Hey everyone and welcome to the latest episode of ball, boys
podcast. It's June and it's pride month
in the states and in France. And so to celebrate, we are
talking all things tear back to. Yes, it is Roland Garros.
It is the French Open. So settle in for some french
kissing, some French tipping, some french toast.
Toasting, and as always, I'm here with Mon Petit.
Mama Lon. Billy Hanson.
Hey Billy, how's it going? Hey, Paul.
What's a mom alone? It's a nipple.
Your mobile nipple. I'm a little nipple.
Did you know that? I spoke French fluently.
I did not. I also speak French fluently.
Should we do the rest of the Pod and French oui oui SI?
Okay. Well, that's enough of that.
So, um, but honestly, my nipples I feel like our Not too big, not
too small. They're just right.
Very Goldilocks. Yeah.
Well that's a term of endearment mom put Jamal, I'm alone, I'm
alone. Hmm.
We were talking about the French Open.
Yes, you've been there, right? I have, I was there.
I believe in 2014. It was great.
I was, it was kind of a gray rainy, couple days.
So after that was not the best and the food was absolutely
awful. And I watched Jelena jankovic
lose, they did many times between the years of like, 2008
and 2017, but it was, it was lovely.
It was Roland Garros, but I'm glad they've been expanding the
venue because they need to. So, I was there in 2018 and I
loved it. It always been a dream to go.
I think it's the last tournament on Earth where you kind of smoke
anywhere you want to. Its just like a boo.
Boo. And I just say croissants, And
drank espressos new fuma Papa nephew my papa.
That's what someone said to me when I went to the restroom, but
I was like, hey papa, hmm. Anyway, I told you, I was
fluent. Yes.
Yeah. And so I got to see Rafa.
I was literally, I was on so the for some reason he played on
Susan, long, long, and I got to I was sitting second row.
I was like, you know what? I'm going to Paris.
So I went because I was like, you know what, I've always
wanted to go. And listeners.
Here's the secret of life. You can just do shit.
So like if you want to go somewhere just go somewhere.
And so I was like I want to go to the French Open so I just
went and it was amazing. I got good seats because I was
like, look, I'm at the freaking French Open and I was two rows
in watching. Rafa play on Clay.
It was a bloodbath but he was like, he was just like a horse
up close. Like he just every muscles
Rippling and he was like, this was Prime role.
On Garros Rafa and it was it was so cool.
It was great. Yeah, I know I've seen him live
a few times as well, not necessarily on court but yes,
definitely Rippling. Wow.
Have you been enjoying this year's tournament?
What do you think I have? It's a well.
So let's start off with our shreeka, M anchor, everybody
into into our, you know, mindsets.
So yes, I'll go first my M is it's a bit longer.
I'm gonna try and get it right, but it's, but but it up, up, up,
up, up, up up. Hey, you should sole me, you
because that, and this was the thing that I dislike the most
about seeing it live. And what I dislike the muscle
watching on Tennis Channel plus because there's no commercials
is that during every changeover, they some jackass in the, in the
IAM will call that out. And then the, you know, the the
call and reply and reply is always like overlay, but it's
like these kids so it's usually kids who will try to start it
like more than once per changeover.
And so it's like some little kid will do it and everyone feels
bad. So it's like no only.
And then someone else is doing, it's like light.
And then like the fourth person doesn't even like Paul, are you
anti-fun? Are you anti kids?
I'm anti fun. Kids don't steal my Spotlight,
no match. No, no.
No be miserable. Yeah.
And then more miserable as an adult.
Look be be unseen. Be polite is, yeah?
Be invisible. Be like an Invisalign as you
know, Valerie cherish. Once said, I don't need to see
that. The annoying thing is, is that
unlike other sporting events where when there's a timeout or
something, there's a PA system. Well don't play music and
actually had a lot of tournaments now they play music
between the brakes. There's no music.
And so, it's just about bop, bop, bop, bop bop, bop bop, are
there. Any olleh olleh?
I got it. I got it.
Are there any songs? You've been listening to lately
that have been rocking your world me?
Pride songs. Well, I finally learned.
What padam is, what is padam padam padam?
Oh, sorry. My is it from the Northeast?
Do we say, p? Damn, but put on use me, but
damn, yeah. This way padam.
So it's Kylie Minogue's new song.
Yeah. But um, but um, and it's a Bop a
long time, you know, I actually posted out to my followers on
Instagram like WhatsApp Adama because I kept seeing it
everywhere. Potassium is a heartbeat and
it's very it's reminiscent of rublev shirt that he's debuted
at the French Open which is just it looks like he's getting an
EKG. It's just like a stripe but like
a pet em pod. I am like a heart monitor cross
the front of him and so whatever.
