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I'm Andrea. And we're glad you're here.
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Hi, everyone, Welcome back to another episode of What's the
Call? Andrea, How's it going?
It's. Going well, we had an exciting
weekend in Monaco. Yeah, it was such a great
weekend. I feel like we had one of two,
actually one of three hot tickets this weekend.
It was either Monaco, the Masters or Coachella.
I was curious about what the third was going to be.
It was true. Well, for me, because I love
Justin Bieber, it made me feel better that I was at one of the
three, one of the three spots that I wanted to be at.
So at least we hit one, the Monte Carlo Masters.
We just got back actually pretty much this morning from Monaco.
It was our first in person IRL tournament together since
starting the pod, which is really exciting.
But I think honestly Monaco among other things took it out
of me. So yeah, I am dragged up to the
Max while recording and yeah, got a bit ill.
Andrea also wasn't really her best.
So I think we're both just pretty unwell throughout the
weekend. We did have a good time, though.
I feel like no. It was so nice, like it was such
a fun weekend. Really wanna go such a funny
place. I mean, it's pretty surreal,
like. It's so surreal.
It's like not a real place. It's you're there and you feel
like you're in this ridiculous bubble, crazy sport, the like
room of sports cars constant. I I was thinking that as we were
watching the match, I was like just one sports car after
another making noises and disrupting.
Insane. It was pretty cool to be there
for the tournament, though. Also, fun fact, the tournament
actually takes place in France, we realized because the Monaco
or Monte Carlo, Contra Carlo brother is in France, not in
Monaco. So yeah, you just walk across
the border and it's right there. Yeah, the whole city is also
prepping for the F1, So, you know, we're, like, navigating
the streets, like between the barriers that have already been
set up for the Grand Prix. And no, I mean, overall, like,
great vibe, but just yet ridiculous sort of place.
And I don't know how many stairs we climbed over the weekend.
Oh my God. Yeah, I've don't think I've ever
climbed so many stairs in my life in such a short period.
Andrea like walked to France 1 morning.
Yeah, I literally like climbed up the mountain into France.
It was crazy. I also got deathly ill while
there to the point that I think it probably infected like 50% of
the monegast population. But.
It was just so funny sitting next to you at the tournament
while they were watching and you were just coughing and the
people around you were just. So stressed.
Everyone was so stressed. It was actually quite a nice
sort of way of getting rid of people around me because the
sight of the tournament is so tightly packed, let's say
compact, that, yeah, just had to cough and people would move or
just had to get out the tissues. Never.
And just like. Dispersed.
But yeah, no, I I managed to get
through a few matches in between blowing my nose and coughing.
It was so bad. Anyway, all that to say, we had
a great time. I felt like, yeah, as I said,
the whole sort of city was in the swing of the tournament.
Did you get that vibe as well? Yeah, definitely.
And I think that's what makes it such a cool tournament because
it's such a tiny place. You know, it's like the event of
the week. Everywhere you looked, people
were like holding the merch or wearing the hats and, you know,
everybody just walked to the tournament in the morning and
then walked back in the afternoons.
It was it was really fun and it's such a beautiful place.
Like the setting is incredible. Setting is I think up there top
settings. Definitely.
What did you think versus Indian Wells?
I liked how different it was. I think it's cool to see how
each tournament has its own very distinct vibe and which very
much matches the setting. So totally different.
Indian Wells is a way bigger production.
So much more going on. Feels like Americans are really
tapped into social media trends and food trends.
And, you know, there's a lot of stuff going on around the
tournament, whereas at this one, it's like you could buy a crap
and that's it. And the merch was, you know,
feel like the same as every year.
There's no, like, collab with Lululemon.
Yeah, way more basic. I think here it was like the
tennis itself was actually the main event, which definitely I
think it should be. And you had like, proper, like,
cardcore tennis fans in the stands, like, yeah, the people
in front of us at the final. That's pretty fun.
We had a group of lads on vacation, clearly Danish older
men, and they were there both for the semi finals and the
final, dressed in matching red polo shirts and then red caps
that said make Holger great again.
Referring to Holger Runa, the Danish player who's currently
out with injury, who so was sitting at the restaurant next
to us. Yeah.
Plenty of run insurance with Holger, but Holger is meant to
be making his return in Hamburg before Olengaras.
So let's go Holger. We hope to see you there.
Yeah, I'm excited to see him back, OK.
So should we talk about what we got to see tennis wise?
So we got to see the two semifinals.
