1 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,840 Hey everybody, and welcome to the latest episode of The Ball 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,280 Boys. We are the tennis podcast that 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,280 puts the Champs in champagne and the Dom in Wimbledon. 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,080 I'm your host, Paul Monkle. I'm bringing you the insights, 5 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:23,200 outbursts, giggles and wiggles of the ATP and WTA tours. 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,680 And on today's show, we are recapping Wimbledon and what a 7 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,880 couple of weeks of twists and turns it has been. 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,200 It started out real rocky because when it wasn't the heat, 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,960 it was the inconsistency with seeds tumbling out faster than 10 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,760 the stock market After that Taco in the White House announces a 11 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,360 new round of tariffs. And then things went from upsets 12 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,320 to downright upsetting with an injury to one of our favorites 13 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,600 while he was up two sets over the world #1 and then on both 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,320 the men's and women's side, they got their acts together in time 15 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,960 for the last dance. And we ended up with a 16 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,440 tournament that gave us just enough strawberries and cream. 17 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,800 So today, we'll be popping our corks for the winners and 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,760 everyone else who came out on top, Plus talking about some of 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,400 the bigger surprises of the tournament. 20 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,760 And we have an immodest proposal for how to finally get these 21 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,520 players some rest. To do it all, we have Colby Gray 22 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,880 back with us. He's the sports writer, tennis 23 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:19,040 star, Belgian Waffle who Co hosted our Wimbledon preview 24 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,680 show a few weeks ago. Hey Colby, how are you doing? 25 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,640 I'm doing great, just coming off the Wimbledon adrenaline high. 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,000 Yeah, I know. Do you have the the stripers and 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,240 cream out of your system yet? I think I do it and I'm the 28 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,360 strawberries aren't getting anywhere near the pasta. 29 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:40,360 Sorry. I mean, look, so that's a 30 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,040 reference to Egos Fiantech's strawberry and pasta dish, and I 31 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,040 made it. You can look at our Instagram at 32 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,480 TBB Tennis for a recap of that. Hey, it wasn't the worst thing 33 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,960 ever. I it's not the thing I would 34 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,880 crave to celebrate a single thing in my life, though. 35 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,680 That's some Polish DNA right there. 36 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,600 Yeah, I used to have an Italian roommate a few months ago and I 37 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,080 think that would have been like genocide if I did that in the 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,360 house. So not going to get anywhere 39 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,520 near that. You're like, you didn't take out 40 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,440 the trash, so I'm going to make strawberries and pasta. 41 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,920 And and I'm going to break it and I'm going to break it before 42 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:23,520 I make it. So before we get in the show, 43 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,040 look, we we played getting ballsy with you last time, loved 44 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,560 getting to know you. You played in tournaments with 45 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:34,320 Nakashima and Nara and some others and just all around great 46 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,920 tennis aficionado. But one thing we didn't talk 47 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:40,480 about enough, and you kind of referenced it at one point about 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,040 how for you, Rodger Federer, he's an idol. 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,320 You still make arguments for him being the GOAT, which I'm I'm 50 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,480 there with you. So I want to hear a little bit 51 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,920 about your fandom, but also you've got a Rodger Federer 52 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:57,800 tattoo. And part of me was like, should 53 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,800 we play a game? Like let's guess where on Colby 54 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:04,040 body, Colby's body is the tattoo and let's finally show us. 55 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:10,000 But for for to keep it PG13, I want to hear about the tattoo 56 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,760 and just just tell me about this fandom. 57 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,280 Oh yeah, definitely the tattoo placement. 58 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,920 Not safe for work, no. Tramp stamp. 59 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:24,200 No, I so I got it in 2021 when I was living in Denmark and I can 60 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,600 I can show it is safe for work. That's the tattoo. 61 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,840 For anyone who's not going to see this on Instagram, it's 62 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:37,320 upper bicep gun show. Classic RF, Yeah. 63 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:46,680 Yeah, so I I got it in 2021 with the hope that I would get some 64 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:51,000 kind of response. So I posted on Instagram video 65 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,600 with it and you know, I said I'll tag him in the comments, 66 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,160 whatever. But I, I kind of knew that was 67 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,640 lost cause. So what I did was I took a photo 68 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:06,280 of it and I got a postcard and I put the photo on a postcard and 69 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,120 it was like, I think the background was like a Geneva or 70 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:16,600 something like that. And I sent it to his manager and 71 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,800 I was like, Hey, I got a tattoo. I'm his biggest fan and I would 72 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,800 love to, I would love to get a signature if if anything. 73 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,840 And I didn't expect much. It was the most expensive 74 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,680 postcard I've ever sent in my life. 75 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,840 It was like, I think I paid like $20.00 for it because I had to 76 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:38,200 mail it to Switzerland. I mailed it and then put it out 77 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,040 of my mind. And I don't know, 8-9 months 78 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,560 later my mom texted me and and she said yeah. 79 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,680 Roger sent a response back the dream and he said something 80 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:53,880 along the lines of cool tattoo, thanks for being a follower, and 81 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,040 then he signed it with his signature. 82 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,840 For me that was already enough. Oh my God. 83 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:04,280 But one day, one day I hope to show him in person that's the 84 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:06,880 dream and then I can make my argument to him as that's why 85 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,120 he's still the greatest player of all time, which gets harder 86 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,200 and harder every year. But luckily, Wimbledon this year 87 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,720 did not change my argument. No, no, OK. 88 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,760 I love that. I'm I'm glad he didn't send back 89 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,400 like a restraining order, please. 90 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,680 So no, I love it. And look, I I'm right there with 91 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,040 you. I saw him in in the box watching 92 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,640 the matches. I mean, he just looks so 93 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,840 fantastic still. And just like maybe you could 94 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:34,200 just could he get it, get back out there one more time. 95 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:39,000 But did you hear the stat? There were two grand SEM finals 96 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,600 that he lost to Novak where he had match points. 97 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,200 And if he had won those, it would be 22/22/22 between him, 98 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,680 Novak and Rafa. It's not like, oh, Novak's got 99 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,960 four more than Rodger, which sounds a gargantuanly large 100 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,640 rift. It's like, no, it's two points, 101 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,960 2 points away from them being fully tied. 102 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,960 I'm there with you. Although I have it's, we'll be 103 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,520 talking about this on the show a little bit. 104 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:12,200 With Novak starting to really no longer be the the favorite in 105 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:16,160 any tournament where Yannick and Carlos shows up, I'm getting a 106 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,400 little sad and a little nostalgic for my Novak, who I 107 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,680 love to hate. But I, I, I would be happy to 108 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,440 entertain any arguments about Roger being GOAT. 109 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,160 So if you've got more, you know, if you're like, well, actually 110 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,280 think, please make the argument, Sir. 111 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,760 Yeah. I mean the, the, I think the 112 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:41,280 primary consideration is that out of the big three debate that 113 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,480 Roger and Rafa are the 2 that are disadvantaged the most just 114 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,280 because both of their surfaces are one where there's only one 115 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:53,080 major. Novak's best surface is 116 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:57,480 hardcourt, Rafa's is clay, Rogers is grass automatically. 117 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,360 That's a very heavy disadvantage. 118 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,560 And especially if you look at Masters 1000 skew, if you look 119 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,680 at where most tournaments are played. 120 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:13,840 And even despite this, you still had Rodger with the most wins of 121 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,680 all time. So putting grand Slams aside, he 122 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:23,000 still has the most total wins. And usually the argument goes 123 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,680 for Rodger against Rafa with the head to head. 124 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,720 And it is true that that Rafa still is winning the head to 125 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,200 head, but Rodger really dominated the last several 126 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,680 years. And I think the case could be 127 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,160 made that if the grass swing was longer because it's the 128 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,680 shortest, like we talked about on the last podcast, it's the 129 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,400 shortest. And then if there was an equal 130 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,040 amount of tournaments on all surfaces, that the playing field 131 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:52,400 would actually be skewed a little bit in in Rodger's favor 132 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,680 for the GOAT argument. But it's just it's the way it 133 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,160 played out. And I think if you would have 134 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,680 put Rodger in the Open era when it started, or even before the 135 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,400 Open era when most was played on grass, I think it would have 136 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,320 been a runaway. Yeah, interesting. 137 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,080 OK, I I think that's a solid argument. 138 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,560 It's it's like, yeah, we're like discriminating against grass 139 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,040 court players. Like there's really. 140 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,440 And clay to a certain degree, but mostly grass. 