See them like I do, that's all I know.
We've been looking for our new fashion icon in the tennis
world, and I mean, obviously, it's rublev, it's real.
I mean, not no means had some covers of Russian GQ and ginger
weekly. No.
But do you think he's a ginger? I mean, I'd be shocked if you
weren't. Yeah, I always thought of him.
As like a strawberry blond, like a dirty blond.
What's the difference? Uh-oh.
You throw in some strawberry? There, your Ginger.
Come on, right? I feel like there's a lot of
strawberry blond so it make to differ.
I mean, in some lights, you're a little bit of a blond, but
you've got some blond highlights.
Yes. But there's no strawberry.
Well give it time. But anyway, back to the tennis,
I have been enjoying it. So you know the early rounds are
there's always a risk of it being a little boring, a little
predictable this year has not been that.
There's been some upsets, there's been some some great
quality matches. This is this is one of the few
years we've had the French Open without Rafa and I was worried
and still worried. We don't talk about too much,
you know, he's not there, but in some ways, I feel like 20:23
French Open. It doesn't feel like we're
missing much by him not being there.
It still feels like there's a, the highest quality is competing
for this title. What do you think?
I mean, are you ready for my shrieking M?
Oh yeah, sorry, please, she want it on.
I've been prepping it for a week now.
Here we go. Huh, was that from the eagle?
So it's indulgent, it's dramatic.
It's too much. It's sloppy, it's extended.
It's very Martina try these on. And that's what the french open
is giving me right now. It's giving me like it's over
the top. It's Ott and I'm into it.
Yeah, and that grunt, by the way, was after I hit the ball.
So I hit the ball and it's like, yeah, well, I was wondering if
you were modeling it after a specific player or for every
something. Oh, okay, yeah, it's been a
cage. Romantico Roland Garros, so far
just you know, more French. It's been, I mean, I find it
one, the most beautiful tournaments in the world that
knew Court which neither one of us was there for live when
right? They are, but Simone, Matthew is
the most beautiful Court in the world.
I'm going to go on record. No one else has ever said that
before. They had to fight the Parisian
locals for a while because they didn't want, you know, you know,
more crowds more construction. But I never said that Love's a
protest. Would have been what have been
your highlight matches so far? Yeah, my bought matches so on
the men's side, it's been so look, we're both in l.a., ah,
the French Ben is not, it's in France and so sometimes it's
hard to catch all the matches but there's been a lot of really
nail-biting matches where you just you don't know exactly
what's going to happen. It hasn't always been made with
the highest quality of a man burners but there have been some
Barnes set Ablaze the first that comes to mind is vodka and
kokkinakis and that was second round, they both have really
compelling back. Stories of rinka is my chefs
kiss favourite player of the last 50 years?
I mean I love stands game. I love it when it's on.
It is so much fun to watch. Well there there fluid bonded.
Is that the word? Is that the term and they slept
they both slept with that catch. That's what I'm trying to say.
Are you sure of that? Well, you remember the match
with the brink against curios were curious was like, yeah, you
EFT. Yeah, yeah, cock cock banged,
your girl. I think is what he said on a
changeover which was just peek. Peek curios charm by the way,
where the fuck is curios? He said that his girlfriend
wanted to go to Paris, so he was going to play, but he never kind
of sweet. I know what a nice guy.
I wish you play tennis again. Mmm.
But yeah. So there was, there was quite a
back story between them and then it was really, I mean, it went
to the fifth set, I think. Stan, the Man ran out of a plan
and it He was down, I think for love, then he battled back and
got on to serve and it was it was a great, very compelling,
very tense and the crowd was going bananas.
Forever Inca they wanted hit they wanted him to win so bad
and they were just yelling and screaming every Point.
Well, this French crowd, I mean they've always been loud and
arguably noxious and Very enthusiastic.
But this year, it feels like next level.
I mean, we have seen Well, that Fritz match today, right?
Oh my God, or Fritz. Paul.
What did you see? Like the the crowd was on the
fritz in every way it was freaking out, and they were so
Fritz, was playing render, connect connect?
Yeah, well, there's a classic French name.
Yeah. Classic French name.
He was the last Frenchman in the draw and so they were really
amped up to get some shred of Representation into the third
round. Look, I'm sorry Francis had an
amazing list of top 10. Top 20 players in the men's and
women's side, do not hang your hat on render connect to save,
no country, but they were in the fifth set or sorry the fourth
set. They were they were singing the
National Anthem during changeovers and not singing it
because they were asked to, please rise and and, and sink,
but because they were just they were trying to Up up there there
guy, and they were scream singing it which I love style of
a screen saying it's like yeah. Scream along with Billy in
Provincetown is one of my favorite nights.
