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It's time for let's get some 
ground strokes baseline. 

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It's top spin. 
That's LGBT. 

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Have a listen. 
Make some noise with the ball 

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boys. 
Hey everybody, and welcome to a 

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very special year end episode of
The Ball Boys. 

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We are the tennis podcast that 
puts the feminine nomen on in 

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nominee and the dummy. 
And I'd like to thank the 

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Academy. 
I'm your host, Paul Monkle, and 

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on today's show we are bringing 
you the second annual Bali 

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Awards. 
Yes folks, it's award season and

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the Bali's are back to recognize
the outfits and outbursts, the 

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dudes and the feuds, the 
Hotshots and low blows of the 

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ATP and WTA tours and honestly 
what a freaking year it's been. 

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2025 has had more ups and downs 
and teeter totter night at the 

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Eagle and honestly at times I 
was like can we all just stop 

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and take a breather? 
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And actually so much has 
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world this year, it's easy to 
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next thing. 
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Eagle. 
In prepping for today's show, 

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there were so many times I was 
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or that was only in April. 
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remember remembering? 
Well, today we are here to jog 

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your memories and drop your 
jaws. 

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So come along with us for the 
next hour. 

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It's the Bali awards, It's that 
time of the year to celebrate 

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tennis with some snark and some 
cheer. 

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This year has been up and then 
it's been down. 

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We've been chasing that ball all
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We had roofs that prolapse and 
pros that collapsed. 

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We had hails that caught fire 
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Rackets were thrown and backs 
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Maddie gave us all hope with 
that big wind down under but all

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the US ladies showed some real 
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Mousetti's kit gave both Pope 
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went from carrots to quite 
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The clay season was gritty and 
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Arena brought the drama and Rafa
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bagel. 
Wimbledon was gone in a flash. 

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I still can't believe we don't 
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The USDA banned bullying that 
Trump. 

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But don't worry, we still had 
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bad slump. 
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blonde and then tipsy and then 
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Why were they all so damn 
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We had the longest government 
shutdown in history and epic 

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feuds and meltdowns and late 
season misery. 

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We welcomed 8 new ball boys and 
many more next year. 

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We said new balls please and you
said hold my beer. 

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It's almost next season, who 
knows what comes next. 

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But don't be too scared. 
We've got puns, we've got sex. 

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It's the Bali Awards to 
celebrate all the tennis with 

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some lippy homosexuals and at 
least one big menace. 

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Hold for applause, Hold for 
applause. 

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Yes, everybody, we are going to 
celebrate the highlights and low

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brows of tennis tonight. 
And to do it, I am here with a 

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real pair of Golden Globes 
coming back again, which is his 

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favorite pastime. 
We have Matthew Coleman and 

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joining us is the OG ball boy 
fan. 

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Some would call him a Neto baby 
because he's been grandfathered 

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in and only does the year end 
shows. 

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It's Matthew Paluch. 
Hey boys, welcome back to the 

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show. 
How's it going? 

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Hey. 
Paul, hi. 

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Hi, Paul. 
Hi, everyone. 

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Hi, other Matt. 
Are you guys? 

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Excited for the awards and who's
going to get the most 

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prestigious award in queer niche
podcasting tennis? 

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Yeah, obviously. 
It's like we're 3 gay tennis 

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Divas joining together to 
maximize our slave. 

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So what's better than that? 
I think you have started this 

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show in such a fantastic way, 
Paul. 

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I think I am so proud to call 
myself your friend. 

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You are a creative. 
You are a podcast pioneer. 

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That was just so extraordinary. 
Thank you so much. 

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It put such a smile on my face. 
I mean it tell if you're 

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completely I. 
Know, I do mean it. 

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It was. 
Really funny, it's been quite a 

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year. 
Like I said, as my Golden Girls,

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how has this tennis year been 
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It's been. 
Long as hell, I mean like trying

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to do a mental retrospective of 
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I literally couldn't, I couldn't
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before, like Wimbledon, 
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look at all the Masters 1000 
winners and I was like, Oh yeah,

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like I forgot that Anna Simova 
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She like kicked off the year 
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I'm like, I'm like, I thought 
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I, I, I felt like a total idiot 
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much. 
It's just been it's been too 

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much goodness and it has 
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Do you know what I thought about
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actually kind of lost? 
He only won a 250, I think, or 

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two and two, two, and then he 
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He would go deep in every 
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end and it was in for someone of
his stature all for not. 

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And I thought that was kind of 
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He's kind of a loser, yeah. 
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detestable, but I still I'm 
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I like him so much more now that
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Yeah, I know. 
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Matthew Coleman psychology is 
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underdog, I can't help but like 
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But yeah, no, it's he has had 
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seasons getting to the semi 
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it's like it's pretty good 
objectively, but like kind of 

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bad. 
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and you're like, yeah, even even
Maddie Keys, I feel like had a 

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kind of a good bad season. 
Tale of two hitties. 

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I mean come on, that was brutal.
OK, if you guys had to sum up 

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the year with three words, what 
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I would say grueling is one 
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Long, hard, arduous. 
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bullets transitional, I think I 
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a bit of a changing of the guard
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I feel like we saw a few stars 
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past who have been a little flat
the last few years, finally 

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getting their groove back, which
I'd love to see. 

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I think a word that that would 
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hair. 
Hair. 

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Yes, the haircuts, especially on
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the gamut. 
Popping off. 

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Yeah, yeah. 
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describe this year is uneven. 
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few months. 
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Gone too soon, especially on the
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I mean, beyond Sinner and 
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happening. 
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I want, but. 
Even I mean, what what I thought

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when you said that also was like
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the I mean, 6 love, 6 love over 
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like, you know, it's like it was
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though. 
Love and love in a Grand Slam 

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final. 
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downs, though it doesn't apply 
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The third word would be 
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I've shed some tears this year, 
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such as and Maddie Keys won a 
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Samoa lost the Wimbledon final. 
Double bagel. 

