1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,600 It's time for let's get some ground strokes. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:09,280 Baseline. It's top spin that's LGBT. 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,720 Have a listen. Make some norms with the ball 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:23,240 boys. Hey everybody, and welcome to 5 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:24,880 the latest episode of The Ball Boys. 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,640 We are the tennis podcast that puts the tops and top US. 7 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,440 I'm your host, Paul Monkle. I'm bringing you the insights, 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,640 outbursts, giggles and wiggles of the ATP and WTA tours. 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,440 It's been about 3 weeks since the last show. 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,680 Because no matter how much I make a fuss, the tours won't 11 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,160 adhere to the ball boys recording schedule of every 12 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:46,880 other week. And sure, we could have done a 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,920 show last week, but at the time the entire tour had food 14 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,040 poisoning. And I'm not going to spend a 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,680 whole show just scatting with you. 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,200 I'm not going to do it. I would never do that to you. 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,400 But Speaking of skid marks, we are deep in the clay season. 18 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,000 On both tours. We just wrapped up a 19 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,080 surprisingly entertaining Madrid. 20 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:08,080 It was a magical time at Kaha Mahika. 21 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,480 There were some dark mahika starting with those tacos, a few 22 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,600 mahika men making deep runs, a lot of mahika touch. 23 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,480 And of course, today we brought our Mahika balls to help make 24 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,400 some predictions about what's going to happen for the rest of 25 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,480 the clay season. Now since the last show, some 26 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,400 rumors we mentioned have turned into stone cold facts. 27 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,640 And we also had some terrible news for Bay TP mainstays who 28 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,120 are out for the rest of the clay season at least. 29 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:38,920 But slotting right in, we have Yonic Sinner just absolutely 30 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,640 dominating everyone. He just won a record-breaking 31 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,920 5th Masters 1000 in a row. And so this episode is called 32 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,240 Red for 5th. And yes, that's an homage to 33 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,680 Alaska from Season 5 of Drag Race because for me at least, 34 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,840 that is one culture peaked. So red for fifth. 35 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,280 We'll be covering all of that. Plus we have a brand spanking 36 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,960 noob ATP. Head on over to our Instagram to 37 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,520 see the complete list. Our handle is at TBB Tennis. 38 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,880 That's at TBB tennis. The TBB stands for the ball boys 39 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,040 and listeners. I'm still casting for new sports 40 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,120 because there are ball boys in every sport. 41 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,800 Should we do football, basketball, hockey? 42 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,600 I mean, that puck is a ball, right? 43 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,640 And yes, maybe I'm biting off more balls and I can chew, but 44 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:27,960 what I do in my free time is my own business. 45 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,080 So if you know anyone, hit me up over on Instagram and let me 46 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,360 know and connect me to the ball boys in your world. 47 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,320 Now to get down and dirty with me on today's show. 48 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,240 I'm very, very, very excited for today's ball Boy. 49 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,560 He was actually my first guest in the new era of the ball boys. 50 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,120 And since then I've actually learned how to both edit and 51 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,200 balance sound. So we are in for a treat, folks. 52 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,680 He's the incredibly talented writer and performer. 53 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,840 He's the manager of OUT Loud Tennis here in Los Angeles. 54 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,480 It's Nathan Frizzell. Hi, Nathan. 55 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,040 Thanks for coming back on the pod. 56 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:06,400 Hi Paul, thank you for having me. 57 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,560 It is a joy, a treat and yes, a delight to be back. 58 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,920 Oh, stop it. You don't have to bottom me up. 59 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,560 You already, you got the gig, you know. 60 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,040 I'm already on, so I'll tell you exactly what I think of you. 61 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:20,880 Screw you, we played the Getting to Know You games when you first 62 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,880 came on, but that was like 2 years ago. 63 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,320 But I just want to sort of catch up with you a little bit. 64 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,560 First of all, did you and Adam LaRoche ever finished that match 65 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,200 at Poinsettia, or did they already start dragging the 66 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,840 mattresses back in? No, we have not. 67 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,560 We are officially the Isner and the hoot of Socal amateur 68 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,920 tennis. That match will probably never 69 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,840 end. Who's who is there, of course. 70 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,040 Oh no. Oh, raw. 71 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,600 Incorrect. Because I'm going to win. 72 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,760 Oh, I thought you meant because of the politics. 73 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,400 OK. Oh my God, oh God, don't even 74 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,160 swell. We also don't know a whole lot 75 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,840 about Mahout, so there might not be a an answer to take. 76 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,240 There, well, he's French, you know, Could mean anything but. 77 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,080 It really could, you know, is he from? 78 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,480 Is she from rural France? Because they can be crazy. 79 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,320 Well, I, I think my only reference point is Ratatouille. 80 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,040 That's all I know about that culture. 81 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,920 So, all right, so I just want to get to know you a little bit 82 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,440 more again. And you are the manager of Out 83 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,600 Loud Tennis here in LA, right? Is that your title? 84 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,640 Yes, league manager, it means absolutely nothing, but I did, I 85 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,400 did start the league. So I guess that's the title you 86 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,000 get when you when you start something. 87 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,280 You started the league. Oh yeah, yeah. 88 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:32,880 How long? How long has it been around? 89 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,120 Oh my God, Thirteen years. This. 90 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:36,840 This summer it'll be thirteen years. 91 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,240 Wow. Oh God, the team. 92 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,200 It's a it's a terrible team. It's a terrible team. 93 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,760 And you know, Will Hackner started out loud sports in 94 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,160 general in 2008, I think, And he'd been bugging me for five 95 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,360 years to start a tennis league. And I was like, girl, don't take 96 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,960 something I love and make me work on it. 97 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,600 And he eventually wore me down. And here we are 13 years later 98 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,960 and everyone's driving me crazy. But we're having fun, so I guess 99 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,520 that's what matters. Yeah, I mean, look, in 2026, 100 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,200 that's what matters. That's right. 101 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,320 OK, so I want you to describe out loud tennis just in five 102 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,960 words, and two of them have to be naughty. 103 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,920 Oh OK. Well messy and cute are the most 104 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,440 appropriate terms. I mean like the most fitting 105 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,600 germs, hands down. Hands down where? 106 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,760 That's for you to find out when you sign up and come play with 107 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,400 us. That's for poinsettia after 108 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:32,520 dark. That's right. 109 00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:35,320 Oh my God, we don't speak of poinsettia after dark. 110 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,640 I guess so for the third non naughty word, I'd say it's very 111 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,800 social and in terms of naughtiness can't be too naughty 112 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,760 because I'm people are always trying to find a cancel, a 113 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,200 reason to cancel the league manager. 114 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:54,880 So double fault league managers fault, you know. 115 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,080 Why would you do that to them all? 116 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,240 If I had to do it to myself, everybody else has to supper 117 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,000 with me. That's fair, you know. 118 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,960 That's equanimity. I learned that in Buddhism 119 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,320 today. It should be a Buddhist. 120 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,200 I'm trying give me give me two more words to describe out loud. 121 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,200 Let's describe and say flirty. Flirty. 122 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,680 Our very first season it was double S the 2 two of the 123 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,200 finalists that were playing against each other started 124 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,280 dating and are now married with children. 125 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:27,480 So the love connections do happen. 126 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,040 Now did they start dating like mid match? 127 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,400 Oh my God, the first set, if I'm not mistaken, I think one of 128 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,760 them hit another one with a volley and I think that was 129 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:39,800 love. That was love. 130 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:45,240 That's very sipsy pass coded this week in double S. 131 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,160 He had to hit. He just loves to hit anyone at 132 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,000 the net. There's so many reasons that 133 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,240 City Pass needs help, and that's one of them, yeah. 134 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,240 Never mind his tweets, but yes, yeah, I think. 135 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,720 For the final, I don't think it's a word. 136 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:03,280 Let me use a term if I may, and you'll appreciate this. 137 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,880 The library is always open because we're friendly, but 138 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,280 reading is still fundamental. Yeah, no, you guys had a great 139 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,000 social hour at High Tops last weekend that you were nice 140 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,640 enough to invite me to, and it was a nice mix of some 141 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,760 camaraderie and fellowship and just a little bit of sass. 142 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,200 No one kissed me though, so I don't know if I'm going to come 143 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,880 up. You know, some of those Sunday 144 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:33,480 fun days that we have will go 3-4 hours and it's by hours 145 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,400 three that people have had enough cocktails. 146 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,160 Where? Oh my God, those two are making 147 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,160 out in the corner or those two snuck off really early. 148 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,880 Where did they go? We know that that whole song and 149 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,240 dance, and I'm going to not take that as you saying people need 150 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,360 to be drunk to make out with a ball boy, the host of all boys. 151 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:55,400 No, no, no, no. Probably with me, but not with 152 00:07:55,400 --> 00:08:00,160 you, no. Let's all make out to listeners. 