1 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,760 I mean, we could just sit here looking at each other eating 2 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,800 bananas. Or should we start the show? 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,080 Hey everybody, and welcome to the latest episode of Ball Boys, 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,160 where we are deep in the heart of hardcourt season. 5 00:00:24,570 --> 00:00:27,490 And just like the hurricane and earthquake that hit us here in 6 00:00:27,490 --> 00:00:31,170 LA yesterday, we have some global warming heating up the 7 00:00:31,170 --> 00:00:34,090 tours. My name is Paul Monkhom. 8 00:00:34,090 --> 00:00:36,530 I'm one of your house. And as always, I'm here with my 9 00:00:36,530 --> 00:00:39,530 dear friend and my favorite ball boy and all the land, Billy 10 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:40,770 Hansen. Hey, Billy. 11 00:00:41,570 --> 00:00:42,770 Hey, Paul. How you doing? 12 00:00:43,850 --> 00:00:46,210 I'm good. I'm good since the last time we 13 00:00:46,210 --> 00:00:50,650 recorded I was up at a wedding and it was a straight wedding. 14 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:53,050 My dear friend Julie Preening, who's a big friend of the pod. 15 00:00:53,450 --> 00:00:56,290 Hey Julie, I loved your wedding, straight wedding. 16 00:00:56,570 --> 00:01:02,050 And so I decided to, as a gift, have everyone pull out their 17 00:01:02,050 --> 00:01:05,410 phone at the wedding and follow ball boys. 18 00:01:05,530 --> 00:01:07,170 Because hey, we are for everyone. 19 00:01:07,170 --> 00:01:09,810 We are not just for the L's, the G's, the B's and the T's. 20 00:01:09,810 --> 00:01:13,690 We're also for the A's. So if you're an ally, a great 21 00:01:13,690 --> 00:01:17,850 way to prove that you are an ally is to follow the ball boys. 22 00:01:18,170 --> 00:01:22,760 I think A's are asexual, no. Well, I think there's two A's. 23 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,400 There might be 3 A's at this point. 24 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,440 I don't. There's, I don't know. 25 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,400 But also, we're here for the Asexuals, yes, because honestly, 26 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,160 men are gross. So I get it. 27 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,280 Listeners, if you are an ally, I think it's actually a really 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,480 important way for you to show that you care about equality by 29 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,360 just liking and subscribing and rating the Ballers. 30 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,760 Yes, please. Five stars. 31 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,200 Only you love it. Yeah. 32 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,020 Billy, what have you been up to? It was my birthday week. 33 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:54,740 I'm not much of a birthday person, but you know, my 34 00:01:54,740 --> 00:01:57,940 birthday week happens to coincide with Madonna's birthday 35 00:01:57,940 --> 00:02:00,100 week and Yonic Sinner's birthday week. 36 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:03,660 And they're big birthday people. So I got roped into all of their 37 00:02:03,820 --> 00:02:06,780 celebrations. What a threesome, Yeah. 38 00:02:07,140 --> 00:02:09,419 Yeah. And everyone you know was able 39 00:02:09,419 --> 00:02:14,060 to agree on a theme not allowed to tell you what it what it was 40 00:02:14,220 --> 00:02:15,620 I was. I signed an NDA. 41 00:02:15,820 --> 00:02:20,290 But I will I do want to add. We've gotten some feedback from 42 00:02:20,290 --> 00:02:23,130 our listeners about our most recent episode. 43 00:02:23,130 --> 00:02:29,170 Yeah, hitting jock bottom. And some people were we're a 44 00:02:29,170 --> 00:02:32,170 little upset that we didn't cover all the bottoms in tennis. 45 00:02:32,170 --> 00:02:34,570 And I mean, how could we Just like West Hollywood, It's 46 00:02:34,570 --> 00:02:36,970 impossible to name all the bottoms. 47 00:02:38,050 --> 00:02:41,650 So we would have to have an extended episode for that. 48 00:02:41,890 --> 00:02:44,490 Yeah, yeah, that episode would would have had to have been five 49 00:02:44,490 --> 00:02:49,690 hours instead of 2 1/2. That's just to get through the 50 00:02:49,690 --> 00:02:54,570 first half of the alphabet. But, but we do love feedback 51 00:02:54,570 --> 00:02:57,450 from our listeners. And so if you have any feedback 52 00:02:57,450 --> 00:03:03,290 for us, any boots on the ground Intel, any news about bottoms, 53 00:03:04,170 --> 00:03:07,290 we have an e-mail address and this was our first choice. 54 00:03:10,450 --> 00:03:14,350 It's. Ball boys do a pod@gmail.com 55 00:03:14,630 --> 00:03:19,270 again that's ball boys do a pod@gmail.com. 56 00:03:20,030 --> 00:03:22,630 Send us nudes. There was just an article in the 57 00:03:22,630 --> 00:03:25,910 New York Times actually about about, I mean this is, this is 58 00:03:25,910 --> 00:03:29,510 how great the New York Times has become about gay men requesting 59 00:03:29,510 --> 00:03:33,510 nudes on their birthday. Become like the It's you. 60 00:03:33,630 --> 00:03:36,830 You put your Venmo account in your bio and then you say send 61 00:03:36,830 --> 00:03:38,790 nudes and it's like sending money in nudes. 62 00:03:39,810 --> 00:03:43,250 And I guess it works. So yeah, please flood our inbox 63 00:03:43,250 --> 00:03:47,290 for For Billy with Nudes and News Nudes and news. 64 00:03:47,290 --> 00:03:49,930 Is that a new segment? Nudes and news. 65 00:03:49,930 --> 00:03:52,850 Absolutely. We just take develop. 66 00:03:52,890 --> 00:03:56,810 We just birthed a new segment right here, live on the pod. 67 00:03:58,250 --> 00:04:03,250 I'll leave the place until later, and eventually we'll get 68 00:04:03,250 --> 00:04:04,730 on Twitter. But honestly, Twitter is such a 69 00:04:04,730 --> 00:04:07,570 cesspool that, you know, we'll figure that. 70 00:04:07,810 --> 00:04:10,000 Out. It's a headache, yeah. 71 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,680 But let's get, OK, let's get into it. 72 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,959 We are going to, to start off with just like a little bit of a 73 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:20,160 warm up. And so we have two minutes to 74 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,480 just do our warm up, just like a regular tennis match. 75 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,920 Like, OK, you've got 2 minutes. I mean, they actually have 4:00, 76 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,840 but for us, we're because we're gay, we do things quickly. 77 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:31,680 So we're going to do it in two. I believe it's five, actually. 78 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,400 Technically, which is wow, we're going to do it in two. 79 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,720 We're going to do it in two and it's just sort of, you know the 80 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,160 latest and greatest and some things that have been popping up 81 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,840 in like honestly we so impressing start right now on 82 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:47,640 our timer. We have got to talk about that 83 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:53,800 Vanity Fair article, everyone. If you haven't seen this fair 84 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,800 article about how American tennis is on the up and up, 85 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,560 which is true, we've actually had a pretty good summer and 86 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,760 it's great to have sort of this new interest. 87 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:12,520 It's on the heels of Netflix, but Oh my God, the styling is 88 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:17,960 just like I, I I looked at it as like are is this, is this real? 89 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,120 I mean these people. I mean, these people are 90 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,960 arguably very attractive and they. 91 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,400 Look, very attractive athletes. They may not be professional 92 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,800 models, but they're they're very attractive athletes. 93 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,400 They might need a little direction. 94 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,160 Vanity Fair. She's. 95 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,960 I mean, I'm sorry. Shelby Rogers needs to fire 96 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,280 someone like that. She is. 97 00:05:36,970 --> 00:05:40,170 So cute and fun. Paul maybe she needs to hire 98 00:05:40,170 --> 00:05:41,890 someone because how did she make the cut? 99 00:05:42,090 --> 00:05:47,170 She's she's got some fresh face of of American tennis really, I 100 00:05:47,170 --> 00:05:49,290 have to say. So I think maybe she future of 101 00:05:49,290 --> 00:05:51,050 tennis is Shelby Rogers. Come on. 102 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:53,530 Send send your agent some cookies, Shelby. 103 00:05:56,090 --> 00:05:58,690 But it really covered, like almost everyone out there when 104 00:05:58,690 --> 00:06:01,490 the American tennis, I mean, Mackenzie McDonald, was in 105 00:06:01,490 --> 00:06:04,370 there. Yeah, Mackey McDonald is such an 106 00:06:04,370 --> 00:06:06,490 attractive guy. But they'd managed to find the 107 00:06:06,490 --> 00:06:08,810 one angle of his face that doesn't quite work. 108 00:06:08,810 --> 00:06:11,330 And he just had his chin. He just needed a little Tyra 109 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:14,410 Banks to say, hey, chin out, chin out, Mackey. 110 00:06:14,890 --> 00:06:18,330 And then poor Madison Keys, they were like, OK, Madison, just 111 00:06:18,890 --> 00:06:23,410 like one of your arms, just like, thrust it out into the air 112 00:06:23,410 --> 00:06:25,890 randomly and keep it rigid straight. 113 00:06:25,890 --> 00:06:28,250 And then the other arm, why don't you, like, look like 114 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:29,770 you're punching yourself in the face? 115 00:06:29,770 --> 00:06:33,840 That that'll look like a really sophisticated well. 116 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:38,280 And even even my partner Tommy Paul looked terrible. 117 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:43,200 I mean, he and he had the he had a great sort of comeback on his 118 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,200 Instagram Stories or he was like, stepping out of my comfort 119 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,960 zone. And then he posted a photo of 120 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,440 the, the female villain from Austin Powers who had like that 121 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:55,080 slicked back hair and was just like, and that's our that's our 122 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,720 the timers up, folks. The timers up. 123 00:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,840 Really. Any last thought you want to 124 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:04,610 throw in there for a warm up? I'm just saying Coco Goff and 125 00:07:04,610 --> 00:07:08,490 Taylor Fritz were noticeably absent from the spread and maybe 126 00:07:09,290 --> 00:07:13,730 that was a wise move by them. Yeah well I mean quick note on 127 00:07:13,730 --> 00:07:16,610 styling Taylor Fritz in that practice video. 128 00:07:16,850 --> 00:07:20,890 I honestly with like the outfit of the of the summer so far for 129 00:07:20,890 --> 00:07:27,930 me where he had side boob goloor and just like I was I was not 130 00:07:27,930 --> 00:07:29,930 not into it I. Was not into it. 131 00:07:30,730 --> 00:07:32,330 Was it at Cincinnati or was it at Canada? 132 00:07:32,330 --> 00:07:34,290 Do you know I? Think it was Canada. 133 00:07:34,690 --> 00:07:37,170 Yeah. And he just, he had like he had 134 00:07:37,170 --> 00:07:40,050 like a double layer tank top on. Neither one of them was covering 135 00:07:40,050 --> 00:07:42,690 his tits and he was looking good. 136 00:07:42,690 --> 00:07:45,090 So that's why he was not in that spread. 137 00:07:45,090 --> 00:07:47,530 Maybe okay. Well, that was a warm up, all 138 00:07:47,530 --> 00:07:49,010 right. So feeling good, feeling 139 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:51,370 energized. And now we've got to get to it 140 00:07:51,370 --> 00:07:55,500 because there has been a buttload of action the last 141 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:57,860 couple weeks. I mean, it feels like it's like 142 00:07:57,860 --> 00:08:01,020 White Party all over again, but just everywhere I look there's 143 00:08:01,020 --> 00:08:04,500 just balls flying. And so like I said, we're deep 144 00:08:04,580 --> 00:08:08,620 in the heart of the hard court season and we have been 145 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:14,180 traveling to the exotic locales of places like Canada and 146 00:08:14,380 --> 00:08:19,220 Cincinnati, you know, places that you dream to go. 147 00:08:19,220 --> 00:08:22,520 I mean, going to Canada is kind of like Canada is like the 148 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:40,520 Cincinnati of countries. I would argue that Canada's a 149 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:24,680 pretty big country. I was thinking about it. 150 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,200 It's like, oh, you're going to Canada, Okay, cool. 151 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:28,480 It's like, oh, you're going to Cincinnati. 152 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,200 It's like, it's not really like the the glamorous destinations 153 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,840 that these tennis players get to go to, but these are some big 154 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,000 ass, really important. Cool. 155 00:08:42,950 --> 00:08:45,150 And that there are some lovely destinations. 156 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:46,790 Are you going to argue that Canada is large? 157 00:08:46,790 --> 00:08:50,110 Yeah, I don't know. I'm going to debate you on that. 158 00:08:50,110 --> 00:08:50,790 I just. Don't know. 159 00:08:50,790 --> 00:08:53,590 I'm going to look up at square mileage right now and prove it. 160 00:08:53,990 --> 00:08:56,110 What? So yeah, we had these 161 00:08:56,110 --> 00:08:58,470 tournaments, right? We had Canada Cincinnati 162 00:08:58,470 --> 00:09:02,150 back-to-back. Yes, it was tough. 163 00:09:02,630 --> 00:09:08,980 That is two 1000 events. Right next to each other over 2 164 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:10,540 weeks. If you're seated in the top 165 00:09:10,540 --> 00:09:12,460 eight, you have and you want to win both. 166 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:16,540 You have to win 10 matches. If you're not seated in the top 167 00:09:16,540 --> 00:09:19,660 eight and you don't have first round by, you have to win twelve 168 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:22,100 matches if you want to win both of these tournaments. 169 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:25,780 And basically people don't win both of these tournaments. 170 00:09:25,780 --> 00:09:28,700 It just doesn't happen. No, no, it it, well, it's very 171 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:31,820 rare, but it's like and and just so that everyone has a good 172 00:09:31,820 --> 00:09:34,900 frame of reference to win a Grand Slam over 2 weeks, you win 173 00:09:34,900 --> 00:09:37,510 seven matches and that's really freaking hard right? 