1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:05,000 It's time for let's let's ground strokes baseline. 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,200 It's top spin. That's LGBT. 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:15,000 Have a listen. Make signals with the ball boys. 4 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,280 Hey everybody, and welcome to the latest episode of The Ball 5 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,680 Boys. We are the tennis podcast that 6 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:31,360 puts the Valentin Vashiro and Teresa Valentova in Valentine's 7 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,480 Day. I'm your host, Paul Monkle and 8 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:36,000 bringing you the insights, outbursts, giggles and wiggles 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,440 of the ATP and WTA tours. And on today's show, we are 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,800 talking all things love. Happy Valentine's Day, 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,280 everybody. If you have a Double S partner 12 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,480 or if you're just focusing on your singles game, we have a big 13 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:52,840 shot of love just for you. And we're talking about love in 14 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,920 all of its forms. The love of the game, Love 15 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,000 bites. Love means nothing. 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,960 Yeah, love is blind. And I think there's something in 17 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,120 the air. We're still in the afterglow of 18 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,160 the Bad Bunny performance at the Super Bowl halftime show. 19 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,440 I'm not sure, but I think Bad Bunny might have invented the 20 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,400 halftime show because Oh my God, that got me speaking in tongues. 21 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,200 And we are smack in the middle of the Winter Olympics where 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,920 every four years I fall head over heels for double S, luge 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,320 and short track speed skating and biathlons where of course 24 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:28,760 they combine cross country skiing and shooting. 25 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,600 And I'll just say it, I think we are weeks away from some major 26 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,600 indictments of the current administration. 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,760 Look, I'm almost thinking of starting an over under before 28 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,960 the Sunshine Double. What do you think? 29 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,240 It's all happening. And Speaking of the Sunshine 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,440 Double, I have a big announcement for anyone heading 31 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,920 out to Indian Wells on March 7th. 32 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,240 The ball boys are throwing a tennis and tea dance at Mission 33 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,880 Hills Country Club from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,160 We're joined by the fabulous folks over at Out Wide Podcast 35 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,600 and we're going to be serving up some looks, some tunes and some 36 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,920 balls. We've got drink specials like 37 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,240 the Ball Drop, and we've got some very special performances 38 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,760 from some tennis drag Queens. You do not want to miss these 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,160 shows, trust me. So head on over to our Instagram 40 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,840 for a link to the tickets. You can find it right at the top 41 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,760 of our Instagram. And that Instagram handle is at 42 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:25,120 TBB Tennis. Again, that's at TBB Tennis. 43 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,120 Go check it out. And now back to the tennis. 44 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,200 We are in the part of the season that I absolutely love where 45 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,760 every which way you look is a different draw, a different 46 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,480 story, a different winner. No, I don't have commitment 47 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:39,800 issues. I don't know why you think like 48 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,240 that. I just like variety. 49 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,360 We have a slew of 500 level tournaments going on. 50 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,440 And I've said it before, I love a 500. 51 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,680 And we've got some big hitters on the Bay TP continuing their 52 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,680 dominance at the 500 levels and not a word from anyone in the 53 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,280 top four since Australia to cover all of this. 54 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,040 Guys, I'm a little nervous because this almost feels like a 55 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,880 first date because we've got a brand spanking new ball boy on 56 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,600 and a case of new balls. Please. 57 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,320 I am so excited to have this ball boy on the mic this week. 58 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,840 He's the senior producer of content at the Tennis Channel 59 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,400 and he goes around the world literally living my dream life. 60 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:21,040 It's Charles Connolly. Charles, it's so great to have 61 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:22,120 you on the show. How are you? 62 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:24,480 I'm great. Thank you for having me. 63 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:25,880 I'm very excited about this show. 64 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,200 I've heard about it for a while and seen it on my feeds for a 65 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,080 long time too, so. Oh yeah, I've been wanting to 66 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,560 get you on the show for a while. I am obsessed with your 67 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,720 background and your story. We're going to get into all of 68 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,360 that, but just introduce yourself a little bit. 69 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,680 How's your tennis season been for 2026? 70 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,080 You were in Australia, right? Yeah, it's been good. 71 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,280 And this season I feel like it's for a month and 1/2 in, but it's 72 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,800 still long already. There's so much tennis. 73 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,360 But yeah, I was on Australia. It was my first time there and 74 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,280 it was beautiful. Like Melbourne's such a great 75 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,120 city and the S and Open, I mean, I feel like everybody who's been 76 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:03,600 to the S and Open kind of says the same thing. 77 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,000 It feels like a music festival. They do the tournament so well 78 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,120 for people who like, maybe aren't huge tennis fans. 79 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,280 You can just go and like hang out and have a great time. 80 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,480 But I was there for two weeks. I was there for like pre 81 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,000 tournament and then the first week it was like amazing. 10 out 82 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,400 of 10. It was really hot too. 83 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,680 It was like 2 days where it was over 100°. 84 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,400 There were some days where it was rough, Yeah. 85 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,960 Wait, were you there for the one point slam? 86 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:34,880 Yeah, I was in the turtle pet. No, no, I did not enter because 87 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,960 OK, I was kind of confused. This like the structure of the 88 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,720 one point slam. Same. 89 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,480 Apparently it was a series of tournaments leading up to that 90 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:47,560 one night, tournaments where it was like an extended qualifying 91 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,960 round. So like that entire day on 92 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,680 Grounds it was one point slam like on the outer courts. 93 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:56,120 Oh, no kidding. And amateurs were entering, 94 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,040 like, you know, Liza West. Yeah, yeah, she was entered and 95 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:04,880 she played, I think she posted about it, but she played the I 96 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,800 right. I know she played the girl who 97 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,960 made the final for like first round. 98 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,200 She lost the point. But yeah, it was like a bunch of 99 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,520 qualifying and then the the one night, of course, with all of 100 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,000 those matches. But yeah, it was cool. 101 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,640 Interesting. Yeah, I, I got to say, I'm still 102 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,360 confused about what the rules were cuz I don't know. 103 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,960 I was like, Murat Saffin was in there all of a sudden I was just 104 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,680 like, these are not amateurs. Like do not pretend like this is 105 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,080 someone who's just showing up like this. 106 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,760 I mean, you know, it was a spectacle. 107 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,040 It just felt very campy. And I, tennis and camp go hand 108 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,200 in hand. What was your favorite thing 109 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,760 that happened for the two weeks in Melbourne? 110 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,840 Give me your Rosen Thorn. Yeah, Rosen Thorn for the 111 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:46,600 tournament. I always love media day that the 112 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,880 players all coming through and talking to them all and seeing 113 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,200 them all. I still kind of get starstruck 114 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:52,840 seeing them in person and talking to them. 115 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,680 So that is never a normal experience for me. 116 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,040 I'd say that that was the Rose and just like the vibe of the 117 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,160 tournament in general and then the Thorn. 118 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,920 I don't know, two weeks is kind of a long time for work. 119 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,360 I mean, I would do it all over again. 120 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,560 But by the end, you know, you get a little fatigued to get 121 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,480 ready to, like, be in your own bed again. 122 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,120 And some days it was kind of crowded, to be honest, but not 123 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,480 too bad. Well, we heard the stories that 124 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,680 I mean Tennis Australia did such a great job of really promoting 125 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,120 the tour and promoting opening week of the the qualities in the 126 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,360 one point slam. But we all saw the lines. 127 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,360 It looked a little bit like Miami last year was. 128 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,640 Yeah, it was. Yeah. 129 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,440 I mean, it was a long one. There were a lot of people 130 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,320 there. I think it was just a testament 131 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,680 how easy it is to go to that tournament as a casual fan. 132 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,240 There's live music, there's there was like a water park on 133 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,960 site which was cool. And it's right in the city. 134 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,240 It's very easy to get to. It's not like Queens or 135 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:48,400 anything. It's yeah. 136 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,560 Right, it's a good location. You mentioned the media day and 137 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,760 getting still a little star starstruck. 138 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:59,880 Who gets you starstruck still? Who gets me starstruck still? 139 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:06,640 Honestly, I would say Novak Djokovic has an aura about him. 140 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,160 It's like when he walks into the room, when he walks onto the 141 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,280 media terrace, it just kind of gets quieter. 142 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,600 People are more more aware of his presence and he's very nice. 143 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,240 But I feel like I still get starstruck by him, to be honest. 