Wimbledon Day 12 - Ash Barty's dream comes true
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
After Ash Barty achieved her childhood dream of winning Wimbledon, following in the footsteps on her mentor Evonne Goolagong, Catherine, David and Matt convened to discuss the significance of such a special moment. What did she do to beat Karolina Pliskova? How did Pliskova recover from her terrible start? What did Pliskova prove to everyone this fortnight? How has Barty transformed her mindset over the past few years? And what's next for her?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. |
| 0:01.8 | This is Mayan Bartorri. |
| 0:03.1 | I'm Matt Vylander. |
| 0:04.3 | This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:05.3 | This is Pam Shriver. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm Stan Roenka. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Lighten Huat. |
| 0:08.1 | This is Yannick Noah. |
| 0:09.2 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:22.1 | Well, Ash Barty is the Wimbledon champion. |
| 0:26.8 | And doesn't that sound so completely right? |
| 0:30.4 | It feels like, well, of course, she's the Wimbledon champion. |
| 0:33.3 | Ash Barty was always going to be a Wimbledon champion. |
| 0:37.7 | And if it wasn't today, it would be another day. |
| 0:39.7 | But of course, sport doesn't work like that. |
| 0:42.7 | We've relived enough crucial moments in the history of this sport |
| 0:46.4 | to know it doesn't work like that. |
| 0:48.8 | And of course, it wasn't inevitable today. |
| 0:51.7 | We'll come on to talk about the match |
| 0:54.0 | and how uninevitable, |
| 0:56.4 | caroling a plishkiver managed to make it. |
| 0:58.4 | And yet, it just feels so inevitable and so perfect. |
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