Hmm. But they were so, I mean, I was
just imagining, could you imagine if let's say back at
Indian Wells when we were watching, Tommy Paul, and, and
on a changeover against when he played, oh, so if we got up,
yeah, and just started singing national anthem like we would B,
we would look insane and in some ways I kind of want to do that.
Now, I'm kind of like wait, can I?
I'm not sure I can get behind America quite that much.
Is the problem. Well, I mean France is France,
has got some skeletons in my closet, well but the results of
the shushing. Well, they sure so yeah, they
had they had this whole thing where to be helpful because
people were screaming between serves before Taylor was serving
and E time and so people like, but then some, some genius was
like, wait a second. That's a really annoying sound
too. So they started to eat along
gating, they start drawing out the show, so it was like, it's
not annoying. No, no, no, no, I love that.
I'll keep going. Where else do it again?
Yeah, the chair umpire didn't do anything because it's like, are
they trying to help people pay for?
Yeah, it's like Mary pass. Grasses.
Like someone needs to take over take over.
So, they were bullying. They were bullying Taylor Fritz.
And I've, I've never really been a huge for its fan, but he held
it together and he won. And after he won, he on leashed.
He was done with the crowd and he just turns around and puts
his finger to his mouth and just, oh, shit, mmm-hmm them and
they, erupt and booze. They are, they are so adamant
and a Aggressive about this so they're booing him.
They don't even let him have the interviewed.
So Mario Batali comes on at the end to interview him.
They won't let him get a word in edgewise.
Well, Marion Marion Bartoli could have done a better job.
She could have been like, hey, mother effers, shut up, I'm
marrying skipping. This guy, some respect she could
have stepped up a little bit and taken a little bit of heat and
said she was like humming often about pooping.
People play and like, if they kept doing it, she's like, oh
no, that's in the pop-up Polly Polly, it whatever.
Like, come on. Yeah.
Well and then, she finally got one question in about.
How did you turn it around and Fritz?
Was just like, well, because the crowd, you know, I did it for
the crowd because you guys are really rooting for me and I
wouldn't want to let you down, and that was just like the level
of pettiness. Again, the ATP Tour is the petty
tour. This is where the Mean Girls
are. Honestly, I've never liked for
its more. I was into him.
You Do you and my mom, I'm excited to see how well the
French crowd remembers that match and if they come for Fritz
in the next round, right? Like, are they ready or are they
going to be like that was yesterday?
You know, it'll be interesting to see and then I mean we've had
a lot of great matches on the men's side we had, as you've
mentioned by bring kokkinakis. We had this Fritz match.
We had all my orbiting sinner. That was great.
We had of course. I mean honestly I really like I
was you know I was excited about Sinner and Medvedev playing in
the quarters. Hmm not gonna happen that is not
going to happen it dommage. Yeah quelle suprise on.
Yes please. Yeah that was that was tough.
I mean he really looks sinner he wilted towards the end.
He did save one amazing match point, we're all together.
God over. That was insane.
Jane. Yes, he saved synergistic match
points altogether, right? Yeah.
I mean it was I thought he was going to pull it out somehow but
to, but he doesn't pull out. He does not pull it out.
Did you just wiggle? No, I don't think so.
That's why he was so tired. Sinners well, you know, it is
pride month. So it's all about Sinners.
Yeah. But you know watching pair Nori,
Monfils Bez Baez. I mean these were some great
Which is the French crowd. Is a lot of fun, but are they
the most obnoxious? And all the tennis is my
question. I mean, like, feels like this,
whole crowd is forming. This gigantic circle jerk, and
it's like frothing, and it's a frenzy.
And I mean, it's, like worse than the Equinox steam room, you
know? Yeah.
Wait. So, are you complaining about
this? Or are you writing fanfiction
some observation? Yeah, they were even like that
for the the care longer. See a match against, I forget
who she lost to, but it was a tight one and, you know, as
usual the blink of a blink about, you know, as usual Cairo
was was too aggressive in the city blanque wants and it's
over, you know, if the blink of a hey, hmm.
You ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all night editing that
out. Yeah, no, I mean, the crowd
really well, the crowd entertaining to a point and then
it's like, Hey, this actually makes the US.
Open crowd look pretty docile polite and respectful Haines.