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Those were tear and tear tear 
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Sinner losing after match point 
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He's not an emotive young 
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was making during that award 
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Well my 3 words are test because
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some people have said and that 
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people were tapping out. 
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a season, then I'd ick because a
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people were fighting like all 
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Ostapenko stuff. 
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And then my last word is calls 
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some really close calls, really 
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and Alcaraz and and so. 
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together, my 3 words are 
testicles. 

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I knew I could tell you were 
doing. 

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Something stupid. 
I'll go go sit in the corner and

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take 10 minutes. 
Buddy, it shows who prepares for

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this. 
I just you know, like I can't 

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not do it. 
It's a sickness. 

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It's like if I don't have this 
podcast, I'll just be saying 

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these jokes to my wall and you 
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OK, before we get in, I mean, 
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And so I just want to cover off 
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that just made me gayer for 
tennis related to your first 

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word Paluch everyone cutting 
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So joining Carlos Alcaraz, we 
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suddenly looking like Marat 
Saffin, bold and then more, more

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niche, But Mark Lehall or Lejal 
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He was the blonde guy who had 
dreadlocks, which was a choice. 

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He had them since he was very 
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He he got rid of them. 
Big like the the island boy of 

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tennis. 
Totally. 

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From Estonia. 
Hopefully with like a better 

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ending than than what's 
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where are those guys, you know? 
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chronically online enough. 
Paul no, no. 

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But we also are welcoming a new 
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Mika Brunholt, Swiss player, has
come out to a huge amount of 

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support. 
It broke a lot of social media 

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feeds of just the amount of 
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fantastic. 
At first, of course, I was going

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to be bitching. 
I was like, who's better, him or

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Joao raise Thermopolis da Silva?
But I actually kind of just want

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them to play double s. 
I kind of want them to like team

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up at a Challenger 'cause 
they're both not quite at the 

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ATP Tour level, they're 
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But I just think it's amazing. 
It's great having another one of

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us in the mix. 
You know, another mark on the 

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wall of hair for for blute 
because that's like, that's the 

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headline there even before gay. 
I was like, wait, what? 

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That's that's something that is.
It's some like 80s glamour shot 

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hair. 
Like we need to get a, we need 

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to get a big like music video 
fan and just get it blowing. 

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When that came out in the news, 
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many people do you you go back, 
you look at the videos, I might 

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say that there are not a lot of 
surprises here. 

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But that's still really great 
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that is much needed in the 
sport, I would say. 

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So that's great. 
Yeah, no, it's funny. 

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So of course I followed him on 
Instagram right after he came 

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out, and so I was there for when
he posted his story of his 

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Spotify rapped. 
Honestly, that could have been 

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his coming out. 
Oh wait, what was on it? 

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It was just, it was Abracadabra 
and it was like every gay guy's 

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Spotify rap. 
So it's just like. 

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Good for him, you. 
Know hiding in plain sight. 

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Let's just say that. 
But yeah, I'm excited. 

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Hey Mika, come on the show. 
I'll even say your name, right? 

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I don't know if it's Mika or 
Mika, but Mistress for Mika. 

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So let's get to the show and to 
the awards. 

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First, some ground rules. 
So this year we decide to open 

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things up. 
Consider us like any gay 

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relationship and what happens is
you open things up. 

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So we invited some previous ball
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some some ball adjacencies, some
chodes to come in and vote on 

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the awards. 
But fair warning folks, this is 

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not a democracy. 
This is a ball ocracy, so each 

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of us has the power to veto one 
award winner, but in order to 

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successfully veto that winner, 
the other two have to agree. 

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And so we will still be fighting
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get to the final winners of the 
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So we're going to kick it off 
with the first award. 

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Hold on if we're going to hold. 
On I have questions. 

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I agree. 
Oh, sorry. 

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OK. 
Sorry. 

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I Matthew Palucha and Matthew 
Coleman. 

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Any question before we get 
started? 

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Matthew Coleman and I might have
the same question. 

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I'm just confirming that to 
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be unanimous amongst the three 
of us, correct? 

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First of all, thank you for 
providing me with this power. 

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I'm very excited to be a part of
this. 

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And just for the listener, the 
other two know this. 

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I don't know the winners. 
Oh, yeah, no, we're opening 

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these live, so who knows what it
could be. 

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Mayhem. 
Chaos. 

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I want people screaming. 
I want Susan Lucci slapping Will

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Smith done. 
Matthew Coleman, did you have a 

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question before we? 
Yeah. 

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This just a technical question, 
procedural question, as they 

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would say. 
Can we veto anyone's award or 

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does it have to be 1 of the ones
that we're presenting? 

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Any award that you hear, any 
results? 

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Yeah. 
OK, all right, all right. 

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But but you got to save. 
It, I know that's the thing. 

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I, I, I can't be, I can't be 
impulsive like I usually AM. 

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I know you want to come in here 
and boss everything around and 

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be like, no, this is hideous, 
that's disgusting, make it this,

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but you can't so. 
Like like Melania Trump 

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decorating the White House for 
Christmas. 

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With one lazy finger at a time, 
yeah. 

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Too warm? 
That's too warm. 

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I want to feel cold, OK? 
I have a question that you're 

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you're you can maybe cut this 
out but is my laugh good or bad?

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I love it. 
OK, good. 

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Yeah, yeah, you're, but you're 
being really funny. 

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Good. 
I'm not trying to be serious 

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guys. 
It's been two 2 1/2 years of 

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this. 
I'm not this is not a serious 

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but I realize like. 
People don't laugh a lot and I 

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want to laugh when you're being 
funny and I'm going to laugh, 

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but I don't know if audibly it's
like offensive. 

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No, I love it. 
I wish people would laugh more. 

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Matt. 
He's like, I would if, if it was

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funny, OK. 
OK, good down because you're 

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being really funny. 
Good. 

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Great. 
I. 

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Love it. 
It's it's all the meditating. 

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You got me a Chodes. 
I'm not going to lie. 

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I'm like, I want to see. 
I want to see an outline of of 

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which ones of the people you 
sent it to. 

