Wimbledon cancelled; Grass court season shelved - Our reaction
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
We knew it was coming, and yet it still felt shocking, and it still hurt.
After Wimbledon announced its 134th edition would not take place, and the rest of the grass court season was abandoned because of the Coronavirus, Catherine Whitaker, David Law and Matt Roberts were joined on The Tennis Podcast by Simon Briggs, the Tennis Correspondent of The Telegraph.
Was there any alternative? What sort of impact will the cancellations have on the tennis world, and those working within it? And when can the sport realistically return?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Mary and Bartori. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm Matt Vylander. This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Thundra Winka. I'm like Newt. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.0 | And you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | Well, we come to you today on not one of the happiest days in the sporting calendar |
| 0:25.0 | or indeed in the history of our involvement, our interest, our tennis watching lives. |
| 0:31.0 | Because today the entire grass court season for 2020 was cancelled. |
| 0:37.0 | There will be no Wimbledon. There will be no fever tree championships at the Queen's Club. |
| 0:41.0 | There will be no Espoir. There will be no nothing on a grass court this year. |
| 0:46.0 | And the reason...well, we all know the reason. It's because of the coronavirus. |
| 0:49.0 | And I don't know why, because I've known obviously that this day was coming. |
| 0:56.0 | We've read the reports of Simon Briggs and our various other colleagues in the media. |
| 1:01.0 | We've heard all the talk over the last few days. |
| 1:06.0 | And it's been built into this moment. |
| 1:08.0 | But it's still today felt like a shock that Wimbledon and Queen's and all those tournaments |
| 1:13.0 | that I've just mentioned won't be played. |
| 1:15.0 | And I found myself feeling pretty emotional about it. |
| 1:19.0 | Catherine Whitaker is here. How you doing, Catherine? |
| 1:23.0 | Hello, David. I'm doing okay. |
| 1:25.0 | No, you're not. You're like me. You're an absolute wreck like me. |
| 1:29.0 | Matt Roberts is here. Hello, Matt. |
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