Wimbledon Day 5 - Coco Gauff Mania Grips SW19; Anderson Crashes; Pliskova, Djokovic Struggle Through

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Coco Gauff. 15 years old and the story of Wimbledon 2019 so far.

As she completed a stunning victory to reach week 2, Catherine, David and Matt convened on the edge of Henman Hill to soak up the atmosphere and revel in the story. At the same time, they sound a cautionary note.

There's chat about the struggles of Kevin Anderson, Novak Djokovic and Karolina Pliskova, and a preview of middle Saturday.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg.
0:02.2	This is Martina Navratlova. I'm Matt Vylander.
0:04.9	I'm San Roenka. I'm Lighten Huat. I'm Andy Murray.
0:07.6	And you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:20.0	We're on the outskirts of Henman Hill, experiencing Goth Mania,
0:24.4	which has just taken a new level for the 15-year-old Coco Gough,
0:28.9	who has just won from match points down against Polona Herzog
0:33.4	to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon. What an extraordinary story.
0:37.6	She's 15 years of age and we have spent the last hour chatting about what we were all doing
0:43.2	when we were 15. And as far as I'm concerned, it wasn't pretty.
0:47.7	Catherine Whittaker's back. Hello, Catherine. What are you doing at 15?
0:50.8	I was the absolute worst version of myself at 15.
0:54.1	14 slash 15 were not the peak Whittaker years.
0:57.4	Okay. What did they involve?
1:00.9	I'll just be a big loser for one thing.
1:04.9	But definitely not going out and sent a court and winning tennis matches.
1:12.2	I mean, I feel like anything we're going to say about her is already a cliche
1:16.9	and already hackneyed before. We've even said it, even though she won about four minutes ago
1:22.0	right behind us. It's sort of already a cliche. That is the extent to which this
1:26.9	mania has taken hold. As you do in the intro there, I was slightly distracted by trying
1:32.0	to think of names for a hill beginning with either C or G.
1:38.4	Okay. So you could ease me with that for a few moments.
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