The Tennis Podcast

Roland Garros Day 3 - New stars emerge, others come-of-age, some are as good as ever

09.29.2020 - By David Law, Catherine Whitaker, Matt RobertsPlay

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On Day 3 of this mysterious French Open, there were plenty of reasons for it to feel more like a normal Grand Slam: epic matches, new stars emerging, familiar names winning, and results which left predictions in tatters. But Catherine, David and Matt still have a nagging sense that something isn't quite right.Jelena Ostapenko. Remember her? (0-4 mins)Clara Tauson breaks Brady’s heart (and more importantly, David’s) (5-9 mins)Who is Clara Tauson, anyway? (9-12 minutes)Danielle Collins - that’s how to deal with underarm serves (12-14 mins)Sloane Stephens, Karolina Pliskova, Sofia Kenin (14-31 mins)No Brits left in singles (31-33 mins)Double-bounces - should you call them on yourself? (33-40 mins)Imperious Djokovic (43-44 mins)Tsitsipas, Rublev come-of-age-in-best-of-5 (44-54 mins)Is it any less weird yet? (54-61 mins)Spider-gate (61 mins to end)The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments. It is crowdfunded by listeners each December. *MASCOT* Thanks to everyone who sent in their #TennisPodcastPets photos as we searched for a new French Open mascot. To find out why we’ve chosen Cam, please watch this video from Steve Armour - https://youtu.be/sbXLQUFPZ6M  * PODCAST LINK * If you enjoy listening to The Tennis Podcast, please spread the word and share our link on your social media platforms - https://podfollow.com/the-tennis-podcast * NEWSLETTER * Sign up to get our news, offers, predictions and Matt’s Stat - http://eepurl.com/gbmzRX *SHOP* Let everyone know how you feel with our new I LOVE TENNIS range - https://thetennispodcast.teemill.com/ * EMAIL * We hope that the podcast helps to provide some form of escape during these challenging times. If you ever feel like writing to us, our e-mail is open – [email protected] *REDDIT * We have a sub-reddit page! It's a growing online community where over 1000 listeners chat about the show and all things tennis. Join in - https://www.reddit.com/r/thetennispodcast/ * KICKSTARTER *  We are crowdfunded for 2020, but if you’d like to receive a reminder e-mail when we launch our next Kickstarter in December, then you can put your details here - http://eepurl.com/gwWILX *SOCIAL MEDIA * Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thetennispodcast/ Twitter - www.twitter.com/tennispodcast  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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