Hey guys, welcome to What's the Call the podcast where sports
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I'm Andrea. And we're glad you're here.
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Hi, everyone. Hi, Andrea.
Hey, Thea. Good morning to you, good
evening to me. We are in very different times,
but we make it. We make it work nonetheless.
We are so excited. It's our first episode of What's
the Call? So welcome everyone.
Should we give the audience a bit of a sneak peek into what's
to come, what we'll be discussing over the next month
or so? OK, cool.
Well, to start, tennis is going to be the backbone of this, of
this podcast. It is what bonded you and I
quite heavily, especially over the pandemic.
And like, you know, we both love it, but we also have a mutual
love for sports in general. So we will not only be covering
tennis, which obviously starts in Australia, has already
started because the sport does not take a break, but we will
also be discussing all things F1 because that's something both
Andre and I love to follow. The season only starts in March
but there is plenty to come in the next few weeks.
Cars are launching, cars will be tested.
It's going to be a whole host of things to talk about.
Yeah, it's a big, it's a big season, right?
Everything's going to change. So everything's changing.
Everything's changing, so we'll see.
It's also going to be the Winter Olympics, which is really
exciting. Oh.
My God, yeah. I'm, I'm so excited.
I love the Olympics. I think it's so fun to watch.
So those start the first week of February 6th, so we'll cover
that. Also, NFL playoffs are currently
happening and the Super Bowl is the first week of February.
Can't say that we're experts on the NFL, but I do think it's
such a fun. There's so much around the sport
and I, I have been watching. I watched a few of the playoffs
yesterday. So yeah.
You're in the know, including a little.
Bit a little bit. You're on the ground.
Understand the rules of the sport, but you know.
You're on the ground. The Super Bowl is taking place
in San. Francisco in San Francisco, so.
The sun drives the same home. But I mean, all this to say is
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Okay, so tennis. Tennis is back.
It's back. It's our main focus, I'd say for
the next couple weeks. Would you say just a level set
here with the audience? Yes, Yeah.
But I mean, it's also the one sport that literally, I feel
like never stops. And their season is insane like
it's never ending. They got like 2 weeks off.
Yeah, and the 2026 season started in 2025.
It never stopped, but we did take a little bit of a break
from it and yeah, now it's back. And honestly, I love the Aussie
swing Australian Open. I just for me, us like being in
Europe or the USI guess in your case at the moment, like you
wake up and there's tennis on and it's great.
Yeah, it's so fun. It's so fun, yeah.
It makes the like the dark, depressing January winter
mornings more bearable. And yeah, I don't know, I just
always feel like the players themselves, maybe, you know, the
most energized, the most motivated for this slam just
because, you know, it's a new year.
Yeah, and they've had their two weeks off, so they're.
They're ready. The longest they're ever getting
off. Yeah, yeah.
No, but it's such a fun slam. I feel like it has great energy.
People love it. They love it.
The players love it, Yeah. Australians are so into it as
well is what I'd say. Like Melbourne feels like it is
the US Open, you know. Yeah.
So that's that's fun. I don't know.
But equally like it comes at you so quick.
Like maybe we can move on to like the warm up events that
have been taking place. There have been so many already
as the United Cup, which Poland won, wouldn't have necessarily
been my pick. Yeah, I was surprised by that.
Honestly, right. Well, I obviously wanted Greece
to win, but they lost. Germany also lost.
I'm half Greek half German for those who don't know.
So was Spain in it? Spain was in it.
Yeah, but. Yeah, they were, but they didn't
do. They didn't do.
Well, they have not. No, they didn't advance.
And then I would have liked USA to win just because I like those
guys. I just want Americans to get
more into tennis. I feel like it would be good for
this sport. Yeah, ultimately they are like
how to say this? Like if something's big in
America, it's big everywhere. Exactly.
They just have too many of their
own sports going on. It's.
I mean, it's what Coco was saying and Taylor also said
that, right? Like the American tennis fans,
they're not the best I think. Or just like in general, like
Americans attitudes towards tennis because they're they have
so much, especially now like so many other sports going on.
They have so many other sports going on, but I think also like
they're like, oh, it's so boring.
I'm like, it's not boring. It's not born at all, Yeah.
At all. But I'm sorry, we can go on for
hours and hours. Yeah, baseball can go for days.
Even NFL games like they're so long.
I know and it's so stop and start.
It's so stop and start. I'm like.
Yeah, well, everyone's in Tolly Till.
