Worst of the Big 3
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2020
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are the three best male players of all time, but they haven’t always been so great...
In the final episode of our ‘worst of’ series (for now), we reflect on those rare moments when they struggled on court, including their respective slumps in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Plus, what happened to Federer at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics? How did he lose to Guillermo Cañas in back-to-back tournaments in 2007? Why did Nadal’s Wimbledon results go downhill from 2012 onwards? How much does it matter that he’s never won the ATP Finals? Why did Djokovic retire from so many matches early in his career? And what on earth was going on with his serve under Todd Martin?
The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, featuring Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments. It is crowdfunded by listeners every December.
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| 0:32.5 | Hi, this is Maren Bartorri. |
| 0:34.3 | I'm Matt Svillander. |
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| 0:36.5 | I'm Stan Roenka. |
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| 0:42.7 | Out for a hike and listening to the best podcast that there is, the tennis podcast. |
| 0:54.5 | Well, thank you very much, Joseph, for your support this year and in previous years. |
| 1:04.1 | Much appreciated by all of us here on the tennis podcast. |
| 1:07.8 | Hello, Catherine. How are you today? |
| 1:09.4 | Hello, David. I am the same as every other day of late. |
| 1:13.7 | Yes. |
| 1:14.5 | Yeah, there's not much variety in our lives at the moment. |
| 1:16.8 | However, there's lots of room for podcasts, hence why we're doing too a week. |
| 1:20.0 | Even though there's no tennis, Matt, how are you? |
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