And it's something that and I don't know, like the whole thing
is like maybe they need to have music playing on the changeovers
and stuff, stuff that kind of entertains and distracts the
crowd versus just them sitting there like, yeah, they're just
like edging the entire time. They're just it's like oh yeah
and like their knees are touching.
I'm just like oh I mean the way the way that They soaked, look
up. We in adoration mmm.
At the end of his match. He was Dripping.
Do it the way they showered him. Yeah, with praise and that you
know it was a lovely style of poetry.
I mean love poo fooi to Puig because that was just he will
tell me about him. Well I mean great talent.
Great game or more some reached the top-ten reached the top ten,
let me finally set the Australian Open.
No Sammy. Don't suggest semi-finalists
yes. Sorry I thought you said
finalists of ulcer. I've never been wrong.
No except spell Cuda. Muratova hey you are do you RM e
RT? ER V ER and so we fell off the
map and it turns out he was having severe anxiety.
Attacks trouble sleeping. I'm a big, we Stan.
Yeah. But you know, we've been talking
about the men, those those those women's matches have also been
electrifying, right? Peyton Stearns.
Also panko, you heard it here. First honestly you gave you gave
peace turns. A shout-out on maybe episode 2
or 3 and he maybe is several shoutouts giant killer.
Yeah. Yeah how did you get how'd you
become such a Stern Stan? I just there's something about
how she knows how to win a point, you know, even if it's
ugly even if it's She wins the point is that her secret, you
know? Wow.
Sometimes when people ask me for some tips in tennis, I say well
get that ball over the net. And get it away from your
opponent. So just hit it like over the
fence. Yes I think as far away from
your opponent. Yeah and then if you speak in
French are they called french tips.
You know another life. I would love your French tips.
Yeah. Have I mentioned, how good your
hair looks speaking of hair? What do you think of Benoit a
beard? I mean that thing.
What is it? What?
What is living in there? I'm worried about what I would
find in that. I mean, I look when he pops that
collar and dies that hair, I am taken right back to beige in
2004, and I feel like I'm looking at you.
If you could grow a beard and he is, don't challenge me Paul
because you're going to get you're going to get it.
You're not going to like us in Rip Van.
Tingle I would love to see that face Bush grow one more match
though we have to talk about was the Medvedev Medvedev versus.
What's what's His last name, say, both wield say, but wield,
of course, who is well-known? Sailboat wheeled beat Medvedev
in five sets. Oh my God.
This guy is a real dream like the love child of Pedro.
Pascal. And Roger Federer, but got best
genes from both of them and those eyes three Merchants but
like I don't know if he's going to do anything else, I hope he
does. Well I mean so he is going to
break up you and Tommy Paul. We might become more, they
called, would you say all the brothers fluid, fluid bonded,
fluid bonding. I think my dentist did that went
viral and I had a cavity he's like you need a fluid bonding.
I were so we just need to take a moment.
Pour pour one out for our homies, which is just the beauty
of his eyes like they are that beautiful light blue Brazilian.
I that just oh now here's a few too many tattoos and he has one
too many girlfriends for my liking.
I did it a little Deep dive on his Instagram.
She is a, she's a tennis player, very cute couple.
And he actually he won a tournament back in 2019.
He beat Casper. Rude in the final and then he
fell off. He got injured.
He really struggled during covid and he's just sort of gone away.
He's only 23 years old. So he's got, he's got time.
Who knows if this is it? He did win a second round match.
He's into the third round. Maybe he's gonna win one more
but but I was honestly II here. I am like apparently I don't
know anything about tennis but I thought that Medvedev had a
shot. I thought he was, I had him not
even penciled in for the Siamese but I used ink and I was ready
for to see. Medvedev do his funny, little
dance. Be his cute little self.
But boom, he's gone. There's something though and we
always knew this he was able to overcome it in Madrid and Rome
but There's something about his shots that just don't penetrate,
no on the clay and, you know, we love Daniel, another highlight
for me. How is it Kina that tweener?
So I was watching SportsCenter, the other night and she was
number one on their top, 10 plays.
There was, there was an alcaraz one, that was number three,
where it was a back-to-back tweener, which honestly probably
was number one, but I think it was like a Tie in as like, okay,
cause akina gets the number one. Play to kick off pride month and
she did this tweener. That was a tweener winner and it
was like a jock play and she just she was showing some
impregnable stuff out there impregnable.
Yeah. Yeah.
Like you know her defense is impregnable.
Nothing's getting in mmm. Well I could definitely get
behind Kazakh Kena you know even though her game doesn't
Electrify me there's nothing about her game that is like wow
that is absolutely absurd absurd in terms of the the skill level.