174 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:42,750 Here it's like and it's 12 matches where they they don't 175 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:46,590 have any shitty players who like, you know to get 128 176 00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:48,590 players out of Grand Slam. Sometimes you get some people 177 00:09:48,590 --> 00:09:51,430 and it's like they're really do they really belong here? 178 00:09:51,430 --> 00:09:54,150 And here it's like, no, you've got people who are ranked in the 179 00:09:54,150 --> 00:09:56,870 top 50 who are playing. The qualities to get into these 180 00:09:56,870 --> 00:10:00,230 because it's so if you have to qualify, it's even more matches 181 00:10:00,510 --> 00:10:03,110 and you're like the 50th ranked player in the world and it's 182 00:10:03,110 --> 00:10:05,640 like, come on. And so you've got these first 183 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,520 round matchups where you might be playing the 22nd ranked 184 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,960 person in the world. It's like there's no gimmes, 185 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:16,160 there's no, you know, unless you get a Canadian wild card or 186 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:20,000 Katie McNally. They they who I love, by the 187 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,120 way, they didn't give Jeanie Bouchard a wild card in the main 188 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:24,480 draw. She had to qualify and she 189 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:25,720 didn't. I think she actually lost to 190 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,720 Daniel Collins in the qualifying. 191 00:10:28,380 --> 00:10:31,700 Danielle Collins had to play. The qualities to get into 192 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:33,820 Canada. Despite that beautiful Vanity 193 00:10:33,820 --> 00:10:37,940 Fair spread, and despite looking like a Real Housewife of the WTA 194 00:10:37,940 --> 00:10:40,380 and Vanity Fair, she still had to qualify. 195 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:42,940 Well, it's. I mean it was only, I look back 196 00:10:42,940 --> 00:10:45,220 to the I know we're over our two-minute time, but I couldn't 197 00:10:45,220 --> 00:10:46,540 even recognize half those players. 198 00:10:46,540 --> 00:10:48,700 The the the the lighting was so weird. 199 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:51,300 I mean everybody take a look and let us know what you think. 200 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:55,060 And maybe. Did Alicia Parks wrong honey? 201 00:10:55,140 --> 00:11:05,150 Anyway, honey, so I I it is so hard to perform at the top of 202 00:11:05,150 --> 00:11:10,750 your game through this summer swing and have the right sort of 203 00:11:11,350 --> 00:11:17,630 mindset, physical capabilities and an emotional strength to 204 00:11:17,630 --> 00:11:20,870 then go into the US Open. I actually, in some ways it's 205 00:11:20,870 --> 00:11:23,960 interesting. So it is so competitive to get 206 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,280 into these Masters 1000 tournaments. 207 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,960 But on the other hand, I think that some players use these 208 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,760 almost as warmups for the US Open. 209 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,600 You know, it's like I want to get some good matches in. 210 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,320 I want to, I want to really round into form. 211 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:41,400 I maybe don't want to win Canada and Cincinnati because that's 212 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:43,360 that's a lot of time on the courts. 213 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,920 And it's like, are you really about to have a 19 game-winning 214 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,880 streak if you're going to win both Canada, Cincinnati and the 215 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,180 US Open? Probably not. 216 00:11:53,220 --> 00:11:56,020 And so I, you know, I feel like some players like, you know, I 217 00:11:56,020 --> 00:11:59,300 feel like egos, viantech, she just had some some good matches. 218 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:01,780 She's getting into form. She's feeling good. 219 00:12:02,220 --> 00:12:03,620 You know, back to your point about people winning them 220 00:12:03,620 --> 00:12:07,940 back-to-back, it is very rare. Only once has someone won 221 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:10,220 Canada, Cincinnati and the US Open. 222 00:12:10,220 --> 00:12:13,380 Do you know who? Let me just take a guess. 223 00:12:13,780 --> 00:12:17,500 Was it Raphael Nadal? Oh my God. 2013. 224 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:21,760 He he won all three. He won Canada since he and the 225 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,400 US Open. He did. 226 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:28,520 You are you are like my Encyclopedia Britannica. 227 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,200 It doesn't happen that often, folks, to win all three of these 228 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,320 tournaments. So it's good, honestly. 229 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,040 And I was. I was glad that Jessica Pagola 230 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:41,080 didn't win Cincinnati, because if she had her shot at the US 231 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,740 Open. No. 232 00:12:42,820 --> 00:12:46,940 Yeah, yeah you're you're you're absolutely drained if you go 233 00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:50,980 deep in both these tournaments it's it's impossible but you 234 00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:54,460 know it's so we have three times in the year where there are 235 00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:56,380 Masters events back-to-back, right. 236 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:59,620 We have Indian Wells and Miami that's the sunshine double. 237 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:02,820 Then we have and. But by the way, those are both 238 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:06,020 10 week tournaments, so those two tournaments take place over 239 00:13:06,820 --> 00:13:08,970 a. Did I say 10 week, 10 week? 240 00:13:09,130 --> 00:13:11,170 Yeah, no, it's a 10 week. Tournament It's an ultra 241 00:13:11,170 --> 00:13:14,530 marathon tournament. You have to win 100 matches in 242 00:13:14,530 --> 00:13:16,450 order to get to the semi finals. Into it. 243 00:13:17,050 --> 00:13:19,530 Those are 10 day tournaments. Super into that, actually. 244 00:13:19,970 --> 00:13:24,330 Each take place over 2 weeks. So those are it's a four week. 245 00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:28,410 Oh, you're you're still dwelling on this, on this 1010 week 246 00:13:28,410 --> 00:13:30,450 tournaments. You want, like like I'm just 247 00:13:30,450 --> 00:13:32,970 like, I'm imagining something that's kind of like Hunger 248 00:13:32,970 --> 00:13:35,490 Games, like fight to the death, like it's like. 249 00:13:35,910 --> 00:13:38,390 I mean, is there at least a way to get back into the tournament 250 00:13:38,390 --> 00:13:40,510 or if you lose in the first round, you have to wait 10 251 00:13:40,510 --> 00:13:44,310 weeks, you have to wait 10 weeks to get fed and and paid? 252 00:13:44,310 --> 00:13:45,990 You have to. You have to sit there and watch 253 00:13:45,990 --> 00:13:49,550 the tournament change to you. You're then a ball boy. 254 00:13:49,670 --> 00:13:52,750 Then you then have to you have to collect the balls and be a 255 00:13:52,750 --> 00:13:54,030 towel kid. They'll bring back a towel, 256 00:13:54,030 --> 00:13:55,870 kids. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 257 00:13:55,870 --> 00:13:59,230 I want Eugenie Bouchard to be my my, my ball girl. 258 00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:01,590 Oh please, no. She's winning the tournament. 259 00:14:01,590 --> 00:14:03,750 Are you kidding me? This is her comeback. 260 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,470 She's she's the last woman standing. 261 00:14:06,590 --> 00:14:09,270 She's a long distance player. Like it's like, you know, it's 262 00:14:09,270 --> 00:14:11,190 like track and field where there's sprinters. 263 00:14:11,390 --> 00:14:15,510 And each matches is best seven out of 11. 264 00:14:15,870 --> 00:14:19,350 Six out of 11 sets. Best of 11. 265 00:14:19,350 --> 00:14:23,630 Yeah, yeah, bring it back. That's how we used to play in my 266 00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:26,710 day with Margaret caught. Good day. 267 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,080 Margaret Corp would never complain about this Canada since 268 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,680 he back-to-back. She's like she's currently 269 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,360 playing A10 week long tournament. 270 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,120 I think she's in Cleveland right now. 271 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:43,520 She's found her people. But yeah, The thing is, it's 272 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:47,600 also, you know, Canada. It was rainy, especially in 273 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,200 Montreal I believe, where the women were playing and you know 274 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,680 you have a few days of rain, especially in the second, third 275 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,120 rounds and. Now, not all. 276 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,360 Not now. Not only are you playing six 277 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,440 matches in a week, you're actually playing two, three 278 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,440 matches in a day or two, right? Yeah, and I don't think anyone 279 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,880 played three matches in a day, but people definitely two in a 280 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,480 day and. Well, to be clear, Paul, I said 281 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,600 two or three matches in a day or two, so I was pretty vague in 282 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,680 nine to 10 weeks. But yeah, and like we saw poor, 283 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,280 poor Lud Miller. I know we're going to talk about 284 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,720 her in a second, but. Oh, Lud Miller, you just didn't 285 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,400 have a shot in that final because she had to play a 286 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,000 semifinal like 2 hours or 4. And that's just. 287 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:38,320 I thought her performance in the final was a little bit lewd, you 288 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,280 know, she just gave it to Pegula. 289 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,920 It was, it was graphic. It was it was it was vulgar. 290 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,040 Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's vulgarian. 291 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:50,440 What? What? 292 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,240 What do we So what do we call? So there's also Madrid and Rome, 293 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:58,400 right, Which are now each 10 days and so they're over 4 294 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,680 weeks. This is the only remaining 295 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:06,040 masters duo back-to-back duo that is over 2 weeks. 296 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,320 What do we call it? I feel like it's it's the tennis 297 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,520 tournament equivalent of like, do you sweat a lot when you 298 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,520 play, Paul? I sweat a lot. 299 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:15,960 No matter. I'm sweating right now. 300 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,700 I I sweat a lot too. And when I when I play deeply 301 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:22,620 out of shape. A match of tennis. 302 00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:26,900 I'm often literally drenched. Like drenched. 303 00:16:27,380 --> 00:16:31,780 Like more drenched than I was after going out in Hillary last 304 00:16:31,780 --> 00:16:36,860 night. I and this tournament reminds me 305 00:16:36,860 --> 00:16:42,060 of like taking off my sweat drenched underwear and rolling 306 00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:43,740 it into a ball. Oh my God. 307 00:16:44,590 --> 00:16:50,430 Yeah, so, like, is it the sun? The summer sweat double or yeah, 308 00:16:50,430 --> 00:16:53,030 there were like the like sweat rash or like. 309 00:16:53,390 --> 00:16:59,230 Yeah, there's sweat rash double. I mean, not to overlook. 310 00:16:59,230 --> 00:17:03,070 I mean, look, there's not a lot of times during the year where 311 00:17:03,070 --> 00:17:05,470 I'm dying to go to Cincinnati, but this is definitely not when 312 00:17:05,470 --> 00:17:08,349 I would go to Cincinnati. It is it. 313 00:17:08,470 --> 00:17:13,089 I felt so bad for the players, even Novak. 314 00:17:13,089 --> 00:17:17,329 I felt bad for Novak because it was so like this guy was just 315 00:17:17,530 --> 00:17:20,130 pregnant. It was just like, what? 316 00:17:20,410 --> 00:17:25,369 Do you think Novak was as tired as he looked and and we got to 317 00:17:25,369 --> 00:17:28,050 see a little bit of his humanity, or was that all part 318 00:17:28,050 --> 00:17:29,690 of his? Was that plain possum? 319 00:17:30,130 --> 00:17:31,210 Yeah. Oh wow. 320 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:33,130 He's. That's what a cynic would say. 321 00:17:33,210 --> 00:17:35,250 It's not what I would say. It's what a cynic would say. 322 00:17:35,290 --> 00:17:38,720 Yonic Cynic said that. Yeah, yeah, at his birthday 323 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,160 party last week. Oh my God, she's such a shit 324 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,440 talker I love. Such a gossip if you honestly. 325 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,920 Like champagne, vodka, Red Bull. And she is just going for 326 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:54,840 everyone. I I mean, you know, look, Novak, 327 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,960 Novak, I wouldn't put it past him. 328 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,320 And that's the thing. That's the thing I don't like 329 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,440 about Novak still is that like, we're even. 330 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,720 We're even wondering like, is he just pretending to be tired? 331 00:18:05,230 --> 00:18:07,070 Because we just, you can't really trust him. 332 00:18:07,070 --> 00:18:09,990 You can't really take him at face value and. 333 00:18:10,150 --> 00:18:14,750 His face was more flushed than I've ever seen it, so if if he 334 00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:17,510 was pretending it was a, it was a real method job. 335 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:21,350 He's really, he's been studying a lot with Maria Abramovich and 336 00:18:22,790 --> 00:18:26,950 it's like when Gaga did that whole stint was that. 337 00:18:26,950 --> 00:18:32,120 Before Gucci, she did it like maybe like it was during her art 338 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:36,240 pop album where she went and studied with Marina Abramovich 339 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,680 and was trying to become like this serious actor. 340 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,480 But then it came out that I forget if it's Marina or Maria, 341 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:47,360 but Abramovich was kind of making fun of her the whole 342 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:50,280 time, which I felt really bad for Gaga. 343 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,800 And now with Gaga's sort of resurgence, it's like, it's like 344 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,640 the same as making fun of Jennifer Capriotti. 