1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,920 Hey guys, welcome to What's the Call the podcast where sports 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,120 meets side eye. We're here to break down the 3 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:12,040 matches, the meltdowns and the moments that make us pause and 4 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,480 say, what was that call? I'm Theo. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:16,880 I'm Andrea. And we're glad you're here. 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,080 Whether you're sports obsessed or just here for the drama, 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,800 there's a seat for you courtside, so let's dive in. 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,480 Hi, everyone, Welcome back to another episode of What's the 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,520 Call? Andrea, How's it going? 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,360 It's. Going well, we had an exciting 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,960 weekend in Monaco. Yeah, it was such a great 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,440 weekend. I feel like we had one of two, 13 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,600 actually one of three hot tickets this weekend. 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,800 It was either Monaco, the Masters or Coachella. 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,440 I was curious about what the third was going to be. 16 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,800 It was true. Well, for me, because I love 17 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,640 Justin Bieber, it made me feel better that I was at one of the 18 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,360 three, one of the three spots that I wanted to be at. 19 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,640 So at least we hit one, the Monte Carlo Masters. 20 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:17,120 We just got back actually pretty much this morning from Monaco. 21 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:22,520 It was our first in person IRL tournament together since 22 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,000 starting the pod, which is really exciting. 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,000 But I think honestly Monaco among other things took it out 24 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,080 of me. So yeah, I am dragged up to the 25 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:38,000 Max while recording and yeah, got a bit ill. 26 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,560 Andrea also wasn't really her best. 27 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,800 So I think we're both just pretty unwell throughout the 28 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,640 weekend. We did have a good time, though. 29 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,080 I feel like no. It was so nice, like it was such 30 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,560 a fun weekend. Really wanna go such a funny 31 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,360 place. I mean, it's pretty surreal, 32 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:57,720 like. It's so surreal. 33 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,360 It's like not a real place. It's you're there and you feel 34 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,360 like you're in this ridiculous bubble, crazy sport, the like 35 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,479 room of sports cars constant. I I was thinking that as we were 36 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:11,720 watching the match, I was like just one sports car after 37 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,400 another making noises and disrupting. 38 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,880 Insane. It was pretty cool to be there 39 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,880 for the tournament, though. Also, fun fact, the tournament 40 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,000 actually takes place in France, we realized because the Monaco 41 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,200 or Monte Carlo, Contra Carlo brother is in France, not in 42 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,800 Monaco. So yeah, you just walk across 43 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,480 the border and it's right there. Yeah, the whole city is also 44 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,120 prepping for the F1, So, you know, we're, like, navigating 45 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,600 the streets, like between the barriers that have already been 46 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:46,120 set up for the Grand Prix. And no, I mean, overall, like, 47 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,640 great vibe, but just yet ridiculous sort of place. 48 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,840 And I don't know how many stairs we climbed over the weekend. 49 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,400 Oh my God. Yeah, I've don't think I've ever 50 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,640 climbed so many stairs in my life in such a short period. 51 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:00,600 Andrea like walked to France 1 morning. 52 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,240 Yeah, I literally like climbed up the mountain into France. 53 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,440 It was crazy. I also got deathly ill while 54 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:13,000 there to the point that I think it probably infected like 50% of 55 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,680 the monegast population. But. 56 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,840 It was just so funny sitting next to you at the tournament 57 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,600 while they were watching and you were just coughing and the 58 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,000 people around you were just. So stressed. 59 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,560 Everyone was so stressed. It was actually quite a nice 60 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,400 sort of way of getting rid of people around me because the 61 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,680 sight of the tournament is so tightly packed, let's say 62 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:41,160 compact, that, yeah, just had to cough and people would move or 63 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,320 just had to get out the tissues. Never. 64 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,400 And just like. Dispersed. 65 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,360 Dispersed. But yeah, no, I I managed to get 66 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,600 through a few matches in between blowing my nose and coughing. 67 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:59,640 It was so bad. Anyway, all that to say, we had 68 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,120 a great time. I felt like, yeah, as I said, 69 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,400 the whole sort of city was in the swing of the tournament. 70 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,760 Did you get that vibe as well? Yeah, definitely. 71 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:13,000 And I think that's what makes it such a cool tournament because 72 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,960 it's such a tiny place. You know, it's like the event of 73 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,440 the week. Everywhere you looked, people 74 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:22,640 were like holding the merch or wearing the hats and, you know, 75 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,920 everybody just walked to the tournament in the morning and 76 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,360 then walked back in the afternoons. 77 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,320 It was it was really fun and it's such a beautiful place. 