141 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,080 Well, 'cause yeah, I mean, look, the the grass season is now 142 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,480 over. We had one month, one month of 143 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,160 it from the end of the French Open, which is the first week of 144 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,040 June till now. It's like, get it, get your 145 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,640 grass in folks 'cause now we're done. 146 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,559 Well, let's get into the show. And as always, we're going to 147 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,679 start with our Lobsvian, that thing that made us just a little 148 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,440 gayer for tennis or gayer in general since the last show. 149 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,520 And there are, there's a number of them, so we can't cover 150 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,120 everything. And some late breaking news. 151 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,800 Yesterday, Tommy Paul and Paige Lorenz announced their 152 00:08:54,800 --> 00:09:00,360 engagement to be married. Now, I know, I know, there's a 153 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,920 collective sigh out there, and I know a lot of you. 154 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,040 Your first reaction is probably the same as mine, which is what 155 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,280 in the Sister Wives hell is going on here because everyone 156 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,640 knows Tommy, Paul and I are married. 157 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,600 I took his name, he took my name. 158 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,520 We both go by Paul. Paul, look, I don't know what's 159 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,640 going on either, but I'm happy for them. 160 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,960 I'm happy for these two kids. I hope they make it for me, 161 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:23,720 though. What makes it a Lobsvian, which 162 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,000 is just a little bit of spice, is that they announced it on the 163 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,120 same day as the men's final, just like Kazakina did for 164 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,040 Roland Garros on the women's final. 165 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,320 She announced her engagement. And so I just think game 166 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,520 recognizes game. It's like, oh, I'm going to get 167 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:43,040 a little bit of spotlight here. So I feel like Paige Lorenz was 168 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,720 probably the mastermind behind that announcement. 169 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:50,760 But but hey, Congrats, I guess. And everyone out there, look, 170 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,480 we'll start a collective morning circle for that as we need to 171 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,680 get through these hard times. What's your take on Tommy Paul? 172 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,080 Yeah, I'm, I'm hoping the wedding photos are with the 173 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,280 truck. That would be really nice. 174 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,160 It'd be such a nice scenic background. 175 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:05,760 You know, like a full circle moment. 176 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:08,320 Well, hopefully. It's not repossessed again. 177 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,760 I mean, maybe that's why maybe maybe he didn't pay his truck 178 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,040 payment so he could get a better. 179 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,920 Ring the wedding. Oh, it's for the wedding. 180 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,240 Oh. That's beautiful. 181 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:21,760 That really, it really is love like truly does win with the the 182 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,000 announcement of the engagements on the final. 183 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:30,160 I don't know if it's they're trying to get the Press of the 184 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:36,320 final to help boost the profile or that they think it's a busy 185 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,280 Newsday so they can slip right in. 186 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,040 I mean, usually they tell us in media that you don't really 187 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,720 announce stuff like that on busy newsdays. 188 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,160 So maybe maybe it's actually the opposite. 189 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,880 Maybe they want more privacy, maybe they want less coverage. 190 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:53,800 So they announce it on days like that so that it's a little bit 191 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,800 more under the radar. Interesting. 192 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,880 The other Lobstvians, just real quick is that Wimbledon gave us 193 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,800 extreme camp as always. Again, late breaking news. 194 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,440 I forgot about this, but yesterday there was all this 195 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:13,360 footage of the first dance between the two winners of Eager 196 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,320 Sriansak and Yannick Sinner and just, I mean, just oozing with 197 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,320 chemistry those two. There's like a ball after the 198 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,040 tournament and they danced together and it's just like, 199 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,800 what in the cotillion hell is going on here? 200 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,840 Like what? And then the royal boxes were 201 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,120 full for the weekend. Princess Kate was looking 202 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,480 amazing. William and the kids were there, 203 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:39,040 and even just stuff like the champagne corks were hitting the 204 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,920 courts during the matches. Like how ridiculous is this 205 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,800 tournament? They have to be timing the 206 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,520 corks. There's no, I mean, it's right 207 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,240 before the sur. It's, I mean, they, I know they 208 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,000 want that reaction out of the umpire. 209 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,360 They're just waiting for them to be called out. 210 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,040 Yeah, it's kind of hilarious though, because I so I went, I 211 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,360 was very lucky enough to go there a couple years ago and 212 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,040 like, yeah, they're popping left and right. 213 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:08,720 Like I don't know why they don't pop them at point of sale. 214 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,240 Are people sneaking the bottles inside or they really buying 215 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,360 them at Wimble? They must be astronomer way 216 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:16,760 high. Oh, yeah. 217 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,440 But this is where you, I mean, center court like you're going 218 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,560 to show. I don't think it's, I don't 219 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:24,280 think they're, they're sneaking in the hooch. 220 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,840 Also there's just a better way to pop champagne. 221 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,880 Like it doesn't have to fly if it if it's flying you've 222 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,880 probably Shuck it up a bit. But like also just the timing is 223 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,640 impeccable. Like it's always it happened 224 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,400 twice and it's 5 seconds before the serve. 225 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,640 And that they're landing on the court, like maybe it's Novak. 226 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,760 Maybe Novak is in the stands aiming for them. 227 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,880 What about you? Did you have a Lobs Vien? 228 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,440 Yeah, Venus Williams is getting a wild card into the city open. 229 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,680 45 years old getting a wild card into city open. 230 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:04,440 I love it so much. Now, now is do we think this is 231 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,680 going to be like Indian Wells where like no one told her 232 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,240 because earlier this year everyone was freaking out like, 233 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,480 Oh my God, she got a wild card and then she went out and she's 234 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,920 like nobody told me. Then she's like over 235 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,560 embarrassed. Oh, she found out from press. 236 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,960 Well, no, I don't know how she found out, but she was never 237 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,880 directly involved. She was like, I didn't know, so 238 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,400 I hope someone's told her this. Yeah, I'm pumped. 239 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,240 She's in the loop. Because also coming out of 240 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,360 Wimbledon, where she won five Wimbledon titles, and seeing 241 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,680 some old footage of her that popped up just because 242 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:39,920 everyone's talking about Wimbledon in her prime, she was 243 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,320 just a killer. Like, whoa. 244 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,760 So yeah, I'm pumped. How do you think she's going to 245 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,560 do? I, I mean, I, it's not like I 246 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:50,360 have high hopes or anything like that. 247 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,960 I'd be happy if she won a round. It's just, it's just honestly 248 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,640 the feet of still participating at her age with chronic illness 249 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,520 as well. Like it, I mean really like 250 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,080 it's, it's a battle that she's absolutely come out on the other 251 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,720 side of. I mean, 45 years old is she's 252 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,320 got to be up there as one of the oldest to get a wild card. 253 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,800 Yeah, yeah, I'm, I'm excited to see her. 254 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,280 I hope she's not double bagels, which just happened. 255 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,000 We're going to get into that because it's time for twit, 256 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,200 which is this week in tennis. We're talking about the hits and 257 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,040 misses of the tour, and the only thing we're talking about this 258 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,400 time is Wimbledon because our favorite Grand Slam has come to 259 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:30,680 a close. It's wild. 260 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,280 You know, now we're in mid-july and three out of the four Grand 261 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,160 Slams are done. And honestly, maybe it couldn't 262 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,000 have come to an end fast enough for some of the players that 263 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,200 there were a lot of people tumbled out real early. 264 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,280 We're going to talk about that. But just as a reminder, we can't 265 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,800 possibly cover every match on this show. 266 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,040 So if you're coming here for scores and complete updates, 267 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,200 you're going to be more disappointed than a bottomless 268 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,160 brunch. That's just me and a frittata. 269 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,640 So we're going to start off with top tier, which is where we're 270 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,800 going to cover the winners starting kind of around the 271 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,480 semifinals, around in the finals for both the men and the women, 272 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,800 Starting off with the men. You know, even with all the 273 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,840 funny business at the start of the tournament, with just 274 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,400 everyone losing in the first and second round, we kind of end up 275 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,440 with the semi final that we were could have expected from the 276 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,760 jump. And yeah, I'm including Taylor 277 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,560 Fritz in this, who won two grass tournaments leading up to the 278 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,280 Wimbledon. I kind of jokingly talked about 279 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,840 how he didn't deserve to be the fourth seed over for the French 280 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,400 Open. But hey, on grass like he is, he 281 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,880 is up there. So I was really happy to see 282 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,280 him. So first semi final, we've got 283 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,440 Carlos and Taylor. Pretty straightforward win for 284 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:46,120 Carlos in four sets. It was super hot, which I think 285 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,480 this year and again, we're going to have to at some point address 286 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:55,000 global warming because if the weather patterns are changing 287 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,360 and it's super hot or super cold and a tournament that used to be 288 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,240 more pleasant to play in, they're going to have to 289 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,960 eventually shift things around. I mean, earlier in the clay 290 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,320 season, everyone was in parkas like in Germany and all around 291 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,640 anyway. But it was super hot in 292 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,760 Wimbledon. Taylor had a chance in the 293 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,840 fourth set. He was up in the tie break, 294 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,120 Could have, could have made it go 5, but he didn't. 295 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,080 But but I really have been digging Taylor's mindset lately. 