345 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,420 Like, you just don't do that. You don't. 346 00:18:58,820 --> 00:19:00,140 We'll stay tuned. I might. 347 00:19:02,860 --> 00:19:06,380 I mean, I am a I am a gigantic Jennifer Capriotti fan. 348 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:08,100 Always have been, always will be. 349 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:12,060 And you know, there's that meme where it's like little gay boys 350 00:19:12,260 --> 00:19:17,780 find a a pop diva to worship at age 13 and they never let them 351 00:19:17,780 --> 00:19:20,500 go. And I think for me, when I was 352 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:22,340 13, it was all about Jennifer Capriotti. 353 00:19:22,340 --> 00:19:24,900 And so somehow she became my Pop Idol. 354 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:28,020 Like she is the one where I'm like, OK, she can do no wrong, 355 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:30,700 I'll defend her to the end of days. 356 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:34,300 And I still love her whole career. 357 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:38,740 That would that come back was, I mean we're going to have to do a 358 00:19:38,740 --> 00:19:40,700 whole Jennifer. Caprio Inspiration. 359 00:19:41,540 --> 00:19:42,980 I can't, I can't think of a more. 360 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:45,980 I mean, maybe Monica Salas has come back, was more inspiring. 361 00:19:45,980 --> 00:19:48,580 Maybe no COVID of us, no Capriotti's. 362 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:52,540 Capriotti's the most her biceps. Yeah, yeah. 363 00:19:53,150 --> 00:19:56,230 But I think her problem We're going way off. 364 00:19:57,110 --> 00:19:58,430 Way asunder. What were you? 365 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:00,630 I. Will say, I think Capriotti's 366 00:20:00,630 --> 00:20:04,910 career was derailed by and she wanted to keep playing, but she 367 00:20:04,910 --> 00:20:07,350 could not. Like she literally her shoulder 368 00:20:07,350 --> 00:20:10,710 prevented her from continuing to play it, you know, And I think 369 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:15,470 she just really was upset by that. 370 00:20:16,150 --> 00:20:22,920 Yeah, I mean, it's look, the identity politics, if you will. 371 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,440 Look, I'm a tennis player and then something I'm not like what 372 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,800 do I do? It's it's an existential crisis. 373 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,160 I mean, I was the same way. And then I found this podcast. 374 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:36,320 I mean, I found you. And but for you is modeling 375 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,520 right? Yeah, Okay. 376 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,560 Once my shoulder injury kept me from modeling anymore, I was 377 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,740 like, well. Well, you had to do those same 378 00:20:45,740 --> 00:20:48,940 poses that they were making poor Madison Keys do, like lifting up 379 00:20:48,940 --> 00:20:52,660 her, rusting her arm into the sky for no apparel did not do 380 00:20:52,660 --> 00:20:54,860 it. And I was like, God, I just want 381 00:20:54,860 --> 00:20:57,140 people to respect me for my body, but now they have to 382 00:20:57,140 --> 00:21:01,460 respect me for my mind. Sapiosexual. 383 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:03,420 Disgusting. Yeah. 384 00:21:03,580 --> 00:21:06,580 OK. Anyway, back to the the. 385 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:08,860 Matter at hand? Yeah, I know. 386 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:11,140 I think this summer double the sweaty double. 387 00:21:11,140 --> 00:21:13,460 Donna, Summer double. Summer double. 388 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,160 OK, what are they going to do? I'm curious, what the hell are 389 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,480 they going to do in two years? So in 2025, they're expanding 390 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,560 Cincinnati to 96 players. So is that something that must? 391 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,280 Be expanding it to 10 day tournament. 392 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,280 They must have figured out for 50-4 years, 54 weeks, a year 393 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,360 like how? Where is the time. 394 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,480 I know because DC's not going anywhere and I think Canada will 395 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,560 be like, excuse me, I want to be 96 players as well. 396 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,900 You know they're going to. Class, Yeah. 397 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:45,460 Now we have all of a sudden two more weeks we have to create out 398 00:21:45,460 --> 00:21:46,620 of thin air. Yeah. 399 00:21:47,060 --> 00:21:49,820 Or humid, humid, sweat soaked air. 400 00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:53,700 Yeah, like though one one of them might have to move to like 401 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:55,940 after the US Open. I don't know. 402 00:21:56,420 --> 00:21:59,420 Maybe something's got to give. Famous. 403 00:21:59,420 --> 00:22:01,700 Something's got to give. Something's got to give. 404 00:22:02,260 --> 00:22:04,340 Yeah. But I mean, I have to say there 405 00:22:04,340 --> 00:22:06,940 was definitely some highlights overall from both tournaments. 406 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:15,260 I look, I I say this with a a a pride that I don't know where to 407 00:22:15,540 --> 00:22:21,620 where to shove all this pride but my husband Tommy Paul really 408 00:22:21,780 --> 00:22:25,820 really looking good. Yeah great run in Canada. 409 00:22:25,820 --> 00:22:28,740 Made it to the semis. Beat Carlitos. 410 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:33,500 Beat Carlitos and honestly I think he has Carlitos number. 411 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:39,020 He's beaten him twice now. They're two and two, so I don't 412 00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:41,870 know if that those are numbers having those are numbers. 413 00:22:42,110 --> 00:22:44,870 So. So he's won twice and Carlos was 414 00:22:44,870 --> 00:22:48,950 won twice and Carlos beat him. They played again in Cincinnati 415 00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:51,030 and Carlos won. But maybe you're right, Tommy 416 00:22:51,030 --> 00:22:53,790 was just rounding into form and not trying too hard because 417 00:22:53,790 --> 00:22:55,990 didn't want to get too many matches ahead of the US Open. 418 00:22:55,990 --> 00:23:00,470 That that sounds about right. Look, I mean my my man would 419 00:23:00,470 --> 00:23:04,870 never give up. But in in that match he against 420 00:23:04,870 --> 00:23:10,100 Carlos at Cincinnati, he was up in both sets and I think look, 421 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:12,580 he's got to get a little better at those really important 422 00:23:12,580 --> 00:23:16,460 moments. But like overall he's looking 423 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:18,980 real good for the US Open and I'm glad he didn't win. 424 00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:24,580 Same with Alex Diminour. He made it to the final of 425 00:23:24,580 --> 00:23:28,940 Canada and that is that is the Australian way of saying 426 00:23:29,180 --> 00:23:32,260 diminour. Is it good? 427 00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:36,500 I'm Margaret Court. And that's Alex Diminour. 428 00:23:37,430 --> 00:23:39,470 Demon. How do you say it, Demon Nauer? 429 00:23:39,950 --> 00:23:43,430 I think it's Alex. Diminar Diminar. 430 00:23:43,470 --> 00:23:45,470 Diminar. OK, Diminar. 431 00:23:45,470 --> 00:23:49,350 I think sure. So, Alex, so I mean Alex in 432 00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:52,070 Canada looked so great. He made it all the way to the 433 00:23:52,070 --> 00:23:57,150 final and he against Fritz, against Medvedev. 434 00:23:57,190 --> 00:24:01,630 He had these matches where he was so far down like it was, you 435 00:24:01,630 --> 00:24:03,390 know, it was like 4:00 AM at the Eagle. 436 00:24:03,390 --> 00:24:07,920 He was that far down. It was just like she was out and 437 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:13,280 then came back both times and his his weapon is that he will 438 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:17,280 never get tired. His fight, his resolve, but also 439 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,760 his stamina. Like he didn't look tired once. 440 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,000 He was just like, oh, I'm good. Oh, sure, Like beat the crap out 441 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,320 of me for two hours. Well, OK, cool. 442 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,000 Now you're tired and I'm just going to be like I'm. 443 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,480 Just going to have you right where I want to, yeah. 444 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,570 You claim. And you would know, because you 445 00:24:34,610 --> 00:24:36,650 are a much closer to him than I am. 446 00:24:36,650 --> 00:24:39,770 You claim that Tommy is less fit now than he was at the 447 00:24:39,810 --> 00:24:41,810 Australian Open. Now do. 448 00:24:41,850 --> 00:24:43,210 Do you still stand by that claim? 449 00:24:44,090 --> 00:24:45,570 Yes, I do. I do. 450 00:24:45,810 --> 00:24:50,970 If you measured his quad circumference today. 451 00:24:51,650 --> 00:24:53,850 OK, Which I do daily. Yeah. 452 00:24:54,090 --> 00:24:56,450 Yeah. We get up, we have coffee, we 453 00:24:56,450 --> 00:25:00,370 meditate and then I measure his quads and they are a little 454 00:25:00,370 --> 00:25:03,620 smaller than they were back in Australia. 455 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:08,860 So, so the bigger the quad, the fitter you are, the closer to 456 00:25:08,860 --> 00:25:09,940 God. That's what I say. 457 00:25:09,940 --> 00:25:10,980 Okay. Yeah, Okay. 458 00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:13,580 Bigger The quad, Closer to God. Hallelu. 459 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:19,460 Listeners, if you agree that that Tommy Paul is less fit now 460 00:25:19,460 --> 00:25:22,700 than he was in Australia, let us know, cuz I disagree. 461 00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:26,860 I think he's fitter than a fiddle and said what's the 462 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:29,480 e-mail address again? Two boys, one pod. 463 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,360 Ball boys do a pod@gmail.com which is Robles off the Ball 464 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:39,560 boys do a pod@gmail.com. Yeah, send us some of your 465 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,960 thoughts on on that very important debate. 466 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,040 So yeah, so let's get into a little bit more of the winner 467 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,160 circle. Yeah. 468 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:55,400 And and and and the results just for a little bit more just 132nd 469 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,690 context. So on these Masters, you know 470 00:25:58,690 --> 00:26:02,090 it's really interesting up in Canada how it's in it's a 471 00:26:02,090 --> 00:26:05,770 Masters tournament in both Toronto and Montreal. 472 00:26:06,090 --> 00:26:10,450 So they flip flop every year. One year the women are in 473 00:26:10,450 --> 00:26:13,090 Montreal, the next year the women are in Toronto. 474 00:26:13,130 --> 00:26:16,650 You can't can't keep a good woman down and that the men are 475 00:26:16,650 --> 00:26:20,170 kind of the opposite and it's just like there's something. 476 00:26:20,170 --> 00:26:21,410 The men are literally the opposite. 477 00:26:21,410 --> 00:26:24,370 So the men are in Toronto when the women are in Montreal, and 478 00:26:24,370 --> 00:26:26,210 then the next year and Vice switch it. 479 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:29,500 Yeah, it's just like there's something kind of gay about 480 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:30,540 that. Like, I don't know what. 481 00:26:30,540 --> 00:26:32,540 Like why? Like, why can't they just? 482 00:26:32,580 --> 00:26:34,140 Do it. I think it's fun. 483 00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:37,900 I think it's fun, but it would be like, OK, this year the the 484 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:40,500 men are playing the US Open in New York and the women are 485 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:44,500 playing in Miami and then flip. It's just like like. 486 00:26:45,260 --> 00:26:47,020 That's another thing, very Canadian. 487 00:26:47,020 --> 00:26:52,300 It's like, well, we'll share it. Or Montreal and Toronto, Those 488 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:56,060 structures, those facilities they can't handle, you know? 489 00:26:56,610 --> 00:26:59,770 Two tournaments. That's that's the other thing 490 00:26:59,770 --> 00:27:02,370 about these masters. The the, the, what do we call 491 00:27:02,370 --> 00:27:04,450 it? The sweaty jock itch. 492 00:27:04,530 --> 00:27:11,370 Double the the infrastructure of these facilities does not 493 00:27:11,370 --> 00:27:17,370 compare to say an Indian Wells, Indian Wells or even a Madrid. 494 00:27:19,370 --> 00:27:23,250 Put Cincinnati in like that upper tier, that structure. 495 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:29,120 I kind of love that like weird like Death Star Tower over the 496 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:30,480 the center court. Yeah. 497 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,360 I think it looks cool. I mean they've got some audio 498 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:35,680 visual issues. But I think overall, I mean 499 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,200 encourage Toronto where in Toronto like during the first 500 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,120 round of subcorders match like part of the grandstand collapsed 501 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,160 like not collapsed in any dangerous way. 502 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,640 But the roof just kind of like buckled in because it was just 503 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,160 like I'm not supposed to be here. 504 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,440 Like it's just not. It's so temporary. 505 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,440 Yeah. And it's like, come on like 506 00:27:53,310 --> 00:27:56,430 you're a Masters 1000. I feel like I might be a little 507 00:27:56,430 --> 00:27:58,910 scared though to sit in that one section of the Cincinnati 508 00:27:58,910 --> 00:28:02,030 Stadium though. It's like so looming and I feel 509 00:28:02,030 --> 00:28:04,550 like, I feel like I'd be feel like I'm about to fall off my 510 00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:06,670 chair and into the into the court. 511 00:28:06,870 --> 00:28:08,990 It's like the roller coaster next door like you were talking 512 00:28:08,990 --> 00:28:11,390 about last time. I mean it's like it's it's a 513 00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:15,110 very steep drop off, which I I would be like it would be cool 514 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:17,510 if like they like strapped you into the chairs and you were 515 00:28:17,510 --> 00:28:20,030 just kind of like dangling your feet over the edge and like. 516 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,480 Oh well, that's back to that ten week tournament. 