1 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,960 Hey everybody, and welcome to the latest episode of The Ball 2 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,560 Boys. We are the tennis podcast that 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,040 puts the can we possibly jam one more tournament and one more 4 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,720 round in the schedule before the players revolt in Canada? 5 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,960 And the since we're at it, let's throw in a pun for the Western 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,000 and Southern Open that started before the Canadian Finals in 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,640 Cincinnati. I'm your host, Paul Monkle. 8 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,440 I'm bringing you the insights, outbursts, giggles and wiggles 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:38,280 of the ATP and WTA tours. We are deep in the summer swing 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,640 and the long national nightmare of waking up extremely early for 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,720 European results is officially over. 12 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,640 And today, we've got some love stories for you. 13 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,560 We have players sliding into each other's DMS like they're 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,400 sliding into a drop shot. We've got first dates to go with 15 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,920 first serves. I don't know, maybe we're all 16 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,960 just inspired by the Naked Gun reboot, which came out just last 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,680 week and ended up giving us the best real life love story of the 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,080 year. I am so happy about Pam Anderson 19 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:07,760 and Liam Neeson finding each other. 20 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,560 And who knows, maybe they can be a late entrant into the US Open 21 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,080 Mixed Double S, because honestly, it seems like anyone's 22 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,560 getting a pass this year. And so of course, with that in 23 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,440 mind, with everyone worked up into a lather, it's time for the 24 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,080 only Masters 1000 tournament that switches cities every year 25 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,120 just to keep the men and women separate. 26 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,400 Yes, it's the National Bank Open in Canada. 27 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,760 Nay, the Rogers Cup takes place in both Montreal and Toronto, 28 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,320 with the ATP and WTA switching locations each year. 29 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,480 Look, I've seen Orange is the New Black, I've seen Oz. 30 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:43,760 I know what happens when you keep the men and women separate 31 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,320 like this, but OK, if you insist. 32 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,520 And even though Ozempic ads were plastered on the walls of the 33 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,320 courts, this year, Canada debuted a bigger, girthier field 34 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,920 of 96 players. Literally. 35 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,280 And exactly what the players don't need. 36 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,320 You just know some management consulting twink with a 37 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,760 spreadsheet said, yeah, this is going to make money. 38 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,120 But then a lot of big names pulled out of Canada. 39 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,919 We end up with finals on a Thursday instead of a Sunday. 40 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,120 So hey, I'm curious to see was this really a success? 41 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:16,840 But also it gives me the weekend free. 42 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,920 So I'll be heading out to Fire Island for another kind of Open. 43 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,160 If you see me there, say hi. And if you see me there in the 44 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,880 meat rack, no, you didn't. And besides ribbing our 45 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,240 neighbors to the north on today's show, we have a new set 46 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,480 of cold plays and a new case we're trying in cross court. 47 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,360 Of course, we also have an updated Bay TP, which you can 48 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,040 see over on our Instagram. That's at TBB tennis. 49 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,240 Again, that's at TBB Tennis. Now to get through all this. 50 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,680 I'm so excited to have today's Co host back with me because she 51 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,600 is my absolute favorite lady ball boy. 52 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,600 She's an incredible author, a sportswriter, former 53 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,880 professional squash player. So yes, you could say I'm the 54 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,480 SAS to her squash. It's Ivy Pakoda. 55 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,600 Hey Ivy, how are you? Hey Paul, I am so excited to be 56 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,720 here for so many different reasons today. 57 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,360 Yeah, it's great to see you. It is very late where you are 58 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,200 because you're in Egypt. I mean, just tell me about it. 59 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,880 My small child is playing in the Egyptian Junior Open. 60 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,520 She's 10 years old. She was the last member of the 61 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:27,760 US national squad and somehow she made the quarterfinals, I 62 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,280 mean. Wow. 63 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,080 She wasn't supposed to. She just lost the US number one 64 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:33,560 of the quarterfinals a couple minutes ago. 65 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,520 She didn't play her best match. Except that the girl #1US, 66 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,640 girls, good. We can't coach him. 67 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,040 I just had to sit there really quietly. 68 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,640 But she upset the number seven seed in the round of 16. 69 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,480 We are in Cairo. So when you say waking up early 70 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,360 to check tennis scores is not the thing you're doing, I don't 71 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,080 even know what the hell time it is over here. 72 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,120 As they said, we got here, the national team coached out of 73 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:57,880 Sound. And he was like, he's Egyptian 74 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,480 and all the three of our five coaches are Egyptian and they're 75 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:02,920 like, Egypt is going to test you. 76 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,600 And I was like, I've been around the block with squash dude on 77 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,160 the court next to Loretta's today. 78 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,760 There was, I'm not making this up, a literal fist fight on the 79 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,360 court between the players and then between the parents 80 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,640 afterwards. It has to be separated. 81 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,000 I have seen more insanity. People begging, you're not 82 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,400 allowed to coach, you know, like it's managing a coach in the 83 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,760 point, People begging on the court during the point, telling 84 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,520 the player what to do. Oh, it's mental. 85 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,080 So it's a, it's a, it's a lot of like parents just going wild. 86 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,480 Especially the Egyptian families, they'll bring like a 87 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,360 lot of family. It won't just be a mom and a 88 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,240 dad. They'll be like a bunch of 89 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:43,040 women, you know, off in a traditional Muslim dress, you 90 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,680 know, the hijab. There's something about that 91 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:47,560 that for me, I'm like, oh, they're being modest or 92 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:48,680 whatever. And they're just going 93 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,600 absolutely ancient about their kids, yelling at the ref, 94 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,000 grabbing people. The minute their kid comes off 95 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,120 court, like 5 women surround him, they hustle him off It's 96 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,280 incredible. I mean, I love how invested the 97 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:02,480 moms are, but yeah, it's totally wild. 98 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,200 Yeah, everything. Pyro was crazy. 99 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,920 This sounds like a story because you are also an author. 100 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,120 The last time I saw you in person, 'cause you've been gone 101 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:16,360 so much was at the launch for your book Ecstasy, which is so I 102 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,440 I finished it. I ate that shit up. 103 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,320 It was so good I I swallowed it like a pill. 104 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,760 We had a whole little ball boy tennis cabal over there. 105 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,200 Yeah, yeah. And, and, and just like the 106 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,480 Egyptian women, we were all going nuts and banging on the 107 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,840 glasses. And, but yeah, it's, it's such a 108 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:35,720 good book. If anyone is interested. 109 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,720 It's called Ecstasy. It's about this wealthy family 110 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,840 that goes to this hotel they own in Greece and the matriarch of 111 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:46,560 the family kind of starts partying on the beach. 112 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,880 I'm, I'm paraphrasing horribly. And then a lot of stuff happens. 113 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,320 I'm not going to say what happens, but a lot of stuff 114 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,880 happens as as an aging partier, I didn't give you permission to 115 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,800 tell my life story, but I, I appreciate it. 116 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,840 You know, I am I I saw myself in Lena a lot, and maybe more. 117 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:06,120 Too Well, I me too. I mean, who do you think this 118 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,560 women are? Seriously Like how did you write 119 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:09,760 these two characters? I'm like. 120 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,280 I'm like, honey, I loved it. Yeah. 121 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,280 Yeah. So listeners, maybe you're like 122 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:17,600 me and not actually getting to a Greek island the summer. 123 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,720 So go check out Ecstasy by Ivy Pakoda instead. 124 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,440 Also shout out to your dad. I love that diva. 125 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,640 I'm going to get him a ball boys hat as soon as possible. 126 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,000 And listeners, stay tuned for some merch. 127 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,960 It's coming. I swear it's coming. 128 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,760 You get some merch. I will have Loretta play at 129 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,000 Slosh tournament in the official ball boys attire. 130 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,080 Oh my God, Loretta is a ball boy. 131 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,960 Yes, OK, this is all happening real time folks. 132 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,920 Stay tuned. The March is coming in Q4, I 133 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,160 swear. Another quick piece of 134 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:51,000 housekeeping, Ben from over in West Hollywood. 135 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,120 Hi Benny. He pointed out correctly that 136 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,560 quarantine mute does in fact put out rap music and the last show 137 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,680 I was saying, you know, at least quarantine mute is not rapping 138 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,800 like Gaston and chap of Olive, but he does. 139 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,920 I put some of the music up there on our stories of their day. 140 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,600 So I'm sorry about that. I just have to own my my 141 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,520 mistake. But then I had to just bring 142 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:18,000 this up because I was looking at Mutae's Wikipedia just as as one 143 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,360 does, and it is listing him as 5 foot 11. 144 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,360 In what world is that little man 5 foot 11? 145 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:28,920 I was like, no way, no freaking way. 146 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,480 And so I was like, I got to verify this. 147 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,120 I got to see him next to somebody else. 148 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,440 And so I looked up this photo for her this year where he was. 149 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,600 He had a famous handshake with Fabio Funnini, who who is listed 150 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,600 as 5-10. Yeah. 151 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,360 Yeah, but but it was amazing because like this, this, this 152 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,360 handshake happened when they were fight like they basically 153 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,280 fought at the net, which I love when people fight at net and 154 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:50,880 Phonini we're. Going to get into that later. 