Today, Yeah, Yeah, no. And then, you know, they can be
fun. I just don't really know the
rules that well. But yeah, I hope that Americans
get more and more into tennis like American fans especially,
especially now, I feel like they have so many good players and.
Yeah, they are great. Honestly.
They've got a good roster. So yeah, Poland won United Cup,
which is like, how do we explain in the United Cup?
For those who don't know, it's like you play for your country
basically. Yeah, yeah, it's, it's newish.
You play for yourself, right? Play for your country, newish.
Yeah, and it's both male and female tennis players.
Which which is cooler? Yeah, yeah.
It's cool. It's very rare.
For for that to happen. Them to cross, yeah.
And then we had a few other warm up tournaments.
We had Brisbane both men's and women's.
Oh boy, many so happy. With a win I know.
Very happy for him. Also a crazy start.
He's won 22 titles in his career and all 22 titles have been
different. He's never defended.
He's just a loose, like, you never know.
You never know what. It's so funny.
Yeah. But I mean, do you think that
bodes well for him or do you think he's like peak too soon?
I hope it bodes well for him. I really hope he does well in
Australia. I think he has a lot of trauma
from Australia from from losing to Rafa in 2022, right?
Yeah, 22, yeah. In the final, that was brutal
for him, so I want him to do well.
I know he won a slime after that, but yeah, I hope this, I
hope this is good for him. I know I can't handle seeing any
more like many breakdowns and like when he starts shouting at
his box, he's also honestly like, good for him.
He's gone and like completely changed up his whole like
coaching, set up his team, which I think it takes a lot yeah,
player to do that because it's like that whole feeling
comfortable versus changing things up and potentially, you
know, taking that risk and. Yeah.
He's also a dad. So we had him.
He's a dad, he's a dad. To two. 2 now, yeah.
Oh my gosh. 22 daughters, yeah. 20 girl Dad, we love that.
Yeah. I mean, he does crack us up.
So I think hopefully this is like a new period.
Yeah, yeah, hopefully. Sabalenka, obviously, no
surprise she won in Brisbane. I mean, she's obviously always
playing amazing, but I did. I feel like she just lives in
like, delulu land and like, good for her.
She just thinks she's amazing. Which, like, I wish I had that
kind of self-confidence. I guess if you're her, you can.
I don't know. But like, she's just hilarious,
like with her little tik toks and stuff.
Yeah. And then she fully called out
her boyfriend being like, they asked her something about the
boyfriend and she was like, well, I hope it's not going to
be my boyfriend for much longer. Like, he better make me his
fiance soon. It's like, OK, yeah, in front of
like thousands of people. I mean, yeah, she's herself.
She's pretty authentic I feel like.
She's herself. She has like. 0 media training.
She just says what comes to mind and doesn't really think too
much beforehand. I feel like that's a sense I get
with her. She's just, she's fun, she's
good for the sport. She's fun.
And then, in other news, Switilina won a tournament in
Auckland. For her, I'm happy for her.
We love gems life. I love her and mumfies her
husband. Yeah, they're my favorite.
It's her. GEMS is her and her husband.
Yeah, GAIL. And it's like an acronym for
them. But we love them.
They've been through it as well. Yeah, they have.
So they have. They're very on off, but now
they seem solid so. I'm not.
Yeah. And she has the kid, right?
And like, I think it's pretty cool to still be winning titles
after you've given both and. Yeah, and also she took a lot of
time off right in 2025, and she's come back strong.
Good for her, obviously. Yeah, well, so we love to see a
Ukraine win. Yeah.
And then finally, Bublik. What a man, taking down Lorenzo
Rosetti in Hong Kong. But honestly, I feel OK.
So Bublik, how do we feel about him?
I feel like he he is also such a loose cannon.
I mean more of a loose cannon than Medvedev ever was.
Definitely. I think he's like a Nick.
Curious type figure just also gives no fucks.
Like says what he wants to say. Like doesn't quite polarizing,
quite polarizing, but I like. But more endearing?
More. Endearing.
I like him more and and I also like that he's different and,
you know, yeah, kind of like marches the beat of his own
drum, right? And I think it's good to have
more like outspoken players as well, so.
For sure, but also for both Bublick and Medvedev, I don't
know if them winning one of the like warmups means anything for
them just because they are kind of inconsistent in quantity.
Yeah, I read somewhere like or heard somewhere like some like
pundit was saying that public could like enter the top ten
this year, but equally just like crash out of the top 100 as
well. That's so true Within the same
year. So that might be something to
look out for. So, yeah.