But look honestly she's the only out player in the top 10 and I
am going to absolutely stand behind her and router.
I mean, we saw her plate. San Diego was not the greatest
match, she's not the most impressive tennis player, but
she is an impressive. Athlete correct, right?
Yeah, I applaud her. I applaud her.
I don't give a fuck attitude. Mmm doesn't care if she faces
homophobia or backlash from Russia.
She is. I mean, honestly like so the
Russian players don't have a flag right now.
I like can she have a rainbow flag?
Like is that possible? I think it is.
I think we're going to, I'm going to I'm going to submit a
suggest do it? Yeah.
Talk to Chanda. Talk to the Chanda.
Jesus say that in high school talk to the Chanda cause the
face ain't listening. Mmm-hmm God, you love my, I'm
killing it tonight. That was it?
Yeah, well speaking of killing it there is.
So AI is all over the news and AI is now being used to kill
online trolling. We've been hearing about this.
Hmm. Are you talking about Sloane
Stephens? She's been talking about how
she's received a lot of online abuse specifically, racist
abuse, but probably all forms of abuse.
But for the first time they're using AI to filter out and block
hateful comments for any player who wants it at the French Open,
which feels a little weird. It's like if you qualified for
French, Open Your you're protected from I'm online
Trolls, but if you didn't well, you know, you protected for
until you lose. So like you lose in the third
round and then you go back to your hotel, your devastated, and
you just you pull up, Instagram or Twitter and you're like, oh,
oh yeah, it's worse. Hotel is printed out all of the
old hateful comments. And they've left is what you
missed. Yeah.
On your feet, on your pillow. It's like a turndown service,
but it's a put-down service and it's like you go.
With with a chocolate everything, you know there's a
lot of parallels with the drag race Universe, the drag race
fans. A little toxic tennis fans can
be a little toxic. What do they say about aniseh
MOBA. Well Anna's MOBA is taking right
now. A mental health break.
She's gotten a lot of online trolling specifically, they've
been talking about her body. How it's not a quote, quote,
unquote athlete's body. How her boobs are too big?
You know to like finish a forehand swing, Unfortunately, I
just don't know what the solve is.
I mean, maybe this AI software can be permanent and people can
just, you know, I don't know how smart it is, you know, does it
shut out everything or, you know, how specific can it get
like because maybe sometimes you want someone to give you like a
little bit of a ribbing or a little bit of a snark, right?
A bit of a, what ribbing? Oh, I heard it m in there.
Some rib rimming, a little bit of a rimming, a little Bit of a
snark, a little bit of a poke, a little bit of a prod.
And, you know, like there's such a thing as online, banter right.
There's such a thing as online fun, you know, being a public
figure. But when it, when it gets to a
certain level, it's yeah, it's not cool.
But I just don't know exactly what the what the solve is.
Well, I think I know some guys who would probably want to
filter out the nice comments. Like they love being degraded.
Yeah, whoo, yeah. Well Look, there's two people
and there's two people in this Zoom, mon petit mal?
Come on. No.
I mean, I look, I'm just saying the insult night at the Eagle.
Well, attended and this AI, it's called.
Bodyguard just like, is he cute? Is he his bodyguard single?
And is it AI? Or is it just a fucking app?
Like I mean it's just an app that like see certain words like
that is, it is not like, Ki to me, come on now.
Well, I mean that the so that's all thing, but it's something
that's not overuse the concept of AI, everyone's worried about
AI, but then it's like all you have to do is like, misspelled
bi TCH and it's not going to catch it.
So it's okay. You're actually just put an
asterisk. It's like be asterisk.
TCH exact and know, you're talking about a zequinha.
Yeah, Butch, exactly or batch. I made some new cookies.
Batch. Hmm.
You bottom that you botched the name of Tiago.
Exactly bet. All right.
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some more of our outbursts and outfits from the first few days
of Roland Garros. I like how you had like an
attack like a Spanish role for the role on girls.
I'm a cunning linguist. Okay, we are back everybody.
Just had a quick little break where I got to be rate.
Billy Hanson a little bit just to spice it up and use that
bodyguard AI. If that's berating I don't ever
want to be back rated. Well, we're back.
And we're going to talk about the most important stuff, which
is the outfits in the outbursts around Roland Garros.
And there have, of course, been some already.
We're going to start out just focusing on the geopolitical.
Engines at Roland Garros this year both in the men's women's
side. People are stuff stepping in it
and you know when you're playing on Clay you got to be careful
where you step. You do not get clumpy.
Yeah. So there was a first-round match
between Ukraine and Belarus, which is just maybe avoid that,
maybe maybe the organizers be like, okay.
