1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:05,120 It's time for let's get some ground strokes baseline. 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,240 It's top spin. That's LGBT. 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,720 Have a listen. Make some noise with the ball 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:23,160 boys. Hey everybody, and welcome to 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:24,760 the latest episode of The Ball Boys. 6 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,200 We are the tennis podcast that puts the rock hard in Hard Rock 7 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,440 Stadium. I'm your host, Paul Monkle, and 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,920 bring you the insights, outbursts, giggles and wiggles 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,360 of the ATP and WTA tours. And in honor of college 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,000 basketball and the swampy conditions that kicked off 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,200 Miami, today's show is called Marsh Madness. 12 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,360 And let's be honest, there was a lot of madness coming out of 13 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,040 Miami. We had a historic breakdown of 14 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,560 form on the men's side. We had breakups and breakdowns 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,560 with the ladies. We had $100 hot dog, a flooded 16 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,600 center court, and record-breaking finals. 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,440 March Madness. And yeah, the world's also 18 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,240 pretty batshit too. Yes, we're still at war, and no, 19 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,160 I don't just mean between Daniel Collins and apparently everyone. 20 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,320 But anyway, it's the annual NCAA March Madness right now, and I 21 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:18,160 go in and out of being a basketball fan. 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,520 But just like with any other sport, when it comes to the 23 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,440 playoffs, to the World Series, to the Super Bowl, I am locked 24 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,040 in. And so on today's show we are 25 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,920 breaking down the tennis action basketball style. 26 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,000 Now bear with me folks. We're going to be talking Final 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,840 Four. Yes, that's the winners and the 28 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,080 finals for the men and women. We have to have the Elite 8, 29 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:43,640 which yes is our Bay TP Top 8 hottest players on and off the 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,920 court. Plus we have the Sweet 16, all 31 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,000 the stories we loved and the actual teens grabbing headlines 32 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,320 in Miami. Plus of course we have 33 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,000 Cinderella stories of the all the great tournament runs. 34 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,880 And my dad jokes will mostly be layups as always, but hopefully 35 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,000 we have a slam dunk here and there. 36 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,280 And now finally, Speaking of other balls listeners, I'm 37 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,560 launching ball boys for other sports and looking for America's 38 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,520 next top Ball Boy. If you are or you happen to know 39 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,640 a die hard fan of football or basketball, reach out to me over 40 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:19,360 on Instagram. You can find the Ball boys as 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:24,400 always at TBB Tennis. That's at TBB Tennis. 42 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,520 The TBB stands for the Ball Boys. 43 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,000 And that's over at Instagram. Shoot me a note if you are a die 44 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,600 hard fan of either of those sports or another one because it 45 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,160 is time for the Ball Boys media empire to grow. 46 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:42,280 Now to get to the action. I am so happy to have her back 47 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,680 on the show. She is the Michael Jordan to my 48 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,400 Scottie Pippen, or maybe the Larry Bird to my Kevin McHale, 49 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,240 or maybe the Caitlin Clark to my Angel Reese. 50 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,000 I'm not sure, but it's former squash pro sports writer, 51 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,840 acclaimed author, all around Batty. 52 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,480 It's Ivy Pakoda. Hey, Ivy. 53 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,440 Hey, Paul. Thanks for coming back to the. 54 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,120 Show, Oh my God, I can't wait to be here. 55 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,840 I mean, I'm already here. I couldn't wait to be here and 56 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,960 now it is happening. And now you are here, so catch 57 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,200 us up. So you you did the New Year show 58 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,040 with us. And so, besides being on the 59 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,480 nude beach in Zippolite, what have been your highlights of the 60 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,640 year? I mean, being on the nude beach 61 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:28,840 in Zippolite was a highlight. I I hear you get your shows 62 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,320 flagged as explicit these days, so I'm not going to go into some 63 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,800 of the details. Paint a picture though. 64 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,520 Was it everything you'd hoped it would be? 65 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,840 If I was a gay man, sure. It was definitely everything I'd 66 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,520 hoped it would be. There was a lot of ball boys on 67 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,760 the beaches of Zippolite. I know I I I don't need to make 68 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,240 requests on the show, I just need to go to Zippolite and find 69 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,040 a ball boy or 20. God, you can't throw a ball 70 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:53,360 without hitting a ball, boy Zippolite. 71 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,080 In fact, it's really easy to get hit by a ball down there. 72 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,880 Balls flying at my face, Yeah. It's like it's like Yelena 73 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:08,280 Ostefenko playing double S. And we're all Laura Siegman 74 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,040 getting hit in. Totally, Yeah. 75 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,040 But how's your year? So what are you working on these 76 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,720 days? So as everyone may know, Ivy is 77 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,160 an acclaimed author. Loved your last book, Ecstasy. 78 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,400 What are you working on now? I am finishing up a short story 79 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:31,000 for Amazon about sort of a cat and mouse story about a female 80 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,800 hacker who runs afoul of an old sort of hippie doomsday prepper 81 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,480 in New Hampshire or Vermont, and I'm working on another novel set 82 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,240 in New Hampshire. My dad lives in New Hampshire, 83 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,840 so I wanted to write something set up there, so I'm toggling 84 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:45,400 back and forth between those projects. 85 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaking of Hackers, did you ever see that movie Hackers? 86 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,800 It was Angelina Jolie's first movie. 87 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,840 Angelina Jolie and Johnny Lee Miller, and that's where they 88 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:54,840 met. Yeah. 89 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:56,360 And yeah, they were married, I think. 90 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:57,800 Or at. Least they were married, yeah. 91 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,320 That movie though, like that was like one of the first cyberpunk 92 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,480 movies that just like I was like this is the future. 93 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,680 If only that was the future. I know he was so hot. 94 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,920 It was so unfair. Yeah, I mean. 95 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,560 I've met him. Turned me gay. 96 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:16,240 Oh, you've met him? How is he? 97 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,080 How is he in person? Hot. 98 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,560 Yeah. I met him at the Trainspotting 99 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,400 premiere in New York when I was an intern at Miramax. 100 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,200 Wow. Oh, Miramax, now that's a 101 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:30,280 throwback. I need, I need, I need your next 102 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:32,840 horror book to be what you saw it. 103 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,800 Was the crumbs in Harvey Weinstein's beard. 104 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,920 Yeah, those weren't crumbs. Oh God, oh God. 105 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:45,360 OK, marked as explicit. Well, also Speaking of movies, I 106 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,400 I don't know if you saw that podcast horror movie that just 107 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,920 came out undertone. Oh my God, I mean listeners look 108 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,800 it was not great. It was it was very concept 109 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,200 driven, but like execution poor. But like Ivy, now that I have 110 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,600 you on here and as a podcaster, I want to write a tennis podcast 111 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,800 Horror Story. Like I don't know if like 112 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,240 there's like the ghost of Yelena Ostapenko behind you or 113 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,240 something. There's something is cursed. 114 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,240 Something is terrible is going to happen to the podcasters of a 115 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,440 tennis show. We'll figure it out. 116 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,640 The rest write us a check. I'm haunted by Yelena 117 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,480 Ostapenko's cooking. By her second, everything she 118 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,160 sells on her second hand store is haunted. 119 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,160 It's cursed. The vacuum cleaner. 120 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,040 Yes, the vacuum cleaner of death I. 121 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,560 Populated Osteopenko's youth vacuum cleaner and now I can't 122 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,120 sleep. Can't stop cleaning. 123 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:45,680 Oh OK, so the tennis, we're already more than 1/4 of the way 124 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,880 through the freaking year. Like what the hell? 125 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,960 But on a scale of 1 to 10 balls, how many balls are you giving 126 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,760 this year? I don't know, like a six or 127 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,960 seven. I mean, I feel like, again, this 128 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,480 is maybe the thousandth time I've said this on this podcast, 129 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,840 but because we didn't get a break between the seasons, I 130 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:08,280 feel like we're just doing it again. 131 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,800 And I feel like there's a problem there for someone like 132 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,600 Anna Samova, who had like a really big year. 133 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,120 You need time to digest and prepare for the next year. 134 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,320 But then she's rolling into the next year and not playing quite 135 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,560 as well. And that gets under your head 136 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,680 and then you're playing from behind the whole time. 137 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,920 You need to learn how to play the full season. 138 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,440 It takes a lot of energy to learn how to be playing in 139 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,120 finals or playing in the second week. 140 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,320 And she did that this year, made the Grand Prix final, the the 141 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:38,680 WTA final. I'm sorry. 142 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,120 And then is rolling into the season with no breaks. 