August 27, 2024 • 6 mins
The last tennis major of the year is underway in Flushing Meadows.
Sadly, Kiwi star Lulu Sun is already out of the US Open, withdrawing after one set in the first round.
Craig Gabriel spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave about that and all the other action from the tournament overnight on Sportstalk.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the sports Talk podcast with Dancy Waldegrave
from news Talk z it be.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Let's get a right now. Day one of the US Open,
the last tennis major of the year. Gabriel Aspers our
man on the spot, Greig, welcome to the program. Can
you summarize the first day for its the ups, downs,
the ins and outs.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
What happened? It's the US Open. It's impossible to do
something like that. It's just the craziest thing. Look, there
was so much going on and there were some interesting results,
but overall relatively straightforward, with most of the highly fancied
(00:47):
players all moving through the likes of the two defending champions,
Cocoa Golf and Novak Djokovic, both winning very comfortably in
straight sets. Those would be a couple of our highlights.
And then the champion from twenty twenty over here, the
Covid US Open, which played behind closed doors championship that
your Dominique team lost in the first round to Ben Shelton.
(01:10):
And that's it for him as far as Majors is concerned.
I think he's got one more tournament to play before
he totally retires from the sport.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
So you're going to have damage like that in the
first round. It's always going to happen. You just expect that,
don't you. Not all the top players are going to
get it right come the first round. So when you
lose players like that, you go, wow, someone had to
go right.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Well, yeah, but dommy team has had his fair share
of injuries over the last couple of years, and he
decided that he just couldn't keep on trying and then
kept breaking down all over again. I mean, his ranking
has plummeted. He's not the player he used to be,
and he was beaten by the number thirteen seed Ben Shelton.
But still, I mean, he's had a tremendous career and
(01:56):
he is the winner of a major, and that's something
that can never be taken away from him.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Let's look at the New Zealand Connecks and here Lil Soon,
who's had the most fantastic time of it of recent months.
He's unfortunately. Can you tell us more about the circumstances
in which she retired, the injury in son and so forth.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Craig, Yeah, absolutely, Look, I thought this was going to
be this was the reasoning behind it, and she confirmed it.
She pulled out of the match or retired from the
match after losing the first set six ' three, and
she was playing Lucia Bronzetti of Italy. It wasn't as
if Bronzetti was playing out of her mind, but it
was just the fact that Lulu was struggling physically. The
(02:35):
glutes were just not working. She wasn't able to move properly,
and a lot of that has really come around because
of the quick turnaround she had. She reached the final
in Modern Ray on the weekend and was playing the
first day of the US Open, So getting from one
side of the country to another not so much that
it's a massive, massive distance, but when you've played a
(02:56):
lot of matches and not really had that sort of
a break coming into a major, it you know, the
muscles can tighten up and some nerves work in and
all that. So she says she was doubly disappointed with
the point that I made to her, the fact that
she had done so well at Wimbledon, reaching the quarter finals,
and wasn't able to continue with that here at the
(03:17):
US Open. But you know, it's all experience for her
and she'll know better for the next time.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
So it wasn't something she picked up in Monterey. It
was just a fact her body was stressed. It was
a new injury.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Great look, she was sort of feeling it, I think
in Modterey, and then it just got progressively worse during
the match. And then there was a bit of a
very brief break because there was some little bit of drizzle.
So you know, you stop playing in the middle of
a match and muscle sees up as well while you're waiting.
So it's this unfortunate that it had to end this
(03:51):
way for her, because you know, she had she got through,
more than likely she would have been playing Arena Sabalinka.
I think it is.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
So we've got more first round X and for the
women tomorrow, including the number one seeds. Fion takes involved
any other games you look out for.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yeah, look, I mean today, as was suggesting, was absolutely manic.
Tomorrow is crazy. Shirontek first up. Then Yannick Sinner and
how how's the crowd going to treat Janick? Hopefully they'll
be respectful to him because of you know, he has
been caught up in that band substance situation, which he's
(04:30):
been totally cleared off. I stress and hasten to add
that but sometimes people just don't agree with decisions, and
you know, they feel that they're the judge and jury.