153 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,000 If you're sitting next to someone, kiss them. 154 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,440 So if if people want to join out loud tennis, what would they do? 155 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,880 Head on over to outloudsports.com and you'll see 156 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,080 that Out Loud Sports is in a bunch of different cities across 157 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,400 the United States and in Los Angeles we have a bunch of 158 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,920 different leagues. Drop down and you'll find tennis 159 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,120 and that's where you sign up. All right, awesome. 160 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:27,320 Well, folks, if you're looking for a fun, flirty, messy, sassy 161 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,760 libraries open League, head on over. 162 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,000 So let's get into some of the tennis. 163 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,919 And I want to talk just about like your state of mind for 164 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:39,039 tennis right now for 2026. Do you have a highlight of the 165 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:41,840 tours, men's or women's? Something that you've been like, 166 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,320 oh, that was great. Yeah, I think it's it's been a 167 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,880 fun year so far. I I've my highlight would be 168 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,360 Carlos completing the career slam. 169 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,360 He's so great for tennis. As the last five Masters has 170 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,120 reminded us, we need Carlos. We love Carlos. 171 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,160 Yeah. Oh my God, today was such a 172 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,320 snooze pass. We're getting into that. 173 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:07,920 But oh, I miss Carlos more and more every every match and just 174 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,080 yeah, his. Presence, he's just such a joy, 175 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,760 you know, it's the tennis is fantastic. 176 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:17,440 He adds drama to the Syncraz rivalry but he's just so happy. 177 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,080 It's just nice to see that. Yeah, no, he's he's he's a great 178 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,600 guy. I mean, even watching him 179 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,240 applaud for his brother in the stands in Madrid. 180 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,680 I tried to make a meme, but I'm terrible at social media, but 181 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:31,800 I'm trying. But like, you remember that 182 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,320 Nicole Kidman clapping like she wouldn't touch her hands 183 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:36,520 together because of all of her jewelry. 184 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,840 He was clapping the same clap. It was it was cute. 185 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:41,720 And yeah, he's he's such a great guy. 186 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,520 I hope this is not like a Dominic Team Del Potro wrist 187 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,680 moment starting. But I'm not going to speak that 188 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:50,640 into the universe, even though I actually just did. 189 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,800 Yeah, no, I didn't even. I forgot that that with the 190 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,480 wrist was what did those two end. 191 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:56,680 Oh my. Oh, please, no. 192 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:59,240 I got to do something. No, no, no, no, we're doing some 193 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,640 some dark magic, some dark mahika today. 194 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,600 OK, so moving on though, who is your ATP crush right now? 195 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:08,760 I mean, does it have to be just one? 196 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:12,160 Well, I mean, if you want a greedy, but actually, yes, it's 197 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:12,960 got to be 1. Ouch. 198 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,680 OK, well, if I have to take one, and this might shock you because 199 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:21,840 he's he's still out there and yet we haven't seen him in a 200 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,640 while. My number one in my heart, Borna 201 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,400 Chorich. I knew you were going to say 202 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,560 that as soon as you said he wasn't out there, but he's still 203 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:33,400 out there. I know, I know, Borna. 204 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,480 The, the love connection that he and I have had. 205 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,800 And I'm, I listen. I know I sound a little like 206 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,800 Kathy Bates of Misery right now, but we made eye contact two 207 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,400 years in a row at Indian Wells in the practice courts. 208 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,440 And I'm telling you, I don't think that was coincidental. 209 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:54,120 Eye contact two years in a row. He's when he is at that 210 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,640 tournament, he is my priority to go see him. 211 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,920 I agree. Look, locking eyes once, that's 212 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:02,160 an accident. But we all speak, gay speak. 213 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,520 When you lock Isaac for a second time, we know what's the dance. 214 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:07,720 The dance has begun. And the next time you see him, 215 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,640 that'll be the third time, which makes a trend, which makes it 216 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,640 time for you to. To jump over the fence and slip 217 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,720 a ring on his finger. Slip a ring somewhere. 218 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,680 Yes, Yes. I've got your permission. 219 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:24,320 Yeah, my blessing the ball boys, yes, 'cause I, I agree with him, 220 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,440 but he is not someone that I'm currently in negotiations with 221 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,640 for a end cup of marriage. So we're we're good, you and I, 222 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,640 we're good. Yeah, no, just as heated though. 223 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:41,320 Who is your WTA crush right now? Well, my my newest is it going 224 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,080 to be my lobs VMS, so I'll save that. 225 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,240 But I'm I'm a big Jasmine Paolini. 226 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,680 Fan Oh give me like a quick reason why. 227 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,760 First of all, she's feisty and I love her game and she's fun to 228 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,400 watch. I made eye contact. 229 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,640 It's an eye contacted with me, I guess, with her during the 230 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,760 Wimbledon final because I was sitting. 231 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,440 I mentioned this to you before, but for the listeners, I got 232 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,760 lucky with the Wimbledon draw two years ago and I got to sit 233 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,400 on the 1st row like I could reach over and touch the grass. 234 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,880 And it was Paulini and Krjikova, I think. 235 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,520 And Paulini's team was sitting right above me. 236 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,760 So she would always look over in our direction. 237 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,840 And at one point she had hit. She won this really great point. 238 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,600 And I kind of gave her the fist and said Forza, because, you 239 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,840 know, I'm Italian, I guess. And she looked right at me and, 240 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,680 you know, I don't think she was fist pumping for me, but she did 241 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:35,160 give a fist pump, so. Wow. 242 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,400 Wait, was Sarah Ronnie right behind you then too? 243 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,280 She must have been. She was, she was. 244 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,760 Yeah. She's a tiny little thing. 245 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,920 She's so yitty bit. Oh, they're both little. 246 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,720 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I was just going to say 247 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,320 like, if you're having pasta, like watch out for Sarah, Ronnie 248 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,360 sprinkling something on your pasta sauce 'cause that's why I 249 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,640 took her out. All right, good calls. 250 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,800 Last question, then, before we get to our Lopsians, because we 251 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:01,760 are in a three-way, a throuple of masters, one thousands, I 252 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,640 just want you to pick Monte Carlo, Madrid or Rome. 253 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,440 You want me to rank them or just pick one? 254 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:13,040 Pick one, you greedy bastard. Because I have opinions on all 255 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,760 of them. I do love Rome, but it's Monte 256 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,600 Carlo for me. Correct. 257 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,960 You, you, you win. Ding, Ding, Ding. 258 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,200 Yeah. You know, Madrid and the Kaha 259 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,640 Magica, it's got its own charm. But I will never forgive them 260 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,640 for the blue clay. But I also miss it, I know. 261 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,160 I feel the same way about it now where it's like, I don't know if 262 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,920 it's Stockholm syndrome or fever dream or what, but like, it was 263 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,040 so weird. I like that they make choices. 264 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,560 But yeah, so. So are you saying your ranking 265 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:46,000 is Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid? Yes. 266 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:50,760 OK fair I I agree. I love Rome because of the 267 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,560 Colosseum and those statues and just like I love everything but 268 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:56,120 Italy. Like if I could move to a 269 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,320 country, which I guess we all can, we can, you know, we have 270 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,840 free will, but like Italy is just but we. 271 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,160 Might have to move to We might have to move to a new country 272 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,120 soon. Hey, you know, if they would 273 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,120 want to get rid of all of the homosexuals, I'll be the first 274 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,520 in line at Spirit Airlines and. Oh no. 275 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:17,120 Too soon, yeah. Let them have a moment, Paul. 276 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,560 Well, great catching up with you. 277 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,160 And that's our show. Just kidding. 278 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,800 We're now going to get into some of the tennis and we're going to 279 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,480 start with our lobs beans. As always, the lobs bean is the 280 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,000 thing that just made us gayer for tennis since the last show. 281 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,840 And I've got a few lobs beans. You already said you have at 282 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,120 least one. I'll jump in first. 283 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:41,080 I've got to start with the model ball boys and ball girls, the 284 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,240 Madrid Open, so on center court only. 285 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,120 So if you are a ball boy or a ball girl, not on center court, 286 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,760 I'm sorry, you are not going to be America's Next Top Model or 287 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:57,360 even Madrid's next Top ball boy. But on center court it is just 288 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,000 like it's so campy, it's ridiculous. 289 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:06,280 It's like these 6 foot statuesque giraffes scrambling 290 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,360 around the court. But they do a great job. 291 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,440 They do a really good job and I just love the campiness of it. 292 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,240 But I do have one fear that I feel like they're kind of 293 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,680 phoning it in a little bit this year because the I think the 294 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,560 outfits might even have been the same outfits as they were last 295 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,760 year. And like, look, this is such a 296 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,320 moment. Why not have a runway? 297 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,160 Why not have the latest Wilson kits? 298 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:31,720 Why not have something avant-garde? 299 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,840 And on the weekend of the release of Devil Wears Prada 2, 300 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,120 this is the fashion you're going to bring. 301 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,200 So I know I just had a ton, but what do you think of models the? 302 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,440 Crime of it all. You're absolutely right. 303 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,680 Like it's very have you been to Spain? 304 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,360 I've been to Barcelona. Yes, at which is one of my 305 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,240 favorite cities on the planet. I also did really love Madrid. 306 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,600 It's there's something very Spanish about the weird choices. 