143 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,120 So she's not informed. She didn't have offseason 144 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,440 training the way that she's probably used to. 145 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,720 And so she's now falling off. And you see this happening, you 146 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,960 know, So the tennis is fine. Nothing's really like lit me on 147 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:54,960 fire so far. I feel like I just saw it last 148 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,280 year. Yeah, no, I agree. 149 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,560 I, I think we have this sort of collective amnesia where it's 150 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,720 like, well, it was 2025, that was last season. 151 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,760 But when there's no break, it's really like the season has not 152 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,760 ended. And I think it, it's taken its 153 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,360 toll. It's taken its toll on ego, it's 154 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,680 taken its toll on Lorenzo Moussetti. 155 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,360 I think that there are people who are just like they've got 156 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,800 sort of collateral burnout and we are seeing it. 157 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,440 And I think that's why you might see someone like Medvedev, who's 158 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,440 really used to this kind of stuff succeeding. 159 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,280 He but he he's been out there, he's a veteran. 160 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,520 I think these conditions really favor people who've been doing 161 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,880 this a long time. I think it's harder for younger 162 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,080 players to get. I mean, no joke. 163 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,159 Why Sinner had such a great year last year is he had all that 164 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:46,720 time off from the tour. I know he's gonna get banned for 165 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,920 doping and then you're you're good to go. 166 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,320 I mean, look at him now. Oof he's gotten so strong. 167 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,800 Like physically his chest is like 2-2 sinners. 168 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:01,040 Well, and I mean also like that gigantic ass on that bean pole 169 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,680 of A. It's like Medvedev having a BBL. 170 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:04,000 It's crazy. It's just. 171 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,360 Crazy. Yeah, like Sinner. 172 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,760 What is? What are you doing? 173 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,520 Got junk in the trunk? I love it. 174 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,520 Well, we're gonna be talking about all that and more today. 175 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,720 We're gonna be talking most about Miami, which just wrapped 176 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,880 up yesterday. We are maybe a day behind 177 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,680 releasing this show just because there was rain delays. 178 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:27,680 And, you know, the Miami infrastructure is what it is. 179 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:31,440 It is a tropical rainy climate, but there is no roof. 180 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,960 And so when the rains calm, the rains calm and there's nothing 181 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,680 to do. But first, we're gonna start 182 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:38,600 with our Lobspians. And again, the Lobspians are 183 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,920 just the things that made us a little gayer for tennis since 184 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,520 the last show. I'll go first. 185 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:48,880 There were just some very stylish, chic moments in Miami. 186 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,960 Look, love him or hate him, I was going to say, but actually 187 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,640 love him or love him, Tommy Paul and his kit. 188 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,280 His shorts are back to the correct length. 189 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,040 He'd accidentally gone too long in. 190 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:01,640 Anyone else. They're back up. 191 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,240 And the camo hat. And the camo sneakers. 192 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,360 I know some of you are thinking oh that's Republican coded but 193 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,200 honestly I'm pretty sure he just went to the merch table at 194 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,760 chaperone a couple years ago. He's our Midwest Princess. 195 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,360 I love it and he looked great in Miami. 196 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,760 I think he wins best in show for best dressed man male tennis 197 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,680 player. I mean, there is a sort of Bass 198 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:29,320 Pro Shops element to that hat, but like he makes it work. 199 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,640 Like we say, this is a man who can make catching a Marlin look. 200 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:35,080 You know, like something that should be an only fans. 201 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,600 Like catch me next. Yeah, yeah, totally. 202 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,720 You know, I think when men's tennis clothes tend not to be 203 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,080 able to be playful unless you get like the Andre Agassi danger 204 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,200 zone of, you know, what the hell was that? 205 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,120 And I want to Unsee it, even though now it's kind of cool. 206 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,880 That's as playful as men's tennis clothes can and should 207 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,480 get. And it felt really fun. 208 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,000 And it's very on brand for him. Like there in Sanders clothes 209 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,200 match his personality. Tommy Paul's clothes match his 210 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,760 personality, for better or for worse than the doll's clothes 211 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,280 matched his personality. Ditto Federer. 212 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,200 Federer. But Tommy Paul's found his 213 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,280 nation like it's Han, and he's so fine. 214 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,520 Yeah. And that, that, that is a great 215 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,880 point because I think there was a link to it all. 216 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:17,920 Because yeah, it's freaking camo sneakers. 217 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,280 And and the mesh camo hat, I mean that for me is just like 218 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,160 Cabela's calling. Exactly. 219 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,360 But we had some other amazing moments too. 220 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,760 We'll talk about Venus maybe a little bit more in depth if we 221 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,120 have time. But her walk on coat, it was a 222 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:38,520 special made Lacoste coat and it was this silvery white like 223 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:43,080 Naomi Osaka needs to take notes like this is a walk on statement 224 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,720 piece. Blew my mind. 225 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:46,760 Of course she lost in the first round, but. 226 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:51,080 I mean, I thought it was great. I I always try to like wrap my 227 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,160 head around the Venus Williams having her own clothing line but 228 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,480 also wearing a Lacoste to like, somehow that doesn't compute. 229 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,560 And I've looked it up online a couple times and I can never 230 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:02,960 remember how this works. But anyway, that's not the 231 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,520 point. That coat was awesome. 232 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,120 I like the cut. It was very 80s. 233 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,200 It felt like some kind of like cross colors jacket. 234 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,640 They're pretty. Out, yes, Yeah. 235 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,840 I liked it a lot. It was it was playful too. 236 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,240 It wasn't overbearing. Exactly. 237 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:18,120 Yeah. And I think that that's the 238 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,040 thing about Miami is like Indian Wells might take itself very 239 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,920 seriously. Miami is just like, no, girl, 240 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,760 we're going to have some fun. We're going to play around and 241 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,520 like party. Well, we are gonna have some fun 242 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,840 because we're doing the Ball Boys takeover of Miami. 243 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,320 Yes, yeah. So Ivy and I were talking and 244 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,520 look, as much as it gets dogged and ragged on, like there was 245 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,360 something about Miami this year that I found very appealing. 246 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,040 I think I want to get in those bucket chairs with you, those 247 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,200 cast off chairs from whatever JetBlue retired airline that now 248 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:58,080 covers around with stadium core. They're so weird, but they also 249 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,080 look comfortable. It's like that's like AMC IMAX 250 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,200 seating. I do worry that the humidity and 251 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,000 we're just going to be like stuck to that, like pleather 252 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,200 seating. It's going to be like, imagine 253 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,520 getting in that after someone's gotten out of it. 254 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,480 Oh God, I'm going to need a a wipe. 255 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:17,640 Oh, you're sure? Right. 256 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:20,480 We're going to need those big wipes, those like Lysol, like, 257 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,480 you know, you know, paper size. Catch something? 258 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:24,920 OK, OK. We're going to have to yeah, 259 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,320 we're going to have to really, like, wipe it. 260 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,760 We're going to need a full hazmat moment. 261 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,400 Have we learned nothing from COVID? 262 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,040 I mean, come. On Yeah, I got a communicable 263 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,840 disease at the Hard Rock Stadium in the like, teal bark, a 264 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,680 lounger. That's the new merch. 265 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:45,080 That is it. A few more fashion moments, 266 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,200 though, just to to wrap up the looks. 267 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,040 Coco's rally cap. So she famously hates wearing 268 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,120 caps. I would, I didn't know that 269 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:53,920 until actually this tournament, but she's like, I hate wearing 270 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,400 caps. But she didn't feel like doing 271 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,840 her hair on for her first match and she won and she's like, 272 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,240 well, now I have to do it the rest of the tournament. 273 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:04,640 So she wore that hat, that New Balance hat up through the final 274 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:06,400 and she's not going to do it again. 275 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,760 But I just was like, wow, that type of superstition is really 276 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,360 interesting. And then I noticed something. 277 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:16,200 Francisco Sarundalo, one of my favorites, he's on the Bay TP 278 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,960 this week. He was unshaven for his run up 279 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,240 to the quarters. Then he shaved for the 280 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,200 quarterfinals and got trounced by Zverev. 281 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,960 So these superstitions, you know, Nadal was on to something. 282 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,600 And so Coco, she's like, I'm wearing my hat. 283 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,360 Oh, I do all that all the time. Even when my daughter plays. 284 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,880 Like I have the rituals that I, if I like, do something a 285 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,240 certain way and she wins that match, I do it the next way. 286 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,880 I did it when I was playing too. You know, like the same bathroom 287 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:45,600 stall, the same shower stall. The same bucket lounger on the 288 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,480 Miami court. OK, totally. 