78 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:38,640 Like the setting is incredible. Setting is I think up there top 79 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,320 settings. Definitely. 80 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,160 What did you think versus Indian Wells? 81 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,680 I liked how different it was. I think it's cool to see how 82 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:52,480 each tournament has its own very distinct vibe and which very 83 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:57,640 much matches the setting. So totally different. 84 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,920 Indian Wells is a way bigger production. 85 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,640 So much more going on. Feels like Americans are really 86 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,600 tapped into social media trends and food trends. 87 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,080 And, you know, there's a lot of stuff going on around the 88 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,600 tournament, whereas at this one, it's like you could buy a crap 89 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,880 and that's it. And the merch was, you know, 90 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:22,720 feel like the same as every year. 91 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,480 There's no, like, collab with Lululemon. 92 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,680 Yeah, way more basic. I think here it was like the 93 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,680 tennis itself was actually the main event, which definitely I 94 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,920 think it should be. And you had like, proper, like, 95 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:42,040 cardcore tennis fans in the stands, like, yeah, the people 96 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,600 in front of us at the final. That's pretty fun. 97 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:53,840 We had a group of lads on vacation, clearly Danish older 98 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:57,800 men, and they were there both for the semi finals and the 99 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:05,280 final, dressed in matching red polo shirts and then red caps 100 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:08,440 that said make Holger great again. 101 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,160 Referring to Holger Runa, the Danish player who's currently 102 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,360 out with injury, who so was sitting at the restaurant next 103 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:17,800 to us. Yeah. 104 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:22,280 Plenty of run insurance with Holger, but Holger is meant to 105 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:25,200 be making his return in Hamburg before Olengaras. 106 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,320 So let's go Holger. We hope to see you there. 107 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:29,760 Yeah, I'm excited to see him back, OK. 108 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,960 So should we talk about what we got to see tennis wise? 109 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,400 So we got to see the two semifinals. 110 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:44,600 Alexander Spare of against Yannick Sinner and then 111 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:48,840 Valentine Basharou against Carlos Alcrest. 112 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,760 And I'm going to ask you for your thoughts because I won't 113 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,880 lie, I was kind of checked out for these. 114 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,840 I was in the middle of like. The height of your. 115 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:00,280 Illness. Height of my illness, I 116 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:03,600 couldn't. So yeah, but I, I mean, what did 117 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,040 you think of the matches? They weren't great, Yeah, not 118 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:11,720 very exciting matches. The Carlos against Valentine was 119 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,880 definitely a better match than the Zverev Sinner match. 120 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,200 Yeah, Zverev just doesn't have a chance against Sinner. 121 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,600 Against Yannick. Yeah, not at the moment. 122 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,920 I mean, he has beat him actually a few times in a long time ago, 123 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,480 but he has now lost the last eight of their meetings, which 124 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,560 is kind of shocking. I just don't see him ever 125 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,760 beating him unless Sinner really drops his level, which you know, 126 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,440 can always happen but it's rare. Sinner's only getting better 127 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,400 with time. And yeah, it wasn't even 128 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,520 remotely competitive, which is kind of disappointing. 129 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,200 Yeah, and I think at a certain point, sort of like said to his 130 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,320 box, I just don't know how to play this guy. 131 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:55,200 And then we got to see Valentine Rashro against Alcaraz, as you 132 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,480 said. I mean, I think that was a bit 133 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,800 more of a competitive match and also a fun one vibe wise. 134 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:06,880 Because Rashro, obviously Monegasque, he is the first 135 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,520 player to have reached the quarterfinals at the Monte Carlo 136 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,280 Masters since exactly 20 years. And I believe it was his uncle's 137 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,440 cousin who was in the quarters 20 years ago. 138 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,200 So it's cool. That's crazy. 139 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:24,440 I also didn't realize that he was Rinder Connect's first 140 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,360 cousin. Sorry. 141 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,280 Is that how you pronounce it? Rinder Connect. 142 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,919 Rinder Kanesh. Such a tough name. 143 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:35,840 It's Rinder. Yeah, Rinder Kanesh, it sounds 144 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,679 OK. He is first cousins with Arthur 145 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,000 Rinder Connect and no, I thought he put up a good fight and 146 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,440 honestly had a great run until he got there. 147 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,320 And I think it's great for Monaco as such a small country 148 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,440 to have a local in all the way in the quarters. 149 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:56,440 Pretty cool and the crowd was getting pretty rowdy for him. 150 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,440 He had like all his friends and like the locals coming to 151 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,960 support which is cool. Yeah, that was that was great to 152 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,240 see and it was funny to see Prince Albert really hyped. 153 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,800 He was getting into it and he had chances. 