307 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,520 It's like they've got this fun like playfulness about their 308 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,600 whole country, but they're also they're just not afraid to take 309 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,640 big swings. So sure why the hell out have 310 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,160 models on the court. I don't care. 311 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,800 Yeah, and like, I might get cancelled for this, but I like 312 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,920 attractive people. I think it's fun to have like 313 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:18,360 hot bald people and like both boys and girls like I, I think 314 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,400 it's it's great. When it was just the women, I 315 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,640 was like, that's a little weird. But now that it's men and women 316 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:28,480 as the models, great. It's like Goldie Hawn said in in 317 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,800 First Wives Club, Youth and beauty man, you know, and that's 318 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,000 it, that's all she said. But it, it, it applies here. 319 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,800 That's the whole lie. So wait, what's what is one of 320 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,720 your Loftians? Haley Baptiste. 321 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:46,640 Oh. That's Cinderella run was was so 322 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,280 much fun. Like what she did to Belinda 323 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:53,440 Benchich was very shocking. And then and then Samuel Anka. 324 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:58,000 Yeah. Oh yeah, I am a big Baptiste 325 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,160 fan. What a jock. 326 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:05,079 And I almost put her down as a lesbian too, specifically for 327 00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:08,800 how she smashed that racket against Benchich like a fucking 328 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,560 boss. Oh, I got a tingle. 329 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,520 If you're going to smash a racket, smash it full out, You 330 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:15,440 know what I mean? Like, don't. 331 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,720 Don't just do it once, because then you look like you're not 332 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,960 committed to it. Well, and also it's kind of 333 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,079 embarrassing, like if you try to smash a racket, it only gets 334 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:25,400 like slightly dented, like, no time of death right now. 335 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,280 Like that racket is done. Yeah, right, 100%. 336 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,920 She's got some biciness to her and you know, I, I, I like some 337 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,360 attitude. I like some swag. 338 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,680 You know, Oh yeah, she's bringing a really interesting 339 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,640 element to the game. But yeah, exactly. 340 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,280 Some swag, a different game style, almost a little bit of 341 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,760 retro game style, not chip and charge, but like more sort of 342 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:51,560 moving forward and yeah, love. Those are the players in general 343 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,120 right now that I am loving because you know, Carlos and 344 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:57,200 Yannick, they have got the baseline locked down. 345 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,680 So I want to see a player, you know, if you're, if you're going 346 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,640 to hit the the line, the baseline with your forehand, I 347 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:04,920 want you to follow that into the net. 348 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:07,240 Maybe they don't get it back, but at least you're giving us 349 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,200 something different, you know? Yeah, that that's such a good 350 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,440 point. I mean, honestly, I don't think 351 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,760 that anyone's going to out hit Carlos or Yannick now. 352 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,760 Like you better come up with a new strategy and if that's like 353 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:21,000 Casper Roots 30 Rally Moon ball, then you know that's what it's 354 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,200 going to be. But you got to do something so I 355 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,960 also I. My only issue with Haley 356 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:26,480 Baptiste though is that necklace. 357 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:31,840 A little much, but you know, we've seen weird fashion 358 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:36,760 choices, especially this year. I was not a Naomi Osaka dress 359 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,520 fan, but you know what? A necklace in in retrospect, is 360 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,400 not such a bad thing. Oh yeah, I know the the 361 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,000 existence of a necklace, yes, that one in particular. 362 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,680 But you know, that's the beauty of the world. 363 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,200 Not everyone has to have the same opinions on neck jewelry. 364 00:18:54,560 --> 00:19:00,200 So gay men. So my last lob to be in was 365 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,480 inspired by yesterday's women's final. 366 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,600 But also thinking back to the Hamburg final for women is just 367 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,560 the WTA championship celebrations. 368 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:14,920 I'm obsessed because we have such a spectrum of absurdity 369 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,960 from Rabacana's Hamburg win, where it didn't even look like 370 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,200 she realized she won a tournament, much less a match. 371 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,360 It was like, maybe she maybe she'd won a set, but she wins 372 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:27,200 the final and just kept her casual walk up and she's like, 373 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,640 all right, thanks, goodbye. And then balanced with Marta 374 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,440 Kostiak's backflip straight out of Bring It On. 375 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,880 You know, she was Eliza Dushku, like double backflip, double 376 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,120 handspring, whatever. After winning her inaugural 1000 377 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:44,760 title. I just I loved both of those 378 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,960 celebrations. Nathan, if you had to pick one 379 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,440 of the celebrations, which are you going to pick? 380 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:53,880 I'm 1000% a backhand spring fan. That's the sort of thing, 381 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,240 though, that if she starts winning lots of titles and she 382 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,760 does it after everyone, it's going to be tired very quickly. 383 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,520 But I love the the genuine, the strangeness of it. 384 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,760 And we need some good celebrations because Rebecca and 385 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,960 Sinner, I'm sorry, boring with their celebrations? 386 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,680 No, thank you. But Rebecca is is so boring that 387 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,880 it kind of comes to the other side of like, Oh my God, the 388 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,000 spectacle of how like psychotic it is. 389 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,880 I I. Appreciate it. 390 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,760 I think the moment if she if she were to complete the slam, the 391 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,600 career slam and celebrates it with a fist pump, then it 392 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,680 becomes camp and now I'm on board. 393 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,360 Yeah, yeah, exactly. I agree also with the backflip. 394 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:39,480 It was like when or Mira Andreva, who is destined to not 395 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,680 win a tournament right now. Maybe last year when she won a 396 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,200 few tournaments in a row and each time she thanked herself in 397 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,120 her winter speech, the first time cute 'cause it was like, Oh 398 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:52,800 my God, you're hilarious. And then she did it again and it 399 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,720 was like, oh wait, no, this is yeah, not as good. 400 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,160 It is as the kids would say. Cringe. 401 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,240 Cringe. Yes, that is what it was, Mira. 402 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,040 Can I also say something else about celebrations and throw on 403 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:09,840 the subject? No can we make? 404 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:10,680 Can we make? Oh no. 405 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,040 OK Bo, have a good day. What? 406 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:13,760 Am I going to say no? Yes, please. 407 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,240 Please. Can we can we make a rule or can 408 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,680 we write a letter to somebody about people going to hug their 409 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,120 team after winning any title? But can we stop? 410 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,760 Like, can you just get the trophy and get the hell out of 411 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,280 there? Pat Josh started the stupidest 412 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,960 tradition and not everybody has to do it after every title that 413 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,920 they win. I completely agree. 414 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:39,960 I think we need some sort of new behavior, like maybe the team 415 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,120 comes down and rushes you, you know, you win and everyone comes 416 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,560 onto the court and celebrates going up. 417 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,080 I agree. Cause like half the time they 418 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,600 don't know how to get up there. The other half it's like a weird 419 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:55,280 hug or a bad high 5 and it's like, it's just, yeah, I, I 420 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,560 agree. Yeah, down with fun fun. 421 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,040 Fun police, we've had enough. Yeah, we've had enough of that. 422 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,720 Now it is time for twit and that is this week in tennis. 423 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,840 As always, there is so much tennis going on all over the 424 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,600 place. We can't possibly cover every 425 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,840 match. So listeners, if you were here 426 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,720 for every score, you're going to be more disappointed than I was 427 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,840 when I found out the shrimp Taco station was shut down before I 428 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,920 could even fill my plate up. Which by the way, I mean, I'm 429 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,000 sure you heard all about that, right? 430 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,120 The that was, that's what that was the shrimp tacos that that 431 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:39,440 did it. There's so much controversy 432 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,920 around tournament food these days, like maybe they're going 433 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,640 to stop serving food at some point. 434 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,760 Well, I'm just wondering, like, who is sending it over there? 435 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,560 Like, is it American GMO or Campbell's soup or something 436 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:56,320 like like shrimp in Madrid should be fantastic, you know? 437 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,520 I think it's Novak. I think Novak is trying to 438 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:03,320 whittle everybody down so he has a chance to win another title, I 439 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,040 mean. We're not going to do many 440 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,160 predictions about French Open right now, but he is my dark 441 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,560 horse. I'm just saying it right now. 442 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,680 He's kind of the only hope, really. 443 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,240 You can see this. Vera is not going to do it. 444 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,720 This Vera is not going to do it. No, no, no, no. 445 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,240 But OK, well, let's talk about Madrid, though first. 446 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,520 So the biggest tournament since the last show was Madrid just 447 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,640 wrapped up today in the Kaha Kaha Mahika. 448 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,160 And look, you can call me a matador because I'm generally 449 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,400 not very bullish on this tournament, but I did kind of 450 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,160 love this year because we had a lot of new faces, a lot of new 451 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,200 narratives. The next Gen. from last year was 452 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,600 just like, oh, this is our time. A lot of unpredictability the 453 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,040 the WTA, like no top seeds made it to the semis. 454 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,400 Like I enjoy a chaotic moment when we've been in kind of like 455 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,040 a a bit of a boring phase overall for the tours where it's 456 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,360 like, yeah, we've got the top, the top 2 on the men and the top 457 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:02,520 4 on the women are kind of like all that have been doing much. 458 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:08,920 So I was into this one overall. Nathaniel, can I call you 459 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,760 Nathaniel? Sure, my sister does and it's 460 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:13,440 not on my birth certificate, but you go for it. 461 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,760 Oh, oh, is it not your? What's your legal name? 462 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,880 Beth? It's. 463 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,720 Beth Beth Nathan. Beth Nathan. 