Alexander Spare of against Yannick Sinner and then
Valentine Basharou against Carlos Alcrest.
And I'm going to ask you for your thoughts because I won't
lie, I was kind of checked out for these.
I was in the middle of like. The height of your.
Illness. Height of my illness, I
couldn't. So yeah, but I, I mean, what did
you think of the matches? They weren't great, Yeah, not
very exciting matches. The Carlos against Valentine was
definitely a better match than the Zverev Sinner match.
Yeah, Zverev just doesn't have a chance against Sinner.
Against Yannick. Yeah, not at the moment.
I mean, he has beat him actually a few times in a long time ago,
but he has now lost the last eight of their meetings, which
is kind of shocking. I just don't see him ever
beating him unless Sinner really drops his level, which you know,
can always happen but it's rare. Sinner's only getting better
with time. And yeah, it wasn't even
remotely competitive, which is kind of disappointing.
Yeah, and I think at a certain point, sort of like said to his
box, I just don't know how to play this guy.
And then we got to see Valentine Rashro against Alcaraz, as you
said. I mean, I think that was a bit
more of a competitive match and also a fun one vibe wise.
Because Rashro, obviously Monegasque, he is the first
player to have reached the quarterfinals at the Monte Carlo
Masters since exactly 20 years. And I believe it was his uncle's
cousin who was in the quarters 20 years ago.
So it's cool. That's crazy.
I also didn't realize that he was Rinder Connect's first
cousin. Sorry.
Is that how you pronounce it? Rinder Connect.
Rinder Kanesh. Such a tough name.
It's Rinder. Yeah, Rinder Kanesh, it sounds
OK. He is first cousins with Arthur
Rinder Connect and no, I thought he put up a good fight and
honestly had a great run until he got there.
And I think it's great for Monaco as such a small country
to have a local in all the way in the quarters.
Pretty cool and the crowd was getting pretty rowdy for him.
He had like all his friends and like the locals coming to
support which is cool. Yeah, that was that was great to
see and it was funny to see Prince Albert really hyped.
He was getting into it and he had chances.
But yeah, unfortunately not enough to to be Carlos in the
semi. And ultimately it set us up for
the first synchronize meeting of 2026, which I think everyone's
been waiting for. And yeah, we're very lucky to be
able to return to the Country Club the following day and watch
the final, at which point I was also feeling better.
It was overcast, which I really appreciate it, so I didn't have
to say it. Perfect.
Watching conditions. Terrible playing conditions for
the players. Obviously, as most of you will
know, Yannick Sinner won in two sets and he won his first
Masters 1000 on clay. Which is, yeah, I think it sort
of speaks volumes for where he's headed since, you know, after
winning Wimbledon last year, he's conquering the natural
surfaces. But let's talk about the match.
It was not an epic. No, no, it was a pretty bad
match by their standards, I think.
Very windy conditions so not easy for anyone to play in.
It was super windy and I could see that they were bothered by
both players. They still you.
You were you were saying. I remember you saying that the
whole match felt pretty edgy. It was so tense.
Obviously I was focusing on Carlos Spanish and it just
didn't feel like he was playing with joy.
And usually he plays with joy and he just seemed tense and
off. 100% And it just, I felt like there were no winners.
I mean, there obviously were some winners, but.
It felt like apparently. Well, like showdowns where
there's so many winners, there were barely any and it was just
like very air strewn match, which obviously makes it a bit
of an uncomfortable watch and also I feel like dampens the
atmosphere a little bit even. Yeah, not going to lie.
I was telling Theo this is masochism.
That was so tense the whole time.
It was torture. Andrea, Andrea was very
invested. Obviously this is also something
we should talk about because you are obviously Spanish.
You are die hard Carlos fan. I was really feeling this
yesterday. I don't know why I've gotten to
like Yannick Sinner quite a lot. Like him a lot.
I like him too. Both of them a lot.
I know, but you'll always have that edge on Carlos.
I feel like it's the same sort of like Roger Ruffa vibe in the
Rivalry where we also know they're such good friends.
But I don't know, I find it so hard to pick now.
If one of them is playing, I always want them to win, but if
they're playing each other, I'm like, I don't know.
Which is weird for me because last year I wouldn't have said
that, but I've really gotten to like, Yannick.
They're they're both super likable and I like how different
they are. And if I were more impartial, I
would want it to be like 5050, you know, so that it's always
competitive, so that there's not one person I think that Yannick
right now is dominating. Obviously Carlos won the last
Slam in Australia. I'm curious to see what happens.