154 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,400 But yeah, unfortunately not enough to to be Carlos in the 155 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,960 semi. And ultimately it set us up for 156 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,720 the first synchronize meeting of 2026, which I think everyone's 157 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:23,120 been waiting for. And yeah, we're very lucky to be 158 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:28,720 able to return to the Country Club the following day and watch 159 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,320 the final, at which point I was also feeling better. 160 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:35,040 It was overcast, which I really appreciate it, so I didn't have 161 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:35,800 to say it. Perfect. 162 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,840 Watching conditions. Terrible playing conditions for 163 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,640 the players. Obviously, as most of you will 164 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:49,720 know, Yannick Sinner won in two sets and he won his first 165 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:58,320 Masters 1000 on clay. Which is, yeah, I think it sort 166 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,400 of speaks volumes for where he's headed since, you know, after 167 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,600 winning Wimbledon last year, he's conquering the natural 168 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,560 surfaces. But let's talk about the match. 169 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:17,080 It was not an epic. No, no, it was a pretty bad 170 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,880 match by their standards, I think. 171 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:25,440 Very windy conditions so not easy for anyone to play in. 172 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:30,320 It was super windy and I could see that they were bothered by 173 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,880 both players. They still you. 174 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,560 You were you were saying. I remember you saying that the 175 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:38,600 whole match felt pretty edgy. It was so tense. 176 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,560 Obviously I was focusing on Carlos Spanish and it just 177 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:46,120 didn't feel like he was playing with joy. 178 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,520 And usually he plays with joy and he just seemed tense and 179 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:56,120 off. 100% And it just, I felt like there were no winners. 180 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,720 I mean, there obviously were some winners, but. 181 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,920 It felt like apparently. Well, like showdowns where 182 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,520 there's so many winners, there were barely any and it was just 183 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,440 like very air strewn match, which obviously makes it a bit 184 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,440 of an uncomfortable watch and also I feel like dampens the 185 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,680 atmosphere a little bit even. Yeah, not going to lie. 186 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,920 I was telling Theo this is masochism. 187 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,000 That was so tense the whole time. 188 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:27,600 It was torture. Andrea, Andrea was very 189 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,240 invested. Obviously this is also something 190 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,080 we should talk about because you are obviously Spanish. 191 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:38,160 You are die hard Carlos fan. I was really feeling this 192 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:39,760 yesterday. I don't know why I've gotten to 193 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,480 like Yannick Sinner quite a lot. Like him a lot. 194 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:43,920 I like him too. Both of them a lot. 195 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,160 I know, but you'll always have that edge on Carlos. 196 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,640 I feel like it's the same sort of like Roger Ruffa vibe in the 197 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,720 Rivalry where we also know they're such good friends. 198 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,040 But I don't know, I find it so hard to pick now. 199 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,080 If one of them is playing, I always want them to win, but if 200 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,120 they're playing each other, I'm like, I don't know. 201 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:05,400 Which is weird for me because last year I wouldn't have said 202 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,600 that, but I've really gotten to like, Yannick. 203 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,360 They're they're both super likable and I like how different 204 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,600 they are. And if I were more impartial, I 205 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:20,080 would want it to be like 5050, you know, so that it's always 206 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,920 competitive, so that there's not one person I think that Yannick 207 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,720 right now is dominating. Obviously Carlos won the last 208 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,000 Slam in Australia. I'm curious to see what happens. 209 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:34,440 The French Open. Yeah, I would obviously love for 210 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:39,320 Carlos to win it, but I, I think for tennis, it'd be great if it 211 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,280 just, yeah, if Yannick, you know, isn't suddenly dominating 212 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,680 and winning all the matches and beating everyone. 100% agreed 213 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,920 but to be honest like it wasn't like it back to the match like 214 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,400 he wasn't dominating the match like. 215 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,880 No. Yannick was a breakdown in both 216 00:12:54,880 --> 00:13:00,680 sets, yeah, like early on. And the match did sort of feel 217 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,720 alive in in that way. Like it wasn't. 218 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,560 I didn't feel sure that Yannick was going to win at all. 219 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,240 Just by looking at Carlos's demeanour, I I was just thinking 220 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,960 he doesn't have it in him to fight for this one. 221 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,280 I mean, Andrea was living through the emotions more than 222 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,360 Carlos. I feel like there's God stress. 223 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:22,280 I was kind of like tapped out also just like trying to, you 224 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,640 know, keep it together for the people around me. 225 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:30,240 Not distract too much, but Andrea, yeah, was was certainly 226 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,040 stressed throughout. But also I think we should 227 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,000 mention here, can you talk about your dream please? 228 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,320 You're exposing me. Yeah, I'm exposed for sure. 229 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:42,600 Outright Let's I. Had a dream that Yanick Singer 230 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,200 was my boyfriend. The night before the final. 