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Chodes. 
Yeah, Wait. 

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OK, I'll start. 
Another question, if I'm 

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presenting, how do I know who 
wins if I haven't seen them? 

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Are you going to say it, Paul? 
You should open. 

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Them I sent you an e-mail, 
didn't I? 

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Oh, right, but I I didn't. 
Look at it. 

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So you open that attachment. 
It's like teaching my mom how to

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use Facebook. 
You open the attachment. 

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OK, Any folks OK listeners at 
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Any other questions? 
If so, e-mail me at 

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paul@ballboysmedia.com and I'll 
get back to you for the third 

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annual Bali Awards with the 
answers. 

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But otherwise, are we good to 
get going? 

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Yeah, let's do it. 
So the first award is the Bali 

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for Manchild, and it's the 
player who exhibited behavior 

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that maybe someone with stunted 
emotional growth or an inability

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to self regulate would have. 
And so the nominees for Manchild

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Bali R Daniel Medvedev at the US
Open, demanding a second serve 

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in his first round loss, getting
the entire crowd behind him and 

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causing quite a scene. 
We have Arena Sabalanka after 

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losing the French Open and then 
after losing Wimbledon and after

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losing the WTA Finals, taking it
like quite a poor sport. 

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We have Yelena Ostapenko 
insulting Taylor Townsend in 

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their match at the US Open, 
telling her that she needs to be

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educated and just really having 
terrible optics that haunted her

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across all of social media 
except for the account where she

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sells her used clothing. 
Then we have Sasha Bublik, who 

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was fighting with everyone in 
Paris. 

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It was like Donatella and the 
devil was Prada. 

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He's not sitting next to 
anybody. 

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He fought with Popper and then 
he fought with Mute. 

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And then we have Naomi Osaka's 
runner up speech at Canada, 

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forgetting to congratulate 
Victoria and Boko. 

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So these are the nominees for 
manchild. 

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And yes, a woman can be a 
manchild, and the Bali for 

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manchild goes to Yelena 
Ostapenko for insulting Taylor 

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Townsend at the US Open. 
I this was my vote. 

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Applause. 
I think it stands out head and 

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shoulders above the rest. 
I actually don't support Arena 

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Sevilanka being in this, but 
that's a separate question. 

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Well, her her reactions, I mean 
when she was sitting after the 

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WTA finals and said that 
ridiculous Russian statement 

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like even a stick wins once or 
some colloquialism that was 

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basically saying we're back 
gonna got lucky. 

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She's a poor loser when she 
loses and it's that's that's 

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manchild behavior. 
I. 

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I think I want my. 
Athletes to kind of be a little 

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like this. 
I think they can. 

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They can go over the line for 
sure, but like, I want them to 

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be pissed when they lose. 
Yeah. 

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The expectation that they need 
to be gracious I don't think is 

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realistic. 
And I want these people to be 

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like warriors. 
I think that there's a happy 

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medium. 
I think that there is a there's 

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a line. 
I think she went over the line. 

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But that's, hey, we don't have 
to agree because you know what? 

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She didn't fucking win. 
Coleman, what do you have to say

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about this? 
I mean, I can live with this 

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result, but definitely was not 
what I voted for. 

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I watched Medvedev 'cause that 
delay in in that U.S. 

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Open match and let me tell you, 
I was giggling and giddy on the 

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edge of my seat. 
It was insane to sit through. 

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I mean, it was a 10 plus minute 
delay if I remembering 

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correctly. 
The crowd would not shut up. 

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They were roaring. 
He was being very Machiavellian 

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about it. 
He wasn't overplaying it, but he

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was just putting his foot on the
gas in the right minutes to to 

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stoke the crowd. 
It was masterful. 

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I've never seen anything like 
that. 

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So like to me like that, that's 
the one that I was like, like 

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that was cinema. 
But I won't lie, I voted for 

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that one too because it was 
also, I don't remember like the 

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first season of the comeback 
when Lisa Kudrow really wants a 

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second take and she gets the 
audience like give her a second 

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take. 
Like he was kind of doing that 

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too, like give her a second 
serve. 

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It was just like very like it 
was really bizarre. 

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It was bizarro world and it was 
very man child behavior. 

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So I don't know do we want to, 
do we want to use up our veto 

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power on this one? 
I'm not open to using the veto 

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right now, OK? 
Yeah, I think we're all a little

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gun shy with the. 
Video I'm going to start the the

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the the music to play us off and
go on to the next category. 

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By the way, Palook just want to 
say it's it's Matthew, if you 

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don't mind. 
Wow, oh wow. 

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Well. 
Also, I don't I don't want the 

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listening audience to adopt 
back. 

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Did I misunderstand you earlier 
on? 

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Yeah, I think you did. 
Leave it in, it's real. 

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I can't. 
I can't understand a word, 

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Coleman says. 
I'm like the teacher in Peanuts 

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all. 
Right. 

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So the next award is for Best 
New artist. 

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And to give out this award, 
please welcome to the stage, 

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Best New Artist 1982. 
It's Matthew Paluch. 

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Thank you Paul Webster's defines
new. 

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As someone who just popped up on
my grid for the first time, the 

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nominees for best new artists 
are Terence Atman. 

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His highlight of the year was a 
semi final run at Cincinnati, 

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Victoria and Boko. 
The Canadian who won the the 

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Canadian Open. 
A wonderful story. 

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One of my favorite stories of 
the year. 

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Valentine Vassaro from Monaco, 
who won the Shanghai Masters 

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1000 against his cousin Arthur 
Vinder Kanesh, learned Tien for 

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just having a good. 
Year he won his first APP title,

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he's he's had some deep runs, 
yeah. 

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Great. 
Yeah, Yeah. 

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I like watching him play. 
And I was like a lefty. 

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We got to unite Paul. 
You know what I mean? 

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Eva Jovic, the American who I 
believe won Guadalajara. 

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Yeah. 
Yeah. 

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Look. 
At me and the Bali goes to 

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Valentine Basharo in his 
Shanghai run Mofrero. 