But also just Quick guide on Mousetti, who Bublik beat in the
final. We love Mousetti.
Yeah, I think. I mean, I do.
Yeah. I think you do too.
I do but. He can't win a final to save his
life. He's won like 1 to 50 back in
the day, but it's been years and he's like, his finals record is
something shocking. Yeah.
So let's see. Yeah, so.
Which of those results would you say Maddow versus Witch are just
flukes in the bigger picture? I think the WTA results matter
more. Yeah.
And the ATP results might be flukes.
Yeah. I mean, I hope they're not
because I like them both. I think Sabalenko winning is
definitely a sign that she's. Inform.
And it's probably going to do like do well and probably when
the Australian Open. So I don't know, I think like
Musetti, Bublé is a pretty competitive final.
So the fact that like Bublé beat Musetti in Hong Kong is, is even
if he is, you know, unpredictable, I think it's it's
a great result for him. And hopefully he takes that and,
you know, does well now. And yeah, for sure.
In Australia for sure. Yeah.
So we'll see. We will see.
All will be revealed. The draw is on Thursday 15th.
The draw is on Thursday, which is the day this comes out.
We record 3 days before. So at time of recording the draw
has not come out. So something else that's quite
fun. I mean, I think it's up for
debate whether it's fun or people think it's a little
stupid is the one point Slam, which is, I think it happened
last year, but like to a lesser extent than this year, but this
year the the Australian Open is hosting the one point Slam,
which is taking place Wednesday of this week.
And basically what it is is it's a bunch of like amateurs who
actually play qualities to, like, get into this tournament.
So they're pretty good tennis players by like normal
standards, but they have to play a point against pros, both men
and women. And if the amateur wins the
point, they get a million Australian dollars.
My God. Yep.
Wow. Yeah, and it's like just a coin
toss for who serves and receives and that's it.
And so who are the pros? All of them?
A few. Of them are in, I like Alcaraz
is playing, Sinners playing Sabalink is playing like it's
the top, like people's worms playing top.
Top players are in. But yeah, I mean, pressure's on
for them because otherwise the tournament or whoever sponsoring
it has to pay up. Yeah.
I wonder how that like what the incentive is there?
I know and I also heard that some Australian celebrities
because they're they're wild cards on the pro side that also
on the AM side and the wild cards on like the amateur side
are celebrities. So I wonder if, I don't think
it's been said, but I wonder if they're maybe doing it for
charity. That'd be better.
I'd. Like make sense?
Yeah, but I mean, it's an interesting concept and I think
like there's been a bit of a debate like whether it's fun or
it's unserious and like just the whole exhibition culture I guess
as well. I think it's fun.
I mean, I think it's fun too. There are haters out there that
don't think it's fun, but I think it's quite jokes like I
personally will be tuning in. But even exhibition culture, I
like Carlos and Yannick match or like exhibition match was so
good. It was good there.
There's some great content from that I recommend everyone.
Amazing points. They get behind it because it's
sort of it takes away the pressure of like the tour, which
is like so like week after week, like you're just basically going
in circles like chasing your own tail in terms of rankings.
Equally 6 Kingslam which took place I think in December In the
fall last year they paid like 7 1/2 mil to the winner.
I don't. Know how I feel about that?
I feel like that is. It's too much, yeah.
That's too much and I think it should be kept light, like not
so high stakes. Yeah, that's high stakes like.
Literally paying them more than what they get for winning a
slam, which is crazy. And that opportunity is
obviously only given to the top. I think it like furthers the
divide between like the. Top, top, top.
Tennis players and just like the rest of the field, which
struggles. Yeah.
So for sure, I mean, I think that's like it would be a really
interesting conversation for us to have and look into further at
some point. Yeah, because yeah, there's a
lot around that. But yeah, one point slam TuneIn,
everyone, I think, you know, it's a little less high stakes,
so it's fun. So Djokovic announced that he's
leaving the PTPA. Which is just for those who
don't know, it's Professional Tennis Players Association,
which is like, you can't really call it a union, but whatever.
Like a collective that like is founded by the players for the
players for fighting for their rights.
Exactly. And their mission was to
basically get give players more of a say in tournaments and you
know what their schedule looks like because really they have no
say. It's just they like are at the
best of tournament organizers and the WTAATP.
So it's, it's kind of crazy that he's leaving now.
He's leaving because yeah, he like Co founded it with a couple
others. I mean, I remember they.
Yeah. Thinking about during during
COVID, yeah and yeah, postpacil, I think yeah.
