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 --> 00:00:21,600 there's a seat for you courtside. 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:27,160 So let's dive in. Hey, welcome back. 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,280 Thank you, thank you, thank you. How was last week? 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,880 I mean, I feel like it was great. 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:36,680 It was good. You were missed, you were 12 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:37,800 missed. I feel like you would have 13 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,720 really enjoyed that interview. I was so bummed not to be able 14 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,200 to make it, but that was literally no way I could have. 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,000 I really, really was looking forward to it, and I absolutely 16 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 loved listening back to it, actually. 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,000 It was great. And yeah, I guess we're back. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:01,320 We're back for another just you and I shooting the shit kind of 19 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:06,640 episode. So yeah, there is a lot that's 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:12,800 gone down this past week. Rome rapt Sinner won the golden 21 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,880 Masters. Switelina did the three peat in 22 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,840 Rome. She won it for a third time. 23 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,560 And then also my personal favorite story of the entire 24 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,040 tournament isn't any of that, but it's the partnership that 25 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:32,800 the tournament did with Jamelli Hospital and that produced 26 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,320 really like heart warming moments, I felt. 27 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,760 And then we're also going to have to discuss the Draper 28 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:50,240 Murray collab as well as Carlos's orange Vanity Fair 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,840 cover. Yeah. 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,360 So all that to come in today's episode. 31 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:07,560 Should we jump in? So Yannick Sinner, he's smashing 32 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,199 records left, right and centre it feels like these days. 33 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,120 Can we talk about first his outfit? 34 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,520 Because I thought it was pretty sick. 35 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,440 Darth Sinner vibes. Yeah, I thought it was cool. 36 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,600 Yeah, I liked it. The All Black he's playing into 37 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,360 the sort of main character energy that he is well, 38 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,760 projecting and living these last few weeks. 39 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:33,160 I mean, I can't imagine what it's like to face him right now. 40 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,560 Scary. Like scary. 41 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,400 It's, yeah, terrifying. But yeah, and he's dressing the 42 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:45,000 part as well, the sort of like don't mess with me vibe in the 43 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,880 all black. I always think that on the clay 44 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,640 looks pretty sick. Yeah, I love contrast outfits on 45 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,440 clay. Yeah, they look great. 46 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:54,520 So that was a small little side note, but love that it sort of 47 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:59,400 set the scene nicely for him to break all these records. 48 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,520 So the career golden Masters, Yannick Sinner now becomes the 49 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,600 second man ever to win all 9 Masters. 50 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:14,120 Won thousands at least once. Djokovic has done it. 51 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,320 He was 31, Sinner's 24. So it's pretty crazy. 52 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,720 So that's start number one. Start number 2 is that he's won 53 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:28,840 six consecutive Masters 1000 cycle dating back to Paris last 54 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,440 year. No one's ever done that. 55 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,440 And the ATP Finals. And the ATP finals. 56 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,520 So like technically 7 masters in a row, the sunshine double and 57 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,960 now the clay court triple. Crazy. 58 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:50,080 No one has done that since Nadal, which is also crazy. 59 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,600 And then the just the win streak itself. 60 00:03:53,600 --> 00:04:00,080 He's broken the record for 34 consecutive wins on the 1000 61 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,400 side. All time record. 62 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:08,440 So Djokovic had done 31, right? Yeah, it's just mind blowing 63 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,680 crazy. And on top of that, last, sorry, 64 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,800 I was, like, fascinated by all of these. 65 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:19,560 But he's the first Italian man to win Rome in exactly 50 years 66 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:26,160 since Adriano Panata in 1976. And Panata actually was there at 67 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,520 the trophy ceremony. So that was cool. 68 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,960 It made Yannick emotional, which we don't often see. 69 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:37,360 That is a lot to unpack. Unpack even. 70 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,800 Yeah. I'm so impressed with him. 71 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,800 He's killing it. I am a little bored, but you 72 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:49,200 know, it is. I feel like there are also some 73 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,360 up and coming players who can possibly challenge him at some 74 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:53,360 point. I mean. 75 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,480 It's obviously that he's going to win Roland Garros. 76 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,960 Like I would be super surprised if he didn't. 77 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:06,480 And that again puts him in the history books as he achieves the 78 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,240 career slam. And then he, you know, equals 79 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,880 Rafa, who also is the only man to ever win all three clay 80 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,280 masters and then back it up with a Roland Garus win. 81 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:19,120 So crazy. You know, I guess he was 82 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,040 challenged. He was. 83 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,720 He was. But I don't know they're, 84 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,600 they're even even then. I just, I just thought knew he 85 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,600 would win, you know? For sure. 86 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:34,960 I mean, good on Armand de Neil to push him that far in the 87 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,160 semis. Yeah, he took him to three, 88 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,440 which across that 34 match win streak, by the way, he's only 89 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,880 lost three sets. So one of them was that one, 90 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,120 which is insane. He hasn't even played, you know, 91 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,040 because that sounds just so exhausting and like this guy 92 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,040 must be physically and mentally exhausted and we can get on to 93 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,480 that because he did sort of have a moment where that where that 94 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,040 really showed. But he hasn't even had these 95 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,560 long, grueling, intense or that many, like intense, grueling 96 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,680 matches. So he's still pretty fresh for 97 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,800 the French, which is, yeah, again, crazy. 98 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,560 I feel like he keeps saying crazy but it's like. 99 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,680 What he's doing is sort of unfathomable. 100 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,160 But like you said, yeah, he's just so locked in. 101 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,680 But should we talk about, like, the panic attack that seems to 102 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,840 be going down on court? I mean speculation, He hasn't 103 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:31,240 confirmed it obviously, but it looked like he is having a panic 104 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,120 attack like multiple times I feel like throughout the 105 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,720 tournament. Yeah, absolutely. 