We know it supposed to be random, but maybe we're just
going to keep some of these players apart for now can
trigger the draw pole. Well, is that really rigging it?
I guess that's the definition of rigging.
Yeah. Like I'm gonna I'm gonna bring
my country to war so that I don't have to play someone and
first round. I mean, I'm going to go to war
with everyone and we ho so that I can win the weho open.
Yeah, the way Ho open is so easy to get into if you know, we ho
it's very open. But anyway we had accosted and
stabbed olenka they played in the first round right, what
happened? Well, They played in the first
round. I was hoping Koscheck would make
more of a match of it. She didn't at the end of the
match after sub-link a won in straight sets, Koscheck did not
shake her hand, which has been common practice for Ukrainian
players facing Russian or Belarusian players over the
past, few months, 6 months. But it seems like the French
crowd. It seems like they didn't
totally get that Koscheck was Really making kind of a
desperate political statement and they instant instead thought
she was just being a bitch and like not shaking Saba Lanka's
hands. So they booed Coast iook after
the match sub-link was asked about her position on the war by
Ukrainian journalist and she was kind of coil and then he asked
her point-blank, do you support the war?
And she was like I do not support the war, no one could
support the war. A human of course I don't
support War which okay? I mean, the phone good.
I'm glad you don't support the war, but I mean Arena really
could use a little bit of PR training as she.
I don't necessarily think she's a bad person but she comes off
as tone-deaf and and very self-involved and may be
unaware. She's you know, you have this
Ukrainian journalists in your kind of defensive and dismissive
at the same time, it's just not a great look.
And then she was Feeling like a victim.
Yes, he's making about her and it's not about her.
There's a war. So there's a war.
There's a war Arena. You're not the victim of this
war. And after a second round match,
she was asked questions by this Ukrainian journalists.
Again basically seeking further clarification about her stance
on the war and she said I'm not answering your questions I'm not
talking to you the WTA stepped in and said you know let's end
this you know line of questioning and the It was like,
oh yeah. Okay, Irina.
So we know where you stand. It's clear.
We know where you stand. Yeah, it was Tessa.
Wait to see round 3 of that meeting.
Marina wins. But she loses, she has to have
an interview. It cannot ideal, it's not idea.
I mean, I don't know that, I think about the handshaking.
I mean, maybe there is there a world where they can shake hands
but it cost you puts like one of those novelty buzzers in her
hand and I think, like, from Counts, Cool and just like Zip.
Gotcha. I'd love to see it.
Do you think coaster creepy? Find, you know, like, spit on
her hand or like, you know, I don't know.
They like something where they just like scratches her.
Like, but like pretty aggressively and then shakes.
So I got ya like, it could be like a full-on.
Like have existed a doll wedgie pick.
Yeah, just excited. So just a little more grass like
exaggerated. Yeah.
Or like a, like, or she could like pull out like a strand of
her hair. Like you know she didn't do
something, I will just say I feel for the Ukrainian players
big time and thus a blank, a get it together.
What were some other international hoopla's?
Well so so Djokovic. He's not really getting enough
attention this tournament because he might win.
He might not honestly, no one really cares.
He wasn't getting, he played Martin fuuka, fuuka vich
vuckovich, I'm terrible. It's a bitch.
A bitch, Paul and I are, we're pretty good with pronunciation,
but we have our shortcomings. Well, we're going to come out
with a book. It's called shortcomings and
it's short stories about things. Yeah.
And what a babe he is. I mean he is children's book,
it's gonna be only read at drag queen Story Hour Across the
Nation across the world. But I mean fucks margin is such
a bitch pronounced. He looks like he stepped
straight out of Tom of Finland drawing.
I mean Pride, here we go. Hello facial hair.
Oh my God. I just built.
Like rip like yeah, on some leather boots and you know.
Yeah. And and turn off the positive
comments and just you know. Yeah.
Say the worst things to me. Yeah.
So he was playing Djokovic, they were cheering for him two or
three times more than they were for Djokovic, Djokovic.
He's just, he's just not that interesting.
What is Djokovic done? That's it all problematic
though. Well, Tom, I'm about to get to
that. So, that was round two.
So in round one, he decided to write in Serbian.
That Kosovo is, is in the heart of Serbia.
So for all you geography Buffs, it's not actually, it is
separate from Serbia and it's politically seen as separate by
a lot of people, including a lot of albanians.
So, in some violent violent, clashes have been some clashes
tribute on to this. Yes.