Popsacil. Yeah, yeah.
I'm like popsicle, popsicle, popsicle pasta SIL.
They founded it in COVID during the US Open.
And I just remember really vividly there was like this
picture that they released of all of them, like standing in a
car park with like their masks on, like at social distance or
whatever. And I think the whole thing
really came to a boil because during COVID, they were also the
players were just like ordered around to like travel in these
bubbles and like had no freedom, which, you know, in the grand
scheme of things, their lives was still great.
But I think for them, it was quite a lot like you kind of, it
felt like caged animals almost. Anyway, it led to this whole,
like, founding of this PTPA, which Djokovic had like a big
part in. And last year there were like
the Slams, I think, and the ATP and the WTA because they're all,
I mean, we're not going to get into this, but tennis governance
is a very complicated and it's a minefield like no one's working
with anyone. And it's all very disjointed.
But they all like I think tried to sue the CTBA.
It's still ongoing. Oh you mean it's the PTBA tried
to sue? The yes.
Excuse me, Wow. You know what?
We are not lawyers. And we are not in a position to
comment on these like right technical things.
But the whole point here is that Djokovic was really lewd leading
the. Yeah, he's a figurehead because
he's, you know. Yeah, he's a figurehead of it.
Legitimizes them as well, obviously.
Like Best player of all time 100.
Percent, yeah, they sued the Slams and other tennis governing
bodies and like most of them are still outstanding, right?
From what I understand, Australia, like Tennis
Australia, has settled with them.
Yeah, I did. I think this year players are
getting the most ever prize money in history.
Like it is making a difference. Like it has made a difference.
So it's kind of crazy that he's suddenly.
Stopped. I think he.
I wonder like what do you think was behind that?
I guess for some background chocolate, which is not my
favorite person in the world. Well, neither of us.
So yeah, neither of ours. So like, cynically, I think he
was just like, I'm retiring. I think he's like a bit of an
egomaniac. Like I think he wanted to be it
like a top story. Now.
I don't know, I, I, there's definitely more to it, but I'm
like, OK, Carlos and Yannick are like dominating like all the
media coverage. Chalkovich just kind of just
like there now. And suddenly he's like, well,
you know, I'm doing this. And like, and I also, I think, I
think he's pretty like. Give us the.
Whole I don't know, I'm like, I think it shows that he's pretty
that like his intentions weren't always like super noble, like Oh
my God, I want to do this for other players.
Right one. 100% and it's like OK, so now that you're on your
way out, you just. You're just like out like.
Exit stage then like yeah, whatever yeah let leave the
leave the rest of them barely even like in the top 100 yeah to
fend for themselves yeah, because he kind of was the only
like big. Big gun because there are some
that are in the PTVA, but they don't reveal their membership,
right. It's like a secretive thing.
So but he was really. Against like, yeah, like.
A secret society. So yeah, let's see what happens.
With that, I think there's also like an element of he, this is
just to like counter what you were saying.
I think he just probably wants to focus on his tennis and can't
be bothered to deal with the shit.
Yeah, great. It's not that I believe that,
but I was just thinking maybe. Yeah, yeah.
But the timing is weird but. Equally, I think in in his
world, it's like any press is good press.
So let's fucking go. Yeah, He wants to be front and
centre. Yeah.
He's like, oh, Carlos and Yannick.
Hell no. Especially because like Carlos
and Yannick are like so. Beloved.
It's his worst nightmare. It's like the.
Universe like screwing him over like Roger and Rafa retire and
then like like these two guys and they're you know like the.
New 2. Loves them and he's just, yeah,
screwed. OK, well, we know he's not going
to be tuning into this podcast. It's what are they called?
Novak fam, the Novak fam. OK, well, enough on that.
I think we let's move on to a more a much more serious topic
for us being Carlos fans. How do we feel?
I mean, it's I wouldn't say it's old news because we have yet to
sort of see him perform since this happened.
But in December, out of nowhere, we were both shook us.
Carlos Alcaraz announced his split with Juan Carlos Ferrero,
who has been his coach for I believe, eight years and really
brought him to where he is today.
In a way, like discovered him as well, so.
Yeah, it was definitely like a father figure.
I mean, there by now it's been like, I think almost a month
since it was announced. And so many different, like,
there's so many different, like, hypotheses about what, why and
what happened. But yeah, well, what are your
takes? This was a hard one for you to
swallow. Yeah.
Spanish and like that was a nice little camaraderie.
Yeah, it seemed pretty healthy to me.