106 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:41,080 Because he's kind of shaking, and I mean visibly distressed. 107 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,960 I'll, I'll leave you to comment on that because you're the 108 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,800 expert, not in, not. The expert, but like, sorry. 109 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,960 Not in panic attacks in. Psychology. 110 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,960 No, no, I know. But like, I mean even even that, 111 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,280 I to me it looks like a panic attack, obviously. 112 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,160 There's no way of, actually. Knowing, but I didn't think it 113 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,560 was just cramps. I think clearly there was 114 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,960 something else going on and I'm also not surprised by that. 115 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,120 No, you know, I feel like he's kept it so together. 116 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,960 He's so together as a player and so but then again, like the 117 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,800 spotlight is on him everywhere he goes right now and he's 118 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,920 expected to win every single match and dominate every single 119 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,040 match and he's doing it and he's delivering. 120 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,600 But still like that has to take an emotional toll as well. 121 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,720 For sure. And I mean, it made it much more 122 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,640 special, I guess, that he did it in Rome. 123 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,160 But it adds even more pressure, you know, doing it at home, the 124 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,000 Italian presidents, you know, watching over you. 125 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,920 The Pope is watching over you. Everyone is watching over you. 126 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:48,000 But no, I mean, honestly, some crazy shit. 127 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,000 Wow, that's some really hard hitting analysis for me. 128 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,520 But also just to say all of that, like, I think, you know, 129 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,600 he's always so like steely faced. 130 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,000 Is that a word? Well, first of all, he was like 131 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,520 you said, he's taken an emotional toll. 132 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,680 But even like at the trophy ceremony or like after he won, 133 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,480 he looked emotional, which he doesn't often. 134 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,560 He doesn't give away his emotions very much, but he did. 135 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,440 I feel like he looked like he was going to start crying. 136 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,040 Yeah, which cute. We like to see like a human 137 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,680 side. Absolutely. 138 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,160 And I think it's healthy, too, because you can only hold things 139 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:26,920 in so much. I feel like they come out at 140 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,440 some point, and that's clearly what was happening. 141 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,720 And I also have to say, I feel like it's almost easier for him 142 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:38,159 when Carlos is around because it does just take some of the 143 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:40,600 pressure off. And now he just, yeah, he 144 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,240 dominates. All. 145 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,440 Eyes on him, so yeah. So he beat Casper Rude in the 146 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:53,120 final. Poor Casper Root, he is just the 147 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,640 like bridesmaid all these matches. 148 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:03,880 Yeah, I feel like Casper is just happy to be there in these 149 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,960 moments, but he's never really, I don't know, you never really 150 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,280 back him to win these kinds of matches. 151 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:17,680 No, he doesn't have like that last bit of oomph to like, close 152 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:21,560 it out right. No, and I think he went into the 153 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:25,800 final playing pretty well. I thought the first few games I 154 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,600 was watching those and then he just, you know, he lost some 155 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:35,000 silly points and I feel like he gave up after that and like kind 156 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,400 of abandoned his game plan. I mean, I don't, you know, it's 157 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,200 it's he's playing against Sionic Center, so you can't really 158 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,440 blame him that much. But he did in the beginning, at 159 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,280 least in the beginning of the match, I was like, oh, could 160 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,520 this be interesting? And then? 161 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:54,240 I mean, final score was 6464, so it's respectable, Yeah, against 162 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:55,840 Sinner, right? Kind of. 163 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,720 Yeah, but you, just like with Casper, always forget that he's 164 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,720 made three Grand Slam finals. Yeah, he has. 165 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,920 But yeah, he just doesn't. He can't get over the line. 166 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,720 I don't know why, but now I think Sinner's just like, so 167 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,320 locked in. Yeah, it's it's crazy. 168 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,240 Again, I keep, we keep saying crazy. 169 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:19,040 But also there's part of me that was like, if he's going to miss 170 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,560 the Gucci Cruise Show in New York, he might as well win the 171 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:27,080 title. You know, watching that coverage 172 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:31,960 as well looked intense. But yeah, it's always 173 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,200 interesting because like, you know, these players have these 174 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,200 sponsorships, but then they can't go to like lot of the big 175 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,320 events. Especially tennis players like 176 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:42,680 they have. It's impossible. 177 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,880 Two weeks off Impossible. So yeah, I'm sure they were 178 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:50,640 happy about that. But yeah, anyway, I like, you 179 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,080 know, I love Casper. We both love Casper. 180 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,680 So he's looking good, I won't lie. 181 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:57,400 I've always thought he looked good. 182 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,160 I like the beard, like the stubble. 183 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,800 He's a man, He's a dad, He's a father. 184 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:09,240 But anyway, yeah, he also made a a funny joke in his runner up 185 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:10,400 speech. What? 186 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,640 Yeah. So Casper basically acknowledged 187 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,960 the home crowd by way of sort of dragging them. 188 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,800 And he was like, well, Italy didn't make the World Cup. 189 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,440 Norway did. Obviously he didn't qualify this 190 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,760 year. Lost to Norway. 191 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:30,920 Right, so there we go. But I thought bold, bold because 192 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,360 that that's got to cut deep. I definitely does. 193 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,560 I feel like that's like a national trauma for them. 194 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:39,120 So for. Sure. 195 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:40,880 I mean, that's shocking, to be fair. 196 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,040 Like I'm not very well informed about football. 