517 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,800 You know, like that once once you lose, you get it obviously 518 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,800 takes place in Cincinnati over the entire strapped to the wall. 519 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,120 It's a warning to the others not to lose, yeah. 520 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,200 But I have to say Cincinnati, it's like it's also weird like 521 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,160 Okay, Cincinnati. Why is there a Masters in since? 522 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,680 I mean, we've got our Indian Wells, we've got Miami, 523 00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:50,740 Cincinnati. Why do they get a Masters 1000? 524 00:28:50,740 --> 00:28:52,580 Like, who are they? I didn't know. 525 00:28:52,620 --> 00:28:58,220 About Cincinnati, Well, I it's what am I not saying about it? 526 00:28:58,260 --> 00:29:01,660 I they have there's no movie. They meet me in Cincinnati. 527 00:29:01,660 --> 00:29:06,020 Like, where's where's? I learned I was watching the ads 528 00:29:06,060 --> 00:29:09,260 in between the changeovers and I learned that Cincinnati has the 529 00:29:09,260 --> 00:29:11,060 best Children's Hospital in the country. 530 00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:15,180 So don't you knock it, OK? Cincinnati deserves Masters and 531 00:29:15,180 --> 00:29:16,980 more. I did think though, I was like. 532 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,560 Do these do the these Cincinnatians what? 533 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:25,800 What are they called? Well, there was that one Mary 534 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,400 Kate Nationals movie, Twin Cincinnati, but I don't know 535 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,760 since. I missed that one since. 536 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,760 I've seen most of their I'm just going to keep saying since since 537 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,480 I have no idea. What do you call Cincinnatian 538 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,160 folks? Write us at Ball Boys? 539 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,560 Do a pod@gmail.com. Tell us what the hell you call 540 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,050 someone from Cincinnati? I did wonder, though, if they 541 00:29:45,050 --> 00:29:50,170 appreciate like they basically got one of the best matches of 542 00:29:50,170 --> 00:29:53,010 the year so far with Djokovic against Alcaraz. 543 00:29:53,010 --> 00:29:57,170 Like, do they appreciate that the best tennis in the absolute 544 00:29:57,170 --> 00:30:01,370 world is happening right in the part of Cincinnati? 545 00:30:01,930 --> 00:30:05,450 And I would even argue they got two of the best matches ever 546 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:08,970 included of the year with you throwing golf versus Fiantech. 547 00:30:09,370 --> 00:30:11,970 It's like, yeah, whoa, yeah, it's. 548 00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:13,930 It is. It is the best tennis in the 549 00:30:13,930 --> 00:30:16,450 world in good old Cincinnati and you're. 550 00:30:16,450 --> 00:30:20,650 Kind of making an argument to go like I I'm want to go next year. 551 00:30:20,690 --> 00:30:23,010 I'm just worried about the humidity and what it'll do to my 552 00:30:23,010 --> 00:30:25,410 hair. But you know. 553 00:30:25,930 --> 00:30:28,290 We'll wear a hat. Well, I'll get you a cute 554 00:30:28,290 --> 00:30:31,090 collection of hats. Well, you need a box in the 555 00:30:31,090 --> 00:30:33,010 Death Star. Yeah, it is funny. 556 00:30:33,010 --> 00:30:36,330 Like, I mean Speaking of the ads like they've got some like real 557 00:30:36,330 --> 00:30:40,700 funny like media choices at Cincinnati. 558 00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:45,300 Like that wall in the back is like fully like showing ads, not 559 00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:48,140 only between games and during changeovers, but like while 560 00:30:48,140 --> 00:30:52,780 someone's drying off at the at the towel stand they'll have 561 00:30:52,780 --> 00:30:57,750 like the an ad where like what's his name Manning. 562 00:30:57,750 --> 00:31:00,310 Peyton Manning will come out and he'll be like drying off too and 563 00:31:00,310 --> 00:31:02,190 it's like what? Like and even though the 564 00:31:02,190 --> 00:31:03,670 announcers were like, what was that? 565 00:31:03,710 --> 00:31:05,990 And. That's pretty ingenious, I have 566 00:31:05,990 --> 00:31:08,750 to say. I mean, hey, we've got to get as 567 00:31:08,750 --> 00:31:10,950 many sponsors as we can. We got to make the money because 568 00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:14,190 we got to pay the men's winner over $1,000,000 and the women's 569 00:31:14,190 --> 00:31:16,070 winner 467,000. Exactly. 570 00:31:16,470 --> 00:31:18,310 Exactly. We've got to get that money for 571 00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:19,950 the men and a little bit for the women. 572 00:31:19,950 --> 00:31:24,990 Yeah but there's even like they had like really weird like audio 573 00:31:24,990 --> 00:31:29,550 issues where if you were playing in the grandstand court and the 574 00:31:29,950 --> 00:31:33,190 the center court was playing just you know whatever like cock 575 00:31:33,190 --> 00:31:36,990 rock for the changeovers. And and it would it would be 576 00:31:36,990 --> 00:31:39,190 like in the middle of a point and suddenly you would just be 577 00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:42,870 like blasting like you know Cotton Eyed Joe and it's like 578 00:31:43,950 --> 00:31:47,870 like it was so disruptive and the the TV announcers was like 579 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:52,180 this is so loud. Like they need to stop playing 580 00:31:52,940 --> 00:31:54,420 that. So, like, it was just like it 581 00:31:54,420 --> 00:31:56,860 were like Rihanna or Beyoncé or whatever. 582 00:31:56,860 --> 00:32:00,900 And it was just like. I I don't think the DJ's choices 583 00:32:00,900 --> 00:32:05,860 were that solid actually. Paul, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Cotton 584 00:32:05,860 --> 00:32:09,220 Eye Joe did happen. That was during was that in 585 00:32:09,220 --> 00:32:11,380 Canada? Well, let's get I mean, Cotton 586 00:32:11,380 --> 00:32:13,500 Eye Joe was just an example, but it was more just like the 587 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:19,830 loudness of the of the audio system Like, OK, so my one of my 588 00:32:21,910 --> 00:32:26,870 moments that I loved from from Cincinnati was when Kazakina and 589 00:32:26,870 --> 00:32:30,270 Sabalanka were playing. So Kazakina out and proud 590 00:32:30,270 --> 00:32:34,190 lesbian player from Russia. Sabalanka amazing, quirky, 591 00:32:34,190 --> 00:32:38,470 funny, beautiful, lipped woman from Belarus. 592 00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:41,670 So they're both a little bit from dicey, from countries that 593 00:32:41,670 --> 00:32:44,270 are maybe not like the most favorite countries in the world 594 00:32:44,270 --> 00:32:47,740 right now and they're playing and then all you hear over the 595 00:32:47,740 --> 00:32:52,940 PA's from the center court, someone just garbling and 596 00:32:52,940 --> 00:32:57,020 belting out the national anthem of the United States before Coco 597 00:32:57,020 --> 00:32:59,460 Goss match. And it was just like, it was so 598 00:32:59,460 --> 00:33:02,500 surreal to watch these two women from Russia and Belarus playing. 599 00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:05,460 And it was just it was the loudest thing where was just 600 00:33:05,460 --> 00:33:09,100 like, oh say good and. Was it funny? 601 00:33:09,540 --> 00:33:11,620 Right, that's. My chance was was, was Vanya 602 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:14,020 King performing or Michaela Brian? 603 00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:21,140 No, there's no NEPO, no NEPO Babies performing, no WTA Pros. 604 00:33:21,340 --> 00:33:22,820 It was, it was actually the military. 605 00:33:22,820 --> 00:33:26,500 It was it was like a Marine Corps band and singer. 606 00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:29,700 And it was just like, I I was just wondering like, are these 607 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:32,500 women like registering that the the national anthem of the 608 00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:34,820 United States is playing while they're hit? 609 00:33:34,820 --> 00:33:38,060 It was just, I kind of loved it. I was very into it. 610 00:33:38,890 --> 00:33:41,810 You know, as a tennis player you got to learn to have tunnel 611 00:33:41,810 --> 00:33:44,730 vision to block things out. Whether you know. 612 00:33:46,370 --> 00:33:50,730 I will say though that in Canada win Cotton Eyed Joe by Swedish 613 00:33:50,730 --> 00:34:01,290 band Rednecks REDNEX. Interesting band when that 614 00:34:01,570 --> 00:34:05,570 suddenly blared during the ghoulish Fiantec. 615 00:34:06,910 --> 00:34:11,909 That that was a bizarre moment, yeah, that Pugula wound up with. 616 00:34:11,909 --> 00:34:14,989 She was on top of that point. And so she was a little upset 617 00:34:14,989 --> 00:34:16,110 that there was a hindrance called. 618 00:34:16,110 --> 00:34:17,350 But she wound up winning the match. 619 00:34:17,790 --> 00:34:20,510 And, you know, while we're at it, Pugula wound up winning the 620 00:34:20,510 --> 00:34:22,630 tournament. What a run she beat. 621 00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:26,830 She'd be on Tech Golf and then, you know, a very, very tired 622 00:34:26,830 --> 00:34:31,550 Samsung of it in the final. But Pugula impressed. 623 00:34:32,810 --> 00:34:37,370 I wish that you had bought the rights to American Woman by 624 00:34:37,370 --> 00:34:40,050 Lenny Kravitz like I'd asked you to, so we could play it right 625 00:34:40,050 --> 00:34:43,690 now. Because, like DC, Canada, 626 00:34:43,690 --> 00:34:45,690 Cincinnati all won by American women. 627 00:34:46,330 --> 00:34:52,610 Yeah, American woman, stay away from me, which is also what I 628 00:34:52,610 --> 00:34:54,290 said when I was coming out of the closet. 629 00:34:55,110 --> 00:34:58,070 American Woman. And also now what Iga Shiantek 630 00:34:58,070 --> 00:35:01,070 listens to before she goes out on court, she listens to those 631 00:35:01,070 --> 00:35:03,230 in her headphones, because she doesn't. 632 00:35:03,230 --> 00:35:08,430 She's she had Goff's number. I always felt like, you know, 633 00:35:08,430 --> 00:35:09,990 and now I don't want to jump ahead. 634 00:35:10,030 --> 00:35:12,550 Let's let's stay in Canada unless you open to jump ahead. 635 00:35:12,830 --> 00:35:14,550 No, no, no, no, no. We'll talk about Canada real 636 00:35:14,550 --> 00:35:15,990 quick and we'll talk about Cincinnati cuz. 637 00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:19,910 It just happened yesterday. But yeah, yeah, Canada, go for 638 00:35:19,910 --> 00:35:22,990 it. Well, as I was saying, I mean, 639 00:35:22,990 --> 00:35:25,270 what what a great run by Jessica Pakula. 640 00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:29,510 You know, we always thought, OK, how impressive is it that she's 641 00:35:29,510 --> 00:35:32,510 gotten to three in the world, four in the world, that she, you 642 00:35:32,510 --> 00:35:34,350 know, beats everyone she's supposed to beat. 643 00:35:34,710 --> 00:35:38,390 But yeah, is she ever gonna, you know, be able to beat the very 644 00:35:38,390 --> 00:35:40,550 best? She's a professional quarter 645 00:35:40,550 --> 00:35:42,590 finalist, right? Just like, yeah. 646 00:35:42,790 --> 00:35:47,070 This made me wonder if she might actually have it in her to win a 647 00:35:47,070 --> 00:35:52,840 slam and to to beat. You know, Fiantic, Sabalinka, 648 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,400 Goff, etcetera, on a regular, regular basis. 649 00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:01,320 And I don't know, I I love just how precise her game is. 650 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,800 Her strokes are so pretty. I love a clean, flat stroke, 651 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,320 especially when you can hit it in over and over and over and 652 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,040 over and over and over again. You know, her strokes are kind 653 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,960 of like Capriotti's actually. Yeah, like Capriotti, I think 654 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,760 hit it. Actually no. 655 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,240 Probably around the same pretty flat pretty strong yeah really 656 00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:23,240 consistent. Yeah well the the the problem 657 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:27,120 with JPEG though is like I just I feel like she can still get 658 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,920 overpowered like spy on tech is a power player but she's not 659 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,560 going to overpower you the way sublink or Roebuck and I would 660 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:41,120 and I worry that jpegging is is not quite ready to to take on 661 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:45,040 like the the the big hitters yet but I mean look I'm I'm very 662 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,910 happy for although even she said like during her acceptance 663 00:36:48,910 --> 00:36:52,430 speech or or the trophy ceremony just how it was kind of lame 664 00:36:52,430 --> 00:36:59,630 that like Samsonova like had an hour's warm down from her three 665 00:36:59,630 --> 00:37:03,670 setter semifinal match so it's like well if she hadn't. 666 00:37:03,670 --> 00:37:06,950 Or Lud Miller was a real victim of the of the rain in Canada. 667 00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:09,910 She had to play. Who know her? 668 00:37:10,510 --> 00:37:12,310 Lud Miller. Oh yeah, yeah. 669 00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:15,470 Sam, is it Samsonova? I think it's Samsonova. 670 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,000 Right. I don't know, bitch. 671 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,520 I don't know. Wow. 672 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:31,120 Wow, sorry my. My son of a bit son of a gun. 673 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:33,640 Is that better? All right. 674 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,080 Well, you know, but, but she, I think she had to play a real 675 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:42,040 long quarterfinal deep into the night on Friday. 676 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,710 And then yeah, yeah. Because if you're not one of the 677 00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:47,350 favorite players where it's like okay, we're going to do the best 678 00:37:47,350 --> 00:37:50,110 schedule around you. Like no one's really like making 679 00:37:51,230 --> 00:37:55,790 compromises for lewd Miller. Sorry. 680 00:37:55,790 --> 00:37:59,670 Sam son of a gun you're going to play at midnight if you don't 681 00:37:59,670 --> 00:38:02,150 want to go back to the gulag. Like they're just like they 682 00:38:02,150 --> 00:38:04,270 don't care. And she so she. 683 00:38:04,270 --> 00:38:09,980 So nevertheless, she persisted. And you know she's she's got she 684 00:38:10,140 --> 00:38:14,700 she she showed some real grits and but but it was it wasn't the 685 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:18,140 greatest finals match. It wasn't, no. 686 00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:22,460 It was about 48 minutes and it was great. 687 00:38:22,860 --> 00:38:25,780 A lot of appointments and errands to run that day and you 688 00:38:25,780 --> 00:38:28,740 just wanted to watch for like a solid, like 40 minutes like of 689 00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:32,820 American propaganda. Just like a really strong, rich 690 00:38:33,220 --> 00:38:35,620 American woman beating the crap out of erection. 