I think like it gave him a lot of stability.
They clearly, yeah, had like a very close relationship.
I think I've heard that it was mostly a financial thing.
I think Carlos is making a shit ton of money now and Pharaoh
gets a cut of that. And so there was just like a
renegotiation of the contract and.
That would make sense, yeah. Because it's not like Carlos
hasn't been performing well or like his career, you know, like
this is like in response to him not doing well.
That's why it felt like so out of the blue.
So I think it has to be something something else, right
for. Sure, and I'm guessing that that
he was sort of taking a cut because I think different
coaches have different like payment setups or whatever you
want to call it. But like I'm sure he wasn't on
just like on a basic salary, like a, you know, like a monthly
salary. Some of them are, whereas I
think when you're the really top players, you take a cut of the
whole thing. Like the prize money for sure,
but even sponsorships. Yeah, even sponsorships and I
think like training at his Carlos Trainers Academy, all of
that. I think like there was something
else involved in terms of yeah, yeah.
I don't think it was like a conscious decision of like, I
need to grow so I need to move. On yeah, I think there's an
element of the growth thing. I think clearly it's coming from
Carlos, right? Like this was or like Carlos's
side. I think it was more so his
decision or like Ferrero even said that he was like he said
that he would have liked to continue in his statement.
I think I don't know Carlos, right?
Like he's he's growing up. He's not the same person he was
three years ago. He's a man.
He's a man, I think like if you watched on his Netflix
documentary, right, like they very much, you know, treat him
like a child and and I think that was that's good for him at
the time, Like right. He's like a young kid who
suddenly has so much success, so much money, like so many people
can lose their way with that. And I think a lot of athletes,
too. Yeah.
So. I mean yeah, like child *.
So you really need like a good support system, good management
like you know, but at the same time.
That is so important, yeah. But I also think he's an adult
now, like he's, he's super successful.
I think he doesn't want to be treated like a child anymore.
That's that's my read on it a bit like I think there's there's
it's, there's a lot to it. There is, yeah.
Yeah, and I think that if there had been a willingness to like
negotiate and like more willingness than they would have
done it like the financial stuff.
And so yeah, yeah. So I'm I'm really curious how
how it's going to go I'm. So curious because he hasn't
played, yeah, he hasn't played a professional match since.
It'll be very, very interesting to see how he how he does
without it because I mean, I've heard players say that if they
have a long time long term coach and they go out on court without
them, it's like going out there without your racket.
So. Let's see, let's see.
But I think Yannick did that too, right?
Like he dropped his first coach and like management stuff before
and it clearly worked out well for him.
I think Yannick's a bit more robotic, Carlos.
Carlos is a bit more like in his feels emotional.
That's what I think. But you never know.
You never know. Yeah.
So we'll definitely keep an eye on that.
It'll be really interesting to see how he does.
I mean, I hope he does well obviously, but he seems like in
very good spirits. He seems, he seems great, which
I think bodes well for him. So yeah, he just wants to have
fun. He wants to.
He does exactly. He just wants to enjoy.
It just wants to enjoy it. Dude, you're on top of the
world. Like let's.
Go. And I think actually, like
Carlos, like Ferrero is very different, like temperamentally,
like, he's so serious and, you know.
He's so serious. I do like him though.
I feel like he's quite a good like steady present.
No, exactly. Yeah, yeah, he's good looking.
He's so good. Looking, he's so good looking
like and he knows what it's like to be on tour and stuff.
So anyway. He's won.
He's has he won slams, yeah. I think so.
He won. He was #1 we're all at one
point, yeah. And he won French Open,
definitely won. I think he's won two Slams, but
yeah, he was definitely number one in the world so.
You never know, maybe they'll rekindle.
I think they could rekindle, you know, in the future, like once
the like dynamic, the dynamic probably has to change a little
bit and then who knows, maybe they'll find their their way
back to each other. So what's next on the agenda?
Because there's always some sort of shit show going on in this
sport, which we love, We love. So yeah, did you see?
I feel like this has probably been the most viral moment of,
like, sports in general in these first 12 days of 2026.
I mean, you know what I'm referring to.
So do you want to give some back?
The wild card player in a tournament, tennis tournament,
Nairobi, who I think it seemed like it was the first time
playing tennis like. It was.
I've never seen anything. Like you have to watch.
I think you and I could play a better match than.
Oh yeah, that's literally what I was thinking.
I was like, I think I have a better ball ball toss to serve
than she does. Like, no.