144 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,240 Carlos Alcaraz, He's like very down to earth and very chill. 145 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,400 Like he just seems like for some reason that he's not 146 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,160 intimidating at all. Super nice. 147 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,320 You know, that's interesting because I went to the mixed 148 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,720 double S format at the US Open last year. 149 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,120 They're they're sort of newfangled. 150 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,440 I I'm almost going to call it a one point slam because it felt 151 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,280 kind of like that. But Novak walked on the court 152 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,920 and the crowd went from very boisterous and kind of watching 153 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,480 to rapt attention. Like, yeah, he's got that aura. 154 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,320 It's just like, oh, Novak's here, we're all going to pay 155 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:51,200 attention. So. 156 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,480 Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's crazy. 157 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,680 Are you a fan of the Olympics? Yes, yeah, I am. 158 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,640 I am too, but I feel like am I crazy or is did this year's kind 159 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,880 of sneak up on us? Like I used to know every figure 160 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,960 skater I couldn't. Like is Michelle Kwan still out 161 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:09,440 there? I don't even. 162 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,760 Know Oh my God, Michelle Kwan, I think I had a poster of her in 163 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:17,080 my childhood bedroom in Texas. I didn't even know anything 164 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,480 about figure skating. I had never even like figure 165 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,600 skated but. It's just like I need it. 166 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:23,840 Right. You're right. 167 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,360 It did kind of sneak up on us. And I like I felt like it was 168 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,480 happening later. It just kind of like started, 169 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:30,960 yeah. Well, and, and I think 4 weeks 170 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,720 ago we saw the state of some of the arenas and everything. 171 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,400 It's like, well, that's not going to be ready in four weeks. 172 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,640 So maybe I was expecting it to not quite make it, but I mean, 173 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,120 it's been a great game so far. I'm locked in. 174 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,679 And did you see Ilia Mellon in last night? 175 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,720 I didn't see his program, but I heard it was not good. 176 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,480 Not good. Yeah, everyone was saying it was 177 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,000 a foregone conclusion. Sorry, Nick. 178 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,960 MC Carville. Carville. 179 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,520 Super into ice skating. Yeah, and well, and he posted 180 00:08:58,520 --> 00:08:59,760 like, Oh well, we all know who's gonna win. 181 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,960 And I was like, do we? Because yeah, I watched it and 182 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,040 it was, it was brutal. I feel really bad for him. 183 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,000 Hopefully. Is a privilege, he said. 184 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,400 It was like the pressure, right? The expectation. 185 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:13,080 It's the Olympic pressure. It's not like anything else. 186 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,320 And because he's he's our Michelle Kwan, you know, I 187 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:21,480 don't, I couldn't really name like a superstar on ice except 188 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,480 for him. So it's like, OK, like that's a 189 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,920 lot of pressure do. You remember Johnny Weir? 190 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:28,040 Yeah, I'm watching the traders right now. 191 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:28,880 I'm upset. Me too. 192 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:29,920 Yeah. Johnny Weir. 193 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,720 And then Adam Ripon. Do you remember him, too? 194 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,520 Oh yeah, yeah, those are the only two male figure scooters I 195 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,280 can I can list. But then of course, there's 196 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,840 Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan and Michelle Clot. 197 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,040 Those are the only three, but. Well, and Tara Lipinski, she's 198 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,240 also on the trailers. Yeah, Tara, Johnny, it's it's a 199 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,560 good season. No spoilers y'all, but it's it's 200 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:50,120 a good season. It's so good. 201 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,720 Yeah, yeah, I want to go on. That's so bad. 202 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,120 We need the ball boys to get. Bigger so I can be a celebrity. 203 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,920 They're taking applications for like, plebeians now. 204 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:02,640 Yeah, yeah. You can apply as like a normal 205 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:03,800 person. They're like bring me back to 206 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,920 Season 1 format. I think they're running out of 207 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,240 celebrities to get on the show. Well, you know, it's funny 208 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,240 though, because it's so big, it's getting bigger and bigger 209 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,360 that I would imagine they'd be getting more. 210 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,120 But I guess, I mean, there's only so many Survivor players 211 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,240 and Housewives out there. Well, anyway, we got we can talk 212 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,400 reality TV all day long, but we got to get some tennis and we're 213 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,760 going to start off with our segment. 214 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,800 Whenever we have a new ball, boy, it's called new balls 215 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:31,280 Please, where we get deep, we probe you on just how gay you 216 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,600 are for tennis. So I got a couple of questions 217 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,840 for you, Charles. Are you gay TP or WT gay? 218 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,720 And WT Gay. Really. 219 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:45,400 Yeah, I mean, why? Well, the outfits, really. 220 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,480 The looks. Did you like Naomi's look at 221 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:52,280 Australia? I didn't and the opinions that I 222 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,040 share are my own. They're not Tennis Channels 223 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,200 opinions. These are. 224 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,160 I'm not representing Tennis Channel. 225 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,800 They're all my own. But I did not. 226 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,320 I wasn't a fan to be honest. It was, it was a tough look. 227 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:07,240 I was glad she did it, but it was tough. 228 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,680 Exactly, I'm not saying like she shouldn't have swung big and 229 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:12,480 taking a risk. Love that. 230 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:15,680 Someone's doing it. But it wasn't my personal taste. 231 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,160 Like, I wouldn't, I wouldn't wear it. 232 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,800 I could oh, come on, a drapey butterfly net before you go on 233 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,480 to court. I think that would look fabulous 234 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,760 on you. I did like the pleated, like the 235 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,760 white pleated pants, those were cool. 236 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,040 I liked how they moved when she walked on court, but I didn't 237 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,440 like it underneath the dress. It was just it was every grandma 238 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,640 in South Florida walking in the mall for me that that pleated 239 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:40,160 pant. But anyway, OK, so you love. 240 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,600 So you're more WTA these days then. 241 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,840 Have you always been more about the Ladies tour? 242 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,240 Yeah. I mean, I think that that's like 243 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,000 what introduced me to pro tennis in general. 244 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:54,200 I think if you ask any gay male tennis fan from the age of like 245 00:11:54,200 --> 00:12:00,040 25 to 50, they'll say Venus and Serena as their foe Ray into the 246 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,560 sport. I mean, maybe, you know, you 247 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:04,440 have like the Divas like Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport and 248 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,480 Jennifer Capriotti and those, but Venus and Serena really 249 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,240 introduced me to the sport. So I've been like the WTA loyal. 250 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,440 But recently though, with Alcaraz and Sinner, I feel like 251 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,720 I'm converting. I'm watching more ATP and I'm 252 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,360 like appreciating the men's game more. 253 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,200 Yeah, I'm glad you said Jennifer Capriotti because as I've said 254 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,520 on this show, she was my Britney Spears at 13 years old. 255 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,000 I was like, that is my diva. And I still love I love 256 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,280 everything about Jennifer Capriotti. 257 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:29,960 I know she's said some polarizing things. 258 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,280 I know it, but I the heart wants what it wants. 259 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,000 But I agree. I mean, I was very much gay TP 260 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,080 but the women's tour right now, and we're going to talk about it 261 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,080 with some of the matchups in the Middle East. 262 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,920 We keep sending these poor girls to the Middle East, but there 263 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,600 has been some. Just the depth of the tours is 264 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,200 so good right now and I'm here for it. 265 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:52,200 Tell me more about your tennis background. 266 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,400 Like what makes you a ball boy? How'd you get into tennis? 267 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,080 I grew up in a small town called Bracketville, Texas, where like 268 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,480 the whole town was so focused on football. 269 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,760 I was not trying to play football. 270 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,280 I was from a big football family, but I knew I wanted to, 271 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:08,640 like, play a sport and get a ball. 272 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,760 So my parents sent me to like a little weekend tennis camp that 273 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,920 was happening in my hometown. And I loved it. 274 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:16,840 And that's kind of where my tennis interest started. 275 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,040 And then, of course, Venus and Serena saw them on TV. 276 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,840 But all through high school, I never really took tennis super 277 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,600 seriously. And then I went to college, and 278 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,960 that's where I first met people who were interested in tennis. 279 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,000 And I was like, oh, there are other people out there who like 280 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,200 tennis. And that's when I really started 281 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,680 getting into it and watching it and following the sport. 282 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,080 And I just loved the individual nature of the sport. 