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I really like this guy. 
I like his smile. 

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I like the energy that he 
brings. 

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I love the storyline between the
cousins. 

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It was a good time of the season
to have this storyline because I

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do sort of check out after the 
US Open. 

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So this was sort of a nice thing
to catch up on and watch clips 

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of and and follow in Tennis 
News. 

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You're spot on. 
I mean, it's, it's that point in

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the season where it's just like 
tennis fatigue sets in not only 

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for the players, but for the 
fans too. 

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And I think that was a, it was a
two week Masters, right? 

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Those can be just like, like 
grueling. 

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But it's, it's a reminder of, 
it's that kind of story that you

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only get at a two weeks Masters 
because it's got the bigger 

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draw. 
You have the lower ranked 

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players who are able to get in 
and so they they can have their 

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Cinderella moment. 
Yeah, I we needed that. 

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I think as a as a society and a 
culture, we needed that. 

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Coleman, to your point, I mean, 
he got in as a lucky loser too. 

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He didn't even qualify, he had 
to get in as a lucky loser. 

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And I've been railing against 
the two week masters and I still

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am. 
I still like look, I still am, 

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but I'm at least it paid off at 
least while we have to suffer 

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through this. 
We got a amazing story and it 

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turns out they're cousins. 
Oh, what A twist. 

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I loved it. 
That was like a big moment for 

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me was when when he and render 
Kanesh were like sobbing with 

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each other like like that. 
I think that was that was for 

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me. 
Like that got me in my feelings.

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I actually. 
Think that I don't know if I 

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cried here, but this touched me 
emotionally. 

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As well, I was touched as well. 
Show us on the doll. 

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Where you're touched. 
Show us on the balls where you 

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were touched. 
OK, the next award, then moving 

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on is the Bali for best meme. 
And to give out the next Bali is

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our very own meme queen, Matthew
Coleman. 

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You. 
Can call me Jamie Lee Coleman 

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because she's a scream queen. 
I'm a meme queen. 

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Let's do this. 
OK, so we had a few moments this

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season that were extremely 
memorable and burned into our 

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hearts, minds, and group chats. 
First one, we had Sabalenko's 

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fluttered lips reaction to 
getting passed by Leila 

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Fernandez at the US Open, which 
like if you have ever spent a 

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microsecond on tennis Twitter, 
you'll see is used as a reaction

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to literally everything. 
We had this late breaking moment

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late in the season where where 
the people found Jelena 

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Ostapenko's like online 
Instagram like burner account 

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where she's selling her used 
things like a vacuum cleaner. 

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I think she was selling $5 gift 
bags just. 

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She's selling her own clothes 
now too. 

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Used used kit she's worn which 
I'm like whoa. 

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I mean, you know, multi 
$1,000,000 Slam winner, you 

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know, is is Hawking her wares on
Instagram. 

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We had Booblick and Tommy Paul's
pinky handshake cutie patootie. 

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We had Reebok and his lack of 
emotion when she wins the WTA 

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Finals and largest prize money 
ever. 

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Which, I mean, this is kind of 
like, like a repeated meme 

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because I think we basically got
the same moment during Wimbledon

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the year she won. 
We had Taylor Fritz's upside 

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down Hugo Boss headband, which 
either got him absolutely chewed

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out by his brand team or they 
were worshipping at his feet. 

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I don't know, because it was so 
talked about. 

448
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,360
And finally, we had Europe's 
Labor Cup couch where everyone 

449
00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,680
got cuddled. 
Yeah, Like, that couch was like 

450
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,360
getting all sorts of action. 
Like, people were like lounging,

451
00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:01,320
cuddling, like spread eagle on 
that thing. 

452
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,040
Lots of memorable moments. 
But we can only choose one, 

453
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:11,960
unfortunately. 
So the Bali goes to Sabalenka's 

454
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:18,400
fluttered lips reaction. 
Which wouldn't have been what I 

455
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,840
chose, guys, wouldn't have been 
the one I chose. 

456
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:25,360
I have to say, as a as a judge 
and juror in these awards, I had

457
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,640
a hard time voting for this one.
I had to think about it for a 

458
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,520
while, I think. 
I think I voted for Taylor Fritz

459
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,680
because it was meme. 
So what was in my mind? 

460
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,000
What was memed the most? 
I think it was Fritz more than 

461
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,000
Sabalenka. 
It's like it's you bring up a 

462
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,680
good point that there's so many 
metrics by which you could judge

463
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,360
this. 
Like I feel like if we're if 

464
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:49,640
it's if it's that like which GIF
do you see the most of? 

465
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:51,760
Like I got, I got to say it's 
arena. 

466
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,480
I mean, I I see that thing all 
the time. 

467
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:58,840
But like I got to say to me, if 
you're if you are in a tennis 

468
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,000
group chat, the thing that 
people found funniest and most 

469
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,920
amusing and creating the most 
delight for people was Ostapenko

470
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,760
and her burner account. 
Like, that is so funny. 

471
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,440
It's so funny. 
And the screenshots of it, it's 

472
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:19,240
just so in weirdly fitting. 
Like, I think I'm gonna use my 

473
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:23,760
my Golden Buzzer veto on this 
one and say I want to give this 

474
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,480
one to Ostapenko because. 
Oh. 

475
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,440
Wow, I also feel like I want to 
balance out her her bad PR that 

476
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,400
we're giving her with the last 
conversation about. 

477
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,440
The Taylor Townsend moment, Any 
Bali award is the highest honor.

478
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,600
So you want her to be a multi 
Bali award? 

479
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,840
Winner, I want her to I want her
to win the Razzie and the Oscar 

480
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:42,480
in the same season. 
Let's say that. 

481
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:48,040
So I'll I'll put put the motion 
to the to the court. 

482
00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:52,160
So I will agree, I I actually 
was going to use my veto power 

483
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,640
also because Arena Sabalenka in 
the last few days cannot get her

484
00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,280
foot out of her mouth, whether 
it's going on Piers Morgan with 

485
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,160
Nick curios or just being kind 
of a weirdo on the Fallon show. 