197 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,080 I wasn't even aware when I read that. 198 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,080 I was like, am I misreading something here? 199 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,160 But yeah, that's crazy. But like, did he prepare that, 200 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,400 you know, because he I mean, of course he was probably he knew, 201 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,480 you know, him winning the final as a long shot. 202 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:01,720 But like, it just yeah. Was he like already preparing 203 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,520 his runner up speech and like knew he was going to nag the 204 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,880 crowd? Do you think? 205 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,000 Probably. Do you think he? 206 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,320 I think. So or maybe, yeah, someone like, 207 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,840 planted the seeds so that he would like. 208 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,720 Yeah, I thought it was quite funny of him to do that. 209 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:21,560 Yeah. So then, OK, last mention of 210 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:27,360 this match has to go to Yannick's mom, Siglinda Sinner. 211 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,080 The long-suffering mother of Panic Sinner. 212 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:36,200 If you haven't seen it, look it up because like, I love her and 213 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,880 she lives every point. Yeah, you can tell she lives and 214 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,640 breathes every single point, and you'd think she'd be able to 215 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,640 relax a little bit now, but it doesn't seem like you know 216 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:49,640 that's the case. I feel like she hasn't been 217 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:51,240 going to the matches for very long. 218 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,160 She probably dislikes going. I think she likes it. 219 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:59,000 She was at Roland Gauss last year and I think that probably 220 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,240 traumatized her. Oh for sure, for sure. 221 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,320 I felt like that's bad for her. Rough, rough. 222 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,360 Yeah, I think she she avoids it. But like, to be fair, like I 223 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,680 know we've spoken about it before, like how exhausting this 224 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,840 tour is. I don't know how these players 225 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,640 aren't like half dead yet. The season is just like so 226 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,080 non-stop so it's like tiring just keeping up as fans to be 227 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,360 honest. So imagine being like the 228 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,280 parent. I cannot even begin to imagine. 229 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,360 And even the parent of him, he's winning every single match he's 230 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,200 playing, but she's still clearly suffering. 231 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,800 She's like head and hands like this. 232 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,080 She's like. So stressed the whole time I. 233 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,840 Know. But it's so sweet. 234 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,120 It is sweet. We love to see it. 235 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,960 We love to see it. Let's see if he continues the 236 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,040 Masters streak when they go to North America. 237 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:54,200 It'll be interesting to see. I'd be surprised if he plays the 238 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,160 1st in Canada. Do you think so? 239 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:01,600 Unless he's really dedicated to winning all. 240 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,000 Yeah, to doing like a calendar masters. 241 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,000 Yeah, I I don't know, I would be very surprised. 242 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,480 I feel like he really needs a break time off. 243 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:11,280 Yeah. And then? 244 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,360 Cincy Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's see. 245 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:18,320 It's interesting actually to see to see what what decision he'll 246 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,800 make. Perhaps he's like, yeah, I mean, 247 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,520 see your side. But perhaps he's also like Yolo, 248 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,920 I'm the youngest I'll ever be now if I can't do it now, I'm 249 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,080 not going to be able to do it ever. 250 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:30,680 I. Don't know. 251 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:31,720 I don't know. Maybe. 252 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:33,480 Because there's, yeah, there's four left to go. 253 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,120 So let's see. Yeah, I mean, it's doable, 254 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:38,600 right? Yeah. 255 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,720 But I think, yeah, he would be the first man to ever do it 256 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,400 within one calendar year, I think. 257 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:51,240 Crazy, crazy. OK, well all will be revealed to 258 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,920 talk about the women. Yes. 259 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,720 Alina Svitolina beat Coco Golf in three sets. 260 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,880 It was amazing match actually watched this one. 261 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,480 Loved it. It was really like, yeah, a 262 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:11,040 compelling match to to watch. And it's her third Rome title. 263 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,760 So she won in 2017 and in 2018, and now we're, I mean, yeah, in 264 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,680 2026. That eight-year gap is pretty 265 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,000 impressive. I feel like she's really like, 266 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,920 you know, she's gone off, gotten married, had a child, and it's 267 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,480 like staging a pretty crazy comeback. 268 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:31,320 I feel like I was happy for her. I was so happy for her. 269 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,960 I I love her. She's great. 270 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:39,400 I love to see a woman come back after maternity leave and really 271 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,200 just I feel like she's killing it right now. 272 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,640 And totally, it's so fun to see. So yeah, I, I love seeing it. 273 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,760 I mean, I, I think both of us love Coco as well. 274 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:55,760 But just given Switalina's sort of position, which we just spoke 275 00:15:55,760 --> 00:16:01,400 about, it's, it's great to see. Yeah, definitely, definitely. 276 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,520 And her path to the final is crazy. 277 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:07,080 She'd be Eaga in three sets in the semi final. 278 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,360 I expected Eaga to make the final. 279 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,200 Yeah, because there's been so much talk about Eaga, you know, 280 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:18,080 being back to her best, but and she's also pretty shaky, I feel 281 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,760 like mentally at the moment. So Switelina is back in the top 282 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:26,080 ten and she goes into Roland Garris, the number seven seed, 283 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:30,400 and I think she's definitely in the mix. 284 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,960 Yes, definitely. The women's tournament is going 285 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,000 to be so interesting, I feel like. 286 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,560 Yeah, I think more interesting than the men's side for sure. 287 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:47,560 Yeah, there are a lot of like legit contenders, I would say. 288 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,920 And while like this final isn't, that isn't surprising, it's 289 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,520 still a final that you wouldn't, I don't know. 290 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,440 I love that in the on the women's side right now, it's 291 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,080 like, yes, there are, you know, women dominating the sport, but 292 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,520 you can't really predict the finals that easily. 