296 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,440 You can tell he's got belief. He, he's not like a shrinking 297 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,240 Violet. He's not like, oh, I, I'm, I, I, 298 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,560 there's no way I could possibly beat these. 299 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,520 But like he believes that he can be up there, which I'm kind of 300 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,960 into. And I'm into that now because 301 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,560 look, he's got about two years left to win a Grand Slam and 302 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:37,960 then it's the doors going to close. 303 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,120 What's your take on Taylor? One of my favorite things about 304 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,800 him is his work life balance. I don't know if you've seen the 305 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,440 interviews where he's asked about his daily life when he's 306 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,120 training for tournament, when like just leading up to it or 307 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,000 for the grand slams. You know, he's on court all the 308 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,360 time. He's training, he's working. 309 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,640 But when he's done, he's done. I mean, he he'll say, Oh yeah, 310 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,800 I'll just go and play video games for seven hours after 311 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,440 that. Like I'm just, I'm dead, I'm 312 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:10,280 couching, I'm crashing. And I think, I honestly think 313 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,720 there's something to that as the recipe for success. 314 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:17,480 Because when I was playing in the juniors, all of the kids who 315 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,040 were, I mean, work to death by their parents, the ones that 316 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,319 trained every day for 8 hours, the ones that were burning 317 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,800 themselves out, they all peaked at 18. 318 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,920 And as soon, as soon as they got any ounce of freedom or 319 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,640 independence, they quit tennis. And I think you see it in the 320 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,400 professionals as well. Some of the really early studs, 321 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:43,160 they burn out from the schedule. And so he just, it's clear that 322 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,400 he enjoys it and he's really able to tune out when he's not 323 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,440 there. And I think there's something to 324 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,680 that that really benefits him. He's he's really, he's not going 325 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:57,000 to overdo it. So I I liked him on grass. 326 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,720 I think he was one of my predictions to go quite far for 327 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:04,160 Wimbledon. And to me that was the semi 328 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,960 finals. Honestly, anything less than the 329 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,280 semis would have been actually a let down from Fritz just given 330 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:14,680 his lead up to the grass season. So if you would have showed me 331 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:19,120 the infographic of the four players that we're going to be 332 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:23,560 in the Wimbledon semi finals, I would have told you this was the 333 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,840 most standard, predictable tournament you could have had 334 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,000 and it was nothing like that. Right. 335 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,760 Oh yeah. We ended up with the people that 336 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:32,960 we thought we were going to end up with. 337 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,360 And I really like that point about Taylor's work life balance 338 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:39,400 because I feel like Tommy Paul could could take a page from his 339 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,920 book, not Paige Lorenz. So I thought Taylor was kind of 340 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,160 burning himself out a little bit with his playing three 341 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,440 tournaments leading up to Wimbledon, whereas Tommy Paul, 342 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,480 his his tune up was mowing the grass home in Florida and then 343 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,800 going and playing one match. So one would think, oh, Tommy's 344 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:01,160 got this work life balance, but actually, no, you got to lock in 345 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,400 and then lock out and, and I think Taylor really did that 346 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:05,520 well, It's a great point. It's. 347 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,840 Yeah, it's being there for the important moments, like picking 348 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,320 your battles. Yeah, then the other semi final 349 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,680 was a a rematch, a repeat of the Roland Garros semi final in 350 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,960 every way. It was a decisive 3 set victory 351 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,480 for Yannick Sinner over Novak Djokovic. 352 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:24,880 And again, I don't know what's going on with me. 353 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:28,400 I feel bad for Novak. Look, he might have been 354 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,560 injured. He injured himself on match 355 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:35,640 point the previous round against Kaboli, who is another great 356 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,920 story from Wimbledon. But there was just no real doubt 357 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,000 in this match Yannick was going to win from the get go. 358 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,360 He's clearly better than Novak now. 359 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,880 It's funny, during the match, I was like texting with Tim Chow, 360 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,400 another ball boy, about Novak and how it's just like, I don't 361 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,800 know why, but I'm like, sad that this is it for Novak and he's 362 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,560 going away. But then he he went up in the 363 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,080 third set and I was like, never mind. 364 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,520 I'm mad again. So like, I, you know, I've got 365 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,920 complex feelings about Novak. And the question now is, is 366 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,040 Novak coming back next year? I don't know. 367 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,520 It was, it was straightforward. Novak wasn't. 368 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,720 He wasn't chasing after balls. There was a mental defeat from 369 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,360 Novak first. I think going into that match 370 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:22,120 that he, it seemed like he lost the belief that he could win. 371 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,920 And now it just seems like what he's doing is just extra credit. 372 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,160 Maybe it was you who mentioned this, but I think after the 373 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,800 Olympics there was this feeling of like, what? 374 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,280 What left is there for me to achieve? 375 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,440 Yeah, yeah. Because then it's just, well, 376 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,160 there is no, there is no finish line. 377 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,040 It's just how hungry are you? Because you can just keep going 378 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,640 and going and going, I guess. But maybe you're full, maybe 379 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,720 maybe 24 is enough. But but I do think, I do think 380 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,080 just to get his head and shoulders above, you know, 381 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:02,080 Margaret Court, who has 24 like like to become like the 382 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,520 undisputed king of the hill maybe is a thing. 383 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:10,080 But I, I think he would love it if that could happen. 384 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,720 I think he's realizing how how much harder that's going to be 385 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:23,800 for the rest of his career. So then we end up with the final 386 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:28,280 of Yannick Sinner versus Carlos Alcaraz Part 2. 387 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:29,920 It's the sequel, it's the remake. 388 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,640 We just had them meet for the first time at Roland Garros in a 389 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:38,200 Grand Slam final. As far as sequels go, it was 390 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,080 good. It wasn't quite as exciting as 391 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,280 this new Superman, which I saw this weekend. 392 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,200 Everybody out there, Superman is so fucking good. 393 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,320 I'm going to go see it again. I laughed, I literally cried. 394 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,600 I was moved. But it was definitely a lot 395 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,720 better than some piece of garbage like Jurassic World 396 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,640 Rebirth. But it wasn't like like Roland 397 00:21:58,640 --> 00:21:59,840 Garros. I still think. 398 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,520 And just going with the movie theme, I would still go see the 399 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:06,040 final of Roland Garros in an IMAX theater or even a regular 400 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,840 theater. This match was good. 401 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,720 It felt more mental. There was a lot on the line 402 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,280 emotionally, especially for Sinner. 403 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:20,320 If he lost Wimbledon to Alcaraz, I think, I think that would be 404 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:26,320 real tough to get over. I, I, I think he had to win So. 405 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,600 But there also were some amazing points. 406 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,320 I maybe we'll post this on Instagram, but the two set 407 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,920 points for set one and set 2. Incredible. 408 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:40,360 Holy shit, like that was just like wow, what a way to like 409 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,480 finish a set. What's your take? 410 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,720 How did you feel about the final? 411 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:50,360 Yeah, I think, well, if you look at Alcaraz's matches in 412 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:54,800 Wimbledon, he is he is infamously a slow starter. 413 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:01,800 This is somebody who thrives in those long winded matches and 414 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:08,560 that's because he he drops quite a bit in the beginning and then 415 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:13,360 really can catapult at the end because Spanish never die, you 416 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:18,400 know, and this one those. Goonies never die, nevermind. 