155 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,200 Oh, we sure are. Yeah. 156 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,040 But he he says look at me, you little pig, you piece of shit. 157 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,280 Like it's just, it was like one of those like, whoa. 158 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,880 But in the photo, he's clearly at least two inches taller than 159 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,760 than Mutei. So look mutay for both putting 160 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,680 out rap music and maybe lying about your height. 161 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,800 I'm sorry. This is going to impact your BTP 162 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,760 rankings. That's that's all I got to say. 163 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,640 Oh yeah, knocked out of the charts. 164 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,520 A5 foot 7 rapper. I don't know. 165 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,800 I just don't know we're. Going to bring it up. 166 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,120 Weigh in here with a little bit of lying about your stats. 167 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,240 I mean, I'm a strong lady, but you know, I'm my size. 168 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,880 I went to the US Open once and they lifted Serena Williams 169 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:38,799 weight as £10 less than me. I'm 5.7, she's 5.9. 170 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:44,480 And really, I was like, I was like, honey, you ate 132. 171 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,200 I thought you were like, I weigh more than that by far now. 172 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,120 But like, it was crazy. I'm also like, why are you even 173 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,240 listing the weight? I don't know, it's like. 174 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,040 Yeah, it's really weird. Who cares? 175 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:57,760 Like it's not. I mean the height. 176 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,280 Yes, because the height will impact what you can get to. 177 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,840 But or who cares about that either? 178 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:09,560 Jasmine Paolini, she's 5 foot 4. She, and you know she gets 179 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:12,200 lobbed pretty easily. But why does anyone need to know 180 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,760 this? We can see that she's short. 181 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,440 Yeah, Fair. Fair. 182 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,080 Yeah. I don't know. 183 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,240 You know, we love we love the stats, I guess. 184 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,880 But hey, listeners, if you catch us telling some fibs or if 185 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,280 you've got some some insights, if you know Serena Williams, 186 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:32,120 wait, reach out to us over at Instagram at TBB tennis. 187 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:37,960 Again, that's at TBB tennis. So let's jump in with both feet 188 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,440 with our lobs being, which again is a reminder to anyone out 189 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,000 there. It's the thing that made us a 190 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,360 little gayer for tennis since the last show. 191 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,480 And there was one just very clear lobs being for me coming 192 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,160 out of the men's torso. Again, the the men are in 193 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,560 Toronto, the women are in Montreal. 194 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:03,000 And it was the Flavio Caboli, Ben Shelton fourth round clash. 195 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,440 Great match, went to three sets, tiebreaker in the third set. 196 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,040 And again, they had another, like you were saying, like 197 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:16,640 another handshake that went awry where they talk for a long time 198 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,840 after Kaboli loses to Shelton. And then it continues. 199 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,080 And then Kaboli comes back and keeps talking. 200 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,880 But the entire time, Ben just, like, continues disrobing. 201 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,680 He's down to just wearing a pair of shorts and sneakers. 202 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,680 But there was something so middle America, like, I'm just 203 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:32,280 going to fight you with my shirt off. 204 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:37,720 Like, bar, bar brawl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 205 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,560 It was like, come on, come on here, bro. 206 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,080 I've never seen someone take her shirt off more during a match 207 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,840 then Shelton. It was at least two or three per 208 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,000 match. Yes, it's very humid. 209 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,040 But I also wonder, like his sponsor on they must be starting 210 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,320 to worry like they're like, look, you're making it seem like 211 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,640 our shirts are not breathable at all because. 212 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,560 They're not. Have you seen those shirts? 213 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,720 If you ever want to entertain yourself, there's an amazing 214 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,360 Reddit thread about how shitty the on clothes are where they 215 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:09,120 talk about the subject. So when those clothes first came 216 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,720 out and like maybe two or three years ago, you could go into 217 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,240 Reddit and they took, described how shitty the clothes are and 218 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,360 how slick the people's bodies they are and make them look like 219 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,880 they're covered in oil. So I, I don't think they 220 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,520 breathe. I think they do adhere to your 221 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:28,160 body 'cause you see, like Suiate is often having to leave the 222 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,520 court to change and she wears those dresses. 223 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,080 They just look. It looks pretty gross. 224 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,520 All of them. I mean, yeah, I mean, I'm 225 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,840 thinking about Fonseca and Kaboli is also an on guy. 226 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:39,320 Yeah. And they're always looking like 227 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,760 a a seal coming out of an oil spill. 228 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,040 Like it's just. Yeah, totally. 229 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,040 It's. Stuck to their body like they 230 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,400 need to be. Like crushed up by. 231 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,520 Like UNICEF? Yeah, yeah. 232 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,080 Yeah, they look like they're at like, MTV spring break. 233 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,400 Yeah, yes. Oh my God. 234 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,600 MTV spring break in the 90s, That was my gay awakening. 235 00:11:58,560 --> 00:11:59,920 Or you're straight awakening. I don't know. 236 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,480 It's like. It was like, maybe I don't want 237 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,800 to be straight after watching this, but I don't have choices 238 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,160 because I like men. But I watched. 239 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,960 I was like, this is my feature now. 240 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:09,760 Wait, just pause for a second here. 241 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,880 We have lots to discuss. But I do think instead of having 242 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,600 reality show at the US Open, it should have MTV Spring break at 243 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:21,760 the US Open. Oh, Oh my God. 244 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:29,520 OK yeah, like a bikini contest. Keisha Cannon Eric Nice from the 245 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:34,720 grind like Oh yeah, it's. Absolutely. 246 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,880 Let's just go where they're taking this immediately. 247 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:43,080 Let's class all these steps and just like bloody people grinding 248 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,840 in Forest Hills. That's all we want to do. 249 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,600 That's that's that's the US Open. 250 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,320 Yeah, yeah. But that freaking dating show is 251 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,320 just like, like the US Open is not even going to try to pretend 252 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,400 it has any dignity anymore. It's just like, now what? 253 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,880 A trash bag, that's why. That's why they need to have 254 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,520 spring break you. Know I love it like get Eric 255 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,400 needs a new phone yeah. Totally. 256 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,760 Yeah. What's up? 257 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:08,600 It's Eric. Nice. 258 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,360 He's spring. Break and it's open style. 259 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,240 It's so goddamn hot in our Thrash stadium because there's 260 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:16,840 no ventilation. You're going to be sweating 261 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,200 anyway, so you may as well be like, you know. 262 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:22,480 It's getting hot in here. Get it on, yeah. 263 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,720 That's going to be amazing. They're like Miami, nothing. 264 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,440 Exactly, exactly. Oh, you think you're trash? 265 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:30,400 We're. We'll show you. 266 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:34,920 We're going to show you at the highest prize tournament in the 267 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,600 world. We're going to be trash. 268 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,080 I know, I know, with the most prize money ever, but yeah. 269 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:44,760 Which is a bunch of sluts. Oh my God, the theme of this 270 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,720 year's Open is sluts. It's just like 30. 271 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:51,400 Year old bunch of sluts sluts. I mean, and we're talking about 272 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:52,840 the men here, folks, not the women, so. 273 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,240 Don't we are going to do a ranking at the end of the US 274 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,040 Open? Top ten sluts across the US Open 275 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,680 fans experiencing fighters. Yeah, sluts. 276 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,920 Sluttiest match? Sluttiest round? 277 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,560 Yeah, fuck yes. Sluttiest camera? 278 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:11,040 Like the Coldplay camera thing. Like it's going to be nasty. 279 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:12,960 Oh, disgusting. You're all going to need 280 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,000 penicillin after this. OK, great. 281 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,920 All right, well, awesome. Well, I think we're warmed up. 282 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,600 Let's jump into twit, which is this week in tennis. 283 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,360 It's just covering the news, the dudes, the feuds of the tour. 284 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,360 And like I said, we're heading up to the land of queer icons 285 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,960 like Céline Dion and Justin Trudeau and Anne of Green Gables 286 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,760 for the Canadian Open. Just as a reminder, we cannot 287 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,800 possibly cover every match. So if you're coming to us for 288 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,800 the scores, you're going to be more disappointed than any top 289 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,800 five double S player. Looking at the mixed double S 290 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,040 draw at the US Open, we're going to be talking mostly about 291 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:51,080 Canada overall take on it. Look, just as a reminder, this 292 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,160 is the first year they've expanded to a 96 player field 293 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,160 from 56 players. I don't think the players were 294 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,280 too pleased about this. And long term, I really hope it 295 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,520 I hope it doesn't stay this way. I I mean, it's kind of all those 296 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,160 things. Where can you unring a bell? 297 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:10,440 But look, the Cincinnati Open started before the final of the 298 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,080 Canada Open. So it's like Venus Williams has 299 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:17,680 already lost before Victorian Boco won in Canada. 