283 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,640 And I loved how it was kind of like, what's that fighter game, 284 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:48,960 Mortal Kombat or something where you can like choose your your 285 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,880 fighter. Say more. 286 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,840 I feel like with tennis you can have somebody who kind of 287 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,800 represents you and you can follow them on the tour. 288 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,920 And I feel like with a lot of gay men, they like are looking 289 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:02,720 for representation anywhere they can find it. 290 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,120 So you see this like little avatar tennis player and you're 291 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,560 like, oh, like that is me. So you kind of latch on. 292 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,600 And so I think that's kind of why I liked watching tennis in 293 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,120 Bracketville is because it was an escape from like the the like 294 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:17,960 Friday Night Lights of the small town. 295 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:21,200 But then I just kept following the tour. 296 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:26,920 And then I worked in production after College in Austin and then 297 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,400 I moved to LA and sought out Tennis Channel was like, I would 298 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,280 love to work there. And so, Long story short, I 299 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:38,200 reached out and asked for an interview and was hired in 2017 300 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:39,920 to be like a social media coordinator. 301 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,880 And here I am, seven years later. 302 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,080 You're talking about what appealed to you about the sport 303 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,600 as a young gay boy, but I want you to speak for everybody. 304 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,880 Why do gay people love tennis? The outfits. 305 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,800 Is it the outfits? No, not just the outfits, but 306 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,400 maybe kind of. I feel like tennis is a sport 307 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,840 where there's a lot of self-expression. 308 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,720 I feel like that's why a lot of gay men gravitate towards like 309 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,440 figure skating too. Also figure skating is just very 310 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,240 gay inherently. Even if they had to wear like 311 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,480 uniforms, it would be gay. Don't tell Ilya Mellen in that. 312 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,680 Oh my God, he does not like that. 313 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,200 So I heard about that, but I didn't actually dive into like 314 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,600 any remarks that he made. But I heard yeah, different 315 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,960 podcast moving on. But but yeah, truly, like, I 316 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,080 think self-expression is a huge thing in tennis. 317 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:32,240 And for me, I also liked tennis because team sports as a young 318 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,120 boy intimidated me because I was surrounded by other boys. 319 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:39,440 And maybe I'm speaking for me, just me. 320 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,640 But I think for some young gay men, there's a little bit of a 321 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,720 fear of other straight boys when you're in adolescence, fear of 322 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,560 being found out, fear of being like called out as different or 323 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,320 being too feminine. So like with basketball or 324 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,680 football or baseball, you're like surrounded by these 325 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,840 straight boys who are kind of auditing your character and 326 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,040 auditing how you're operating. Whereas in tennis, it's just 327 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,520 you. So you can like maybe relax a 328 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,400 little bit more. If you make a mistake, nobody's 329 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,280 watching you. We're looking you or why you 330 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:08,640 made the mistake. It's all on you. 331 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,640 So it's very individual. It was a way, at least for me, 332 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,360 to create some space between me and the other straight boys 333 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,480 while also satisfying my athletic needs. 334 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,960 I love all that. It is a really expressive sport. 335 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,160 I mean, there's a tennis personality and who you are and 336 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,680 how you carry yourself can really translate to the court. 337 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:34,000 I mean, being aggressive, being tricky, being kind of quiet, all 338 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,480 of those personality types can win. 339 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,920 Whereas I feel like in other sports like basketball, you kind 340 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,880 of have one personality that wins. 341 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,400 And just watching the the final today between Mukova and Imboko, 342 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,640 I mean, their their styles were actually pretty complementary of 343 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,760 each other, but it was a different way of playing them 344 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,400 like a Sabalenka or a Paolini. And there's not one way to win 345 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,200 and get self-expression is, is really that that that's very 346 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:01,040 interesting. I love that. 347 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,319 And yeah, absolutely every team sport that I was on through high 348 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:06,720 school, it was, OK, let's get through this. 349 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,640 And then you'd get to the tennis court and it's like, oh, you can 350 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,200 breathe. You know, it's like, oh, OK, 351 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,880 yeah, yeah. There's something, there's 352 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,319 something in the water, the the tennis water where gay, 353 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:19,520 especially gay men just love tennis. 354 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,760 So I'm going to keep asking every ball boy who comes on here 355 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,280 and folks at home. By the way, if you want to be on 356 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,120 this show and join us for new balls, please feel free to reach 357 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:33,720 out to me over on Instagram. Love getting people on the show. 358 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,040 I want to get every ball boy on this show. 359 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:41,640 But back to you, Charles. Speed round Yannick or Carlos? 360 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,480 Carlos. Give me 3 words why? 361 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:50,480 Charisma, uniqueness. Uniqueness. 362 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:57,320 Urban talent, Charisma, showmanship and energy. 363 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:03,400 That I that's a perfect answer. Miami or Indian Wells? 364 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,480 Indian Wells. Why? 365 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,320 It just feels like more esteemed. 366 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,640 I don't know, it just feels like more steeped in tennis history. 367 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,960 Miami's, like exciting and cool for its own reasons, but Indian 368 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:18,600 Wells, that's called tennis paradise. 369 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,640 The palm trees, the desert, it's kind of like the first big 370 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,680 tournament back in the states of the seasons. 371 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,760 And it's California and like, the grounds are so beautiful and 372 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,560 everybody's always there, celebrities and stuff, so. 373 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,760 Yeah, it's funny, I have mixed feelings about it. 374 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,280 Similar to what you're talking about the crowds of Melbourne, 375 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,240 like the last few times I've gone to any Wells, it's just the 376 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,640 crowds. It's it's too much. 377 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,200 I don't know. There needs to be like a podcast 378 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,520 section, like just let me, let me sit and have my $20 raw 379 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,400 pizza. But yeah, it's it is great and 380 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,520 I'm very excited to be out there for the tennis and T dance, 381 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,040 which Charles, I'm going to make you come to. 382 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,400 I would love to see you there. You are going to be on the dance 383 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,360 floor. You know the drag Queens. 384 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,640 Yes, Charles, welcome to the stage. 385 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,800 Charles Charlie Drag name is Charles. 386 00:19:12,660 --> 00:19:15,140 What is your favorite surface? My favorite surface. 387 00:19:15,140 --> 00:19:16,940 I mean I've I've played mostly on hardcore. 388 00:19:16,940 --> 00:19:19,620 I've never played on grass but favorite first to watch? 389 00:19:19,620 --> 00:19:23,720 I would say probably hardcore and to play hardcore as well. 390 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,480 Yeah, I love the hardcore. It's it's the least tricky to 391 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,240 me. It's like a fluency thing where 392 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,240 other services I do love to watch. 393 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,680 I love to watch on clay and grass though. 394 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,480 Like I went to Wimbledon a few years ago. 395 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,200 Watching Wimbledon live, that ball is so fast. 396 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,840 Holy crap. I can imagine. 397 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,960 I think they like designed the ball to like skid even faster 398 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,760 off the court. So it's like glass. 399 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,800 Like, yeah, it's crazy. It's funny, there was a a thing 400 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,680 on social media about what the Winter Olympics in tennis and 401 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,440 they were playing on ice and it looked very much like that. 402 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,120 I was like, yeah, that feels like Wimbledon. 403 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,480 And the funniest part about Wimbledon was also all of the 404 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,680 ball kids, you know, my people, the number of times they fell, 405 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,000 you don't see it on TV, but they're they're sprinting all 406 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,400 out and they stop on a dime on grass. 407 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,320 Then you go into the wall, you fall. 408 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:17,560 Every match. There were multiple falls. 409 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,960 I was like, guys. You don't have to go with that. 410 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,520 Like chill but. Like you're like the ball kid. 411 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,240 Training program at Wimbledon is very rigorous. 412 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,000 Oh yeah. Yeah, did have you, because 413 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,840 bring up Eliza W again. She was a ball girl at 414 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,120 Wimbledon. Oh yeah. 415 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:35,840 And I was looking into like the process of applying the All 416 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,840 England Tennis Club selects from certain schools around London 417 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,360 and they will only get ball kids from these schools. 418 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:46,000 Like I guess they're like fancier schools or whatever. 419 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,920 It's technically open to the public. 420 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,920 It's like if you go to these schools, we'll we'll accept 421 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,040 applications and then we'll only choose 10% to come into training 422 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:58,320 or something less than 10%. That feels very Wimbledon. 423 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,560 I don't know if I love that, but it feels very Wimbledon. 424 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,880 Yeah, I was like, oh, that sucks. 425 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,160 Like it's not open, It's just only available to the school. 426 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:07,240 Yeah. Oh well, it's. 427 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,920 Like I've got to get my kid into the school for the Wimbledon 428 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,240 ball boy feeder program. Like, OK, like this. 429 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,720 Let's calm down. What's your favorite tournament? 