417 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:25,040 Go ahead this match. Well, first of all, he was 418 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,560 clearly the favorite, not only because of his grass record, 419 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:34,400 which was I think around 90% win record, but simply because 420 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,880 Sinner showed some real vulnerability before Wimbledon, 421 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:44,160 but also the Grigor match. Like if you, if you would have 422 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,760 changed the outcome of that one, if you would have had Grigor 423 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:53,920 winning against Sinner, I think you would have had a Djokovic 424 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,920 Alkaraz final because Dmitrov has a horrible record against 425 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,280 Djokovic. I think he's got maybe a win or 426 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:04,520 two or something like that. Dimitrov's a streaky guy and 427 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,680 he's also, he's now he's struggling with injuries as the 428 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,080 5th retirement for him in a Slam. 429 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,200 And it's, it's heartbreaking. But it would have completely 430 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:18,240 changed the dynamic of the final because you would have had a 431 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,280 Djokovic Alcoraz match and that would have been a lot easier for 432 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:22,640 Alcoraz. That's no doubt. 433 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:29,920 But with that win over Grigor, I think Yannick, really he skate, 434 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:36,640 he would just came out of it like very aware that he could be 435 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,320 out of this tournament. And from that, he flipped a 436 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,720 switch. Yeah, he wouldn't even call it a 437 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,600 win over Grigor, which I thought was really cool. 438 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,080 He's like, I didn't win this match it. 439 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,800 Was just like he's always, he's always a class act. 440 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,920 He is, yeah, which is really not easy to do if we look over to 441 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,800 our friends on the WTA in Sabalanka. 442 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,200 Who could take a face? Who could take a face from 443 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,520 Senator? And Alka, yeah, let's get some 444 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,280 grace. Yeah, No, it's true. 445 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,920 Like Grigor. Who knows, maybe Grigor would 446 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,640 have gotten tight. Maybe Jana could have come back 447 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,960 and had his first sort of Big 5 set comeback story that he's 448 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,800 ever had. I mean, Jana also injured 449 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,000 himself during that match, falling on his elbow. 450 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,600 And look, I was, I thought for a second he and or Novak could 451 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,040 have pulled out of that semi final because they were both 452 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,880 battling injuries and all that. But then yes, Sinner, Sinner 453 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,360 locked in mentally. And I was predicting from the 454 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:36,080 start like Alf Gross is going to win, even though it felt weird 455 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,280 to be like he's going to win 3 Wimbledon's in a row. 456 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:44,880 He's going to win two Roland Garros Wimbledon combos in a 457 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,520 row. I'm excited, though, because 458 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,760 Carlos needs this rivalry. When Yannick was out for those 459 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:56,000 three months, Carlos lost his focus and he really didn't win 460 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:00,040 very many tournaments until the specter of Sinner started coming 461 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,080 back. Then he like, really started 462 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,040 turning it up. So I think going into the hard 463 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,600 court season now that we're going to have I, I, I think it's 464 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,560 going to be very back and forth. The clashes coming up are going 465 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:17,640 to be really interesting to see. Yeah, quick shout out. 466 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,800 Congrats to Eric from my tennis pool who predicted exactly the 467 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,200 number of sets that it would be. And I'm going to give a piece to 468 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,840 Nathan Frizzell who also was messaging me about how Yannick 469 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,560 Center was going to take it, but I thought he was just describing 470 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:37,360 some fan fiction. But yes Yannick took it and we 471 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,880 are though in an error though it's just a 2 horse race. 472 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,640 The two horse race is really reminiscent of the Rodger Rapha 473 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,360 rivalry and it reminds me of when the two were asked about, 474 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:54,080 you know, if they saw their existence being as a 475 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,280 disadvantage to their rivalry. They were like, actually, no. 476 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,240 It's elevated us to both new heights and it's allowed us to 477 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,040 pull away from the pack kind of a little bit. 478 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,160 I think you're going to see the same with Sinner and Alcaras a 479 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,880 really stark pulling away from the pack and this this was the 480 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:14,960 tournament that showed the rest of the seeds are just they're 481 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,080 grasping for straws. It's like. 482 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,360 Seedless. Yeah, it's yeah, Yeah. 483 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,200 Well, and it's interesting though, 'cause I was also 484 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,360 thinking about it just mathematically, like the Big 485 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:28,120 Three had to divvy up all the majors between three people. 486 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,400 If Yannick and Carlos are giving them up just between two people. 487 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:36,120 And let's say that they've got the longevity of a Rodger or 488 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:37,800 Rafa. I mean, this is barring injury 489 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,960 or just, you know, kind of mental burnout, like we're 490 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,080 looking at 30 grand slams apiece. 491 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,560 What the hell? Like, it's like, you know, Pete 492 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,880 Sampras did the unthinkable in the 90s and now suddenly, like, 493 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,960 that was thinkable and then some with the Big Three. 494 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,360 It's just crazy, the potential between those two. 495 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,240 The match itself, I wasn't in love with the match. 496 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,240 I mean, there were some great points, but it was a sequel. 497 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,760 It was not an original right? It lacked the drama of the 498 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,640 French Open. There was no point where you 499 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,960 thought either could win it. But I like the I like the game 500 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,000 style a lot more. I like the type of points. 501 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:26,080 And I would also say that I think the clear benefit for 502 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:31,520 grass between Sinner and Alcaraz is that theoretically they're 503 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:37,120 the most level match on grass out of any of the surfaces. 504 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:43,160 I say that because Alcaraz should have the the clear 505 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,920 advantage on clay. His game style is longer, he 506 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,680 grinds more. He's I think he's got more 507 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,920 endurance as well. Sinner hits the ball hard, and 508 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,680 that's not really beneficial on clay, which is why the French 509 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,440 Open was surprising that Sinner had that many opportunities, 510 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,920 actually. But on grass, you have Sinner's 511 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,920 game style, which I think is matched the best for the 512 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:10,000 surface. And I mean, you have Alcaraz's 513 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,640 record, which is just insane. So theoretically, I think the 514 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,840 matchup is better. It's just, yeah, the score this 515 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,240 year for the French versus Wimbledon didn't reflect that. 516 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:27,720 I love all of the imagery of of center court from say, the 90s 517 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,880 versus today, where in the 90s before the service line where 518 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:36,240 you be volleying area is worn down brown now. 519 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,640 Like it's lush green grass up there. 520 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,240 There's rabbits popping around like no one's up there. 521 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,320 So it's just like perfect green grass. 522 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,400 And yeah, the game's changed. The only time they're up there 523 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,520 is when they're getting a drop shot exactly the the drop shot 524 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:54,120 both both players have really brought about a revival of the 525 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,400 drop shot. I mean, this was a this was a 526 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:02,680 shot that I don't think, I don't think Rodger Novak or Rafa ever 527 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:08,480 utilized. I think probably you had most of 528 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,720 the net play brought about by drop shots. 529 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,360 So. I feel like the drop shot used 530 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,880 to be kind of looked down on like a cheap play like. 531 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:22,080 Oh, come on. It was the underhand serve of 532 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,840 shock. Yeah, which I I mean, maybe this 533 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,120 is a segue into the women's final, but fair is fair. 534 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:33,040 I mean, you, whatever it takes, this is this, Andy Roddick said. 535 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,360 This is sport. This is not charity. 536 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,800 Like you. You play whatever wins, and that 537 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,920 includes underhand serving. If it's legal, by all means. 538 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,640 Well, and also because the game has changed and because no one's 539 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,080 coming forward and people are actually back further than ever, 540 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,000 like the Daniel Medvedev's who would prefer it if there were 30 541 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,640 feet behind the baseline. Hey, a drop shot is suddenly 542 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,920 smart, not just a bitch move. Well, let's get let's get into 543 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:03,320 the women as as they say. So just like with the men, we 544 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,720 had a totally stacked semi final. 545 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,480 It's going to be really exciting and hey, half the match is 546 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,840 delivered. So we had the first one of 547 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:17,080 Amanda Anasimova taking out Sabalenka in three, which was 548 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,840 just a great, great win for Amanda. 549 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,080 I was really worried because there was this one point in the 550 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:27,440 second set where Amanda was up and she was serving and 551 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,960 Sabalenka just iced her. I saw it happening and I was 552 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,040 like what is going on? To go back a little bit. 553 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,920 Sabalenka played Laura Segusmond in the quarterfinals and 554 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,800 everyone is like, Laura plays dirty, she's slow. 555 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,760 She did, and she would stop things and fix her hair and put 556 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,680 it back up in a loose bun. And I think Sabalinka took a 557 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,360 note from that because then she did that totally iced Amanda in 558 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,040 the second set. From that point on one that set, 559 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,440 and I was like, Oh no, Sablinka is going to win because the 560 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,000 other person is going to lose versus somebody winning the 561 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,640 match. But Amanda stayed in. 562 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,600 It took her out in three sets. I'm so happy for Amanda. 