1 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,600 Hey everybody, and welcome to the latest episode of The Ball 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,160 Boys. We are the tennis podcast that 3 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,480 puts the stud and Stuttgart and flaming and flamenco. 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,240 I'm your host Paul Monkle, and bringing you the insights, 5 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:24,520 outbursts, giggles, and wiggles of the ATP and WTA tours on this 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,440 episode of Where's Paul Doe? I'm still subletting my friend 7 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,480 Nick's place in Los Feliz after my ceiling prolapsed earlier 8 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,680 this year. Hey Nick, thanks again. 9 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,680 And also, I found the False bottom in the closet and all I 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,560 can say is I'm impressed. And coincidentally, false bottom 11 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,800 in the closet was my first screen name in high school. 12 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,880 And now on to the Tinas. We are deep in clay season and 13 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,840 have the stains to prove it. In the season that feels more 14 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,960 packed than ever, we're having some serious Deja vu from 15 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,600 matches we know we've seen before, to kits that are 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,720 blending together, to everyone either pulling out of the draw 17 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,560 or pulling out their phone to take pictures of line calls. 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,120 And we have play unexpectedly disrupted in Madrid with a 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,560 blackout, just like the Bees from Indian Wells last year. 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,000 Plus, in a bit of good news, we also have Novakans ver of losing 21 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,840 early yet again, and we're going to be covering all of this 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,360 today. Plus, we have our updated Bay TP 23 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,080 rankings, which in at least one case has us seeing double. 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,960 And just FYI, we posted the full Bay TP rankings over at our 25 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,120 Instagram. So if you want to see those, 26 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:33,720 head on over to at TBB Tennis. Again, that's at TBB Tennis now. 27 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,400 Hey, I guess it all makes sense that we're seeing double and 28 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,520 having Deja Vu. We're in early May 2025 and this 29 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,760 year won't stop zigging when we zag and just all around throwing 30 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,760 us for a loop. Since our last show, our sharp 31 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,480 as a bowling ball Secretary of Defense added more people to 32 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,880 private chats like it's a friends and family plan. 33 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,200 And in more serious news, the Pope passed away just ahead of 34 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,000 the Italian Open where we will see the return of Yannick. 35 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,480 I mean, come on, the Pope dies and a Sinner returns. 36 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,720 Are you kidding me? Feels kind of biblical, or at 37 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,039 the very least biblical. And of course, the number one 38 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:11,400 movie in the world is sinners. So I mean, come on. 39 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,160 Hey folks, it's all connected. Anyway, we've got a ton to cover 40 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,680 today and helping navigate all of this is a brand spanking new 41 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,720 ball. Boy, I am so excited to have 42 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,760 this guy on the show. He's the China shop to my bowl. 43 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,920 He's the ace to my let cord. He is a multi hyphenate actor, 44 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:32,200 tennis player, all around Batty. It's John Griffin, but we call 45 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,040 him Griff. Hey Griff, what's going on? 46 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,400 How are you? I'm well, Paul, how are you? 47 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,480 And you see how I said, well, say I'm a classic gay. 48 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:40,800 I said, well, not good. See that? 49 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:42,640 Wow, see what I did? That I know we were having tea 50 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:44,680 on this episode. Yes, we are. 51 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,240 We're spilling the tea, so you know. 52 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,120 How are you? I'm doing well, like I said, 53 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,920 been having Deja vu. I don't know what clay court I'm 54 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:53,480 looking at. They're all red. 55 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,160 I know I sort of ood and awed about all the courts of Europe 56 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,200 last episode, but now I'm like, wait, where are we? 57 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,640 But I've got my bearings. We just finished Madrid. 58 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:06,040 We got a lot to cover. And I am, I'm a big fan of 59 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,600 yours. I'm really excited to have you 60 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,880 on the show. You are an accomplished tennis 61 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,000 player, an actor. You have had love scenes with 62 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,480 some queer icons or at least romance storylines. 63 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,480 I want to hear all about it. And so when I have someone new 64 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,000 on the show, we always start off with getting ballsy. 65 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:27,360 So first just give us a little background about you and tennis. 66 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,800 What makes you a ball boy? I love tennis because I came to 67 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,440 it late. I didn't start until I was 12. 68 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:35,960 I was terrible at other sports. Just terrible. 69 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,320 They made me play catcher in my Baseball League, which turned 70 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,120 out to be completely not correct as I got older, let me tell you. 71 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,880 But yeah, I hated. If the mint. 72 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,440 Fish hated. Yeah, No, didn't like it. 73 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,560 Still don't. So anyway, yeah, I really fell 74 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,000 in love with tennis. I grew up on Long Island where 75 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,320 it rains or is too cold to play outdoors. 76 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,200 So I worked at my local Tennis Club for $5.00 an hour as the 77 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:08,200 janitor and for that I got one hour of court time a week and 78 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,720 I'm in Aries. So I set a goal very quickly. 79 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,760 I'm going to be a ranked tennis player. 80 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,240 You know, even though I just picked up a racket and by 18 I 81 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,440 was, I was ranked in the top 50 in the ETA, which back then was 82 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,839 called the Eastern Tennis Association. 83 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,840 I got recruited at William and Mary, which was AD One school, 84 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,520 and that was really exciting. But then I got into Stanford and 85 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,560 I met with the coach there. My ranking was not high enough 86 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,080 to play and I figured if I can't play there, I can't GoPro 87 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,160 anyway. And let's face it, Paul, I'm not 88 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,160 the tallest guy and my second serve is terrible, so I was 89 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,200 never going to be able to go pro. 90 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,880 So I chose the son of California and it was the right decision. 91 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,720 And yeah. You settled for Stanford I. 92 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:47,400 Get it? Yeah, yeah. 93 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,680 But we would have been curious to see like, what four years of 94 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,280 D1 coaching would have done for me, you know, if I'd gone to 95 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:58,080 William and Mary. But at 59 and a half, actually, 96 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,000 I'm 510 because I'm an actor. I'm I'm 510, Paul. 97 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,160 Yeah, I know there's no halves, so we round up. 98 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,720 Of course there's no halves. Yes, we round up in my, in my. 99 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,760 Profession. 7 inches, 8 inches, that's all. 100 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,040 Yeah. Exactly. 101 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,480 Always, always subtract too from the grinder account. 102 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,160 It's just, it's gay math, yes. So yeah, when I came down to LA 103 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:22,320 and I picked it back up in 2000, 8 and have been addicted since. 104 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,160 I'm a very active member of Out Loud Sports here in LA. 105 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,320 And playing out there. Shout out to Out Loud and play 106 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,160 in their masters division and it's it's fun. 107 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:38,120 I'm addicted to it. And you're also an actor, right? 108 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,520 So so I. Am so I mean, that's boring. 109 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:41,920 I mean, actors talk about their resumes. 110 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,320 It's so boring. But I mean, I know. 111 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,000 But come on. OK don't you have like a decent 112 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,880 love arc with a gay icon to at least? 113 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:56,240 Yes, I worked with, yes, I worked with the dear Leslie 114 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,240 Jordan during the last season of a sitcom we were on called Call 115 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,840 Me Cat on Fox, and I played his love interest. 116 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:07,960 It was a beautiful experience. You know, I I grew up watching 117 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,520 him on television and thinking like, how is he so authentically 118 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,880 himself, you know, through these characters? 119 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,040 Meanwhile, I was so closeted into my mid 30s, which is very 120 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,120 weird because, you know, 27. But yeah, so it doesn't add up. 121 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,640 But game app. It was an honor and and a real 122 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,760 privilege to work with him. He was just the loveliest, 123 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,880 loveliest guy and and so funny and talented. 124 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:33,120 His first on screen television kiss was with me in what ended 125 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,800 up being his last episode of television, which is just so 126 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,680 sadly, you know, ironic. But he was loving the storyline. 127 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,480 I was loving the storyline. We were having so much fun and 128 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,760 it was, it was incredible. Wow. 129 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,280 Yeah. What does it feel like to have 130 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:54,640 the kiss that is so deadly? Just kidding. 131 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:55,680 Not that. Powerful. 132 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:57,760 I'm you're just the passion. Yeah. 133 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,840 No, I've seen this. I've seen the storyline. 134 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,760 Oh God, no one's ever said that to me. 135 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,360 That's so terribly funny and awful. 136 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,880 But yes, no one doesn't made that joke. 137 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,560 No, God, we had COVID tests before. 138 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,000 We had cough tests for everything. 139 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:14,560 No, it wasn't me. I. 140 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,520 Swear it wasn't. Well I just thought it was like 141 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,080 just a pitter patter. But anyway, well, OK, so back to 142 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,320 the tennis. Yes, the tennis. 143 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,720 So I also find that a lot of gay guys just sort of have like very 144 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,320 specific tennis idols. And I'm just curious, who is 145 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:33,240 your tennis idol? Well, my favorite player is Rafa 146 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,760 and I'm wearing his shirt today. I mean, I just worship Rafa. 147 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,680 I had a crush on Rafa. You know, he was incredible. 148 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,160 But my idol that I modeled my game afterwards, which is just 149 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,840 perfect for a gay tennis podcast, is Chris Evert. 150 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,960 You know, I, I, I, yes, she hit the ball very flat. 151 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,120 You know, she was coming to the net more. 152 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,920 And so I, I, I wanted to be sort of an aggressive baseliner, but 153 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,840 still never missed. And so the younger guys in out 154 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,360 loud sports. Yeah, exactly. 155 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,520 They, they call me Wozniacki now because they don't know Chris 156 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,520 Evert, the younger guys. But I, I'm of that style. 157 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,600 But yeah, I copied her grip, the eastern grip. 158 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,440 I copied the Wilson pro staff racket. 159 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:19,520 I if you go to my TikTok at Griff Blaze ball, you'll see me 160 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,960 do a comparison video of my backhand. 161 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,120 It's a joke video about how I have one of the best backhands 162 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,280 in the world. Griff has a great TikTok. 163 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,560 He's like a tennis comedy content creator. 164 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:32,919 So when I found out about him, I was like, I either need to kill 165 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:35,799 him or get him on the show. So I, I went with the the latter 166 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:41,240 for now. And why do you think gay people 167 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,200 love tennis so much 'cause it really is. 168 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,080 Time and time again, it's like, hey, do you like sports and 169 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,480 whatever and like, hey, do you like tennis? 170 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:48,720 Oh my God, I fucking love tennis. 171 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,920 So like there's, there's, there's just something that we 172 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:52,760 connect to. And I've heard a number of 173 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:53,960 reasons. I'm just curious, what's your 174 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,360 take on that? Well, there's a low hanging 175 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,240 fruit of all the similar expressions like stroking and 176 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,400 bouncing balls and endless and all of those things. 177 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,680 I mean, it can keep going and going and going. 178 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,080 Yeah, fall RIP it all those. Yeah, exactly. 179 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,840 But. So. 180 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,200 If you're into that kind of foot play, code violations, all of 181 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:16,640 it. Yeah, Yeah, all of it. 182 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,680 But I, I think for me it was just that, you know, growing up 183 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:22,280 as a gay kid, you know, you're not invited. 184 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,000 You know, you're picked on a lot, you're whatever. 185 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,520 And you're, I hope that's different now for today's youth. 186 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,760 But you're not invited into the team sports. 