289 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,360 OK. No, I mean, I think a lot of 290 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,320 people do it. Big shout out to my friend 291 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,080 Stewart Vise. I'll tell him to listen to this 292 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:59,120 podcast because he wrote a book on superstition and sports 293 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,720 superstition. A very short introduction and 294 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,080 it's really great. He talks about players like 295 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:11,080 famously Wade Boggs and like all that crazy superstition. 296 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:13,560 Oh, I was thinking of Bill Buckner, not we. 297 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,040 OK, Yeah. You know, Bill Buckner did not 298 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,600 have the superstitions that Ball went through his legs. 299 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:18,520 That's why it went through his legs. 300 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,720 Yeah. Well, I, I, yeah, I kind of want 301 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,200 to talk to him because I, I already had one author on a 302 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,280 couple of weeks ago. You on like, I'm kind of 303 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:27,560 starting the Ball Boys Book Club. 304 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,960 And so like a superstition book. I'm very into that. 305 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,120 But moving on, a couple of other Lobsvians. 306 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,120 Well, first we just got to talk about Danielle Medvedev's 307 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,760 traveling woes. Diva. 308 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:45,120 OK, he's been going through it and he's evacuated from Dubai 309 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,560 because, you know, the war that we started gets to Indian Wells, 310 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,880 makes the final, then he flies to Miami. 311 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,000 His luggage is lost on the way. He's like tweeting at United 312 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,040 Airlines just for like, that's the state of customer service in 313 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,560 the AI generation where it's like, well, I can't get him on 314 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:02,880 the phone, so I'm going to tweet at you. 315 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,120 And now like, he lost early. I'm worried he's still somewhere 316 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,720 stuck in like ATSA line on his way to Monte Carlo, like 317 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,320 Danielle. It's the state of the TSA. 318 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,880 There's been a a strike. So if you're in line, stay in 319 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,840 line. But also, if you see Danielle 320 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,720 Medvedev, maybe take a different flight because he's a little 321 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,520 cursed right now. Speaking of curses. 322 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,920 I mean, I love him. I feel like these things are 323 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,720 exactly what he needs to play his best tennis, you know? 324 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,720 But, you know, just he's had some insane record this year. 325 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,080 Like he's got some. He might have the winningest 326 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:40,360 record on the ATP, or he did going into Andy and Wells. 327 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,840 He had all those tournament victories at the start of the 328 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:44,200 year. And so, yeah, he was like the 329 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,360 best player on the ATP. It's like, gotta love this man. 330 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,680 Love this man. Maybe he thrives on chaos, like 331 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,080 he's a bit of a chaos creator. He's our favorite dad on tour, 332 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,840 remember? I mean, he's my favorite. 333 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,600 A lot of things on tour. I mean, look, I know, I know, I 334 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,680 get it. There's issues there. 335 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,720 But I, I think I said I love Daniel Medvedev maybe 15 times 336 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,240 in the last show. So I'm going to, I'm going to 337 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,319 get off of his jock for a minute because there's a lot of other 338 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:14,160 guys that I loved, including Yannick, the last Lobsvian. 339 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:16,640 The Karate boys have become the Karate girls. 340 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,319 There were these girls dressed in these carrot hats. 341 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:21,880 You know how they just cancelled The Bachelorette? 342 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:24,760 It's like they wanted to do the Bachelor live or was just like, 343 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,400 pick me, give me a carrot. And like, actually that didn't 344 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,840 sound right. Give me your carrot anyway. 345 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,640 But I just thought it was funny because the Karate boys have 346 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,480 gone on, I don't know, maybe they're stuck in ATSA line, but 347 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,840 they're not really around anymore. 348 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,080 But like the Karate girls, I was into them. 349 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,040 I have a question about the Karata boys and the Karata 350 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,960 girls. People form their own factions 351 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,160 of that. Or is it like a buy invite only? 352 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,960 Like could you and I go to a tournament dressed as carrots 353 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:55,200 and would they be like, you are not Karata boys and girls? 354 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,000 Like, are those girls official or they like, we're going to do 355 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,560 this for this tournament? Oh, like, are they like groupies 356 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,320 kind of like almost famous and they go tournament to tournament 357 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,280 or? I'm just saying like the corona 358 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,800 boys seems like the same people. Over. 359 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,000 They were locked. Yeah, they were. 360 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,480 Locked in the tournament, but I'm wondering what would happen 361 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,760 if you also got three people like and we dress as carrots and 362 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:19,920 when. You and Matt just show up. 363 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,440 Yeah, yeah, we'll show up, dress as carrots. 364 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,200 And are those people going to say to us? 365 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,320 No. Take that off right now, yeah. 366 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,840 You're not. Carrots, that's a really good 367 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,280 question. Does someone own that? 368 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,880 I'm going to say no, I think. I think it would actually be 369 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,520 amazing if there was actually a tournament where maybe 90% of 370 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,320 the people were dressed like carrots just 'cause I think that 371 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,880 would be bonkers to see, like a crowd doing that. 372 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:45,880 But yeah, maybe they're territorial. 373 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,880 I don't know. Carrot boys, if you're out there 374 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,240 and you're listening, like let us know. 375 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,040 Like it's and also, where'd you go? 376 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,800 Is it the economy? Did you have to get a job? 377 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,440 Where are the carrot boys? I mean, they should fill that 378 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,880 stadium in Miami with anybody, let alone people dressed as 379 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,360 carrots. Literally any vegetable. 380 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,960 Like, just like potatoes, there's your seat. 381 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,120 Eggplants. Yeah, egg Peaches. 382 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:15,120 Pulling up for certain matches. There was a lot of Peaches that 383 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:26,560 were on display this tournament. So Speaking of that, let's get 384 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,080 into twit, though Twit is this week in tennis. 385 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,320 It's the news, it's the dudes, it's the feuds of the tour, just 386 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,080 the highlights and the low lights. 387 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,360 Just as a reminder though, with so much action, we can't 388 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:40,880 possibly cover everything. So if you're coming here for all 389 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,880 the scores, you're going to be more disappointed than I was 390 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:48,520 that I couldn't get $100 Wagyu Caviar hot dog at my local 711. 391 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,920 So Miami just wrapped up kind of a rocky start. 392 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:57,280 The stadium court was literally flooded which is never a good 393 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,360 sign. I've never seen it that bad. 394 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:02,040 Have you ever seen the courts get flooded like that before? 395 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,960 Or is that? Just not, I mean, I was 396 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,680 expecting like an alligator to like crawl out in there like 397 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,160 true Florida style. Yeah. 398 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:11,120 Do they know what's in the water? 399 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:12,520 I mean, come on, it's an alligator. 400 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,200 Yeah, literally. At least they washed those 401 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:21,720 seats. You know, it's, it's like a FEMA 402 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,760 meets the CDC and you know, it all worked out in the end. 403 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,240 I got to say, I really enjoyed this year's Miami Open. 404 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,440 I always kind of hate on it. Oh, it's the like the second 405 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,920 part of the Sunshine Double and it's like the facilities are 406 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,560 weird, which they are weird, but for some reason I really enjoyed 407 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,240 it. What is your overall take on 408 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,080 Miami this year? I'm I'm exactly on the same page 409 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,120 as you. I I feel it's like being in 410 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:50,840 California and like our local tournament is Indian Wells. 411 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,440 Over the last few years, I feel like a little less compelled to 412 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:54,520 go. I didn't even go this year. 413 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,120 I stood you up. I feel bad but. 414 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,880 Which by the way, just got to say there were some very 415 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,120 disappointed people at the tennis and tea dance that Ivy 416 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:05,880 was not there. So next time, if you miss next 417 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,720 year's, I don't know, I'm I'm bumping you into a Strava. 418 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,600 I'm coming. Jesus. 419 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,280 I just think that like Indian Wells has become so much of A 420 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,280 again, like the US Open, a cultural imperative for like a 421 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,040 certain social class in LA, like everyone has to go to Indian 422 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,120 Wells. People I know don't watch tennis 423 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:27,760 or it used to be so easy to go and walk around court to court, 424 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:32,400 and now it's a complete zoo. And so and I think although that 425 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,200 doesn't affect the tennis players if it sort of affects me 426 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,320 wanting to watch it related. And so I get kind of excited to 427 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,520 watch Miami this year and the tournament delivered. 