293 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,520 No, you can't. You can't. 294 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:10,280 And going into, yeah, Roland Garros, I mean, Coco is the 295 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,599 defending champion. Swetelina is arriving off of 296 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:16,079 this Rome run. Sabalenko is obviously a bit 297 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:20,160 injured, Not quite sure what's going on with her, but. 298 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,839 But I imagine she really wants this. 299 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,200 Oh, she wants this. Yeah. 300 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:26,760 Yeah. I feel like she'll stop at 301 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,000 nothing. But should we talk about Coco? 302 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,560 Maybe she was looking a bit mentally distressed. 303 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,120 She hit herself in the head with her racket. 304 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,960 That looked painful. Yeah, I feel for her. 305 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,640 I feel like she's also very, she's very emotive and she's 306 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,760 been going through maybe not like the worst. 307 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:50,040 Season. Year, but it hasn't been a great 308 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,200 year for her so far. No, and I feel bad like she was 309 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:59,080 she, she told the media at a press conference earlier in the 310 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:03,760 week that her serve finally felt stable because she's having 311 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,360 trouble with serve. But then she served 7 double 312 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:10,160 faults in the final. That was brutal. 313 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,480 She also went and did this TikTok trend after the final, 314 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,360 like, my top five horror movies or whatever. 315 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,080 And she like, listed and then underneath she was like, before 316 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,840 everyone comes for me, this is a TikTok trend. 317 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:28,520 Don't like write, go piece about, you know, what's going on 318 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,520 with Coco cough. Yeah, 'cause like, I feel like, 319 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:39,320 yeah, a lot of journalists don't get her often on social media. 320 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,000 Yeah, and don't really get sort of Gen. 321 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:42,600 Z. Gen. 322 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,960 Z Yeah, it's like. Social media trends. 323 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,800 Yeah, they didn't get it. So she was like, let's just, 324 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,520 let's just clarify this from the off. 325 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,360 But I love the picture she posted to her story of her just 326 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:58,720 disassociating at the in the ceremony at the final ceremony. 327 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,280 Literally no, but she's always gracious in defeat. 328 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,720 At the end of the day, she, you know, congratulated Swetelina 329 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:11,560 and like, gave a very humble speech, which was great to see. 330 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:20,760 So yeah, let's wrap the on court and move on to the off court. 331 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,120 And I've been waiting all episode to talk about it 'cause 332 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:29,160 I'm just obsessed with the story in Rome. 333 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:32,800 Already mentioned it earlier, but the initiative the 334 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,160 tournament ran with the Gemelli hospital in Rome, specifically 335 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,680 the pediatric oncology department. 336 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:43,080 So throughout the tournament, kids who are patients at the 337 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,080 children's cancer ward were given the chance to walk out 338 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,760 onto court with the players as their on court mascots, which a 339 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,880 lot of tournaments do, but they just, they often just pick 340 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,920 random kids. But they purposely partnered 341 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,720 with this hospital and yeah, it just made for some, really. 342 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:05,800 Like heart warming moments. I loved this, I know, such a 343 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:10,080 lovely thing to do. Yeah, I, it was, it was like 344 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:15,440 incredible to see. Yeah, there were there were 33 345 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,600 that stood out, I think 3 that sort of caught people's 346 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,800 attention the most. Three moments. 347 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,600 The first was obviously Sinner semi final against Medvedev. 348 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,080 I'm sure everyone's seen this, but if you haven't, definitely 349 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,120 go check it out. But yeah, the this little girl 350 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:37,920 who's just like so excited, she was so cute and like so there's 351 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,960 obviously 2 mascot mascots waiting for the two players that 352 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,720 walk out. And so Medvedev comes out first 353 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:49,040 because he's the low ranked player and he was like looking 354 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,520 at which one to take. And she was just like the little 355 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,600 girl was like pointing to the other kid. 356 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,880 Well, I think 1 was really set on going with Sinner. 357 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,680 Yeah, yeah, I. Know she was clearly she was 358 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:01,600 ready. She was ready. 359 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,360 She. Was ready so Daniel anyway takes 360 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:07,320 the other one and they walk off and this girl's just like she's 361 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,000 already there like clapping like to herself like so excited and 362 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,960 just like smiling back at Yannick. 363 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,360 It was so cute. And then Yannick walks on, takes 364 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:19,960 her hand and she is like, she's like skipping along. 365 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,960 Like I was just so cute. And then? 366 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,080 I love his face, I know, looking down at. 367 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,840 Her I know and he you can tell that he just like really enjoys 368 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,920 it as well. And then when they take a 369 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:36,560 picture at the net before the coin toss, she like struck a 370 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,000 little pose. So cute. 371 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:44,840 But honestly, I think it's just, it's so lovely of them to do 372 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:50,360 this because it means so much to any kid, but especially these 373 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:54,000 kids. Yeah, I'm just like contrasting 374 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,840 it to the walk out to Carl Miami, walk out against Subcorda 375 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,560 in Miami. I know, right? 376 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,960 The teenager who's such a little shit. 377 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:04,600 I'm important, poor guy. I'm. 378 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:09,160 Like, ungrateful kind of. Yeah, I was just trying to be, I 379 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,600 don't know, I mean, I'm being mean, but this is just so much 380 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,880 more heart warming. It really is. 381 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,440 It really isn't it? It's a, it's a lovely thing for 382 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,960 tournaments to do and you know, other others should start 383 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,120 thinking in a similar vein I think. 