430 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,320 Favorite tournament? That's a tough one. 431 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,160 You know, recently I really found like a love for 432 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,720 Cincinnati. Really. 433 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,880 Yeah, but I feel like all the players are there. 434 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,880 It's leading up to the US Open. We're in the States. 435 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:41,120 The time zone is like the same kind of as the American viewers 436 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,280 and it just got like a huge upgrade. 437 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:48,200 So the courts are brand new. But to watch, I mean, there's 438 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:52,280 really nothing like Wimbledon. Like I feel like just generally 439 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,520 watching Wimbledon, I feel like everybody can give that same 440 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:55,840 answer. Yeah. 441 00:21:55,960 --> 00:22:00,080 It just feels special so. Yeah, I mean, yeah, Wimbledon is 442 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,480 is definitely my favorite Slam. I would say that it's not my 443 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,600 favorite tournament overall, but it's definitely my favorite 444 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:06,760 Slam. Cincinnati, though, that's an 445 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,480 interesting answer. I was like, do you like Six 446 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,840 Flags and funnel cake? But. 447 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,440 It's and going there like because it's not even really in 448 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,720 Cincinnati. It's in Mason, which is like 20 449 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,480 minutes north and it's like a weird location. 450 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,520 I've gone twice now, but I like it. 451 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,080 If you get a chance to go to Cincinnati, they have a great 452 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,920 Applebee's down the road. Well, that was the thing I was 453 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,680 looking at going and I was like, wait, this isn't even in since I 454 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,880 do love like a second tier city. I love a second tier city gay 455 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,880 bar. I love a second degree city like 456 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,400 shopping district. This is like, yeah, this is 457 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,520 Mason. It's just a Best Buy and a 458 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,080 Outback Steakhouse. I don't even even know. 459 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:53,520 But no, literally, yeah. What's your favorite stroke? 460 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,760 The serve. Serve, yeah. 461 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,360 It was like the only shot that I could consistently practice 462 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:02,640 because nobody in my hometown plays tennis, so I just serve on 463 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,400 the tennis court. That's so sad. 464 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,160 And then the 4th give me a good serve. 465 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,480 Serving just a wall alone all. Childhood. 466 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,280 Literally. Are you tall? 467 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:13,720 You seem tall, but we're on Zoom. 468 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,760 I'm like 6/2 and 1/2. 6/2 and 1/2. 469 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,360 Yeah, I could say 6-3, but I'm not 63. 470 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:23,440 So everyone's like, you're not 6, but yeah, 63. 471 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,360 Yeah, well, look, a lot of people who are like 5-7 and a 472 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:27,800 half, they lie and they're like, I'm 59. 473 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,080 So I mean, let's, you know, looking at you Matthew Paluch, 474 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,520 it's going to call people out. I'm the same height and I love 475 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,960 my serve and I'm a lefty so. OK, that's tough. 476 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,960 That's that's how I get a lot of free points because sometimes 477 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,520 the rest of my game is shite. Are you single? 478 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,320 I am single. Oh, what are you looking for in 479 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,160 a tennis partner or a life partner? 480 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:55,520 And a tennis partner, like double S, whatever, double S 481 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,400 partner, a good backhand and a good volley to take the backhand 482 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,280 side. And then like good sense of 483 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:03,920 humor. Like I don't like take it too 484 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,680 seriously on the court. I like to like laugh and have a 485 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,560 good time. So yeah, I think those two 486 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:13,240 qualities and then in a life partner I'm looking for. 487 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,240 The same thing. Kind of the same thing. 488 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,720 Had good backhand and good sense of humor. 489 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,640 You know a good backhand and a life partner can can go either 490 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,680 way, but sometimes it really hits the spot. 491 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,280 Yeah, good backhand can take you a long way. 492 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:33,480 In this life, sure can. Well, folks out there, Charles 493 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,000 Connolly will be tagged in this show. 494 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,000 So again, come to our Instagram and you will see Mr. Connolly 495 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,280 there. What's your Instagram handle? 496 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,560 The Instagram of the ball boys. What's the handle? 497 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:50,040 It is at TBB tennis, the ball boys tennis doesn't quite roll 498 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,480 off the tongue, but just you wait until we start the ball 499 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,800 boys football, the ball boys soccer. 500 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,600 All that is coming out soon, folks. 501 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,080 We're doing the ball boys media tour. 502 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,600 So just you wait. Do. 503 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:06,720 You all have a pit crew. Oh, that's a good idea. 504 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,240 The Ball boys pit crew. Well, some people will be 505 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,960 dressing up for Not in drag for the the tennis and tea dance, so 506 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,400 some short shorts will be present. 507 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,440 I've been promised so. Oh, pit crew. 508 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:26,640 I love a poom poom short. If you work in the Tennis 509 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,720 Channel, you've been there for 8/8 and 1/2 years, but what 510 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,560 exactly does the senior producer of content do? 511 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,560 I'm sure people are curious. Yeah, producers kind of a job 512 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,320 where a lot of people don't really know exactly what they 513 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,560 do, but basically no idea. It's determining the creative 514 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:45,400 for like a feature, coming up with ideas to ask questions to 515 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,560 the players at tournaments, just like figuring out what video 516 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,840 content needs to go out and then like making it happen. 517 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,160 It kind of like varies week to week based on the tournaments. 518 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,640 Some events I'll be going to the tournament like Australia and 519 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,480 I'll come up with a plan for media day. 520 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,040 So I'll determine which questions to ask, which players 521 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,680 and then I'll reach out to the representative who requests the 522 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,600 players through their agents. I'll determine who and how this 523 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,880 is being filmed, which crew we're using, if we're using like 524 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:22,720 an in house crew or somebody local, like hiring that crew and 525 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:27,480 then ingesting the footage and then working with the editor on 526 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,080 choosing the right shots and coming up with like a video and 527 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:32,920 then delivering it to wherever it needs to go. 528 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,520 So it's like from concepts to like on your TV or computer 529 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,320 screen. That's kind of what the producer 530 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,440 does, like follows the video all the way through. 531 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:45,080 You make it, you make it happen. So you weren't the guy asking 532 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,560 all the Americans in Australia about the current 533 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:48,760 administration? Or was that you? 534 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:54,080 No, no, that was not me. But I saw that those series of 535 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,280 questions. It was over and over again. 536 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,200 I feel like it could have worked, but I don't think he was 537 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,080 asking it in the right way per SE. 538 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:03,840 Like he wasn't framing it very well. 539 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,240 It felt like kind of like a a gotcha moment versus the 540 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,600 beginning of a potentially good conversation. 541 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,880 Yeah, I think because it's OK to ask about national pride and 542 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,960 like, do you feel patriotic still and make it kind of 543 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,360 general? You can still use the sound 544 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:21,480 bites in a piece. But he was like literally asking 545 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,120 about the administration, which is such a hard question to 546 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:27,360 answer and a huge responsibility. 547 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,160 It's like, speak the whole country. 548 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:36,600 Yeah, especially right after a match where maybe you lost like 549 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,080 not in the best mood. So yeah, it was, it was it kept, 550 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:42,880 it was, it was a it was quite a sight. 551 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,120 And but I was thinking about it and, you know, there's the 552 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,960 definitely like a a good argument for asking those types 553 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,160 of questions right now. You know, I hold the Russians 554 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,600 and Belarusians very responsible for what they say about the war. 555 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,240 So yeah, I mean, we've got, we've got to get the message out 556 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,560 there. But it's just, it was, it was a 557 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,680 very uncomfortable series of questions to watch, I think for. 558 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,600 Everyone so it was awkward and like I agree that's a fair 559 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,200 question to ask. It's also completely fair for 560 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,800 the player to like not want to answer. 561 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:18,440 So yeah, in my opinion I'm of the camp you can ask whatever 562 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:23,160 you want, impress, but don't expect the response you want 563 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,240 from the player. Like the, the player reserves 564 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,360 the right to answer however they want or not answer. 