563 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,160 I think more tennis players are going to start taking breaks 564 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,520 like she did because hey, if you're like top tier, you can 565 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,200 come back. You can take 3 months off, you 566 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,200 can take 6 months off, you can take 8 months off. 567 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:23,400 And then we had the other semi final of Ego Shriantec versus 568 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,080 Belinda Bench and the bench had a broken toenail. 569 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,240 So she was struggling. Her toenail is broken, her serve 570 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,760 was broken. Total route she loses 6 to 6 571 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:39,360 Love really just like an unremarkable semi final. 572 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:40,840 So I don't really care about that. 573 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:44,160 But what did you think about the semi final between Amanda and 574 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:49,040 Arena? Yeah, I mean, a great tournament 575 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,600 for Amanda. I mean, this is really like a 576 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,280 potential breakout. The match certainly had more 577 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,440 juice to it than any of the ego matches have had. 578 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,520 So there was maybe a little more entertainment. 579 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,520 It's so hard to pin down any successful women because you 580 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:12,240 kind of have like the it's, it's hard to pin down any of the 581 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,000 successful women in this, in this era of women's tennis 582 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:20,560 because of the streakiness. It's like the Dimitrov effect, 583 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,960 and ever since Serena has dropped off, we've just had a an 584 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,640 era of streakiness on the women's side. 585 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:33,280 But then Eaga comes into the final and just utterly 586 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:39,720 demolishes Amanda and a Simova 6 love 6 love First double bagel 587 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:44,320 in a grand SIM final since 1988. Fun fact, she actually won her 588 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:48,840 last 20 games if you go back to the first set of the semi final 589 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,120 against Benchich. And then when's the second set 6 590 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,040 love? So obviously Ego was much 591 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:58,400 fresher than Amanda and and but it showed. 592 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,680 I mean Amanda just didn't show up for this even in the coin 593 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,120 toss. Like Ego is doing her kind of 594 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,680 shenanigans, which I kind of hate when she's like shadow 595 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,960 hitting. It's like Rafa esque but like 596 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,880 like like shitty at the same time. 597 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,960 Yeah, but but Rafa did it contained Rafa's was was very 598 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,639 much it was like it was so promising. 599 00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:25,520 It was it was very much internal and it wasn't for anybody else. 600 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,199 And you have to wonder with ego, who was it for? 601 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:31,239 Is it really for her or is it is it to bring? 602 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,440 Is it for her to elevate her level or to bring somebody 603 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,639 else's level down? And I would say it was probably 604 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:40,159 to get in Amanda's head, but Amanda on the other side of the 605 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:43,639 net was just looking kind of like she was there to play a 606 00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:46,480 round of live ball. Like she was just like, not. 607 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,120 There was no need to get in Amanda's head because Amanda's 608 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,400 head wasn't really there in the 1st place. 609 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:57,040 What I I have to say is Eager should have dominated this match 610 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:02,120 and winning a Max six O 6 O is is part of tennis. 611 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,720 They don't owe anything to the fans. 612 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:08,240 They don't owe anything to the organization to prolong the 613 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:09,800 matches. If you're going to pumble the 614 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,880 shit out of somebody, pumble the shit out of somebody. 615 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,200 Let it happen. Yeah, back to Andy Roddick. 616 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,840 Like whatever it takes, this is war. 617 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,600 This is not it's not Wimbledon's best friend race so. 618 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,760 Entertaining is a bonus. I mean, if you're going to be, 619 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,120 if you're going to be a guy like Medvedev or Bublik and you're 620 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:29,200 going to have some entertainment or Monfis, you know, by all 621 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:30,680 means, that's part of your character. 622 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,600 But yeah, you're not paying for that. 623 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,480 It's survival the fittest. Yeah, and also I was like, look, 624 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,760 6 love, 6 love. It's not that different from 625 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,440 6162. So like, let's just get it over 626 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:45,440 with sooner. It was so not competitive that 627 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,400 it wouldn't have mattered if she won a game or two. 628 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:52,480 I got to say though, I I am back on the the ego Shiantek 629 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,400 bandwagon. Are you? 630 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,480 I Yeah, she grew on me this tournament just with a few of 631 00:35:58,480 --> 00:35:59,800 her pressers. I mean, of course, the 632 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:04,360 strawberries and pasta, just how unhinged she is with her snacks. 633 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:08,480 But after the final, she's getting interviewed and and 634 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,680 she's being asked like, oh, So what do you have any message for 635 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,040 like the press? Because like the Polish press 636 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,000 has been dogging and she's like, she's like, yeah, just let me do 637 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,440 what I'm going to do and I'm going to win. 638 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,880 She's she's kind of coming back into herself. 639 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,360 I agree with you. I think it's cool that she 640 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:27,320 bagels people like, hey, like, like she, she's not going to 641 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,640 give you a game. Sorry, no. 642 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,080 And she shouldn't. When I, when I played in in high 643 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,800 school and I had a match where one of the coaches from the 644 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:41,040 opposing team said, hey, can you, can you please let one of 645 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,040 our players have a game when we're playing? 646 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,480 It's really demoralizing what you're doing on the court. 647 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,680 And I was like, I'm sorry you've signed up for the wrong sport if 648 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,520 you think that we just give out games like that. 649 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,360 Like no, because. Colby Gray, you heartless. 650 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:03,000 Wow, now. You I and I'm this player was 651 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:08,000 clearly newer to tennis and I I had those experiences when I was 652 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:12,400 looking the tennis bitch I was yeah, I was I was the I was the 653 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,000 big fish in the small pond. But then I went to in Los 654 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,400 Angeles, I went to play the sectionals and I went to play 655 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,280 the bigger tournaments and I got bageled all the time. 656 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,840 And that was inspiration for me. I saw something above me. 657 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,320 It felt not when I was young, but now when I find a player who 658 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,320 just beats the crap out of me, I kind of, I get a kick out of it. 659 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:37,280 I'm like, wow, man, I suck. Like I'm, I just was humbled and 660 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:38,960 I have something now to build up to. 661 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,200 But you have to see something above that. 662 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,720 And ego was was providing that I guess. 663 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,360 I, I thought you're going to say it kind of turned you on when 664 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,280 you get beaten up, but OK. Yeah. 665 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:50,400 No, Exactly. Exactly. 666 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:56,960 And look, there is a world where if ego is is back and Sabalenka, 667 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,000 you know, doesn't lose her fucking mind. 668 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,720 Contrasting styles, different personalities. 669 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,120 They've never really been peeking at the same time. 670 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,480 Like that could be a great rivalry. 671 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,760 I think we'll get to the point where you have the two women 672 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,120 that really stand out that kind of elevate each other's level. 673 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,880 And maybe and maybe then I think two things happens to the pack. 674 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,160 Either they break off from the pack or the pack raises their 675 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:27,640 level to try to try to keep up. And that's that's really what 676 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,200 you have to do. There's less sort of distance 677 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,040 between them and the pack and Yannick and Carlos in the pack. 678 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:38,440 So the Cocos, the Andrevas. I want to say Anna Simovas, but 679 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,320 I'm going to give her a minute to process that drubbing. 680 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:47,160 But you know they can catch up. So have you reconciliated your 681 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:51,880 feelings with Sabalenka? I dislike her more than ever 682 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,680 more than ever, and I'll tell you why. 683 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:00,760 So it was that press conference after her semi final loss where 684 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,600 everyone, everyone was posting like all, you know, all the, 685 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:08,040 the, the, the mainstream media was posting her first line in 686 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,120 the press conference, which is like, if you're expecting the 687 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,000 same thing as Roland Garros, you'll be disappointed. 688 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,360 Do, do, do. So everyone's like, oh, she's 689 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,120 learned her lesson. But then the next thing she does 690 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,920 is she just kind of pauses. And I, I posted this to the 691 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:22,360 story on her Instagram just looks off camera. 692 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,720 And then she just looks out and she's like, she played a better 693 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:30,120 match. But then like a three second 694 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,680 pause, then bursts out laughing like she doesn't believe that. 695 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,680 She didn't believe that at all. Some people are very forgiving. 696 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,160 For some people, a TikTok dance with Cuoco was enough. 