The French Open. Yeah, I would obviously love for
Carlos to win it, but I, I think for tennis, it'd be great if it
just, yeah, if Yannick, you know, isn't suddenly dominating
and winning all the matches and beating everyone. 100% agreed
but to be honest like it wasn't like it back to the match like
he wasn't dominating the match like.
No. Yannick was a breakdown in both
sets, yeah, like early on. And the match did sort of feel
alive in in that way. Like it wasn't.
I didn't feel sure that Yannick was going to win at all.
Just by looking at Carlos's demeanour, I I was just thinking
he doesn't have it in him to fight for this one.
I mean, Andrea was living through the emotions more than
Carlos. I feel like there's God stress.
I was kind of like tapped out also just like trying to, you
know, keep it together for the people around me.
Not distract too much, but Andrea, yeah, was was certainly
stressed throughout. But also I think we should
mention here, can you talk about your dream please?
You're exposing me. Yeah, I'm exposed for sure.
Outright Let's I. Had a dream that Yanick Singer
was my boyfriend. The night before the final.
Yeah. Yeah, these hoes ain't loyal.
I woke up very confused. Was he a good boyfriend?
Yeah, he was affectionate, which he's not affectionate in real
life, let me just say with any of his.
Girlfriends. It doesn't seem that way, no.
No, he his girlfriend was there and I don't know, I feel like
their hug after the match. I mean, he could have easily
felt like he was hugging his sister.
It did seem very platonic, but I do just I think he's just Uber
private. Yeah, but it's.
Funny how all the girlfriends are on board with it.
I guess they. Kind of have to be.
But yeah, like, I mean, it's probably his way or the highway,
let's be honest. But yeah, they did look quite
platonic. So he was affectionate in your
dream, though. Listen up, Yannick.
Maybe. My poor boyfriend right now,
he's probably going to listen to this, be like what is happening?
It's OK. By the way, I have these random
dreams all the time. Make it worse for yourself.
No, but they're inside. Yeah.
What's going on in my subconscious anyway?
Yeah, it's OK, She only has eyes for you in the end if you're
listening. Yeah, I mean, OK, so
underlyingly you might be a Yanic fan.
I think I yeah, I'm, I'm a big Yanic fan, yeah.
You are. You are, but like the way I saw
you stressed about Carlos. Yeah, I, you know, I actually
surprised myself with that. But.
But I'm more of a Carlos fan than I thought I was.
Just on Carlos quickly, like I have a hilarious picture of him.
I mean, it's kind of sad, but it's also kind of funny of him
sitting there like motionless after the match sort of
concluded and that setting up for the trophy ceremony, he's
just sort of staring into the abyss and it's just like no
one's home. So he looked a bit flat pre
trophy ceremony, but then I watched his press conference and
he's like cracking up with the journalists, like making jokes.
So clearly didn't hit him that hard.
You know, I think he's fine. He bounces back and he's already
in Barcelona, like ready to hit the court so.
Yeah, if he wins Barcelona, he goes back to #1.
Yeah. So going back to that center now
is, well, number one, and they're clearly like vying for
it both. And I feel like it's going to
ping pong around quite a bit this year from what I can tell.
What do you think? Yeah, I think because what are
they, 40 points apart right now? A. 110 points apart.
Or 110? It's nothing.
And I think they played at the final of Rome last year, Carlos
won, but neither of them played Madrid.
So really the next two weeks are the number one is is very much
still in play. It's up for grabs is that?
For grabs. Yeah, OK, so the gap, Tisverev,
I can't do the math right now, but we have Yannick at 13,350
points, Carlos at 13,240 points, and it's very about 5555 points.
Like the gap is just insane. Insane.
It's crazy and clearly I feel like in a tournament where
they're both playing well, like this one, obviously I know
Carlos lost in Miami and in Indian Wells before the final,
but the semi finals are just kind of boring.
If Djokovic is playing, if Novak is playing, then I think it's
different. But yeah.
No one else comes close Which? No one else comes close, Yeah.
I mean, it's tough for the sport.
Because. The two of them and it'd be nice
to change it up. And obviously we've had the
third man debate and clearly it's not going to be Medvedev
after he got bageled by Mateo Beratini, double bageled.
Double bagels. That was rough.
That was crazy. Crazy to see.
He had a full blown meltdown if anyone.
Was going to do it to him. I'm glad I was, Mateo.
But just insane scoreline. Insane scoreline, honestly, for
someone of his standing. Yeah.
Anyways, we digress. We digress.
