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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Is Stan The Man To Stop Djokovic?

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Is Stan The Man To Stop Djokovic?

The overwhelming feeling as I watched Wawrinka tear through the field in Rotterdam to reach his first final in almost two years, was joy. This stemmed from having witnessed his recent plight. On the podcast, Catherine described the grim scene in Eastbourne last summer when an ailing Wawrinka was thrashed by an ailing Andy Murray. The Wawrinka we’ve come to know is a force, and he just didn’t appear to have the same strength anymore. But he’s moving freely again now, and the rest of his tennis is beginning to follow.

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