300 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,120 It's like this 2025 season started in 2024, as we discussed 301 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,960 in our first episode. Exactly. 302 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,320 Exactly. They should start the 2026 303 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,400 season. Now, Yeah, yeah, you're already 304 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,400 late. Yeah, but they're also being so 305 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,960 self congratulatory. Like, the announcers yesterday 306 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,200 couldn't stop mentioning how this year broke records for 307 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,000 total attendance. No kidding. 308 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,120 They had 40 more players and a ton more matches and two more 309 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:44,440 days. Of course there's. 310 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,160 More Canadian champion, you idiots. 311 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,800 Yeah. And also just having a final on 312 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:54,960 a Thursday feels weird. It feels like we are, we are 313 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:58,680 cramming the schedule to like, there's no way people are going 314 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,560 to consistently be able to go to both of these masters going for 315 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,000 it if they're both going to be like this. 316 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,080 I think this the biggest impact that's going to be at the Asian 317 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,280 swing at the end of the year, like people are just not going 318 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:10,680 to play that. What you're going to see is 319 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,840 after the US Open, the big players are going to grass and 320 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,760 sell Paris Masters, WTA Finals. The only people playing that are 321 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,840 the people who kind of mid this year or breaking through. 322 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,720 No one's going to play that. It's going to hurt that part of 323 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,600 the season because this is a there's a lot of money here. 324 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,360 There's a lot of prestige and there's a lot of reason to play 325 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:30,880 these tournaments. They're warming up with the US 326 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,120 Open after the US Open. There's kind of zero reason to 327 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,640 play that. If I wasn't qualifying for the 328 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,560 WTA Finals, I might not play after the US Open until the 329 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,760 until Auckland. Yeah, I, I honestly feel like 330 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,960 that's what Fritz might be doing because I'm, I'm getting very 331 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,400 worried about Fritz because he is playing so much. 332 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,480 I can't believe he's playing Cincinnati. 333 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,840 I wish he would pull out of Cincinnati, but he's played 334 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,840 non-stop. I I could see a world where he 335 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,080 doesn't go to Asia at all 'cause he's like. 336 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,120 He's gonna be exhausted, that's what I'm saying. 337 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,000 Yeah, yeah. Right, as long as he's already 338 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,680 pre qualified for the ATP finals he should not go to ASA. 339 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,599 What's he gonna get? A couple 100 grams? 340 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,319 You know he's money and exhausting jet lagging. 341 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,880 He should visit his kid. Yeah, 'cause you know, there's 342 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,240 something very different about a one week tournament and a 12 day 343 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,560 tournament. And so doing like 'cause also, 344 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,680 you know, the, the, the mental, emotional, physical taxing of a 345 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,920 Grand Slam two weeks really intense. 346 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:34,080 But if you're now going to stack Canada and Cincinnati, that's 24 347 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,960 day tournament, basically 12 and 12 leading into a two. 348 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:40,200 I mean, it's just, it's too much. 349 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,960 It's just horrible. I hate it. 350 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,320 And it's a money grab. It's just like they think 351 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,920 they're going to make more money because they will, but it's 352 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,320 going to hurt the tour overall. So that's that's my my hot take 353 00:17:50,320 --> 00:18:00,720 on that. So we we've been rating and 354 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,920 ranking the ATP Masters over the course of the year. 355 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,880 Where does Canada fall for you? Just thinking about it for the 356 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,800 ATP right now, the standings are Monte Carlo, Rome, Indian Wells, 357 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,520 Madrid, Miami. For Masters 1000, where would 358 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:21,360 you put Canada? I really like it in general, 359 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:24,520 like previous years has been a really one of my favourites 360 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,600 because it's hardcore and I I love the summer swing that, you 361 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,880 know, my jam. I mean, I love Indian Wells, 362 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,680 it's my favorite Turner of the year, but I feel that Indian 363 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,160 Wells doesn't have a lot of impact sometimes in the rest of 364 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,880 the season. The sunshine Dumble is its own 365 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,440 weird little nutshell. It's a. 366 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,360 Bubble the double bubble. Yeah, it's a bubble. 367 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:46,680 Double bubble. I really like the Canada 368 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,560 tournament. I don't know, I just think the 369 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,560 tournament shipped around for me every year. 370 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:55,480 Everyone knows that Indian Wells is the fifth base because clay 371 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,520 court tournaments offer often favorite clay court specialist 372 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,040 and those cannot be more. Oh yeah, no, I I agree. 373 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,400 For me, it's more the fan experience. 374 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,680 So I'll tell you Like this year I hated Indian Wells. 375 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,320 The food was terrible, the pizza was raw, the seats were 376 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,280 uncomfortable, the lines were endless. 377 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,160 Like I feel like the fan experience is not great. 378 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,960 It used to be the best. I know, I know. 379 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,640 And they've just really like Larry Ellison needs to step it 380 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,160 up. I put, I put Canada firmly in 381 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,760 the middle, above Madrid, below Indian Wells. 382 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,360 I like it too. Like I like all these 383 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:29,560 tournaments. It's not like all the ones at 384 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,640 the end are like turds. I mean, I'm trying to think 385 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:37,640 about tournaments I would go to. I mean, I hear Rome's amazing. 386 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,920 Our friend who you met at my party, Christ Shapiro, he always 387 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,520 does his clip to Rome and he says that's the best. 388 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,080 That was. That would be his point. 389 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,320 He would say that fan experience. 390 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,280 He would tell you that that fan experience, I'm guessing. 391 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,000 I'm guessing because he does his Academy there is the best. 392 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,440 You're right. I think Indigo has gotten chewed 393 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:02,280 gig because tennis has become a lifestyle, not a sport for 394 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,920 certain people. And Andy, who else has become a 395 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,480 victim of that? So I think that shifts the focus 396 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,360 back to Canada where people actually go, for the love of it, 397 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:12,760 I'm going to put it in the middle. 398 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,760 Yeah, yeah. Agreed. 399 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,160 Agreed. It's good, you know, we'll see. 400 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:18,920 It's not. It could. 401 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,520 Be great it. Could be great. 402 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,600 Yeah, Yeah. So, OK, let's get into some of 403 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,680 the actions. So the WTA, a pretty good 404 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,720 tournament, a lot of lopsided matches, though, like a, a, a 405 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,160 player would win one round really overwhelmingly and then 406 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,480 get destroyed the next round almost similarly, it's hard to 407 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,760 like get my my teeth into some people like like Madison Keys, 408 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,600 Switalina, Anna Samova, all taken out real handily after 409 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,800 having some good wins. And you said this at the 410 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,760 beginning of this year too. It's like this year is just 411 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,720 going to be really hard to predict. 412 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,600 There were some really interesting Canada stories, 413 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,360 which is nice being on home soil for the women. 414 00:20:57,360 --> 00:21:00,840 Like in Montreal we had the retirement of Eugenie Bouchard, 415 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,720 which again, I thought she'd retired three years ago. 416 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,360 So she's. Playing pickleball or something? 417 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,080 Yeah, yeah. But she she won a match, which 418 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,120 was, you know, a really nice thing for her. 419 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,760 And then she actually took Benchech to, I think three sets. 420 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,560 And she actually had said if, if she won the tournament, she 421 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,200 wasn't going to retire from tennis. 422 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,320 I don't think any one of us had to worry about her not retiring 423 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,360 from tennis 'cause she wasn't gonna win. 424 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,360 But you know. She well, maybe she could have. 425 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:30,560 This was a weird tournament. It was a weird tournament. 426 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:35,400 Her strokes have always been a little non traditional, but now 427 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,680 I feel like she's even more and more influenced by pickleball. 428 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,480 Like a lot of weird kind of like side slices at the ball. 429 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,720 Like it was a really tricky, tricky game that she has going 430 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,520 on there, which was, you know, I always love a little variety. 431 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:53,080 So that was cool. Your girl Bianca Andre Escu out 432 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,840 with a terrible injury. I think in the second round she 433 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,600 cannot catch a. Freaking way I'm going to say 434 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,480 something about my girl Bianca Andre Escu. 435 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,440 You know I would live in a sports world. 436 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:09,280 I see people being ungenerous. The minute Vicki and Boko won 437 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,840 her semi final or quarterfinal match, the first person I 438 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,120 thought on Instagram was BB saying, oh, like, you know, 439 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,280 miracles didn't happen. Anything could happen. 440 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,360 You go girl. And you would think with 441 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,400 everything she's been through, she was the golden girl from 442 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:24,960 Canada. It all fell apart. 443 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,360 She never got it back together. Her just cheering for her 444 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:33,080 country person like unabashedly and first out of the gate. 445 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:37,160 I I'm so cool. Also, she was, and we have to 446 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,680 mention that the Vicki, Vicki Imboko is a black Canadian of 447 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,240 African descent. Phoebe was one of the only 448 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,040 supporters of Black Lives Matter or Brookley on the tennis tour. 449 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:51,480 So just like this really meant a lot for me to see that she's a 450 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,080 real human being and I really love seeing that though. 