464 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,720 It's actually Thomas Nathan Brazell. 465 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:24,880 Really. Oh, yeah. 466 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,560 See. Whenever someone tells me that 467 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,320 they're actually going by their middle name, something is just 468 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,120 always very unsettling. Why do you not go by your first 469 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,880 name? It's because I have secrets that 470 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,720 you didn't know that. It's because I'm a junior and my 471 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:43,680 dad is Tommy. And he is, I was born in a small 472 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,240 town and he was very pop is very popular. 473 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,040 So it was sort of like, to kind of avoid the confusion, I've 474 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,680 just always gone by some variation of my middle name. 475 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,240 Just the most exciting story on the planet. 476 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,760 Well, I'm, I still think it's because you're a spy, but, you 477 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,960 know, sure, your dad's popular. OK, we'll go with that. 478 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,840 If I am, I wouldn't tell you. Well anyway, Nathan, how many 479 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,120 balls would you give the Madrid Open overall? 480 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,360 I'm going to go ahead and give it three out of five. 481 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,880 I am not a fan of this 12 day master schedule. 482 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,880 I feel like I've been watching this tournament since like Obama 483 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,160 was in office. It's just so long. 484 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:27,000 My God. Also, you brought up Obama and 485 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,800 I'm just going to be sad for a minute, but OK, yeah, keep 486 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,520 going. Sorry to bring it down, but also 487 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,360 is to borrow from the endlessly annoying Brad Gilbert. 488 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:38,440 I got to give the tournament a red card where they're seating 489 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,840 around the court, like the seats near the court. 490 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,080 The most of the tournament, it looked like they were playing to 491 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,960 an empty stadium because those must be super expensive and 492 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,520 nobody was sitting in them. And so only when they would pull 493 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,400 back would you be like, Oh yeah, they're actually people at this 494 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,280 match. Every freaking tournament that 495 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,040 does this and it happens so often, and I don't know if it's 496 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,160 because it's corporate sponsors or yeah, people buy tickets on 497 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,800 go or that's just so expensive. But yeah, I agree. 498 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,320 I I hate seeing a partially empty stadium. 499 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,200 It's like, where's the atmosphere, you know? 500 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,960 I mean, yeah, I think you brought this up before on the 501 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,840 podcast. It is the insitification of 502 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,920 America. It's thanks private equity. 503 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,080 You know, I could go on a ramp and I vote this is about tennis. 504 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:24,760 No private equity is about to ruin tennis. 505 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,560 Well, it's between that and Saudi Arabia, but well, you 506 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,800 know, oh that girl. But OK, so getting into some of 507 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,600 the action. So we just had the men's final 508 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:38,520 and we had a Sinner 5 peat demolition Derby. 509 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,280 He wins his fifth Masters 1000 in a row. 510 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,560 This has never been done before and that's amazing. 511 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,560 It was the most boring final that I've seen. 512 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,640 I guess Zverev was maybe a little injured, I don't know, 513 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:57,440 but he wins 6162. Never in doubt from the first 514 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,200 game. I don't know, I was bored. 515 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,120 Yeah, it was the the definition of mechanical. 516 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,720 We we like I said earlier, we realize how much we need Carlos 517 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,360 because sooner. I mean, look, I have all the 518 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:15,000 respect in the world for him. He's he's a machine, but I also 519 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 don't love the machine of it all. 520 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,600 Like Carlos, just like, you know, just like Roger, just like 521 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,320 Rafa. They, they they felt like arts. 522 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,000 They felt like they were they were creating something magical. 523 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:30,960 Novak to me and Sinner to me are the same breed of like Yvonne 524 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,880 Lendl robots on the court. And I just don't and I just 525 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,360 don't care. I I don't that doesn't impress. 526 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:41,120 I mean, that doesn't inspire me as a fan. 527 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,520 Yeah, I thought you're going to start singing Shania Twain. 528 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,240 That don't impress me much. Don't. 529 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,320 Just like her. Thank you. 530 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,400 I was also thinking about have you seen that meme of Melania 531 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,760 and the robots? The robots are coming. 532 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:00,560 The robots are here. And that is yeah, I agree. 533 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,840 I I enjoy Yonics in her in every interview. 534 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,800 I think he's really charming and nice on the court. 535 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:10,000 He's not that artistic. It's it's interesting though, 536 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,360 because commentators, the entire Madrid Open, we're talking about 537 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:19,120 how he was almost using this tournament as practice to bring 538 00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:23,680 in some of that artistry and like do some drop shots and do 539 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,120 some things that are a little less expected. 540 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:30,840 But it felt kind of like watching a robot learn how to 541 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,960 paint or like AI learn how to like write a song. 542 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,200 The thing about Carlos and Rafa and Rogers, they are natural 543 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:43,720 born artists and creatures. Yannick is a killer who is 544 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,400 learning how to like paint a beautiful picture that will end 545 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,960 up being beautiful but it doesn't feel as natural. 546 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,720 And I don't mean to crap on him because I'm also like so 547 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,200 impressed with what he's doing. No one. 548 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,760 I mean, I was surprised that no one had done this before, but no 549 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,680 one's ever won 5 masters in a row. 550 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,080 You know it, that's crazy to me too. 551 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,920 I I guess when you think about it like the big three, you know, 552 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,040 they always had each other to deal with and Thinner has kind 553 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,880 of done this during a stretch where Carlos is not really a 554 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,520 factor. So, you know, will we see this 555 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:16,880 again from him? Who knows? 556 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,880 I don't know, maybe we'll see a six next week. 557 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,400 Yeah, I don't want us to pull out our mahika balls just yet, 558 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,000 but I, I, I think the only way he loses, actually, I'm not 559 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,080 going to. Say it good. 560 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,480 Listeners, our balls are staying in the can until the end of the 561 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,480 show and then it's balls out. But yeah, so he beats Zverev. 562 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,120 I don't love talking about Zverev too much. 563 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,880 Zverev took out an exciting next gener though. 564 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,640 Alexander Blocks. Unfortunately, Zverev knocked 565 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,960 his blocks off in the sammies. Pretty straightforward. 566 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:51,320 And then we had Sinner and Fees. A sexy match up in theory, but 567 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:56,080 not a great match. I love Arthur Fees entire 568 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,640 comeback story. He is asserting himself. 569 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:04,720 He's definitely not at his peak yet, but I mean, he's playing 570 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,320 top ten, top five tennis right now. 571 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,440 But what I don't like is his losses are not great. 572 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,920 So his loss here, terrible. His loss in Miami to Leska, 573 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,440 terrible. His loss, I think it was in Doha 574 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,240 to Carlos in like a 20 minute final. 575 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,800 He goes all out, he empties the tank, and he has nothing left 576 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,280 for the next round. I am curious to see what his 577 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:32,440 ceiling is because is he on this like hot streak or is he 578 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,600 genuinely going to reach and stay at the top of the game? 579 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,800 You know, we see so many of these players kind of come and 580 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,680 they make a lot of noise and then they fade away. 581 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:44,920 You know, we'll see. I mean, fees seems to be the 582 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,560 real deal and but I think he's also had some good draws. 583 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:53,400 But he's for many reasons, very exciting to watch. 584 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,240 He knows what he's doing in those ABS. 585 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,200 I mean, that's what a tennis player should look like. 586 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,600 I mean, come on. You know, you're not wrong. 587 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,920 I I'm with you there. All right, glad we're not 588 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:07,600 fighting. Finally. 589 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,040 I want to talk about the Next Geners, though, real quick, the 590 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,840 Kris Geners and the Next Geners. They made some big splashes in 591 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,800 this tournament. So I got to start with Rafael 592 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,200 Rafa. There's a new Rafa Rafa Hodar 593 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,720 Hodor. Hold the door. 594 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,480 Hold. Your door. 595 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,760 Oh very dare you. He Spanish 19 year old. 596 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:35,400 He won Marrakech and he made a run all the way to the quarters. 597 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,440 There were a few noteworthy things about him in this 598 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,600 tournament. First was just how he absolute 599 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:45,400 dismantled Diminhauer. It was like 6163. 600 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,080 It was a lion flicking a flea off of its back. 601 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:53,600 I was shocked. I mean, I we don't spend too 602 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,680 much time on it, but what the heck is going on with Dimanauer? 603 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,400 Like he's just fallen off. Like he's he's in the top 10. 604 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,080 Yeah, it's he's giving David Ferrer. 605 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,600 David Ferrer, excuse me, who I always enjoyed, but you know 606 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,880 what, like against these big players, against these these all 607 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,040 time greats, you're, you just don't have anything kind of 608 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,080 really but your wheels. And that's not enough against 609 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,200 these big guys, you know? Yeah, Speaking of ceilings, he 610 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,600 reached his ceiling and it's great what he's done. 611 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,880 But yeah, yeah. David Ferrer. 