Wimbledon Day 11 - Djokovic, Nadal Held Overnight After Classic; Anderson Outlasts Isner, Reaches Final And Asks For Rule Change; Serena vs. Kerber Preview
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
A memorable, bizarre, pulsating day at Wimbledon ended with Kevin Anderson in the men’s singles final after a 6 hour 36 minute epic, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal needing to come back out to continue battle on Saturday with Djokovic ahead 2 sets to 1, and a women’s final likely to be delayed as a result.
In total darkness after the 11pm curfew had brought play to a halt, Catherine Whitaker, David Law and Simon Briggs got together to review matters.
Is it time for a final set tie-break to be brought in at all the Grand Slams to avoid a scoreline like 26-24? Will Anderson be able to recover for the final? And who is he going to end up playing against - Djokovic or Nadal?
In the women’s final, Serena Williams will take on Angelique Kerber, but it might well be delayed. Is that satisfactory, or should they have resumed with the men’s semifinal afterwards?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina and Nava Tolova. |
| 0:03.7 | I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm San Roenka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lighten Huet. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | And you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | Well, here we are a little after 11 pm, |
| 0:23.2 | Wimbledon time, Friday night. |
| 0:25.8 | Myself, Catherine Metica, David Law soon to join me, |
| 0:29.2 | but not to worry because we have Simon Briggs of the Telegraph |
| 0:33.0 | who has just filed for the day on what has been quite a day. |
| 0:39.3 | Simon, where on earth do we start on this daily Wimbledon Tennis Podcast? |
| 0:44.5 | brought to you in association with the Telegraph and with Amazon Prime Video, |
| 0:49.2 | UK, the home of the US Open in the UK. |
| 0:52.0 | Simon, where do we start? |
| 0:54.8 | I feel like we might need some chemical assistance to sort of regain energy. |
| 0:59.6 | Do the day justice because I haven't been sort of spent really. |
| 1:04.0 | My desk is like an absolute rubble of chocolate wrappers, |
| 1:10.6 | tea cups I've knocked over, pieces of paper with stats on. |
| 1:15.1 | I'm not sure if I've ever left it in such a chaotic state, |
| 1:18.6 | which is a metaphor for the state of my brain as well. |
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