231 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,920 Yeah. Yeah, these hoes ain't loyal. 232 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,000 I woke up very confused. Was he a good boyfriend? 233 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:03,680 Yeah, he was affectionate, which he's not affectionate in real 234 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:06,160 life, let me just say with any of his. 235 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,800 Girlfriends. It doesn't seem that way, no. 236 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,400 No, he his girlfriend was there and I don't know, I feel like 237 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,920 their hug after the match. I mean, he could have easily 238 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:16,440 felt like he was hugging his sister. 239 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:21,160 It did seem very platonic, but I do just I think he's just Uber 240 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,760 private. Yeah, but it's. 241 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,680 Funny how all the girlfriends are on board with it. 242 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,040 I guess they. Kind of have to be. 243 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,200 But yeah, like, I mean, it's probably his way or the highway, 244 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,160 let's be honest. But yeah, they did look quite 245 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,360 platonic. So he was affectionate in your 246 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,320 dream, though. Listen up, Yannick. 247 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,040 Maybe. My poor boyfriend right now, 248 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:47,520 he's probably going to listen to this, be like what is happening? 249 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,120 It's OK. By the way, I have these random 250 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,920 dreams all the time. Make it worse for yourself. 251 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,520 No, but they're inside. Yeah. 252 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,240 What's going on in my subconscious anyway? 253 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,520 Yeah, it's OK, She only has eyes for you in the end if you're 254 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,720 listening. Yeah, I mean, OK, so 255 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,400 underlyingly you might be a Yanic fan. 256 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,920 I think I yeah, I'm, I'm a big Yanic fan, yeah. 257 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,000 You are. You are, but like the way I saw 258 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,880 you stressed about Carlos. Yeah, I, you know, I actually 259 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,920 surprised myself with that. But. 260 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,280 But I'm more of a Carlos fan than I thought I was. 261 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,760 Just on Carlos quickly, like I have a hilarious picture of him. 262 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,440 I mean, it's kind of sad, but it's also kind of funny of him 263 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:36,600 sitting there like motionless after the match sort of 264 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,360 concluded and that setting up for the trophy ceremony, he's 265 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:44,800 just sort of staring into the abyss and it's just like no 266 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,400 one's home. So he looked a bit flat pre 267 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:52,040 trophy ceremony, but then I watched his press conference and 268 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:56,520 he's like cracking up with the journalists, like making jokes. 269 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,200 So clearly didn't hit him that hard. 270 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,000 You know, I think he's fine. He bounces back and he's already 271 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,200 in Barcelona, like ready to hit the court so. 272 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,240 Yeah, if he wins Barcelona, he goes back to #1. 273 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,520 Yeah. So going back to that center now 274 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,960 is, well, number one, and they're clearly like vying for 275 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,360 it both. And I feel like it's going to 276 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:24,360 ping pong around quite a bit this year from what I can tell. 277 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,440 What do you think? Yeah, I think because what are 278 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,440 they, 40 points apart right now? A. 110 points apart. 279 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,120 Or 110? It's nothing. 280 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:37,880 And I think they played at the final of Rome last year, Carlos 281 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,080 won, but neither of them played Madrid. 282 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:47,120 So really the next two weeks are the number one is is very much 283 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,520 still in play. It's up for grabs is that? 284 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,040 For grabs. Yeah, OK, so the gap, Tisverev, 285 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:58,440 I can't do the math right now, but we have Yannick at 13,350 286 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:04,800 points, Carlos at 13,240 points, and it's very about 5555 points. 287 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,640 Like the gap is just insane. Insane. 288 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,720 It's crazy and clearly I feel like in a tournament where 289 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,359 they're both playing well, like this one, obviously I know 290 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:19,400 Carlos lost in Miami and in Indian Wells before the final, 291 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,960 but the semi finals are just kind of boring. 292 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,839 If Djokovic is playing, if Novak is playing, then I think it's 293 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:30,200 different. But yeah. 294 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,400 No one else comes close Which? No one else comes close, Yeah. 295 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,480 I mean, it's tough for the sport. 296 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,080 Because. The two of them and it'd be nice 297 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,720 to change it up. And obviously we've had the 298 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,600 third man debate and clearly it's not going to be Medvedev 299 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,560 after he got bageled by Mateo Beratini, double bageled. 300 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,080 Double bagels. That was rough. 301 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,600 That was crazy. Crazy to see. 302 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,040 He had a full blown meltdown if anyone. 303 00:17:58,040 --> 00:17:59,920 Was going to do it to him. I'm glad I was, Mateo. 304 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:04,720 But just insane scoreline. Insane scoreline, honestly, for 305 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,080 someone of his standing. Yeah. 306 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,200 Anyways, we digress. We digress. 307 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:13,640 We need to get back-to-back to Sinner and his dominance. 308 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,880 He obviously won the Sunshine Double and now has gone and won 309 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,800 Monte Carlo, which makes him only the second man to do it 310 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,040 after Djokovic, who did it in 2015. 