187 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:30,560 You know, you sort of don't fit in. 188 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:32,920 And tennis is an individual sport that you can excel at. 189 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:34,680 And we do like to focus on balls. 190 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,400 So I think that's why why it's a gay. 191 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,160 It's a win, win, win. Yeah, yeah. 192 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:41,280 Yeah. No, absolutely. 193 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:41,800 Yeah. No. 194 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,000 Story checks out. OK, We are going to do a speed 195 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,240 round before jumping into the latest action from the tours. 196 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,200 But just real quick and like 5 words or less. 197 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:57,760 Are you gay TP or WT gay? You know, for my entire 198 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,480 adulthood I've been WT gay, but now I'm gay TP. 199 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,720 The women's tour has gotten pretty predictable and the ATP 200 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,440 was, you know, it was dominated by the top three. 201 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,320 But now, and now it's it's really interesting. 202 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,680 There's a lot of guys going into the French that can win. 203 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,000 Yannick or. Carlos Carlos. 204 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,840 I love Yannick but Carlos 100%. All right, Roger or Rafa, I 205 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,880 already know 'cause your shirt. I mean, Rafa Rafa 100. 206 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:21,840 Percent Wow. Wow. 207 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,080 OK, so far you're wrong on all these clay or grass. 208 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,520 I will tell you grass, but I have to tell you a quick story. 209 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,800 Why? I studied in England for six 210 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,720 months during college and I played for the Oxford tennis 211 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,640 team and we had a clubhouse and whenever we play in an opposing 212 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,440 team we played on grass courts. We would retire to the 213 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,840 clubhouse, have to put on all white and we'd have our Butler 214 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,560 service like sandwiches. Love it. 215 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,600 And also I got to say, like the campiness of tea service after 216 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,840 tennis is another thing that I think is a gay code that like 217 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,080 that's why I like everything about Wimbledon is so camp that 218 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,680 I just love it so much, so 100%. It's so great, yeah. 219 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:04,400 The last question what is your favorite court in LA? 220 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,200 I played at a guy's house in the in the final of a lot of 221 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,240 tournament Los Angeles 10 association years ago. 222 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,640 And it's it's a pretty famous court and it's a private court 223 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,360 and it it overlooks like the entire city. 224 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,240 It's this gorgeous hardcourt, he and his husband, and it's like 225 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,560 stunning. Well, my favorite court actually 226 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:28,720 up in Ojai at the Hermitage Ranch. 227 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:34,280 So last weekend I was up there, my first time to Ojai. 228 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:35,960 Never been to Ojai. I actually thought it was in the 229 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,880 desert. And as people might know from 230 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,880 this show, I hate the desert. And I was like, OK, fine. 231 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,200 Ojai is not. It's like over almost at the 232 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:48,560 ocean and it's beautiful area. And my friend and his business 233 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:52,920 partner in this endeavor, who is the tennis director at Plummer 234 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,480 Park, they started this thing called Radici Courts. 235 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,720 And that's RADICI. It's Italian. 236 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,000 I think it means roots or I always wanted to be like, don't 237 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,440 be so radici like ridiculous. But it's, I think it's roots and 238 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,240 it's so cool because. We're coming up on Rome. 239 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,600 We're coming up on Rome. They're throwing a little. 240 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:11,960 Italian there, Paul. Perfect. 241 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,040 Come on. Let's go. 242 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,840 The whole weekend I was like, hey, hey, people love it when I 243 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,400 just take their culture and reduce it down to one hand. 244 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,960 Oh yeah, great. They love it, but it was 245 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,320 amazing. So they did this thing where 246 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:31,120 they like combine mindfulness and meditation and and tennis, 247 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,480 which is kind of like two of my favorite things. 248 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,880 I know it doesn't seem like it, but I'm I love to meditate and 249 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,400 it really does impact the game. And we see people, even Jack 250 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,440 Draper today was doing his sort of changeover, eyes closed 251 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,800 visualization, you know, be the ball. 252 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,280 But it was also on this ranch where there were horses and 253 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,920 donkeys. I met 2 donkeys. 1 was named 254 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,960 Rusty cuz he kind of has like orange and kind of brown 255 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:57,640 highlights. The other one is called Winston 256 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,280 cuz he looks like Winston Churchill and they were like. 257 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,880 Just not cuz he smokes cigarettes. 258 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:03,840 It's not cuz he. Smokes too, that would have been 259 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:05,920 better. Yeah, that's a good one. 260 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,760 Just to see like the horse, like smoking a cigarette, that'd be 261 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:13,040 fantastic. Yeah, I used to smoke and it was 262 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,600 Winston ultralights. They were great. 263 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,080 Oh wow, yeah. Wow, yeah I know I quit smoking 264 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,800 a long time ago, but delicious anyway. 265 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,880 Keep. Going yeah, we're in LA, but 266 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,840 yeah, we also had this one session where the the the two 267 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,560 sort of spiritual leaders open up our chakras. 268 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,840 Hey Max and Katie, do you have a favorite chakra? 269 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:35,600 Well, of course. I mean, come on, it's the what 270 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,680 is it? It's the orange one, the the 271 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:40,920 sacral chakra, of course, that's the like, that's the one that 272 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,880 that is the I think it's sexual, but also creativity and all of 273 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,320 that. It's it's like in the abdomen, I 274 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:49,440 think. So you're so serious. 275 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,400 So my favorite one is Chakra Khan of course. 276 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,680 There you go. God, you're so smart. 277 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:58,280 Like this is this is what it's, this is what it's like here, 278 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,480 folks. And if you're new, that's 279 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,360 fantastic. Welcome. 280 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,560 Also, I just want to say hi to any Radici folks that are 281 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,960 listening. Sunny, thank you for hosting. 282 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,480 And Fabiano, you're a great tennis pro and also just met 283 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,840 some fun people. Eliza Ratka, Michelle, Ari, 284 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,440 anyone else? And like the whole thing, like 285 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,400 one of the things that I do love about tennis, and you were 286 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,600 talking about it like it is this individual sport. 287 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,720 But what is so great is there's also a community around it, you 288 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,400 know, and especially within like the gay community. 289 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:27,720 Like the gay community is one thing. 290 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,880 The tennis community is another. The gay tennis community is like 291 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,120 literally where it's at. So I love it. 292 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,480 But Radicchi Court is not gay. I mean, they they accepted me 293 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,600 and there were other gay people. There and we still like them 294 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,960 that's OK we they we can like them too yes or. 295 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,240 It's 2025. I can play tennis with street 296 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:47,800 people. No. 297 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:48,960 And they were just, they were awesome. 298 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:50,840 So if anyone out there is interested, check out 299 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:55,360 radicicourt.com, RADICI court.com. 300 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:00,560 OK, so now we're gonna get our episode started the way we 301 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,800 always do with our lobs being. And for anyone who might be new 302 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,720 or needs a reminder, the lobs being is just the thing that 303 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,640 happened in tennis that either made us a little gayer or made 304 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,360 us a little gayer for tennis. And remember, you don't have to 305 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,800 be gay to like this podcast, but you do have to be gay for 306 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,560 tennis. So if you're not gay for tennis, 307 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,720 you should turn this off right now. 308 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:27,800 So I'll go first because I'm a pushy host, but my lobs be in it 309 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:32,760 with no surprise whatsoever. No suspense is the Madrid model 310 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,360 ball boys and and ball girls. They're back. 311 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,120 So it's been a few years now, actually many years, and the 312 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:45,440 Madrid Open only on center court has professional models as the 313 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,240 ball kids, ball boys and girls. They're so crazy. 314 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,240 Ball models. I don't know how you, I don't 315 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,320 know how to refer to them. It used to only be female models 316 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,680 and it would only be when the men were playing. 317 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,920 Like I remember, like I think it was Agassi back in the day. 318 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,480 It was like, it's so distracting 'cause these girls are so 319 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:02,720 beautiful. Duh, duh, duh. 320 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,960 There's been progress made. There are now ball model boys 321 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:13,440 and ball model girls and they will, they will service any 322 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,080 gendered court. So it'll be a WTA match. 323 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,000 So no, it's great for the bisexuals. 324 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,880 It's like, hey, whatever, you know, it's like, hey, hot guys, 325 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,240 hot girls. What's the thing? 326 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,680 They are actually excellent at their job. 327 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,360 They don't fuck around. They are like they are running. 328 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,800 They are, they are really regimented. 329 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,240 It's actually a great gig. They, they get a lot of free 330 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,960 airtime on TV cause I mean, look, I know I'm a basic 331 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,360 homosexual, but like when I see something attractive boy or 332 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,880 girl, I'm like, wow, that's an attractive boy or girl. 333 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,560 I gotta say though, like they either need to like ramp it up 334 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,320 or do something new because you're just a really good ball 335 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,200 boy or ball girl who happens to be good looking. 336 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,400 Like why aren't they wearing the latest and greatest? 337 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,680 Like so during the last two weeks, Coco Golf dropped a sort 338 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,160 of collab between Mew Mew and New Balance. 339 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,520 Why aren't they wearing that? Why aren't they like showing off 340 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,800 the latest gear or like do it, you know, do it like, hey, 341 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,560 you're models. You're not just ball boys. 342 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,200 Like, why isn't there? I wish they. 343 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,880 Didn't like, I think it was because two years ago they got 344 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,640 so much shit because the, the girl models were in half like 345 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,160 crop tops, like sleeveless crop tops. 346 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,040 And they were like, they, they, they're 6 packs were showing and 347 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:30,640 like tiny little dresses. And, and so they, they, the 348 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,960 tournament got a lot of heat, a lot of heat for that. 349 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,920 So it was a little bit more toned down this year, Like, Oh 350 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,720 yeah, the girls actually showed less skin, which is probably 351 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:42,200 better, you know what I'm saying? 352 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:47,000 I remember there was a lot of coverage of that or lack of 353 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,160 coverage of that, if you will. But yes, exactly. 354 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,560 So my solution was put the boys in the crop tops too like. 355 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,840 Well, exactly. You have to make it equal. 356 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,800 That's what I'm saying exactly. Well then I also couldn't help 357 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,880 but feel a little bad about anyone who's like a ball kid on 358 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,320 the non main court. It's like hey you ugly son of a 359 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,520 bitch, get to court 3. It's just like, I just feel so 360 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,200 bad for them. Like you average looking schlub 361 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,280 and they're like 4 feet tall and 12 years old and then it's like 362 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,080 a 24 year old 6 foot, you know, glamazon. 363 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:18,840 There's a volunteer to get close to the players. 364 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:20,680 You leave with a complex. I mean these poor kids. 365 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,720 Exactly, exactly. I thought I'd work in my 366 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,000 forehand, but it's really my posture. 367 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,200 Exactly. Or my nose. 368 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,000 Or my nose it's. Like these poor kids? 369 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,600 Madrid just overall had like a really like fun sensibility. 370 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,080 Also on center court, there's a live DJ, so they're playing 371 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,400 music on the changeovers. And also I just have to do a 372 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,800 quick shout out to the announcer who would call people onto the 373 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,400 court or and also especially during the trophy ceremonies, 374 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:51,200 see what like the the, the length that he would draw the Rs 375 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:51,720 out. It was like. 376 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,840 And like Sabalenka is like watching him, like, are you? 377 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:01,880 She was like literally waiting. She started. 