We need to get back-to-back to Sinner and his dominance.
He obviously won the Sunshine Double and now has gone and won
Monte Carlo, which makes him only the second man to do it
after Djokovic, who did it in 2015.
It's pretty incredible and like the stamina and focus you need
to have to do that like 3 Masters in a row.
Pretty crazy. Crazy.
I feel like he's unbeatable right now.
Yeah, arguably the most complete version of Sinner that we've
seen. Definitely.
So yeah, let's see how how things progress through the clay
season. So the stats coming into this
match were pretty crazy. We saw that both of them had
spent five hours and 59 minutes on the court.
Both have been at #1 for 66 weeks and both have won 1651
points each in their rivalry. Like that's insane.
These two are they're cosmically aligned, they're written in the
stars, they're soul mates. They are soul mates.
They also act like soul mates but like those numbers.
Are all those stats like insane? And it's like every tournament
there are new stats that just show that I don't know, there's
all these insane like coincidences.
Let's see. Maybe not a coincidence.
Maybe not. And I feel like they'll keep
pushing each other forward and they feel like the stats will
continue, obviously now, yeah, next in the 67th weekend number
one, for example. But I feel like they'll just
keep edging each other and like let's see when they retire comes
out on top. But like, they're so close.
They're so close. I loved seeing Carlos watch
Yannick jump into the pool at the club after he won.
Yeah, I know. And.
He's just like fangirling and. He's taking a.
Video of it. He's filming it.
Filming it, which is so funny. And he was sort of like telling
Yannick like now you have to do this and do this because
obviously he won last year. And he was like trying to tell
him how to do it because Yannick was like freaking out about the
height from the diving board. Basically, in Monte Carlo, there
is a tradition to jump into the pool at the Country Club from a
diving board. The winner rather jumps into the
pool. And obviously Carlos having one
last year, did it last year. And he was like watching Yannick
do it and like filming him. It's just like so funny.
And Yannick, it's like, I don't know, having a bit of a Vertigo
freak out at the top. He's what, I can't do it.
And Carlos is like, no, you got to do it.
And then also like, their hug at the net after the match was like
so genuine and warm. And then obviously their
speeches, which is commonplace I guess, but it feels like real,
like they're actual friends. They're not just complementing
each other for the sake of it. I have a question, OK.
Do you think that it might be better for the rivalry for them
to not like each other so much? Like do you think it takes away
from the competitiveness? No, because I think they are
such genuine and true competitors that when they get
on the court, like they leave that stuff behind.
I think it's less that, but more, I don't know, I guess the
way I'm seeing Carlos now is that maybe he's lost a bit of
that edge or that competitive edge that he had.
You know, maybe he's at a point right now where he's not
enjoying his tennis as much. He's probably less motivated
because he's done so well in the slams.
But yeah, I wonder because even with Rafa and Roger, they were
more competitive. You know, their their friendship
really grew over time. Like in the beginning of their
rivalry, they weren't as close. No, it's a great question and
sound a fairpoint. Yeah.
Hopefully it doesn't get in the way of the competition, but you
know, if they're professionals, it won't.
I think from Yannick's side, it won't.
No, definitely not from his side.
So like laser focused Carlos is a little like more easily
swayed, let's say. And he sort of takes things
slightly more lightly. Like I think he said after his
quarter final, he said to the press that he he was like, yeah,
probably lose #1 at some point this year and then I'll come
back. And like, that's just the way
it's going to go. It's going to be like Epsom
close. And he seemed kind of resigned
to it, which I agree isn't probably not the best attitude
to have in terms of competitiveness.
So yeah, I mean, despite all still loves to see it as long as
it doesn't get in the way of of them competing.
Maybe we should talk about who we who we saw around Monaco.
First of all, around the stadium knows a heavy F1 presence
because obviously the F1 drivers are not racing at the moment
with the April races having been cancelled.
I'd say a heavy majority live in Monaco, right?
So they were around. Andrea Spotted, Ollie Berman,
Alex Alvan and Gabby Bortoletto in the stands straight away at
the semis. They were very into it and they
were being kind of like a funny little trio on the sidelines
watching. And after the matches, they met
both Yannick and Carlos. And when they met Carlos, Carlos
was like, oh, you guys going to come tomorrow for the final.
And they were like, oh, no, we don't think so.
Not the moment. We haven't heard anything.
It's like, yeah, you fully got the boot, guys, because they
brought in the big dogs for the final.