697 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:44,400 It wasn't enough for me. And I think that Sabalenka, she 698 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,640 is not as good as she thinks she is. 699 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,360 She thinks she's GOAT level. And it's like, girl, you got 700 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:54,080 beat fair and square by Anna Simova, but you're going to sit 701 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,800 there giggling and acting like, like, I know that she thought 702 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,360 she should have won that match. And I know that she's pissed 703 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,480 about it. And, and I bet she was watching 704 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:06,320 that final with gusto. But also like, furious because 705 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:07,800 she was probably like, I could have taken ICA. 706 00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:10,360 So I think that she I think, I think, yeah. 707 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,240 My take is Sabalenka thinks she's way better than she 708 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:15,200 actually is. Sorry. 709 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:19,120 OK I have I have two thoughts. One on the comment about the 710 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,880 TikTok. I've been thinking it's so funny 711 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:26,840 that a lot of other sports, but also just TV in general is 712 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,920 always trying to bring about drama. 713 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,160 That's what reality TV is built on. 714 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,920 That's what a lot of the leagues like they, they thrive on. 715 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,640 They look for tennis steers away from it. 716 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,720 They want people to get along. They want to reconciliate it. 717 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,880 They I don't think they like characters like curious that 718 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:49,080 much because for them it's not really about necessarily 719 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,480 ratings. I think it's, it's about some 720 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,640 kind of culture. And so the WTA doing that TikTok 721 00:40:55,640 --> 00:41:00,440 was very, it was very scripted, as we said, and it seemed very 722 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,560 manufactured. And I, I don't like it. 723 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:07,000 I think it has to be natural. You have two extremes where you 724 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,160 have, you know, the reality TV and that where you're putting 725 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,120 people in manufactured settings and you're trying to bring about 726 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:13,400 it. You're maybe getting them drunk 727 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,080 or something like that. And then you have Dennis on the 728 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:20,960 other hand, who is trying to act very goody 2 shoes. 729 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,480 It's like everything is perfect. Don't worry, everything is fine. 730 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,120 And it should play. It should just play along with 731 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,760 the natural drama of it. It doesn't have to create it. 732 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,960 It's there and it it can cover it. 733 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:37,720 With Savalenka's interview, post interview. 734 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:42,480 I, I don't know if I agree. I think she may have been 735 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:47,000 laughing because the press were expecting the response. 736 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:50,400 They were expecting something more and she felt like she was 737 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,320 letting them down. But I don't, I don't know if 738 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:59,200 she, I don't know if she was commenting on the performance so 739 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,080 much as maybe she was laughing. Laughing because of it was like 740 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,520 uncomfortable moment in the press room where they were like 741 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,760 on their on their toes waiting for more. 742 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,880 And it's like the press was like, come on, you, don't you 743 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:18,480 have more thoughts, Don't you? Yeah, I could see that. 744 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,800 The whole thing felt like an interview done under duress, 745 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,960 like it was like a a prisoner of war. 746 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,600 There was just something about the way she was looking out. 747 00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:30,360 I don't, I, I still think that she definitely thinks that she 748 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,960 should have won. And I think that she definitely 749 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,360 thinks that she's better than she is. 750 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,400 I'm just kind of over it. And I'm over there. 751 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,560 I'm over her grunt. Like the grunt. 752 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,840 It's just like it's. Turned into a growl. 753 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,720 Yeah, I'm over it. Over it and all honestly, like I 754 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:51,720 don't know if he caught much of the see Guzman match, but like I 755 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:55,520 loved that match and like I kind of wanted her to lose that one. 756 00:42:55,520 --> 00:43:03,680 All right, so how are we going to sum up Wimbledon? 757 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,200 Well, we're going to do it with our new rating system called 758 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:10,480 serve that's going to help us decide how many balls to give 759 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,520 Wimbledon and particularly this edition of Wimbledon. 760 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:22,040 This 148th sequel to Wimbledon 1 and serve stands for sexiness. 761 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,560 Did it turn us on excitement or their new and interesting 762 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:27,920 players? The results are we happy with 763 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:32,080 the winners overall, the vibes, the aura, the energy of the 764 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:36,000 tournament and the endurance. Will this go down in history? 765 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,320 Are we going to be thinking about, talking about wondering 766 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:43,480 about Wimbledon 2025 in the coming years? 767 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:47,800 For each of these, we have a scale of 1 to 3 balls, just like 768 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:51,440 a tennis can. So how many balls do we give for 769 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:55,400 each of these? Colby, for you sexiness, how 770 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,520 many balls do you give it? Did it turn us on? 771 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,280 I think I give it 2 balls. I think, well, Wimbledon, 772 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,160 Wimbledon always turns me on I The baseline. 773 00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:10,960 Yeah, the baseline's high, but I think so. 774 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:13,560 I think you had the elegance as always. 775 00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:17,280 You had the outfits so that everything about the fuzz on the 776 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:21,160 ball went went on without a hitch. 777 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:26,600 I think, as always, Wimbledon really solidifies itself as the 778 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:30,040 tournament that is more than just about the tennis. 779 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:31,800 It's more than just about the matches. 780 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:36,080 You know, I want to agree with you, but I'm, I'm giving it one 781 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:39,560 ball, which is, which is my lowest rating for sexiness. 782 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:42,760 I think, 'cause I have a high bar for sexiness and we have 783 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:47,000 just come off of like maybe clay is just a tramp of the season 784 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:51,040 where we had so many looks and so many sexy moments. 785 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,440 You know, like everyone going crazy about Moussetti's kit 786 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:58,160 leading up to Wimbledon with sleevelessness and, and, and, 787 00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,000 you know, our short, short brigade, they all went out so 788 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,040 early. But even like Holger Rune 789 00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:04,720 doesn't wear short shorts anywhere. 790 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:09,080 I didn't have a sexy moment where like I like and I don't, I 791 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:12,000 don't recall anyone being like, Oh my God, did you see that? 792 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:16,640 So for me, the sexiness, it's a one. 793 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:20,840 But were we not swooning over Grigor when he was sitting there 794 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:25,000 on the court injured? We knew he was out and all of us 795 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,920 were like with this new profound appreciation for him. 796 00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:30,680 Swooning. No. 797 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:32,320 I was worried. I thought he was having a 798 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,080 stroke. The way he went down was so 799 00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:36,920 concerning. It was so. 800 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,800 Dramatic, and I loved it. Oh my God, that was where it 801 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,320 went from a tournament of upsets to just upsetting. 802 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:44,880 He was up two sets to love over Sinner. 803 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,600 Who knows if he would have won or not, but he tears his PEC, 804 00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:52,320 you know, his tit breaks and he goes off court, comes back out 805 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:56,520 crying. And that moment was just, I was 806 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,880 touched, but not in a sexy way. I was just like, oh. 807 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:03,760 If I looked that way, if I looked like Grigor, I would also 808 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:08,480 be crying about tearing my tit. Yeah, well, in his photo from 809 00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:13,880 his hospital bed, that's. What I that's what I mean. 810 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:17,760 That's why I need to your level. The ball level needs to get to 2 811 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:21,080 because the hospital photo was worth a ball at least. 812 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,600 But that's that, that that's no longer Wimbledon. 813 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,640 That's just that's. Convalescality. 814 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,240 Yeah, no, I'm stick. I'm sticking with one. 815 00:46:29,240 --> 00:46:33,240 I'm sticking with one. Well, excitement, there was a 816 00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,600 lot of new and interesting players. 817 00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:40,240 I think it was nearly half of or more than half of the seeds on 818 00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:43,360 both the men's and women's side. So we can no longer just make 819 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,160 fun of one or the other. We get to make fun of both 820 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:49,680 because they just half the seeds were gone after two rounds for 821 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,360 both the men and the women. You'd wake up and you'd be like, 822 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:56,240 Oh my God, who lost today? So for excitement, I'm giving it 823 00:46:56,240 --> 00:47:01,040 2 balls like hey, solid. And we like quick shout out to 824 00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:06,040 us, our predictions, our who's going to lose the first round. 825 00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:11,120 Hey, nailed it, Zverev said. Although we could have kind of 826 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:14,720 said a lot of names, I guess, because so many went out. 827 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:17,800 Yeah, yeah. Like I said, I think of the 828 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:21,640 predictions should have just been half of the top seeds in 829 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,280 terms of excitement. I don't, I don't know, maybe 830 00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,480 maybe if you split it between first half and second-half that 831 00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:33,280 the second-half was like 1 ball. But I mean the, the first half 832 00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:35,800 was 3 balls. I mean there's no question about 833 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,760 that. You you really had the feeling 834 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:42,120 that anybody could go, anybody was any was vulnerable. 835 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:43,520 No one was safe. Yes. 836 00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:46,760 No, no, nobody was safe. Which means we ended up with a 837 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:53,040 lot of new names and players like Sonay Cartel. 838 00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,040 She was a Brit. She makes it to the fourth 839 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,600 round. And by the way, quick shout out 840 00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,720 to Adidas. So she was wearing Adidas the 841 00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:03,160 whole time. Adidas killed it for Wimbledon. 