565 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,280 Yeah, exactly. And then that's what I was kind 566 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:31,600 of trying to say in the beginning, which I think you 567 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,400 said much better. I feel like the guy was looking 568 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,160 for an answer that he wanted to get versus a dialogue so. 569 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,760 Exactly. Have you done anything crazy for 570 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,520 a story like, Oh my God, we've got to like, go get a butterfly 571 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,840 net for Naomi? Well, my and immediately I think 572 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,560 of Trixie Mattel. Of course, when I worked with 573 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:56,080 Trixie Mattel in 2022, we did like a shoot with her and we did 574 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:57,920 like. Wait, wait, wait, wait for what? 575 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:04,080 What for tennis? It was for Pride Month and we 576 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,600 shot a bag check with her. We shot an Australian Open 577 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,400 fashion segment with her. She is so amazing and so 578 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:16,280 professional and that like is in my memory is like a standout 579 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,040 moment at Tennis Channel working with Trixie Mattel. 580 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:23,040 And then the other moment that I was just talking to Kyle, one of 581 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:29,320 my Co workers about yesterday. We went to Alaska in 2019, right 582 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:34,960 before, right before the pandemic, December 2019, because 583 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:39,080 we were doing a story on this Alaskan tennis player who is 584 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,840 trying to make it on the pro tour. 585 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:45,360 But obviously, like in Alaska, you can't play tennis year round 586 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:49,240 because it's frozen like half the year and it's also dark half 587 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,200 the year. So we went up there in December 588 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,760 2019 and we only had like 4 hours of light in a day. 589 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,400 And we were there for like maybe four or five days doing this 590 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,960 story on this tennis player. If one of the side jobs was 591 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,520 delivering Donuts for Krispy Kreme. 592 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,720 So we would take Donuts to the airport, like the local airport 593 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,440 for the Krispy Kreme location in the airport. 594 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:15,320 So we woke up at 4:00 AM to like follow him to the airport to 595 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,280 that was crazy like and. And where is that guy today? 596 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:21,120 I don't know. I mean and. 597 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:26,720 That's a young Yonic Sinner. Yeah, and that was Naomi Osaka, 598 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:28,360 right? Right. 599 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,400 No, no, no, I don't know. I mean, I don't know if he's 600 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:31,680 still playing. Maybe, but he would. 601 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,560 He played in college and it was just like a human interest 602 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,240 story. I love that. 603 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,680 I love that. Like you literally do have like 604 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,440 my dream job. I mean, I'm not, I'm not gunning 605 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,720 for your gig. I'm not going to show girls you, 606 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,880 but if you if you were going down the stairs in front of me, 607 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,800 but. Watch out. 608 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:55,720 Watch your back any any like little tidbits of player gossip 609 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,200 or anything that you've seen or like, Oh my God, this one like 610 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,120 won't stop eating Krispy Kreme. Won't be Krispy Kreme. 611 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,160 Give us the Goss well. That'd be me. 612 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,600 That would be me. I won't stop eating Krispy 613 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,720 Kreme. But in terms of the players? 614 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:13,320 Like there's been a lot of drama. 615 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,320 Like we're like, OK, everyone hates, can win. 616 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,400 Everyone's like yelling at ego, like, like, I don't know, like, 617 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,200 do you see that? No, I don't. 618 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,000 Honestly I think the the biggest piece of gossip which is might 619 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,200 may be boring as the players are just like more normal and kind 620 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,040 and just cool. Then they appear on screen when 621 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,520 they're on the tennis court we see them in like 1 of their most 622 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,440 high stress, high pressure environments. 623 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,960 So like they're at least I can say there are versions of myself 624 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,160 on the tennis court that are truly like the worst versions of 625 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,040 myself. Monster. 626 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:51,440 And if that's the only version people saw of me, holy, I can't 627 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,800 imagine. But I will say I don't know why 628 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:58,280 this hopped in my head. Jessica the Gula is like the 629 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:02,440 coolest, most chill person outside, which you probably 630 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,400 picked up on that as she's been more in the spotlight. 631 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,640 Media day she comes in, She's so chill, so cool. 632 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,600 Her energy is so like. I just want to give a big shout 633 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,760 out to Jessica if you like your fellow podcaster. 634 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,880 I know. She is, she's become one of my 635 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,920 favorites to work with the media day because she's like just so 636 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,280 cool and relaxed. Yeah, no, I, I, I appreciate the 637 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,880 call out and yes, she is a fellow podcaster. 638 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,520 It's a very competitive space and I'm very sad that in 639 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:35,000 Australia when she played Maddie Keys, they then became the first 640 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,800 ever podcast partners to play each other in a Grand Slam. 641 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,960 So I no longer have opportunity to get that that Guinness 642 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:43,920 record. So this will be the first male 643 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,120 podcaster. This is true. 644 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,320 This is true. OK, well I also need to find a 645 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,600 permanent Co host. But Charles. 646 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,840 I'll play you at Wimbledon. OK guys, you heard it. 647 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,920 You heard it here first. That is a legally binding 648 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:01,320 contract. Charles and I are playing at 649 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:08,920 Wimbledon for the 1 LB Slam. Jesus, jeez, Jesus, I bet you 650 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,600 Madison Keys or or Jessica Pegula would like be on your 651 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,800 podcast or come to Tea dance. Madison's like a like an ally. 652 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,520 Oh yeah, no. I'm. 653 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,440 I mean, they all are, but. I'm trying to get them. 654 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:19,920 I'm trying to get morgues out here. 655 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,640 I'm trying to get them all. Gosh, I'm obsessed with morgues. 656 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:25,680 She's so good. She's so good. 657 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,840 She's so correct. Well, that actually leads us to 658 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:33,320 our our next segment to quote Celine Dion's 15th studio album, 659 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,520 Let's Talk About Love. So famously, there have been a 660 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,280 lot of player romances. I'm just curious, do you have 661 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:45,680 any like favorite professional player couples like whether it's 662 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,920 Alex Demenauer and Kenny Bolter Spitty? 663 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,120 Monkeys. I love Taylor and Morgan, I 664 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,640 think they're so funny together. Taylor's also really cool and 665 00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:00,080 chill in person, but I love swiddling them on Feast. 666 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,440 They're really cute. Alex Demonnar. 667 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,320 I feel like he's going to be the world's best husband. 668 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,160 He seems so like thoughtful and considerate. 669 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,000 Yeah, yeah. So it was very cute in Australia 670 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,679 when they had that whole like you're the 49% owner of a very 671 00:34:12,679 --> 00:34:15,440 valuable company. And that whole moment was was 672 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,760 adorable. I will say I miss Citidosa, 673 00:34:19,679 --> 00:34:23,880 Citipas and Palabidosa. Like they were, they were, they 674 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:25,560 were chaotic. All these other couples you 675 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:26,760 mentioned were like, they're so cute. 676 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,120 I was, I never looked at them as like, oh, they're so cute, but 677 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,480 they fit. It was toxic, but I loved it. 678 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,920 Like that weird moment when they were driving through Monte Carlo 679 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:39,080 in that quarter $1,000,000 car and just looking like stoned out 680 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,719 of their mind is just over at all like miserable. 681 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,080 That was a very chaotic relationship, but I enjoyed, 682 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:48,760 like, watching it kind of unfold. 683 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,639 Yeah. Oh, no, I loved it. 684 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,679 It's kind of like you were what you were talking about earlier 685 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:56,880 with Naomi and self-expression. Like that couple gave me a lot 686 00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,320 more than like a Dimenauer and Bolter who I love and they're 687 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,840 very cute, but I don't get much beyond that. 688 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,840 I'm just like, OK, cool, great. Go have your life together. 689 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,120 Very, very Prince Charming and Snow White. 690 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:09,800 Great. Whatever. 691 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,960 But like I want something messy. Yeah, Steph and Paula were 692 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,840 feeding the children for sure. They were posting about each 693 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,520 other. We were watching our stories. 694 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,360 Yeah, it was a fun relationship. Yeah, and like the the following 695 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,720 and unfollowing and the the updates and the sadness and the 696 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:29,040 weird coded messages, it was, it was a delight. 697 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:33,440 It it warmed my heart so. And like the one Bettencourt 698 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:37,480 factor, Paula's Paula's ex-boyfriend, who's like the 699 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,160 most gorgeous man. Wait, I don't know about this 700 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,280 person. Tell us. 701 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:45,400 Girl, look up Juan Bettencourt, look him up right now. 702 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,920 I want to see her reaction. Really. 703 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,840 Juan Betta. It says model as this. 704 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,000 Holy shit. Oh my God. 705 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,400 Post him on the Instagram. Current, current or previous 706 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,560 boyfriend? That was before, before Steph 707 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,480 she was looking for. Steph is no slouch. 708 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:04,840 Steph is. Beautiful. 709 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:09,760 Yeah, wow, wow. See his photo. 710 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,280 On the Instagram now. Yeah. 711 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,200 He's holding. A pickleball racket in one of 712 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:17,920 them. So he's really coming for stuff. 713 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,360 He's in chaps in another one. Who is this gay baiting? 714 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,880 What? Looks he looks AI generated. 715 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,480 Seriously. Wow, OK, beautiful. 