311 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,800 It's pretty incredible and like the stamina and focus you need 312 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,760 to have to do that like 3 Masters in a row. 313 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,320 Pretty crazy. Crazy. 314 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,800 I feel like he's unbeatable right now. 315 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:39,840 Yeah, arguably the most complete version of Sinner that we've 316 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:41,880 seen. Definitely. 317 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,280 So yeah, let's see how how things progress through the clay 318 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:52,840 season. So the stats coming into this 319 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:58,040 match were pretty crazy. We saw that both of them had 320 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,080 spent five hours and 59 minutes on the court. 321 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:12,520 Both have been at #1 for 66 weeks and both have won 1651 322 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,760 points each in their rivalry. Like that's insane. 323 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:21,040 These two are they're cosmically aligned, they're written in the 324 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,920 stars, they're soul mates. They are soul mates. 325 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,240 They also act like soul mates but like those numbers. 326 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,680 Are all those stats like insane? And it's like every tournament 327 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,160 there are new stats that just show that I don't know, there's 328 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,200 all these insane like coincidences. 329 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,840 Let's see. Maybe not a coincidence. 330 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,560 Maybe not. And I feel like they'll keep 331 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,520 pushing each other forward and they feel like the stats will 332 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,840 continue, obviously now, yeah, next in the 67th weekend number 333 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,360 one, for example. But I feel like they'll just 334 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:53,520 keep edging each other and like let's see when they retire comes 335 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,560 out on top. But like, they're so close. 336 00:19:55,680 --> 00:20:00,240 They're so close. I loved seeing Carlos watch 337 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,960 Yannick jump into the pool at the club after he won. 338 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:05,560 Yeah, I know. And. 339 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,400 He's just like fangirling and. He's taking a. 340 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,960 Video of it. He's filming it. 341 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,600 Filming it, which is so funny. And he was sort of like telling 342 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,720 Yannick like now you have to do this and do this because 343 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,960 obviously he won last year. And he was like trying to tell 344 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,760 him how to do it because Yannick was like freaking out about the 345 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,280 height from the diving board. Basically, in Monte Carlo, there 346 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:28,080 is a tradition to jump into the pool at the Country Club from a 347 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:32,360 diving board. The winner rather jumps into the 348 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:34,720 pool. And obviously Carlos having one 349 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,560 last year, did it last year. And he was like watching Yannick 350 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,200 do it and like filming him. It's just like so funny. 351 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,000 And Yannick, it's like, I don't know, having a bit of a Vertigo 352 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,040 freak out at the top. He's what, I can't do it. 353 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,520 And Carlos is like, no, you got to do it. 354 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,720 And then also like, their hug at the net after the match was like 355 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,840 so genuine and warm. And then obviously their 356 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,480 speeches, which is commonplace I guess, but it feels like real, 357 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,680 like they're actual friends. They're not just complementing 358 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,440 each other for the sake of it. I have a question, OK. 359 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:13,400 Do you think that it might be better for the rivalry for them 360 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,920 to not like each other so much? Like do you think it takes away 361 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:21,200 from the competitiveness? No, because I think they are 362 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,120 such genuine and true competitors that when they get 363 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:27,160 on the court, like they leave that stuff behind. 364 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:34,000 I think it's less that, but more, I don't know, I guess the 365 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,880 way I'm seeing Carlos now is that maybe he's lost a bit of 366 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,720 that edge or that competitive edge that he had. 367 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:43,880 You know, maybe he's at a point right now where he's not 368 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,760 enjoying his tennis as much. He's probably less motivated 369 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,800 because he's done so well in the slams. 370 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:54,960 But yeah, I wonder because even with Rafa and Roger, they were 371 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,000 more competitive. You know, their their friendship 372 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,880 really grew over time. Like in the beginning of their 373 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:04,160 rivalry, they weren't as close. No, it's a great question and 374 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,560 sound a fairpoint. Yeah. 375 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:12,160 Hopefully it doesn't get in the way of the competition, but you 376 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,720 know, if they're professionals, it won't. 377 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,760 I think from Yannick's side, it won't. 378 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,080 No, definitely not from his side. 379 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,720 So like laser focused Carlos is a little like more easily 380 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,200 swayed, let's say. And he sort of takes things 381 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:31,280 slightly more lightly. Like I think he said after his 382 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,680 quarter final, he said to the press that he he was like, yeah, 383 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,720 probably lose #1 at some point this year and then I'll come 384 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,000 back. And like, that's just the way 385 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,680 it's going to go. It's going to be like Epsom 386 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,800 close. And he seemed kind of resigned 387 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,320 to it, which I agree isn't probably not the best attitude 388 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,640 to have in terms of competitiveness. 