384 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,120 Yeah, I feel like Rome is really this year. 385 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:29,360 They, I don't know, I feel like they tried to change things up 386 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:34,720 and, and play up to the crowd and Oh yeah, make it. 387 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:36,240 I don't know. I thought it was. 388 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,600 I thought it was cool the way that they. 389 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,520 It was just so cute. And then yesterday in the final 390 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:46,480 as well, the mascot was like visibly limping and he was 391 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:51,640 really little little boy, so Sinner to like sort of almost 392 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,360 bend down a bit, but he also like totally slowed down his 393 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:57,520 pace and I was just like, oh, this was like, of course he was 394 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,480 going to do that. I mean, I would, one would hope 395 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:05,400 anyone would, but I don't know. It was just so cute, so cute to 396 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,080 see. And I think it's like a bit of a 397 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,760 moment of like, OK, I am so fortunate to be in this 398 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,200 position. Like, yes, you're walking out 399 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,440 there to try and complete the Golden Masters. 400 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,360 Like it's a reality check. For them, yeah, definitely. 401 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,840 The way Yannick handled them in particular. 402 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,960 I mean, maybe. I know it's got a lot of air 403 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:27,040 time, but like it just, yeah, I loved, loved to see it. 404 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:29,680 He's a sweet, sweet man. He is, he is. 405 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,680 It's nice that like, someone like that is also, you know, 406 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,520 dominating the sport because you don't need to be like an asshole 407 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,080 to be. Yeah. 408 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,080 Successful and then the third moment we need to talk about I'm 409 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,920 sorry I'm already dying. Luciano Darderi's semi final 410 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:53,200 walk out against rude. He so rude, comes out, takes the 411 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,520 hand of 1, and then Darderi comes like strutting out. 412 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,360 He literally looked like he'd just been booked for a sort of 413 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:03,280 Demner show. I'm like, are you walking for 414 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,320 Gucci in New York? Because he just stormed out of 415 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,640 there like blue Steel with these Emporio ridiculous Emporio 416 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,720 Armani sunglasses no less. Not even anything cool. 417 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:19,880 Sorry, subtle Dick, but like what are you doing? 418 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,320 And just completely ignore the child basically. 419 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:24,480 Yeah. Yeah. 420 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,080 Yeah, he was having a main character moment. 421 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,840 That's crazy. I mean, I think, yeah, him being 422 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:36,080 Italian and playing in Italy and playing a great tournament, I 423 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:38,520 don't know. Not that it, you know, not that 424 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,800 I think he did that on purpose, of course not. 425 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,160 But it kind of got to his head and it just was not a good look 426 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,880 for him. But I also really feel for him. 427 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,440 Me too, because it's. Such a douche he. 428 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,080 Looks like such a douche and that's one way to really come 429 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,880 back. Like crashing back down and then 430 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,480 to lose and then to lose, yeah. 6161. 431 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:03,200 Oh God, yeah. It's just so embarrassing after 432 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,880 that whole thing, so I feel really bad for him. 433 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:10,440 I do as well and but like he was also like ordering espressos to 434 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,040 the core earlier in the week. I'm like, what are you on bro? 435 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,080 I I don't know, but he did obviously apologize. 436 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,680 Yeah, and there's no, you know, of course he did not see the 437 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,400 poor girl who's waiting for him, but. 438 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,040 No, And there's the the argument that they're nervous for them 439 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,200 match and you know, he's at home and all of that. 440 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,680 But like it's just also a reminder to just always stay 441 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,240 humble. Unlike, it's not all about you, 442 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:36,840 you know. Yeah. 443 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,720 And also the tournament, again, this was great on their part. 444 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,880 They brought the little girl, her name was Camilla. 445 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,600 I think back out for the coin toss at the final yesterday, 446 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,440 which is great. Yeah, because that's what I when 447 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,240 I first saw the clip, I was like, I'm I just feel bad for 448 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,160 the poor sweet girl who was expecting to walk out with him. 449 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,240 So I'm really glad they brought her back out Those. 450 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,320 That was the right move for sure. 100% they're doing it 451 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,440 right in Rome. So yeah, big fans of a Rome 452 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,880 tournament. I feel like every monster this 453 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,720 year has been, there's been like a lot of talking points. 454 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,720 Yeah, even despite, especially on the men's side, the same 455 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,640 person winning every tournament, they've they've been, they've 456 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,280 been great. All righty. 457 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:33,480 So big, big news announced last Tuesday, Andy Murray is joining 458 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,560 Jack Draper's cross court coaching team. 459 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,200 It's a strong British collab for the grass season no less. 460 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,040 Like people are going to be freaking out. 461 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:47,760 I love it too. Yeah, I feel like it's smart 462 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:51,840 too, because also, and he obviously understands the 463 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,280 pressure of being the British favorite. 464 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,520 Yes, absolutely. He understands the pressure of 465 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,200 that. He obviously also can't like 466 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,360 keep it in a in his pants and just keep away from the tennis. 