EPISODE · Jul 1, 2024 · 46 MIN
Daniel Nestor, Tennis
from Toronto Legends · host Andrew Applebaum
Canadian tennis legend Daniel Nestor talks about his 12 Grand Slam doubles titles, his coming out party as a 19 year old defeating world #1 Stefan Edberg at the 1992 Davis Cup, winning his 2000 Olympic Gold Medal with Sebastien Leroux at the Sydney Games, winning [and loving the atmosphere--one million pounds spent just on FLOWERS!] at Wimbledon, playing a Pro-Am tournament where he was the ‘Pro’ and The Great One Wayne Gretzky was the ‘Am,’ his interactions with David Beckham/Donovan Bailey/Carl Lewis/Drake/Ben Stiller/Carl Lewis/Steve Nash/Jimmy Connors/Ivan Lendl/Bjorn Borg/John McEnroe/Sandra Oh/Eric Lindros, and why breaking up with your doubles partner in tennis is NOT much different from breaking up with your girlfriend! Daniel will be awarded the Order of Sport and inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on October 23rd in Gatineau, Quebec...for more information, please visit Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame at http://www.sportshall.ca/ and the Order of Sport Awards at https://orderofsport.ca/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Canadian tennis legend Daniel Nestor talks about his 12 Grand Slam doubles titles, his coming out party as a 19 year old defeating world #1 Stefan Edberg at the 1992 Davis Cup, winning his 2000 Olympic Gold Medal with Sebastien Leroux at the Sydney Games, winning [and loving the atmosphere--one million pounds spent just on FLOWERS!] at Wimbledon, playing a Pro-Am tournament where he was the ‘Pro’ and The Great One Wayne Gretzky was the ‘Am,’ his interactions with David Beckham/Donovan Bailey/Carl Lewis/Drake/Ben Stiller/Carl Lewis/Steve Nash/Jimmy Connors/Ivan Lendl/Bjorn Borg/John McEnroe/Sandra Oh/Eric Lindros, and why breaking up with your doubles partner in tennis is NOT much different from breaking up with your girlfriend! Daniel will be awarded the Order of Sport and inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on October 23rd in Gatineau, Quebec...for more information, please visit Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame at http://www.sportshall.ca/ and the Order of Sport Awards at https://orderofsport.ca/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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