She also didn't know where to stand to like, serve or receive
the ball. It's like what's happening, no.
No, no, like I think you have to.
You have to watch the clips. If you haven't seen them,
they're hysterical. Hysterical.
Like she, I think she won two points, yeah.
She won two points. I don't even know how it was.
Definitely 6 loves 6 love. It was 6 loves 6.
Love no. She won two points because the
opponent was so like discombobulated that she double
faulted Yeah on one, and then the second one was like a fluke.
How how this? Is too funny.
I mean, I just, yeah, I, I heard that it was someone pulled out
so they needed to let someone in.
But I'm like, how do you just give a random with 0 credentials
a wild card? And bear in mind this was not
obviously on the main women's tour, but it was like 1 level
below to an ITF, like one level below.
But still, it's still. Legitimate tournament.
I like this is a. 100% anyway, like it was honestly shocking.
Like they're very funny. Yeah, so funny.
As well so. Funny.
And I think, like, yeah, it makes tennis look a little
absurd and silly, but equally like, it gets the word out,
yeah. Some great viral.
Yeah, viral moments, Viral moments.
I mean, yeah, I thought that was quite, quite funny.
Yeah. But yeah, we will post the
videos, so go check them out on our page.
Yep. At what's the call pod, let's
go. So we're going to end each
episode with the final call where we sort of give our takes
on the weeks like biggest headlines and events and sort of
what's the common in the near future.
So this week, surprise, surprise, we're going to give
our AO predictions and hot takes.
So yeah, Andrea winner on the men's, winner on the women's.
OK, head or heart, we can go. Head.
No, I know exactly. Head or heart.
I was going to say, what do you well know?
Head. Head.
Head I think Yanick is going to win the men's side and Sabalenka
is going to win the women's so. I mean, I would tend to agree,
but is that boring? My I mean, yeah, I mean, no,
it's not boring that they're the two favorites like they're.
They're definitely 2 favorites, but OK, so let's throw in like 2
that we think could challenge them.
Two on each side. So for me, I'm going to say,
obviously, Carlos, you never know.
I mean, given what we just talked about.
But then I'm also going to say Danielle.
Same. I was, I was thinking Danielle
too. Yeah, OK.
Yeah, because I don't really see anyone else taking it to, to be
honest. No, I don't think Djokovic is.
Used to be like a rogue quantity like Daniel or even Bublec.
Yeah, to like come in and just stir things up.
Because, like Vera Fritz, I don't.
Know no, no, I just I don't see it.
Maybe later in the year, but not now.
No, on the women's side. Coco I think.
Yeah, Coco. Yeah.
Anyone else? I don't know, maybe.
I will say Rebecca. Now you know.
What she's been like, she's a bit of a silent killer.
Yeah, her whole situation, her whole drama with her coach and
stuff. For sure, but that's crazy.
Yeah, that's crazy. She could come in creeping but I
I do think the WTA side's way more open obviously than.
Always. Like, yeah, always.
But yeah, Coco would be nice. I would like Coco, but I feel
like she's, I don't know, she's got, like, serving yips and
like, she needs to sort a few things out.
Yeah. So yeah.
OK. And then a weird hot tape for
the tournament, like someone you think's going to make a run
randomly, like not to the final or even an upset.
Like, I know I'm going to contradict myself.
Like Djokovic, you know, like, say, like thinking that he's not
going to do anything, but maybe maybe suddenly he's just like
locked in and beats, beats either Yannick or Carlos, which
no one expects. And you know those.
Oh my God. Yeah, yeah.
And I think also he like, I don't think anyone would
consider him a favourite now. And maybe he uses that as kind
of like fuel to be like, fuck you guys, I'm gonna.
The Dark. Horse, I'm not gone yet.
I'm not retiring like it's not over for me.
No, yeah. Yeah, true.
No. That's a good, I hope not, but
yeah. I'll I'll do women's.
Well, there's this like nude up and Comer German player called
Eve Elise on the women side who I feel like be cool if she made
a run. I don't know if she will watch
her lose first round, but I've just jinxed her.
But Benny would be nice if she made a run, yeah.
OK. All right, we'll go for her.
Yeah, we got to put like some rogue things out there.
Otherwise it's just boring because sometimes, like, yeah,
it can't be too predictable. But that's the thing with
tennis, you actually just don't know until they get out on the
court like. Yeah, they have a bad day and
it's it's over. Forget it, forget it.
They have a fight with their boyfriend or girlfriend.
It's done. It's done, you say?
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