WTA Finals Day 2 - Halep edges Andreescu; Epic tie-break and done for Svitolina; Thiem Time Upon Us?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Elina Svitolina vs. Karoline Pliskova was all about the 14-12 tie-break.
Simon Halep vs. Bianca Andreescu was all about everything.
Catherine Whitaker and David Law spent half an hour in the pub over a beer to talk about day 2 of the WTA Finals, and as well as today's matches they touched on Dominic Thiem time. Is this it?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McIner, I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.3 | This is Martina Navratelova, I'm Matt Villander, this is Mary Carrillo. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Stan Roenka, I'm Laiton Hutt, I'm Andy Murray, and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | So Catherine and I are in the pub and we have smuggled our way downstairs into the quiet room |
| 0:26.8 | that we don't actually know whether it is legal to be in, but we're in it, Catherine. |
| 0:32.6 | I can tell you that this is where on Tuesday nights they hold their Dungeons and Dragons evening. |
| 0:37.2 | We've had this conversation before. |
| 0:38.4 | We've done four. |
| 0:39.5 | I remember us being here some months ago and you revealed the Dungeons and Dragons |
| 0:43.7 | information and we still haven't actually come out for a night out with Dungeons and Dragons, |
| 0:47.2 | which is all a bit disappointing. |
| 0:48.8 | However, here we are, and it's WTA Finals Day 3. |
| 0:56.8 | Day 2. |
| 0:58.0 | Podcast 3. |
| 0:59.6 | Yes, Podcast 3, I'm getting a little bit carried away. |
| 1:03.1 | I have had one beer already, I'm on my second one. |
| 1:06.1 | So the one sip is being on the two firsts. |
| 1:08.5 | I've just come from the official drinks of somebody very important involved in the Queen's |
| 1:13.6 | Club Tournament, the Fever Tree Championships, the event director, Emma Foster, who I've worked |
| 1:17.8 | with for a decade has just left, just left me in the lurch. |
| 1:21.6 | So basically, I've had a beer with her, but that's where I've been to. |
| 1:25.2 | She was an obligation beer. |
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