378 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,760 He was like hitch walk. She was like start to walk, like 379 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,600 do I go up or no? And he's not done yet. 380 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,080 And then he wasn't. Even close to done. 381 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,600 OK, that. Yeah, exactly. 382 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,000 She's literally leaning forward. And then it was. 383 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,920 So funny to watch. What did did you have a lobs be 384 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,880 in? In the interview, Jack Draper's 385 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:21,360 interview, I think it was after his quarterfinal win, he's 386 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,000 sitting at the Tennis Channel desk and he wasn't wearing his 387 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,640 hat and it was so clear that he had blonde tips. 388 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,440 He's, he's putting highlights in his hair now 'cause he realizes 389 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,120 he's about to be a gazillionaire and like a massive sex symbol, 390 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:36,560 you know, he's been modeling GQ Britain and all of these things. 391 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,240 Now he's putting, he's putting the highlights individually in 392 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,480 these. And that was like, yes, thank 393 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,880 you. Wow, that's fantastic. 394 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,120 So you're making a little. So that's not natural. 395 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,600 That's not natural. No, no, that is not sun kissed. 396 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,800 No, that is not sun kissed. That is lemon. 397 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,760 No, that is not a lemon. That is clearly He sat in a 398 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,360 chair. Somebody took some foil and did 399 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,600 him right before the tournament. Wow. 400 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,520 Oh yeah, wow. It's 100%. 401 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,440 He's getting highlights and it's fantastic. 402 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,280 I love him. Yeah, I'm sorry, I have to call 403 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,480 you out on one from a few weeks ago. 404 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,960 Oh yeah, yeah, you missed one on previous podcast. 405 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,600 So jeez. During, during Miami, there was 406 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,560 an interview and I, I don't, I'm not a huge Shelton fan because 407 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,640 of his, you know, political likings of posts and things like 408 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,280 that. He and Fonseca were sitting on a 409 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:34,040 couch together in Miami and they were giving some sort of 410 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,840 interview and they were, it was all over social media. 411 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,320 Their legs were spread so far apart and their knees were 412 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:41,920 touching. And I can't believe you didn't 413 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:44,720 not yet. Did you see those pictures? 414 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,400 Oh, I clocked it. No, my friend Evan Ross Katz was 415 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,680 like hosting that event. It was for on. 416 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:55,160 It is that funny thing where there's this like sort of rymal 417 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:58,680 heterosexual trade of I need to spread my legs so wide and like 418 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,200 manspread. It's so wide. 419 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,600 But then you cross the line to wait. 420 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,360 My knee is touching the manspreader next to me. 421 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,040 But I like, it's like, I don't know what to do. 422 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,840 Like I can't back down. There's this whole, like, what's 423 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,800 happening, lizard brain going on. 424 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,040 And yeah, yeah, that. Was a big lobs for you a moment 425 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,840 that was missed and I was shocked. 426 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:18,560 I thought that was going to be like leading the podcast. 427 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,920 I'm sorry to call you out, Paul. No, no, no, that's fair. 428 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,560 That's fair. Even even you a master, 429 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,120 sometimes you need a correction. I'm sorry, but I have to. 430 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,320 Call them. There is an embarrassment of 431 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,880 riches of Lobbian there in tennis these days, you know. 432 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,680 Especially on the gay TP there's. 433 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,280 Only so many things my eyes can take in at once. 434 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,280 But no, I appreciate that. And you also do bring up a good 435 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:43,560 point. Look, we do objectify guys on 436 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:47,920 here and a lot of them might not have the political beliefs that 437 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,200 we do. And, you know, it's something 438 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,360 that I struggle with. You know, Jack Draper tumbled 439 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:56,160 out of the BTP rankings when it turned out that he wound up 440 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,400 lunch with Trump. And I'm still not sure he's he 441 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,320 has a protected ranking and he might come back into the 442 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,000 seating. Look, I don't know if I want to 443 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,600 see the voting record of any of these guys, you know, like, I 444 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,600 don't. Know listen, I don't let's I 445 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,160 don't even want to talk about like I worry. 446 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,000 I wonder about Tommy Paul. No, I wonder. 447 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:14,840 You know what I mean? I don't want to know. 448 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,360 I don't want to know. He's beautiful, that mustache. 449 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:18,920 I don't need to know anything about he. 450 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,280 Probably doesn't vote, he just fishes, you know? 451 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,760 That's. It's even worse. 452 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:32,440 Yeah, exactly. So let's jump into what's been 453 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,160 going on with our segment Twit, which is this week in tennis. 454 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,840 So that's Twit. And like I said at the top of 455 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,440 the show, we got to just kind of talk about all the Deja vu that 456 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,440 we're seeing. Not only are the clay courts 457 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,280 kind of all blending together, or maybe I just have something 458 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,640 in my eye kind of just like Novak. 459 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,560 Although I think Novak is finally like he recovers from a 460 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:58,520 severe leg injury, from knee surgery, from strains so much 461 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,400 faster than a stye. But I think he's fine for his 462 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,440 stye. But yeah, one of the Deja Vu's 463 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,360 was just that, hey, another Masters was disrupted by a 464 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:13,040 really kind of bizarre kind of natural slash, not disaster, but 465 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,080 weird things. So last year Indian Wells was 466 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:19,320 disrupted by a swarm of bees. And this year Madrid was stopped 467 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:23,400 due to a national blackout for that that covered Spain, 468 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,600 Portugal, even a little bit of France. 469 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,040 They don't really know what happened. 470 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,840 My question is, has anyone talked to the bees from Indian 471 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,760 Wells? Remember when killer bees were 472 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,200 going to invade the US like like the year after COVID? 473 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,760 Like I don't. Know it never happened. 474 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,520 Yeah, it never did. Well, so maybe they're out there 475 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,280 taking down power grids. So. 476 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:42,280 So it's. Just kind of funny. 477 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,480 They're busy little bees. They're oh, they're busy to see 478 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,080 that little dad joke. Busy as a bee? 479 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,680 Dad jokes are always welcome here. 480 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,560 A few days after the blackout, there was just this little 481 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,800 interview on Tennis Channel with Coco Goff. 482 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,560 And it was just really funny. She has this way of talking like 483 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,200 I really respect them. I and I, I love, I love Coco. 484 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,080 And she's like, you know, I really respect people who who 485 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,080 had to live before there was electricity because now I see 486 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,880 how hard it was because she like had to walk home and I could, 487 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,240 you know, I had to get home. I know. 488 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,320 And she talked about she was like, but, you know, I have my 489 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:15,760 music downloaded. Yeah. 490 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,400 And luckily my dad had, like, a backup charger. 491 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,240 She's like. But like, the fact that people 492 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,920 did this, it's like, wow. I, I was almost imagining she 493 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,320 was thinking like, how did they play like the Madrid open 494 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:26,920 without electricity? You know, like, I think it's 495 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,440 just like there's a, there was a disconnect going on there. 496 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,320 The, the next Deja Vu, maybe we're going to start calling it 497 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,560 Clayja Vu. But the big boys keep on losing. 498 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,720 So Zverev. Zverev had every chance to 499 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,760 become number one while Sinner was out on his three month 500 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:45,240 vacation, but he just keeps laying down number twos all over 501 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,160 the court he lost to. Sorundalo. 502 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:54,440 Quick, he lost to Sorundalo in the round of 16 in Madrid and 503 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,280 he's just he is not in a good place with his game. 504 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,520 I think he is going to tumble out of the top five, maybe even 505 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:03,840 the top 10 by the end of the year. 506 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,840 I mean, particularly, I mean, if this keeps up like he's, he's 507 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,800 not going to defend any points from last year. 508 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:12,360 He's following a pattern of like so many of the recent tournament 509 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,440 winners when they win these tournaments, it's like the same 510 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,240 thing happened with like Elena Osta. 511 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,720 Uh oh, you know, in Stuttgart, you know, she comes in and then 512 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,200 she loses her first match in Madrid. 513 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,280 Like the consistency isn't there. 514 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,920 And I think it's because the tour is just, it's so long and 515 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,000 they never get a break That like that's one thing about Draper. 516 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:35,200 You know, Madrid was only a six tournament this year and he's 517 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,880 really, you know, having his schedule spaced out nicely. 518 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,200 And I think that's why he's doing well. 519 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,440 But yeah, I was, I was thrilled that Zverev lost. 520 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,760 And then. Well, the thing about Zverev 521 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,440 though is like he has had he has had time off because he keeps 522 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,360 losing so. Yeah, that's true. 523 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:51,080 That's true. He's. 524 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:56,680 Not making deep runs, Novak also lost early Madrid to Arnaldi, 525 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,720 who was just like the cutie patootie. 526 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,720 He almost. Made the just about to say cutie 527 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,760 patootie. I was just about to say cutie 528 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,120 patootie. He's Italian male. 529 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,240 Oh my God. Arnaldi in that interview was 530 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,920 just so appealing. He was such a nice guy. 531 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:14,000 He has like the Jasmine Paolini smile. 532 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,720 He just lights up a room. He was. 533 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,360 And he was just plastic. He was just like tickled on the 534 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:22,240 inside. I don't know if I can say that, 535 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,360 but he was just like he was just having the best time and he made 536 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:26,880 a run. I mean he got to the quarters 537 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,200 and everything. So he made great great for him 538 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,600 and you know, it was a very competitive Bay TP this week. 539 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,720 I'm just going to tell you guys that we'll get to that later in 540 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:35,960 the. Show we haven't gotten to the 541 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,080 other Italian. Come on. 542 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,640 I mean, there's, so there's so much. 543 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,560 Yeah, we can spend the whole podcast on Musetti himself. 544 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,120 I know, I know. Well, no, he also didn't make 545 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:46,560 the Bay TP. I'm just kidding. 546 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,800 I mean, but we got to talk about Novak. 547 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,080 We got to talk about, yeah, I mean, close his laptop. 548 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:57,280 I got close the computer. Yeah, so Novak has pulled out of 549 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,760 Rome. He hasn't won a tournament since 550 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:01,160 the. Olympics. 551 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,800 I don't know what the hell his strategy is for how he's now 552 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,720 getting the end of his, you know, I mean, he's probably got 553 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,040 at most a year. I think he's going to retire by 554 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,560 the end of this year or maybe not, but I mean here's a one. 555 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,760 I mean is, does he have it like or is he is age finally caught 556 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,320 up with him And he's kind of I don't think so. 557 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:24,600 I don't. I don't think he's winning 558 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,840 another tournament. If he wants to like break 559 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,080 Connor's record or whatever, I don't think he'll get to one O 560 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,600 7. He's at 99 right now. 561 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,920 I think he can win another tournament if he drops down to 562 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,080 the two 50s, but I just don't see him doing that. 563 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,800 I don't know about a Grand Slam. I don't necessarily think it's 564 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,880 because of his age. I think it's because there's now 565 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,520 sort of cracks in his armor due to the injuries, due to the 566 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,960 early losses. And a lot of it has to do with 567 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,480 that locker room mentality. Once they feel like they can 568 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,960 win, then, you know, as we know, tennis is very mental sport. 