467 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:07,160 He can't. Let go. 468 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,160 He can't let. Go. 469 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:12,240 He cannot let go. But he also obviously Draper has 470 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,160 been pretty injured. He's been dealing with multiple 471 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,680 injuries over the course of the last few months and who better 472 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,680 to bring in that? Andy Murray, the king of the 473 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:26,520 comeback, You mean? He literally like did insane 474 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,160 things with a metal hip. So he has that side of things 475 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,280 too. Not only like British, but also 476 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,560 injured. True. 477 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,560 Yeah, true. I also have just developed such 478 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,560 fondness for Andy Murray. I used to really dislike him 479 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:45,600 just because of his on court demeanor but once I started like 480 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:51,480 looking into him behind the scenes I he is one-of-a-kind. 481 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,720 He's so funny. And I'll never forget the 482 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,480 anecdote that your dad tells. I think it was in 2013, he met 483 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,120 Rafa in New York because they were staying in the same hotel 484 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:07,200 and he had a conversation with him and and asked Rafa who his 485 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,960 favorite player is to hang out with. 486 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,520 And Rafa said Andy Murray and I was pretty, yeah, I remember 487 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,320 hearing that and being like, oh, that's, you know, surprising, 488 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,640 but I totally believe it. Very surprised, and I didn't 489 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:26,360 believe it first, but now, not now, but over the last few years 490 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,560 where, you know, both you and I have become more clued in on, 491 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,440 like, what these personalities are like, maybe off the court. 492 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,080 It makes total sense. Yeah. 493 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,560 Yeah. I think he's a lot of people's 494 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,520 favorite. I wouldn't be surprised. 495 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:46,240 Yeah, and he is kind of like a father figure type guy and he's 496 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,720 just always in the conversation, as he said, like he can't, he 497 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,480 can't let go and I'm glad he does. 498 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,520 It like me too. I'm so excited to see this 499 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,200 collab. I guess we'll see the first of 500 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,000 it, maybe at Queens. Yes. 501 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,280 Yeah, so now I'm excited. I really, I can't wait. 502 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,200 Also just like throwing it back to their car. 503 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:10,040 Video of I will walk 1000 miles or 10,000 What is it? 504 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:16,040 Is it 1000 miles? 5. 5. 100 miles. 500 miles, 505 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:21,640 whatever, however many miles. That's just too funny where, you 506 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,320 know, Jack Draper's there. Like, I don't know, like, like 507 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,800 pounding some beers and Murray's driving and they're singing the 508 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,080 song. It's just, I love it. 509 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,400 It's all coming full circle. I, I can't wait to can't wait 510 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,920 for the collab to go live. So yeah, let's see. 511 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:39,920 Hopefully they can also achieve something. 512 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:45,560 I know I feel so bad for Jack. I know he's had such a tough 513 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,600 year, so many injuries, and as you said, it'll be good for him 514 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,720 to be working with someone who had, you know, all these 515 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,400 injuries and was able to come back from them and do really 516 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,600 well. Yeah, to overcome them for sure. 517 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:58,880 Absolutely. Yeah. 518 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,960 We will be watching that duo closely. 519 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:12,240 Like, we definitely have to talk about the Carlos Vanity Fair 520 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,600 cover. Oh my God. 521 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:15,680 Yeah, yeah, it was the cover. Sorry. 522 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:16,280 So. Yeah, it was. 523 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,800 It was Vanity Fair's first ever global sports issues. 524 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:26,320 They had Carlos, they had Asia Wilson, WNBA star and Killian 525 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:30,920 Mbappe as the covers, which is like pretty stacked set of cover 526 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,200 stars. And I just love to see them put 527 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:41,160 tennis in the mix. Yes, we love a sports crossover. 528 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,440 We love a crossover and we love a moment where tennis gets 529 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:49,800 spotlight, so. Yeah, to put like tennis 530 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,360 alongside WDA and, you know, probably like one of the biggest 531 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:54,800 football stars. Exactly. 532 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,880 So it's great it. Was cool. 533 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,640 So what did you think about on the cover? 534 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,600 The sort of clay as war paint vibe. 535 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,960 I like it in theory. The execution I don't know. 536 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,240 I really like it in theory too, but I agree the execution is it 537 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,160 just looks like really bad fake tan. 538 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:27,040 Yes, and and just I, I think Carlos needs a rebranch in terms 539 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,560 of like his style. His style is, you know. 540 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,400 The one where he's, like, lying there with his body covered in 541 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,320 clay and he's like, looking back at it. 542 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,080 I'm like, what is this, like, big. 543 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,080 Please. Yeah. 544 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,960 No, please. Please please. 545 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,920 Like who? Who's advising him? 546 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,480 It was, yeah, it was a lot when it came off my screen. 547 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:53,240 To be fair, he had posted it in like his Miami dump and yet to 548 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,320 then remove it because clearly they were like, what is this? 549 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,040 Like remove this? It's just like him rolling 550 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,080 around in the clay. And now obviously it's obvious 551 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,760 what was that, what that was for rather. 552 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,520 But it also just cracks me up because, yeah, like he may be 553 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,560 injured, but he's still rolling around in clay and covered in 554 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:12,720 it. So. 555 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,040 Yes. And I thought the interview was 556 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,840 interesting and I thought it was interesting when he spoke about 557 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,120 sometimes wishing he could live a more normal life. 558 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,840 And then he said like, or he said exactly. 559 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,480 I know I'm living a dream life, a life I dreamed of, but I 560 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,880 sometimes wish I could have more moments to myself to do things a 561 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,440 normal 22 year old guy would do. And. 562 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:38,160 That makes me kind of sad. Yeah, and and he said, I play 563 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,720 for the little kid I used to be, just trying to have fun and make 564 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:45,280 magic on the court. Yeah, it is sad. 565 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:45,920 Yeah. Right. 566 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,160 Because you can tell. I think you can tell. 567 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,840 You can tell in the last few tournaments that he wasn't 568 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:54,560 again, like playing with joy and he'd sort of lost sight of, you 569 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,840 know, Carlos is someone who plays with so much joy and who 570 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:02,800 clearly loves tennis for tennis. You know, it's and it's sad to 571 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,280 hear that. It is because I think also when 572 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:11,360 you achieve so much so quickly, it's easy to become jaded. 