691 00:38:36,830 --> 00:38:39,390 It was great. I I I do think this is to take 692 00:38:39,390 --> 00:38:42,630 nothing away The though from Jessica's win again, those wins 693 00:38:42,630 --> 00:38:45,630 over Chiantec and Goff were incredibly impressive. 694 00:38:45,630 --> 00:38:46,990 Absolutely. I think she probably would have 695 00:38:46,990 --> 00:38:52,830 beaten Ludmilla no matter what. And what a run for her, yeah? 696 00:38:53,390 --> 00:38:56,070 Yeah, yeah. But on and on the men's side, 697 00:38:56,070 --> 00:38:58,550 you know we kind of had a similar final that wasn't that 698 00:38:58,550 --> 00:39:01,510 great between Sinner and demanure. 699 00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:05,880 But look, I just, I don't know. It's weird because Alex. 700 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,840 Demon Nauer demon newer. I don't know. 701 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:11,240 I can't get my mouth to. Alex Diminar, I believe. 702 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:13,720 I don't think you're saying that's not it, that's crazy. 703 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,720 I'm I'm just, I'm really glad that Yannick finally won a 704 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:20,160 Masters because I was worried that he was kind of turning into 705 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,720 kind of one of those also Rans like Oh yeah, he's there. 706 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,360 He's a professional quarter finalist and then he pulls out 707 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,840 or something happens although he had. 708 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,760 So it's it's also interesting where the Masters 1000 can be 709 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,360 really tough or kind of easy because Andy Murray pulled out 710 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,760 of his match with Sinner, so Sinner only had to win four 711 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,680 matches in order to to get the title. 712 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,760 It's like. And you know, more doable. 713 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,280 I don't think we can call him and also ran at the age of 22, 714 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,040 right? You know, but he's been around 715 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,000 for three or four years. He's been like, oh, we knew. 716 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,320 We knew he existed. He kind of had a really strong 717 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,200 first year where he won a couple of 200 and 50s and he was like, 718 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:03,200 oh, OK, he won the ATP Next Gen. He was like, really like, oh, 719 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,720 let's go carrots. And then he's just, he he's been 720 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:08,760 sort of stalled, I'm going to say. 721 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,280 And I'm glad that he's finally, I was worried he's going to, 722 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,720 like, turn into another Rublev who finally won his first 723 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,720 Masters this year. Like I was worried that he just 724 00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:19,030 wasn't quite going to. Breakthrough. 725 00:40:19,030 --> 00:40:20,870 And now he's just got that of the way. 726 00:40:20,870 --> 00:40:23,110 So I think he can win more. It's sort of like that first, 727 00:40:23,110 --> 00:40:24,830 you know, it's it's eating the first carrot. 728 00:40:24,830 --> 00:40:27,230 You just need that first one, then you keep going. 729 00:40:27,990 --> 00:40:33,150 Arguably, there's like not only one, but two generations of of 730 00:40:33,150 --> 00:40:35,990 male tennis players who basically lost out on winning 731 00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:37,830 Grand Slams because of the Big Three. 732 00:40:38,110 --> 00:40:42,900 Like the the Zvera BIG4 Rublev. Generation Sissy. 733 00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:45,060 Art. Maybe even Sissy Pass, right? 734 00:40:45,340 --> 00:40:49,500 And then then the Dmitrov, the Dmitrov, Raunich, Cory. 735 00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:53,980 Generation. I mean, yeah, but I don't think 736 00:40:54,060 --> 00:40:56,740 I first of all, special One for rare, yeah? 737 00:40:57,540 --> 00:41:02,100 Roger Federer has retired. Nidal is retiring next year and 738 00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:05,820 no back, you know, hopefully will retire at some point. 739 00:41:05,820 --> 00:41:09,820 So I do think that Alcaraz, Runa and Sinner are not going to. 740 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,600 You know, face that same issue. They're going to break through. 741 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:18,280 Oh no, Agreed. But I I just feel like Sinner 742 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,160 was. Sinner was waiting for that 743 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,200 moment. He finally got his moment and 744 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,280 I'm just, I'm very happy about that. 745 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:29,840 I also want to just call out my my favorite Russian Spaniard, 746 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:34,200 Davidovich Fakina had an amazing tournament and he was blasting 747 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,080 through the field. But I'm worried that he, I mean, 748 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,200 he really bought him out in the semis of Canada, that he was 749 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,120 really injured during his, his match with Novacking in 750 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,720 Cincinnati. It's like these players also 751 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:48,560 need to figure out like how to rest and how to get stuff, you 752 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,920 know, together so that they're not, they're not pulling out of 753 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,240 tournaments because there there were a lot of pullouts. 754 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:57,800 I've made my my stance on pulling out extremely clear. 755 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:01,080 It frustrates me and I think that the audience doesn't want 756 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,880 to see that happen. The audience is paying not to 757 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:09,470 watch you pull out right and and so so that's that's just sort of 758 00:42:09,470 --> 00:42:12,750 a little rant on that but I do love I I never noticed some of 759 00:42:12,750 --> 00:42:16,830 his tattoos before. Davidach Vakina and on his chest 760 00:42:17,110 --> 00:42:19,990 it's so cute. It says step by step, which is 761 00:42:20,150 --> 00:42:24,110 one of my favorite new kids on the block songs by step. 762 00:42:25,390 --> 00:42:29,870 Ohh baby. My favorite is blaming on the 763 00:42:29,870 --> 00:42:31,550 rain. Remember that one? 764 00:42:32,470 --> 00:42:34,030 But that's not a new Kids on the Block song. 765 00:42:34,030 --> 00:42:38,690 What do you mean? Oh, oh, how's that go? 766 00:42:39,370 --> 00:42:44,210 I think, I think we only you're allowed to sing, only you're 767 00:42:44,210 --> 00:42:48,690 allowed to sing on the pod. Only you and Michaela Bryan are 768 00:42:48,690 --> 00:42:51,490 allowed to sing on the pod. It's the Milli Vanilli song. 769 00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:56,330 And I think in honor of that you should sing because they lip 770 00:42:56,330 --> 00:42:59,090 sync the entire time here. You move your mouth and I'll 771 00:42:59,090 --> 00:43:01,230 sing. During I was singing it during 772 00:43:01,230 --> 00:43:05,190 Hillary last night, cuz I was being blamed for a lot and I had 773 00:43:05,190 --> 00:43:06,870 to deflect. And you're like, no, no, no, 774 00:43:06,870 --> 00:43:09,830 it's not me. Yeah, it. 775 00:43:10,030 --> 00:43:12,790 Will say though, like that's cute that ADF has like a 776 00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:16,830 stepbystep tattoo, but maybe it needs to be more like 2 steps 777 00:43:16,830 --> 00:43:18,950 forward, 2 steps back. Cuz it feels like that's what 778 00:43:18,950 --> 00:43:22,230 he's doing these days. You know, he's getting his 779 00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:24,950 having a great run at Wimbledon and then serving an underhanded 780 00:43:24,950 --> 00:43:28,000 serve. To lose the match, he's looking 781 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,880 great and then bottoming out, I don't know, 2 steps forward, 2 782 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,200 steps back. We get together because 783 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,680 opposites attract. Well, he also just needs to cut 784 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:39,720 that goddamn goddamn topknot bun that he has. 785 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:43,040 It's like, what? I don't I've been trying to 786 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:44,920 figure out what his hair strategy is like. 787 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,280 I don't get it. Because when it's up, it's just 788 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,240 like, OK, so it's shaved on the sides. 789 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:52,080 It's like a classic Butch lesbian haircut. 790 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:55,000 Which if he was a Butch lesbian, be like work shaved all around 791 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,650 the sides, long on the top, cut up like tied up into a bun. 792 00:43:58,690 --> 00:44:00,490 Amazing. Like if Svetlana Kuznetsova was 793 00:44:00,490 --> 00:44:03,090 doing that. I think you look amazing, but 794 00:44:03,090 --> 00:44:04,010 it's. Wait, what are you saying about 795 00:44:04,010 --> 00:44:06,770 Svetlana Kuznetsova? She just has the the the the 796 00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:10,250 hair structure for that and then the follicles would would just 797 00:44:10,250 --> 00:44:14,730 be follicling and but but it when it's down it's like this 798 00:44:14,730 --> 00:44:17,850 weird thing where it's. Oh, I've never seen it down. 799 00:44:18,210 --> 00:44:18,930 Yeah. Oh, well. 800 00:44:19,010 --> 00:44:22,410 So I troll his Instagram and it's just like when every now 801 00:44:22,410 --> 00:44:23,850 and then it falls out of the bun. 802 00:44:23,850 --> 00:44:26,130 When he's playing, it's like it's like Marina soccer. 803 00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:28,570 He's tight bun at the top. Like I'm just, I don't know why 804 00:44:28,570 --> 00:44:33,850 he's doing, but when he cuts it, he will, he will break into the 805 00:44:33,850 --> 00:44:36,050 top 20. I'm just, I'm just saying. 806 00:44:37,890 --> 00:44:43,530 You heard it here first. Alright, let's go to Cincinnati. 807 00:44:43,570 --> 00:44:45,930 It's an Addy winner. So that just happened yesterday. 808 00:44:45,930 --> 00:44:49,370 And look, we would have, we would have gotten this episode 809 00:44:49,370 --> 00:44:52,910 last night. But again, hurt her. 810 00:44:52,910 --> 00:44:56,070 I was gonna say earthquakes, hurricanes and earthquakes. 811 00:44:56,750 --> 00:44:59,390 Just they we were out there feeding the poor. 812 00:44:59,830 --> 00:45:02,630 Yeah, saving the world one tennis ball at a time. 813 00:45:04,710 --> 00:45:09,070 I I do think Cincinnati, you know, as as as rough of a 814 00:45:09,070 --> 00:45:12,630 tournament as as it kind of was early on, Wow. 815 00:45:13,030 --> 00:45:17,710 That finals weekend, the semis and the finals were pretty darn 816 00:45:17,710 --> 00:45:21,670 amazing and. Especially as as we were talking 817 00:45:21,670 --> 00:45:25,150 about the Goffs win over Shveyantec in the semis, you 818 00:45:25,150 --> 00:45:29,950 know, I just felt it was a bad matchup because Shveyantec I 819 00:45:29,950 --> 00:45:32,030 thought did everything just a little bit. 820 00:45:32,030 --> 00:45:34,710 But they have similar games. But Shveyantec, just as 821 00:45:34,790 --> 00:45:37,630 everything a little bit better than golf, definitely hits the 822 00:45:37,630 --> 00:45:40,510 forehand better backhands. I feel like justice solid. 823 00:45:40,550 --> 00:45:44,550 I would argue that Shveyantec's movement is a little bit better 824 00:45:44,550 --> 00:45:49,790 than Goff's but, But that might be changing. 825 00:45:50,020 --> 00:45:54,980 Because Goff played her even and she she beat her. 826 00:45:54,980 --> 00:45:56,660 I mean, is it the Brad Gilbert effect? 827 00:45:56,860 --> 00:45:58,740 I don't know. But Goff's forehand is now 828 00:45:58,740 --> 00:46:02,020 working for her. She has always been an intense 829 00:46:02,020 --> 00:46:06,020 player, but the intensity in her eyes, I mean, is at another 830 00:46:06,020 --> 00:46:08,860 level. And I I'm here for it. 831 00:46:08,860 --> 00:46:14,940 I I've always liked golf, but I've kind of been like I'm, I'm 832 00:46:15,300 --> 00:46:16,940 on board. I'm a believer. 833 00:46:17,390 --> 00:46:20,070 No, I I same. I I'm really impressed. 834 00:46:20,070 --> 00:46:24,430 I mean, she also won DC, where by the way, that trophy from DC 835 00:46:24,430 --> 00:46:26,510 needs to be retired. It's dangerous. 836 00:46:26,510 --> 00:46:28,550 She almost poked her eye out, holding it while she's giving 837 00:46:28,550 --> 00:46:31,430 her speech. Listeners, when we get our 838 00:46:31,430 --> 00:46:32,950 Twitter up, we'll be posting those photos. 839 00:46:33,390 --> 00:46:35,230 But. The the I would say the trophy 840 00:46:35,230 --> 00:46:39,150 from Cincinnati is actually pretty stylish. 841 00:46:39,270 --> 00:46:43,350 Oh, I love the Cincinnati trophy like that is like high camp. 842 00:46:43,350 --> 00:46:45,910 Like, oh, here's a vase I would. Actually put that. 843 00:46:46,630 --> 00:46:52,110 On my on display. Oh my God yeah at 1000% I love 844 00:46:52,110 --> 00:46:54,950 it. No, and I totally agree, her win 845 00:46:54,950 --> 00:46:56,310 over Scion Tech was really important. 846 00:46:56,310 --> 00:46:57,630 It was their first time beating her. 847 00:46:58,030 --> 00:47:03,310 So hey, break that seal and get her forehand, her forehand. 848 00:47:03,310 --> 00:47:08,350 Like, wow, not only is it no longer scary to watch because he 849 00:47:08,350 --> 00:47:10,590 used to be like, oh gosh, she's just going to fuck up that 850 00:47:10,590 --> 00:47:14,730 forehand again. No, it's like it's legit and it 851 00:47:14,730 --> 00:47:17,250 is consistent. It's dependable and it's like 852 00:47:17,250 --> 00:47:19,130 it's. Got some a weapon, Pop to it. 853 00:47:19,130 --> 00:47:22,650 Yeah. So it's it's a weapon and yeah. 854 00:47:22,650 --> 00:47:26,290 I'm almost saying Coco's got to take, you know, 6-8 weeks off to 855 00:47:26,290 --> 00:47:27,570 retool that forehand. No. 856 00:47:27,610 --> 00:47:30,410 And she was like, no, no, no. I'm going to do it in a few days 857 00:47:30,450 --> 00:47:33,770 and do it right now, Bitch. DC and Sensi, there we go. 858 00:47:33,770 --> 00:47:34,530 Greg Gilbert. Yeah. 859 00:47:34,530 --> 00:47:36,490 No. So I'm yeah, I'm a total. 860 00:47:37,010 --> 00:47:41,690 I'm a I'm a I'm a Coco puff. I'm a Coco poof as as we say. 861 00:47:41,690 --> 00:47:47,370 So, you know, I'm I'm a poof for Cocoa, and I go Cocoa for Cocoa 862 00:47:47,370 --> 00:47:50,130 Puffs. Yeah, absolutely Love. 863 00:47:50,170 --> 00:47:51,850 I think. I think she could take the US 864 00:47:51,890 --> 00:47:53,850 Open. I think it's good. 865 00:47:53,890 --> 00:47:56,850 I I just, I it's weird. I just have this thing about 866 00:47:56,850 --> 00:48:00,210 like winning streaks and it's like she won DC, she won 867 00:48:00,210 --> 00:48:02,050 Cincinnati. Is it too much winning to be 868 00:48:02,050 --> 00:48:03,930 like, oh, now she's going to win three out of four tournaments? 