So I hope he's treated well and with respect. He's
a great guy and I believe him one hundred and
fifty percent at night. Carlos al Charraz has got an
Australian lead to a twenty eight year old who get
(04:50):
went away from tennys and came back, so this is
going to be quite an experience for him. Daniel Medvedev
is an action I think, probably the best women's match
of the first round. Elena Ostapenko coming up against Naomi Osaka,
and another interesting women's first round Bianca Andrescue, who is
a winner here couple of years ago up against this
year's French Open and Wimbledon finals. Just mean Paulini. But
(05:12):
the list keeps on and on, I mean with incredible
and fascinating matches for day two of the Open.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
And yourself, who do you like to get toward the
point today and in any particular players are standing out
to you? Yeah, I just name your list of twenty then,
so I hope.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Have you got Oh, it's so difficult even at it's
such an early stage and anything can happen at these
tournaments when you look at the result that Stoan Stevens,
who won this, but seven eight years ago she was
up six love, four to one against the young French
player Clara Burrell and collapsed and lost love six seven
five seven five. You know, so those sort of results
(05:49):
can suddenly crop up. But look, I don't know at
this point. I think it's still a bit early, and
you know, give it another round or two and things
will start shuffling around and we'll get an idea, a
bit hopefully a bit of a better idea, but it's
always difficult to go past the big guns. You know.
Novak goes on and defends the title will be the
(06:10):
first time a man has defended the US Open since
Roger Fedder in two thousand and seven. In two thousand
and eight, so I didn't think it was. I forgot
it was that long ago. So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
That's a mad step that might be worth putting a
quite five bucks on monthing. I can guarantee, though, Craig Gabriel,
as my old friend Graham AGAs is to say, it's
more like a hostage crisis than a tennis tournament, because
it goes for so long and so late, so we're
wishing you the best. You better whip home and grab
yourself some sleep, mate, if you've had any at all.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yeah, I'm wondering if I've had it, but thanks, I'll
try and do that.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks.
It'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the sports Talk podcast with Dancy Waldegrave
from news Talk z it be.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Let's get a right now. Day one of the US Open,
the last tennis major of the year. Gabriel Aspers our
man on the spot, Greig, welcome to the program. Can
you summarize the first day for its the ups, downs,
the ins and outs.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
What happened? It's the US Open. It's impossible to do
something like that. It's just the craziest thing. Look, there
was so much going on and there were some interesting results,
but overall relatively straightforward, with most of the highly fancied
(00:47):
players all moving through the likes of the two defending champions,
Cocoa Golf and Novak Djokovic, both winning very comfortably in
straight sets. Those would be a couple of our highlights.
And then the champion from twenty twenty over here, the
Covid US Open, which played behind closed doors championship that
your Dominique team lost in the first round to Ben Shelton.
(01:10):
And that's it for him as far as Majors is concerned.
I think he's got one more tournament to play before
he totally retires from the sport.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
So you're going to have damage like that in the
first round. It's always going to happen. You just expect that,
don't you. Not all the top players are going to
get it right come the first round. So when you
lose players like that, you go, wow, someone had to
go right.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Well, yeah, but dommy team has had his fair share
of injuries over the last couple of years, and he
decided that he just couldn't keep on trying and then
kept breaking down all over again. I mean, his ranking
has plummeted. He's not the player he used to be,
and he was beaten by the number thirteen seed Ben Shelton.
But still, I mean, he's had a tremendous career and
(01:56):
he is the winner of a major, and that's something
that can never be taken away from him.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Let's look at the New Zealand Connecks and here Lil Soon,
who's had the most fantastic time of it of recent months.
He's unfortunately. Can you tell us more about the circumstances
in which she retired, the injury in son and so forth.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Craig, Yeah, absolutely, Look, I thought this was going to
be this was the reasoning behind it, and she confirmed it.
