Live from Wimbledon Day 8 - Fery fires into the quarters
About this episode
The episode covers Arthur Fery's historic win at Wimbledon and discusses various matches and player performances.
Catherine, David and Matt are live on the day that Arthur Fery became the sixth British man in the Open Era to reach a Wimbledon quarter-final, beating Grigor Dimitrov on Centre Court. Where was the match won and lost? How far can Fery’s game take him? And why was it tough to see Dimitrov cast as the villain as Fery Fever swept SW19? Fery will face Flavio Cobolli who played some seriously good tennis to beat a crestfallen Alex de Minaur. We discuss both press conferences and give a nod to Taylor Fritz who looked the business against Alexander Bublik. In part two (33:25), we focus on the women’s event and re-do our predictions after the draw has opened up so much, particularly in the bottom half. There’s chat about Jasmine Paolini showing glimpses of her 2024 form to beat Alexandra Eala as well as Linda Noskova’s quiet competence on this surface. Finally (56:05), we cover some spectacular aggro between Jelena Ostapenko and Laura Siegemund, before previewing tomorrow’s order of play. Can Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Novak Djokovic? How much of a factor will the heat be for Jannik Sinner? And who has the edge between Karolina Muchova and Naomi Osaka? For…
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