486
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,000
I worry about her politics and I
worry about her stance on the 

487
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,080
war. 
I just don't know if I feel like

488
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,120
awarding her right now. 
So I agree, I'm ready to veto 

489
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:20,120
her for this award. 
So now though, we have to all 

490
00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:25,200
agree on who wins, and it sounds
like it's either Ostapenko or 

491
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,440
Fritz. 
I would have kept my God damn 

492
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,080
trap shut, Paul, if I knew that 
you were going to use yours. 

493
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,400
OK, I, I boom, I'm down. 
I'm down. 

494
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,720
I'm down with Ostapenko, Yeah. 
I'm down with Ostapenko too. 

495
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,040
OK? 
She's a double. 

496
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:42,160
Also she's had a rough year. 
She deserves 2 baldy awards. 

497
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,120
Fuck yeah. 
Yeah. 

498
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,360
Asapenko, I know you're 
listening. 

499
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,920
If I see one of these goddamn 
Bali awards on that burner 

500
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:57,320
account being sold, it is on. 
OK, The next Bali award, we are 

501
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:01,760
getting through it, folks. 
We are going to Bali #4 which is

502
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,760
for the runniest. 
That is the award with the 

503
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,720
grossest name, but also the best
game. 

504
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,600
So this is the Bali for the 
runniest the most impressive 

505
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:16,880
runs of the year and the 
nominees are Rabacana's 12 match

506
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,760
win streak to end the year, get 
into the finals and then win the

507
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:24,600
finals minus a retirement. 
Yannick Sinners 35 match multi 

508
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,720
season indoor winning streak 
that is still alive. 

509
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:34,320
FAA Felix Ozier Ali Asim's since
Cincinnati really rounding into 

510
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:39,000
form ending up in the top five. 
Mira Andreva's back-to-back one 

511
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,560
thousands earlier in the year, 
winning Dubai and Indian Wells 

512
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:48,400
both times in her speech 
thanking herself Boo and then 

513
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,320
Carlos on clay this year going 
22 and 1. 

514
00:28:53,880 --> 00:29:00,000
And the Bali award for the 
runniest goes to Yannick Sinner 

515
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:05,720
and his 35 match indoor streak. 
I support this wholeheartedly. 

516
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:11,080
It's really impressive what he's
done and you know that kid, he's

517
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:16,720
got some talent. 
Yeah, yeah, I, I really, I, I 

518
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,160
think I mentioned this earlier 
in the show. 

519
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,920
I really my heart broke for him 
when he lost the French Open, 

520
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,440
although it was it will probably
be one of the best tennis 

521
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,280
moments in history of my 
lifetime. 

522
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,880
Yeah, he's great. 
He's really good at tennis. 

523
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:33,600
You. 
Should think about going like 

524
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,640
leaning in. 
You should do something with 

525
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,360
that. 
Matthew. 

526
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,680
What do you think? 
I mean, to quote Abby Lee 

527
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:47,560
Miller, Sloppy, boring, lazy, 
like great, like Sinner won a 

528
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:48,880
bunch of matches. 
Cool. 

529
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,320
I like, where's the narrative in
that? 

530
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:55,360
Where's the Where's the tension?
Well he was bet he got banned 

531
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,120
for three months. 
He couldn't play the indoor 

532
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,880
tournaments after Australia. 
I know, but he's so good. 

533
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,680
He's so good. 
Anyways, he was always going to 

534
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,840
come back and and and dominate 
like whether or not he had 

535
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,280
Clausta Bowl and assistant there
was think. 

536
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,000
Alvarez would have won except 
for the loss. 

537
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,680
If Alcaraz had 123 and O one 
clay, I might have switched my 

538
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:16,840
vote. 
There's something about clay 

539
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,840
that feels like more of an 
achievement, even though it's 

540
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,120
fewer matches. 
I mean, I find FAA clawing his 

541
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,800
way back to five at the end of 
the year so much more 

542
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,360
interesting. 
That was a pretty big rankings 

543
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,040
hop from his low point of the 
season. 

544
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,280
But but but I mean. 
You know what, guys? 

545
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,120
Not every award is going to 
knock your wig off and, you 

546
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,320
know, blow your skirt up so. 
Hey, my wig got blown off years 

547
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,440
ago. 
Listen, I like Yannick, Yannick 

548
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,040
deserves this one and I'm and 
I'm happy he he's won it, but 

549
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,720
it's just it's fun to be a 
Rascal you. 

550
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,840
Know cantankerous little. 
Yeah. 

551
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,800
Well, so Speaking of, we'll move
on to the next Bali, which is 

552
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:02,800
for least aura and the man with 
so much aura that he puts the 

553
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:09,120
aura and Aurora borealis. 
Matthew Paluch is going to 

554
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,000
present the next award. 
Thank you, Paul. 

555
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,800
This year we had a number of 
players who really just 

556
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,080
embarrassed themselves and we 
were all watching. 

557
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,360
I certainly was. 
First, we have egos, Fiantec's 

558
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,080
shadowboxing at the Australian 
Open before getting aced by 

559
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:28,040
Madison Keys. 
A truly, it's so funny. 

560
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:32,120
If you haven't seen it, you have
to watch the clip BA Corntamute 

561
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,120
Tweener shot to lose the Davis 
Cup. 

562
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,320
His post to his Instagram story 
after this was actually really 

563
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,960
sad. 
He basically apologized to like 

564
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:46,120
the country of France. 
Oops Francis Tiafo for talking 

565
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:51,440
about competing for slams. 
Oh God bless him though then. 

566
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,720
Losing like he went, I think he 
went three and eight after 

567
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,320
saying that was this. 
Was this the year that he said 

568
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,160
the the clown? 
No, that was last year. 

569
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,080
But then around Wimbledon, he 
was like, no, I'm, I'm gonna be 

570
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,720
competing for Slams. 
Right, right, right. 

