A Day In The Life of a Grand Slam Daily Podcast

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A Day In The Life of a Grand Slam Daily Podcast

Tuesday, 3rd September, 2019 - 1.19am (6.19am UK)
I’ve just uploaded the Tennis Podcast for Day 8 of the US Open. It began at 7pm NY time in the back of a car on our return from the day session. We compared our experiences of the lightning storms at Flushing Meadows (Catherine evacuated, me soaked), we travelled over 59th Street Bridge (and got in trouble with Mary Carillo for not knowing it was: a) wonderful and b) had been made famous by a Simon and Garfunkel song), and compared notes about the defeat of World No.1 and defending champion Naomi Osaka.

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Laura Robson: The Long Road Back Starts Here

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Laura Robson: The Long Road Back Starts Here

Laura Robson is 25 years old. She is ranked 511 in the world and has not played a competitive match for eight months. Until today. Robson made the trip from Bath, where she had commentated with me on the final rubber of Britain’s run to the Fed Cup World Group 2 play-offs, to Shrewsbury, home of an exceptionally well-run but modest ‘futures’ event for young players trying to make their mark, cobble a living together or come back from injury.

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