Wimbledon Re-Lived 2015: Plucky Watson, Serena’s Escape
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The biggest scare Serena Williams faced en route to winning the Wimbledon title in 2015 came from an unlikely source, as Heather Watson pushed her right to the brink in a third-round match which encapsulated the idea of a plucky Brit.
The occasion was also memorable for the raucous atmosphere, and we discuss the elements of that which we felt crossed the line, along with how Serena managed to fight through and why Watson has not gone on to back up that performance at the Grand Slams.
There’s also a big tangent about Henmania and a rundown of the latest news, including Wimbledon’s decision to pay players and officials, the announcements from the ATP and the WTA about ranking points, and the ever-changing likelihood of the US Open going ahead.
So, come for all of that, and stay right until the end for some unmissable cameos and naughty behaviour from Magnus…
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Maryne Bartoli. I'm Matt Vylander. This is Mary Carrillo. I'm Stan Ravinka. I'm like Newt. I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:06.7 | This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:20.8 | Hello folks and welcome one last time this fortnight to the tennis podcast and Wimbledon |
| 0:29.1 | relived on what would have been Men's Finals day of the 2020 Championships. And finally the |
| 0:35.3 | sun is out. It's been a frankly miserable what would have been Wimbledon fortnight, which has made |
| 0:41.0 | the pain of missing out on Wimbledon slightly easier to bear, certainly for me personally, but it's |
| 0:47.7 | it's a lovely summer's day today and it would be a nice day to be enjoying the Men's final. |
| 0:54.4 | Especially the flying ants haven't got the memo that Wimbledon didn't happen. They are out in force |
| 1:01.6 | today, which is a Wimbledon tradition. I hadn't noticed that. Well that's good to know. |
| 1:08.4 | Yeah, today's the first day that I've properly missed it and I think maybe the weather is part of |
| 1:13.4 | that and we've just watched a match with an amazing atmosphere which I think probably also |
| 1:19.6 | stirs that feeling a little bit and probably because it's the last day of what would have been |
| 1:25.9 | Wimbledon and for us is the last day of Wimbledon relived for now. |
| 1:34.4 | What a pointed addendum to that sentence David. Yeah, |
| 1:39.2 | oh it's very important. When you get your next one planned for us, when should we brace ourselves? |
| 1:43.7 | There's a list developing on my computer. There's a certain Olympic week looming on the horizon |
| 1:49.5 | isn't there? Yeah, even I feel like I do actually need a week off now. I feel like doing a relived |
| 1:55.7 | of all of the sports at the Olympics. We'll be doing archery relived. They're doing 2008 or something. |
| 2:05.6 | She could do this for example, she just ain't doing it on this feed. Go and start the archery podcast. |
| 2:11.5 | Matt, how you doing? The end is near. You can have a sleep soon. |
| 2:16.7 | Yes, well I'm going to hold David to even I want a week off now. That is not quite in writing |
| 2:24.1 | but it's been said and we need to honour that. You know it doesn't apply to middle of the night |
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