571
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,640
Tommy. 
Tommy Paul having his truck 

572
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,160
repossessed, which God bless 
Tommy Paul because he put the 

573
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,040
security footage on social 
media. 

574
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:19,440
I love and Kim Wen Jiang saying 
the long schedule is part of the

575
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:25,240
deal and then taking the rest of
the year off and the Bali goes 

576
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,640
to egos Fiantech shadowboxing at
the Australian Open. 

577
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,000
This is it's so funny. 
It's so funny. 

578
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,720
This year she's had some 
struggles and and there's 

579
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,480
something about someone 
struggling where I actually 

580
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,920
start to root for them. 
So I've I've grown to like her 

581
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,400
this year. 
I, I'm, I'm seeing a bit of, I 

582
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,600
don't want to say personality 
because that's not really a nice

583
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,960
thing to say, but I'm seeing a 
bit more dynamism to her that I 

584
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,920
didn't see in previous years. 
But this is a great example of 

585
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,520
old ego really just kind of 
missing it. 

586
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,000
Yeah, and just like, I mean, she
was doing that to psych Maddie 

587
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,280
out and then to get aced. 
Sorry. 

588
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,880
And then and then and then 
Maddie immediately just like 

589
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,280
walks away, walks to the other 
side of the court like it is 

590
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,640
like, it is like a six seconds 
of of perfection that entire 

591
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,760
moment. 
It was great. 

592
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,640
It's so I'm going to watch it 
after we do this. 

593
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:21,560
Just over and over again. 
Amazing. 

594
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,760
Yes, I fully cosigned that 
award. 

595
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,160
So we're going to keep things 
moving, folks. 

596
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:34,560
Next is the Bali award for best 
hair comma Carlos Alcaraz. 

597
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,840
And to present that is our very 
own hair model, Matthew Coleman.

598
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:44,120
As a former blonde, I feel like 
I'm, I'm the perfect, I'm the 

599
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:48,880
perfect person to own this one. 
I'll have to take the the 

600
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:54,040
listeners on a bit of a journey 
here because we have a few 

601
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,080
different moments in time that 
we're going to, we're going to 

602
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,480
look back to the archives and, 
and, and mentally tour. 

603
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:05,320
So first nominated is Carlos's 
U.S. 

604
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:09,320
Open shorthair debut. 
So this is when he shows up, he 

605
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,360
shaved it all off. 
He has like a weird line of 

606
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,000
demarcation where it's like I 
can't tell if that's just the 

607
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,880
way his skull is shaped or if 
it's just like the way that the 

608
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,760
light was hitting. 
But it's like like it just 

609
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,880
looked like bizarre. 
And it's about as short as you 

610
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:25,920
can do a buzz cut without being 
fully bald. 

611
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:32,040
The number 2 moment was like 12 
hours later when he comes out 

612
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:37,080
with his US open blonde moment. 
This was, you know, fresh, 

613
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:42,280
clean, like platinum blondes and
it was pretty badass. 

614
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,760
I got to admit. 
It's like it polarizing. 

615
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,960
You love it or hate it, but like
it had aura. 

616
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,679
Then Fast forward a month, two 
months, we have his ATP final 

617
00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:55,800
blonde tips moment where we've 
we've grown out a little bit. 

618
00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:59,080
The the blonde is there, but 
it's just it's just on the tips.

619
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,800
We're kind of channelling, you 
know, like late 90s pull your 

620
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,800
hair through the strainer and 
like just dye the tips. 

621
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,400
And then D is everything before 
the Carlos Algraz that that we 

622
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:16,800
have known in love of the in 
hair fashion form in years past.

623
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,520
And the Bali goes to U.S. 
Open blonde. 

624
00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:26,640
And I can't argue with that. 
I mean, shit was crisp, clean. 

625
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,000
It gave him like a little bit of
kind of a sex appeal. 

626
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,840
I mean, everybody's known that 
Carlos is sexy, but like there's

627
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,200
almost like a Ken doll quality 
in a way to him. 

628
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,320
But like when he did the hair, 
I'm like, Oh no, like you, 

629
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:43,920
you've got like sex appeal to 
you now I. 

630
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:49,760
Agree with that to an extent. 
I think he is still on boy side 

631
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,600
of energy. 
But you see it coming. 

632
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:56,320
You see man coming. 
Yeah, I am considering a veto 

633
00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:02,000
here, and here's why. the US 
Open shorthair where he shaved 

634
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,680
his head down to the scalp was a
mistake. 

635
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,040
So that to me is really funny. 
And it's like an authentic, 

636
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,080
unplanned moment that he had to 
deal with throughout the course 

637
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,960
of the tournament. 
Whereas when he won, he dyed it 

638
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,520
blonde is like a gift to 
himself. 

639
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,200
And it was more purposeful. 
And we loved that. 

640
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:22,000
And it was very fun. 
I think I don't know, I don't 

641
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,640
know guys. 
I, I think the, the, the buzz 

642
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:28,320
down to the scalp mistake is a 
better is better hair and better

643
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,440
storyline. 
I don't know it is best hair 

644
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:31,840
though. 
So we're not, yeah. 

645
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,600
So we're like, are we, are we 
looking at it from an aesthetic 

646
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,880
point of view or are we looking 
at it as like from like what's 

647
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,360
like the cultural significance 
of the moment? 

648
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,680
Because like. 
As we talk about it, I'm going 

649
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:47,120
to withdraw my veto threat. 
To put in my my two cents, I 

650
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:52,920
actually was my vote was for the
ATP Finals blonde tips because 

651
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,520
when he won the US Open, he was 
still brunette. 

652
00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:00,200
And he was like, I'm going to do
something that's going to blow 

653
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:04,000
you all away. 
And I said it on a show around 

654
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,120
that time, it felt like when 
JoJo Siwa was like, I'm going to

655
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,720
invent something new. 
It's called gay pop because he's

656
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:13,480
like, I'm going to do something 
you haven't seen before and he 

657
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,840
goes blonde the girl. 
Have you been to West Hollywood?

658
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:18,760
How many other players have done
that lately? 