428 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,160 I've always found that stadium so weird like like where they're 429 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,320 sitting at that desk for the Tennis Channel with a Prakash 430 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:51,880 Armatrage. Well, actually, it's not 431 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,400 Danielle Collins and everyone like and you can see them 432 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,800 warming up behind on the stadium, the football stadium. 433 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,880 It looks real low rent like they ordered a set up bar stools or 434 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,520 something for a party outdoors, like outdoor like bar setup. 435 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,560 And it doesn't feel official, but I've kind of like that 436 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,040 because Indian Wells has gotten so jumped up and Miami just 437 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,080 weird. And I think Miami is where it's 438 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:16,480 at now. I agree. 439 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,520 Indian Wells, like I said before, it kind of takes itself 440 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,320 so seriously. Like the parties in Miami look 441 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,520 actually fun. Like there was a Lacoste party 442 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:27,360 on the beach starring Arthur Fees and they were like dancing 443 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:29,720 and having like they they actually looked like they were 444 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,400 having fun versus like a a windy desert sandstorm. 445 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,880 Yeah, yeah, Miami is great. And I feel like there wasn't 446 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,760 that weird drop off between the tournaments. 447 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:44,440 In fact, I think it was Miami really delivered solid tennis 448 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,880 straight to the last matches. The the finals latch goes kind 449 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,400 of an unexpected finalist, but we got finals level tennis all 450 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,640 the way through and we got a real sunshine double. 451 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,800 We really, we got, we got a double, double. 452 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,320 Let's get to the results. We're going to debate maybe a 453 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,240 little bit because I loved the quality of the matches and I 454 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,760 love the storylines up until the quarters and then the quarters 455 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,360 in the semis, especially the semis. 456 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:14,560 He was like Kokogov destroyed Mukova, you know, Sabalenka and 457 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,640 Rabacana. We were like all ready for 458 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,320 Chapter 3 of their like 2026 rivalry. 459 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,320 We got a blurb. It was like nothing. 460 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:25,160 It was like, it was like pretty straightforward, you know, 461 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,800 Leshka destroyed Feast cause Feast had nothing left in the 462 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,040 tank. You know, it's just kind of 463 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,240 like, well, but you're totally right. 464 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:39,320 Round of 16, I was like locked in great matches, three setters 465 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,840 on both sides, big stories, unexpected stories. 466 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,520 Yeah, totally. I will say, however, those semi 467 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,040 final line UPS were great matches on paper. 468 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,440 I mean, the matches didn't pan out, but like for a tournament, 469 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,560 especially on the women's side, to deliver those four in the 470 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,360 semi finals. And for some reason Mahova never 471 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:00,360 shows up against golf. I don't quite understand what 472 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:02,800 that's about. Or she's worked so hard to get 473 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,320 there she's tired. That could have been a barn 474 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,080 burner match. Get that expression and Ribach 475 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:13,400 and Sabalenka at any could go could have been so like you buy 476 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,480 tickets to those matches. There's no like a. 100. 477 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,360 Percent there's no like weirdo Lulu son getting there and you 478 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:24,440 know she's going to just. Wow Lulu, I'm so sorry. 479 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,920 Flip and destroy. You know, we all know what's 480 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,560 going to happen when Lulu son type player makes the semi 481 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,160 finals. They're going to get flattened. 482 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,280 Exactly. No, you're right, you're right. 483 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,640 It is funny though. So Coco owns Mukova and it's not 484 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,360 just this time? I think she's like 6 and O 485 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:42,240 against her now. Yeah, and they're all terrible 486 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,200 matches. And Mukova is great against 487 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,280 literally everyone else. What? 488 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,320 Like I don't get it 'cause they're both jocks, Lukova's 489 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,760 generally more consistent. I would imagine it would be a 490 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,000 much more even rivalry. Like why is? 491 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,160 People just have your number, you know? 492 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,800 Yeah, it was weird, though, the unforced errors coming off of 493 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,360 Mukava. It was like, wait, that didn't 494 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:06,440 happen the entire tournament. Maybe she was gassed like you 495 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,760 said, and that's fine. It's just it's just a little 496 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,840 weird when she's having such a great year. 497 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,600 She wants to buy. She finally seems not injured. 498 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,840 And it was like 6161 double breadsticks. 499 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,000 Also, I love, I loved this whole run for Coco. 500 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,240 She's never done this great in Miami. 501 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,520 Makes the final Love it. I think it's really important 502 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,640 for her. I know a lot of people say 503 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,480 negative things about her tennis and like, I, I totally 504 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,720 understand where that's coming from. 505 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:40,720 But like, there's a lot of, yeah, but I think there's a lot 506 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,720 of pressure on her with a Boko and Anna Simova and Eva Jovic. 507 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,600 And who's the other one? Andreva coming up? 508 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,360 So like, she's no longer a young phenom anymore. 509 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,080 And so she's going to have to put in some solid years so that 510 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,520 doesn't slip away. And I think she's working. 511 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,640 I mean, she's pretty solidly always in the top two, 3-4. 512 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:06,040 And that's hard to do. But I see the younger players 513 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,200 coming up and you and you feel like there are holes in her game 514 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,760 and there's fewer holes in a Boko in Andreva's game, you 515 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,880 know, except there's a hole in Andreva's head. 516 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,440 In her head. Great minds, folks. 517 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,560 Yeah, she looks so unpleasant out there. 518 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,040 Oh, I know. She's completely lost all of her 519 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:30,520 like, PR goodwill as last year's kind of shining star starlet, 520 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,360 no. I remember when she was 15 or 16 521 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,880 and playing in the US Open. I remember sitting in my mom's 522 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:40,000 house, sitting in that room and watching her first interview, 523 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,320 you know, after she got to the round of 16. 524 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,680 It was like a big deal. And I was like, Coco better 525 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,600 watch out. Like, this is the real deal. 526 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:47,920 I mean, Coco is the real deal in many ways. 527 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,960 This person is a you. You know, she's coming for you. 528 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,360 And she's so charming and funny. And she's making jokes in 529 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:56,160 English and Spanish and German, Russian. 530 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:58,640 And I was like, she's amazing. And then she was getting this 531 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:04,560 sour creature. Yeah, I mean, we all saw how she 532 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,080 just completely mortified that middle-aged woman when she was 533 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,200 yelling at the entire stadium to, you know, F off she. 534 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:16,120 Cursed. She like cursed out 8000 people 535 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:19,280 at once. It was insane. 536 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,720 I don't think she did that this time but she still had a few 537 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,640 tantrums and didn't perform well. 538 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:28,200 I hope she writes this ship. But anyway, I I was afraid of 539 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,400 the final between Sabalenka and Goff because Sabalenka was so 540 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,280 strong. But we had a decent match 3 541 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,880 setter. This is only, I think it was the 542 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,680 3rd or 4th set. Sabalenka's lost all year, 543 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,680 including the two that she lost to Rebecca when she lost to the 544 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,920 Australian Open. So it's hard to take a set off 545 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:50,600 Sabalenka right now. Sabalenka, she is literally like 546 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,680 head and shoulders above the rest. 547 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,440 And look, I don't love her game. I don't love her personality 548 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,760 right now. I didn't love that photo op that 549 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,040 she took with Donald Trump's granddaughter down in in Miami. 550 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,720 I don't know if you saw that, but it's just like, girl, why, 551 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,040 why? Why are you like taking a Trump 552 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:07,160 photo right now? Just. 553 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,720 Because she's from Belarus. She's Belarusian. 554 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,520 Yeah, exactly. And they're, like, on the wrong 555 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,800 side of the war in Ukraine. So, yeah, I mean, I have to 556 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,360 agree with everything you said, although I didn't let you 557 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:18,040 finish. Yeah. 558 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,920 She's head and shoulders above everybody. 559 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,880 She her personality, which I found so charming and so 560 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,200 endearing at the start. And I loved her brashness. 561 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:34,200 I mean, I it's wearing on me, but she's got such an impressive 562 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,960 game and she deserves to win everything. 563 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,400 And what I hate is if she loses, she's playing badly. 564 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:44,400 But I'm a little bit OK. I want someone to catch up and 565 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,160 match her. Yes, exactly. 566 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,640 Ego used to be that, but she's fallen down. 567 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:51,920 Yeah, and. Bakana might be that. 568 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 But Sabalink has also gotten a lot better. 