842 00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:08,680 They, they had really smart, almost unisex looking outfits. 843 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,040 So both the men and the women were kind of wearing the same 844 00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,320 design, same patterns. And in a tournament where 845 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,280 everyone has to wear white, they somehow stood out. 846 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:21,040 Also shout out to Nakashima. Yeah, he. 847 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:25,440 Went decently far and he's got, if you look at his record, he's 848 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:31,440 got some of those losses against top players, but they always go 849 00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,880 to four or five sets. I mean, every single match he's 850 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:38,040 in a tie break. So I think he's he's somebody to 851 00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:42,080 look at for the future 'cause he's, well, I grew up with him. 852 00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:44,600 So I would guess he's probably 23 or something like that. 853 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:47,880 Yeah, I like him and I like Fonseca as well. 854 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:51,360 I think he's suited for grass. He's got a really good chance of 855 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,680 sticking around. Yeah, You know, Nakashima looked 856 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:56,600 great. He had some great wins. 857 00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:59,480 He beat Opelka on grass, which is like not easy to do. 858 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:02,960 And yeah, Fonseca too. I mean, he lost to Jerry, 859 00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:05,000 Nicholas, Jerry. So they had like a South 860 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:09,040 American clash in round three. I was so happy to see Nicholas 861 00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,400 Jerry back. He's got some really. 862 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:14,400 He got some crazy condition, like a neurological condition 863 00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,280 that leads to Vertigo and blurriness. 864 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,880 Like a year ago he was in the top 20 and then he comes down 865 00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:22,280 with this. And so that's why he fell off. 866 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:23,920 It wasn't just like a form thing. 867 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,920 And so like just like that, he came back like that. 868 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,200 Like the grand slams, like stories emerge, stories come 869 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,720 out. So yeah, I'm excited for for a 870 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:38,400 lot of these players. So the excitement, 2 balls 871 00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:40,720 solid. Then we got the results. 872 00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:42,760 So just the winners, people who won. 873 00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,960 So we got Sinner, we got Shiantec. 874 00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,440 I think that they were both contenders going in. 875 00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,320 So it wasn't super surprising, but it wasn't the picks that we 876 00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,040 had. Like I was like sure that 877 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,640 Sabalenka was going to win because Sabalenka without a 878 00:49:56,640 --> 00:50:00,800 Grand Slam just feels weird. But hey, she's my pick for U.S. 879 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,960 Open. But but yeah, I mean, for for 880 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:07,440 results, I'm going to give it again, 2 balls very solid. 881 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,120 How do you feel? 2 balls as well. 882 00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:14,160 I think I'm happier with the losers than I am with actually 883 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:17,160 who won. I think 3 balls would have been 884 00:50:17,240 --> 00:50:18,720 it would have been a Grigor Slam. 885 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,360 Yeah, yeah. I mean, just like you had the 886 00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:26,880 feeling that that almost could have been like the retirement 887 00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:30,080 slam for him, that this could have been the one that he went 888 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:32,960 out on and it would have been phenomenal. 889 00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:35,640 It would have been his Flavia Panetta moment. 890 00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:37,640 It would have been like, OK, I win a Grand Slam way. 891 00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,960 Of putting it yeah, my. My Mario Bottoli, like like, OK, 892 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:42,960 I win a Grand Slam. Nothing wrong with that. 893 00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:45,480 It would have been amazing. Yeah, exactly. 894 00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,520 He's not out there being a Grand Slam piggy like Novak. 895 00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:51,560 He doesn't need more than one. But like that one. 896 00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:57,680 I know and and honestly, OK. Is Grigor coming back like a 897 00:50:57,680 --> 00:51:00,080 Peck injury? That's tough. 898 00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:05,240 That's a lot of rehab. He's already been broken body 899 00:51:05,240 --> 00:51:10,080 wise. Is is he coming back physically? 900 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:13,520 Yes, probably. Will he continue playing? 901 00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:16,600 I I bet. But I don't know if we'll ever 902 00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:20,080 reach the same level. It it seems like maybe this 903 00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,400 could be the fading moment, but it saddens me to say it. 904 00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:26,000 Yeah, yeah, maybe he'll come back from a match or two like 905 00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,240 like Patrick Kvedeva, shout out to her. 906 00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:32,000 She retired after this Wimbledon, two time Wimbledon 907 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:35,600 champion and she actually bageled somebody in the final of 908 00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:37,520 Wimbledon against Eugenie Bouchard. 909 00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:41,160 She came back after maternity leave, but she only played like 910 00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:45,000 four or five events. She won one match in her return 911 00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:50,400 and she's just like, Nah, I don't know, baby fed, baby fed 912 00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:55,200 might be baby full. OK, so 2 balls for for results, 913 00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:57,640 for vibes. So the overall energy and the 914 00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:01,560 vibes of the tournament, it was weird. 915 00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,480 That first week was very weird and disconcerting, kind of 916 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,280 disorienting, like who's going to lose next? 917 00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:10,440 And it was super hot there. But then Wimbledon, just 918 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:14,560 Wimbledon like it's going to do. And, and by the end I was like, 919 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:21,200 yes, this was this was the right vibe the entire time from the 920 00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:25,280 Royals to the pomp and circumstance to that campiness. 921 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:27,280 I don't know. How were the vibes for you? 922 00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:30,520 Yeah, this is this is what you expect from Wimbledon. 923 00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:35,960 So the vibes were definitely matched with the expectations. 924 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:43,720 I I mean, I'm not expecting something over the top and and 925 00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:46,680 grand in terms of drama from the tournament. 926 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:50,520 Yeah, I think it's another solid 2, you know, 2 balls for vibes 927 00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:52,880 and then endurance. Are we going to be talking about 928 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:56,520 this in the years to come? And at first I was thinking, no, 929 00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:58,280 like, OK, it was just like a standard tournament. 930 00:52:58,280 --> 00:53:02,320 But because of that double bagel in the final, people are always 931 00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,440 going to be like, oh, when was the last time that happened? 932 00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:09,560 So this this has some endurance, but it doesn't have the 1 933 00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:13,280 shining moment highlight reel maybe that that other 934 00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,280 tournaments and other Wimbledons have had. 935 00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:21,240 So again, for me, it's a 2. And I think overall it's a 2 936 00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,800 Wimbledon this year, 2 balls, 2 balls out of three. 937 00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:28,760 It ain't bad. I'll take it, I'll take another. 938 00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:37,000 Yeah, I think I think we could be talking about it because this 939 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,840 could be the tournament where really the the rest fall back 940 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,440 and the two pull away from the the pack. 941 00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:48,200 This could be like, you know, in the 2000's, the era of Roddick 942 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:53,200 and Ferrero and and all of those guys who really struggled to 943 00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:55,760 stay up at the top. And then there was just this 944 00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:58,320 catapult where you had really nobody challenging them. 945 00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:01,400 So in that way, we could be talking about it the final, of 946 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,840 course. But yeah, I would agree too as 947 00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:05,920 well. Yeah, yeah. 948 00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,680 All right, so Wimbledon, you got 2 balls and and we will see you 949 00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:13,040 next year. Just a few more things to cover 950 00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:16,080 on the show. I do want to talk real quick who 951 00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:20,800 had the worst Wimbledon between Daniel Medvedev, Sasha Svera of 952 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:23,560 Lorenzo Moussetti and Stefano Sitsipas? 953 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:30,240 And my vote is for Stefanos because he had a retirement with 954 00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:31,800 a back problem. I don't know if he picked up a 955 00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,800 back problem from Paula Bedosa, but then his his luck didn't 956 00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:39,120 stop there. His coach, Gorn Ivanisovich, 957 00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:41,880 takes shots at him publicly about his. 958 00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:43,720 Fitness. Whoa. 959 00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:47,400 Like what the hell. Like you, I mean. 960 00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:50,680 No, that's, that's, that's off. No, that's off limits. 961 00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:53,800 I mean, I, I don't understand what he was thinking when he was 962 00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:58,160 doing that. You it, first of all, it says 963 00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:02,080 something about your coaching if your player isn't fit. 964 00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:03,920 So really, it was a diss in himself. 965 00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:06,200 Yeah, yeah, no. Well, exactly. 966 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,040 And it's like, is this your way of ending the relationship? 967 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:13,840 How are you going to show up on Monday and Coach Sitsi pass 968 00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:15,280 after? It's just so cringy and 969 00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:19,680 uncomfortable and OK, your player got injured, you're going 970 00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:22,360 to kick him when he's down. But then it doesn't end because 971 00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:26,160 then he and Bedosa split up. I'm so hopeful. 972 00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:28,720 I mean, look, we talked them up so much last episode. 973 00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:31,640 I don't know if it's because we were hyping them up, but how 974 00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:34,760 much we love Paula and Stefanos together and how gay they are 975 00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,120 for each other. But I think there's also just 976 00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:43,080 like this overall exhaustion going on on tour and I think 977 00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:45,240 enough is enough. And I want to just propose real 978 00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:50,280 quick a change to make. I've got an idea instead of 979 00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:54,840 just, OK, we've got a year long tour, come and enter everything 980 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,240 you want to. What if there was a maximum 981 00:55:57,240 --> 00:56:00,720 number of points you're allowed to compete for per year? 982 00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:04,880 Because then that also levels the the playing field because if 983 00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:07,600 you enter every tournament, of course you're going to be up for 984 00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:10,400 more points than someone who enters 8 tournaments or five 985 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:12,720 tournaments. So maybe you can compete for a 986 00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:17,280 maximum of 15,000 points. So 4 grand Slams is 8000. 