716 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:32,720 But I actually think Steph can hold his own against this guy. 717 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:37,160 I'm just going to say it, but you know, that's, hey, the, the 718 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,600 other beautiful thing is that we can all have personal tastes. 719 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:44,800 And I think Steph in his messiness is like, I really, I 720 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,800 love Sipsy Pasta's tweets. Like I know we're not supposed 721 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,040 to be on Twitter anymore, but I, I'm only on there for tennis 722 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:55,800 research And he does the most esoteric, like poetic, lovesick 723 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,520 existential crisis random tweets. 724 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,920 And then he just walks away and it's just like he's a, he's a 725 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,200 kook. I love him. 726 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,440 That's how you're supposed to treat Twitter and social media 727 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,160 in general. Just put out whatever you want. 728 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:09,160 Yeah. And then move on. 729 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:13,600 Yeah, exactly. OK, finally in our Little Love 730 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:18,360 segment, I want to play a game as an homage to Steven Bauer, 731 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:23,480 who is a comedian who does all these things of like these are 732 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,040 all the fruit and if I would date them. 733 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:30,000 So I am going to just list some tournaments and I'm going to ask 734 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,960 you if you would date them and I want to hear if you would date 735 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,240 them and why or why not. So Are you ready? 736 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,680 Yes. OK, Charles Connolly And again, 737 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,320 you're single, so maybe your boyfriend is one of these 738 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:47,840 tournaments. Monte Carlo, Would you date it? 739 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,000 Yeah. Yeah, why? 740 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,400 I've I've always wanted a rich husband. 741 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,200 They'd provide for me for life. OK, wow. 742 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:59,480 OK, let's showing the colors there. 743 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,360 I feel like there would be a prenup for sure because there's 744 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,400 people like move to Monte Carlo for as a tax haven, so. 745 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,360 That's generational wealth. They're not. 746 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,200 Yeah, going to let you in. They're not going to let a 747 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,520 little boy from Bracketville, Texas, come and get that money. 748 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,760 Absolutely not. I love that your hometown is 749 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,240 called Bracketville. And it's like, isn't there? 750 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:20,360 Isn't that like a whole campaign on ESPN? 751 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,320 Like welcome to Bracketville. Yes, a long time ago for March 752 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,800 Madness, yeah. But it's like no relation to 753 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,960 your town. No, but I think that, I mean, 754 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,520 they came up with a concept before they I think knew of the 755 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,440 town. So I think they, I think they 756 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,360 actually like went to Bracketville to film like a 757 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,400 segment or something. OK. 758 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,880 But yeah, it was on ESPN years ago, like 20 years ago. 759 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:45,640 OK. Yeah, exactly. 760 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,960 OK, OK. So you would date Monte Carlo 761 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,440 Australian Open? Yes. 762 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,920 Yes, Why? I feel like Australian Open 763 00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:00,560 would be like a happy go lucky fun sunshiny boyfriend. 764 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:05,840 They'd be fun and upbeat. OK, Labor Cup. 765 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,480 No, I wouldn't date Labor Cup. Why not? 766 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:19,840 Labor Cup. I feel like they are all like 767 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:26,680 surface level and no substance. OK, boom. 768 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,120 This is just like this isn't like a statement on the like I 769 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,840 like labor cop as an event but like as a boyfriend I would not. 770 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:35,960 Oh yeah, no, this is clear. No, absolutely. 771 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,840 This is only these tournaments as boyfriends, if you would take 772 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,480 them. This segment is crazy. 773 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:41,360 I love it. OK. 774 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,760 The Canadian Open when it's in Toronto. 775 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,840 No. OK, the Canadian Open when it's 776 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:54,600 in Montreal. Yes. 777 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:59,680 KY. I feel like Montreal is more 778 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,400 French right? Though they speak French in 779 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,840 Montreal. They do, which would be cool. 780 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:07,280 Like I've never dated somebody whose primary language is 781 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,920 French, so and I feel like they have a better day scene there, 782 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,680 right? Oh, they do. 783 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,240 I mean both cities are pretty pretty progressive, but I mean 784 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:16,600 Montreal has those bars where like anything goes. 785 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,200 So. I hear, Mom. 786 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,840 I've never been, but I hear. But The thing is, the thing 787 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,160 about the Montreal French, it's like that Kwabakis or whatever 788 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:27,000 it's it's. Right. 789 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,800 It's like if French had a southern accent like a like a 790 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,240 from Alabama. Yeah, so if that's your vibe, 791 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:35,960 yeah, I but you're right, I think Montreal is just a more 792 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,800 romantic city for sure. Finally, the Six Kings Cup. 793 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:44,400 No. Why not? 794 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:54,960 Lots of reasons I might not be super welcome in Saudi Arabia, 795 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,280 so. Correct. 796 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,640 That might be the last choice you make, yeah. 797 00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:06,520 Yeah, although the field for 6 Kings slam or 6 Kings cup is 798 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,960 always super stacked. So I would watch, but I would 799 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:15,400 not date. Enough said. 800 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:20,880 Well, you got those all correct. And so listeners, if you are a 801 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,480 tournament or just a single person out there, Charles is 802 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:34,050 looking. I do want to just list off a few 803 00:41:34,050 --> 00:41:36,410 lobs beans that happened since the last show. 804 00:41:36,970 --> 00:41:39,890 Again, a lobs be in is anything that made us gayer for tennis. 805 00:41:40,770 --> 00:41:44,210 I just got to do a quick call out for the Ositani Open is how 806 00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:47,770 you say Ositani Open used to be called Leon, I think, or 807 00:41:47,770 --> 00:41:50,840 Montpelier. The courts there are so sexy. 808 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:52,960 It's those pink and Blues together. 809 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,280 I love that they are having fun with her court color. 810 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,400 And I think that other tournaments could have a little 811 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,240 more fun with the colors of the courts. 812 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,040 Maybe it would make it a little more interesting, maybe like an 813 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:07,080 all black court or maybe pinks and I don't know, I feel like it 814 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,640 could be a fun thing so. I agree. 815 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:13,440 Like a black court could be really cool and I feel like you 816 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,080 see a lot of like darker colors indoors because I feel like 817 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,160 there's like 2 factors. There's like broadcast. 818 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,920 Can you see the ball on TV and is it going to boil the player 819 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,480 if it's hot? Like playing on a black court in 820 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:25,920 Australia? Intense. 821 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,200 But yeah, I love the pink colors. 822 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,160 And in that tournament that you said for coming today. 823 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,520 Yeah, Ositani, or however you say it. 824 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:35,840 Yeah, it's like that skin care brand, Ositani. 825 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,800 I never know how to say it. I'm just like the oh. 826 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:42,240 Yeah, the O brand. The O for Oprah or you know, 827 00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:43,880 also there's technology out there. 828 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:47,160 We we see these other courts turn over and like change 829 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:48,800 colors. Like I don't know, like it's 830 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:50,680 like one day it could be pink, one day it could be blue. 831 00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:52,960 I think we could just have a lot more fun with court colors. 832 00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,880 So just putting it out there, organizers, if you want me to do 833 00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:59,360 some color schemes, I am a schemer. 834 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,760 Got to do a shout out. This guy's polarizing. 835 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:06,600 But Jack Draper's cold plunge in Norway ahead of his return to 836 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:13,160 tennis, where the UK played Norway and Davis Cup qualifying 837 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,560 and he scored his first win back in five months. 838 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,560 So that's great. But that cold plunge, did you 839 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:22,640 see this cold plunge? It's just him and compatriot. 840 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,600 I did see that. Yeah. 841 00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:27,120 Lobster. I would be nervous to, like, 842 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:28,800 jump in cold water like that before an event. 843 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:29,880 I'd get sick. But. 844 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:32,720 And I'm sure it was like ice. Oh, yeah. 845 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:35,440 But I guess I don't know, maybe the British immune system is 846 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,440 stronger than mine. Well, it's supposed to be good 847 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,280 for you like a cold plunge. It's supposed to be very like 848 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,360 invigorating. And you know, like I'm sure 849 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,680 you've been to Century Spa. I haven't, no. 850 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,320 Oh, I haven't either. But I've been to We Spa and 851 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,000 they've got a cold plunge and it's wonderful. 852 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:51,160 Oh, I love that. Yeah, have you ever been to We 853 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:54,360 Spa? No, I don't think about it. 854 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,840 Though I don't know if the idea of a Korean spa is appealing to 855 00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:00,440 you, but it's wonderful. It's very chill and it's just 856 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,680 like plunges and whatnot. And they've got an amazing 857 00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:07,920 Korean restaurant upstairs with like $16.00 giant Pokey Bowl. 858 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,040 It's great. OK, so catch me at we spa. 859 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,640 Yeah, yeah. OK, listeners, Charles will be 860 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:15,400 at WE Spa if you want to date him. 861 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:20,080 If you're a tournament, we've got a bunch of other Lobstians 862 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,560 real quick. We've got the Dallas 863 00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:25,840 cheerleaders at the Dallas Open. I just love that between matches 864 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,080 they would come out and do some routines. 