D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Novak Djokovic beating out Carlos Alcaraz in the Australian Open

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz admits he was outplayed in a four-set quarter-final defeat to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.

Alcaraz won the first set but concedes he was overpowered by Djokovic, on the hunt for a 25th grand slam and 11th in Melbourne.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Darcy Waldergrave, Novak Djokovic is the goat, and I don't
care how prickly he is. And he proved it again
last night.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Listen to the program last night, won't you? Yes, I was,
thank you very much.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
But it's true.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
He thought between seven and eight Monday to Friday. He's prickly.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
I get that, and that's what makes him great.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Yeah, it does. And he's got the numbers. And if
you're running on numbers, run on that. I don't believe
he got over the Spaniard last night. It was I
was up till two in the morning. Just after two,
it was like, okay, that was the most astonishing third set.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
I cannot believe it. I've been watching. Surely, I'm not
staying up for this. This is going to go five.

Speaker 3 (00:38):
Only went four. That was intense.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
And again what.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
We talked about last night, he focuses his rage in
the right position and he stands up. He didn't have
to bring up that errant broadcaster who made a stupid
comic and let it go.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
It doesn't matter.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
But no, no, he did it because he did it
because he wanted to give some fire to himself.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
And then it worked, and then he turns around and
looks at the audience and he puts his thin behind
his ear and he goes hello.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
So there we go.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Meanwhile, meanwhile Aaron Rautliffe is having a very good tournament.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Nia and rautlifts and two semi finals. Now I was
juggling the women's doubles and she's obviously had success in
that before with gibbid Rowski. It's coming up on Friday,
but starting in about all I don't know about an
hour mixed doubles worth Michael Venus, two Cageen semi finals.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Two Kiwis.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
It's so good, Yes, And she's the most wonderful character.
And you'll hear more from her tonight if it will
be yarn with this afternoon, like before she goes on court,
like three hours or two hours before she goes on court. Yeah,
that's the excess you want go on you so looking
forward to that.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
I read an article over the weekend and it's all
about Super Smash and the cricket and how good a
product it is, particularly when the black Caps are playing,
and how it's sort of it's disappointing that it's in
a bad time zone for in Dea in places like that,
but they wanted to somehow make it better. So it's
this hint that Super Smash and the Big Bash League
in Australia might sort of join forces.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
Well, in the rugby league we do, in Super Rugby
we do, in the netball we're trying to get back
to that again, in the football we do, and then
some in the NBL we do. Cricket for some reason
don't want to join the party. Maybe the Ossies don't
want us. But the Super Big Bash, Smash, crash, pass, slash, slash,
what are you going to call it? That has got potential.

(02:28):
Maybe some haircuts required. You mightn't have two, three maybe
teams over here if the Australians want us on board.
But you think of the quality of the competition when
you've got a focused amount of New Zealand cricketers and
maybe three maybe two teams and they're flying over the
ditch over the ditch, are flying over here and you
promote it. It's got so much going forward. I'm sure

(02:50):
he's out in cricket of thinking about this. They wouldn't
have passed them.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
So have you heard anything about that? Or is this
a Doarcy water Grave trademarked idea.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
I was actually talking with Chris kenn about that, so
I'm going to get him on tonight to expand on it.
I'm not going to take Christmas thunder, that's not fair.
But he is condemblading that and contacting us gold on
why aren't we doing this. I think It's been talked
about on a number of occasions, So I'm interested in
fan base out there, what works, what doesn't work, because
I'll be all I like Super Smash. I think it's great.

(03:19):
I really enjoyed, love going to the games. But big
best Super Smash combo with the quality of athletes and
the quality of coverage and commentary and everything else.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
Of course, mate an, look what it did for Hobart
because Hobart had a funny little ground and never got anything.
But then they've got got the Hurricanes who are now
famous and they got him into the competition. The ground
looks amazing, better than anything we've got. The cricket they've
got is amazing that people of Hobart go this is
amazing and turn up every day.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
So they played christ there's a South Island team, maybe
there's a North Island team, and you've got some wonderful
botique venues. I'm believing that suddenly Aukland miss out on
everything because I do you respect to eating a part,
But I think when it comes to the grassy Knoll,
would rather be standing on that now, wouldn't I?

Speaker 1 (04:05):
Absolutely? Hey, thanks and back again at seven.

Speaker 2 (04:07):
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