612 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,160 I mean, I so you know how the Nothing Major podcast does all 613 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,240 these hottie brackets, which is stealing our bag and we should 614 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,240 be doing it. I want to do a tournament 615 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,320 director hottie bracket and David Ferrer in Barcelona 616 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,280 because he's looking better than ever. 617 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,880 So good for you. David Ferrer. 618 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,840 Come on, the pod. If you put Davi Ferreira and 619 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,680 Feliciano Lopez together, it's like I'm watching this video. 620 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,680 Yeah, even if even if it's in front of Garbina Mugarutha's 621 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,760 salad because she's now the Co director of Madrid. 622 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:01,720 But yes. She's beautiful too. 623 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,400 She she makes me have. Thoughts. 624 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,120 Yeah, yeah. Hodar though. 625 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:07,280 Just going back to him real quick. 626 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:11,080 The match of the tournament for me was Hodar versus Fonseca, 627 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:17,960 Next Gen. on Next Gen., 19 year olds and the crowd, it was the 628 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,720 first time I'd ever seen the very strong Brazilian crowd, 629 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,960 which follows Fonseca everywhere matched by another crowd and 630 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,640 which was the home turf of Hodar in Spain. 631 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,200 The crowd was great. It was electric. 632 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,560 There were no empty seats on that stadium and it was a 633 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,000 pretty, I mean, the first two sets are great. 634 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:40,280 The last set was not great but I'm excited about oh I can see 635 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:46,600 Hodar Hodor coming and like I could see him tripping up 636 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,880 Sinner. I think he gave Sinner the 637 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,240 toughest test of the tournament. I think, you know, that first 638 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:55,000 step was a eye breaker, if I'm not mistaken, against Sinner and 639 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,280 I, I love his aggression like I love the clocks of Oz Big Boy 640 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,320 tennis. He does follow into the net, you 641 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,880 know, like I'm like, this is this, this is what we want to 642 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,320 see, you know? Yes, yeah. 643 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,080 And then you know, he had his his next Gen. brother Alexander 644 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,199 blocks all the way to the semis like we talked about. 645 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,280 I do love his last name because it sounds like a cryptocurrency 646 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,120 fucked APE firm. It sounds like block. 647 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:24,320 X like, OK, but you know, I, I've been wondering in recent 648 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,040 years, is the Next Gen. tournament even not necessary 649 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,600 anymore? Because I kind of felt like they 650 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,719 brought it in because the big three made it impossible for 651 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,239 guys coming up to get any attention. 652 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,440 But looking at what has happened and like even like other ones 653 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:44,320 like Landa Luce and Lerner Tien, who won Next Gen. last year, 654 00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:47,800 like I love this class of the Next Geners. 655 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:51,760 I have a confession to make. I haven't watched a single 656 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,600 minute of the next Gen. finals. It is always felt a little 657 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,240 gimmicky to me. But if you say that I should 658 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:00,360 watch, I will watch. And I think if we're going to 659 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,600 have a men's next Gen. we should have a women's. 660 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,760 Why the hell not? It's 2026, for God's sake. 661 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:07,880 Right. Part of me wondered like, oh, 662 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:13,320 because often on the WTA they peak earlier in their career. 663 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,560 Like, you know, you can be an 18 year old in the top five, but 664 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:21,360 still, I would love to see, you know, these up and comers play. 665 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,720 So here's the thing about next Gen. the finals. 666 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,000 It is kind of nice because it's totally different format. 667 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,800 It's games to four. I think it's no ad scoring. 668 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,280 So the matches are like 40 minutes long. 669 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,640 It's really fast. So it's like a taste of tennis, 670 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,520 which sometimes I'm like, well, you don't really see like how 671 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,960 good they're going to get. But it's more that these Next 672 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,480 Gen. tournaments have just they they've been really good at 673 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:47,400 identifying who's going to who's going to be that. 674 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,800 I mean, the first time I ever saw Yannick Sinner was at the 675 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,720 Next Gen. finals. He was given a wild card in it 676 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,560 because Italy was hosting it. And I think he won that year. 677 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,400 And it was like, and it was the first time I heard that Sinner 678 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,160 boom on his forehead. And I was like, what was that? 679 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,080 But it's great that we have all that good news because we've got 680 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,880 some rough news. So like we've said, Alcarez is 681 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:13,000 out with a wrist injury. You know, with great wrist comes 682 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,360 great reward. Is that what they say? 683 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,200 Yeah, sure, sure. Yeah. 684 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,840 It was great to see him win the Laureus Award along with 685 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:26,800 Sabalenka. I don't know if I really care 686 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:27,800 that much about the Laureus Awards. 687 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,240 Do you care about the Laureus Awards? 688 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,000 Not really. No, I like that they were all in 689 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,680 tuxedos. Like he and Yanuk look great 690 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,600 that night and the the guy who looked the best that night. 691 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,000 And y'all. This might be the photo I put on 692 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:45,560 for the BATP list, but Lorenzo Mousetti, he he can wear a 693 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,520 tuxedo. Makes everyone look like they 694 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:48,600 were. They're in trash bags. 695 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,640 Trash. I mean, when, when they do the, 696 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,640 the year and finals and they always have the, the guys 697 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,640 dressed up in like suits, whatever for like the photo 698 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,400 shoots. A suit makes a tennis player 699 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,480 look amazing. Even the ones that I'm not 700 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,560 attracted to, like Sasha, like I'll be like, oh, he, he, he 701 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,000 looks good in a suit, you know, go figure. 702 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:10,800 Right. Yeah. 703 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,800 I don't know if my disdain for him can be overcome by a suit, 704 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,600 but Amen. But yes, they all, I mean, Alex 705 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,120 gave an hour when he was in a suit. 706 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,880 Rublev. Yes, they had a suit. 707 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,480 I love a suit. Should we bring back suits? 708 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,000 You mean on the tennis court? No, you and I just like, I don't 709 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,560 know, in life. Yeah. 710 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,080 Next time we get lunch, we're gonna do it in suits. 711 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,440 Down, down. I've got a suit just for you. 712 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:39,440 Yes, and also some terrible news for you, Draper out with a knee 713 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,880 injury after last year's, like arm and leg and whatever injury, 714 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,720 he just can't catch a goddamn break. 715 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:47,440 So he's out until at least Wimbledon. 716 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,360 Nathan, are you OK 'cause I know that he is high on your list. 717 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,040 Yeah, no, I'm not going to be OK. 718 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:54,480 Just plain assembly. I'm not. 719 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,840 It's not fair. Why do we have to watch 720 00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:00,400 Medvedev's ugly tentacle swings every single tournament? 721 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,200 But a specimen of a of a man like Jack Draper, who also 722 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,600 happens to play really good tennis. 723 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,320 He's just out. Yeah, You know, we get to watch 724 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:12,000 Rubelev, you know, miss every third shot and. 725 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,440 Yeah, but. But Jack Draper is out. 726 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,120 Not only does Rubelev miss every third shot, he then attacks his 727 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,280 leg with the ferocity of Haley Baptiste, breaking her racket. 728 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:25,120 Why is his leg not injured? He's like, and then he just 729 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,120 walks it up bleeding. But Jack Draper, our porcelain 730 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,720 doll from the UK, injured and. Poor Jack. 731 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,360 Poor poor Jack. Maybe I should find a way to 732 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,200 comfort, you know, him. I I I could come up with some 733 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,360 ideas. Yeah, like a care package or 734 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,840 like. I'll deliver it in person and 735 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,480 and you know, it'll just be between US and nobody has to 736 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,720 know. That's what I have in mind. 737 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,240 And that is when Nathan will change his name yet again. 738 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,440 Nathan Draper. Fine, do it. 739 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,560 Nathan Draper. Oh, that actually sounds really 740 00:38:58,560 --> 00:38:59,880 good. Nathan Draper. 741 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,240 It's like a like a spy. There we go with the spy again. 742 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,440 Again, I know you're a terrible spy. 743 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,200 You're like everything is a tell. 744 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:09,880 She's giving all my secrets away. 745 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:11,800 Sounds like I'm a spy. Oh shit, I'm a spy. 746 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,840 I'm. Not going to say that. 747 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,600 But yeah, I mean, you know, the Bay TP is getting decimated 748 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,560 between Carlos and and Draper and and look, I I say this also 749 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,080 all the time on this freaking show, it's the equipment. 750 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,400 It's just like when the Olympics went to the full body suits and 751 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,360 everyone's breaking every world record left and right. 752 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,840 Like, look, the equipment is great, but it is causing so much 753 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:42,000 torque and pressure on shoulders and wrists and knees and 754 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,360 everything. Like we're just going to destroy 755 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,800 our players bodies before they can have their like, real 756 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,800 potential. And it's kind of sad, you know? 757 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,600 Maybe the solution is for a couple of tournaments a year we 758 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,520 have to go back to wood rockets. I would love that. 759 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,560 I'd like to see that, you know? Because, you know, then we're 760 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:06,800 going to have the tacticians, the skilled artists winning like 761 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,920 Jasmine Paulini will clean up. Oh my God. 762 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,960 And you know what? One of my favorite things to do, 763 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,240 and to all you tennis fans out there who I'm assuming is 764 00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:17,600 everybody that's listening to this podcast, one of my favorite 765 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,720 things to do is to get on YouTube and watch like Stefan 766 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:25,360 Edberg and especially like Edberg Becker, Edberg Sampras. 