659
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,440
Diallo did it. 
Taylor Fritz did it like like 

660
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:25,080
born a Gojo did it like, like 
literally players up and down 

661
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:30,720
the tour have made that move. 
But like Carlos, like it. 

662
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,920
It was doing something for me. 
I, I don't know, I, I think you 

663
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,360
look great at the ATP Finals 
too. 

664
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,920
I love a grown out buzz cut 
because there's, there's 

665
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,040
something extra like crust punk 
about that to me. 

666
00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,000
You got to be kind of messy with
it. 

667
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,760
And so it looks good when it's 
like the roots have grown out a 

668
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,800
little bit. 
But to be honest, if the 

669
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:54,720
universe at large prefers the US
Open blonde, then who am I to to

670
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,000
argue with the the voice of the 
people? 

671
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,080
Yeah, I'm going to let, I'm 
going to let this one be I I 

672
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:03,160
agree after this conversation. 
All right, we'll let this go. 

673
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,480
Oh, shoot guys, real quick. 
What time is it? 

674
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:11,640
834. 
No, it's time for Immemorium. 

675
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:17,520
Who died? 
Who died? 

676
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,760
Who died? 
Yes, everybody. 

677
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,480
It's time to look back at the 
things we lost this year and 

678
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:30,840
honor those memories. 
In 2025, we lost an offseason, 

679
00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:33,520
say for a few weeks in the 
Maldives. 

680
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:38,480
Players no longer have downtime 
to unwind, recover, train. 

681
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,720
In 2025 we also had some big 
retirements. 

682
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:50,560
Patrick Ovidova, Fabio Fanini, 
Diego Schwartzman, Caroline 

683
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:56,720
Garcia and this one hurt. 
We also lost all the players who

684
00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:01,840
got engaged and married, Dennis 
Chapavala and Tommy Paul. 

685
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:06,640
No, not to each other. 
Also Felix, OJ Aliasim, 

686
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:19,360
Sebastian Carter, Cam Nori. 
This year we also lost mixed 

687
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:23,840
double S legitimacy, with the US
Open spectacle bringing in great

688
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,800
attention but not so great 
tennis. 

689
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:32,000
And we also lost the fight 
against sport washing happening 

690
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,120
over in Saudi Arabia with the 
announcement of the upcoming 

691
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:39,480
Masters 1000 tournament. 
And finally, we lost Ace. 

692
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:45,000
Ace is the name of the man who 
was in the ATP logo, but he was 

693
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,920
erased during the latest 
redesign. 

694
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:53,600
Yes, that man had a name and he 
had a family, and we've erased 

695
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,520
him in the name of 
responsiveness and versatility. 

696
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:04,480
God knows I hate versatility. 
So that's a look back at the In 

697
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:08,240
Memoriam and everything we've 
lost in 2025. 

698
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,080
Thank you, Paul, that. 
Was beautiful. 

699
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:18,800
The tears. 
Well, in in the same vein of of 

700
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,000
Low Feelings, I'm going to 
present the next award. 

701
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:30,520
This award is for the moments 
this year that got oh man. 

702
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:37,000
The nominees for best cry are 
the footprint reveal at the 

703
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:41,920
French Open retirement ceremony 
for Rafael Nadal cousins render 

704
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,320
connection Vachero making the 
Shanghai final. 

705
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:45,800
We were talked about this 
earlier. 

706
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,640
Loved that Madison Keys AO title
win. 

707
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:53,240
This I thought about for days. 
I was just so happy for her 

708
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:58,000
return of Venus Williams for the
summer swing. 46 is that it? 

709
00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:04,720
46 years old. 
She's 45. 45 there's a wonderful

710
00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:07,880
clip of her her saying that she 
had to play in order to renew. 

711
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,760
I believe her health insurance 
either through the WTA or the 

712
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,800
players association. 
And then Bernie Sanders reposted

713
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,360
it. 
I loved it. 

714
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:21,480
OK. 
And the ball reward goes to the 

715
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,400
the footprint reveal ceremony at
the French Open for Rafael 

716
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,320
Nadal. 
I mean, this, Yeah, it's Rafa. 

717
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,880
He's he's one of the like the 
last people on earth that like 

718
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,840
most people love. 
So I, I can support this. 

719
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,400
It's not what I voted for, but I
support this if this is what 

720
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,840
other people think. 
Yeah, it's not what I voted for 

721
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,480
either. 
Didn't we already have like a 

722
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,600
Rafa retirement moment that. 
He's been looking it for two 

723
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,320
years. 
I know, like Ariana Grande says,

724
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,920
ain't got no tears left to cry. 
I feel like I'm, I'm reaching 

725
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,520
that point, but I don't know. 
It's also it's, it's one of 

726
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,720
those things that like, you 
know, you're going to cry at 

727
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:57,160
that. 
I feel like the best cries are 

728
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:58,480
the ones that catch you off 
guard. 

729
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,520
So I would have chosen it for a 
moment, but. 

730
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,120
I can live with. 
So let me ask you guys though, 

731
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,920
like when? 
So when I did vote for this one,

732
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:10,800
when they swept the side of the 
court and revealed, I had no 

733
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,040
idea that was did you guys know 
that was coming? 

734
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:16,080
I was shook because people like 
have statue reveals and the 

735
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,880
statue always looks like someone
like is missing a chromosome. 

736
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:22,200
But this was like crazy that 
that was the tribute because 

737
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,840
there was something. 
So it was almost a little bit 

738
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,280
like like a grave. 
It's like brushing off a 

739
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,880
gravestone. 
I wept when they swept that off.

740
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,400
Did you guys know that was 
coming? 

741
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,280
They're good at drama in that 
country. 

742
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,000
I did not know that. 
They played it on the screens 

743
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,080
all over Roland Garros. 
What if you weren't in there? 

744
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:44,720
It was kind of everyone gathered
around. 

745
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:47,560
It was kind of cute. 
Yeah, that was cool. 

746
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:48,560
I get it. 
I get it. 