451 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:56,720 Get your ankle back together, girl, you're playing great. 452 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,760 And Barbara Krakikova. I know, yeah, yeah. 453 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,800 And actually there was a photo going around also of her and 454 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,040 Vicki from maybe 3 or 4 years ago. 455 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,840 They've known each other for a while and so. 456 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:13,840 Oh, I didn't know that. But yeah, I just Bianca, I mean, 457 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,640 TikTok, she. Sprained her ankle at Miami, 458 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,800 too, when she was in her last comeback. 459 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,320 Yeah. You know, she's young. 460 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,720 She's like 4 Clay Potts. Yeah. 461 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,880 But she's got to. She's got to get going like. 462 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,680 She lost to her slutty friend in the qualified for the French 463 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:30,800 Open. What? 464 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:31,880 Who's the slutty? Friend. 465 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,840 Oh, you don't know about Bianca dresses, Slutty friend. 466 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,480 Carsten Branstein. Carson Branstein. 467 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,840 No. Her best friend from childhood 468 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:47,320 that she won, that she won the junior Wimbledon double S or the 469 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,680 junior Australian Open double S with, she's like this Canadian 470 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,640 American. She's like a glamour model. 471 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,840 Wow, She, she kind of has like a little bit of a Svetlana Kuznetz 472 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,320 of a vibe going on. Like very like what? 473 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,280 Pulled and yeah, yeah, it's a Svetlana Kuznetz. 474 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:08,920 That's my age. Yeah, well, yeah, Sveti Sveti's 475 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,160 been putting out some photos. Koozie, The koozie. 476 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,600 She's looking pretty. She's looking hot. 477 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:16,600 Like the Koos? Yeah. 478 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:20,480 The Koos. That leads us to the the third 479 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,240 Canadian to talk about and the one that I want to spend the 480 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,600 most time on, which is Victoria Umboko. 481 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,400 Her big run to the title. She takes out four Grand Slam 482 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,160 champions. Yeah, some of them are are more 483 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,120 impressive than others, but it's Canon Goff Canon. 484 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,320 I mean, hey, Canon was the WTA player of the year in 2020. 485 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:39,080 That's that's how weird 2020 was. 486 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,280 But she also takes out Goff, who is looking like crap. 487 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,800 That goddamn serve is all messed up again. 488 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,840 Total disaster. Even watching, I watched the 489 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,800 women's double S final in Canada and they won great for them. 490 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,680 But like her serve was just I was like hitting the ground 491 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,920 before the net. It was just really, it's a it's 492 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,080 a mess. And I hope she gets it together. 493 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,120 So in Boko, she's only 18. She's the same age as Mira 494 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:07,120 Andreva. Andreva turned 18. 495 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:09,640 So they're both the sort of young UNS on the tour. 496 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,360 She has gone from being outside the top 300 at the beginning of 497 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:14,880 the year to now 24th in the world. 498 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,040 She's the number one Canadian. She's working with Natalie 499 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:23,680 Toziat, the the 1990s Wimbledon finalist who lost to I'm 500 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:28,240 blanking on her name now, Novotna Yana Nevana. 501 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,320 Yana Nevana, She died. She died, Yeah, She died a few 502 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,000 years ago. So Nevana beat Toziak in that 503 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,160 final. So Toziak did some great service 504 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,520 because we all needed Nevana to win that. 505 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,920 But yeah, so she plays this final with Naomi Osaka. 506 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,080 The crowd was obviously on in Boko's side. 507 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,640 They went wild for her, which is great. 508 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,880 I love that Canada had this moment because they don't have a 509 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:54,880 ton of history of Canadian champions to really point to, 510 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,720 except for, you know, people like BB. 511 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,520 So there's no surprise there. I mean, Roundich, which where's 512 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,880 where's Milos? Is he done again? 513 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:09,040 Like I, you know, baby, baby Milos or past Pasil? 514 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,560 I mean, come on, It's, it's it's not, it's not great over there, 515 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:13,800 although he's so hot. Well. 516 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,760 There's shop of all over the FAA. 517 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,560 Yeah, kind of the underachievers of the of the brood. 518 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,760 But you know, hey, I look, oh, delayed when they're on, they're 519 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,760 on. Well anyway this was great for 520 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:30,400 Canada but I was really worried about Naomi because she she 521 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,960 looked so good the whole tournament. 522 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,880 But her emotions really hinge on her performance. 523 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:38,840 When she plays great, she's in a good mood. 524 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,040 When she doesn't win she's she's sours. 525 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:46,400 And she took the first set she looked so freaking on point. 526 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:52,480 The first set her forehand. Holy crap, she is some smacking 527 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,520 of crap off that ball. Like I like, like it's, you 528 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,000 know, the Australian Open. 2020 she's just in it. 529 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,960 Or 2021. She's just in it. 530 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,760 Not like she's Sophia Cannon. Yeah, she. 531 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,240 She was playing just like a young Sophia Cannon. 532 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:11,880 That too she reminds me of. But then. 533 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,680 But then in the second set the tides turn. 534 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,280 Like there's just tons of breaks. 535 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,200 I think they exchanged breaks the first six games and then 536 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,760 Invoko pulls it out and then the third set, which is not fun to 537 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,160 watch. It was just watching Naomi 538 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,200 descending into the depths of hell. 539 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,840 Like the last few games, it seemed like Naomi had had had 540 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,120 sort of thrown in the towel. But at one point she was serving 541 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:38,800 at the baseline and the crowd was going wild and she just, she 542 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,040 wasn't looking over at the net, she wasn't looking at her coach. 543 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:46,600 She was just staring off to the side of the court at nothing. 544 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:50,480 It was that 1000 yard stare that people get in war. 545 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,600 And I think she's, I think she still has some PTSD from that 546 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,840 Serena Williams final, her first US Open victory when the entire 547 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,360 U.S. Open crowd was against her. 548 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,800 This crowd was so against her. She just dissociated and. 549 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,960 I mean, I, I have a lot to say about that. 550 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,320 I mean, I think that's kind of pathetic if you want to know the 551 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,760 truth. I really like Naomi. 552 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,040 I, I, I think, you know, that's the game. 553 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,640 She's getting paid gazillion dollars to hang in there. 554 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,200 You know, I was at the mats in Indian Wells where someone was 555 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,920 like, NAO, you suck. And then she was like, I can't 556 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,480 believe they said that. It's just like, you know, you're 557 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,200 not supposed to pay attention. Like you're trained. 558 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,720 You're trained not to do that. Like if the stakes were lower 559 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,400 and if the remuneration was lower and like it was so 560 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,720 personal. It can't be personal at that 561 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,960 level. It's not personal. 562 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,960 She is the richest, highest paid female athlete in the world. 563 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,840 Maybe not this year, but in the past she has been. 564 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,880 She is worth more as a person than the tennis department, you 565 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,400 know, and I am a Osaka brand is bigger than the WTA. 566 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,680 Yeah. So I mean, I understand that 567 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,040 people have mental health issues and I completely respect that. 568 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,160 But also I've seen Dina say this about her. 569 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,440 It's just like, listen, the things that were said to us on 570 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,200 court were racist. And like in the press 571 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,320 conferences, they were really personal racist. 572 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,680 When people are cheering against you, you just like. 573 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,920 You. Can't be. 574 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,520 You can't be there on that stage if that's going to be a problem. 575 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,280 That's not professional for me. Like sure. 576 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,840 Like I I played smaller level squash match with 200 people 577 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,800 playing. They cheer against me and you're 578 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,400 like, this is weird and this sucks. 579 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,000 It's not about me. It's about the wanting their 580 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,040 team to win. It's hard. 581 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,920 I'm not saying it's not hard, but it's said she takes it so 582 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,440 personally and I think that's a major shortcoming. 583 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,080 Yeah. Oh, it is. 584 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,880 It's. A she's she's won four major. 585 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,400 She so much she played in Canadian and Canada. 586 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,920 She beats Serena Williams at the US Open. 587 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:03,000 But Roja Roja use that experience. 588 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,760 He'd be like, oh, this is nothing. 589 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,560 That's Serena fucking Williams. This is nobody. 590 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,840 Yeah, No, the I, I Wow. This is. 591 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,000 Is this how you talk to Loretta? Jeez. 592 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000 It's like. A little bit, yeah. 593 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,960 And this, this is stupid. Yeah, no, I but I hate. 594 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,720 When female athletes cry on court, I hate it so much. 595 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,760 Yeah, yeah. No, look, you, you, you're spot 596 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:28,760 on. I'm not going to argue with 597 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:33,040 anything that you just said. I just maybe it's my maternal 598 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:33,760 instinct. I don't know. 599 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,920 But I I just felt so bad for her because you could see the 600 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,560 unraveling, but you're right there. 