389 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,840 So yeah, I mean, despite all still loves to see it as long as 390 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,040 it doesn't get in the way of of them competing. 391 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:09,800 Maybe we should talk about who we who we saw around Monaco. 392 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,960 First of all, around the stadium knows a heavy F1 presence 393 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,640 because obviously the F1 drivers are not racing at the moment 394 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,840 with the April races having been cancelled. 395 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:25,200 I'd say a heavy majority live in Monaco, right? 396 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,440 So they were around. Andrea Spotted, Ollie Berman, 397 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:37,400 Alex Alvan and Gabby Bortoletto in the stands straight away at 398 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,400 the semis. They were very into it and they 399 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,880 were being kind of like a funny little trio on the sidelines 400 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,360 watching. And after the matches, they met 401 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,880 both Yannick and Carlos. And when they met Carlos, Carlos 402 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,520 was like, oh, you guys going to come tomorrow for the final. 403 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,840 And they were like, oh, no, we don't think so. 404 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,680 Not the moment. We haven't heard anything. 405 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,600 It's like, yeah, you fully got the boot, guys, because they 406 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,800 brought in the big dogs for the final. 407 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:09,480 They had Charles Leclerc and George Russell at the final, 408 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,520 which Canadian. That might not have been the 409 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,560 case, but it's just funny because they were like Carlos 410 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,720 was asking. They're like, clearly they were 411 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,520 not going to go to the finals so. 412 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,480 Yeah, clearly. But now and then we saw Charles 413 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,360 and George. At. 414 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:33,960 The final with their wife slash girlfriends, Mondo Duplantis, 415 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:38,960 the pole volter, was also there with his fiance. 416 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:45,160 So yeah, it was nice to see that sort of crossover of of sports 417 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:49,040 with tennis. You had the best spotting I 418 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,560 think over the whole weekend. Very jealous. 419 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,440 What did I spot? We were apart for one hour and 420 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,280 you spotted. To be fair, we were attached at 421 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,440 the hip weekend we were. There for four days. 422 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,520 We were like staying together, obviously, like doing everything 423 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,200 together. But that was the one moment when 424 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:12,400 Andrea hiked to France. And in that moment, I was just 425 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:18,720 walking along the beach and Charles Leclerc jogged past me 426 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:22,120 like nothing. I'm like, I had to like, double 427 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,120 tables. Excuse me, What? 428 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,240 And yes, it was him cap on backwards in the all black Puma 429 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,160 fit, you know, I think, yeah, just another day in Monaco I 430 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,080 guess. Yeah, it's crazy. 431 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,160 I mean, it's such a tiny place. I feel like you go there and 432 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,840 you're bound to see either a tennis player, F1 driver. 433 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,920 We sat next to Bradley Cooper at lunch. 434 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,120 Yeah, that was wild. We're like, oh, is he going to 435 00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:47,800 the tennis? He didn't really look like he 436 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:48,480 was. And I. 437 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,400 Didn't know he was wearing like his eagles cap backwards. 438 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,240 Yeah, he was not going to the dentist, I don't think. 439 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,040 I don't know what he was doing there. 440 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,520 If anyone knows, let us know. But yeah, he was right next to 441 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,640 us at lunch. Seems like a nice guy. 442 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,840 Not that we spoke to him, but yeah, it was a funny, funny 443 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,640 sighting. And then we had another sort of 444 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:18,480 little sports crossover. Yeah, it was the Masters, the 445 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,000 golf Masters in Augusta this weekend. 446 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:29,960 And Rory McIlroy was leading pretty much from the first day 447 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:35,120 and he was asked in a press conference what he was going to 448 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:37,640 do for the final round, how he's going to prepare. 449 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,320 Actually no, it was the second round how he's going to prepare 450 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,960 and he he said that he was going to tune into the 2 semi finals 451 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,560 Monte Carlo. So also big tennis fan. 452 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,560 Exactly. Love to see it and yeah. 453 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,800 Tennis getting the shout outs it deserves. 454 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,120 Turnover bringing yeah. Delivered for him, No. 455 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,840 Probably not. Probably not. 456 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,120 He was probably like, oh, I should have tuned into Justin 457 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:18,280 Bieber at Coachella and stuff. OK, so before we wrap, there are 458 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:23,520 a few other pieces of tennis culture news we want to touch 459 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,120 on. Yes, some good pieces. 460 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:27,240 Yeah, they are good. This is where the tea is 461 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,360 spilled. OK, so #1. 