767 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,600 It's just a style you just don't see anymore. 768 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,320 And it's it's foreign to me because I wasn't playing tennis 769 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:31,760 back then. I wasn't watching tennis back 770 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,560 then. And I was just like, man, that's 771 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,040 So what? That's so cool. 772 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:36,880 It's such a cool style of playing. 773 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:41,000 It really is a different sport. I totally agree and also fun 774 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,040 fact Stefan Edberg was one of my gay sexual awakenings. 775 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:45,720 I. Mean, I get it, those little 776 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,120 booty shorts that he was wearing. 777 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:51,360 Tiny white shorts and like, you know, one other highlight from 778 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,560 the men's eye. Or it's just like a funny moment 779 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,680 of Hugo Umber and Terence Atmain. 780 00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,080 You know, it's kind of like Fashion Rd. 781 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,560 Kill from Sex and the City. But Atmain was so cramped up 782 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:06,040 during their deciding set tie break that he could not get off 783 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,120 the ground and it was time to change ends. 784 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,640 And so Hugo Umber just went to the other side and was standing 785 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,120 against the fence. It led to some of the funniest 786 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:20,080 photos and memes of just like one guy leaning against the 787 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:21,720 wall, the other guy writhing in pain. 788 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:22,960 And it was just like, what are we? 789 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:24,400 What are we doing to these players? 790 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:28,240 It it's almost begs the the question of is it time to change 791 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:30,240 the rules? Because I don't think it was 792 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:31,560 fair. It was definitely not fair to 793 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,320 admin, but it was also not fair to medical. 794 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:38,880 Personal bait TP Hugo Umber because as soon as he started 795 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,560 like screaming on the reference, got down out of the chair, Hugo 796 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,640 kind of had to go over there and do something like just give 797 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:48,480 support because he was going to get savaged if he didn't. 798 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:53,680 But it also took away his mojo. And like, he got, he got in his 799 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:56,680 head and he shit the bed. Pardon me? 800 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:01,120 Sure, maybe the solution is you lose that game if you get 801 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,240 cramps, but you're allowed to get treatment for them. 802 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:05,400 I don't know. Something's got to change. 803 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:09,960 Something and it's just like it happened so often and it's like 804 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,720 these guys are killing themselves and I can't think of 805 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:15,760 another sport that is so punitive towards its players 806 00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,800 where it's like, no, sorry, suck it up. 807 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,880 Yeah, it's it's like the head of the HP is just sitting in his 808 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,280 office smoking a cigarette. No, no, you get a cramp. 809 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:33,880 You shouldn't finish the match. Well, on the ladies side, we 810 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,320 also had a ton of stories. We've covered some of them with 811 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,840 Hailey Baptiste, but of course we're going to start with the 812 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:43,240 final. Another geopolitical heavyweight 813 00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:45,880 clash. I don't know what it is on the 814 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,840 WTA versus ATP. The ATP, it's like I'm from 815 00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,520 Italy and I'm Spanish and I'm from Norway. 816 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:55,040 And on the women's side, it's I'm Bella Russian, I'm Russian, 817 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,640 I'm Ukrainian. These people who like really are 818 00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:01,120 at war, like literally at war. So we we end up with a Russian 819 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,800 who has expressed prudent support versus the Ukrainian who 820 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,160 literally won't shake hands with a Russian and cries during her 821 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,280 own national anthem playing each other. 822 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:14,880 Mira Andreva is the Russian and Marta Kostiak is the Ukrainian. 823 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,120 So just like wild tension, it's like, what's going to happen? 824 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,560 Yeah, I, I forgot that they don't shake hands. 825 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:22,960 So I realized she didn't shake her hand. 826 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:24,360 I was like, what the hell is that about? 827 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:28,520 But I also felt I kind of felt bad from Mira Andreva, like she 828 00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:31,240 was crying so hard at losing that I'm like, is she going to 829 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:32,840 get beaten when she goes back to Russia? 830 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,480 Like what is happening? I felt a little bad for her. 831 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,360 I mean Mira, she's on my list right now Like I don't love her. 832 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,520 I I find it entertaining like when she cussed out the entire 833 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,560 stadium in Indian Wells. Oh my God, just like fuck you, 834 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,680 fuck you, fuck you like it was like whoa, like crazy. 835 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:51,800 But it's also like girl. She needs to do some some inner 836 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,160 child work, I think and some re parenting maybe. 837 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:57,040 But it was sad like how much she cried. 838 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,680 But I also love that she wants it so much because I am tired of 839 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,920 these people losing finals and be like, good job. 840 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,520 I couldn't do anything. I'll see you next time. 841 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,440 And it's like no, no, no, no, no, no. 842 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:14,240 I want you to be like like. And and she was in the double S 843 00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:15,800 finals, the women's double S finals too. 844 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,320 Yeah, she lost. She lost to Taylor Townsend and 845 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,360 Signakova. But good for her, you know, she 846 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:25,800 is she the female Medvedev, Because when she was in the 847 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,280 early round and she started screaming about it smells like 848 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,160 bullshit over here. I'm like, what? 849 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:33,280 What that What are you ranting about now? 850 00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:36,920 I want to know exactly what she was talking about, but I also 851 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,120 don't want to know because, you know, why was she smelling 852 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,640 something? Or was she referring to her 853 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:44,880 gameplay? Like she was clearly upset about 854 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,200 something. Or was it the Taco station was 855 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:48,560 right next to the court? I don't know. 856 00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,040 She was like smells like or is like everyone's crapping their 857 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,520 pants. And I do appreciate that Moxie. 858 00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:58,840 I think it's just about she's a kid and she needs to grow up and 859 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:02,640 do some some some self reflection, like I said. 860 00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,280 And also like, maybe stop supporting Putin and. 861 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,920 You know what, If you're going to do it, keep it to yourself. 862 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:10,960 We don't want to hear it. Yeah, yeah. 863 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,200 But Marta takes it into it was not a great match. 864 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,120 It was really windy, so that kind of got in the way. 865 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,440 So it was like a kind of sloppy 2 setter. 866 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,520 Shout out, though, to Marta's Wilson kit. 867 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:27,440 Wilson is the only tennis entity killing the the fashion game 868 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:29,440 right now. Nike is turning out things that 869 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:33,360 look like a four year old drew them in in arts and crafts, and 870 00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:37,080 meanwhile Wilson is classy and it's stylish. 871 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:42,360 Spare me all your overpriced Lululemon and your soulless aloe 872 00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:46,080 beige nonsense. Give me Wilson, give it to me. 873 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:50,480 Yeah, it, it flowed so well. The back was beautiful. 874 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:55,600 Like if the colors were right. And hot tip y'all, the outlets 875 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,920 at Morongo have an amazing Wilson store that I hit up every 876 00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:00,280 time I come back from Palm Springs. 877 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:02,680 So because Wilson got the cheapest. 878 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,120 But anyway. But you know what? 879 00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:09,640 But worth it because neither is Nike and and Nike again, it the 880 00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,800 it's loud. It's it's not creative at all. 881 00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,600 It's like they're like, oh shit, the Australian Open's coming up. 882 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,800 We got to line something, get Eddie from accounting to Draw 883 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,720 Something. You know, exactly. 884 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,280 Yeah, Like you mentioned, there was no handshake at the end. 885 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:30,400 There was also no handshake between Marta Kostik and put a 886 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:34,000 POVA in the semis, even though she's Austrian now. 887 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:39,120 I'm calling it TSA Kostchek. You can tell someone's 888 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:42,160 geopolitical affiliations based on whether or not Marta Kostik 889 00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:45,240 will shake her hand. Like, it's like she's got tabs 890 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:46,480 on everybody. And someone who's actually 891 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:49,360 saying this, another chat that I'm in, he was like, I wonder if 892 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:51,920 she would shake Anna Samova's hand. 893 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:55,960 You know, like, I don't know. Yeah, it's a good question. 894 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,800 It's it's so funny to me that that I guess, I guess maybe 895 00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:01,760 Kostick is still mad about World War 2. 896 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,760 Is that why she's not shaking in Austria, Adopova's hand? 897 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:07,560 She's Austrian? Or is it because she's born in 898 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:10,240 Russia? No, it's because she, yeah, she 899 00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:11,720 just, she's mad about Sound of Music. 900 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:15,000 And Patapova is like about as Austrian as I am. 901 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,400 I was like, what's that song? Edel Vice? 902 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:23,400 I was like Edel Slice Slice because she's like not Austrian 903 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,360 at all. And they just had the Lintz 904 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:28,520 tournament and they're like, she's going further than any 905 00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:32,120 Austrian woman is gone. It's like girl, her passports 906 00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:34,960 not even dry. Oh, here's the thing. 907 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:40,720 Kostyuk will shake hands with Kazukina because Kazukina Daria 908 00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:45,040 Dasha has publicly said how bad the war is and has really 909 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,880 renounced it and she's Australian now and so she. 910 00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,160 Got the hell out of Dodge. Yeah, she's like, no. 911 00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:55,160 On the ladies side also, though, not to go too deep in this, but 912 00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:58,200 we also had some old Broads kind of making some news. 913 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,880 We had Pliskova coming back. Carolina Pliskova had a couple 914 00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:03,840 of great wins. I think she's been out with some 915 00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:04,920 injuries. I love a Czech. 