601 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,200 Like maybe this isn't for her, which would suck, because here's 602 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,080 the thing. We got a taste of Naomi that 603 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,560 hasn't been around for a few years with this tournament. 604 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,680 Like. Yeah, it was so great and her 605 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,040 attitude had changed and she was happy, but not like a weird 606 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,640 happy, but like a normal happy. But what is what is the problem? 607 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,640 Like there's always a problem. And like, I don't think that 608 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,960 that's a really cool role model for kids. 609 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,440 It's like I, I get in a lot of trouble with this conversation. 610 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,480 It's like she's crying on court, OK, She's mental health issues. 611 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:11,040 And that I'm very in favor of. I think, you know, there's been 612 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,600 a lot of conversation around that, but like there's always a 613 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,680 problem. And look at someone like, you 614 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,280 know, Coco golf or something like it. 615 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,520 They're a pain in the ass from time to time or having bad first 616 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,800 time matches, but they're not doing this. 617 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,960 You know, Satellite can be a fucking nightmare on court, but 618 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,960 it's just like the game if you win or you lose. 619 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,640 And you're right, maybe it isn't for her, but she looks great. 620 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,960 She looks super fit for the first time ever ever in her 621 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,160 entire life. She looks thick. 622 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,680 And getting rid of Patrick was a great idea for a coach. 623 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,720 She's with IGA Shvantek's former coach now, who coached IGA 624 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,400 through her biggest winning streak when she took over the 625 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,400 number one ranking. Like great, great pick as a 626 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,920 coach. And like we got, we saw the 627 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,520 results. Well, I don't quite understand. 628 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,000 She fired Patrick two weeks ago and suddenly hired some other 629 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,400 coach at his winning. I don't know what. 630 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,360 What's that even mean? What did this guy do in the last 631 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,760 two weeks that like, like, like gave her some different F clock? 632 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,400 What happens? Like a coach is someone who 633 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,560 teaches you the game of tennis, right? 634 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:17,800 Yeah, it's sort of like when you when you first go on a diet or 635 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,960 you first start working with a personal trainer. 636 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,000 The early results are the most dramatic, you know what I mean? 637 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,000 So it's like, so it's like he he he told her, like her his 638 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,920 greatest hits. Oh, you're going to do this, 639 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,920 this, this and this. And then it kind of it's kind of 640 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,680 plateau. You know, he probably like 641 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,000 juiced her with everything he had. 642 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,480 And maybe it's not the coaching that changed it. 643 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,960 Maybe you're right. Something changed though because 644 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:45,840 she was a depressed sad little child under Patrick Maratha glue 645 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,680 and now she like flourished all of a sudden. 646 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:50,040 But I said this on the last show. 647 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,480 Like Patrick Morata, Glow is a star. 648 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,480 Naomi doesn't need a star to over shadow. 649 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,160 No, as we've discussed 2 seconds ago, she's bigger than tennis. 650 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,480 She is the big star. She needs someone like this. 651 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,480 Tomas Victorowski. I don't know how to say his 652 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,440 name. Yes, he coached ego, but no 653 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,960 one's like, Oh my God, Tomas. I mean, look, I think it's great 654 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,400 results for her. It's just so sad that it had to 655 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,200 end on this bad note. She's getting crapped on for 656 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,480 that speech where she didn't congratulate in Boko, which 657 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:24,080 again, is real bad form. She was really not gracious on 658 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,200 that podium, which is hard to do. 659 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,280 Look, we saw it with Subelanca at the French Open. 660 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,760 She was not the most gracious. And it's just it just opens the 661 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,480 door to like a a ton of hate and the women tennis players get so 662 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,640 much more crap than the men for stuff like this. 663 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,760 And she's getting it like people are really like up in arms that 664 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,520 she didn't congratulate in Boko. And yeah, she should know She's 665 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,080 the veteran. You have to say Congrats, you 666 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,800 played well. You have to so. 667 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,000 Yeah, I mean, she's a goddamned mother. 668 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:57,200 She should know that. Yeah, yeah, God damn mothers. 669 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:03,000 Yeah, just the the the Naomi Osaga of it all. 670 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:05,640 Poor Naomi. There's a good podcast. 671 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:10,239 Yeah. Exactly 10 part episode Netflix 672 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,480 special. Then there's Naomi Osaga. 673 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,040 Well, hey, if if there was ever a break in the tour, maybe we 674 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:16,960 could do that. But we don't have a we gotta 675 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,280 keep talking about the goddamn results. 676 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,800 Thinking of let's switch over to ATP. 677 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:25,679 So over in Toronto, where the men were, for me, it was a case 678 00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:27,800 of upstairs. Downstairs, it was like a tale 679 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,880 of two shitties. 1/2 was the shit and the other half I 680 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,639 couldn't give a shit about, which was exactly what I was 681 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:37,239 afraid was going to happen when Sinner, Alkharaz, Djokovic, 682 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,480 Draper all pulled out. It was like, we're left with 683 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:44,080 this 1/2 where it's Zverev and Popperin and Mickelson and 684 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,880 Kachunov and 1. And I was just like that 685 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,960 quarterfinal matchup of the top half. 686 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,639 I was like, I don't give a crap. I, I'm sorry, I know I should 687 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:55,080 care about everything, but I just, but then the other half, 688 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:59,560 Fritz Shelton, ADF, Diminiauer, all these guys making great 689 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,600 noise, having some big results for the Open. 690 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:07,080 The fourth round, we had insane three set matches. 691 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,280 That was the one where Shelton and Caboli fought and it was one 692 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,520 of the best days of men's tennis all year. 693 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,880 So it's really like high, low up and down. 694 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:17,680 I thought Fritz was going to take it all. 695 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,000 I thought we were really going to see him get that second 696 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,800 Masters. But he loses to Shelton in the 697 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,040 semis. Really a kind of a lame match. 698 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,040 And I'm glad that Fritz lost because he again, he's been 699 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,840 playing so much. He only plays at night, which is 700 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,000 weird. He's like full vampire and he 701 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,680 he, he complain, he's like, he hates the balls, he hates the 702 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,720 court. He does not like playing in 703 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:41,280 Canada that much. The best part of his match was 704 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,720 after he double faulted losing to Ben Shelton, he snapped his 705 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:47,400 slutty little racket like a twig over his knee. 706 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,040 He just like it was the easiest break, he and it but it wasn't 707 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:51,920 like a Medvedev Slam. It wasn't dramatic. 708 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,480 He was just like, I'm done with this racket. 709 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,480 And it was like, oh, I felt something so. 710 00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:00,400 He should, he should have skipped grotto like everybody 711 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,760 else, just like the balls at the floor, like it's carte blanche. 712 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,200 It's just don't go. Don't fucking go. 713 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,800 Apparently you don't have to that compulsory Masters Stadium, 714 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:12,200 just whatever. It's a suggestion, not a not a 715 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,560 requirement. And it's just it's way too much. 716 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:18,160 He played way too much grass. He's played so much since the 717 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,880 French Open, like double or triple some of the other top 718 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,320 players. So he's just he he's burning 719 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,920 himself out and, and I'm worried about it. 720 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,200 I think that Taylor has one or two years left to win a Grand 721 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:30,960 Slam. I think he's got a shot at this 722 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,120 year's Open. He's got a shot. 723 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,320 I don't think he's a favorite, but he's got a shot. 724 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:38,200 If something happens, injury, upset, something crazy, he's got 725 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,040 a shot. But not if he plays deep into 726 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,920 Cincinnati after playing deep in like all these tournaments. 727 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,680 There's no way. Like, bro, aren't you tired? 728 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,320 Maybe it's Morgan. Maybe Morgan is like, look, we 729 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,120 got a brand deal in Cincinnati. I don't know. 730 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,000 Doing it for the gram. Yeah, exactly like I got. 731 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,400 I got my outfits for Cincinnati. We're going Taylor. 732 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,880 Yeah. You got to make it 5 rounds. 733 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,480 I have 5 outfits. Yeah, exactly. 734 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:07,680 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, Sheen is, is making me do 5 posts so yeah. 735 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,480 But so yeah, so still, well I know yeah, she would not be 736 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:18,440 working the Sheen but yeah. So we end up with the finals and 737 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,280 the final is Ben Shelton and Karen catching off because Karen 738 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,400 takes out Zverev in the semi finals. 739 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,840 We'd love to see Zverev lose before a final. 740 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,720 We just love. It and we love KK. 741 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:32,200 We love KK, he really brought it for that first set, especially 742 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,520 that first set tie break. He goes up one set over over 743 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,440 Ben. People are thinking like, OK, 744 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:42,080 this is probably going to be it. But then the second set Shelton 745 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:46,280 literally took catching off like almost like out of his shoes on 746 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,480 the second set set point. He completely like rope a doped 747 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:50,560 him. It was almost like on a 748 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,240 basketball court. And then he pulls out the third 749 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:57,400 set in tie break. Ben has like a scary new gear. 750 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,280 All of a sudden. He was always kind of like flash 751 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,560 brash, big serve some good points. 