569 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,000 Then they they step on court believing they can win. 570 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,080 If anything. You know, when my idol Everett 571 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,520 retired, she said, you know, when she got to that age and she 572 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,960 retired at 34, she said on a day-to-day basis, point to 573 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,880 point. I just the reason I retired was 574 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,720 because I couldn't focus on every point like I used to. 575 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:13,400 And that she goes, I didn't want to, I didn't want to not to be 576 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,320 able to do that. And I think that more it's more 577 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:20,000 mental with Novak was that it's just he's been playing for like 578 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,800 20. Over 20 years, his. 579 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,120 Mind is just yeah, it's it's exhausted. 580 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,880 Yeah, no, what you're saying makes sense because if it was 581 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,360 just his age, it would only be the top players taking him out. 582 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:34,160 But like Arnold, he takes him out like he's had these losses 583 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,480 to people who are not like top, top, top tier. 584 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,200 So yeah, I mean, it's it's I I think it's mental. 585 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,760 I think he's he's lacking a little focus and, and now he's 586 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,560 starting to just like lack a little match play, you know, 587 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,000 fitness and. That's why I don't understand 588 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,800 him skipping Rome. I don't get it. 589 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,800 Yeah, yeah, he needs. Matches, So, you know, I don't 590 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,160 maybe he's injured and we don't know it. 591 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,080 Maybe he's got that AB thing or what. 592 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,320 I don't know. Maybe that's why he's not 593 00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,720 playing Rome. He's not just not talking about 594 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,520 it, but he usually loves to talk about his injuries to get into 595 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,800 people. So I know I, you know, I'd be 596 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,600 shocked if he is injured and not talking about it. 597 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:12,560 Well, his sty is recovered for the most part, but but I am not 598 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,720 recovered from it. So, hey Chris, do you want to 599 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,360 hear a joke, Paul? Sure, I love jokes. 600 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:22,160 Please. OK, who is Novak's favorite 601 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:26,080 pitcher? Is this a baseball reference? 602 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,880 Yeah. Oh God, I am not going to get 603 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:29,600 this one. Who? 604 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,600 Stuy, Young. Perfect. 605 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,040 So good, yeah. What was Novak Djokovic's 606 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:42,880 favorite youth, young gay coming out movie? 607 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:55,120 A coming out movie. Oh, inside out, inside out. 608 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,200 Wasn't that the wasn't inside out that Kevin Klein movie where 609 00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,840 he came out? Didn't. 610 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,120 Didn't. Didn't Kevin Klein? 611 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,560 Wasn't that Joan Cusack and Kevin Klein? 612 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:06,280 That is inside. Out that. 613 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,160 That that, you know, I'm going to give you some points for 614 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:09,800 that. That's not bad. 615 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:10,920 That's not bad. I wouldn't call that like a a 616 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,680 youth coming. So it's love, Steinman. 617 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,080 Oh, beautiful. Yes, thank you. 618 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,760 I miss the youth part of it. I miss the part of the joke. 619 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,920 There you go. All right, last one, Yes. 620 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,560 What is Novak Djokovic's favorite Will Smith movie? 621 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:33,720 Oh. Ah, sty robot. 622 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,240 Oh, Ding, Ding, Ding. You got it. 623 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:37,520 You got it. Sty robot. 624 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,200 Well played, Sir. Well played. 625 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,000 I just keep it. I I. 626 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:42,520 What is it? I? 627 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:43,240 Yeah. OK, very good. 628 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:49,840 And I will be beating this dead horse until I can't beat it 629 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,080 anymore. Another Clay Javu moment. 630 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,800 And we've kind of been referencing a little bit. 631 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,960 It's just more retirements, more pulling out. 632 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,000 Hulgaruna is is really worrying me. 633 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,920 He's like a Victorian child suffering from cholera and 634 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,280 consumption. He's pulled out of three of the 635 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,200 last six tournaments that he is been meant to play in. 636 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,560 But then when he does stay, I mean, he made the final Indian 637 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,880 Wells, he wins Barcelona. I'm I'm, I'm really happy for 638 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,160 him that he's getting some good results. 639 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,920 But dude, like he's either always got like a tummy ache or 640 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,440 like it's just, it's like he's like really kind of. 641 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,440 And it's never sort of clear. It like it comes out of nowhere. 642 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,080 And he kind of has in a way similar game to Novak. 643 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,920 He's he gets to everything and he hits, he gets with he doesn't 644 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,280 hit completely loopy, can drive through the ball flat like Novak 645 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,680 does and Novak, if you remember early in his career had tons of 646 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,080 problems like this. He couldn't breathe. 647 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,840 He. Was always sick on the court. 648 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,520 Always sick on the court. And he he lost a lot of finals 649 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,880 early. And so Holger's mother, who is 650 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,680 his main coach still, I think that she should get with Novak's 651 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,640 team and like, ask, ask some questions because he does need, 652 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,640 he does need to get that handle. Yeah, Yeah. 653 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,480 Well, and then at the other end of the spectrum, we've got poor 654 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,560 Matteo Baratini, who's just honestly needs to be placed into 655 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:09,600 bubble wrap. Like what? 656 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:14,080 Like whenever he moves his body, he somehow hurts himself again. 657 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,160 And so he got injured. I think it was against Draper, 658 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,160 maybe in the quarters or the sixteens. 659 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,960 But yeah, just again, he's out. I don't think he's going to 660 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:25,000 play. Also, I think Draper tweaked 661 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,280 something during the final today. 662 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,920 My money, he's not playing Rome. I don't think he's going to play 663 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:30,640 Rome. Yeah, I, I agree with you, and I 664 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,240 don't think he should because he's got a shit ton of points 665 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,240 he's into. He'll be seated top five at 666 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,680 Roland Garros. So I think that he skips, he 667 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,160 practices, he heals. I just want to go back to my 668 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:44,000 darling Mateo for a second because it's not, it's not his 669 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,120 fault really, if you think about it. 670 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,480 Like his poor body has to carry so much weight on top of those 671 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,800 tiny little legs. And so like, it's like, you 672 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,360 know, when someone like I'm partially deaf in my left ear, 673 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:55,600 right. So I have a great sense of 674 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,000 smell, other things have to compensate, right? 675 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,520 So like with with yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. 676 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,640 The other sense is compensate. I'm like, I'm not deaf and 677 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,280 partially. But like my like with Mateo, 678 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,000 those legs are so tiny. Everything else in his body has 679 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,040 to work so much harder. And also carrying the weight of 680 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,680 those looks must be exhausting. He is so pretty. 681 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,360 I mean, it's got to be exhausting because my God is he 682 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,720 stunning. Every injury timeout where he 683 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,760 has to take his shirt off, all the all the phones come out and 684 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,840 they're just. Like, I know it's hilarious. 685 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,680 Give us more. No, that's fair. 686 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,320 I mean, look, yeah, my forehand is a little inconsistent and I 687 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,480 make up for it by just having like a big fat ass. 688 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,200 But but back to pulling out our favorite topic. 689 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,760 So Carlos also pulled out of Madrid really bad timing for his 690 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,960 Netflix special because there was all this signage for Netflix 691 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,520 and the Carlos documentary because they were thinking and 692 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,920 I, I, I, I feel bad for them. Their marketing team was really 693 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:49,840 smart. Oh, we're going to premiere the 694 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,280 Carlos Alcarez documentary. We're going to have signage 695 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,400 everywhere. He'll be playing on the court, 696 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,360 you know, corporate synergy, da, da, da, da. 697 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,600 And then he pulls out. I think we're just going to have 698 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,480 to accept that on the men's side because it really doesn't happen 699 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,240 to the women as nearly as much. On the men's side, two to three 700 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,679 top 15 players are going to be out on any given tournament. 701 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:13,800 It's just like that's just. How it's going to be I I agree. 702 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,600 What did you think of the Carlos documentary? 703 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,159 I had a lot of thoughts about it when it first came out. 704 00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,120 I wasn't sure because I did not like break Point that much as a 705 00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:27,480 as a sort of series. And it's also the challenge with 706 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,800 tennis documentaries. I mean, the challenge with even 707 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,560 a tennis podcast is that like, we only care about what's 708 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,320 happening right now. Like, I don't really care what 709 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,080 Carlos was doing in 2024, even though it was only a year ago. 710 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,679 I'm not like, oh, I really want to revisit his time and, you 711 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:43,719 know, at the Olympics, so I wasn't so sure about it. 712 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,880 He he definitely doesn't suffer from a lack of exposure. 713 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,080 So I didn't know and he puts a lot of pressure on himself. 714 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:53,560 He talks a lot about being the best player ever and all this 715 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,040 stuff. And so I'm just kind of like, I 716 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,280 don't know if this is like going to be something that that that I 717 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,320 that I want to hear. The production was interesting. 718 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,920 I like some of the dubbing. I like some of the, you know, 719 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:06,800 the. Oh, did you know? 720 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,000 Because someone you're talking to might have been involved in 721 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,840 the dubbing what a little bit. Well, so when you said dubs 722 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,360 earlier, I thought you meant like double S tennis. 723 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:21,880 Yeah, but tell me, yes, I did some of the dubbing in that 724 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,120 documentary. Oh my God, who was? 725 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,240 Language. Dubbing Were you the mom? 726 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:31,160 Yes, yes, I was the mom. Yes. 727 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,840 No, that that's Holger's mom, that you just. 728 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,400 Did yeah. Oh my God, you're terrible. 729 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,120 That's so funny. No, I played like a lot of 730 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:44,800 ancillary characters. His his coach when he was like 731 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,480 5, a lot of his friends, I don't know if you've seen when they 732 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,080 were jumping off the boat and all that and then have friends 733 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,880 in the restaurant. I did 2 days on it where they 734 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,680 called me and I did a lot of the, you know, other voices. 735 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,600 It's fun. It's really fun work to do, 736 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,840 yeah. Yeah, well, so, so where the 737 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,720 documentary turned around for me, not only with the dubs, was 738 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,640 a that Yonic Sinner was on it 'cause like he didn't have to be 739 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,160 on it. Like it's like, hey, hey, world 740 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,200 number one biggest rival of yours is doing a documentary. 741 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,200 Do you want to come on and talk about how great he is? 742 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,800 And he did like that was cool of Yonic to even be on the on. 743 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,480 The well, they're they're the new, they're the new Roger and 744 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,120 Rafa. Yeah, like, they're good guys. 745 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,520 They like each other. And it makes me excited to have 746 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,760 Sinner back for that. Where the documentary really 747 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:33,080 turned around for me though, was when he decided to go to Ibiza 748 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,960 after the French Open. And and it was like he was being 749 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:41,600 there was just footage of him in the back seat of a car talking 750 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,360 about how fucked up he was going to get and how much he was going 751 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,840 to party. And I have never seen that side 752 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,360 of him. And I'm so glad that that side 753 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,240 of him like, oh, you're a human. You're just want to like cut 754 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:53,920 loose. It was very much like, I don't 755 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,880 know if you watch Below Deck down under, but I don't. 756 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:02,440 It's one of my only like, reality show escapes after a 757 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,200 charter guest checks out. They always go out for the night 758 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,520 and it's always them wasted in the back of a minivan. 