916 00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:08,360 Gurley, as I've said many times in the show, I love her game. 917 00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,680 Big Babe tennis. I know we can't say Big Babe 918 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,040 tennis anymore. Nathan, say it. 919 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:17,240 Big babe tennis and I'm not going to stop. 920 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:19,600 Just go ahead and go ahead and cancel me now. 921 00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:22,600 Yeah. That's all it takes. 922 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:26,680 That's all it takes. But another woman of a certain 923 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:30,160 age, not just me, Venus Williams, we had yet another 924 00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:33,200 wild card, yet another loss. I think this is 9 losses in a 925 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:37,120 row maybe or or 10 breaking a record, I think of the most 926 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:42,080 losses in a row for any former #1 And I don't think she's going 927 00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:44,800 to Rome because she's the Co host of the Met Gala tomorrow 928 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,960 night in New York. But she did say like, oh, I'd 929 00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:51,760 love to play Rome because my husband is Italian and I'd love 930 00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:56,280 to play Roland Garros. And it's like Nate Nathaniel. 931 00:48:56,280 --> 00:49:00,280 When is enough enough for these wild cards keep going? 932 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:04,040 Never, you know, the Duchess decides when it's time. 933 00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:08,400 And yes, I have decided that she's a Duchess because look, 934 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:12,680 she's Venus Williams. And I will say this, definitely, 935 00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:14,600 definitely stay in double s because she's still making 936 00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:18,400 having some results in double s. If she's going to stay, girl, 937 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:20,240 you got to get a little bit more aggressive. 938 00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:21,800 You're trying to rally with people. 939 00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:26,280 And I'm like, honey, I, I, it hurts me to watch you rally. 940 00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:29,320 Kills me. Can you follow that big serving 941 00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:32,000 of the net? Can you serve plus one? 942 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,600 You know, just for your life, like it depends on it? 943 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:38,000 You got to do something. Exactly. 944 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,680 I loved last summer, she got like a great win, I think over 945 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,720 Peyton Stearns in Cincinnati or DC or something like that. 946 00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:46,640 And her form was good. She seemed locked in. 947 00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:50,360 Now it's just like every match is the same where it's just like 948 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,640 a let down. It feels bad. 949 00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:57,480 And I'm just like, like, yes, the Duchess can stay as long as 950 00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:02,520 the Duchess wants, but is it tarnishing the Duchess's Sheen 951 00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,240 to be on the longest losing streak of any former #1? 952 00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:11,400 She's she's Rita's Williams and she's got her title, she's got 953 00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:15,720 her records, medals, everything. She's got it all and she always 954 00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:17,960 will. I think there's something 955 00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:20,440 inspiring about her being out there. 956 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:24,120 The second-half of her career was kind of taken from her with 957 00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:27,320 the Sjogren's syndrome and I think she's like, look, I love 958 00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:30,320 the game and I'm going to be out there trying until I can't do it 959 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,240 anymore. Good for her. 960 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,840 Go for it, baby. Here's what I think she needs to 961 00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:37,240 do. She needs to find a Bob Bryan 962 00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:40,880 type to play mixed double S with and get that one last double 963 00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:42,160 Slam. And maybe that's what she's 964 00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:44,080 doing with Serena on this comeback. 965 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:47,280 Honestly, I'm still waiting for Serena to come back. 966 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,600 My my odds have gone down to like a 40% chance that Serena's 967 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:52,680 going to come back and play double s, but it's still alive. 968 00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:55,600 I think. I love that I am going to check 969 00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:59,760 in with you in six months when Venus has now lost 24 matches in 970 00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:04,440 a row and he is still. Feels right. 971 00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:08,160 It's going to be like you're back in a fist pumping. 972 00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,760 You know, if she gets the career slam, at a certain point it's 973 00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:15,120 going to become camp that she's staying and I'm here for that. 974 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:16,760 I want. It give. 975 00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:19,760 Me, that Venus Williams camp. Give me the Duchess all in my 976 00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:24,920 face. OK, the 2042 French Open wild 977 00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,840 card goes to yeah, Venus Williams. 978 00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:29,760 Exactly. I mean, look, Novak says he 979 00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,320 wants to stay till 2028. You know, we got a little bit of 980 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:34,000 a senior tour on the regular tour. 981 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,360 Like I love that. Well, this has come up on the 982 00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:38,680 pod before too. I would love a senior tour. 983 00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:41,320 I want to see Sabatini play against Graf right now. 984 00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:44,400 I would, I would go to that. I would travel to go see that 985 00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,440 match. So I think there's an appetite 986 00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:49,440 for Venus. I'm also going to just make a 987 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:53,880 modest proposal that maybe should play a challenger or two, 988 00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:59,040 get a match under her belt, get some some wins. 989 00:51:59,720 --> 00:52:01,760 This, this wild card thing. I think that's what's bothering. 990 00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:03,280 It's just like you're showing up and losing and leaving. 991 00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:05,360 It's like that's not the strategy. 992 00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,640 So. I I think she could take a, a 993 00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,720 lesson from Stan Babrinka, who I think has done it right. 994 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:13,080 You know, he has not had the ego. 995 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,120 He has gone to play these and look what he did in the 996 00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:16,800 Australian Open. What was the third or fourth 997 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:17,720 round? Third round. 998 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:20,440 Yeah, incredible. Yeah, no, he's, he's playing 999 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,640 qualifiers for Rome right now. Yeah. 1000 00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:24,600 Because he knows this is his last year and he's like. 1001 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:27,040 Which I'm still very sad about I. 1002 00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:30,120 Know he's the one that he's the one I'm going to miss. 1003 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:31,680 I'm going to miss him a lot. Yeah. 1004 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:34,200 Yeah. Well, he and monkeys, but yeah. 1005 00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:36,560 Yeah. Lamar. 1006 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,200 I didn't even know. I know that Keeney Shikori is 1007 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,480 retiring and I didn't even know he was still on the tour. 1008 00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:44,040 Yeah. Well, so that actually leads us 1009 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:48,080 to our our next little segment. So last episode the the theme 1010 00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,600 was rumors, because all these rumors are flying around about 1011 00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:54,320 Morgan Riddle breaking up with Taylor Fritz and that Kanish 1012 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:57,720 Jacory had retired. So starting with K, it was 1013 00:52:57,720 --> 00:53:00,840 actually weird. This post on Instagram was just 1014 00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:03,440 like, this challenger is going to be Kanish Jacory's last 1015 00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:04,760 event. And he actually had to come out 1016 00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:06,720 and be like, no, I'm not retiring. 1017 00:53:07,240 --> 00:53:10,240 But I think he more meant I'm not retiring at that tournament 1018 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:12,360 because then he has since come out and said, yeah, this is his 1019 00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:15,560 last year. Another one who is just cut 1020 00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:18,480 short by injuries now. I think I read somewhere he was 1021 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:22,200 the most successful Asian male player of all time, making a 1022 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:25,000 final at the US Open. I think he lost to Chilich. 1023 00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:32,320 Really good game, but the bigger rumor that was confirmed is that 1024 00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:37,160 Morgan Riddle and Taylor Fritz have stopped seeing each other. 1025 00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:42,240 I love Morgan Riddle, I'm a wag hag and I'm going to be. 1026 00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:45,520 I'm so sad not to see her in a box. 1027 00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:50,320 Well, here's the thing, I I'm not the biggest Taylor Fritz 1028 00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:51,880 fan. I don't really have anything 1029 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:53,840 against him. I just don't find him to be kind 1030 00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:55,600 of boring. Sorry, sorry. 1031 00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:58,360 That's our little secret as I tell it to the whole world. 1032 00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:01,760 And I didn't pay attention to who he was dating in the 1st 1033 00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:05,280 place. So it's not doesn't it doesn't 1034 00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,320 stab me in the same place that it stabs you. 1035 00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,720 But I'm here for you if you need anything. 1036 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:13,040 Thank you. Well, so I proselytize the last 1037 00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:15,640 ball boy about the Church of Morgan Riddle and I'm going to 1038 00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:18,480 proselytize you. You need to look at her social 1039 00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:22,240 media. She is correct politically. 1040 00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:28,000 She is not afraid to like post about fuck ice Donald Trump. 1041 00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:34,400 She is very third wave feminist, funny as hell and smart. 1042 00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:39,080 I think she was anchoring Taylor away from anything more right 1043 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:40,880 wing. I don't know what's gonna happen 1044 00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:44,720 to him without her, which she was really freaking cool. 1045 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:47,480 And then when I started looking at what she was wearing in these 1046 00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:53,040 stands, like camp meets style meets Devil Wears Prada. 1047 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,920 So. You and the year of our Lord 1048 00:54:55,960 --> 00:55:00,360 2026 are recommending I take in more social media, so I've noted 1049 00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:02,440 that I'm going to go check her out. 1050 00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:05,200 And thank you for sucking me right back into the electronic 1051 00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:06,120 nipple. I appreciate. 1052 00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:08,240 Thank you. The electronic nipple. 1053 00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:12,720 I love that. Well, I mean, she'll probably be 1054 00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:14,880 less problematic than some of the other things that you follow 1055 00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:18,360 on that phone of yours. And right on the tail of that 1056 00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:21,440 hot gossip, them breaking up, there might be some new hot 1057 00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:24,440 couple alerts on tour. Just to cover real quick. 1058 00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,960 So we talked about Anastasia Patapova. 1059 00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:32,440 She is dating Talon Greekspore which is an interesting pairing 1060 00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:36,800 and honestly I loved him in her box. 1061 00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:40,440 I loved everything he was doing in her box. 1062 00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:44,160 What are you watching? I loved how he treated her in 1063 00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:48,680 her box because when she was in her, no, but for real in her 1064 00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:55,160 matches, he was in her box being so supportive and smart as a 1065 00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:57,960 partner and like really being like, you've got to believe in 1066 00:55:57,960 --> 00:55:59,560 yourself. No, you've got to you can do 1067 00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,120 this. It was beautiful. 