573 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:17,680 I'm not saying he has, but I think almost like you then, you 574 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,880 know, wake up the next morning, you're like, now what? 575 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:24,560 Right. And I think it's really like 576 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:29,760 self aware of him to be making these statements and mature that 577 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,280 he can like articulate it, right? 578 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,320 Yeah, and I mean, I can't even imagine what it's like a 19 to 579 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:39,040 suddenly blow up and become a global superstar. 580 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,840 And he's a pretty, you know, he comes from a pretty small, yes, 581 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,440 it's a city in Spain. But, you know, it's, it's a 582 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,760 small place. Clearly he's, you know, he lived 583 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,560 a very small life. Yeah. 584 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,400 And then, you know, and now he lives this huge life. 585 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,120 But he's still clearly like, wants to go home all the time, 586 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,440 wants to live in the house. His favorite spot? 587 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:01,800 It's. Still his favorite spot. 588 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,960 He lives with his parents still. And while he's living the dream 589 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,400 and you know he's killing it in life like it's still, it can't. 590 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,199 It's not. It's not easy, no. 591 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,800 Because there's like 2 very, very different worlds as well. 592 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,360 Totally. And I think it it's it speaks 593 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:22,400 for him that he's so connected to his family and his hometown 594 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:28,000 and that he's, yeah, he's aware of his privilege and obviously 595 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,840 his success and he deserves all of it. 596 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,600 But that even when you're in this position, like it's tough 597 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,120 and you struggle, right? Absolutely. 598 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:40,080 And I think actually like in terms of you mentioned him 599 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:45,440 wanting to feel joy on the court, I feel like if he'd lost 600 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:49,320 that a little bit, this injury will probably bring it back 601 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,120 right sometimes. Yeah, I hope so. 602 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,679 And I hope having some time, real time to himself. 603 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,600 Obviously he's rehabbing and you know, I'm sure he's doing all 604 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,640 that he can to be prepared for grass. 605 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,160 But I think it'll be good for him. 606 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,440 It's probably good for him to have to have yeah time at home 607 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,800 and more Thea with his family, definitely them to like 608 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:19,240 reconnect with that. Should we check in pre rolling 609 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:20,800 gauss? Yes. 610 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:28,880 OK, because there are a lot of unknown quantities going into 611 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,920 the tournament. There are a lot of injuries. 612 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:36,280 So as we mentioned Savalenka, she has some sort of a lower 613 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:42,120 back issue, which, yeah, meant she obviously lost in room in 614 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,080 the third round, which is shocking for her because you 615 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,160 always just, you know, count her in as going at least to the 616 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:52,360 semis or the finals. So let's see how she comes into 617 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,920 the tournament, as you said. I mean, she's going to be going 618 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,600 all guns blazing for sure because she wants this one. 619 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:02,040 She hasn't won this one after last year's loss, which she did 620 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,120 not take well. Moussati. 621 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:07,160 Yeah. Is also out of Roland Garros 622 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,720 with erectus femoris tear. Yeah. 623 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:14,040 So that's like the thigh. I think it's the back of the 624 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,400 thigh or something I don't know but it's something I I heard of 625 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,440 something to do with the femur as well which is the leg like 626 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:22,560 maybe? Right, of course. 627 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:26,960 Between the leg and the the the butt or something because like 628 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,360 it's definitely not the back of the leg because. 629 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,160 Maybe there's a muscle that runs. 630 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:34,360 Yeah, because that would be the hamstring. 631 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,040 You know what? No one fucking cares except for 632 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,000 Lorenzo. But here we are trying to 633 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,040 dissect where the injury is, so we just Google it. 634 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,080 Oh my God, no. Absolutely. 635 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:45,760 Nothing. Nothing. 636 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:53,480 Yeah, but it's so sad that he had to pull out of Rome as well 637 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,240 because, you know, again, an Italian at home. 638 00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,680 And now he's pulled out of rolling Gauss. 639 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:05,480 Sad and he's on clay. He's kind of, he can kill it on 640 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,320 clay, so. They are. 641 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,840 Yeah, so he's out. Holger Rooney, obviously, you 642 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:16,360 know, big words, said he was coming back for the clay. 643 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,520 But he's confirmed he's not going to come back until the 644 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:24,960 grass swing, which is probably a prudent decision on his part. 645 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,520 Yeah. Because, yeah, he had an 646 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:35,520 Achilles tear, which is not fun. Ben Zverev has some sort of a 647 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:38,280 back injury. He pulled out of Hamburg, which 648 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:42,760 is his home tournament. Hamburg is now this coming week. 649 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:46,840 So yeah, he's still going to go into Rolygarros, but let's see 650 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,000 where he's at. He also, I think, is having 651 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,160 just, like, a bit of a crisis. Like, you know, he made those 652 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,960 statements back in Madrid about his level and how high it is. 653 00:37:54,960 --> 00:38:00,560 And then he goes into Rome and gets bageled by Darderi in like 654 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:04,720 the third round kind of crazy after making those statements. 655 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:09,600 Yeah, that's why making those statements, I feel like it's 656 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,440 just it's never a good idea. It's never a good idea. 657 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,920 He also then in the press conference blamed the court, 658 00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:21,640 said This is the absolute worst court I've ever played on. 659 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,000 No, yeah, you just don't do that. 660 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,880 Such a bad luck. It's just that he needs some 661 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,960 serious inner work. Further proof he's going through 662 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,080 it. He started beefing with the 663 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:37,440 Tennis Channel online. I actually could with this. 664 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,840 I get to read you what he commented under one of their 665 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,920 posts. So basically for context, the 666 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,000 Tennis Channel and and the tours separately as well. 667 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,720 They do always these challenges for players to create content 668 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:53,360 for social media and often they ask them to do a task and 669 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,720 they're like, you know, they're usually quite difficult to do 670 00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:59,200 and like players will fail whatever. 