752 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:08,240 The way he really he demolished Fritz, he just took him out in 753 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:10,200 the semi straight sets pretty easy. 754 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,680 Ben is playing big Babe tennis for boys. 755 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,440 He is just like smacking it around. 756 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:22,000 I don't think he's my pick to win the Open but he's going to 757 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,960 make some noise. Do you like Ben? 758 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,840 I, I, you know, not really. I mean, I like he's left-handed. 759 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,920 I, he, he just strikes me as one of the all American Bros that 760 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:34,800 kind of bug me. I don't know. 761 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:39,520 I, I like his dad. It just helped us through 762 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,960 unvarnished Team USA shit that I don't like. 763 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:49,400 Like, I'm glad he won one of these things because then that's 764 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:53,080 what he's supposed to do, you know, and we've all known that 765 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,000 he's supposed to win one of these massive things. 766 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,320 I mean, I think the problem is he's going to be the Roddick to 767 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:04,920 the Federer Nadal, that he's going to be subservient to 768 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,120 dinner and Alfarez. And I'm just looking at that. 769 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,360 And maybe they'll be that Wimbledon that he'll get to the 770 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:15,400 finals and then one of them will, you know, beat him in five 771 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,120 and maybe he'll sneak in that slam, but that major. 772 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:22,640 But I think at the moment he's in that position. 773 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:28,240 Yeah, that's a great analogy. Like Roddick just got owned by 774 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,240 by Rodger mostly and then also Nadal. 775 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:34,160 So yeah, I mean, he's not going to love that as a as a career. 776 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:35,320 Ben. I don't, I don't think he's 777 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:36,680 going to be happy with kind of getting to. 778 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,600 The settings bit younger, but not significantly enough. 779 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,600 No, no. I mean, I just, I think that 780 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,520 he's tapped into something new in his game. 781 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,280 There's more consistency, I think a little more touch, a 782 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,080 little more sort of like ability, like a little more 783 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,400 skill has come out. I think he doesn't have the I 784 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,920 mean, it's a horrible thing to say with someone who sounds as 785 00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,960 Ben Shelton. But like, I don't think he's the 786 00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:03,560 innate talent of Cedar and Alcaraz that just like that 787 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,640 Genesee Qua where you can't just you can't teach that. 788 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,240 I mean, you could teach a very rare human being to be Ben 789 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:11,400 Shelton, but his game is teaching. 790 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:13,920 It's like not an unknown quantity. 791 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:18,200 So he's going to have to figure out, you know, like chronic, 792 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,240 like power. Yeah, Yeah, exactly, Exactly. 793 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,960 And I think it's hard to say He's not taking the right steps. 794 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:26,640 It's just is it going to be effective? 795 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,280 I don't know. I mean, that's the other weird 796 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,400 thing. Like we haven't seen Sinner or 797 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:34,880 Alcarez since Wimbledon, you know, and they barely played any 798 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,480 grass. They barely played since the 799 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,040 French Open. Cincinnati is going to be much 800 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,160 more of like a bellwether for what's going to happen at the 801 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,640 Open because everyone's there except for Djokovic and Draper, 802 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,600 the restaurant there. But they're kind of non factors 803 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,560 in my mind. I mean, maybe Draper is going to 804 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,160 sneak in, but I doubt it. But I did love, I mean, 805 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,720 contrasting the speeches. So Naomi's speech obviously 806 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:59,040 landed like a turd. But the post match speeches 807 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,880 between Ben and Karen were great. 808 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:05,200 After giving a speech, Ben then gave all the medals to each ball 809 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,600 boy one by one. It was a great moment. 810 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,200 And yeah, I mean, it's been a year or first. 811 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,160 So this was Ben's first 1000 level tournament title, 812 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,600 Imbocco's first tournament overall. 813 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,000 I don't know what the take away is from Canada because it's like 814 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,600 a lot of players weren't there and these random matchups in the 815 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,080 final that no one would have predicted. 816 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,240 I don't think anyone would have predicted to Ben versus catching 817 00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:29,360 off final. Did we learn anything from this 818 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,360 tournament or is it just like, oh, that was just wild? 819 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,240 We learned nothing. Just the wild wild NI Guess, as 820 00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:39,040 they say. I mean, I've been telling 821 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:40,800 supposed to win a match with 1000. 822 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,440 Then we learned that that happened, you know, like, thank 823 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,840 God, because I don't want to hear a lot of stories about he's 824 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,200 the best player to ever win a match with 1000, but they got it 825 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:52,040 then. You know, women's tennis is so 826 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:56,240 weird. Yeah, yeah, I think, I don't 827 00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:57,920 think we learned that. I think we confirmed that. 828 00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:59,840 Yeah. It's just a weird time on the 829 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,160 women's tour and hey, we'll just. 830 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,560 Keep a 25 year old over the hill also ran versus an 18 year old 831 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,200 who might never win again. Yeah, yeah, All right. 832 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:13,080 And now so, so Imboko's 24th and Naomi's 25th. 833 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,760 So they're like really next to each other going into the US 834 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,760 Open, so. Hey. 835 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:28,560 Congrats. Now it's time for cold plays. 836 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,640 So we introduced this segment last time on the last show based 837 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,920 on the the band Coldplay and their tour that was exposing 838 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:39,640 marital indiscretion. So there was some Coldplay since 839 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,560 the last show. Leila Fernandez had her first 840 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:47,560 date ever, which was everything about this story was weird. 841 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,480 Her dad asked her, hey, have you had a date yet? 842 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,720 And she said no. And so he's like, you should 843 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:57,640 really go on a date. And so to find a date, she asked 844 00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,040 her followers on Instagram, hey, when I'm in Montreal, does 845 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,240 anybody want to go on a date again? 846 00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:05,600 Weird because that's not look, yes, I like hey, I will date 847 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,520 anybody who follows us over at TBV Tennis again, that's at. 848 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,960 TBV me too. So Ivy, we will date anyone who 849 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,080 follows us, anyone who follows the ball boys. 850 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,880 But I think for someone like Leila Fernandez to be like, hey, 851 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,040 I'll go on a date with one of my random followers, maybe not the 852 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:24,160 safest or best idea. So she's like a virgin. 853 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:27,440 I'm I would imagine, I mean, she's never been on a date. 854 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,080 Maybe she's been to the Eagle. I don't know. 855 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:30,960 But like, yeah, she's she's probably. 856 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,680 Maybe she's in the back seat of my Jeep. 857 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,240 Yeah, like she's like, she's a good time gal. 858 00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:38,240 I don't know. Like I don't know how but I'm 859 00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:41,000 going to assume. What the hell? 860 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,640 Yeah, yeah, you. Knew about this date thing but I 861 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,840 didn't know the details. Yeah, no. 862 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,040 But then like the dad is like, look, you can't go On this date 863 00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,640 unless I meet the person. Like what? 864 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,120 She's not going to prom. And then she's getting ready and 865 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:58,120 she's like, my sister completely roasted me, 'cause I come out in 866 00:43:58,120 --> 00:43:59,680 my first outfit and like, what is this? 867 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,240 How does this look? And she's like, well, it looks 868 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:05,640 great if you're going on a business trip, just like, 'cause 869 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:07,560 she's wearing like she's like, she's going to fly business 870 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:08,840 class. Like it was just like she was 871 00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,680 not. She she doesn't know how to be 872 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,000 like a kid. Who is the guy? 873 00:44:13,720 --> 00:44:16,120 I've been trying to find it and it's like he it. 874 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,080 It's one of three guys that have been in some of her stories. 875 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:22,000 We don't know exactly, but I guess the date went well. 876 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,960 But now she's moving on to Cincinnati, so I don't know, 877 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,400 maybe she. I've heard weird stories about 878 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,400 her dad from several people, but he's real. 879 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:35,360 Like like oppressive. Like oppressive and like 880 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:36,200 controlling. Oh. 881 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:40,440 Well, well, he wants his daughter to get married I guess. 882 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,520 I don't know. But anyway, it was a Coldplay. 883 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,240 The way that her sister kind of ragged on her she was wearing 884 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:51,000 the second Coldplay is poor Hulgarune just cannot catch a 885 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,360 break. He slides into Veronica 886 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:58,920 Krutumatova's DMS only for her to tell him that she is too old 887 00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,040 and too married for him. She tells this on I think it was 888 00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,800 viz Nina's podcast. Her her fellow Russian. 889 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,400 I am sorry, did she really have to put him on blast like that? 890 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:13,200 Like she, Veronica Cooter have been more discreet. 891 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,280 I know. I think it's awesome. 892 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:17,640 What? Oh my God, I think it's amazing. 893 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:21,080 Like it, like it. I think it's cool because 894 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:27,000 clearly he didn't know anything about her and was like a lazy 895 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,520 guy tennis player who just saw a hot chick and was like, come out 896 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,280 with me. And she's like, if you had 897 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:35,800 although to research anything about my tenants or myself, you 898 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,600 would know my age and that I'm married. 