865 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,480 Your home states. Obviously the the Dallas Cowboy 866 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,720 cheerleaders are iconic. It's very campy and it also 867 00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:39,240 makes me just think like, what can we be doing between matches 868 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:42,080 that is a little funnier and weirder. 869 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,240 And so I love that Dallas went for that. 870 00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:46,000 Do you like the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders? 871 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:47,880 Yes, I mean, you have. I do. 872 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,320 I'm a big fan. I love their show on Netflix 873 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:51,880 too. America's Sweethearts. 874 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,160 And finally, Pammy is back on TV. 875 00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:58,120 She barely left us. She was part of that shake up 876 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,200 over at ESPN and no longer being part of the Australian Open 877 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,200 coverage, which I was very sad about. 878 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:07,080 I love Pam Shriver, but I was watching Tennis Channel the 879 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,840 other day and Pammy is right there at the desk hosting at 880 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:12,960 least one of the hours with a couple of people. 881 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:16,440 I just love her. And so you see her now on. 882 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,280 Occasion, I mean, I I wouldn't say I see her very frequently, 883 00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,200 but like at the tournaments like she worked Roland Garris for us 884 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:28,920 a few years ago and she is such a personality. 885 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:32,680 Like Pam Shriver really is a gem. 886 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:34,240 And I want to see more of her on TV. 887 00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:38,400 Like she just makes watching tennis more interesting and 888 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,640 she's a kooky, goofy personality and she's so funny on Instagram. 889 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:42,880 Follow her on Instagram too. Oh. 890 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,440 I don't follow her. Is she? 891 00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:46,560 What did she do? Did she like? 892 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:50,480 She just posts her life like she's not too fussy with what 893 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,040 she posts. Like the other day there was 894 00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:55,000 like a snake in her house. So she had like catch this snake 895 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,560 or something. But her Instagram is Pam Shriver 896 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:00,800 under SCORE official and she's great. 897 00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,320 Under score if it not the don't don't follow the unofficial. 898 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:07,440 That one is not Pam. That's me. 899 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:12,000 That's me pretending to Pam. Amazing. 900 00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:14,400 We're going to wrap up the show with a few more things. 901 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:16,920 First, we got to start out with Twit, which is this week in 902 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:19,640 tennis 'cause there has, like I said, been a lot of action. 903 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:23,080 Just as a reminder, though, we cannot possibly cover every 904 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,480 match on this show. If you're coming here for the 905 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,360 latest scores, you're going to be more disappointed than I was 906 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:31,640 after paying all of that money to that matchmaker and still 907 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:33,680 spending Valentine's Day all alone. 908 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:35,840 Although I guess I'm not spending it alone because I'm 909 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,200 here with Charles. It's our big first date. 910 00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,920 This is Valentine's Day and I. Know that, Charles. 911 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:43,480 Happy Valentine's Day. Thank you. 912 00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:45,040 Happy together. Lovely. 913 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:49,640 Yeah, just some big headlines though from around the tour. 914 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,440 So we've got some major Montpelier mojo. 915 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:58,240 First off, Arthur Fees is back. Another stalwart of the Bay TP 916 00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:01,480 rankings. Arthur Fees was gone since the 917 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:05,320 Rogers Cup last year with an injury. 918 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,240 He comes back in France and makes it all the way the 919 00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:12,360 quarters, but then he comes up against that juggernaut Felix OJ 920 00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:15,840 Ali Yassim, who was so locked in. 921 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,160 And look, we know when someone is locked. 922 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:22,200 They are more focused. In his match against Arthur 923 00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:27,840 Fees, FAA in the second set, won 16 of 16 service points, bro, 924 00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,920 like what a performance. Then he goes on and he wins the 925 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:33,600 title. He beats Mannarino in the final. 926 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,320 FAA man he is. He's. 927 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:41,760 He's on a role, Yeah. Yeah, he plays Demon R in the 928 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,440 final and Rotterdam like tomorrow morning. 929 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:46,840 So he's like. Did he already beat Bublik? 930 00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:50,240 He did in straight size 1 and 2. Whoa. 931 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:52,200 I was like, oh, I'm going to watch after this. 932 00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:55,240 OK, wow. Wow, I need Felix to make a deep 933 00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:57,440 run out of Major. But yeah, he's he's been killing 934 00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,040 it. He finds his groove in these 935 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,840 kind of like lower level events. I tell you, man, it's the five 936 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:04,680 hundreds. I love a 500. 937 00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,280 You get all these narratives and you get all these people and 938 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,360 like, I like, I'm excited for that final tomorrow. 939 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,000 I mean, the what? And I don't know who's going to 940 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,040 win. I mean, but that is scary that 941 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,680 Felix beat Booblick one and two because Booblick serve. 942 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:20,560 Booblick must have just had one of his ridiculous mental farts 943 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:21,720 where he's like, I don't care anymore. 944 00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:27,640 Fuck it. We had some chaotic moments in 945 00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:33,000 the Middle East with the women, really exciting semis and both 946 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:37,160 Abu Dhabi and Doha. Abu Dhabi again, another perfect 947 00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:40,240 500 level tournament. We've got people getting the 948 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:44,640 spot like Haley Baptiste, Alexandrova, Clara Towson, all 949 00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:46,840 in the semis. But then we got a surprise 950 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:51,840 winner of a Next Gen. Czech Gurley, Sarah Balick. 951 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:57,080 I think it's how you say it. She is a young up and Comer. 952 00:48:57,240 --> 00:48:59,520 She's only 5 foot two. She wins the whole tournament. 953 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,400 I really want to see her play against Jasmine Palini. 954 00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:05,720 I feel like that would just be like a a fun match, but in pure 955 00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:08,200 Czech faction. She's already walking around 956 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,200 with a knee brace on because those Czech girlies are just 957 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:16,840 they're they're brittle bone baby bird arms and legs. 958 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:18,400 It's just something's always wrong. 959 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:24,080 But then we have Doha, where Mukova said hold my brace. 960 00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:27,560 And she goes on and wins her first thousand level tournament, 961 00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:31,520 her only second tour level title, taking on in Boko. 962 00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:36,080 And again, we said it a little bit, what I loved watching 963 00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,680 Imboko and Mukova play really high quality first set. 964 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,000 I love both of their games so much. 965 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,240 They both have style, they have flair. 966 00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:46,800 They were there. They became the nanny, whatever 967 00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:49,840 that song is. They really had like some 968 00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:53,280 players I watch and I'm not going to pile on who I always 969 00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:55,480 pile on, but some players I watch who are a little less 970 00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,320 consistent and it's like, who's going to show up today? 971 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:03,800 But with both Vicki and Carolina, Carolina, I'm like, I, 972 00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:07,600 I feel confident and I can just watch you play your match. 973 00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:11,120 And I love when I don't have to stress about who's going to show 974 00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:12,600 up. You know what I mean? 975 00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:14,840 I feel that way sometimes about Coco Golf. 976 00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:16,880 I wasn't going to say her name, but OK. 977 00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:19,240 Yes, Coco. Like I what? 978 00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:21,960 Has happened to Coco lately. She's my all time favorite 979 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:26,640 player, like all time, and I will always be suited for her 980 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:30,680 matches. But I feel like her game, it can 981 00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:35,120 be one or one way or the other. You never know who who's going 982 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:37,040 to show up. Like she could beat Ego and 983 00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:41,480 Arena or she could go down to a lower ranked player. 984 00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:45,040 I mean, the depth of the field is crazy, but yeah, who knows. 985 00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:48,120 But it's the thing with Coco, it's not a depth thing. 986 00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:54,080 Like she lost to Cochiaretto at the first round of Doha. 987 00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:57,600 Who's like, who's not someone who should be beating Coco? 988 00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,880 And yeah, she made it to the quarters in Australia and then 989 00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:04,880 was just trounced by Svitolina. Like, it's more, there are just 990 00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,440 days where Coco doesn't show up. And it's like, I'm getting a 991 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,840 little kind of, it's like my Coco golf ulcer. 992 00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:14,280 But even just thinking about the US Open last year when her serve 993 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:19,600 was just really on the Fritz and like, there was that changeover 994 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,240 where she was like shaking and kind of crying, 'cause it was 995 00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:26,880 just so it was I, I, that's the time of tennis where I like need 996 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,720 to look away because it's, it's hard to watch that I. 997 00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:32,760 Mean it is because I think you under you understand how that 998 00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:35,440 feels like you want nothing more than just to be off the court 999 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:39,600 like you want the match to be over the court feels like hell. 1000 00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,080 You feel like you're trapped in this like alternate universe 1001 00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:45,000 where everything's going wrong and you just want to be off the 1002 00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,880 court and not only off the court, but like cameras are on 1003 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,040 you, people are watching you. They're watching you at like 1004 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:51,880 your most stressed lowest moment. 