869 00:48:04,330 --> 00:48:08,330 Just mathematically, I'm worried about that, like, oh, the 870 00:48:08,330 --> 00:48:10,330 universe is going to somehow balance things out. 871 00:48:10,330 --> 00:48:14,290 But that's that's my sort of mysticism coming out, like, I 872 00:48:14,290 --> 00:48:16,370 think she's got a shot. I think she's going to at least 873 00:48:16,370 --> 00:48:19,850 make it to the quarters. I think she really needed. 874 00:48:20,050 --> 00:48:22,610 I think she was doing a good job of masking it, but I think her 875 00:48:22,610 --> 00:48:26,530 confidence was kind of in tatters after some of those 876 00:48:26,530 --> 00:48:29,610 tough losses and after knowing that everyone was talking about 877 00:48:29,610 --> 00:48:32,450 her forehand and just and I really think she needed these 878 00:48:32,450 --> 00:48:37,240 wins, I agree. Mentally and so and she's young. 879 00:48:37,240 --> 00:48:40,120 She's she's only 19. She's in great shape, so I think 880 00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:44,160 for her, she's not gonna be tired for the US Open so she 881 00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:45,680 could bring it. The New York crowds gonna love 882 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:46,960 her. Oh my God. 883 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:51,200 And she looks super fit. Like she's she's really like she 884 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,160 she used to be a kid and now she's she's a young woman but 885 00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,480 she's only 19. She's got plenty time to grow, 886 00:48:56,760 --> 00:49:00,120 but like she like, looks like an athlete, where before she looked 887 00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,860 like a precocious, like, you know, strong kid. 888 00:49:02,860 --> 00:49:05,460 But she was 16 when she first came out, so yeah. 889 00:49:05,500 --> 00:49:09,380 Yeah, and on the men's side, we just got to talk about, I mean, 890 00:49:09,380 --> 00:49:11,940 there were some, there were some real fireworks on the men's 891 00:49:11,940 --> 00:49:12,740 side. We're gonna talk about the 892 00:49:12,740 --> 00:49:15,100 finals match. But like, they were also literal 893 00:49:15,100 --> 00:49:17,540 fireworks, which was just crazy to me. 894 00:49:18,020 --> 00:49:23,340 The semifinals that Djokovic played against Zarev, it was 895 00:49:23,340 --> 00:49:27,580 late in the second set and I think it was like 6-5 and 896 00:49:27,580 --> 00:49:29,940 Djokovic was serving and he was like 2 points away from the 897 00:49:29,940 --> 00:49:34,210 match and suddenly a Gigant. It was Saturday night in 898 00:49:34,210 --> 00:49:36,450 Cincinnati, so I guess in Saturday night in Cincinnati, 899 00:49:36,450 --> 00:49:37,730 that's what we do. We fight. 900 00:49:37,730 --> 00:49:40,530 We light fireworks. Another reason to go next year. 901 00:49:40,970 --> 00:49:44,050 Seriously, I I listed firework. It's like Stonewall. 902 00:49:44,050 --> 00:49:48,610 I lit that first firework. He so like literally. 903 00:49:48,610 --> 00:49:50,290 And maybe it was like the theme park next door. 904 00:49:50,290 --> 00:49:53,450 It was this gigantic fireworks, but like, like not just like a. 905 00:49:54,570 --> 00:49:59,910 It was a gigantic 15 minute fireworks extravaganza and it 906 00:49:59,910 --> 00:50:03,190 was like and everyone started laughing. 907 00:50:03,190 --> 00:50:06,470 Even Novak, who famously isn't funny or has a sense of humor 908 00:50:06,470 --> 00:50:08,510 about anything, he was at first was very mad. 909 00:50:09,390 --> 00:50:11,550 He wanted to stop the match. He wanted to sit down. 910 00:50:11,550 --> 00:50:13,550 He wanted to, I don't know, get some popcorn and watch the 911 00:50:13,550 --> 00:50:16,030 fireworks and. But then he. 912 00:50:16,030 --> 00:50:19,270 Would not eat popcorn gluten. He does not touch gluten. 913 00:50:19,630 --> 00:50:21,670 Correct, he was. Is there gluten in popcorn? 914 00:50:22,250 --> 00:50:24,250 I mean he would probably want to go and just like I don't know 915 00:50:24,250 --> 00:50:26,050 nibble on like some nanotechnology. 916 00:50:26,090 --> 00:50:27,890 I don't know. I'm not a scientist. 917 00:50:28,490 --> 00:50:32,650 But he, he was not allowed to stop the match and he won. 918 00:50:32,930 --> 00:50:35,490 But it was just like, I was like come on the Cincinnati 919 00:50:35,490 --> 00:50:38,850 tournament the the Western and Southern Open last. 920 00:50:38,970 --> 00:50:43,210 It comes once a year like can you just move the fireworks one 921 00:50:43,210 --> 00:50:45,570 time this year Cincinnati Six Flags. 922 00:50:45,570 --> 00:50:48,570 But they couldn't. Like you said, not a lot of 923 00:50:48,570 --> 00:50:53,090 remarkable matches leading up to the finals weekend, but then he 924 00:50:53,090 --> 00:50:56,250 and Carlos for that final yesterday. 925 00:50:56,250 --> 00:51:00,530 Like Holy Toledo to keep it in Ohio. 926 00:51:00,530 --> 00:51:02,330 Toledo's in Ohio, right? Holy Toledo. 927 00:51:02,690 --> 00:51:07,570 Yeah, yeah, it might be the, it might be recency bias, but that, 928 00:51:08,050 --> 00:51:10,290 I think is the one of the best matches I've seen in a long 929 00:51:10,930 --> 00:51:15,050 time. No lapses in quality, no lulls. 930 00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:21,240 No, you know, it was tight. From start to finish, it was 931 00:51:21,240 --> 00:51:23,920 long. It was sweaty to retail. 932 00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:27,320 It's galore. I kind of wonder if like I 933 00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:31,880 honestly, it's rare that I feel this way, but I wondered if 934 00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:36,560 like, let's say McEnroe and Borg and and Chrissy were sitting 935 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:42,320 around and like 1985 and they got to see that match in 1985. 936 00:51:43,050 --> 00:51:43,890 Oh, my God. And there. 937 00:51:43,890 --> 00:51:46,490 And people like this is tennis in 2023. 938 00:51:46,490 --> 00:51:50,290 They would shit themselves. They they would leave up such a 939 00:51:50,290 --> 00:51:53,530 mess. They've been like, I I quit 940 00:51:55,210 --> 00:51:58,170 Jimmy Connors doing a split. Could you imagine like? 941 00:51:59,250 --> 00:52:03,730 Kind of imagining it right now and it kind of tracks, yeah, 942 00:52:07,650 --> 00:52:10,450 like, just like beer and tokens fall out. 943 00:52:10,450 --> 00:52:14,730 I mean, no. I was a little disappointed that 944 00:52:14,730 --> 00:52:17,730 Novak won. I agree. 945 00:52:18,250 --> 00:52:22,610 But you know, it's become clear that these two have a rivalry. 946 00:52:22,610 --> 00:52:25,890 They're now two and two. The last two matches have been 947 00:52:25,970 --> 00:52:31,530 incredibly exciting and it's gonna be honestly, Carlos, 948 00:52:31,530 --> 00:52:35,690 Carlos should have won this. And he, I mean he won the first 949 00:52:35,690 --> 00:52:37,930 set, second set went to a tiebreaker. 950 00:52:38,350 --> 00:52:39,630 Yeah. And then the third set. 951 00:52:39,710 --> 00:52:43,550 It was interesting because Novak had a couple championship points 952 00:52:43,550 --> 00:52:46,550 in the third set. He had a couple of extra break 953 00:52:46,550 --> 00:52:48,670 points and he wasn't winning those big points. 954 00:52:48,670 --> 00:52:53,590 And I was like, wow, is Novak not really a big point player. 955 00:52:54,430 --> 00:52:57,950 He's he's like Carlos was coming through, like there were a few 956 00:52:57,950 --> 00:53:00,110 of those championship points that Carlos won where it was 957 00:53:00,110 --> 00:53:03,110 like. Yeah, Holy Toledo. 958 00:53:03,470 --> 00:53:05,830 Yeah, absolutely. No, I no, I think. 959 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:10,120 I think what we kind of got was that they're like anyone can 960 00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:14,320 have like a little double fault, you know, anyone can choke even 961 00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:18,680 the the best competitors, best champions, you know, But they 962 00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:22,520 they actually both, I think really brought it. 963 00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:28,120 They both played like champions. What I loved about that match is 964 00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:30,240 like these guys. They both wanted it. 965 00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:35,310 They wanted it so bad. And you could tell by the the 966 00:53:35,310 --> 00:53:40,310 different reactions after the match between Novak and and 967 00:53:40,310 --> 00:53:43,950 Carlos. I mean look, Carlos Carlos bald, 968 00:53:44,830 --> 00:53:50,950 he he cried when he sat down and also during his his concession 969 00:53:50,950 --> 00:53:53,070 speech. Is it a concession, Concession 970 00:53:53,070 --> 00:53:55,510 speech when you lose? Runner up, speech. 971 00:53:55,550 --> 00:53:58,510 Runner up speech, Yes. I am not the winner of this 972 00:53:58,510 --> 00:54:00,750 tournament. Yeah. 973 00:54:00,750 --> 00:54:05,000 And so he was crying. I was kind of like girl. 974 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,520 I was not into those, those those tears a little. 975 00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:11,680 It was like, I love the you're going to lose a lot. 976 00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:14,160 You're going to lose a lot in life. 977 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,120 And I love the heart, but it's like. 978 00:54:19,240 --> 00:54:21,120 You don't believe in. You don't believe that crying 979 00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:24,040 could be cathartic and can help you, you know, get through 980 00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:24,640 something. Paul. 981 00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,240 You don't. When's the last time you cried? 982 00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:29,400 No crying. Like binge eating should be done 983 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:31,680 in the closet with the lights turned on. 984 00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:36,440 And no, I mean, look, I it just it was something about, it was 985 00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:41,680 just I like it when I see it at like, you know the the finals of 986 00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:43,800 a Grand Slam. But if you're going to cry every 987 00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,360 time you lose. But you can't cry losing the 988 00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:47,800 finals of Sensei is what you're saying. 989 00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:51,400 Only the finals of a slam, Yeah, kind of, Yeah. 990 00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:54,400 Yeah, It's just something felt off. 991 00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,960 But on the other side of it, I mean, but at the same time, 992 00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,560 like, yeah, he wanted it that bad. 993 00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:02,630 Great. And Novak rips his shirt off. 994 00:55:02,630 --> 00:55:07,230 He's roaring. He's just like, you know, like 995 00:55:07,230 --> 00:55:09,230 he was, wow. He wanted it. 996 00:55:09,670 --> 00:55:14,710 And those Cincinnatians loved Novak. 997 00:55:15,430 --> 00:55:19,830 Loved Novak. Now because of his let's say 998 00:55:19,830 --> 00:55:25,510 controversial behavior, is is generally not a fan favorite 999 00:55:25,510 --> 00:55:27,310 across the globe. Anyone in? 1000 00:55:27,310 --> 00:55:29,600 Serbia, yeah. But it's it's apparently it's 1001 00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:33,640 Serbia and Cincinnati. They were going nuts for Novak. 1002 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:36,240 I'm not sure what that connection is. 1003 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,640 Are Belgrade and Cincinnati like sister cities? 1004 00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:41,520 Like, do they have a some sort of relationship? 1005 00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:44,280 Yeah. I've never heard him get cheers 1006 00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,760 that equal his opponent kind of anywhere. 1007 00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,880 Like, usually anyone he's playing who's in the top 30 gets 1008 00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:52,760 more applause in him. Carlos. 1009 00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:55,670 Sickly. Yeah, I would say that the crowd 1010 00:55:55,670 --> 00:55:58,630 was a little bit more for Novak than for Carlos in that match. 1011 00:55:58,630 --> 00:56:00,990 It was astonishing. There were times where people 1012 00:56:00,990 --> 00:56:04,470 were were chanting like Novak and I was like, maybe they're 1013 00:56:04,470 --> 00:56:08,550 saying Carlos and a mishearing. Was No Lay, No Lay, No Lay like 1014 00:56:08,550 --> 00:56:12,270 they were full on, Yeah. Why do you think he's such a fan 1015 00:56:12,270 --> 00:56:16,310 favorite in Cincinnati? Well, they have the largest 1016 00:56:16,310 --> 00:56:19,710 Children's Hospital, so maybe safe, I don't know. 1017 00:56:20,820 --> 00:56:26,500 Well, now it's time for our sponsor for this show, and it's 1018 00:56:26,500 --> 00:56:32,060 Petra's poutine. So head up north for some 1019 00:56:32,060 --> 00:56:36,220 delicious Petra's poutine for when you're putting on a show 1020 00:56:36,220 --> 00:56:40,660 both on and off the court. Make sure you do it with Petra's 1021 00:56:40,660 --> 00:56:44,820 poutine. Have you ever had any poutine, 1022 00:56:44,980 --> 00:56:46,580 Billy? I feel like you're a poutine 1023 00:56:46,580 --> 00:56:49,760 pig. I Oh my gosh, I love a poutine. 1024 00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:55,240 In fact, you know that Restaurant bad mash that Indian 1025 00:56:55,240 --> 00:56:58,280 restaurants when I was bodmash. Is it? 1026 00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:01,240 Yeah. Well, we ate there that one time 1027 00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:02,720 I brought it over here, remember? 1028 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:04,920 Yeah. Yeah, that was a fun night. 1029 00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:10,120 Yeah, that's not some that that is not bottom approved food 1030 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,040 listeners. If you eat there and you try 1031 00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:17,300 bottom, do not blame us. Tell us all about it at Two Boys 1032 00:57:17,300 --> 00:57:22,940 Do a pod. But there's they have a like a 1033 00:57:22,940 --> 00:57:29,380 chicken tikka poutine that is absolutely TDF. 1034 00:57:29,780 --> 00:57:31,580 Okay what? Is to die for. 1035 00:57:32,660 --> 00:57:35,060 It's absolutely DTF. Look, we're going to take a 1036 00:57:35,060 --> 00:57:45,870 break. We're going to order that we're 1037 00:57:45,870 --> 00:57:49,910 back and now we are going to move on to the flops and the 1038 00:57:49,910 --> 00:57:52,070 bops. So this is stuff that's going on 1039 00:57:52,070 --> 00:57:55,550 around the tennis world that's not necessarily on the court, 1040 00:57:55,550 --> 00:57:57,150 but sometimes it is and sometimes not. 1041 00:57:57,150 --> 00:57:59,470 Look, we do what we want because it's our podcast. 1042 00:57:59,710 --> 00:58:02,390 We've got a couple of flops and a couple of bops. 1043 00:58:02,390 --> 00:58:04,150 Billy, what's what's going on with you? 1044 00:58:05,070 --> 00:58:09,630 Well, you know, I have to say, I think it was last episode, maybe 1045 00:58:09,630 --> 00:58:11,790 the episode before. I was saying that it was really 1046 00:58:11,790 --> 00:58:16,690 hard to watch Venus Williams. Play as much of a fan as I am a 1047 00:58:16,690 --> 00:58:18,770 Fer. I feel like she was injured in 1048 00:58:18,810 --> 00:58:22,690 every match and she was in pain every match, and therefore I was 1049 00:58:22,690 --> 00:58:25,370 in pain every match. And as much as I never want to 1050 00:58:25,970 --> 00:58:29,890 force a player into retirement, I did question why we were going 1051 00:58:29,890 --> 00:58:31,850 through this, you know, communal pain. 1052 00:58:32,450 --> 00:58:39,370 But I take that all back because yeah, first, I don't care how 1053 00:58:39,370 --> 00:58:41,050 injured she is. I don't care how much pain. 1054 00:58:41,890 --> 00:58:47,620 She's in if Venus wants to play. Let Venus play because she comes 1055 00:58:47,620 --> 00:58:53,260 out on the court with that bold red lip, with that great 11 1056 00:58:53,700 --> 00:58:56,420 outfit, with that regal demeanor. 