569 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,480 Like Sabalink would beat herself against ego a lot of the time or 570 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,200 she just didn't have that power reined in. 571 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,360 She never she's done so much work to rein everything in. 572 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:07,520 Like I think she could win double digit grand slams pretty 573 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,880 soon. She's playing a lot smarter than 574 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,320 she used to. She used to just be like, hit it 575 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,680 and if doesn't work, hit it harder. 576 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,280 Yeah, kind of like Andreva, but I think she's really put a lot 577 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:21,520 more sort of guile in her game. And, you know, she's smart out 578 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,360 there. Coco really impressed me with 579 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,720 her grit. She was playing from behind the 580 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,160 entire time. You just knew that Sabalenka, if 581 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,280 Sabalenka didn't stumble, it was hers. 582 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,920 But Coco, you know, pushed her to three sets and did not have 583 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,880 nearly as many errors as we've seen from her some some recent 584 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,240 matches, which is hard to watch. Right. 585 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,200 I got to say, though, the thing that pissed me off the most was 586 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:53,160 the crowd was so not cool to to both players. 587 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,000 And I think maybe they were just one too many of those like love 588 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:00,400 all froze drinks maybe. But like right before Coco would 589 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,600 get into her service motion, people yelling out. 590 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,360 It's like that's going to spook somebody there. 591 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,440 There was that one point where someone yelled out out to stop 592 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,000 playing his ball. It was not out and Sabalenka got 593 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,160 a violation for cursing out that woman for doing that. 594 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:16,720 And I was like, she's right, like. 595 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,080 Oh totally. I mean, Naomi Osaka wouldn't 596 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:24,280 have lasted 5 minutes. Oh my sure crumbled poor. 597 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,520 Girl, like I do have to say, like Sabalenka did such a good 598 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,160 job with the home crowd against her. 599 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,120 I want to say one thing about Sabalenka that I really admire. 600 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:38,000 I know she's trying to do a little bit more of what like off 601 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,400 court like endorsements and stuff. 602 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,960 And I read that New York Times article about building up her 603 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,960 brand and stuff. But I think that's really worked 604 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,120 in her favor because she's not distracted. 605 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,360 She's not off doing like a fashion line. 606 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,080 She's that jewelry line, which, let me tell you, is so, so bad. 607 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,840 And she's got the husband or the fiance and the dog. 608 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,920 But for the most part, she seems pretty keyed into. 609 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,280 She doesn't dress stupid on court. 610 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:06,200 Nike makes her a special dress, but it's very plain, you know, 611 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,320 it's sporty. She is a fancy, flashy kind of 612 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,720 extra person, but she leaves that for really far off the 613 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,440 court and I think that that really has helped her 'cause you 614 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:21,640 see so many of these players get distracted by that side of it. 615 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,720 I totally agree. And I think also what I'm seeing 616 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,160 in her that I'm not seeing in a lot of other top players right 617 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,920 now is an insatiable hunger to win. 618 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:35,520 She's very much like Novak was when he was like 5 or 6 slams 619 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,880 into the career where it's like he wanted every single title 620 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:44,040 every single time he steps on and like she hates losing. 621 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:48,120 Like when I look at Iga Robachna or Anna Somova, like they're not 622 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,400 really showing that hunger that she has. 623 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,040 Well, I mean, who knows what Robachna is thinking? 624 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,880 I mean, is she even human? No idea. 625 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,840 Yeah, exactly. She's like that robot that 626 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,160 Melania Trump walked out with. She's going to keep all of our 627 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,640 children. Yeah, totally. 628 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,640 Yeah, totally. Yeah. 629 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,520 Weird. Like really bad AI. 630 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,240 Yeah, exactly like there's a bug in that code. 631 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,920 Yeah, totally puts an empathy in it, or like, emotion. 632 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:19,120 But her strokes are so gorgeous. When I watch Herbach and it's 633 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,280 very similar to like when I'm watching Imboco, like I'm not 634 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,000 stressed, I just know it's going to be a beautiful shot. 635 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,880 And it's. It feels like I gotta tingle, 636 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,440 yeah. I mean, I feel Imboco is going 637 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,400 to be the one who comes to threaten Sabalinka. 638 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,440 I think there's a chance. I think that, look, I, you know, 639 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,960 we don't want to hype up these younger kids too fast like we do 640 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,600 with Andreva. I think Imboco's got the goods. 641 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,200 I just want her to stay the course because then it's 642 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,800 interesting because then it's like Mukova has beaten her the 643 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,000 last two times they've played. And it's like, so does like 644 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,480 Mukova, just like Goth owns Mukova? 645 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,280 Does Mukova own Imboco? I don't know. 646 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,880 It's like, I think Imboco's just young and like you're not going 647 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,640 to win everything when you're coming up, but eventually she 648 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,120 will be beating her. Yeah, well, look, I still love 649 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,680 my mooks. But oh, I love her too, but 650 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,000 she's quite a bit older. How dare you? 651 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,560 Isn't she like 29? She's 27. 652 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,480 Oh, really? I don't know, yeah. 653 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:16,840 She's not. I don't know. 654 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,240 All right, enough, Elise. We got to switch over to the 655 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,840 men's. The Menzies also had some semis 656 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,080 that we talked about. Look, Leheska destroyed fees, 657 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,600 Zverev lost to Sinner. No shocker. 658 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:35,120 So we end up with Leheska and Sinner in the final and I was 659 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,440 scared for Lashka. I was like, gosh, is this going 660 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:41,240 to be over in like 40 minutes? Because the thing about Lashka, 661 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,600 he's he played lights out. He didn't get broken the entire 662 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:47,720 tournament, but it was his first Masters 1000 level final. 663 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,120 And I think that there's a huge advantage to experience. 664 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,560 And I didn't know if he was going to come with the nerves, 665 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,520 but he didn't. He just got broke. 666 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,760 He got broke like immediately. Yeah, it was like. 667 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:04,080 I mean, it was solid tennis. You know, you got what you paid 668 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:05,880 for. Sinner, you always knew he was 669 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,199 going to win. I mean, the only X Factor was 670 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:11,040 that he'd lost to Mencic, who I get confused with La Hetchka. 671 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,440 And you're like, is he going to lose to another Czech player 672 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,560 just because this is what's going to happen? 673 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,080 But Sinner, Sinner serve was a thing of beauty. 674 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,440 It was insane. I mean that that love 40 game 675 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,040 where where La Hetchka had three break points, Sinner does 5 676 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,560 incredible first serves in a row. 677 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:31,840 I mean, Sinner his, his power is back because there was a minute 678 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,719 where you know that Sinner boom was gone off the forehand, but 679 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,800 now it's like whoa, like that was like straight up pure 680 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,239 Sinner. That serve is. 681 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,719 Huge, huge, yeah. I'm excited for him. 682 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,719 And they were even saying like it looked like he was putting 683 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,080 some more spin on the ball to get ready for clay court. 684 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,600 Like I think he's ready to make a move because he doesn't, I 685 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,120 mean he doesn't have many points to defend because he was on 686 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:02,240 vacation, a paid leave last this time last year until Rome. 687 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,920 So there's 2 masters coming up where he might, you know, he 688 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,400 could overtake Carlos for #1. It's going to be interesting to 689 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:13,400 see how Carlos comes out in Rome and Madrid. 690 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:15,920 Yeah, but you know, shout out to Leska. 691 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,160 These Czech guys, they love Miami last year Mencic, this 692 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,160 year Leska making deep runs. And I got to say like Leska, he 693 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,720 does it his own way. Everyone else is choosing 694 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:27,720 glutes. He's like no, I'm quads. 695 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,920 Everyone else has got the BBL. But his legs are like Holger 696 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,920 Rune has never done a squat in his life compared to Leska like 697 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,360 3 trunks. Those were insane. 698 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:43,800 So Laheska is a very welcome new member of the Bay TP this week, 699 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,320 but. Welcome, Laheska. 700 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,760 Welcome, How do you so? I've heard his name pronounced 701 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:53,440 so is it Yiji, Yiri or Jiri? Yiri. 702 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,920 Yiri OK Yiri welcome to the Bay TP cause someone I feel like 703 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,200 someone announcer was like Yiji like there was like. 704 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:02,800 AI kept hearing that, I mean. What? 705 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,520 Is it my Czech friend? The name Yidi is Yidi. 706 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:07,600 Yeah, that's what I thought you mean. 707 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,160 They kept saying Yeeji. I heard that too, and then I 708 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:11,480 looked it up like what is his name? 709 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:12,520 Gigi. Do. 710 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,640 I even know who this guy is. Gigi Fernandez is back. 711 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,560 What? I missed her. 712 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:20,320 Oh my God. Wait, have you seen the episode 713 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,800 of Below Deck featuring Gigi Fernandez? 