They had Charles Leclerc and George Russell at the final,
which Canadian. That might not have been the
case, but it's just funny because they were like Carlos
was asking. They're like, clearly they were
not going to go to the finals so.
Yeah, clearly. But now and then we saw Charles
and George. At.
The final with their wife slash girlfriends, Mondo Duplantis,
the pole volter, was also there with his fiance.
So yeah, it was nice to see that sort of crossover of of sports
with tennis. You had the best spotting I
think over the whole weekend. Very jealous.
What did I spot? We were apart for one hour and
you spotted. To be fair, we were attached at
the hip weekend we were. There for four days.
We were like staying together, obviously, like doing everything
together. But that was the one moment when
Andrea hiked to France. And in that moment, I was just
walking along the beach and Charles Leclerc jogged past me
like nothing. I'm like, I had to like, double
tables. Excuse me, What?
And yes, it was him cap on backwards in the all black Puma
fit, you know, I think, yeah, just another day in Monaco I
guess. Yeah, it's crazy.
I mean, it's such a tiny place. I feel like you go there and
you're bound to see either a tennis player, F1 driver.
We sat next to Bradley Cooper at lunch.
Yeah, that was wild. We're like, oh, is he going to
the tennis? He didn't really look like he
was. And I.
Didn't know he was wearing like his eagles cap backwards.
Yeah, he was not going to the dentist, I don't think.
I don't know what he was doing there.
If anyone knows, let us know. But yeah, he was right next to
us at lunch. Seems like a nice guy.
Not that we spoke to him, but yeah, it was a funny, funny
sighting. And then we had another sort of
little sports crossover. Yeah, it was the Masters, the
golf Masters in Augusta this weekend.
And Rory McIlroy was leading pretty much from the first day
and he was asked in a press conference what he was going to
do for the final round, how he's going to prepare.
Actually no, it was the second round how he's going to prepare
and he he said that he was going to tune into the 2 semi finals
Monte Carlo. So also big tennis fan.
Exactly. Love to see it and yeah.
Tennis getting the shout outs it deserves.
Turnover bringing yeah. Delivered for him, No.
Probably not. Probably not.
He was probably like, oh, I should have tuned into Justin
Bieber at Coachella and stuff. OK, so before we wrap, there are
a few other pieces of tennis culture news we want to touch
on. Yes, some good pieces.
Yeah, they are good. This is where the tea is
spilled. OK, so #1.
Sasha Zarev's hair. Oh my God, like I know people
are going to come for us because we keep commenting on players
appearances, but it's part and parcel of the player.
Like what is this hair it he was pictured with it down.
OK, do you want to describe? It Yes.
Yeah. There's a picture of him on a
moped with his hair down and his helmet off.
Truly shocking, really shocking, and like we say this with all
good intention, just cut your hair.
You look so much better with it short.
It looks so bad. They're very unkempt and just
he's clearly going through. It his hair is my length and
it's just straight like mine. What is going on?
I was truly shocked because usually where's Zen?
A man one, but like I think he had to get his motorcycle Vespa
helmet on I guess. It doesn't.
It doesn't fit over the back someone.
Took a picture and posted it and Jesus Christ alive like also,
you know, whoever is his girlfriend right now, they need
to intervene Yeah, they need to intervene.
That's not throwing shade at you know, I don't know who it is,
but whoever is his girlfriend right now or if he has a
girlfriend, help him. Help him.
What is this they? Can't allow this.
They can't allow this to go on. And honestly, you know what?
Like new hair, Maybe new winning streak.
I don't know like. Totally.
Hair is everything. It is, and maybe I'm not in a
position to comment today because my hair is an absolute
piece of shit, but that's OK. He needs to cut it.
He just needs to cut it. Please.
OK, second piece of tennis tea. Now, Andre and I have
constructed a theory around what is going on between Taylor Fritz
and Morgan Riddle. There have been rumors that they
broke up, and now those rumors have been shut down and people
say that they have indeed not broken up.
So do you want to give some context, Andre?
So Craig Shapiro, who is a tennis journalist.
Yeah, and. A fellow podcaster tweeted that
he has it on good authority that Taylor Fritz dumped Morgan
Riddle and they're over. And Morgan Riddle commented on
the post and tagged Taylor and said Taylor, Have you heard
about this, Theo? You did the important
investigative work. I will say that I feel like,
yeah, she hasn't been going to as much as recently, but to be
honest, I that doesn't really mean anything.
Like she should just be busy and clearly like there's no smoke
without fire. I I feel like there's something
going on. But again, like, you know, we're
just observing and we have no proof of this.
