Wimbledon Day 11 - Flawless Federer Floors Murray; Meets Djokovic In Sunday’s Final; Serena Williams vs. Garbine Muguruza final preview

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports, Wimbledon, Tennis, Sports & Recreation

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2015

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Just a few days short of his 34th birthday, Roger Federer delivered one of the greatest performances that the Wimbledon Centre Court has ever seen to defeat Andy Murray in straight sets and set up a final with Novak Djokovic. Tennis Podcast presenters David Law (BBC Radio 5 Live) and Catherine Whitaker (Live at Wimbledon) lifted their jaws off the floor long enough to talk it through, and were joined after print deadlines had been satisfied by the Telegraph’s Tennis Correspondent Simon Briggs. Has Federer ever looked better? Is there anything Murray could have done differently? Early thoughts about the final? The women’s final between Serena Williams and Garbine Muguruza is also previewed as the last weekend of The Championships approaches. The Tennis Podcast is produced in association with the Telegraph, and supported by BNP Paribas, the bank for a changing world.

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0:00.0	Hi there, this is Martina Navratlova and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on a day when Roger Federer reminded us of his
0:20.4	majesty what an extraordinary performance he has just put into beat Andy Murray who was
0:25.7	playing a really really good match and it means that Roger Federer will face no
0:31.2	back shock of it once again in the Wimbledon final. My name is David Law, part of the BBC Radio 5 Live
0:37.2	tennis team. I'm joined by Catherine Whittaker who's on the live at Wimbledon team. This is the
0:42.4	tennis podcast brought to you in association with the telegraph. We are supported by the
0:47.0	N.P. Pabbard, the bank for a changing world and Catherine Whittaker. Wow. Wow, have there ever been
0:55.0	two more dramatic or competitive straight sets matches? I don't think they have. I mean look at us,
1:01.0	we're utterly exhausted and on paper two straight sets semi-finals but I mean if ever a
1:07.0	school line has not told the story of a match it's particularly the second one but also the first one as well.
1:13.4	Absolutely, obviously no back shock of it's defeating Richard Gasker. There was some good moments in
1:18.4	that but it was always the feeling that there was an inevitability about the way it was going to end
1:23.0	up. Not the case on paper and the way the match started between Federer and Murray because Federer
1:29.2	served first and immediately Murray was out of the block. See hit one lovely top spin lob but then
1:35.3	Federer just went into a mode that I honestly didn't know he had in him anymore. I mean I'm not
1:42.2	sure that Roger Federer even after the 17 years I've been watching him and had the privilege to
1:48.3	to experience his tennis. I don't think I've ever seen him play better ever and I just didn't think
1:55.5	what he did today was possible anymore. The guy is nearly 34. I can tell you Matt Svalandar
2:00.0	agrees with you he said instantly upon the conclusion of that match that is the best tennis match
2:04.8	Roger Federer has ever played and at the age of 33 with everything that he's done with everything in
2:11.7	his private life where he finds the motivation from having four kids etc etc the context of having
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