759 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,960 And it was very much that just being like silly, stupid and 760 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:15,080 like these players, you know, I think a reason why they've 761 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:19,720 burned out mentally is that that they don't show any weakness. 762 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:22,000 They don't show any sort of like softness. 763 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,760 And like here he's just like, no, I need 4 days at a foam 764 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,720 party. And I hope when you come wake me 765 00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:30,640 up in the morning that I'm not with somebody. 766 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:34,760 He literally said that I was like fuck yes, get it. 767 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,360 Divas get it, Carlos? Yes, yes. 768 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:41,080 He said recently in an interview where he's just really trying to 769 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,160 have more fun on court. You know, he just want, he just 770 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,200 wants to have fun. And that that also gives me 771 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,800 pause about these types of documentaries where it's like he 772 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:54,160 was saying in an interview in early to mid 2024 that he wants 773 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:55,240 to be the best player in the world. 774 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,800 I wonder if right now he would say that because I think he 775 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,920 realized how much pressure he was putting on himself. 776 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,760 And so it's like, OK, they just launched it on Netflix. 777 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,720 So it feels like new. But no, that's not what he's 778 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:10,000 thinking now 'cause yeah, he is trying to get a little bit more 779 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,920 chill about and his being the greatest ever. 780 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,280 He's been #1 already, he's been #1 so he's achieved that. 781 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,880 He'll be #1 again. Of course he will. 782 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,960 But I think that for him, he wants those titles. 783 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,000 He wants the history. And if he can win the 784 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:29,200 Australian, you know, before I think he's 24, I think he 785 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,800 becomes the youngest to ever compete the complete the career 786 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,160 Grand Slam like that would be, that's a great record, you know. 787 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:36,400 I think those are the two more years. 788 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,120 To do it, yeah, I think he wants that more than #1. 789 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,280 Yeah, there were just some other interesting things that have 790 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,000 been happening. Like we don't need to like get 791 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,040 into this one too much, but I'm just going to call this one Love 792 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,280 Wins. So there was just this weird 793 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,880 thing that kept happening on the WTA side where players would 794 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,480 lose the first set 6 Love and then win the match. 795 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,720 So that happened with Yogeshvantak against Madison 796 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:01,160 Keys. She loses the first set 6 Love, 797 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,920 comes back and wins. Coco Goth against Yastremska 798 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,600 loses 6 Love and then comes back and wins. 799 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,440 Granted, I think just sounds good got injured sometime in the 800 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:14,880 second set, but it's just sort of like the the women's matches, 801 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,720 they were kind of like these weird streaky things where it's 802 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:18,640 like, well, I'm going to destroy you this set. 803 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,560 Well, now I'm going to destroy you the next set. 804 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,200 And it's like it's just kind of weird. 805 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:26,480 Like you don't see a lot of like Bagel first sets that then that 806 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,760 person ends up winning. So that was just sort of another 807 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,360 like, wait, that keeps happening. 808 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:37,000 Another, another Clay Javelu is just that Sabolinka is a fixture 809 00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:38,880 in the finals. Like holy shit. 810 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:42,080 She like you talked about consistency earlier in day in 811 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,800 and day out. And like, for someone who can be 812 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,960 so streaky, she's not a lock to win the tournament, but she's 813 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:49,880 kind of a lock to make the finals of. 814 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,560 Everything. That she's been in like, wow. 815 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,240 I think the only people that the only people that can beat her 816 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:58,680 and you know, are the people that can hit her off the court 817 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,000 like a like a Yelena hasta uh oh. 818 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,720 And and I say Yelena hasta uh oh because you just never know what 819 00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:06,520 you're going to get. She's like with oh, wow, like 820 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,960 what's coming today, You know, like, I love you, lady. 821 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,400 You have a love hate relationship with her. 822 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:14,280 But you know, like, so, you know, in Stuttgart, Yelena blew 823 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,480 her off the court. You know, one in Oh my God, it 824 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,840 was crazy and it was great tennis for, for Yelena. 825 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,960 But yeah, if she doesn't come up against a heavy hitter. 826 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:24,480 I don't. I was shocked. 827 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:25,840 That's always on her. Final. 828 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,040 Yeah, exactly. I was shocked going into the 829 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:33,440 final at at Madrid that I didn't know that Coco had a 54. 830 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,760 I was. Surprised, she. 831 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,000 She does, yeah. She normally doesn't lose to 832 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,720 players like Coco because you know there's there's a weakness 833 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:44,480 there on the forehand side on the second serve and she can tee 834 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,520 off. Well, and it is interesting, a 835 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,480 couple years ago, Sabalenka really had the yips on her serve 836 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,880 where I think that's when Coco got a couple of those wins. 837 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,760 Like she used to be beatable because like there were times 838 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,280 where she could not get a serve in. 839 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,480 She was like Dementieva from back in the day. 840 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,320 It's just like, the hell is that? 841 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:05,880 So Yeah, last, last Cleja Vu. I mean, there's there's several 842 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:07,760 more, but the last one we're going to cover today is just 843 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:13,400 everyone is really serving looks in lilac except for a few 844 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,200 notable outliers. They're all wearing like these 845 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:20,720 beautiful lilacs and soft tones. It looks so good on the European 846 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:25,040 red clay, like, I mean, our boy Tommy Paul, I mean. 847 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,160 But listen, I got, I have to jump in here for a second 848 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,560 because I agree with you. It's a great color. 849 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,800 They're all copying Rafa from when he won the the the French 850 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:34,480 Open a few years ago in the lilac. 851 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,240 That, I think was his last win in the Lilac. 852 00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:39,440 You were riding hard for. Rafa Wow. 853 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,600 Yeah, I was such a Rafa die hard. 854 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,280 Tommy pulled it off beautifully because it's almost like a steel 855 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,440 grey lilac. It was like kind of both and it 856 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,920 looked so good on him. But on the flip side of that 857 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:54,640 though, like, you know, that lilac sort of grey, like a 858 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,680 little cotton blend, You're seeing the pit pies. 859 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,480 It's not attractive, you know what I mean? 860 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,560 Give him like, give him something like a little pattern 861 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,960 to distract, you know, like, I don't know, like Coco is such a 862 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,800 massive superstar. She made a huge, huge deal about 863 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,200 her kit at the Australian Open like that she designed. 864 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,080 It was so cool, right? And then New Balance puts her in 865 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:16,080 like a grey shirt and a grey skirt with little stripe on it 866 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,680 and white sneakers. Like what's happening? 867 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,720 She's a massive superstar. Like Global, give her a cool 868 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:24,400 kit, you know? Well, OK, yes, but I first of 869 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:26,120 all, OK, I think she looked great. 870 00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:29,080 But here's the thing. Come on, kind of buy that kit 871 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,480 from Australia because you can't even take, you can't even take a 872 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,760 dump in it. You cannot go to the bathroom. 873 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,120 But here in Madrid, she's wearing something that like 874 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:40,400 anyone can see themselves in. But I got to say my numero Uno 875 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,160 was someone who was not wearing lilac. 876 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,760 So this is where it was, not maybe because of all the Cleja 877 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:50,280 Vu, but Marta Kostic. She and her Wilson kit looked 878 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:54,360 drop dead gorgeous like this is. It was the perfect tennis dress. 879 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:58,360 There was a slit on the side that has been done before, but I 880 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,800 don't think it's generally placed where it was. 881 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,480 It was a glamorous like they finally achieved A glamour look 882 00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:08,040 in a women's tennis kit that wasn't like a fucking Tutu. 883 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:11,920 She looked outstanding. Yeah, she looked like, she 884 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,400 looked like a Madrid ball girl on center court from two years 885 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:15,120 ago. Yeah, yeah. 886 00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:18,200 It looks like a model, you know. Yeah, yeah, Yeah, she looked, 887 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,760 she looked great. And that was an amazing match 888 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,320 that she lost to Sabalanka. I think it was 7676. 889 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,000 But like, that was an amazing match. 890 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,600 But the other slit I was. Bummed she didn't pull that out. 891 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,480 Yes. I mean, I was bummed. 892 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,400 It's I, I agree. I she's Ukrainian, the 893 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,120 Ukrainians, yeah. And she's playing a Belarussian 894 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,240 and I like Sabalenka. I don't blame her. 895 00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:39,880 I do like her. One of the reasons she's doing 896 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,560 well is because she is having fun off court with her team, you 897 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,960 know, is good for the game. She's she's great to the other 898 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:49,200 women on tour, the other women like her, but I just wish she 899 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,400 wasn't from Belarussian but. But but also let me just add to 900 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,280 that real quick. So Kostiak had to beat 2 901 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:59,800 Russians and then plays on the women's side. 902 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,720 On the men's side, it's all these cute countries. 903 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:03,960 It's like, I'm from Norway, I'm from Italy. 904 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,840 We're just gonna play. And on the women's side, this is 905 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:10,560 Belarus versus Ukraine versus Russia, always China. 906 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:14,200 It's like, it's crazy. There's like undertones. 907 00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:16,240 Yeah. The slit that you haven't talked 908 00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:18,640 about, which, and I cannot believe we haven't gotten to him 909 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,080 yet, but Lorenzo Mousetti was wearing running shorts from the 910 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:24,240 1980s. That kid was so sexy. 911 00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:27,680 And he had the slits on the side like little running short slits 912 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,720 like from the 80s. And then you combine that which, 913 00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:34,160 which is essentially it wasn't a crop top, but it was because 914 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,040 every time he served, you're seeing, you know, his stomach 915 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:39,240 and those beautiful biceps with the cut. 916 00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:44,320 I mean, it was just perfect draping and like he and it's 917 00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,520 just a plain white outfit, but he stole, he stole it. 918 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,880 It's not lilac. He stole the entire tournament 919 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:53,120 for me in that outfit. Not since Rafa with his Capri 920 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:56,520 pants back in the early 2000s has someone gotten so much 921 00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:58,080 attention. I agree. 922 00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,560 Like he he absolutely like stood out from everybody. 923 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:05,200 It's this APC collaboration. Like he said, yeah, they're 924 00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:08,080 running shorts. So they like billowed they. 925 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:09,640 Were very They billowed beautifully. 926 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:14,320 Like, you know, is, yeah, yes, it was, it was quite the scene 927 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,520 and he got a lot of points for that on the bait, yes. 928 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,440 He did for and you know, it's it's. 929 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:21,400 And where did those biceps come from? 930 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:23,480 I know those. Biceps weren't there to. 931 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:28,840 Go I always tell like what looks are really hitting by like the 932 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:32,920 best photography and the best photography from Madrid were 933 00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:37,440 photos of him sort of mid flight with his like billowing 934 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,120 everything. He was kind of like the Flying 935 00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:42,600 Nun, Like it was just like, and again, you know, and I can't 936 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:43,920 wait. Yes. 937 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:45,960 Oh, there you go. And I can't wait for Wimbledon 938 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:47,880 because we're going to see that it has to be oh, white. 