So so for Djokovic to say what he said on on the camera where,
you know, usually after a match your right vamos or love you or
just draw heart, he writes a political statement that cooks
too, but within the heart of Serbia, it's like dude, why it's
not the place, why would you say that?
I think that he's going to win, like I said maybe 30 grand slams
whatever but it's just sort of like watching.
It's watching the Tracy flick. You just you don't really want
them to win. This is where it ends.
He's not. He's not winning another
starting now, right now, really right now, I said it here first,
because I believe in manifestation, I mean, look,
we'll see, but we'll see, we'll see.
But, yeah. So there's been some political
snafus, which is kind of nice, because, when it comes to
outfits and outbursts, there have been more outbursts and
there have been outfits. I mean, what's going on?
Well, you know, I was thinking about it, I I miss the days of
the anticipating that big outfit word feel right?
Like, you know, five, ten years ago, what is Serena gonna wear?
What's her hair going to be like, what's Maria gonna wear?
What's Naomi gonna wear? What's even Waze gonna wear by
Adidas Stella McCartney, whatever.
Even Roger and Rafa's reveals were exciting.
And now, I don't know. We have eager in on, we have
cocoa and New Balance, hasta panko, you know, I means
newsarama, it's just cold, we don't necessarily need all of
our tennis icons to be, best used with Anna Wintour, and to
be fashion plates. But, you know, it's one of those
Sports where there aren't any uniforms aren't any helmets,
players can really make a fashion statement.
They can have sort of a unique identity and we're missing it a
little bit. I think, at the moment, and it's
kind of a bummer. I mean, yeah.
So, you know, wear a helmet. If you wanted to make a
statement, do something. Yeah.
You were wearing a helmet last night.
Yeah. It was insult night at the
Eagle. Yeah.
And they don't, they don't bring Rotten Tomatoes.
They bring canned tomatoes rocks.
Yeah, yeah. No.
I told you. I mean, remember do.
I'm Maria Kirilenko. Yeah, of course, he was so
gorgeous and she was, she was like, one of those like reveal
like stunts. Queens were like Stella
McCartney would just stress her before Waze.
And the looks were great. It was like cool and interesting
and, you know, I think we've got a little bit of that with Naomi
and maybe like a little bit of that.
Means we still have like bethanie mattek-sands who's not
afraid of a statement sock. No, she's never has been.
And she's also never been ranked anywhere near the top 20.
No, no. That one doubles doubles.
We're going up double absolutely W.
No here's the outlier is teofilo.
Hmm. His his look by Nike is I think
it's fresh. I think it's cool and it's also
only teofilo is wearing it. That's what we're missing is
like where one player had his her there.
Look that was signature. That was a moment and TFO.
His look is designed by rapper IDK.
I don't know who I DK is but I'm sure that you're saying, you
didn't know who the rapper, the his name is or her name is IDK.
Yes. And I also don't know who they
are, but they chose it. This feels like a scene from
airplane who's on first IDK teofilo.
Chavez outfit was designed by them and he still in the
tournament, he's a clay quarter, he's a baller and many, he's our
new fashion icon. He did have that moment at the a
0 at the Australian Open with with the sleeveless and yeah, I
don't know, maybe I'm reaching, but He is this what I have for
you with, in terms of outfits, I also like Cox outfit kokkinakis.
I just like the color palette, I think it's great.
I think it's kind of retro. I think it's Chic, but it's not
over. It's not too much.
It's well designed, it's edited. I have to say, the ball boys and
girls, those color palettes are perfect.
I love them. I love everything about the
colors that they're wearing. No, only one of only, they had
the Madrid models. Wearing those outfits weenies,
they're in every shot behind the server.
Some Brand get on it, hit those ball kids out.
Yeah, they don't need a job, you're done.
Go back to the farm. Well, taking a farm.
So the only the only Trend that I'm seeing is animal prints.
It's mostly with the Nike stuff but also like Martin, fusa.
Bitch was wearing animal prints and he is not sponsored many
different ways. Can we pronounce his number?
Sure it's food students now that I've said it it's not fuck a
bitch it's done fuck you. Billy why don't you go fuck a
bitch. See the AI is not going to be
able to Screen that out because I misspelled vich.
Anyway, Vince Vaughn is playing. Well, they're all playing in
these Stripes. It's reminding me of the Devil
Wears Prada scene, where it's like, oh I get it, I get it, I
get it. It's an urban jungle.
My mom Rock because like they're all wearing it's I think it's
zebra print but maybe it's tiger print.
I don't know, it's like a horizontal stripe that's on the
back of a lot of their shorts but also kind of subtly on the
front and the back of their shirts.
Yeah. I mean it's not that
Interesting, I can't get away with horizontal stripes.