899 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,920 I think she was like totally within her rights to do that. 900 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,440 Wow. I mean, yeah, she's within her 901 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:48,160 rights to absolutely, like, tell him that, but to then tell it 902 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,480 on, I don't know, to like, put it on blast in the open like I 903 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,880 poor hole Garuna, he just can't catch a break. 904 00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,960 He asked out a married woman. He should have known she was 905 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,120 married. He plays on like they have the 906 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,200 same job. This is true. 907 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:02,960 This is true. OK, fine, fine, fine. 908 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:05,040 Well. But also I was like, look, if 909 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:06,960 you're gonna lob grenades, like, maybe don't. 910 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,000 Like, we can also talk about how you married your coach when you 911 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,560 were 19. But I mean, whatever, Veronica. 912 00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,760 Yeah, that's how. She's not that old, is she? 913 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,480 No. And he's like 42 now. 914 00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:20,200 I mean, it's like it's a whole thing, but you know. 915 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:24,080 What is she like 24? Maybe like later 20s, But yeah, 916 00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:27,320 she's not she's she's too old for Holger, but she's maybe too 917 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:29,040 young for her husband. I'm just saying. 918 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:31,120 But anyway, that was a cold play. 919 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:37,400 But the the coldest play, obviously the mixed double S 920 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:40,040 we're going to get to that in a second is a is a mess over at 921 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,560 the US Open. But the rejiggering of one team 922 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:45,280 in particular, yes, I'm talking about Dreadosa. 923 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:49,840 So after Stefano sits a pass and Pala Bedosa break up, Jack 924 00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:53,280 Draper swoops in like the fuck boy that he is and teams up with 925 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,200 Paula Bodosa for the mixed double S event. 926 00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:58,960 I mean, look like the tennis court wasn't even cold yet. 927 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:02,680 And Jack is like, hey, you want to play like Stefanos just gets 928 00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:04,640 completely tossed off the side of the road. 929 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,560 And I just it it felt like tacky. 930 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:11,080 It felt very like Love Island. It felt like perfect match but 931 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,320 just it was crazy that they were they're they are now slaughtered 932 00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:21,160 in as a team Coldplay. I mean, I'm like, we'll get to 933 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:24,000 this in a second, but I think the US Open picks those teams. 934 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,280 No, no, really. No. 935 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:30,920 It's like, it's it's like they like like Yannick Sinner was 936 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:32,520 like, hey, Emma Navarro, do you want to play? 937 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:34,120 I mean, at least that's the story they're telling us. 938 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,800 Yeah, but I think they give you some kind of parameters, right? 939 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,560 Correct. So So for the, for the direct 940 00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:44,080 entry, for the 8 direct entries based on singles rankings and 941 00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,560 then there's 8 wild cards which is based on. 942 00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,360 Anything. So it was just sits A paspa dosa 943 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,320 as well. No, they were. 944 00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:53,040 They got in based on key combined singles rankings. 945 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:54,720 But like Venus and Opel, she. Needs to. 946 00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:58,520 She needs to play with someone who's a top D, because Draper is 947 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:01,800 an obvious choice if that's directed by the tournament. 948 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:05,040 That's not him being a slut. I mean, Jack Draper's the frat 949 00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:07,680 boy you wish you hadn't sucked in the morning. 950 00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:10,880 And like Tommy, Paul's the one you're glad to do. 951 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:15,880 I'm just saying like the optics, the bed is not cold, like the 952 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,640 the blood is not dry. Like they're just like, OK, 953 00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,160 Sitsipas is literally going through the worst summer of his 954 00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,760 life and now he's going to watch his ex-girlfriend play with Jack 955 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,800 Draper, the hottest man on tour, if he wasn't a fucking Trump 956 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,800 supporter. Like that's just the worst look. 957 00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:30,360 That's the worst thing to have to watch. 958 00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,240 And that's just a Coldplay. I'm not saying it shouldn't 959 00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:34,160 have. Been total Coldplay. 960 00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,200 Coldplay. Yeah, that's a Coldplay. 961 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:38,920 Her part on Jack's part on everyone. 962 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:42,000 Like poor Steph, he cannot catch a break. 963 00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,760 I feel like Goran probably set them up real quick. 964 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,160 Just want to talk about, yes, Cincinnati is coming up. 965 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,320 It's it's not coming up. It fucking started before the 966 00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:50,240 final. It's like. 967 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:52,760 Round 2 Venus is already. On. 968 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:57,360 Yeah, seriously, it's like I they've had this huge 969 00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:00,720 renovation, $260 million renovation, making a Mason. 970 00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:04,000 OH, the the tennis Mecca. It's like, it is funny. 971 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:10,240 It's like Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Mason, OH, Cincinnati. 972 00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:13,960 It is very random, but that is one of the 9 masters locations 973 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:18,320 for the ATP. It does look great. 974 00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:21,720 I guess I mean money talks. I I don't know if I'm going to 975 00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:24,760 go ever, but you know, if, if they gave me a fennel cake, I 976 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:25,240 would go. I. 977 00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:28,640 Don't know, I, I, I mean, I love Cincinnati. 978 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:30,600 Well, there was a great article in the New York Times this week 979 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:33,240 in The Athletic about the reinvesting in Cincinnati and 980 00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:36,920 how Emma Navarro's dad. He, like, owns half of it. 981 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:40,920 Cincinnati, they put, but he was like, they're like driving 982 00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:43,120 around trying to figure out who's going to volunteer at this 983 00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:44,440 tournament. It was very odd. 984 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:47,520 Yeah, I read that too. So now everyone's back together 985 00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:49,880 on the men's side. Is it going to be a Sinner 986 00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:51,920 Alcaraz? Like, are they just so head and 987 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,960 shoulders above everyone else? Like that's the final? 988 00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:56,400 Who knows who's going to take it? 989 00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,560 They're so even. Do you have any predictions? 990 00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:01,440 I'm scared to predict. I'm terrified. 991 00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,200 I think there's a chance they're kind of rusty from that. 992 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,120 I, I, I maybe not tournament tough because I haven't played. 993 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,560 I think 2 setters are weird. I mean, three setters are weird, 994 00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:15,480 but yeah, they'll probably win it. 995 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,480 On the women's side, I guess it's hard to really make any 996 00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:21,360 prediction. I mean, look, just Pagula is on 997 00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:24,760 the giant slide out of form Coco. 998 00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,720 I'm so worried about her serve again. 999 00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:29,440 Like she is breaking records for double faults. 1000 00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:31,040 She's not breaking records for anything else right now. 1001 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:35,280 And it's terrible. But yeah, I mean, it's we're 1002 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:37,040 we're it. It's definitely not going to be 1003 00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:39,720 Venus who takes it 'cause she lost. 1004 00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:44,640 I made a prediction on the last show that Venus, that there was 1005 00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:47,360 a 50% chance that Venus and Serena are going to play U.S. 1006 00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:51,800 Open double S, get a wild card. Am I smoking crack because 1007 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,840 Serena's been posting posting some some hits? 1008 00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:59,000 And his pictures. And I think that she has always 1009 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,000 had that sort of like little sister vibe. 1010 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,240 She wants to be like Venus. Venus is playing again. 1011 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:06,960 I don't know. I could see it because it's not 1012 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,880 going to kill their. Body I could totally see it well 1013 00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:12,240 I mean the US Open is becoming an exhibition there's like a 1014 00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:15,480 reality show component to it there's this weird a mixed 1015 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,880 double S thing and I think that them playing in the double S 1016 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,280 would pretty much you know echo some of the. 1017 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:24,720 It's right on brand. Yeah, exactly. 1018 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,200 Right on brand. And then get Pam Anderson and 1019 00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:31,400 Liam Neeson to play. Yeah, real quick. 1020 00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:32,840 What, what? What time is it? 1021 00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:41,080 I don't know 11:49 AM in your time, we can go like for like an 1022 00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,040 hour and 20. Five, it's time for cross court. 1023 00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:49,120 Yes, that's right. Ladies and gentlemen, I've put 1024 00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:52,080 on my robe bib, then my lace front. 1025 00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:54,400 Judge Judy Ruth. Bader Ginsburg. 1026 00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,040 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I've got my gavel. 1027 00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:00,240 It is time for Cross Court. We're going to end our show with 1028 00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:04,440 a new case, a new segment where we're talking about things that 1029 00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,800 piss us off and how to fix them. It's called Cross Court. 1030 00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:11,720 And we, Ivy and I, we are the line judge and jury of tennis 1031 00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:14,760 transgressions. So this is our second case. 1032 00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:16,800 The last case was the billionaire who bought his way 1033 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,040 onto the tour. We figured out that punishment, 1034 00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:22,560 this case, the case of the messed up mixed double S. 1035 00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:25,680 So this case has been evolving over the last few months. 1036 00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:29,800 It went from a bad idea to kind of interesting to complete 1037 00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:33,320 bullshit. the US Open has totally changed its mixed double 1038 00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,800 S format. So we were just recapping in a 1039 00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:37,240 little bit. But to get a little more 1040 00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:41,160 details, we're basically getting celebrity singles teams. 1041 00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:45,080 So there's going to be 8 teams that get direct entry based on 1042 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,600 singles rankings only. You don't have to have any 1043 00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:51,400 double S history to speak of. You don't have to have any 1044 00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:54,840 points in the double s or any any experience, any anything. 