1057 00:58:56,940 --> 00:59:00,340 And she actually, she won him, she beat Cooter Matoba, that's a 1058 00:59:00,340 --> 00:59:05,260 huge win. She was up on Zhang and what 1059 00:59:05,260 --> 00:59:08,500 what's interesting to me about Venus Williams is she hasn't 1060 00:59:08,500 --> 00:59:11,780 really had a a good run at a tournament in. 1061 00:59:12,540 --> 00:59:17,500 Four years. She's 43, but she's 1062 00:59:17,740 --> 00:59:21,860 unapologetically not retiring. She's she's blazing a new trail. 1063 00:59:21,860 --> 00:59:24,820 It's it's uncharted territory. It's I'm, I'm 43. 1064 00:59:25,420 --> 00:59:27,940 I'm a legend. I'm going to play as much as I 1065 00:59:27,940 --> 00:59:31,740 want, where I want, want when I want, how I want. 1066 00:59:32,540 --> 00:59:36,060 And I just, I just love it. I think. 1067 00:59:37,870 --> 00:59:41,630 It's iconic and she refuses to vanish into the night, and I 1068 00:59:41,630 --> 00:59:44,870 don't want her to. So go Venus. 1069 00:59:45,030 --> 00:59:48,030 You're a forever bop. Forever Bop. 1070 00:59:48,230 --> 00:59:50,350 Wow. She's made it into the Hall of 1071 00:59:50,350 --> 00:59:54,070 Fame of Bops. He is our Jimbo. 1072 00:59:55,150 --> 00:59:59,470 She yeah, no, I I agree. It was great to see her get that 1073 00:59:59,470 --> 01:00:03,030 win. And honestly, that hair her her 1074 01:00:03,030 --> 01:00:06,470 styling was something I've never seen from her before. 1075 01:00:06,910 --> 01:00:09,590 It was really colorful, really interesting. 1076 01:00:10,030 --> 01:00:16,030 Well, I would, I would argue that she has had just some great 1077 01:00:16,110 --> 01:00:19,750 style choices over the years and is is probably the biggest style 1078 01:00:19,750 --> 01:00:24,630 icon in the game who who I think maybe sis baby sis would have 1079 01:00:24,630 --> 01:00:26,950 something to say about that. But sure, maybe. 1080 01:00:27,110 --> 01:00:29,350 Maybe. I think Venus makes bolder 1081 01:00:29,350 --> 01:00:31,140 choices. Actually, no. 1082 01:00:31,140 --> 01:00:34,220 And now I'm thinking about Serena's like her bodysuit and 1083 01:00:34,260 --> 01:00:34,700 her. Yeah. 1084 01:00:34,700 --> 01:00:36,020 No, no, you're right. It's. 1085 01:00:36,100 --> 01:00:38,500 She played like the US Open in a Tutu, I mean. 1086 01:00:39,180 --> 01:00:41,500 It's a tight race. Let's just say I prefer 1087 01:00:41,500 --> 01:00:44,900 aesthetically Venus's choices. I feel like they're a little bit 1088 01:00:44,900 --> 01:00:48,540 more my aesthetic than than than Serena's, which feel a little 1089 01:00:48,540 --> 01:00:51,060 bit. When you're wearing 11, you look 1090 01:00:51,060 --> 01:00:52,620 great. And when you're wearing the off 1091 01:00:52,620 --> 01:00:55,420 white Tutu that Serena wore, you don't look great. 1092 01:00:55,420 --> 01:00:57,140 So it's true. Thank you. 1093 01:00:57,620 --> 01:01:00,800 Yeah. Well and as you said she's a 1094 01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:05,040 trailblazer and that she was the trailblazer in equal pay for 1095 01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:08,560 women on the tours with the men. And that's where I got to just 1096 01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:13,800 go back to like this, this giant like turd of a flop where as you 1097 01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:17,520 mentioned earlier, the discrepancy in the pay at these 1098 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:21,280 two masters was the women earned less than 50% of what the men 1099 01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:23,320 earned. And it's just it's it's 1100 01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:29,030 interesting because tennis has this this sort of luster of of 1101 01:01:29,030 --> 01:01:30,950 this wealth and this privilege and everything. 1102 01:01:30,950 --> 01:01:35,110 But you think you compare these these prizes that people get to 1103 01:01:35,350 --> 01:01:39,710 the NBA or the NFL or Major League Baseball and the the in 1104 01:01:39,710 --> 01:01:42,870 the the you know the pay that those players get. 1105 01:01:43,350 --> 01:01:46,830 I mean it's nothing like I just want to call out DC real quick. 1106 01:01:46,830 --> 01:01:51,110 So DC is a 500 level tournament. So one cheer down from 1000 but 1107 01:01:51,110 --> 01:01:53,950 still really important. And this year was both men and 1108 01:01:53,950 --> 01:02:00,830 women and the the men's winner of of the DC Open won just over 1109 01:02:00,830 --> 01:02:04,750 $350,000 solid paycheck for a week. 1110 01:02:05,110 --> 01:02:09,510 Coco Goff who won the DC Open won $120,000. 1111 01:02:10,430 --> 01:02:14,310 I am sorry that that's that's pretty lame. 1112 01:02:14,350 --> 01:02:16,830 Like, that's not that, that's actually just not that great of 1113 01:02:16,830 --> 01:02:21,340 a prize for a 500 level tournament, but to be 1/3 of 1114 01:02:21,340 --> 01:02:24,500 what the men get. It's just it, it's a weird 1115 01:02:24,500 --> 01:02:28,660 message to be sending at this point in time in 2023. 1116 01:02:29,220 --> 01:02:31,140 But it's also interesting because it's just they're 1117 01:02:31,140 --> 01:02:33,900 they're both kind of low. Like y'all like these are the 1118 01:02:34,340 --> 01:02:37,060 these are the best tennis players in the world and they're 1119 01:02:37,060 --> 01:02:40,660 out there, you know, really putting on shows for not that 1120 01:02:40,660 --> 01:02:44,420 much money. And I just kind of wonder when 1121 01:02:44,420 --> 01:02:47,460 like how are we going to, how are we going to kind of up the 1122 01:02:47,460 --> 01:02:51,060 game for for these players and and I mean there is no one who 1123 01:02:51,060 --> 01:02:55,020 makes anywhere near LeBron James or anyone like that on the 1124 01:02:55,020 --> 01:02:56,620 court. Yeah. 1125 01:02:56,620 --> 01:02:58,460 So we're going to keep watching that. 1126 01:02:58,900 --> 01:03:02,020 I I have not to be negative, but I do have another flop for you, 1127 01:03:02,020 --> 01:03:04,980 Paul. OK, flop it out for me. 1128 01:03:05,820 --> 01:03:10,500 So everyone, if you haven't seen it yet, Serena Williams posted 1129 01:03:10,500 --> 01:03:14,940 about her gender reveal party at for anyone who feels like they 1130 01:03:14,940 --> 01:03:17,950 don't fit into the. Gender binary construct can be 1131 01:03:17,950 --> 01:03:19,990 alienating. It's just an alienating message. 1132 01:03:20,030 --> 01:03:21,670 It's dated. It's unnecessary. 1133 01:03:21,670 --> 01:03:24,350 It's cheesy, like the people who do it, They're cheesy. 1134 01:03:24,350 --> 01:03:27,110 Like when you see it happening on Instagram, you're like girl. 1135 01:03:27,470 --> 01:03:30,950 And so I was I was disappointed when Naomi Osaka did it. 1136 01:03:31,550 --> 01:03:34,630 And then, you know, so Serena's having her gender reveal party. 1137 01:03:35,150 --> 01:03:39,270 But Alexis thought it was such a funny idea to make the inside of 1138 01:03:39,270 --> 01:03:40,980 the cake. Yellow. 1139 01:03:41,100 --> 01:03:43,300 And so everyone at the party, when they saw the yellow, were 1140 01:03:43,300 --> 01:03:45,780 like, what, What? What kind of child are you 1141 01:03:45,780 --> 01:03:48,220 having? And I thought it might have been 1142 01:03:48,220 --> 01:03:51,340 fun if Alexis were like, you know what? 1143 01:03:52,020 --> 01:03:54,300 Who cares? We're having a kid with party. 1144 01:03:54,700 --> 01:03:57,780 At the party, like keep dancing folks, But but no. 1145 01:03:58,140 --> 01:04:02,020 Then they had to lean in and there was like a fireworks 1146 01:04:02,020 --> 01:04:06,700 display and the letters in the sky almost read boy. 1147 01:04:06,700 --> 01:04:08,420 But then they read girl, and then everyone. 1148 01:04:08,420 --> 01:04:12,010 It's a bunch of drones, right? I It was drones. 1149 01:04:12,010 --> 01:04:13,050 Yeah. Drones. 1150 01:04:13,050 --> 01:04:17,170 Sure. So we got drones to spell out 1151 01:04:17,170 --> 01:04:23,130 Girl in the Sky and I'm just, I don't know that's it's a it's a 1152 01:04:23,130 --> 01:04:24,650 flop for me. It's disappointing. 1153 01:04:25,050 --> 01:04:27,250 I mean, I I I'm still a fan of Serena. 1154 01:04:27,250 --> 01:04:29,930 But yeah, also, the party didn't look that fun. 1155 01:04:30,170 --> 01:04:33,170 The party looked so lame, like it was just like sort of an it 1156 01:04:33,530 --> 01:04:37,700 was like, this is your life now. Like like I'm glad I I'm not 1157 01:04:37,700 --> 01:04:40,620 like, oh, I wish I was there. And no, honestly it would have 1158 01:04:40,620 --> 01:04:42,780 been funny if it just spelled it like girl. 1159 01:04:44,100 --> 01:04:47,940 But like, yeah, just we don't need gender reveals in 2023. 1160 01:04:47,940 --> 01:04:49,620 Like. We never needed them. 1161 01:04:50,820 --> 01:04:55,780 Well, there was that one time. That one one time it was 1162 01:04:55,780 --> 01:04:57,660 helpful. Let's see. 1163 01:04:57,660 --> 01:05:00,740 So we've also got some some outfits and outbursts that are 1164 01:05:00,740 --> 01:05:03,380 worth just chatting about real quick. 1165 01:05:03,580 --> 01:05:08,020 Got to call out one of the more interesting sponsorships that I 1166 01:05:08,020 --> 01:05:11,380 saw in Canada. A former Grand Slam finalist, 1167 01:05:11,380 --> 01:05:14,060 Jen Brady. She was a finalist in the 1168 01:05:14,060 --> 01:05:16,620 Australian Open a few years ago but went away with some 1169 01:05:16,620 --> 01:05:19,340 injuries. She's got some game and she is 1170 01:05:19,420 --> 01:05:22,420 coming back. It was great to see her back and 1171 01:05:22,420 --> 01:05:25,620 wins, winning some big matches and playing at top tier tennis. 1172 01:05:25,620 --> 01:05:27,980 I mean, that's impressive after such a long hiatus. 1173 01:05:28,260 --> 01:05:33,060 Totally, totally. But girl who decided your 1174 01:05:33,060 --> 01:05:38,140 sponsor girl is going to be Flex Seal out? 1175 01:05:38,180 --> 01:05:41,620 And if you haven't heard of Flex Seal, that's fine because it is 1176 01:05:41,940 --> 01:05:48,220 the tape that stops leaks from happening on your gutters, on 1177 01:05:48,220 --> 01:05:52,060 your car, on your tires, on your anything. 1178 01:05:53,340 --> 01:05:58,260 Well, I'm just like wondering who, like, what was the pitch 1179 01:05:58,260 --> 01:06:01,180 for this like? I mean, Jen Brady, we think that 1180 01:06:01,180 --> 01:06:04,700 you and Flex SEAL are a great match. 1181 01:06:05,020 --> 01:06:07,300 Paul I think it was brilliant first of all. 1182 01:06:07,830 --> 01:06:11,470 I knew about Flex Seal therefore ahead of Hurricane Hillary, and 1183 01:06:11,470 --> 01:06:16,150 was able to seal up my condo from all leaks. 1184 01:06:16,470 --> 01:06:18,110 What? What on your body was leaking? 1185 01:06:20,510 --> 01:06:23,950 Yeah, no, no, I'm basically mummified myself with Flex SEAL 1186 01:06:24,270 --> 01:06:29,030 And then also we were just talking about how hard it is to 1187 01:06:29,030 --> 01:06:32,190 make a living. So Jen Brady, take that those 1188 01:06:32,190 --> 01:06:36,910 sponsorships flex seal. You know stop those leaks and. 1189 01:06:37,850 --> 01:06:40,930 Keep keep winning. Yeah, no, I mean what what do 1190 01:06:40,930 --> 01:06:43,210 the kids say? Like, weird flex, but OK, like, 1191 01:06:43,210 --> 01:06:46,690 I mean weird flex Seal, but OK Like, it's just then it just 1192 01:06:46,690 --> 01:06:51,090 made me start to wonder about, like, so can anyone sponsor and 1193 01:06:51,090 --> 01:06:52,850 and put their patch on on a player? 1194 01:06:52,850 --> 01:06:55,970 And I was like, well, where's where's the Grinder or Scruff 1195 01:06:55,970 --> 01:06:58,490 sponsorship? Like, look, we all know that 1196 01:06:58,490 --> 01:07:03,610 tennis is famously gay grinder and scruff, famously gay grinder 1197 01:07:03,610 --> 01:07:05,650 and scruff at a tennis tournament. 1198 01:07:06,340 --> 01:07:09,780 They are almost overloaded. The circuit boards are all just 1199 01:07:09,780 --> 01:07:12,500 kind of on the Fritz and and not just Taylor. 1200 01:07:13,420 --> 01:07:16,580 And you know, I was like, well, and it's funny because there 1201 01:07:16,580 --> 01:07:19,380 was, there was this logo, there's a logo that's that's on 1202 01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:24,940 players now that I see Fabio Fennini and Lopez. 1203 01:07:25,500 --> 01:07:28,980 And I was like, Oh my God, Grinder sponsors them because 1204 01:07:28,980 --> 01:07:32,420 there's this, like, skull that looks just like the Grinder 1205 01:07:32,420 --> 01:07:34,420 logo. It's actually the hydrogen logo. 1206 01:07:34,870 --> 01:07:39,310 So folks, if you ever want to kind of do like a quick like nod 1207 01:07:39,310 --> 01:07:42,550 to like I'd rather be wearing I'd rather be on grinder than 1208 01:07:42,550 --> 01:07:46,590 playing tennis go check out some hydrogen clothing because it's 1209 01:07:46,590 --> 01:07:50,670 just like oh but I feel like sometime in the near future like 1210 01:07:51,630 --> 01:07:55,430 scruff grinder, give him some money and give him a patch and. 1211 01:07:56,590 --> 01:07:59,110 Yeah, I'm absolutely. Who? 1212 01:07:59,190 --> 01:08:02,910 Who do you think will be the first player to will it be? 1213 01:08:03,860 --> 01:08:09,260 Liam Brody, who discusses famously, our biggest ally, who 1214 01:08:09,260 --> 01:08:11,540 will? Who will wear that grinder? 1215 01:08:11,980 --> 01:08:14,860 Oh, I think it's Riley Opelco. I think he would fucking love 1216 01:08:14,860 --> 01:08:16,779 it. He'd be like, yeah, with his 1217 01:08:16,859 --> 01:08:21,460 pink bag and his floppy hair and he's like, yeah. 1218 01:08:22,580 --> 01:08:26,220 It's it also is interesting to me though how many there there 1219 01:08:26,220 --> 01:08:30,260 are players who are ranked in the top 30 who don't have 1220 01:08:30,779 --> 01:08:32,620 clothing deals and that's kind of. 1221 01:08:33,060 --> 01:08:38,300 Shocking, like. And Helena Kalanina, the Rome 1222 01:08:38,300 --> 01:08:43,380 finalist from Ukraine, she was wearing on the court. 1223 01:08:43,660 --> 01:08:46,979 I believe it was a yo next headband, a Nike shirt, and that 1224 01:08:47,180 --> 01:08:50,380 that brand that ego wears on and on shorts. 1225 01:08:50,979 --> 01:08:54,380 And so she wasn't even trying to pretend that she had a sponsor. 1226 01:08:54,620 --> 01:08:57,899 She was like most of the players without sponsors. 1227 01:08:57,899 --> 01:09:01,340 They still buy a full kit, a complete kit from one single 1228 01:09:01,340 --> 01:09:03,890 company, but no. Yeah, Kalinina was mixing and 1229 01:09:03,890 --> 01:09:09,010 matching and basically screaming, hey, give me some 1230 01:09:09,010 --> 01:09:11,330 money. Maybe she was. 1231 01:09:12,130 --> 01:09:12,850 She said. She had to go. 1232 01:09:12,930 --> 01:09:15,529 She was in the closet eating and she got dressed in the dark. 1233 01:09:15,569 --> 01:09:17,890 I don't know. Yeah, she just bought whatever 1234 01:09:17,890 --> 01:09:20,810 was on sale on tennis-warehouse.com I guess. 1235 01:09:21,609 --> 01:09:25,930 And honestly, like she's she's got such a Model S neck. 1236 01:09:26,130 --> 01:09:29,370 I feel like it's a miss to not be sponsoring her. 1237 01:09:29,370 --> 01:09:32,800 Like everyone take a look. Just, you know, Google her. 1238 01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:34,479 She's got. That does have a great neck. 1239 01:09:34,760 --> 01:09:38,560 Like her neck is like 1 inch too long and it's just it's just so 1240 01:09:38,560 --> 01:09:39,720 chic. It's like very Linda 1241 01:09:39,720 --> 01:09:44,240 Evangelista. So yeah, Kalinina, sign her up 1242 01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:48,840 also. So I also have to talk about 1243 01:09:48,960 --> 01:09:51,439 some some styling tips. We talked about the Divinity 1244 01:09:51,439 --> 01:09:54,279 Shaquina's hair. Not a fan, We know this. 1245 01:09:54,930 --> 01:09:57,530 But honestly, I don't know if this is like more Barbie 1246 01:09:57,530 --> 01:10:01,890 marketing because Barbie's kind of past, but like all of the men 1247 01:10:01,930 --> 01:10:05,490 look like weird Barbies in some shape or another and like, some 1248 01:10:05,490 --> 01:10:08,050 like format. It's like we've got court. 