It's just it's not flattering for someone with such sort of
broad shoulders coat hanger. Like, yeah, like sample size.
It's like, it's like, a sampler of Russell chocolates?
Yeah, that's kind of like the only look that's going on right
now, you know, what zebras? At least working.
We're out of the covid. We're out of the covid.
Interpretations of the amoeba viral designs, those are gone,
they've been wiped out. There was a vaccine.
I'm surprised Novak. Isn't wearing it because he's
not vaccinated against that design.
Paul. I think we're almost at the end
of this episode but I would love to hear your predictions for the
rest of the tournament. I am on the edge of my seat.
I'm on pins and needles. Bated breath, babe.
Why are you babe? I've got chairs here.
You don't have to sit on pins and needles.
So the predictions. Oh, look, I hate to say it, but
for me, the ball boys curse is back, so I was All I was on the
Mediterranean he's out, I love Yannick.
He's out my two dark horses for the women were crutch.
Which is going to lose in the third round.
Even our senior is is happening on Friday.
Correct. It's happening Friday June 2nd.
After this episode is going to be out.
So we shall see, we shall see, and it's gonna be a for Setter.
It's not me. Five sets, four sets to finish
Christina, my real Dark Horse. Vote.
Now, is Sarah, no, Lo he has been really coming in to form.
The last few Masters Tournaments around Europe, and he's playing
Fritz in the third round. And and the French crowd loves
for its they love the French Fritz.
I mean he stays forever. Yeah he's going to be eaten
alive. He's just like take for it.
So yeah. They're going to go to they're
going to go ham on him and yeah. So sarin dolos definitely going
on but then he's going to face roommates gonna be tough.
And then on the women's side I'm putting My dark horse is back.
I'm putting all of the chips on Elena svitolina.
She just one Strasburg, she is coming into form.
She has no pressure on her, which was probably the thing
that took her out the most early on in her career.
No pressure. No, no, no one expects anything
there, it's great that she's already back into the form that
she's in, she's under radar. She's going to take down these
ladies. Yeah, you know.
Okay, that's you agreeing. We can end the conversation.
Well spit Alina. Anna.
You know, she does everything really well but I think the
thing that took her out is yeah, she mentally didn't quite have
it at the most critical moments, but she also doesn't have one
big weapon and she is a great competitor.
It's I just don't see spit Alina beating someone like ash fee on
Tech or ass a Bellanca unless they're playing absolutely
terribly. I'm sorry.
I feel like she so you know she slated if the draw hold out she
will place a blanket in the quarters and I think that she
has a shot because her game. You can't go power for power
against uh Blanco but Elena's not going to do that.
She's gonna be a backboard she's aware sub-link out she's gonna
frustrate sub Linka and I think she has a shot.
I'm saying she's going all the way folks so if you want to make
some money it's video links to in as winning the tournament.
Man, she is winning Roland Garros 2023.
I want to pop up. I want to disagree, hola.
Hey, it's like very delayed for me.
I'm like oh yeah. I have to do the you know, I
want to disagree but stranger things.
Have happened on the WTA us to panco.
This is the treasure open is where the Fernandez Von Deuce of
a Ava myolie won the French Open.
Kept Martina Hingis from winning the Grand Slam.
I mean, yeah, this is this. This is where Roger Sanchez,
showed up. This is where Michael Chang won
his only grand slam, the French Open weird stuff happens and I
can't wait to see it. Who do you see winning on the
men's side? Oh I so I think it's going to be
a really beautiful final between El Corazon Rune and I don't want
to say this but I think runes going to take it, I think that
he is so dialed in and he is pissed that he lost two masters.
Finals, just in the last two months, you know, to rublev and
then to Medvedev and that, that his being pissed off is going to
propel him. That propels him to e jury.
Yeah. He feeds off of that, type of
sort of sexual tension with the tennis ball, and he's just like,
oh yeah, oh yeah, I'm going to show you who's boss.
Turn off those positive comments right now.
Mmm, he's going to take it to the Limit.
So davidovich Burkina beats Novak.
And then at some point losses and then Runa wins the final
over alcaraz. Yep.
Else Lena wins? The women's title?
Yes. Over Ryback, Anna.
To be clear. Bam.
Okay, folks. Join us again in just a week and
a half. When we talk about wrap it up.
Second part we wrap up this French Open.
I mean we're just going to be talking about spit Alina and
Runa the two winners. Bam, it's happening.
All right, folks, thanks so much for joining us again.
I'm Paul Munch. Mmm.
Say goodbye Billy. Goodbye Billy.