987 00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,840 Maybe you only enter 5 Masters 1000. 988 00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:25,440 So that's another 5000. A few 5 hundreds, a few two 50s, 989 00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:29,920 maybe a team tournament. And that all adds up to you've 990 00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:32,640 got a cap, there's a point cap you can enter. 991 00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,600 So you could, you could front load your season, you could back 992 00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,960 load it. Players will get rest, new 993 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,320 narratives will emerge. Because I am worried if it's 994 00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:44,080 just Yannick and Carlos for the next 10 years, people are going 995 00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:46,760 to get real bored real fast. So like, oh, come on. 996 00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:50,520 Like so new players can win, fans will be entertained. 997 00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:53,240 You can draft players by different tournaments. 998 00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:55,840 It can be really fun. I don't know, just throwing it 999 00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:57,000 out there. We because we got to do 1000 00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:58,640 something. These players are exhausted. 1001 00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:01,120 Yep, I love it. I love it. 1002 00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:06,360 I think the cap, and I've always been saying to that I, I don't 1003 00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:09,480 know how this is possible, requires a major restructuring 1004 00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:18,080 of just the geographical layout of the, of the ATP and the WCA. 1005 00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:25,560 But that you create swings of locations like we do in the US 1006 00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:31,040 during the summer season in the hard courts where you have 1007 00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:34,840 specific swings or you, you go to Australia and you're in 1008 00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:39,160 Australia and then you're going to, you're going to France, but 1009 00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:41,640 you're staying there, you're staying there. 1010 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:43,120 You're not going to go back to France. 1011 00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:47,960 So really I think to make it more level where you just you 1012 00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:51,720 have tournaments that are scheduled all around the same 1013 00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:55,360 time where you players don't have to go to the US four times 1014 00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:56,960 in a season like they do right now. 1015 00:57:57,160 --> 00:58:00,320 We've got to, we've got to draw the line where we've got to look 1016 00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:02,560 after the players more and they're. 1017 00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:03,400 Just. Absolutely. 1018 00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:06,120 They're mentally fried. And also get rid of the 1019 00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:09,640 penalties for players not participating in tournaments. 1020 00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:13,240 No, that's that's ridiculous. You have players who are playing 1021 00:58:13,480 --> 00:58:17,640 knowing they're going to lose, but who have to play sometimes 1022 00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:20,520 who are straining themselves over exerting themselves. 1023 00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:25,000 No, it doesn't make sense. You you play within your limit. 1024 00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:29,440 Yeah, yeah. So Novak, Coco, let's talk. 1025 00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:32,760 We're going to put in a cap, let's make this happen and and 1026 00:58:32,760 --> 00:58:36,320 we'll go from there. We're going to finish today's 1027 00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:40,240 episode with a game. It's called MASH match. 1028 00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:44,240 And with Novak just running out of time to win one more Grand 1029 00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:45,960 Slam. We're going to play this game 1030 00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:48,240 just like that game that we played as a kid that would tell 1031 00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:51,120 you like, oh, am I going to live in a mansion, an apartment, a 1032 00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:53,200 shack, a house? How many kids am I going to 1033 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,160 have? What career am I going to have? 1034 00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:57,640 Yadda, yadda, yadda. We've done the same with how can 1035 00:58:57,640 --> 00:59:02,680 Novak win a 25th Grand Slam with four different categories, a 1036 00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:06,640 coaching change on court changes, dietary restrictions, 1037 00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:09,480 miscellaneous, so just different things. 1038 00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:13,600 So Colby, give me a number between 3:00 and 8:00 and we're 1039 00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:19,560 going to start eliminating these. 5. 5 Perfect. 1040 00:59:20,040 --> 00:59:27,760 OK SO12345 S He is not going to get a gigantic racket that can't 1041 00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:36,960 be passed, so that is that is not happening. 12345 He is not 1042 00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:44,880 going to do daily perennial sunning, unfortunately. 12345 He 1043 00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:49,600 is not going to distract Ionic Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz by 1044 00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:52,160 making TikTok trends and challenges together. 1045 00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:57,320 Thank God. Works for for for Coco. 12345 He 1046 00:59:57,320 --> 01:00:00,600 is not going to hire Yannick Center and Carlos Alcaraz to 1047 01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:03,840 coach him, but you know, hey, like that's one way to get 1048 01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:09,840 inside their heads. 12345 He will not be using moon juice 1049 01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:12,640 rituals with crystals charged by moonlight. 1050 01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:16,400 That one was perfect for him. Which I could see, I mean, 1051 01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:18,840 'cause he used to have that weird thing on his chest where 1052 01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:22,480 it was like powering him, whatever crystal that was. 1053 01:00:22,840 --> 01:00:27,000 I I thought this gesture was him regaining energy from the moon 1054 01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:28,480 and sun. You know, he was like giving it 1055 01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:30,680 back after his matches 'cause he borrowed it. 1056 01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:33,760 Oh yeah, remember that? Like that cringey. 1057 01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:37,520 He would like salute to the four corners or the four stadium 1058 01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:39,840 sides. Like, oh, I'm so glad that's 1059 01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:44,280 over. Just so manufactured like just 1060 01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:48,080 man that yeah, no, that the moon, I think the moon juice 1061 01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:50,120 really could have gotten into the 20, could have gotten there. 1062 01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:54,720 But there's more. OK, SO12345 he is not going to 1063 01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:58,400 hire Darren Cahill and Juan Carlos Ferrero, but just make 1064 01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:05,160 them stay at home. 12345 He is not on court going to wear a 1065 01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:08,160 Cape like Superman but it worked for Superman. 1066 01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:13,000 I mean y'all go see that Superman it was so good. 12345 1067 01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:18,040 Sadly everyone he is not going to come out of the closet but 1068 01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:21,320 just for the US Open. But if he did I think he would 1069 01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:28,920 have been a contender. 12345 And he is not going to live at high 1070 01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:36,440 elevation all summer for oxygen deprivation training. 2345 He is 1071 01:01:36,440 --> 01:01:43,400 not going to use ChatGPT as a coach for every single .12345 He 1072 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:46,720 is not going to just leave the kids at home, which honestly, I 1073 01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:53,360 mean, that might help. 12345 He is not going to enter double S, 1074 01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:57,280 but as a singles player. So OK, this is how he's going to 1075 01:01:57,280 --> 01:02:00,280 win our mash. For coaching changes. 1076 01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:03,800 He's going to hire both Rodger Federer and Rafael Nadal, have 1077 01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:07,320 them in the box, which, hey, I think actually could work on 1078 01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:08,600 court. He's going to introduce a new 1079 01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:11,960 grunt where he's going to make the sound of a brain goat every 1080 01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:14,840 time that he hits. So it's going to be like Bah, 1081 01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:17,400 Bah. Oh, I can't, I can't get him on 1082 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:21,600 board with using any grunt of a goat cause oh, he's 'cause he's 1083 01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:22,280 not the. Goat. 1084 01:02:22,440 --> 01:02:26,200 He's not the goat. OK, maybe it'll be like, so OK, 1085 01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:29,400 different animal, but a new grunt, like maybe a like a, a 1086 01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:34,600 charging bore, like a pig, like something, something like that. 1087 01:02:34,600 --> 01:02:35,480 Yeah. Yeah. 1088 01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:40,200 In terms of dietary or health restrictions, he's going to play 1089 01:02:40,200 --> 01:02:42,400 barefoot to ground himself on the earth. 1090 01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:43,920 He's going to do a lot of earth grounding. 1091 01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:46,880 So no more sneakers, no more sneaker sponsorship. 1092 01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:50,960 And then finally, he's going to set up his hotel room in Arthur 1093 01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:53,080 Ashe Stadium. He's never going to leave the 1094 01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:54,480 grounds. He's going to be like the ghost 1095 01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:59,680 of Arthur Ashe Stadium. And with those four changes, I 1096 01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:03,080 think he's got a shot at winning his 25th at the US Open. 1097 01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:06,920 So we will be looking forward to that. 1098 01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:10,400 That was MASH match and that's our show. 1099 01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:12,640 Like folks, we've got some other stuff going on over at 1100 01:03:12,640 --> 01:03:14,800 Instagram. We've got the new Bay TP 1101 01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:16,640 rankings that are out. Check it out. 1102 01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:22,040 You can see that at TBB Tennis. Again, that's at TBB Tennis. 1103 01:03:23,120 --> 01:03:27,040 Colby, thank you again. I love doing this with you, 1104 01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:31,560 despite the time zone changes, despite you being all the way 1105 01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:34,320 over in Belgium, which I don't even know where Belgium is on a 1106 01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:36,080 map, but you know, we'll figure that out. 1107 01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:38,240 Hey, you're not. You're not the only American who 1108 01:03:38,280 --> 01:03:39,760 sold me that. Yeah, exactly. 1109 01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:41,400 Oh, Amsterdam. I love Amsterdam. 1110 01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,160 Yeah, don't worry. When I told my mother I was 1111 01:03:45,160 --> 01:03:49,040 leaving, she was like, but you don't, you don't speak Belgian. 1112 01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:54,360 So that's that's about the level of familiarity that Americans 1113 01:03:54,360 --> 01:03:58,200 have with Belgium. But you are you are my favorite 1114 01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:02,000 Colby and all of Drag Race and I can't wait to have you back on 1115 01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,200 sometime soon. So gentlemen, start your 1116 01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:06,720 engines. But in the meantime, we will be 1117 01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:10,200 back in a few weeks dipping our toes into the hot, hot summer 1118 01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:14,600 season of the hard courts. So come on back and we will see 1119 01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:17,280 you all real soon. Thanks everybody.