462 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:35,320 Sasha Zarev's hair. Oh my God, like I know people 463 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,640 are going to come for us because we keep commenting on players 464 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,720 appearances, but it's part and parcel of the player. 465 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,760 Like what is this hair it he was pictured with it down. 466 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,560 OK, do you want to describe? It Yes. 467 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,920 Yeah. There's a picture of him on a 468 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:55,240 moped with his hair down and his helmet off. 469 00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:01,200 Truly shocking, really shocking, and like we say this with all 470 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,280 good intention, just cut your hair. 471 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,920 You look so much better with it short. 472 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,640 It looks so bad. They're very unkempt and just 473 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,520 he's clearly going through. It his hair is my length and 474 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,000 it's just straight like mine. What is going on? 475 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,400 I was truly shocked because usually where's Zen? 476 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,160 A man one, but like I think he had to get his motorcycle Vespa 477 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,280 helmet on I guess. It doesn't. 478 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:26,720 It doesn't fit over the back someone. 479 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:33,840 Took a picture and posted it and Jesus Christ alive like also, 480 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,560 you know, whoever is his girlfriend right now, they need 481 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:38,960 to intervene Yeah, they need to intervene. 482 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,200 That's not throwing shade at you know, I don't know who it is, 483 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,120 but whoever is his girlfriend right now or if he has a 484 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,000 girlfriend, help him. Help him. 485 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,800 What is this they? Can't allow this. 486 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,680 They can't allow this to go on. And honestly, you know what? 487 00:28:55,680 --> 00:29:00,800 Like new hair, Maybe new winning streak. 488 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,840 I don't know like. Totally. 489 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,520 Hair is everything. It is, and maybe I'm not in a 490 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:12,800 position to comment today because my hair is an absolute 491 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,560 piece of shit, but that's OK. He needs to cut it. 492 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,160 He just needs to cut it. Please. 493 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:25,800 OK, second piece of tennis tea. Now, Andre and I have 494 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:32,720 constructed a theory around what is going on between Taylor Fritz 495 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,120 and Morgan Riddle. There have been rumors that they 496 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:41,000 broke up, and now those rumors have been shut down and people 497 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,920 say that they have indeed not broken up. 498 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,040 So do you want to give some context, Andre? 499 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:52,240 So Craig Shapiro, who is a tennis journalist. 500 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:57,680 Yeah, and. A fellow podcaster tweeted that 501 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:03,160 he has it on good authority that Taylor Fritz dumped Morgan 502 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:10,680 Riddle and they're over. And Morgan Riddle commented on 503 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:15,520 the post and tagged Taylor and said Taylor, Have you heard 504 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,800 about this, Theo? You did the important 505 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,960 investigative work. I will say that I feel like, 506 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,200 yeah, she hasn't been going to as much as recently, but to be 507 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,800 honest, I that doesn't really mean anything. 508 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,280 Like she should just be busy and clearly like there's no smoke 509 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,920 without fire. I I feel like there's something 510 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,400 going on. But again, like, you know, we're 511 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,040 just observing and we have no proof of this. 512 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,160 But you know, when I saw that rumor, I was like, Oh, well, it 513 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:50,240 doesn't surprise me just given like the general vibe around the 514 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,200 two of them recently, or lack of vibe rather. 515 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:59,880 But then obviously with Morgan's comment, the rumors got shut 516 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:04,480 down. But then I was listening to 517 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,720 another broadcast called Nothing Major the other day where the 518 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,280 guys on the podcast did influencer power rankings. 519 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:17,040 And as they were going through the rankings, there were several 520 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:23,600 wags or partners of players who were being ranked by those guys 521 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:27,440 in the rankings. And whenever those specific 522 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:31,160 people were mentioned, they said, oh, girlfriend of X 523 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:32,920 player. But when they spoke about 524 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:37,840 Morgan, they did not say that. So for example, they said Paige 525 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:41,400 Lorenz, girlfriend of Tommy Paul, Ion Broomfield, girlfriend 526 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,040 of Francis Tiafo. But again, when they came to 527 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,800 Morgan, they did not say Morgan riddled girlfriend of Taylor 528 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,040 Fritz. And that to me was just like a 529 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,480 dead giveaway. And I feel like, yeah, Taylor 530 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,960 clearly didn't dump Morgan. It could just be an amicable 531 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,080 split or maybe they're just taking some time. 532 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:05,120 I don't know. We're not in a position to say 533 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,960 what happened. We don't know what happened, but 534 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,800 I'm thinking that it's something like that. 535 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,440 I think that's a pretty good theory, right? 536 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,800 Guess we'll see. I think that's the most 537 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,560 realistic theory. I think we'll have our answer at 538 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,640 the French Open. Feel like if she doesn't go to 539 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,840 Roland Garros, that's a pretty big sign that they're done. 540 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,680 I think that will be the moment where we know. 541 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,480 But equally obviously, you know, Morgan, all credit to her. 542 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:36,640 She's totally built a role for herself in the sport and no 543 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:42,280 doubt she'll hang around, even if not as Taylor's girlfriend. 