939 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:49,400 He's going to wear the same outfit at Wimbledon. 940 00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:51,600 I mean, come on. It is interesting. 941 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,840 It like it's like, what is next? Because I don't think he can 942 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,080 keep wearing that tournament in and tournament out. 943 00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:00,400 Like I think he's got a like maybe it comes in another color. 944 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,840 Yeah. See it like maybe in an all red? 945 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:04,680 That'd be kind of hot. Or all black if. 946 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:06,240 He wore that in. The devil. 947 00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:09,320 Oh, come on. No, I I think red is a good 948 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:09,760 idea. I'm. 949 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:11,440 I'm here for that. Yeah, I'd like to see. 950 00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:12,680 It in red. Yeah. 951 00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:16,880 Well, the last bit of kit deja vu though was the quarter final 952 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:21,160 between Mensic and Surrendolo. They come out and they wear the 953 00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:24,680 exact same. I think it was Adidas outfit. 954 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:29,480 Black T-shirt, neon green shorts, neon green backwards 955 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:32,960 hat, both backwards hat. Like not not even like 1 is 956 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,600 going to do it front. Luckily they're not exactly 957 00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:38,600 twins so you could tell them apart, but it was like that 958 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:40,480 spider man meme where they're just all kind of pointing at 959 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,680 each other and it makes me wonder also like OK, is there 960 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,280 never a backup outfit? The sponsors love it because 961 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:46,800 they're getting hit. Like this is there. 962 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,280 But it's weird though, like there's no consistency because 963 00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:53,160 like, clearly Lilac Steele Grey was kind of the color of this 964 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,240 season. But then in the final, you know, 965 00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:59,040 like you have an arena in Lilac, she's with Nike, right? 966 00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:03,400 But then you have Draper in like a blue, like 1980s stripe, you 967 00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:05,600 know, white. Men in the blue stripe garbage. 968 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,520 Today, But like, yeah, like what? 969 00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:10,400 So, you know, there's no consistency across the brand. 970 00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:14,160 And then even with Adidas, Adidas for a lot of the women 971 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:19,040 were in Lilac, right? And then you have this neon and 972 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:20,480 it was just kind of all over the place. 973 00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,040 So there's no consistency of brand. 974 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:25,320 And that surprised me. So that's twit for this week in 975 00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:27,680 tennis. Lots of clay javel. 976 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:29,040 We didn't even get to some of the stuff. 977 00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,000 Like just real quick, there is a new Rafael Nadal. 978 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,160 His name is Rafael Nadal. He's a 16 year old tennis player 979 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,320 in Argentina and his dream is to win the French Open. 980 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:42,520 So I like look, 3-4 years from now we might have another Rafa. 981 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:46,240 So you, Sir, can keep wearing your Rafa shirt and yes, still 982 00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:48,520 mean the same thing. And when we come back, we are 983 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:50,320 going to have balls on the ground where we're going to do a 984 00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:53,560 recap of the tournaments that have been going on across 985 00:47:53,560 --> 00:48:00,760 Europe. All right, so we are back for 986 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,320 balls on the ground. And since the last show, we've 987 00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:06,480 had Barcelona for the men, Stuttgart for the women, and 988 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,080 Munich for Zverev. Well, of course we can cover 989 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,640 everything. And remember, if you're coming 990 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:15,080 to us for all the scores, you're going to be as disappointed as I 991 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,720 was in that Drag Race lip sync finale. 992 00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:21,800 Talk about on your nerves. But some highlights that are 993 00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:23,800 worth talking about. So just real quick. 994 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:28,960 Two sentences per tournament. Look, Barcelona Hulgaroon wins. 995 00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:31,200 Like we were saying earlier, when he's not fighting off 996 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:35,160 consumption, he can certainly contend for for the tournament. 997 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,720 So that was great. Love everything about the trophy 998 00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:41,720 ceremony there. They literally had like a 999 00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:45,760 wedding band like this diva. She was like a 50 year old 1000 00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:48,360 lounge singer. She just comes on a clay court 1001 00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,920 in heels and is singing Macho Man. 1002 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:54,640 It was amazing. And then I love at the end of 1003 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,800 the Barcelona tournament, the winner just jumps into the pool 1004 00:48:57,800 --> 00:48:59,520 with all the ball kids. Like it's just adorable. 1005 00:48:59,520 --> 00:48:59,960 Yeah, it's. Fun. 1006 00:48:59,960 --> 00:49:01,480 That is fun. Lovely little things. 1007 00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:04,280 Yeah, yeah. And then Stuttgart. 1008 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:07,920 Shout out to your girl Elena. Elena asked. 1009 00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:11,000 Whoa. But I'll tell you, I think the 1010 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,760 reason she won is because that's one of the few tournaments that 1011 00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,520 still uses real line judges. And so because when she when she 1012 00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:19,640 plays with the automatic line calling, she's constantly 1013 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,120 arguing with the machine. So she had no distraction with 1014 00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:23,800 the machine. She doesn't trust the machine. 1015 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,320 She's the only player. Like he literally argues all the 1016 00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:27,880 time. So she's. 1017 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,120 Yeah, but she. She's like a modern day Sarah 1018 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:31,520 Connor. She's like the only one fighting 1019 00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:35,160 against the machines I love. It yeah, she's so she when she 1020 00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,280 doesn't have that distraction and talk about bad kits, she's 1021 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:39,800 got the she always has the worst kit. 1022 00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:41,800 Always. It's like her own signature 1023 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,440 brand. It's, it's so bad. 1024 00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,080 It's horrendous. It's like a 5 year old's color 1025 00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:47,280 blocking. It's terrible. 1026 00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:49,480 It's just so it's. So bad there. 1027 00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:52,960 It's a pattern from Michaels. It is sewn at home. 1028 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:56,240 I absolutely love everything she wears everything. 1029 00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:57,200 She's hilarious. She really? 1030 00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:58,920 No one else can do it. I Yeah. 1031 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:01,720 No, I enjoy her. I enjoy watching her play and 1032 00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:05,120 she has one game bam bam, bam. And if when she's on, she's 1033 00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:06,680 unbeatable. She can beat anything. 1034 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,600 She's always surprised when she loses and her handshakes when 1035 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,200 she loses, she's like, yeah, see you later. 1036 00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:15,200 She's just like, get me off the court, which I you got to 1037 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,960 respect in a way. She beats Eaga for the sixth 1038 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:20,920 time in a row. She's 6th love against. 1039 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:22,880 Six and eight. It's incredible. 1040 00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:27,320 Against Eaga and then yeah, it really routes Sabalinka in the 1041 00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:30,160 final one and four. So yeah, I mean, when she's on, 1042 00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,160 she's on. I just, I wish she was on a 1043 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,640 little more because it's hard. Here's my thing with people like 1044 00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:39,160 her, I can't root for her because she really strings it 1045 00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,040 together once every five tournaments. 1046 00:50:41,240 --> 00:50:45,040 The other 4 tournaments she wins maybe one, maybe two matches and 1047 00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:46,560 then it's like man, she doesn't care. 1048 00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,200 I do see her winning another Slam though, before she retires. 1049 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:52,640 That's that's my sort of like dark horse call. 1050 00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:55,800 I could see her stringing together like on, I don't see it 1051 00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:58,320 at Wimbledon, but on a hard court, probably not Australia 1052 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:01,240 because it's too hot, but like at the US Open or at the French 1053 00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:05,880 Open on clay, I could see her because, Oh yeah, she just hits 1054 00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:07,960 the ball so hard. And also she hits it differently 1055 00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:10,440 than any of the other women do. She hits it flat as hell. 1056 00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,600 But she she's competitive. She still wants to win. 1057 00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:15,400 Yeah, she wants to win. I don't know if she wants to 1058 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,440 train. Exactly, exactly. 1059 00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:20,760 Yeah. But I I still think depending on 1060 00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:23,040 if a draw opens up or something like that, I could see her 1061 00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:26,240 winning another slam. 100% yeah. Yeah. 1062 00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,760 But the main tournament that we're here to talk about is 1063 00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:34,160 Madrid. So that just wrapped up today 1064 00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:39,840 and it is the 4th Masters 1000 for the men and I lost count for 1065 00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:42,000 the women cuz they have a few in the Middle East. 1066 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,240 So I think if it's the 5th for for the women, the the altitude 1067 00:51:45,240 --> 00:51:47,840 in Madrid is high. So it kind of makes it faster, 1068 00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,200 makes it, you know, a little more. 1069 00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:52,640 Doesn't really play like hard courts, but it's not like the 1070 00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:55,240 soft balls of the traditional clay. 1071 00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,000 The stadium is much more brutalist. 1072 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,680 So that main stadium it is. I go back and forth on it 1073 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:02,680 sometimes. Most of the time I hate. 1074 00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:05,240 It very cold and they have that weird piping. 1075 00:52:05,240 --> 00:52:07,560 It looks like you're you're in an air conditioning vent, like 1076 00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:10,080 popping out of the side a little bit like it's a little weird. 1077 00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:13,440 It feels like you're about to watch like, you know, a UFC 1078 00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,520 match or something. But it it I'm with you. 1079 00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:18,000 I can't decide. Yeah, but I gotta say this year 1080 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,360 I liked it more than most years I think, cuz there were just 1081 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:23,520 like a lot of cool narratives. My sort of highlight on the 1082 00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:25,680 women's side was definitely Svitolina. 1083 00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:30,280 You know, another Ukrainian makes of the semis had some 1084 00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,520 chances against Sabalinka, but again, it's always on 1085 00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:35,720 Sabalinka's racket. But she had a great win over 1086 00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:39,120 Rabacana. She's hard not to cheer for, you 1087 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:43,280 know, she, she really, she takes a lot of Ukraine on her 1088 00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:49,720 shoulders and, and, and she's even even when she loses or wins 1089 00:52:49,720 --> 00:52:52,920 against the Bela Russian or a Russian, she will nod to them. 1090 00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:55,520 You know what I mean? And I, I want her to win a slam 1091 00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:58,600 really bad. Like I, I like, I know I want 1092 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:00,600 her to really want it. I it would just, it would be. 1093 00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:02,720 Awesome, I really want that for her. 1094 00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:07,560 I I and also like, look, I'm I'm famous for my predictions on the 1095 00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:09,200 show. We call him the reverse Creamer, 1096 00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:11,040 where when I say one thing, the other happens. 1097 00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:14,000 You know, just like last night I posted about rude. 1098 00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:15,280 I was like, are we worried about him? 1099 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,000 Is he going to get bageled and he wins? 1100 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:20,960 So I'm going to say though, with some confidence, I don't think 1101 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:24,160 she's going to get a slam, which maybe she's going to get one, 1102 00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:25,840 but no. Hopefully. 1103 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:27,880 I mean, she's sort of the perennial semi finalist, you 1104 00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:30,080 know. Yeah, I just, I she doesn't have 1105 00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:32,160 the game to really breakthrough against. 1106 00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,240 Like Sabalenka would have to have an off day. 1107 00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:36,640 Eagle would have to have an off day to win. 1108 00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:39,640 Just not both, you know, not one in the semis and one in the 1109 00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:41,320 finals, like. Not the draw's going to have to 1110 00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:43,080 open up. Yeah, exactly. 1111 00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:46,000 But she had a good Madrid, you know, made it to the semis, 1112 00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:48,000 which is, which is good. The what? 1113 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,880 What stuck out to me was Coco's 6161 drubbing. 1114 00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:57,120 Oh my God. Shiatek Eega's, I feel like 1115 00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,520 she's sort of she's like in hiding. 1116 00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:01,480 She's not having fun. Like even at night she's wearing 1117 00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:04,520 that hat, you know, like she, she, I think she feels very 1118 00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:06,840 uncomfortable on the world stage. 