She pulled out of the match or retired from the
match after losing the first set six ' three, and
she was playing Lucia Bronzetti of Italy. It wasn't as
if Bronzetti was playing out of her mind, but it
was just the fact that Lulu was struggling physically. The
(02:35):
glutes were just not working. She wasn't able to move properly,
and a lot of that has really come around because
of the quick turnaround she had. She reached the final
in Modern Ray on the weekend and was playing the
first day of the US Open, So getting from one
side of the country to another not so much that
it's a massive, massive distance, but when you've played a
(02:56):
lot of matches and not really had that sort of
a break coming into a major, it you know, the
muscles can tighten up and some nerves work in and
all that. So she says she was doubly disappointed with
the point that I made to her, the fact that
she had done so well at Wimbledon, reaching the quarter finals,
and wasn't able to continue with that here at the
(03:17):
US Open. But you know, it's all experience for her
and she'll know better for the next time.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
So it wasn't something she picked up in Monterey. It
was just a fact her body was stressed. It was
a new injury.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Great look, she was sort of feeling it, I think
in Modterey, and then it just got progressively worse during
the match. And then there was a bit of a
very brief break because there was some little bit of drizzle.
So you know, you stop playing in the middle of
a match and muscle sees up as well while you're waiting.
So it's this unfortunate that it had to end this
(03:51):
way for her, because you know, she had she got through,
more than likely she would have been playing Arena Sabalinka.
I think it is.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
So we've got more first round X and for the
women tomorrow, including the number one seeds. Fion takes involved
any other games you look out for.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yeah, look, I mean today, as was suggesting, was absolutely manic.
Tomorrow is crazy. Shirontek first up. Then Yannick Sinner and
how how's the crowd going to treat Janick? Hopefully they'll
be respectful to him because of you know, he has
been caught up in that band substance situation, which he's
(04:30):
been totally cleared off. I stress and hasten to add
that but sometimes people just don't agree with decisions, and
you know, they feel that they're the judge and jury.
So I hope he's treated well and with respect. He's
a great guy and I believe him one hundred and
fifty percent at night. Carlos al Charraz has got an
Australian lead to a twenty eight year old who get
(04:50):
went away from tennys and came back, so this is
going to be quite an experience for him. Daniel Medvedev
is an action I think, probably the best women's match
of the first round. Elena Ostapenko coming up against Naomi Osaka,
and another interesting women's first round Bianca Andrescue, who is
a winner here couple of years ago up against this
year's French Open and Wimbledon finals. Just mean Paulini. But
(05:12):
the list keeps on and on, I mean with incredible
and fascinating matches for day two of the Open.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
And yourself, who do you like to get toward the
point today and in any particular players are standing out
to you? Yeah, I just name your list of twenty then,
so I hope.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Have you got Oh, it's so difficult even at it's
such an early stage and anything can happen at these
tournaments when you look at the result that Stoan Stevens,
who won this, but seven eight years ago she was
up six love, four to one against the young French
player Clara Burrell and collapsed and lost love six seven
five seven five. You know, so those sort of results
(05:49):
can suddenly crop up. But look, I don't know at
this point. I think it's still a bit early, and
you know, give it another round or two and things
will start shuffling around and we'll get an idea, a
bit hopefully a bit of a better idea, but it's
always difficult to go past the big guns. You know.
Novak goes on and defends the title will be the
(06:10):
first time a man has defended the US Open since
Roger Fedder in two thousand and seven. In two thousand
and eight, so I didn't think it was. I forgot
it was that long ago. So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
That's a mad step that might be worth putting a
quite five bucks on monthing. I can guarantee, though, Craig Gabriel,
as my old friend Graham AGAs is to say, it's
more like a hostage crisis than a tennis tournament, because
it goes for so long and so late, so we're
wishing you the best. You better whip home and grab
yourself some sleep, mate, if you've had any at all.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yeah, I'm wondering if I've had it, but thanks, I'll
try and do that.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks.
It'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
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