1068 00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:04,320 And now suddenly I'm jealous of Podipova. 1069 00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:09,040 I was like, I want that love. Oh, you know, it's like when, 1070 00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:13,720 when Maurice and Selena, I love the way that they support one 1071 00:56:13,720 --> 00:56:15,240 another. Like, that's so much fun. 1072 00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:17,640 You know how to help. So help give that support. 1073 00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:22,920 Alan, to me looks like a guy who was trying to decide between 1074 00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,880 accounting and the priesthood. Like, I don't, I don't look at 1075 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:30,560 his face and think tennis. Player No, a little Friar Tuck 1076 00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:32,720 in there. Yeah, he got some BAT people. 1077 00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:34,680 He didn't make the BATP list this time, but he got some 1078 00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:38,440 points for the way he spoke to his girlfriend in a loving but 1079 00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:43,080 firm way that was just like, oh, like this is this is what love 1080 00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:44,920 is. I was very happy for them. 1081 00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:48,240 That's what I'm missing. I know I need somebody to yell 1082 00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:50,960 at me. Firm but loving. 1083 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,120 Nathan, after this call, will you just come over and yell at 1084 00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:57,000 me? At least 3045 minutes get it 1085 00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,800 together. Paul, well, the other hot couple 1086 00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:04,480 is just rumors, I think at this point, but Arthur Fees and 1087 00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:08,600 Zeynep Somnes, the Turkish goddess, she is stunning. 1088 00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:12,520 Apparently he's been in her box watching her matches. 1089 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:15,840 I'm worried that she's going to get a lot of backlash for 1090 00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:19,120 stealing our collective boyfriend 'cause he he belongs 1091 00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:21,680 to all of us. Speaking of all these hotties, 1092 00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:25,360 we do have a noob A teepee. It's over on our Instagram. 1093 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:29,760 Like I said, at TBB Tennis, we've got a triumphant return to 1094 00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:33,480 the top for Arthur Fees, His pool celebration alone in 1095 00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:37,560 Barcelona after winning that title, and just everything that 1096 00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:41,920 was shown all across social media just hoists him into the 1097 00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:47,960 annals of the Bay TV listing. So makes sense, enough sense. 1098 00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:51,800 But yeah, head on over to our Instagram and check that out. 1099 00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:55,920 Before we go off the ATP, the Bay TV, excuse me, I have one 1100 00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,480 thing to contribute. I was having to look up a couple 1101 00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:00,880 of these because I like, I didn't know who Adolfo Danielle 1102 00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:04,040 Vannejo was, but he's very cute and you're right to put him on 1103 00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:07,680 the list. Camilo Hugo, I didn't know he 1104 00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:08,440 was. I looked him up. 1105 00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:13,680 And do I have a picture for you and potentially to share with 1106 00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:14,800 with everybody? It's PG. 1107 00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:20,480 It's PG13, but forget Syncherize, this picture is our 1108 00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:22,480 heated rivalry. And you will. 1109 00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,480 You will know what I'm talking about when I send it to you. 1110 00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:28,560 OK, OK folks. So I will be sharing that on the 1111 00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:33,000 stories for sure because I'm not going to gatekeep whatever this 1112 00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:34,440 heated rivalry is. So thank you. 1113 00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:38,080 I always like to have like a one or two new people in the Bay TP 1114 00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:39,920 that, you know, are making some moves. 1115 00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:44,000 We have some wins, and they just so happen to be really freaking 1116 00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:45,680 hot. So equal opportunity. 1117 00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:47,880 Yeah, yeah. No, we got to, we got to keep it 1118 00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:50,200 fresh because otherwise I'm just going to be saying, yes, Tommy 1119 00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:51,800 Paul's handsome every freaking week. 1120 00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:54,120 And you know what he is. But like, he didn't even make 1121 00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:56,560 the list this time because you know what? 1122 00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:59,400 When you lose, you don't get Bay TP points. 1123 00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:02,120 No, sorry bro. That's why Jack Draper is out 1124 00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:05,320 there every week. Exactly, we are tough but firm 1125 00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:07,720 over here at the Bay TP and the Ball Boys. 1126 00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,080 I love that. OK, so real quick though, 1127 00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:16,440 Nathan, will you whip out your mica balls because we have Rome 1128 00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:20,000 coming up and I have some rapid fire questions of what's going 1129 00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:23,760 to happen. A is anyone going to stop Ionic 1130 00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:26,680 Sinner from winning? No, no, no. 1131 00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:30,880 I, I look, I just don't see it. I think, I think honestly, it's 1132 00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,920 it's, it's maybe Novak and I would have said maybe Sarah, but 1133 00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:37,680 after today, there's no chance. No chance from Sarah. 1134 00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:41,760 Yeah, I agree. My only thought is, and I don't 1135 00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:44,000 think this will happen because it is his home tournament, but I 1136 00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:48,320 think there is an argument for him to skip it in preparation 1137 00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:51,800 for Roland Garros and just to be fully rested for two weeks. 1138 00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:57,840 I That sounds very wise. However, I also learned today 1139 00:59:57,840 --> 01:00:01,200 that if he wins Rome, he will have won all of the bastards. 1140 01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:04,120 Yeah, so. Doing that on home soil, it's 1141 01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:06,280 like it's he ain't going to skip. 1142 01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:08,320 No, no, I agree. I agree. 1143 01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:10,880 And yes, I agree. No one's going to stop him. 1144 01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:15,600 Which WTA Darling is going to get their groove back in Rome, 1145 01:00:15,840 --> 01:00:21,000 Jasmine Eaga or Jess Pagula? Jasmine, I mean, that's maybe a 1146 01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:24,400 sentimental pick more than anything, but I don't think Jess 1147 01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:28,720 is much of A clay beast, I mean. She won Charleston, but any all 1148 01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:31,200 the American clay tournaments are just for the Americans to 1149 01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:33,280 play. Honey, I won Charleston, you 1150 01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,640 know what I mean? It's not like, true. 1151 01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:39,280 It's not like there was, you know, ego there. 1152 01:00:40,080 --> 01:00:43,760 Yeah, yeah. So, OK, Jasmine, I feel that 1153 01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:46,720 sentimentality as well. I think she's actually the 1154 01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:48,960 defending champion. She, I think she won last year. 1155 01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:53,360 I think it's Ego's time to get her shit together. 1156 01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:56,520 She's going to peek and I think that she's going to, I think 1157 01:00:56,520 --> 01:00:58,480 she's going to go far. I don't know she's going to win 1158 01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:00,480 it, but she's going to go far. Girl, how? 1159 01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:03,960 How is Rafa Nadal teaching you how to hit top spin on clay and 1160 01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,440 you lose? And you lose right away. 1161 01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:08,040 Yeah, no. It's, I know the I know the 1162 01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:10,160 shrimp tacos had something to do with it, but come on, get it 1163 01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:15,280 together. OK, which American man is going 1164 01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:21,560 to go the furthest at Rome? This is a little yeah, none, but 1165 01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:24,680 like if we're talking about all in and out by the second or 1166 01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:27,920 third round and maybe somebody makes it to the 4th, I'm going 1167 01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:32,400 to say I'd like to see Korda because I think when he is 1168 01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:37,080 injury free, he's maybe the best all around American male. 1169 01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:40,280 So I would love to see that. I'm going to go ahead and make 1170 01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:42,880 it make that call. That's your Yeah, Lock it in. 1171 01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:44,880 I think that's a great call he had. 1172 01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:46,920 He had that great win over Carlos. 1173 01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:49,040 Was it in Miami or Indian Wells? I forget where? 1174 01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:53,520 Miami, I think, looked great. And then he's not really done 1175 01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:56,040 anything since. I think that's interesting. 1176 01:01:56,640 --> 01:02:00,600 I think it is going to be one of the more sort of highly ranked 1177 01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:06,200 Americans and I don't know why. Oh, wait, no, I do know why. 1178 01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:10,840 I'm going to say Ben Shelton because he did just win that 1179 01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:15,120 tournament over Kaboli. I think that he is he is injury 1180 01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:17,480 free. He did not do very much in 1181 01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:19,200 Madrid. I think that I think that he's 1182 01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:21,680 got something in the tank for for Rome. 1183 01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:25,360 So OK, Corda or Shelton, we'll see folks. 1184 01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:29,720 Last one next Geners. Who is going to be the next Gen. 1185 01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:34,320 darling of Rome blocks Hodar, Fonseca or Tien? 1186 01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:39,040 It's to me it's between Hodor or Fonseca and so I'm going to 1187 01:02:39,040 --> 01:02:46,360 choose Hodor. Hodor, I am going to say the 1188 01:02:46,360 --> 01:02:48,800 same. No, just to be disagreeable, I'm 1189 01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:53,360 going to say Fonseca. I think Fonseca is mad that he 1190 01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:55,960 is no longer the darling, the Princess, the Snow White, the 1191 01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:58,400 Cinderella. And he's like no, no, no, no, 1192 01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:00,440 no, no. He's he's kind of back. 1193 01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:02,920 I would like to see a little bit of urgency from him. 1194 01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:06,160 I would like to see him to to be like, OK, it's not enough for 1195 01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:07,840 everybody to be talking about me. 1196 01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:10,720 Like I want to back it up and that's what I want to see from 1197 01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:12,120 him. He's going to throw it back. 1198 01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:15,240 Yeah, yeah. All right, folks. 1199 01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:18,600 Well, that's our mahika balls and we will see what happens in 1200 01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:20,200 Rome because it's starting in two days. 1201 01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:21,960 And so we're all going to know real quick. 1202 01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:26,720 And that is our show. Nathan, you survived your round 1203 01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:29,160 two ball boys experience. How do you feel? 1204 01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:34,200 I feel violated. That is the best answer I could 1205 01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:37,320 have gotten, but OK. Will you come back for around 1206 01:03:37,320 --> 01:03:38,360 5:00? Absolutely. 1207 01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:40,120 Come on. I love being violated. 1208 01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:44,720 OK, OK, now we know his king, folks and everybody. 1209 01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:48,040 We're going to be back right after Rome with a recap and a 1210 01:03:48,040 --> 01:03:52,680 preview of Roland Garros as the clay season reaches its climax. 1211 01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:56,920 I for 1:00 AM titillated. And until then, our balls are 1212 01:03:56,920 --> 01:04:00,000 going back into the can. Thanks y'all, bye.