714 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,440 No what? Gigi Fernandez. 715 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,560 Wait, she's a lesbian, right? Yeah. 716 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,480 Gigi Fernandez and her girlfriend or wife book a 717 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,880 lesbian cruise on Below Deck. Oh my God. 718 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,240 I was on an airplane and I used to be afraid of flying until I 719 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:42,360 discovered a certain medicine called gabapentin. 720 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,640 And I would watch, I watched things like Below Deck to just 721 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,920 sort of chill out. And I'm watching the this 722 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:51,000 episode of Below Deck and it's like this. 723 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,360 There's like this tennis player, she's taking cruise. 724 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,880 I'm like, it's not famous. And it was Gigi Fernandez and 725 00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:01,480 this posse of lesbians going on a lesbian cruise on Below Deck. 726 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,320 It was amazing. So chic it was the. 727 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,560 Crossover nobody knew they needed. 728 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,560 I'm literally starring it as something to watch after we 729 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:19,870 record this. So that was our final four and 730 00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:23,670 now we are going to get into the rest of the things on the tour 731 00:37:23,670 --> 00:37:26,990 for Hot and Bothered. So the hot things, we're going 732 00:37:26,990 --> 00:37:28,870 to start with some Cinderella stories. 733 00:37:28,990 --> 00:37:32,390 Again, it's Marsh Madness. So there's a Cinderella in every 734 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,080 March Madness with basketball. There were some great Cinderella 735 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,880 stories, some great runs. Got to start with Arthur Fees 736 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,360 talked about him a little bit and I just feel like this 737 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:46,920 tournament, more than any tournament to date, was his 738 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,400 coming out ball. He's been getting great results 739 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,800 since coming back from an injury. 740 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,440 Again, it's so great. He took the time to heal from 741 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,080 that injury instead of being like I'm almost better. 742 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,360 He's back. He makes a semi final run. 743 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:03,320 He's a badass. He plays Bay TP member. 744 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,400 After Bay TP, he takes out Vash Row, he takes out Tommy Paul. 745 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,440 That Tommy Paul match was a heartbreaker. 746 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,760 It was like Mariah Carey. I was so upset. 747 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,240 I know. You know what, I've moved on 748 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:15,800 though. Like that was the match of the 749 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,600 tournament, a monumental comeback and a third set tie 750 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,240 break. And I love that he's kept 751 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:24,440 signing the camera. Gabos game ain't based on 752 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,000 sympathy. I was like, this is a bad bitch. 753 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:31,640 Like I love that so. I got a lot of listeners out 754 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:35,280 there who are big Arthur Feast fans, a lot of the ball boys 755 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,960 listeners. He did take out my 2 hotties 756 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,520 back-to-back, Bash Row and Tommy Paul. 757 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,840 I know, I know, a certain Michael McKenzie will be 758 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,200 obsessed with the feasts moving on through it. 759 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,920 Was an embarrassment of riches for the they. 760 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,120 Really was. They were. 761 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,040 So I was like. Oof, oof. 762 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,160 Welcome to Miami. Yeah, they do it right. 763 00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:59,960 Yeah. I think that one of the things I 764 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:02,760 worry about with Feast is like, and I think he might have 765 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,800 overcome it in this tournament. We do see this pattern of like a 766 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:10,400 Fonseca, A Feast breakthrough, fall back breakthrough and then 767 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,800 fritter away. And I I feel like we need some 768 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:19,240 new blood up there in the top, like Rune, who's a a great 769 00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:22,800 player but injured. And then what's his face? 770 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,920 Draper again, we said breakthrough fall back, 771 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:26,760 breakthrough fall back. Who knows what he's doing now. 772 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,480 I think he'll probably make it back in the top 10. 773 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:32,480 But I think Feast is at an inflection point right here. 774 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,480 If he doesn't do it in the next two years, we're going to have 775 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,960 that pattern again. He's going to be the go on bear 776 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:39,440 or like, you know what I'm talking. 777 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,640 Wow. Biggest diss Diss of the day. 778 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,880 These like stray bullets for him and Lulu's son. 779 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:50,840 You're just like damn. OK no you're right though I 780 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,000 totally I agree. We need some consistent 781 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,560 challengers in the top 10, not just a flash in the pan. 782 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,600 Lorenzo Luseti is still ranked 5th in the world somehow, and 783 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:07,400 you know he's falling off. I just feel like Feast he's this 784 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:11,640 is the season where he's got to make quarterfinals of a few 785 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:17,400 slams majors, you know, a. 100% A few more Cinderellas to 786 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:18,640 mention. Just real quick. 787 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,960 Talia Gibson follows up her quarterfinal Indian Wells with 788 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,840 round of 16 in Miami. Never heard of her before this 789 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,040 and she still had to qualify for Miami because her rankings 790 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,800 weren't high enough. I'm curious, is she this year's 791 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,880 Jasmine Paolini? Well, Paolini is usually this 792 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,480 year's Jasmine Paolini. There. 793 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:41,000 It turned out last year Paolini was this year, last year's, last 794 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,120 year's Jasmine Paolini. Yeah, for sure. 795 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,920 Well, I mean, Jasmine Paolini did make it to top 4. 796 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,000 Yeah, no, exactly. But like that, that sort of 797 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:53,080 surprise on Janu because I was thinking her or Baptiste. 798 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,040 Baptiste is definitely this year's Paolini because the the 799 00:40:57,240 --> 00:40:59,400 you have to be around for a while to be the Paolini. 800 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:02,160 Yeah, you're going to have. To think Gibson newer or is she 801 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,680 old? Gibson is like 21 I believe 802 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,960 right? But very new is older than that 803 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:08,720 or has been around for three or four years. 804 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,280 Ellini had been around like a decade before she. 805 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,560 Oh yeah, Paolini was like toiling for three or four years 806 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,680 in the like, the low 40s and then just boom, shut. 807 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:18,440 Up before she became that year's Paolini. 808 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,000 Yeah, exactly. But yeah, I feel like Baptiste 809 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,200 is on track to be this year's Paolini. 810 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:28,160 Gibson's more like. Like if she wins a major like 811 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,920 this year's Andrescue. Like someone who's young, has a 812 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,000 good start to the season, then wins the US Open. 813 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:38,080 And then is playing challengers with her mom, the side and her 814 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,280 jewels and Dior. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 815 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,560 Thalia Gibson, your future has been written. 816 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:47,440 I know you're at the bulk wise. So sorry. 817 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,720 Here's a small dog in like a like a swap meet Gucci running 818 00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:55,840 jacket. So, you know, honestly, if my 819 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,120 entire career was winning one major and then kind of going 820 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:01,080 away, that's $3,000,000, you know, whatever. 821 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,720 I'm sure the Andrescu's are just fine. 822 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:08,080 Whatever tournament Andrescu's playing, I think it's in Austin 823 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,400 or somewhere right now. I was I because I would have so 824 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,800 much tennis on my phone. It Instagram. 825 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,280 It was like, welcome the Grand Slam queen in the house. 826 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,720 I'm like, that moniker is getting a bit. 827 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:23,360 Little Dusty, Yeah, one more Cinderella who didn't actually 828 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,400 have the deepest run, but I just have to mention him is 829 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,240 Quarantine Mutae. So he lost. 830 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:33,160 He he won a match. But two things I found it kind 831 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,640 of crazy that he was playing a challenger after kind of 832 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,520 bottoming out early in Wells, but he comes to Miami ranked 833 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,120 30th. I feel like Challengers have 834 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,160 gone insane where it's like Challengers used to be. 835 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,600 You're outside the top 100. I mean, I love it because it was 836 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,640 like him and Garone and Corda, but like, whoa. 837 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:52,320 No, I don't think that's good for him. 838 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,960 Did the challenger give him enough points for him to get his 839 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,200 ranking up? Well, so it was, it was a 175. 840 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,720 It's that weird in between phase between like 125 and 250. 841 00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:04,160 Like they're really slicing and dicing the points these days. 842 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,320 Because I don't know if he'd get enough points to make his 843 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:11,720 ranking jump up by winning that. I think they enter the 844 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:16,160 challengers for practice, not for points, because he's not 845 00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:19,160 getting points that are commensurate with his average 846 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:20,840 for that. But I guess my question is, 847 00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,000 should he be there as a Top 40 player? 