544 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:47,040 So let's see, we'll be keeping an eye on Taylor's box going 545 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,160 forward. But yeah, bottom line is wish 546 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:51,800 both of them the best together or not. 547 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:58,880 And last but not least, huge news. 548 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,640 Huge news, I shrieked when I hear my social media and saw. 549 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,560 This I know. I had four people send it to me. 550 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:10,280 Of course. Netflix has announced that there 551 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,800 will be a Rafael Nadal documentary. 552 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,440 So exciting. It's coming so soon in like 6 553 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:23,160 weeks, May 29th, yeah. During the French Open, which is 554 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,080 very fitting. The trailer made me emotional a 555 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,040 little bit. Oh, were you, were you crying? 556 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,560 Yeah. Andrea, for those who know, if 557 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,960 it's not obvious already, she's a callous fan and therefore 558 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,400 obviously an even bigger off a fan. 559 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:43,680 I miss him, so I'm I'm excited. And yeah, I, I feel like I'm 560 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:48,080 excited to get an inside, a more inside look into him and his 561 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,160 life and because I feel like he's very guarded. 562 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:55,440 He's very guarded and this must have been quite difficult for 563 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,840 him, I think. So I'm curious to see what we 564 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,640 get an inside look at and. And learn about him. 565 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,480 I mean, it's you so excited when you watch it together if 566 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,360 possible. Yeah, we have to. 567 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,840 Can't wait. There'll be a whole episode on 568 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,400 that because we'll have loads of days, I'm sure after we've 569 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:19,719 stopped crying. But yeah, everyone, note your 570 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:30,520 calendars May 20. 9th May 29th. OK, so to end the episode, as 571 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:36,400 always, we are going to make a final call, and I think this is 572 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,880 a fitting one given what we've just witnessed. 573 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,000 I'm just going to ask the question outright because it's 574 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,960 going to be one of the two who's winning Garland Garrus this 575 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,520 year, Yannick or Carlos. I have to go with Carlos. 576 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:52,000 As I was watching the final, I was thinking, I hope that this 577 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,520 gives him. The Monte Carlo final. 578 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,080 The extra motivated, yeah, the Monte Carlo final. 579 00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:59,720 I hope that this serves as that sort of extra motivation that I 580 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:01,880 feel like he needs for the French. 581 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,640 Yeah, I think actually, like, it's good for Carlos. 582 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,840 This loss in a final came, you know, really early on in the 583 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,440 clay season so that, you know, it's like alarm bells. 584 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,040 Put your guard up bro because Yannick is not messing around. 585 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:22,200 He needs to step it up. And to be fair, he is the but 586 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,240 whatever you want to call it, like Raphael will always be the 587 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:26,680 king of clay, but he's like the Prince of clay if you want to 588 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,000 continue with that term. But he is sort of like the 589 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:35,920 master of the natural surfaces being like clay and grass, 590 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,480 especially clay. Whereas Yannick's more dominant, 591 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,960 obviously on hard. But I will say I'm going to go 592 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,520 for Sinner just to keep it interesting between us. 593 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,000 But just, yeah, just giving his form, his consistency, which is 594 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,840 scary. And yeah, he just seems really 595 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,160 mentally locked in. But equally, he could have 596 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,760 peaked too soon this year because, you know, those 3 597 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,440 masses in a row, at a certain point he's going to have to have 598 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,040 a dip, and who knows when that might be. 599 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:08,040 So it'll be really interesting to see. 600 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:12,360 But yeah, I mean, we may both be being laughed at if someone else 601 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,760 comes along and they both just have absolute shockers and 602 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,480 someone else wins Roland Gauss. But I would be very, very 603 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,120 surprised. I wouldn't mind that. 604 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,360 Like I would welcome that. Yeah, right now it it does feel, 605 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,560 yeah, it feels like it's going to be. 606 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,080 It's not looking. Like the other I mean long way 607 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,720 to go. Till then, we have plenty more 608 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:37,400 clay court tournaments to come before Paris. 609 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:42,800 So with that, we'll be keeping our eye on the clay. 610 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,840 Thank you guys so much for listening as always. 611 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:53,400 And I say it every week, like follow, subscribe, give us a 612 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:58,960 five star rating, leave us a positive review and send us any 613 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:03,440 questions you might have and we can discuss on the coming 614 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:08,000 episodes and see you next week. Bye bye. 615 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,680 Thanks for listening. 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