1045 00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:57,720 You just have to be a top ranked singles player. 1046 00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:02,360 It's only 16 teams, so eight of them get direct entry. 1047 00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:07,040 Then the other eight teams are just called wildcards at the 1048 00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:10,040 sole discretion of the USTA. That's how they're picked. 1049 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,480 So that's how Venus and Riley are getting in. 1050 00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:15,600 It's just like. OK, it's an exhibition. 1051 00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:17,520 It's an it's a fucking exhibition. 1052 00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:21,880 It feels more rigged than All Stars 10, and so there's not a 1053 00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:25,920 single male Double S player who is ranked in the top ten who is 1054 00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,560 in the draw on any team. For the women, there's only two. 1055 00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:32,440 There's Taylor Townsend who's playing with Shelton, and 1056 00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:35,200 there's Sarah Arani. She and her partner won last 1057 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:37,720 year, so they're the only returning mixed Double S team. 1058 00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:43,600 And then we've got freaking Olga danilovich #156 Double S player 1059 00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:46,040 in the world playing. With Djokovic playing. 1060 00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:50,160 With Djokovic, what? Like where? 1061 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,080 He mentors. He mentors her. 1062 00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:53,240 I've read about this. Yeah. 1063 00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,680 She's served by the side. But like this, this takes the 1064 00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:00,640 legitimacy out of this event so far well. 1065 00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:03,320 Have you ever seen Djokovic play Double S? 1066 00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:06,920 No, none of these. People play double S. 1067 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:10,280 Yeah, like, I don't know what world we think that Emma Navarro 1068 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:14,520 and Yannick Sinner is going to be a good Double S team. 1069 00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:17,240 Like are they? I thought he was played with 1070 00:54:17,240 --> 00:54:19,680 Paolini at one point they switched this to Navarro. 1071 00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:22,560 They've been switching it around, but no, right now it's 1072 00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:26,720 it's Navarro Center. Yeah, Paolini. 1073 00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,280 I don't see Paolini on the list right now. 1074 00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:34,520 And it's Amanda Anasimova and Hulgaruna, Rabacana and Fritz. 1075 00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:37,920 Oh, Stunt. Talking about AT with no 1076 00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:39,280 personality. I know. 1077 00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:40,240 Seriously. Like that's. 1078 00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:47,480 Fucking up Fritz Oh my God. Anasimova Rune Rabaca to Fritz 1079 00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:49,360 could be the worst double set in the yesterday. 1080 00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,800 It's like, OK, so I'll be honest, I am. 1081 00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:56,520 I am not going to be able to go to the main draw of the US Open 1082 00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:58,400 this year. I am going to day one of mixed 1083 00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:00,560 double S 'cause I got to see this just show person. 1084 00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:03,880 I got to see it. It's either going to be, it's 1085 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:06,280 only going to be horrible, but I'm like, maybe it's going to be 1086 00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:08,240 good. But OK, 'cause they're also 1087 00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:13,680 changing the actual format of the matches so it's sets to four 1088 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:18,720 games, not to six. No ads scoring A tiebreaker at 4 1089 00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:20,600 all. A10 point match tiebreak in lieu 1090 00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:23,880 of 1/3 set like. That's how my 10 year old plays. 1091 00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:24,920 It's at a set of men. What? 1092 00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:27,200 Just the world. Yeah, Yeah. 1093 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:31,320 It's it's absolutely insane. And then the winning team splits 1094 00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:34,480 $1,000,000 and basically all the teams are getting double what 1095 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:35,960 mixed double S got last year. Really. 1096 00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:38,400 Sorry, how can you have a tournament? 1097 00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,280 You can't get ranking points for this right? 1098 00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:45,520 I don't know you. Can't have a tournament that has 1099 00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:47,440 different scoring than other tournaments. 1100 00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,560 You can have a different tie break scoring. 1101 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,520 This is so this is like tie break 10. 1102 00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:55,560 There's like a tie break 10 tournament. 1103 00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:58,200 Yeah, I mean, this is this is the same format that the next 1104 00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:00,600 Gen. Final has but I but also I'm 1105 00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:04,440 just so worried if there is a single exhibition style point 1106 00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:07,080 where they start like lobbing at each other and laughing. 1107 00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:09,480 That's also gonna have. If there's like those like 1108 00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:12,640 annoying points where they give their racket to a ball kid to 1109 00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:14,560 return 'cause they're like not playing. 1110 00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:17,880 Well, get ready. I am going to bring my gavel. 1111 00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:21,400 I'm bringing my gavel and I'm going to say cross court 'cause 1112 00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:24,480 this is bullshit. So here's my question to the 1113 00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:28,160 good people of this line, judge and jury, this courtroom. 1114 00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:32,040 Does this count as a slam if you win this? 1115 00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:33,880 No. Great. 1116 00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:38,040 I agree. 100% not, no. You know why it doesn't count as 1117 00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:40,400 a slam? Because you can't hand the pick 1118 00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:43,000 teams for a slam. It's like it's why you why you 1119 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:45,720 can't get ranking points for the season ending championships 1120 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:48,480 because that has been that's limited to the people who 1121 00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:51,000 qualified for it. You can't get additional ranking 1122 00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:54,120 points for playing it once. There's a limiting entrance 1123 00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:56,600 factor, which has been limited by the US Open here. 1124 00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:00,000 It cannot yield ranking points, so it cannot be a title. 1125 00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:03,120 Thank you. I I didn't even know all that. 1126 00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:08,080 So I've I've now become more learned as a judge, but I just 1127 00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:11,720 think like like, OK, after Emma Navarro and Yannick Sinner win 1128 00:57:11,720 --> 00:57:14,320 this, are we now going to be saying that like Yannick has 1129 00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:18,240 five grand slams or the Emma, is Emma Navarro a Grand Slam 1130 00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:21,360 champion if she wins this? Who's Coco playing with? 1131 00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:27,560 Coco is not playing is. She smart. 1132 00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:29,760 'Cause she's smart, she's like, I'm not going to touch that with 1133 00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:31,720 10 foot pole. I mean, it's it's like Emma 1134 00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:34,440 Roddakanu and Carlos Alcaraz are playing because the media is 1135 00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,920 trying to make them a couple a. Couple, of course just so So 1136 00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:41,720 what let's I mean guilty as charged for being a shit show. 1137 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:46,000 Guilty as charged. So OK, so so question one, 1138 00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:48,680 verdict one. No, it is not a slam and it 1139 00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:53,360 should not be counted as a slam 2 Is there a way to fix it like 1140 00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:54,920 next year? What can be done? 1141 00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,680 Yeah, do it like every other slam, Like let's just go back to 1142 00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:02,160 the way this is done, yeah. Yeah, yeah, like I was thinking 1143 00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:04,640 like, OK, what are like if we're forced to do this? 1144 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:08,840 Cause like, on the one hand, all of the biggest stars are now 1145 00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:11,800 playing mixed double S, which is rare. 1146 00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:14,280 So it's like, OK, like point taken. 1147 00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:16,720 OK, we hear you. We want to get the bigger names 1148 00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:20,920 playing, but how can we create a field and A and something that 1149 00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:24,080 just has a little more parity? I for one think that the singles 1150 00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:26,960 players should have to have played at least one mixed 1151 00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,280 tournament in the year leading up to it. 1152 00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:31,560 Like like. That's that I, I actually think 1153 00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:34,480 that that is the most solid thing that's been said just now. 1154 00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:37,200 It's like if you want to do this, you've got him done it 1155 00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:39,280 before. Give it yeah, give it some 1156 00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:42,840 legitimacy, some and like. Or at least a double S match. 1157 00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:45,280 You know, like a double S match. Yeah. 1158 00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:48,880 Yeah, and also, there's an obvious way to pair things like. 1159 00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:53,280 OK, let's take the, you know, number one seed male player on 1160 00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:56,640 singles and the number 8 seed female double S player. 1161 00:58:57,040 --> 00:59:00,400 Let's take the number one female singles player and #8 seeded 1162 00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:04,360 men's player in double S. Like there are ways to make the 1163 00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:07,360 matchups like not so much like friends and family. 1164 00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:10,680 Because it is insane to me that not a single top ten men's 1165 00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:15,280 double player is playing in this mixed double S format. 1166 00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,160 They don't make a ton of money and now they've lost a giant 1167 00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:20,760 paycheck. 1/4 of their biggest paychecks. 1168 00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:23,240 It's bullshit so. Bullshit. 1169 00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:27,400 Guilty all around, and but I think there's a way to save it. 1170 00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:31,160 But they've got to be more thoughtful than, hey, let's have 1171 00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:33,680 RuPaul's best friend race like this is bullshit. 1172 00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:38,080 So yeah, OK, that was cross court. 1173 00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:39,920 I fucking love cross court 'cause I just want to yell at 1174 00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:41,640 something. Now I've got a gavel. 1175 00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:44,480 So watch out everybody. And a doily. 1176 00:59:45,240 --> 00:59:48,120 Here he come. All right, well, that's our 1177 00:59:48,120 --> 00:59:51,480 show, Ivy. Always a blast. 1178 00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:53,840 Thank you so much. I know it's super late over in 1179 00:59:53,840 --> 00:59:57,280 Cairo. Go out, Go have fun. 1180 00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:59,880 Go find your daughter. Can I wait to have you on again 1181 00:59:59,880 --> 01:00:03,800 sometime in the fall for? Slut Roundup of the US Open 1182 01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:05,000 Minds. Roundup. 1183 01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:07,040 Oh my God. The theme of the show is sluts 1184 01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:11,920 and the Ball Boys are going to be back in just a few weeks with 1185 01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:16,280 the US Open Preview. Cincinnati recap with another 1186 01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:17,800 ball boy that you all know and love. 1187 01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:21,040 So come on back real soon and we will see you then. 1188 01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:25,440 And hey, let's go Cincinnati. See you Ed Mason.