848 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,880 I'm going to say no. I think it's just a little weird 849 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,920 when all these top 50 players are entering Challengers and I'm 850 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,120 just like, do we need to start another like level of the tour 851 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,480 for people outside the top 100 because they need a shot? 852 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,760 Too play a practice match. Yeah, they're just, they're just 853 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:42,000 little fucking points, piggies. But anyway, but I did love. 854 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,200 So here's what I do love about Mute, though, is that he fired 855 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,880 back at Danielle Collins when she called him out for sliding 856 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,320 into his DMS and all that. Like, OK, I need to rant about 857 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:55,360 Daniel Collins real quick. I'm not sure what the hell is 858 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,680 going on over there. And I don't know if people at 859 00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,960 Tennis Channel are kind of encouraging her to be a little 860 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,600 like brash and brazen and kind of like inject new blood into 861 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:09,040 the whole thing. But her story times are not 862 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,320 coming off, I think as well as maybe she thinks that they are 863 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,040 like, they are coming off as unhinged. 864 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:19,160 That story about her dog taking a dump in front of a a player's 865 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,320 locker, even if you hate that player. 866 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:22,800 And we all know she's talking about Eega. 867 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,280 That is a like ridiculously childish, but B, disgusting. 868 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,320 If I was at Equinox and someone's dog had taken a dump, 869 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:33,440 I don't care how mean that person is who whose locker it's 870 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,080 in front of, I might step in that. 871 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,240 Because you know what? I don't think Daniel Collins is 872 00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:39,360 a very conscientious cleaner of dog poop. 873 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,120 So like, someone had to clean up that dog poop. 874 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,680 Disgusting story. It's also a locker room, which 875 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:46,120 is a place where people are barefoot. 876 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:47,680 They're changing. It's a clean thing. 877 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:49,640 You shouldn't have a dog in a locker room. 878 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,400 No, that's gross. And I love dogs. 879 00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:57,280 This is just sensible. And I feel like if you took 880 00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,120 those story times out of context, it's like when Britney 881 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:03,200 Spears was on meth telling stories that Kevin Federline was 882 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:05,960 was, you know, recording. And you feel bad for her because 883 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:09,080 you think she thinks she's being funny, but she looks deranged. 884 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,800 They sort of remind me of that. Like, she looks really kooky and 885 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:16,360 like it looks scary and weird and all those sound effects. 886 00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:20,280 This is a flip in sport. I know they want to make it fun 887 00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:25,440 and whatever, but I think it's I think it's kind of demeaning to 888 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,440 her career and it feels like like starting time. 889 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:32,760 It's like I'm not a tough woman. I'm telling a cutesy story and 890 00:45:33,240 --> 00:45:36,280 shut the F up. And it's all about me being a 891 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:37,680 bitch. And it's like this. 892 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:39,120 Is really cool. Yeah. 893 00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:42,480 I mean, she really should have retired when she said she was 894 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,000 going to retire. Yeah, it's too much. 895 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,440 And like the Moute thing, he actually tweeted back, like 896 00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:50,000 Tennis Channel, I can't believe you're allowing these stories on 897 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,000 here that are lies because he like had never followed her. 898 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,360 And honestly, I don't know. And I don't really care who's 899 00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,160 telling the truth. I think just airing dirty 900 00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:00,200 laundry like that, they're trying to be like cutesy, but 901 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,320 it's just like bad. It's just bad. 902 00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:03,920 And. Yeah, it's not cute. 903 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:06,880 Called him out for being short, which I find just like, it's 904 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:08,800 like, that's just not professional, you know? 905 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,880 And like, there's a lot of short kings out there who are like, I 906 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:15,360 mean, like what, Like why, why? She just, she's coming off like 907 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,840 you, like you said, like kind of a deranged, unhinged. 908 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:24,200 And I, I, I hope that someone is going to maybe from her PR team, 909 00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:29,520 take a little tilt in strategy and kind of like, cuz she like, 910 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:33,480 I love her in a lot of ways, but I hated everything that she did 911 00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,600 in Miami so. Yeah, no, I'm just over it. 912 00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:38,480 I I just feel like a pretty creative person in general. 913 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:40,640 But like when it comes to sports, I don't need my sports 914 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:45,080 dumbed down and I don't need like cuteness or like romance or 915 00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,160 whatever injected into them. I think the narrative should be 916 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:49,640 on the court. And like, if people want to, you 917 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,240 know, like we, we're, we have an interesting slant on it where 918 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:56,360 we're talking like fake sexy talk about like hot asses or 919 00:46:56,360 --> 00:47:00,720 whatever, but fake. I mean no, but you know, I. 920 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:03,280 Don't, ma'am. Yeah, yeah. 921 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,760 But we're not the Tennis Channel too, you know? 922 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:08,840 Exactly. And I feel like the the sport 923 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,320 should sell itself. And like, if there's no drama in 924 00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,080 the sport Tennis Channel, you're doing something really wrong 925 00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,240 because there is so much drama in the sport. 926 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:20,080 There was so much to talk about that wasn't her story times so 927 00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,000 much. And there are fights that and 928 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,400 that on the courts that you can talk about like, you know, 929 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,000 between the players. There isn't enough drama there. 930 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,840 We don't need, we don't need people concocting like fake 931 00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,800 bullshitty narratives. I just feel that's really 932 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,960 doesn't disservice to the sport. And I hate it and I'm done. 933 00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:40,120 Done love it Well agreed. Yay. 934 00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:44,520 So the last sort of hot thing, though, is the Sweet 16. 935 00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:47,640 So Sweet 16 is basketball is, you know, the final sixteen, of 936 00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:51,640 course, but this is just like the teenagers that came out of 937 00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:55,120 nowhere for this Miami. So you know, I know we're always 938 00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,800 hungry for the next Gen. and then we had the next next Gen. 939 00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,320 and then we had the next, next next gen's of like the learner 940 00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:02,200 TNS. Well, now guys, we got the next, 941 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:06,560 next, next, next Gen. 'cause we had a record five 942 00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:08,960 teenagers reaching the second round of Miami Open. 943 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:13,680 On the men's side, we had 17 year old Kame. 944 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,600 We had Darwin Blanche, we had Fonseca, who's not really new, 945 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,400 Sakamoto and Jodar. It's crazy. 946 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:25,040 We are getting closer and closer to having someone born in 2010 947 00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:27,680 who's on the ATP. And my little brain can't. 948 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:30,400 As someone who's in their mid to late 30s and 40s, I cannot 949 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,280 comprehend someone that young being a professional tennis 950 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,960 player. But it is also, I love those 951 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:37,720 stories. I love these kids getting this 952 00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:39,920 moment because look, they're not going to win the tournament. 953 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:43,440 But to the point earlier about Lashka maybe being nervous in 954 00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,560 the finals of the 1000, it's like you get these moments, you 955 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:50,360 get in front of people, you get the nerves out and some of them 956 00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:53,640 are really talented kids. Like it's, it's great for the 957 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:55,680 sport. Well on the women's side, I 958 00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:57,880 think there is a 16 year old, depending what year she was 959 00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:00,840 born, she what when she turned 16, she would have been born in 960 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,560 2010. Disgusting. 961 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:08,280 I mean, congratulations, lady. Yeah, I know. 962 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,080 And you're right. Like there's. 963 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,800 Yeah, I mean, and we still have, I mean Andreva and Imboco and 964 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,000 there were a few other teens in the mix and like, yeah, I mean, 965 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:17,800 it's just like Jovic, I don't know. 966 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,280 I'm I'm kind of knocking. On her, but you neither mine 967 00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:24,480 whatever, whatever. Whatever, Jovic and another 968 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:26,920 Sweet 16. We also had a huge number of 969 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,320 Americans going deep, which, you know, depending on what's going 970 00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:33,120 on politically is maybe a good or a bad thing or who gives a 971 00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,160 crap. But we had five men and four 972 00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:38,960 women in the round of 16. Pretty great showing and I was 973 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,080 texting with a friend of mine, Michael and I was like, well, I 974 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:43,280 think we're going to go like maybe like one for five for the 975 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,600 American men in the round of 16. I think we went 2 for five, so 976 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,240 you know, but we made it we. Yeah, Tiafo and Paul. 977 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:55,160 Yeah, Tiafo and Paul, exactly. Yeah, So those were that that's 978 00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:57,960 what was hot in the Miami Open. And there's, you know, of 979 00:49:57,960 --> 00:49:59,920 course, some more things we could talk forever about this, 980 00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:04,240 but this all leads us up to the very important Elite 8, which is 981 00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:07,560 our Bay TP rankings. So head on over to our Instagram 982 00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:12,080 that's at TBB tennis to see all of them spoilert. 983 00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:17,480 Our MVP, which is moist valuable player is Arthur fees just 984 00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:19,960 because every single shot of him was just dripping in sweat. 985 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,480 And look, if you're going to wear black underwear and white 986 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:26,160 shorts and dripping sweat Miami, we're going to see things. 