Wimbledon Day 3 - Flying Ants; Courageous Konta; Ruthless Rafa; Handy Andy; #PredictionsGate

The Tennis Podcast

The Tennis Podcast team reckon Jo Konta entered the consciousness of more British people than at any time in her career thanks to her classic 10-8 final set win on Wimbledon’s Centre Court against Donna Vekic. 

An Australian Open semifinal, a title win in Miami and a Top 10 ranking were enough to get year-round tennis fans on-board, but Wimbledon is where stars are made and this was a perfect setting. 

How did Konta do it? Was it a Vekic capitulation, or did Konta wrestle the win away from her? Presenters Catherine Whitaker and David Law, who are part of the BBC 5 Live Wimbledon team, discuss.

What did they make of the form of Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, who were both straight sets winners?

Flying ants, a Daniil Medvedev meltdown, and a big old argument about who should be on Centre Court on Friday are also part of the show, particular after Heather Watson set up a showdown with Victoria Azarenka. 

The prediction of Law that Petra Kvitova would win the women’s title is also thrown under the microscope. She lost in round two …

The Tennis Podcast is a downloadable tennis radio show which is produced in association with Telegraph Sport and Eurosport. A new Tennis Podcast will be out after play every night during Wimbledon. 

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2017-07-05 38 min

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