But you know, when I saw that rumor, I was like, Oh, well, it
doesn't surprise me just given like the general vibe around the
two of them recently, or lack of vibe rather.
But then obviously with Morgan's comment, the rumors got shut
down. But then I was listening to
another broadcast called Nothing Major the other day where the
guys on the podcast did influencer power rankings.
And as they were going through the rankings, there were several
wags or partners of players who were being ranked by those guys
in the rankings. And whenever those specific
people were mentioned, they said, oh, girlfriend of X
player. But when they spoke about
Morgan, they did not say that. So for example, they said Paige
Lorenz, girlfriend of Tommy Paul, Ion Broomfield, girlfriend
of Francis Tiafo. But again, when they came to
Morgan, they did not say Morgan riddled girlfriend of Taylor
Fritz. And that to me was just like a
dead giveaway. And I feel like, yeah, Taylor
clearly didn't dump Morgan. It could just be an amicable
split or maybe they're just taking some time.
I don't know. We're not in a position to say
what happened. We don't know what happened, but
I'm thinking that it's something like that.
I think that's a pretty good theory, right?
Guess we'll see. I think that's the most
realistic theory. I think we'll have our answer at
the French Open. Feel like if she doesn't go to
Roland Garros, that's a pretty big sign that they're done.
I think that will be the moment where we know.
But equally obviously, you know, Morgan, all credit to her.
She's totally built a role for herself in the sport and no
doubt she'll hang around, even if not as Taylor's girlfriend.
So let's see, we'll be keeping an eye on Taylor's box going
forward. But yeah, bottom line is wish
both of them the best together or not.
And last but not least, huge news.
Huge news, I shrieked when I hear my social media and saw.
This I know. I had four people send it to me.
Of course. Netflix has announced that there
will be a Rafael Nadal documentary.
So exciting. It's coming so soon in like 6
weeks, May 29th, yeah. During the French Open, which is
very fitting. The trailer made me emotional a
little bit. Oh, were you, were you crying?
Yeah. Andrea, for those who know, if
it's not obvious already, she's a callous fan and therefore
obviously an even bigger off a fan.
I miss him, so I'm I'm excited. And yeah, I, I feel like I'm
excited to get an inside, a more inside look into him and his
life and because I feel like he's very guarded.
He's very guarded and this must have been quite difficult for
him, I think. So I'm curious to see what we
get an inside look at and. And learn about him.
I mean, it's you so excited when you watch it together if
possible. Yeah, we have to.
Can't wait. There'll be a whole episode on
that because we'll have loads of days, I'm sure after we've
stopped crying. But yeah, everyone, note your
calendars May 20. 9th May 29th. OK, so to end the episode, as
always, we are going to make a final call, and I think this is
a fitting one given what we've just witnessed.
I'm just going to ask the question outright because it's
going to be one of the two who's winning Garland Garrus this
year, Yannick or Carlos. I have to go with Carlos.
As I was watching the final, I was thinking, I hope that this
gives him. The Monte Carlo final.
The extra motivated, yeah, the Monte Carlo final.
I hope that this serves as that sort of extra motivation that I
feel like he needs for the French.
Yeah, I think actually, like, it's good for Carlos.
This loss in a final came, you know, really early on in the
clay season so that, you know, it's like alarm bells.
Put your guard up bro because Yannick is not messing around.
He needs to step it up. And to be fair, he is the but
whatever you want to call it, like Raphael will always be the
king of clay, but he's like the Prince of clay if you want to
continue with that term. But he is sort of like the
master of the natural surfaces being like clay and grass,
especially clay. Whereas Yannick's more dominant,
obviously on hard. But I will say I'm going to go
for Sinner just to keep it interesting between us.
But just, yeah, just giving his form, his consistency, which is
scary. And yeah, he just seems really
mentally locked in. But equally, he could have
peaked too soon this year because, you know, those 3
masses in a row, at a certain point he's going to have to have
a dip, and who knows when that might be.
So it'll be really interesting to see.
But yeah, I mean, we may both be being laughed at if someone else
comes along and they both just have absolute shockers and
someone else wins Roland Gauss. But I would be very, very
surprised. I wouldn't mind that.
Like I would welcome that. Yeah, right now it it does feel,
yeah, it feels like it's going to be.
It's not looking. Like the other I mean long way
to go. Till then, we have plenty more
clay court tournaments to come before Paris.
So with that, we'll be keeping our eye on the clay.
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