987 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:29,360 So you know what you're doing Arthur fees and and I'm going to 988 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:33,160 say thank you. So so going over check that out, 989 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,840 but we are going to close out the show talking about bothered 990 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:39,120 and some things that were just kind of not so great. 991 00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,960 So just got to talk real quick about Carlos skidding out. 992 00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:45,080 So I don't want to put any shock waves out there. 993 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:49,640 But guys, he's now lost 66% of his last three matches. 994 00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:53,320 We called it on the show. Like I don't think he's got the 995 00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:54,680 team that's going to discipline him. 996 00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:58,440 He's already coming out in messages to the media talking 997 00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:00,640 about how he's already feeling a little bored. 998 00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:03,560 He needs to be motivated. And like, I don't love this 999 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,760 trajectory. I'm worried about the future. 1000 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:10,840 I'm also maybe catastrophizing. Am I overblowing Carlos? 1001 00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:12,920 Am I? No, I mean I, I think there's 1002 00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:14,920 going to be I what? I don't know. 1003 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,640 Are you overblowing, Carlos? Overblowing him? 1004 00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:19,800 Yes. The answer's no. 1005 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:25,240 Yeah, I don't think you're overblowing, Carlos. 1006 00:51:25,240 --> 00:51:28,560 I think. The limit does not exist. 1007 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:37,160 I've underblown him and I think, you know, everything comes in 1008 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:38,880 waves. He's oh, he's going to be top 2 1009 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,520 all year. You know, we all know there's no 1010 00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:42,600 one's catching him. I think he's got a huge cushion. 1011 00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:45,720 He won the Australian Open like no one else won the Australian 1012 00:51:45,720 --> 00:51:46,760 Open. So like that's a pretty big 1013 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:48,920 deal. I have heard that he really 1014 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,240 likes to enjoy himself in Miami, as I told you before. 1015 00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:55,280 So I think that this is not going to be his best outing, But 1016 00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:58,000 I hear a little bit of the vocabulary he's using in the 1017 00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,560 messaging. He's like, well, there's a big 1018 00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:02,240 target on my back. And like, you know, I'm not 1019 00:52:02,240 --> 00:52:04,920 like, people are coming after me like you're fucking #1 excuse me 1020 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:08,040 #1 in the world. Yeah, that's who has the target 1021 00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:09,600 on your back. What do you think was going to 1022 00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:11,960 happen? People are like, oh, man, I 1023 00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:14,440 guess I'm just not going to try because he's number one. 1024 00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:17,480 No, that's the whole point. That's the point I. 1025 00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:20,760 Think he doesn't get that is like weird and the fact that 1026 00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:22,960 he's saying things like that makes me I think there's a 1027 00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:25,400 little bit something wrong. Yeah, I agree. 1028 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:29,360 And I don't think his team is prepping him the way that Juan 1029 00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:32,360 Carlos used to prep him. And maybe he's just like a 1030 00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:34,800 little less well because he's got a butt load of points to 1031 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,880 defend in on the clay season, like starting right away in 1032 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,560 Monte Carlo. We'll see what happens. 1033 00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:43,720 I also, I couldn't help but notice and again, I don't want 1034 00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:46,560 to like pile on Carlos. I totally want to pile on him, 1035 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:50,120 but his? 'Cause he was, 'cause he was 1036 00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:51,600 overblown, 'cause he was. Overblown. 1037 00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:54,720 And so he gets a tattoo for every Grand Slam that he wins. 1038 00:52:54,720 --> 00:52:57,400 And so like he got, yes, so an open one. 1039 00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,920 And I'm sorry. Like it's a red flag for me 1040 00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:03,160 because it's a kangaroo holding the trophy over the outline of 1041 00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:07,160 the country and the depth of cultural appreciation that that 1042 00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,320 shows. It's the same as getting a 1043 00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:12,000 tattoo of the Eiffel Tower, which, oh, wait, that's what he 1044 00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,760 got when he won the French Open. Like his frontal lobe is not 1045 00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:16,840 fully developed. Like that's what you're going to 1046 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,920 get like, oh, Australia, I'm it's a kangaroo. 1047 00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:22,920 You know, it's just like he's still like this kid. 1048 00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:27,160 And I think he needs some some parental supervision that he got 1049 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:28,520 from Juan Carlos. Right. 1050 00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:30,720 I mean, I could talk endlessly about how athletes aren't 1051 00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:33,080 allowed to grow up, so that'll be another show and another 1052 00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:34,800 topic. But yeah, I mean. 1053 00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,000 But you also know tattoos. Would you ever get a freaking 1054 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,080 kangaroo tattoo if you were like, I love Australia? 1055 00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:42,160 Like, no, but I would get the wombat on a cheese board trophy 1056 00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:44,160 from that tournament in New Zealand or Australia. 1057 00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:46,720 There you go. Yeah, that's wombat on a cheese 1058 00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:50,160 board trophy, One of my favorite objects in existence in the 1059 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:52,160 entire world. There's a story there. 1060 00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:53,320 Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 1061 00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:57,680 So I don't know, Carlos. We'll see real quick. 1062 00:53:57,680 --> 00:53:59,960 Some coaches getting benched was another thing. 1063 00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:04,920 So keeping in line with the NCAA, so ego, she loses early. 1064 00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:09,240 And again, she was talking about the long season last year and 1065 00:54:09,240 --> 00:54:12,040 just because it's a new year, like it's cumulative because she 1066 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:14,200 had like 2 weeks off and she's back out there and it's taking 1067 00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:17,480 her a toll on her. She's been on the top for five 1068 00:54:17,480 --> 00:54:21,320 years. And so now she has split with 1069 00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,320 Wim Fassett, who helped her get back on track last year, winning 1070 00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:27,880 Wimbledon, famously double bageling and a Simova. 1071 00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:31,240 But IGA is just tired. She's out there now just paddle 1072 00:54:31,240 --> 00:54:35,960 boarding and riding bicycle. Yeah, like, I, you know, good 1073 00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:37,960 for her. I think she needs a break. 1074 00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:40,400 I I actually think that she should do what Anna Samova did a 1075 00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:43,680 few years ago and just take three months off, forget the 1076 00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:47,360 ranking points because she can. She could beat anybody on any 1077 00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:49,640 given day. She just says she's burnt out. 1078 00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:51,480 So agreed. Agreed totally. 1079 00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:54,800 And Speaking of Anna Samova, she's also getting rid of her 1080 00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:58,840 coach after having some less than ideal results at the 1081 00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:02,120 beginning of this year. I don't know, is it good to kind 1082 00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:04,080 of just switch like when you're losing to switching coaches? 1083 00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:06,280 Is that the answer? I don't think so. 1084 00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:07,640 I mean, not in the middle of the season. 1085 00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:09,560 Like, what are they going to do? Or they just play tournaments. 1086 00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:12,280 Like I, I I don't think so. In her case, I think she just 1087 00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:14,760 needs to rest and like, she needs just to resettle because 1088 00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:17,440 she had a great year last year and that coach really helped her 1089 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:19,240 with that. And I I I just don't quite get 1090 00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:20,040 it. But you know what? 1091 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,960 Yeah, ask Emerado Kanu. Yeah, exactly. 1092 00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:29,200 Yeah, those results, Yeah. And then the last thing that was 1093 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:32,800 just a little bit bothered. So one of the highlights for me 1094 00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:36,720 of the Indian Wells tournament was the superstar Double S 1095 00:55:36,720 --> 00:55:38,120 teams. You know, we're talking Sinner 1096 00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:42,400 Palka, we're talking the cousins Monsaro and Aruna Konnak. 1097 00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:45,160 We had Novak was playing with who's Novak? 1098 00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:46,800 Sitsipas. Sitsipas. 1099 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:49,600 Yeah, crazy, but I loved it. It was. 1100 00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:52,280 Like me too double. S is getting it so good. 1101 00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:55,120 They're all gone in Miami. Not a single super. 1102 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:56,080 Where? Where did they go? 1103 00:55:56,080 --> 00:55:57,480 Were they all just like nod rather party? 1104 00:55:58,080 --> 00:55:59,880 Yeah, I think so. Oh, OK. 1105 00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:02,400 Well, we know Novak just wasn't there. 1106 00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,280 Novak is out of Juan Carlo. I'm worried about Novak right 1107 00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:07,160 now. Is is this his last season 1108 00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:08,640 because he's not playing? Why worry? 1109 00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:12,280 Why worry? Because I look, when I see 1110 00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:16,320 someone like that retiring, then I have to get I have to confront 1111 00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:18,120 the cult specter of death for myself. 1112 00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:18,960 Oh, I see. Yeah. 1113 00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:20,400 Yeah. For for personal reasons. 1114 00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:21,080 Yeah, totally. I'm very. 1115 00:56:21,240 --> 00:56:22,320 I'm very worried myself. Yeah. 1116 00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:23,800 Yeah. OK, great. 1117 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:25,880 Well, we we're both worried about that. 1118 00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:27,280 Yeah. OK. 1119 00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:32,000 Well, Ivy, that's our show. Thank you so much for coming on. 1120 00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,720 I always love having you on. You'll be back in the not too 1121 00:56:35,720 --> 00:56:37,440 distant future. We've got some plans coming up 1122 00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:40,000 in the summer. And yes, we're going to be 1123 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,720 taking ball boys on tour, but in the meantime, we are going to be 1124 00:56:43,720 --> 00:56:46,160 back in a few weeks as we kick off the clay season. 1125 00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:47,440 We're going to be covered in mud. 1126 00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:51,120 We're going to be getting dirty. Until then, our balls are going 1127 00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:54,080 back in the can and we will see you real soon.