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Australian Open Day 14 – Sublime Djokovic Wins 15th Grand Slam; But What Happened To Nadal?
Australian Open Day 14 – Sublime Djokovic Wins 15th Grand Slam; But What Happened To Nadal?
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40 minutes
Released:
Jan 27, 2019
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Podcast episode
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As we expected, Novak Djokovic is the Australian Open champion. But the manner of his victory - an emphatic straight-sets thrashing of Rafael Nadal – came as a big surprise. On The Tennis Podcast, David Law, Catherine Whitaker and Matt Roberts discuss the final in depth.What makes Djokovic so effective against Nadal on a hard court? Will he be able to translate the formula to clay and win a fourth consecutive slam at the French Open? And will he end up winning more slams than both Nadal and Federer?As for Nadal, was he nervous throughout the final? And why did he not try to play his new, more aggressive hard-court game? Would it have even made any difference?Elsewhere, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut completed their career Grand Slam. What makes them work so well together?Finally, how will we all remember the 2019 Australian Open?The Tennis Podcast will be produced weekly throughout the year and daily at all the Grand Slam tournaments in 2019, courtesy of our Kickstarter backers. It is produced in association with The Telegraph. ***SOCIAL MEDIA***: Twitter – http://po.st/TTP_TwitterFacebook – http://po.st/TTP_FacebookInstagram - http://po.st/TTP_Instagram***NEWSLETTER***: We will be producing a weekly newsletter through the year! Sign-up here: http://po.st/TTP_Newsletter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Jan 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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