
| 0:28.6 | Hello, how's the four of us to drive out the sound of espresso being made? |
| 0:33.2 | A handsome quartet we have here which is also joined by Matt Roberts. Hello, |
| 0:41.2 | David. Hello and we've got making his Putney Exchange debut. It's the |
| 0:46.3 | telegraphs, Simon Briggs. Greetings, yes I didn't realise for the fine view of |
| 0:50.9 | Waitrose you guys have when you record this podcast. Yes we do have a lovely |
| 0:55.9 | view of said supermarket. Well Catherine I have a view of the lose currently. Yes I've got |
| 1:00.8 | the better side of the table. Okay, right well we've got lots to talk about so |
| 1:05.4 | enough supermarkets and toilets. We've got plenty of tennis matters to |
| 1:10.7 | discuss. A few results, a few plot lines within the actual confines of the |
| 1:15.8 | court will get to that later but really what we're here to do today is to |
| 1:20.2 | discuss politics. Hence the arrival of Simon Briggs to the Putney Exchange and |
| 1:24.6 | one of the main Nick Robinson of tennis. Yes the main reason for that. Even your |
| 1:29.2 | racoon's book. Update your references. The main reason for that is because about an hour |
| 1:36.2 | after we published last week's podcast, great timing folks. Simon Briggs tweeted |
| 1:42.3 | that some news was incoming from an LA court room. Correct? That was when you |
| 1:48.7 | were recording the last one. Yes that's right. That was from Josh Boswell our |
| 1:52.3 | excellent man on the spot. Yeah and the news was that Justin Gummelstop who for |
| 1:58.4 | those of you that follow tennis loosely but don't really you might have heard |
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