1249 01:10:08,050 --> 01:10:11,250 She's been growing it out and he just he just pulls his little 1250 01:10:11,250 --> 01:10:12,810 ponytail through the back of his hat. 1251 01:10:12,810 --> 01:10:14,410 It's just like not styled or anything. 1252 01:10:15,130 --> 01:10:19,130 Zvereb was actually asked on an Instagram post, like, when's the 1253 01:10:19,130 --> 01:10:21,890 last time you got a haircut? Because his It is not. 1254 01:10:22,170 --> 01:10:24,440 It is not. It's just like this, this, this 1255 01:10:24,440 --> 01:10:29,560 hanging flat, like kind of just. It's the it's the worst of the 1256 01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:31,520 bunch. Frankly, it is rough. 1257 01:10:31,880 --> 01:10:36,080 But even like Fritz with his, like, hard center part, Rublev 1258 01:10:36,080 --> 01:10:38,280 has always been kind of weird. But they all look like weird 1259 01:10:38,280 --> 01:10:40,280 Barbie. They all look like some kid just 1260 01:10:40,280 --> 01:10:43,040 was like, I don't know what to do with scissors. 1261 01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:44,720 So I'm going to give you a weird haircut. 1262 01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:46,640 And like, I'm just like, why are they? 1263 01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:50,920 Why is this the look in men's tennis right now? 1264 01:10:50,920 --> 01:10:52,520 Like, are they trying to look tough? 1265 01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:56,140 Are they trying to like, you know, it's like, well, I'm, I 1266 01:10:56,140 --> 01:10:59,260 don't care about my looks, like, but because like, they also 1267 01:10:59,260 --> 01:11:03,980 clearly do care about how they look and it's just, it's just 1268 01:11:03,980 --> 01:11:05,900 weird Barbies. And then we've got JJ Wolf, who 1269 01:11:05,900 --> 01:11:08,940 literally has. He went from having the mullet 1270 01:11:09,180 --> 01:11:12,780 to having the lesbian Jane Fonda shag from the 70s, where it's 1271 01:11:12,780 --> 01:11:16,820 just like it's just falling all around his his his face 1272 01:11:16,820 --> 01:11:20,700 beautifully framing, his beautiful cherubic face with 1273 01:11:20,700 --> 01:11:25,180 like spiky hair on top. And I'm just the the the men's 1274 01:11:25,180 --> 01:11:29,860 hair game on the on on. The ATP is just wild. 1275 01:11:29,860 --> 01:11:34,260 And I got to give props. I've got to give big props to 1276 01:11:34,260 --> 01:11:39,100 Musetti, who finally got a haircut, and he's a heartthrob 1277 01:11:39,180 --> 01:11:42,700 once again. And so if everyone, if anyone, 1278 01:11:42,700 --> 01:11:48,100 is looking for an idea of what to get me for Christmas, it's 1279 01:11:48,500 --> 01:11:51,020 Lorenzo Musetti with a haircut. So check him out. 1280 01:11:51,610 --> 01:11:55,250 I love how you know Lucetti with with a haircut. 1281 01:11:55,570 --> 01:11:59,850 You are, are and then you're. Divorcing Tommy Paul and 1282 01:11:59,850 --> 01:12:02,290 marrying him. But Lucetti's gonna win you and. 1283 01:12:02,970 --> 01:12:07,730 You're so superficial, Paul. Like it's like hair is what is 1284 01:12:07,730 --> 01:12:09,850 what dictates your your affection. 1285 01:12:10,130 --> 01:12:12,850 Like long hair and you're playing with your hair. 1286 01:12:15,410 --> 01:12:17,890 Just, you know, making sure it looks good for our our. 1287 01:12:18,370 --> 01:12:22,410 Our patron, our patrons you know, who watch us on video for 1288 01:12:22,410 --> 01:12:26,210 our Patreons. I just, I'm look, I call it like 1289 01:12:26,210 --> 01:12:29,970 I see it. And these guys, they are. 1290 01:12:30,010 --> 01:12:31,970 I mean you know who always had great hair? 1291 01:12:33,170 --> 01:12:35,610 Actually no he didn't. Roger Federer when he had long 1292 01:12:35,610 --> 01:12:37,170 hair. Ohh, that was rough. 1293 01:12:37,410 --> 01:12:38,810 That was. Rough Are you talking when he 1294 01:12:38,810 --> 01:12:40,290 had the When he had the ponytail? 1295 01:12:40,290 --> 01:12:42,490 When he first came out and had the ponytail like. 1296 01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:46,720 That wasn't the best, but you. Since then, his hair was has 1297 01:12:46,720 --> 01:12:49,080 been impeccable. And then he was perfect. 1298 01:12:49,120 --> 01:12:51,520 Yeah. What about some outbursts? 1299 01:12:51,520 --> 01:12:54,080 Did we have any outbursts? We did. 1300 01:12:54,080 --> 01:12:56,880 We had one up in Canada between calls and Sakury. 1301 01:12:56,880 --> 01:13:01,240 What happened there? Well, so Daniel Collins and 1302 01:13:01,240 --> 01:13:03,560 Maria Sakury were playing a match. 1303 01:13:03,560 --> 01:13:05,720 Daniel Collins was having a great run by the way. 1304 01:13:05,720 --> 01:13:12,220 Welcome back Danielle and. Socceree was frustrated and she 1305 01:13:12,260 --> 01:13:17,020 slapped a ball in anger with her racket and it went into the 1306 01:13:17,020 --> 01:13:19,540 stands. It wasn't the most aggressive 1307 01:13:20,380 --> 01:13:25,500 hit, you know, but it it, it certainly, you know had that 1308 01:13:25,500 --> 01:13:27,700 ball hit somebody. I mean, it's Maria soccer. 1309 01:13:27,700 --> 01:13:29,140 Her ground strokes aren't that powerful. 1310 01:13:29,460 --> 01:13:32,500 We. Saw her live. 1311 01:13:32,500 --> 01:13:36,260 Those ground strokes are absolute bullets. 1312 01:13:36,660 --> 01:13:40,310 But anyway, Collins. Was like, did you see that 1313 01:13:40,390 --> 01:13:42,510 basically to the umpire, into the crowd and to everyone, and 1314 01:13:42,510 --> 01:13:43,670 to Maria. And Maria was like what? 1315 01:13:43,670 --> 01:13:46,350 I just framed it. And by the way, Maria, whether 1316 01:13:46,350 --> 01:13:48,350 you framed it or whether I hit your strings, you still hit the 1317 01:13:48,350 --> 01:13:50,550 ball in anger, Okay, and you still hit it into the crowd. 1318 01:13:50,550 --> 01:13:55,950 So and then Maria was like, and Danielle Collins was like, shut 1319 01:13:55,950 --> 01:14:00,190 your mouth, Shut your mouth to Maria, which was definitely 1320 01:14:00,190 --> 01:14:02,990 escalating, not not a deescalation, but more of an 1321 01:14:03,070 --> 01:14:06,820 escalation. Then there was a It was the 1322 01:14:06,860 --> 01:14:08,860 opposite of a deescalation, yeah. 1323 01:14:09,100 --> 01:14:14,340 Yeah, and then, you know, they they shook hands. 1324 01:14:14,340 --> 01:14:15,940 Afterward, Collins won the match again. 1325 01:14:15,940 --> 01:14:19,460 Part of this this resurgence. But you mentioned you saw 1326 01:14:19,460 --> 01:14:22,220 something on on Danielle's Instagram a few days later. 1327 01:14:22,580 --> 01:14:25,740 Yeah And like honestly, in my opinion, she was overreacting. 1328 01:14:25,740 --> 01:14:29,460 Cuz like I I feel like you have to really do something offensive 1329 01:14:30,590 --> 01:14:33,110 for the other player to be like shut your mouth like she like 1330 01:14:33,110 --> 01:14:35,510 you don't talk to it. Like that's not the classiest 1331 01:14:35,510 --> 01:14:37,070 move. Like, I mean, I loved it because 1332 01:14:37,070 --> 01:14:40,990 I'm a big animal stand like. So I was like like drama, like 1333 01:14:40,990 --> 01:14:44,710 the girls are Girling. But then yeah, five days later. 1334 01:14:44,710 --> 01:14:48,190 So Danielle doesn't, she's not going to let it go five days 1335 01:14:48,190 --> 01:14:49,550 later. She shared some highlights of 1336 01:14:49,550 --> 01:14:53,790 her time in Canada on Instagram, you know, because she made it to 1337 01:14:53,790 --> 01:14:57,790 the quarterfinals great. And some fans that were calling 1338 01:14:57,790 --> 01:15:00,150 her out a little bit where they were like because she posted a 1339 01:15:00,150 --> 01:15:05,030 clip of her match against Sakari and the the accompanying song 1340 01:15:05,150 --> 01:15:08,950 was Back Off Bitch by Guns and Roses and it was just like, did 1341 01:15:08,950 --> 01:15:13,510 you just call her a bitch or was that just like a coincidence? 1342 01:15:13,510 --> 01:15:15,670 Like, it's one of the things where it's like, it's hard to 1343 01:15:15,670 --> 01:15:19,630 say, but there's plenty of songs you could have played while 1344 01:15:19,630 --> 01:15:22,270 showing some highlights. And it just seemed like she was 1345 01:15:22,270 --> 01:15:26,510 kind of keeping it going, which honestly is the level of petty 1346 01:15:26,510 --> 01:15:30,510 that I enjoy. I love a long feud. 1347 01:15:30,510 --> 01:15:32,630 I don't want spats, I want feuds. 1348 01:15:32,830 --> 01:15:35,590 And so if this becomes like kind of like a new feud, I'm. 1349 01:15:36,870 --> 01:15:37,910 I love. I love. 1350 01:15:38,670 --> 01:15:41,190 Yeah, yeah. So that's. 1351 01:15:41,190 --> 01:15:43,830 So that's kind of some of the outfits and the outbursts that 1352 01:15:43,830 --> 01:15:46,790 are going on around the tour. And so now we're going to close 1353 01:15:46,790 --> 01:15:49,190 out the episode with a new segment. 1354 01:15:50,520 --> 01:15:54,680 New segment, yes, and it is, it is basically the things that 1355 01:15:54,680 --> 01:15:58,840 have made us gayer in the last two weeks and we are calling it 1356 01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:05,360 Lobsbyans which rolls up a couple of Lobsbyans that that 1357 01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:08,240 came up. So look, if you missed this 1358 01:16:08,240 --> 01:16:15,200 match, I highly recommend you pay to see the footage of Holger 1359 01:16:15,200 --> 01:16:18,040 Roone playing Marcos Jaron in Canada. 1360 01:16:19,030 --> 01:16:24,070 Because so as as Billy pointed out in the previous podcast, the 1361 01:16:24,070 --> 01:16:27,590 announcers were already swooning over Rune's legs just like 1362 01:16:27,590 --> 01:16:32,150 they're made out of oak. Well, Marcos Jerone's legs make 1363 01:16:32,870 --> 01:16:35,870 ruins almost look like twigs, like they were just the legs on 1364 01:16:35,870 --> 01:16:40,030 that court. Like the court was like 75% legs 1365 01:16:40,030 --> 01:16:42,430 when those two guys were playing and it was just like there was 1366 01:16:42,430 --> 01:16:46,030 some good eating that night. Like that was just like watching 1367 01:16:46,030 --> 01:16:49,330 that. I could watch them play a tiny 1368 01:16:49,330 --> 01:16:54,170 tournament. Another one was on the WTA, the 1369 01:16:54,170 --> 01:16:56,730 Egyptian player, Sharif, just her grunt. 1370 01:16:56,850 --> 01:16:59,570 It's look, some of the grunts are really getting on my nerves. 1371 01:16:59,570 --> 01:17:03,610 I'm looking at you, Sabalanka and Azarenka Sharif's grunts. 1372 01:17:04,290 --> 01:17:07,770 It's like the Fons. It's like when she plays, she'll 1373 01:17:07,770 --> 01:17:12,450 hit it be like, hey, hey, just like. 1374 01:17:12,690 --> 01:17:17,820 I just imagine like she's got like 1 and that's that they just 1375 01:17:17,820 --> 01:17:21,500 made me a little gayer cuz I was like hey, and so those were 1376 01:17:21,500 --> 01:17:22,900 those were a couple of lobs beings. 1377 01:17:23,300 --> 01:17:30,420 Yeah, I I have a lobs being that it's a little bit more serious 1378 01:17:30,700 --> 01:17:35,740 because it it's really making me question my sexuality like I I I 1379 01:17:35,740 --> 01:17:37,580 question your sexuality all the time. 1380 01:17:37,580 --> 01:17:39,460 But. I don't know if it made me gayer 1381 01:17:39,660 --> 01:17:43,740 or less gay, or something else else entirely. 1382 01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:48,560 But something about, again, we talked about his flushed face, 1383 01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:55,880 his sweaty hair, something about Novak in that since he final is 1384 01:17:55,880 --> 01:18:02,440 Novak hot, His chest hair, it was definitely a thoughtful 1385 01:18:02,440 --> 01:18:07,200 length, and I feel like he's gained a little weight and he 1386 01:18:07,200 --> 01:18:10,720 used to be very wiry, very sinewy, and he's put on a little 1387 01:18:10,720 --> 01:18:14,860 bit of beef. I don't know. 1388 01:18:15,180 --> 01:18:17,020 But I'm I'm, yeah. I'm questioning. 1389 01:18:17,020 --> 01:18:21,100 I'm I'm the I'm the cue. I think it's a I think it's a 1390 01:18:21,100 --> 01:18:23,660 really important question. Like is Novak hot? 1391 01:18:24,180 --> 01:18:26,020 Like I'm not going to say hot again because I never found him 1392 01:18:26,020 --> 01:18:29,060 hot, but suddenly, and it started off in Wimbledon, where 1393 01:18:29,060 --> 01:18:32,660 I was like, wait, that ass. Like how? 1394 01:18:33,100 --> 01:18:35,780 Like I would. Do you think he got a BBL or 1395 01:18:35,820 --> 01:18:38,820 something I I or is he wearing like butt pads? 1396 01:18:38,820 --> 01:18:40,620 Is he padded? Is it like Drag Race? 1397 01:18:40,620 --> 01:18:42,980 Is this the drag race effect where it's just like padding? 1398 01:18:42,980 --> 01:18:47,850 Because it's just like bro, like that is like that is a some junk 1399 01:18:47,850 --> 01:18:51,490 in the trunk and like I think the beard actually is working on 1400 01:18:51,490 --> 01:18:52,690 him. It's a little bit too much of A 1401 01:18:52,690 --> 01:18:56,490 neck beard, but it's kind of like the beard is really working 1402 01:18:56,490 --> 01:19:00,450 and the hair is no longer just this kind of like amorphous 1403 01:19:00,450 --> 01:19:05,570 looking kind of, you know, eraser, but it's more like it's 1404 01:19:05,570 --> 01:19:07,490 more style. But like I don't. 1405 01:19:08,690 --> 01:19:12,450 Know, I don't know. Ongoing I'm struggling with it 1406 01:19:12,450 --> 01:19:18,440 like I like I'm going to say it he looked hot in Cincinnati and 1407 01:19:18,720 --> 01:19:23,520 I think if have like some some some listener feedback So again 1408 01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:29,520 e-mail us at ball boys do a pod@gmail.com and let us know 1409 01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:31,520 that's it. And once we get Twitter up and 1410 01:19:31,520 --> 01:19:35,280 running, if we do Twitter, we're going to have some polls on 1411 01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:38,120 there and and we want to hear from you like, is he hot? 1412 01:19:38,120 --> 01:19:41,950 Because honestly, like between that ass and the way he ripped 1413 01:19:41,950 --> 01:19:46,230 his shirt off. And you know, I hate to say it, 1414 01:19:46,230 --> 01:19:50,510 but in isolation, in isolation, if you watch that Cincinnati 1415 01:19:50,590 --> 01:19:54,150 Winter speech, you might think, know that. 1416 01:19:54,150 --> 01:19:58,670 What a charming, you know, intelligent, thoughtful. 1417 01:19:58,670 --> 01:20:01,510 You just want to. Articulate, I said, in 1418 01:20:01,510 --> 01:20:05,750 isolation, to be clear. Well also those things charm, 1419 01:20:05,750 --> 01:20:08,270 articulate, those are not things I look for in a in a partner. 1420 01:20:08,270 --> 01:20:10,680 So you just you just turned me off, but. 1421 01:20:11,520 --> 01:20:15,240 Okay, you look for short hair, short hair, and short hair only. 1422 01:20:15,240 --> 01:20:18,680 Yeah, exactly. Short hair and short vocabulary. 1423 01:20:19,160 --> 01:20:23,960 Yeah well Paul, it has been an absolute joy. 1424 01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:28,360 We has the bad mash chicken tikka poutine arrived yet? 1425 01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:32,750 I wanna it's chow down with you. It is 2 blocks away And so yeah, 1426 01:20:32,750 --> 01:20:35,910 let's go let's go. Poutine that in our mouths. 1427 01:20:35,990 --> 01:20:38,710 And yeah this has been our latest episode of Ball boys 1428 01:20:39,790 --> 01:20:40,830 again. I'm Paul Moncombe. 1429 01:20:40,830 --> 01:20:44,750 I'm here Billy Hansen. And we are going to be back in 1430 01:20:44,750 --> 01:20:49,790 just a week and 1/2 after the US Open has started with a little 1431 01:20:49,790 --> 01:20:52,870 bit of a preview of who's going to win the US Open. 1432 01:20:52,870 --> 01:20:57,190 So tune in for that coming up in the next week and 1/2 until 1433 01:20:57,190 --> 01:20:58,310 then. Happy hitting.