1005 00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:53,840 I can't imagine. Yeah. 1006 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:58,120 And like. Or the rash where there's 28,000 1007 00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:03,400 people. 100% when you're under that stress the worst version of 1008 00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:07,000 Of You comes out and I feel like the worst version of Coco is 1009 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:08,520 still better than the best version of me. 1010 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:12,280 But you hit your breaking point at the changeover like and I 1011 00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,440 just feel bad. Yeah, yeah. 1012 00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:18,560 I've got to say, Coco, the grace that she carries herself with 1013 00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:21,040 is. Yeah, I mean, I am. 1014 00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:24,600 I'm nearly twice her age, and she's more of an adult than I 1015 00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:25,600 ever will be. I. 1016 00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:27,560 Think. Yeah, it's amazing. 1017 00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:30,360 Yeah, one more quick shout out, though. 1018 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,240 Just a 40, love. So we've got some aging icons 1019 00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:37,800 continuing to make news. Stan the man is just on the best 1020 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:41,400 farewell tour ever. He's back into the top 100 as a 1021 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:45,760 40 year old. Disgusting 40 with that epic 1022 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:48,080 backhand that is just a highlight reel. 1023 00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:51,560 If I could date one thing in the tennis world, it would be Stan 1024 00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:55,360 Vaverinka's backhand. Damn, he's so strong and I feel 1025 00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,640 like he's like he's like a tank. It's crazy. 1026 00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:02,480 And just the wind up, like I'm sorry, it makes everyone else's 1027 00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:04,960 one handed backhand look like just a turd. 1028 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:09,600 I love it, I love it. Also, I don't know if you saw 1029 00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:12,520 Serena on the Today show, but she's getting less and less 1030 00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:14,080 convincing that she's not coming back. 1031 00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:17,200 She. Was they were like, so you did 1032 00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:20,160 this thing and she's like, I'm not talking about that. 1033 00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:21,880 And it's like. I know. 1034 00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:26,120 Serena's coming back. She is, and you know, they were 1035 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:29,240 saying the first tournament she's eligible for is Austin, 1036 00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,400 and Venus has entered into Austin in the double S. 1037 00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:37,040 Can you imagine? I mean, flights to Austin are 1038 00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:39,360 about to get booked. Maybe we're going to Texas. 1039 00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:42,280 I I don't know if she is coming back. 1040 00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:44,440 I think that's going to be like a big, huge announcement, like a 1041 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,800 Vogue release or something announcing her comeback. 1042 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:49,400 Yeah. But yeah, it's hard. 1043 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,200 I mean, when you're the biggest athlete, like one of the biggest 1044 00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:55,400 athletes on the planet, it's hard to keep it a secret, 1045 00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:57,720 especially when you have these tennis journalists who know 1046 00:53:57,720 --> 00:54:00,440 everything about the sport, so. Well, have you heard anything? 1047 00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:05,520 I have the Tennis Channel. I have not heard anything truly. 1048 00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:10,880 What you've heard in the media is what we've heard and. 1049 00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:12,520 Blink twice if she's coming back. 1050 00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:16,280 Well, I don't know. I really can't. 1051 00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:19,560 I wish. But I feel like if she's coming 1052 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:21,040 back, she's probably going to Vogue. 1053 00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:24,960 She's going global with this release, not an American outlet. 1054 00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:27,960 It's going to, it's going to stop the presses. 1055 00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:29,160 Absolutely. Yeah. 1056 00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:33,160 Yeah. And also slightly less large 1057 00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:36,640 news for people over 40, But Lana Kazanetsava is now saying 1058 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:39,240 she might come back. That's wild. 1059 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:41,160 I did not hear. I mean, I heard that in your 1060 00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:43,400 name. Yeah, she just, she posted. 1061 00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:45,040 She's like, well, maybe I'll come back and I don't know how 1062 00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:49,800 serious she is, but I loved her game and she was a character and 1063 00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:53,280 the crazy tattoos and her. 2 new major champion. 1064 00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:56,360 Yeah, yeah. Who did not get elected to the 1065 00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:58,880 Hall of Fame, which I found offensive. 1066 00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:01,480 Yeah. Come on, she's she's a no 1067 00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:03,600 brainer, but. She did won one of her majors on 1068 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,800 a double fault thanks to Nara Safina, right? 1069 00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:07,920 Was it her? Was that a double fall? 1070 00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:10,200 I don't remember if I don't remember the match point, but 1071 00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:13,080 wow. 2009 I don't know. The US Open, Yeah. 1072 00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:14,240 She won the French in the US, Yeah. 1073 00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,440 Yeah, 2 game, major champion. Yeah, Spetti. 1074 00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,000 Well, folks, we're about to wrap up. 1075 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,000 We've got a new Bay TP Head on over to Instagram to see that 1076 00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:26,000 Bay TP again. It's not just who's hot, it is 1077 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:29,680 who is hot and playing well because it's hot to be a winner, 1078 00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:33,160 baby. We are going to wrap up though 1079 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:36,800 with one more game, Charles. And it's called It's a Match. 1080 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,360 So it's kind of like some of those things that maybe you've 1081 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:44,040 seen on TikTok or Instagram where it's a blind ranking and I 1082 00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:46,560 have 6 names for you. And you have to decide do you 1083 00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:50,520 want to play against them, play double S with them or date them. 1084 00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:56,160 And it's 2 per category. So choose wisely. 1085 00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,720 So the first one, although he did just shit the bed. 1086 00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:05,280 Sasha Bublick. Oh, I'd like to play double S 1087 00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:06,880 with him. Play double S with him. 1088 00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:08,320 Yeah, he'd be a fun double S partner. 1089 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:10,960 Yeah, I actually, that's a great call. 1090 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:20,840 Yeah, Tommy Paul. He's the heartthrob of the ATP 1091 00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:22,640 and he would be fun to date. I feel like he'd take you 1092 00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,600 fishing. Oh yeah, I'm going to take him 1093 00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:29,120 catfishing. Well, just as a as a reminder, 1094 00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,840 everybody, that is my husband. I took his last name, He took my 1095 00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:33,640 first name. We are the Paul Pauls. 1096 00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:35,720 But I will. Allow it, Paul. 1097 00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:37,560 Yes. Oh my God, that's great. 1098 00:56:38,720 --> 00:56:44,120 OK, Felix, OJ, Al Yassim. I would like to play against him 1099 00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:47,040 because he's he's nice enough to give me a few free games. 1100 00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:49,240 Oh. Cute. 1101 00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:51,480 He's so nice. He is a sweetie. 1102 00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:56,200 Carlos Alkhorov. Dating here, would it be fun? 1103 00:56:56,920 --> 00:57:00,480 Yeah. Dating OK, two more Lorenzo 1104 00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:03,600 Moussetti. Oh my gosh. 1105 00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:08,360 It's either double s or playing against. 1106 00:57:09,680 --> 00:57:13,680 I would play double s with him. OK, Yeah. 1107 00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:18,840 You'll you might be happy with this last one, Adrian Mannarino. 1108 00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:22,520 The lowest string tension on the tour? 1109 00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:25,480 Yeah. Play against Andrian Mannarino. 1110 00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:28,480 Great. Although I feel like he, I feel 1111 00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,240 like he would be the one that we both have the best chance of 1112 00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:33,560 getting any games off of, but also the most frustrating to 1113 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:35,840 play. His game is insane. 1114 00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:37,280 It would test my limits for sure. 1115 00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:38,640 I'd be. I'd be crashing out on the 1116 00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:41,960 changeover, yeah. Yeah, I would be Coco in the on 1117 00:57:42,040 --> 00:57:43,680 the Jumbotron crying in my towel. 1118 00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:44,520 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 1119 00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:49,920 OK, well, well played. I'm very happy for you and 1120 00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:53,080 Tommy, Paul and Carlos Alkarav. Thank you. 1121 00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,120 We're very happy. Oh, already? 1122 00:57:56,120 --> 00:58:01,120 Well, look, that was that was, it's a match and that's our 1123 00:58:01,120 --> 00:58:03,840 show, everybody. Charles, thank you so much for 1124 00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:05,040 coming on the show. Did you have fun? 1125 00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:07,040 I had a great time. This was really fun. 1126 00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:10,040 Thank you for having me. It's everything I expected and 1127 00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:12,880 more from the Ball Boys podcast. Amazing. 1128 00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:16,560 Well you are officially a ball boy and I will be asking you 1129 00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:18,880 back because it was so great to have you on and I feel like we 1130 00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,320 just scratched the surface. Will you come back? 1131 00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:25,200 Yes. Second date, everybody. 1132 00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:26,440 It's a match. Oh my God. 1133 00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:30,360 Amazing. Well, we are going to be back in 1134 00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:33,960 a few weeks with a new show as the tours start coming back to 1135 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:35,760 the States for the Sunshine Double. 1136 00:58:36,280 --> 00:58:38,640 And on the next show, we've got another case of new balls 1137 00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:42,280 please, where I'm going to be joined by the author of the new 1138 00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:47,520 queer tennis romance 30 Love. Tom Velner is going to be my 1139 00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:50,040 guest on the show. I'm very excited for that. 1140 00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:53,080 He's got a big shoes to fill after Charles though, so we'll 1141 00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,760 see. Until then, I am sending 1142 00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,520 everyone a big ball of love on Valentine's Day. 1143 00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:00,640 I love you all. Bye y'all.