1119 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:11,440 And I think she's got to like release a little bit like Maddie 1120 00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:14,280 talked about, she released the need to win a slam. 1121 00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:17,840 She didn't need it anymore. And then the success came. 1122 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:21,640 And I think if Eager just releases that iron grip a little 1123 00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:24,080 bit and just is it's OK if you lose. 1124 00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:27,560 Like she gets so up, she's now like crying during matches when 1125 00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:30,080 she's losing. It means almost too much. 1126 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:35,600 I was gonna pile on the Oh my God, she's a mess, but I was 1127 00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:38,240 reading up about and I couldn't find confirmation of this, but 1128 00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:40,760 at least a number of places mentioned this, that her 1129 00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:43,640 grandfather died right before the Madrid Open and she was at 1130 00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,880 his funeral like 2 days before, so I think. 1131 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,640 And and she had dedicated her Australian Open performance to 1132 00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:52,120 him earlier in the year. Like she was very close to him. 1133 00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:55,040 So yeah, I'm gonna give her a little bit of benefit of the 1134 00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:59,120 doubt that like that was just too much for her with all the 1135 00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:01,480 all the other stuff you just mentioned going on as well. 1136 00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:03,600 Yeah, she just put. So much pressure on herself. 1137 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,280 She's such a perfectionist and so. 1138 00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:08,000 But you never. See her lose 6161. 1139 00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:10,600 Yeah, that was. Crazy that that was. 1140 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,480 I think Coco was even like in disbelief. 1141 00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:14,840 Like what? Like this is this. 1142 00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:17,920 Is kind of weird, you know? And give credit where credit's 1143 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:21,280 due, Coco played great. Her forehand was like that day. 1144 00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:26,480 That day Coco's forehand was in, she was ripping winners from 8 1145 00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:28,640 feet behind the baseline on her forehand. 1146 00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:30,360 Like that doesn't happen normally. 1147 00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:32,160 And she's not with her forehand, Yeah. 1148 00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:37,080 No, so you know, so she, she played an incredible match in 1149 00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:38,240 that match. Yeah, for sure. 1150 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:41,920 And so then we have Goff Sabalenka in the final. 1151 00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:45,280 Like you said, their their head to head was 5 four in Goff's 1152 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:51,160 favor, but Sabalenka ends up winning in straight sets. 1153 00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:53,080 It was interesting because again, it was kind of another 1154 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:57,360 streaky match where Coco was up, you know, in. 1155 00:55:57,360 --> 00:56:01,520 Coco should have won the. Second set, yeah, and But in the 1156 00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:04,840 first set, at one point, Sabalenka won 17 points in a 1157 00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:09,600 row. 17 I know that was sane. You can't do that. 1158 00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,640 And then I started thinking like, I don't know if the if the 1159 00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:15,320 semi final match helped Coco that much because it was so easy 1160 00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:16,920 and it was such a weird match. You know what I mean? 1161 00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:20,640 Like Sabalenka had to play tough matches against Kostiuk in the 1162 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:23,160 quarters and then Svitolina in the semis. 1163 00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:26,680 Really like she came in like rounding into form and Coco was 1164 00:56:26,680 --> 00:56:29,400 like, I just played someone crying on court. 1165 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:32,120 It was just a weird match, sort of in the final you. 1166 00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,680 Know you see Coco's mind it, it's such like it's a double 1167 00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:38,120 edged sword when she was being coached by Brad Gilbert, Brad 1168 00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:39,560 Gilbert was like, her forehand's fine. 1169 00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:41,040 She's the number three player in the world. 1170 00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:43,200 It's fine. And like he didn't obsess on it 1171 00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:46,760 and she won the US Open, you know, but everyone talks about 1172 00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:48,440 her forehand and listen, it is a weakness. 1173 00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:51,560 That grip is really, really hard to hit with. 1174 00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:55,880 So she's the only player that when she's receiving serve the 1175 00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:58,840 same side of the strings, hits, hits the back end and the 1176 00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:00,680 forehand. That's how extreme that grip is. 1177 00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:04,000 So it's kind of cool to watch actually, when you if you really 1178 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:06,560 study the face of the racket, whether it's it's the same side 1179 00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:09,320 of the string. So like it's listen, it's it's 1180 00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:11,560 it's a weakness. When she was up five, three and 1181 00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:15,400 it started to Arena started to come back all of a sudden, like 1182 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:18,000 she'll just throw in like a second serve for a first. 1183 00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:20,320 You can see her mind weakening. Oh, yeah. 1184 00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,960 And but listen, she's also really young and she's one of 1185 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:26,280 the top five players in the world, so she's doing great. 1186 00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:29,960 Honestly, I'm getting a little frustrated with her stat lines 1187 00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:32,960 where it's so many unforced errors and so many double 1188 00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:35,160 faults. It's like, yeah, she's #3 in the 1189 00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:36,640 world. But like, that's that. 1190 00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:40,640 That's even more frustrating that it's just littered with 1191 00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:42,760 errors. When she gets that cleaned up, 1192 00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,280 she's #3 in the world right now and she has a lot of, a lot of 1193 00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:47,920 errors. If she can get those two things 1194 00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,920 fixed, not even fixing forehand, just cutting down on the number 1195 00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:52,800 of errors. I'm a big Coco fan still. 1196 00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:54,760 She'll she's going to win a lot more slams. 1197 00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:59,320 I'm confident in that, yeah. She's she's got a a huge upside, 1198 00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:04,560 but I don't I don't know if she's going to end up being like 1199 00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:06,040 one of the all time greats. I. 1200 00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:08,360 I I agree with you. I think she'll probably win like 1201 00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:11,640 6. No, I think she's going to 1202 00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:15,440 maximum 3. Really. 1203 00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:17,520 Maximum. She's only 21. 1204 00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:20,520 She's only 21. Yeah, but I mean, I think that 1205 00:58:20,520 --> 00:58:22,760 she's plateaued. I don't know why she broke up 1206 00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:24,440 with Brad Gilbert. I forget exactly what the fuck 1207 00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:27,880 happened, but like, she hasn't gotten any better since that 1208 00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:29,400 time. When she's on, she's on. 1209 00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,680 When she's not, she's not. And it's just like I don't. 1210 00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:33,360 Know. Yeah, we'll see. 1211 00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:34,200 We'll see. We'll see. 1212 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:35,240 We'll see. Yeah. 1213 00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:38,040 Well OK, so we have to continue doing this podcast for the next 1214 00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:40,720 20 years. When she retires we will then do 1215 00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:44,200 a recap of how many grand slams did she win and it will be 3. 1216 00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:45,760 OK, perfect. Perfect. 1217 00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:47,720 Yeah, I'll be. I'll be 37 by that point, so 1218 00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:50,080 I'll still have to have you. And I'll be legal. 1219 00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:52,320 I can drink then because I'm one. 1220 00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:57,560 On the men's side, we had some pretty interesting semi finals. 1221 00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:01,120 Unlike the women, where three out of four of the top 4 seeds 1222 00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:04,800 were in the semis, for the men, no top 4 seeds made it to the 1223 00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:08,000 semis. But still really solid, great 1224 00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,880 players. We had Casper Rude and Francisco 1225 00:59:11,040 --> 00:59:15,280 Cerundolo in one semi final and then we had the man, the myth 1226 00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:20,480 Musetti versus Draper in the other semi final, So Rude versus 1227 00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:22,680 Cerundolo. Look, Cerundolo was my pick to 1228 00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:27,480 win it all and he is still my pick to be like if I had to pick 1229 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:29,560 a dark horse, although I don't even know. 1230 00:59:29,560 --> 00:59:31,440 For the French. Dark Horse, yeah. 1231 00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:33,280 Yeah, me too. Yeah, I agree. 1232 00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:36,720 He hit he. Hit such a hard, hard ball. 1233 00:59:37,760 --> 00:59:42,360 But my, my worry is he can kind of just like shit the bed during 1234 00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:45,000 a match. Like he was up both sets against 1235 00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:46,480 Rood. He really should have taken it. 1236 00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:49,280 He was up a break in each set, but then he just kind of lost 1237 00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:51,520 focus. He wasn't injured, wasn't 1238 00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:53,240 anything. He just, I, I don't know what 1239 00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,000 happened. I was surprised that that Rood 1240 00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,480 pulled that out and then the other side real quick. 1241 00:59:57,480 --> 01:00:01,680 We just had Draper going into beast mode against Mousetti. 1242 01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:06,200 I don't know if if if there was too much drag on the non 1243 01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:10,280 aerodynamic outfit of Mousetti, but he just wasn't getting to 1244 01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:12,960 the balls. He had some chances, but it was 1245 01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:16,720 it was very much like Sabalenka versus Fidelina. 1246 01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:18,320 The match was on Draper's racket. 1247 01:00:18,720 --> 01:00:22,160 Like when he goes into beast mode, you cannot return. 1248 01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:24,760 And, and he's a listen. He's a big boy. 1249 01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:26,920 He's 65. He made Mousetti look short. 1250 01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:29,960 Mousetti's 6/1. He's not a, he's not a short guy 1251 01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:33,360 and like Draper is just a really imposing figure on the court. 1252 01:00:33,360 --> 01:00:35,960 So and that that match was hard to watch because they're both so 1253 01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:37,160 pretty. It was like, get off my 1254 01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:38,160 television. Come on. 1255 01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:40,000 It was too much like them playing. 1256 01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:44,080 Were you jealous or like I wanted to be, I wanted to be one 1257 01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:47,600 of the Madrid model ball boys on the court because I was like 1258 01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:50,480 these two on the same court. This is just too much to handle. 1259 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:53,240 It's just too much to look at. I wanted to be one of the tennis 1260 01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:55,960 balls. So yeah, I, I, I identify. 1261 01:00:56,280 --> 01:00:59,600 Yeah, yeah. But then we ended up with the 1262 01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:02,280 with the finals of Draper versus Rude. 1263 01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:05,640 And like I said before, I was convinced that Rude was going to 1264 01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:10,000 get completely drubbed. And of course it comes out and 1265 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:11,840 wins. And I'm really happy for him. 1266 01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:16,160 He's opened up recently about his mental health and talking 1267 01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:19,120 about how he like, didn't have the fire earlier in the year. 1268 01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:22,520 Like he was kind of burnt out. And I, I, I love when these 1269 01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:25,560 players are open and honest. So it's like, it's great that he 1270 01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,480 had some fire. And it was actually kind of 1271 01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:30,040 cool. Like after the match, I don't 1272 01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:31,680 know if they did this on purpose, but the interview was 1273 01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:33,880 talking to Casper and he's like, yeah, so you were talking about 1274 01:01:33,880 --> 01:01:36,800 how you've got like your fire back and the fucking DJ who was 1275 01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:39,040 spinning on site was playing Prodigy Firestarter. 1276 01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:42,080 It is like, I'm the Firestarter. I'm no, no, no. 1277 01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:45,240 It was like, so cool. This is a big deal for Casper 1278 01:01:45,240 --> 01:01:48,160 because he's never won a Master. All of his titles are two 50s 1279 01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:51,040 except for the 1500. So this is his first, you know, 1280 01:01:51,160 --> 01:01:55,280 Masters win. And, you know, Speaking of 1281 01:01:55,280 --> 01:01:57,600 mental health, shout out to Naomi Osaka, who's been very 1282 01:01:57,600 --> 01:01:59,800 open about that. She just won a challenger today. 1283 01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:02,720 I know she won. A-125 in. 1284 01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:05,360 Yeah, In Saint Malos. I I really like Casper. 1285 01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:07,200 He's a good guy. You know, he's an understated 1286 01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:08,680 guy, Yeah. But he's a really. 1287 01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:10,120 Good guy. Yeah. 1288 01:02:10,120 --> 01:02:13,880 And I and I was very happy that he won that match also because 1289 01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:17,080 in the early on in that match, I didn't like when Draper lost 1290 01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:20,360 that first set. He had shades of Zverev, which 1291 01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:23,280 really knocked him down in my bait TP rankings because you 1292 01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:27,120 know, he, you know, the way he was going to his family and and 1293 01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:29,800 his mom is sitting in that box, you know, and he's cursing at 1294 01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:31,080 them. And then we sits down on the 1295 01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:33,680 bench and after he lost the first set and he's like having 1296 01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:38,480 this curse filled monologue melt himself meltdown and he knows 1297 01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:40,040 he's on TV. Like that's the thing. 1298 01:02:40,040 --> 01:02:41,360 It's like, come on, there's kids watching. 1299 01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:43,640 Definitely like, yeah, I did not love that. 1300 01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,640 Although Speaking of Rube Lab, I think another reason why I like, 1301 01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:49,480 I love this breakthrough for Casper, just like when Rube Lev 1302 01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:52,480 finally won 1000 level tournament, like it was just 1303 01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:55,000 sort of like always knocking at the door, never quite getting 1304 01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:56,760 there. I'm glad that Casper just at 1305 01:02:56,760 --> 01:02:59,440 least got that achievement where he can always be like, look, I 1306 01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:01,680 want a masters 1000 level tournament. 