671 00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:05,640 He commented under one of them. Just a random question at Tennis 672 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,040 Channel. Why do I do all of these games 673 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,480 and all these promotion activities with you guys, but 674 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,760 then every time I get something right, I get cut out of every 675 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,200 single one? I'm sorry, I just can't. 676 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:20,880 Just asking if you're interested in wasting my time or just hope 677 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,440 that I get something wrong so you can then put that in. 678 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:28,360 I know you have players that you love to hate on and players that 679 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,280 you love, so just please stop wasting my time then. 680 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:37,160 Thank you. Like what are you doing? 681 00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:41,960 Go to rehab your back stop. Just like stop this is so dumb. 682 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,000 It's like, so immature and childish. 683 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:45,920 I don't know. This is like, again, a bad luck. 684 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:47,800 He obviously got so roasted for it online. 685 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:52,080 But like, OK, you're never being invited back to a Tennis Channel 686 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,480 video. Just like no, no self-awareness, 687 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,200 no self-awareness. I mean, anyone could have told 688 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,680 him that that was not going to go down well and. 689 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:06,160 Yeah, he still did it. And also, I mean, clearly the 690 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:10,400 social media teams are posting stuff that, you know, do well, 691 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,200 like they know what does well and what doesn't do well. 692 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,600 I'm sorry you're not delivering. Like, that's why, you know? 693 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,400 He's not delivering, but all these comments on the side are 694 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,040 giving us a lot to talk about so. 695 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,200 Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 696 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,400 Anyway, so yeah, that was another funny, funny moment. 697 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,720 But I'm just like, dude, back in your box. 698 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:36,120 Yeah, last thing we should touch on before we make a final call. 699 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:40,840 Taylor Fritz. Sorry, I'm just dying. 700 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:42,640 What? He was spotted at the 701 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,760 Renaissance Fair in Irwindale, CA. 702 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,440 I got the second hand embarrassment when I saw his 703 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,440 story. What I. 704 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:02,560 The selfie he posted, the first selfie he posted where he's I, I 705 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,600 just, I got it. But this is giving like breakup 706 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:08,280 energy he's wearing. Like a full like period costume 707 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,680 and like eating a chicken thigh. I can't. 708 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,160 I mean, I kind of love it. I think it's hilarious. 709 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:20,560 It's funny, it's fine. What the nerd? 710 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,560 He captioned it. The nerd in me had to hit the 711 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,840 Renaissance Fair. This makes me so happy. 712 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,640 OK, I was just, I was thinking of it from the perspective of 713 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:35,800 he's been he's he's rumoured to be dating Olivia Jade, the 714 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,280 influencer. And I was like why would he post 715 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:40,440 this is going to give her the egg. 716 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,040 Oh, it's giving her the egg for sure. 717 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,080 She's off. It's she's off. 718 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,640 Like it's off. Yeah, yeah. 719 00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:50,880 Oh, God, Taylor, what are you doing? 720 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,520 Like, I mean, he just needs to honestly, he just needs to stick 721 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,240 to, you know, gaming and playing tennis. 722 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,520 Yeah, I mean he. Is just a massive nerd, clearly. 723 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:07,760 Yeah, and we, we love a nerd, but like that, The post. 724 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:09,240 Oh my God. Yeah. 725 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:11,720 Again, if you haven't seen the post, go look at it because I'm 726 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:15,200 like, dude is going. He's definitely, yeah, going 727 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,120 through breakup. That's obvious. 728 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,520 You know, better than partying. Like, yeah, I feel like most 729 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:26,440 guys just go under. Yeah, yeah, we love a tennis 730 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,240 nerd. Keep going, Taylor, go to your 731 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:39,480 Renaissance pleasure fairs. So I'm going to make a final 732 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,200 call. This week's a fun one. 733 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,400 Who is the all time players box MVPI? 734 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:50,320 Guess not a family member, but for me I feel like the iconic 735 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,160 Anna Wintour in Roger Federer's box. 736 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,840 That is pretty much like every tournament. 737 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,960 Yeah, super fan. I I love that. 738 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,880 That's a great one. I would have to agree. 739 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:08,240 But I also, and I can't believe I'm saying this, Judy Murray. 740 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,280 Oh, of course, of course, of course. 741 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,960 She's a good one. I used to really like, get 742 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,680 annoyed when they drew her, but like, now that I know all the 743 00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:20,200 back story I'm like yeah, she's MVP. 744 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:22,720 Yeah, I love. Yeah, I love Judy Murray. 745 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:27,160 Yeah, she's another icon, honestly, her and Anna together, 746 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,440 British women. You like to see it? 747 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:32,920 Yeah, I like that one. That was a fun question. 748 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,160 OK, cool. All right. 749 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:40,840 Well, that was it for this week. So yeah, next week we'll be 750 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,880 recording in the middle of the first round of Roland Garros. 751 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:46,520 We'll have Tamara Pren back in the chair with us. 752 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:50,400 We have all the big storylines, the first upsets, probably a 753 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,280 first scandal. Don't miss it. 754 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,360 This was what's the call? We'll see you in Paris. 755 00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,320 We can't wait. Bye. 756 00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:04,320 Bye. Thanks for listening. 757 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:08,080 That's it from us this week. If you enjoyed the episode, make 758 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,880 the call, follow rate and share it with someone who loves the 759 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,080 drama as much as the sports. Send us your voice notes, hot 760 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:17,120 takes, and soft launch sightings at What's the Call Pod. 761 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:19,800 Until next time, what's the call?