1307 01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:06,400 And, and the cool thing is, is like, it's not that Draper lost 1308 01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:09,680 it, it's that rude 1. You know that meme going around 1309 01:03:09,680 --> 01:03:12,840 of like who would win a fight between one gorilla and 100 men? 1310 01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:15,800 Have you seen that? It's like all over TikTok? 1311 01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:18,080 There's this like these like passionate debates. 1312 01:03:18,280 --> 01:03:22,520 In this scenario, Jack Draper is the gorilla and Rude is 100 men. 1313 01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:26,120 And The thing is like, a gorilla is going to take you out at like 1314 01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:29,080 the first fifty men pretty, you know, easily. 1315 01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:30,760 But he's going to start getting tired. 1316 01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:34,120 And so like, what Rude was able to do is he's able to withstand 1317 01:03:34,120 --> 01:03:36,360 the gorilla. Draper started to get tired by 1318 01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:38,920 the third set. And he didn't have the same pop. 1319 01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:43,720 He didn't have the same, you know, force and like, like rude 1320 01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:46,040 really. He won by playing his game. 1321 01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:48,280 Rude took it. Out hit him, yeah. 1322 01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:51,800 No, and, and Rude in that last game, especially, you know, what 1323 01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:54,600 Maddie said in the Australian Open final was she just never 1324 01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:56,120 wanted to regret not going for it. 1325 01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:59,320 And so in that last game in the Australian, she went, rude went 1326 01:03:59,320 --> 01:04:01,920 for it in that last game, you know, he was clocking that 1327 01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:03,440 forehand. He was going for four hands down 1328 01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:05,720 the line. You know, he and those were some 1329 01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:08,280 incredible rallies and he he went for his winners. 1330 01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:09,720 You're right, he took it. He didn't. 1331 01:04:10,040 --> 01:04:11,560 Draper didn't lose it. He he took it. 1332 01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:13,800 Yeah, which was great. It was great. 1333 01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:18,320 I don't, I, I'm not, I'm not very bullish on him for Rome or 1334 01:04:18,480 --> 01:04:22,520 Roland Garris or whatever. But but also, hey, it's cool 1335 01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:25,440 that he's back in the top ten. It's cool that he's like, 1336 01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:29,120 there's a lot of narratives on the men's side and we never know 1337 01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:33,400 what narrative we're gonna get. But before we get to Rome, what 1338 01:04:33,400 --> 01:04:35,760 the hell does all of this mean? What the hell does all this mean 1339 01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:37,400 that we've been talking about all episode? 1340 01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:40,600 Well, for that, we're going to turn to the Bay TP rankings 1341 01:04:40,600 --> 01:04:44,560 where we rank the men. As a reminder, the Bay TP 1342 01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:46,680 rankings is the ball boys rankings. 1343 01:04:46,680 --> 01:04:50,200 It takes into account what happens on and off the court. 1344 01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:53,400 So if you win a tournament, hey, that's Bay TP points. 1345 01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:55,920 Are you debuting an amazing new mustache? 1346 01:04:56,040 --> 01:04:58,920 That also is some serious Bay TP points did. 1347 01:04:58,920 --> 01:05:00,880 You. I wonder who that is? 1348 01:05:02,560 --> 01:05:04,400 And I can't put my finger on it, but I will. 1349 01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:06,440 Yeah. Or, you know, did you beat 1350 01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:09,000 Zverev? That's extra ATP points. 1351 01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:11,760 Yeah. And so we have posted that to 1352 01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:16,600 our Instagram at TDB Tennis. But just a few highlights to 1353 01:05:16,600 --> 01:05:20,160 give you a little a little amuse bouche, a little amuse deuce. 1354 01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:22,400 Fancy. It's no surprise you're so 1355 01:05:22,520 --> 01:05:23,920 fancy. Thank you. 1356 01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:25,240 Thank you. That's what people come to the 1357 01:05:25,240 --> 01:05:27,840 ball boys for. Is that high brow humor? 1358 01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:33,240 Yes, it is no surprise that Lorenzo Mousetti tops the charts 1359 01:05:33,240 --> 01:05:35,760 for the first time. He's been creeping up the Bay TP 1360 01:05:35,960 --> 01:05:41,480 Bay TP for a while now, but his kit reveal had everyone talking. 1361 01:05:41,480 --> 01:05:45,120 It was part sexy ghost, part papal fitness attire. 1362 01:05:46,320 --> 01:05:49,040 He's he's showing that he's he's fashion forward. 1363 01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:52,760 He's showing off his guns. Like those biceps, I don't know 1364 01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:54,360 where he bought them. And at the same time he, he 1365 01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:57,840 makes the, the final of Monte Carlo and he makes the semi 1366 01:05:57,840 --> 01:06:00,680 final of Madrid really good, good results. 1367 01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:03,360 Like look, the Bay TP isn't just about how hot you are. 1368 01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:05,280 It's about how hot and talented you are. 1369 01:06:05,560 --> 01:06:08,200 And now he's in the top 10 for the first time. 1370 01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:11,720 I think he's, he's landed at #9 cuz Casper just jumped over him, 1371 01:06:13,240 --> 01:06:19,360 which I saw in the locker room. But yeah, he, he's so he, he, he 1372 01:06:19,360 --> 01:06:23,800 is, he is our number one. A few other highlights. 1373 01:06:23,800 --> 01:06:24,960 I'm not going to withdraw all of them. 1374 01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:29,240 We had Tommy Paul based almost solely on his El Matador 1375 01:06:29,240 --> 01:06:32,480 mustache alone. Cuz look, I heard the collective 1376 01:06:32,480 --> 01:06:34,880 inhale when we all saw that mustache. 1377 01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:39,080 I am not sure what end that inhale came out of, but we all 1378 01:06:39,080 --> 01:06:40,520 had that inhale. We're all like. 1379 01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:48,120 And finally, finally making his debut on the bait TP is Casper 1380 01:06:48,120 --> 01:06:51,800 Rude. He's always had the hair, the 1381 01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:53,560 smile. He looks like a Prince. 1382 01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:55,880 He's like literally like a Disney character. 1383 01:06:56,720 --> 01:06:59,160 But you know, you did not always, not always bring in the 1384 01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:01,440 riz. I need a little boob lick in my 1385 01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:03,080 man. I need a little like dirty. 1386 01:07:03,080 --> 01:07:04,640 I need. A little bit, yeah, yeah, yeah, 1387 01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:08,200 yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. And I think I think he's 1388 01:07:08,200 --> 01:07:10,400 starting to kind of show that a little bit. 1389 01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:12,040 He wins his first Masters in 1000. 1390 01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:15,960 So that major basic points talk about mental health and just 1391 01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:20,800 sort of being a little more human again, all hot, hot, hot 1392 01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:24,040 things to do. So, so those are just a few of 1393 01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:26,880 the highlights. I'll be posting all of them, all 1394 01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:28,800 eight. There are so many that didn't 1395 01:07:28,800 --> 01:07:32,160 make the cut this week that really I like Arnaldi 1396 01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:35,040 Bornachorich who just won a challenger. 1397 01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:37,720 Yeah, he just won a challenger. Yeah, he's back to the buzz cut. 1398 01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:39,640 That's why you know the buzz cut. 1399 01:07:39,640 --> 01:07:43,480 Is 100% and honestly like that picture of him holding the 1400 01:07:43,480 --> 01:07:46,920 trophy like y'all I'm I'm going to put that on my stories 1401 01:07:46,920 --> 01:07:51,320 because his legs just. Yeah, they how did the ATP Tour 1402 01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:54,680 just because it's all models. It's all models. 1403 01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:58,480 So that's the BATP. And now we're going to just look 1404 01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:05,000 ahead briefly and with our final segment called coming up and the 1405 01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:08,360 entire tennis conclave is going to be heading to Rome next week. 1406 01:08:08,680 --> 01:08:12,240 Tennis action starts on the 6th. The Catholic conclave starts on 1407 01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:13,760 the 7th. Do you think we're going to have 1408 01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:15,560 a new Pope before the end of the Rome Open? 1409 01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:18,399 What do you think? I think, I think the conclave is 1410 01:08:18,399 --> 01:08:20,439 going to go on quite a while for the Pope, actually. 1411 01:08:20,479 --> 01:08:23,439 There's a big, big riff there amongst the Cardinals. 1412 01:08:23,439 --> 01:08:26,960 So I, I, I don't know, I don't think that White Smoke's going 1413 01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:28,800 to be rising anytime soon. I think it's going to be a 1414 01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:31,439 longer conclave. Interesting. 1415 01:08:31,439 --> 01:08:33,600 Yeah, I just, I'm like, I'm like, oh, are they going to do 1416 01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:34,880 it? Like during the final, Like 1417 01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:37,200 suddenly everyone's going to be like, look at the chimney Ding. 1418 01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:39,560 The bells are going like this. Yeah, I don't know. 1419 01:08:41,640 --> 01:08:43,560 But yeah, I'm looking forward to Rome. 1420 01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:46,880 I I think it's going to be a really wide open tournament. 1421 01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:50,880 I'm so curious to see Centers return and to see where he's at 1422 01:08:50,920 --> 01:08:53,520 and to see how the other players respond to him, because I think 1423 01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,840 what happened him was bullshit. I mean, I really do. 1424 01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:57,840 We'll see, We'll see. It's going to be an interesting 1425 01:08:57,840 --> 01:09:00,120 tournament. Well and the footage of Sinner 1426 01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:02,600 and his practice sessions is terrifying. 1427 01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:05,600 I would be clenching my asshole if I had to play him next cuz 1428 01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:11,880 like he is beating the fuck out of these balls and I think he is 1429 01:09:11,880 --> 01:09:15,920 ready to reassert himself. He hasn't always had great clay 1430 01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:20,720 results, but I think he's ready. And listen, he's three months is 1431 01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:24,160 like it's a forced vacation, but like they need that. 1432 01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:26,080 He's going to come back fresh. He's not going to have any 1433 01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:28,040 injuries, especially the way he plays. 1434 01:09:28,040 --> 01:09:30,160 That guy has so much torque. He hits with more torque than 1435 01:09:30,160 --> 01:09:31,720 anyone. I've been saying it all along. 1436 01:09:31,720 --> 01:09:34,880 He was punished by being told to take a three month vacation 1437 01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:37,240 that, you know, when there's like political scandals and 1438 01:09:37,240 --> 01:09:40,120 everything, it's like, well, so I've chosen to step down or 1439 01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:42,240 whatever and it's like that's not punishment. 1440 01:09:42,240 --> 01:09:44,439 I feel like make him the ball boy. 1441 01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:48,600 Make him like, you know, be the ball kid on at Madrid, make him 1442 01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:51,960 go play like futures tournaments where he sleeps in like a shitty 1443 01:09:51,960 --> 01:09:54,080 bed in India. Like I don't know, like it's 1444 01:09:54,080 --> 01:09:58,120 weird that you're rewarded. These guys are all so exhausted. 1445 01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:00,600 I would dope just to be told that I had to take three months 1446 01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:03,240 off like that Sounds like I don't know, like it's just a 1447 01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:07,040 little crazy to me, Barring Sinner just absolutely 1448 01:10:07,040 --> 01:10:09,920 destroying everyone, it feels pretty open on the men's side. 1449 01:10:09,920 --> 01:10:13,120 I I'm afraid to make a prediction, but I will. 1450 01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:17,800 So we've had some random winners at Rome the last few years, 1451 01:10:17,800 --> 01:10:21,280 Verve, Medvedev. Medvedev. 1452 01:10:21,440 --> 01:10:24,440 I mean, that's crazy. I'm going to go with Sitsy Pass 1453 01:10:25,160 --> 01:10:27,440 because he's been looking better this year. 1454 01:10:28,160 --> 01:10:30,800 He keeps running into Musetti and Musetti for some reason has 1455 01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:32,960 his number. He's beating him at Monte Carlo 1456 01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:35,440 and at Madrid. But what you know, he's got his 1457 01:10:35,440 --> 01:10:38,320 new racket. He's done with his dad. 1458 01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:40,560 I think he and Bedosa are engaged. 1459 01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:44,800 I mean, he's got a lot going on, but I, I, I think he's going to 1460 01:10:44,800 --> 01:10:46,840 have a good run. I think it's going to be 1461 01:10:46,840 --> 01:10:48,480 somebody that you would not expect at all. 1462 01:10:48,480 --> 01:10:51,160 Like not that Sarundalo would be somebody you wouldn't expect at 1463 01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:55,840 all, but you know, I, I could see it being Sarundalo. 1464 01:10:56,080 --> 01:10:58,160 This could be a breakout tournament for Fonseca. 1465 01:10:58,160 --> 01:11:01,400 I mean, I don't, I don't know. I just have a feeling it's such 1466 01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:04,560 a especially that beautiful court that's so tiny with the 1467 01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:08,240 statues around it, like it's the the, and the Italian fans really 1468 01:11:08,240 --> 01:11:10,520 get into it. Maybe Mousetti will win, because 1469 01:11:10,520 --> 01:11:13,840 I don't think anyone's picking Mousetti to win Rome, you know, 1470 01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:18,640 I, so I, we'll, we'll see. It's all lies in Sinner. 1471 01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:20,960 So the the pressure's off everybody else, because 1472 01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:22,320 everybody's going to be staring at Sinner. 1473 01:11:22,920 --> 01:11:25,280 Yeah, I I agree. Yeah, I think you're talking 1474 01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:29,040 about Nikola Pietranzelli court. And yeah, anyone out there like 1475 01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:31,360 take a look at it. You're playing in a sunken court 1476 01:11:31,360 --> 01:11:36,760 with 18 statues around you. It's it's so like Roman. 1477 01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:38,160 It's just, it's absolutely stunning. 1478 01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:42,640 Yeah, I so OK. And on the women's side, I think 1479 01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:45,760 Ego is done shitting the bed. I think Ego is going to take it. 1480 01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:46,640 I think she's. Pissed. 1481 01:11:46,640 --> 01:11:48,200 Yeah, I see. I, I agree. 1482 01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:51,080 I think, I think ego will win. It's, you know, it's it's 1483 01:11:51,640 --> 01:11:53,680 regular altitude. The ball is heavier. 1484 01:11:54,040 --> 01:11:55,760 She's really tough to beat in those conditions. 1485 01:11:55,760 --> 01:11:57,840 So I, I, I agree with you. I, I see. 1486 01:11:58,400 --> 01:12:00,040 I don't know if she can take the French again. 1487 01:12:00,040 --> 01:12:01,960 I don't know if she can win Rome and then take the French. 1488 01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:04,880 But I do see her winning. That's a lot, yeah, yeah. 1489 01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:07,480 But I see her winning Rome. All right, so these are our 1490 01:12:07,480 --> 01:12:11,080 pics, everybody, and hold our feet to the flames just like the 1491 01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:13,560 witch trials and see what happens. 1492 01:12:13,560 --> 01:12:15,360 Coming up. Rome is literally starting in 1493 01:12:15,360 --> 01:12:20,480 two days and that is our show. Griff, thank you so, so much. 1494 01:12:20,480 --> 01:12:22,840 I hope you have fun. I hope you grew. 1495 01:12:23,080 --> 01:12:28,120 Spiritually, I hope you continue having deja vu, I hope you 1496 01:12:28,120 --> 01:12:31,640 continue having deja vu, and I hope you continue having deja 1497 01:12:31,640 --> 01:12:33,880 vu. I think I'm having deja vu. 1498 01:12:35,360 --> 01:12:37,120 Will you come back and do this again real soon? 1499 01:12:37,440 --> 01:12:39,760 Of course I would love to thank you so much for. 1500 01:12:39,760 --> 01:12:43,280 Having me, yes. And folks will be rounding out 1501 01:12:43,280 --> 01:12:46,280 the clay season in a couple of weeks, previewing Roland Garros 1502 01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:49,440 and unpacking whatever the hell is in store for us at Rome. 1503 01:12:49,880 --> 01:12:52,520 And there might just be a Mother's Day surprise coming up 1504 01:12:52,520 --> 01:12:57,520 real soon. So stay turned on, tuned in, and 1505 01:12:58,120 --> 01:13:01,400 we'll be in touch real soon. Thanks. 1506 01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:02,160 Bye y'all.