747
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:50,160
I get it. 
I get this. 

748
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:51,520
Do you get it? 
You gets it too. 

749
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,040
All right, well, on to the next 
award. 

750
00:42:55,040 --> 00:43:00,240
It's one of our prestige awards,
Lobs being of the year. 

751
00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:02,840
So we have a lobs being every 
show. 

752
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,240
It's that thing that just made 
us gayer for tennis. 

753
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:09,640
This is the thing that made us 
the gayest for tennis this year.

754
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:14,760
And we've got a, a action-packed
super size list of nominees. 

755
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:17,240
The first lobs being is 
humidity. 

756
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:21,320
So the many, many times that the
players were just left drenched.

757
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:26,080
Specifically thinking about Ben 
Shelton at Miami and then again 

758
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,520
at Toronto, where he went 
through so many shirts. 

759
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,080
He was he was basically played 
shirtless. 

760
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,960
So kudos for that. 
The rise of the moms. 

761
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:40,720
So Belinda, Bench, Spitalina, 
Naomi Osaka, all in the top 20. 

762
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:45,400
One of our all time favorite 
lobs Viens is Dasha Kazakina. 

763
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,680
This year she became Australian.
She got engaged. 

764
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,920
She coined the term the tap out 
club when she was like, guys, 

765
00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:56,840
this season is just too long. 
And we have Sinner's duet with 

766
00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:00,720
Andrea Bocelli, which for 
reasons just completely unknown,

767
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,880
Bocelli sings in Italian and 
Sinner speaks in the most 

768
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:08,960
monotone voice in English. 
And it was just the campiest, 

769
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:13,440
weirdest single ever. 
Then we have Carlos Alcaraz 

770
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,520
stretching on the puppy Cam. 
So the puppy Cam is all of the 

771
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:20,920
backstage cameras that catch 
players warming up and his 

772
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,640
warmups, they're borderline 
vulgar. 

773
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,640
It's like, what was this heated 
rivalry? 

774
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,120
I don't know what's going on, 
but he's he's doing his warmups.

775
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:34,200
The next Lobbs being nominee is 
Morgan Riddle just for existing 

776
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:39,120
everything that she does lately 
I am just obsessed with I am 

777
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:43,880
officially a wag hag. 
I am obsessed and Morgan come on

778
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:48,040
the pod anytime. 
And our last nominee is the 

779
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:51,840
nothing major pod for 
introducing the hotties ranking 

780
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,880
earlier this year because 
there's nothing that makes me 

781
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,280
gayer for tennis and a bunch of 
straight men rating and ranking 

782
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:05,800
the hotness of other men. 
So the prestigious Lobs being of

783
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:12,240
the year goes to Carlos Alcaraz 
stretching on the puppy Cam. 

784
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:20,400
As much as I am over it, I'm 
under it, I'm next to it, I'm on

785
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,600
top of it. 
I, you know, I get it, I get it.

786
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,440
I would have voted for Morgan 
Riddle, but you know what? 

787
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,960
I'm not. 
I'm happy for Carlos. 

788
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:31,640
I don't think he's won match 
tonight except for best hair in 

789
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:35,800
a category that only he was in. 
I think was the odds were 

790
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,600
stacked towards him on that one.
I support it. 

791
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,120
I have to say that if anyone 
voted for Sinners Do I with 

792
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,760
Bocelli, I don't know that this 
show is for you, I think. 

793
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:51,120
That was that that one. 
That one is like some sort of, 

794
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,640
what do they call it? 
Like a psychological test you. 

795
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,240
Know that's something that's. 
To weed out the psychopath. 

796
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,520
Yeah, no, I'm, I'm the the 
again. 

797
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,320
We talked about this earlier. 
He's still not really like a man

798
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:05,880
for me. 
He's still on the boys side. 

799
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,880
So there's something still cute 
about it, although it is is 

800
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:12,400
basically vulgar. 
Disgusting. 

801
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:14,240
Yeah, you're. 
You're so right, though, if you 

802
00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:18,080
knew that he was kind of using 
it to put on a show, then it 

803
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:21,080
would, it would rob it of it's, 
it's shimmer. 

804
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:25,480
But the, the fact that it's 
just, you can, he's not even 

805
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,760
thinking about it. 
He's just moving his body and 

806
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:31,120
it's, it's like has 0 
self-awareness whatsoever. 

807
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,880
And that is the key that that to
like what makes it so charming. 

808
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,520
He he is a dog and Sinner is a 
cat. 

809
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,480
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 
And it's like I'm looking at the

810
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:46,800
ASPCA adoption portal like 
webcam and they're just playing 

811
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,080
weird games all all day. 
Right, right. 

812
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:51,840
Yeah. 
We need like a Times Square 

813
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:55,440
billboard of like the Alcaraz 
stretching, you know, like like 

814
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,040
like one of those, one of those 
high value media takeovers. 

815
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:02,960
Yeah, it will move whatever 
product he's selling the next 

816
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:07,280
award, it is for the buzziest in
2026, which is who are most 

817
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,560
excited about for next year. 
And Speaking of buzziest, I 

818
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:14,120
think he's drunk already. 
We have Matthew Coleman back to 

819
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:16,360
present. 
Buzziest player. 

820
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:20,360
Oh, listen, I'm just trying to 
get get through the day, OK? 

821
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:23,160
I'm just a girl doing what she's
got to do over here. 

822
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:31,520
Yeah, like in in what was a long
season, we had a few rising 

823
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,320
stars or I think provided bright
spots for all of us. 

824
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:39,880
So without any further ado, the 
first nominee is Miss Amanda 

825
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:43,560
Anasimova. 
She's bringing Big Babe tennis 

826
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:47,000
back with a vengeance. 
She has the fiercest backhand on

827
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:48,440
tour. 
And honestly, I might even 

828
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:53,360
include the ATP in that as well.
We got Belinda Benchage, you 

829
00:47:53,720 --> 00:48:00,280
know, a single mom who works 2 
jobs came came back from her mom

830
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:04,920
break mad as hell and and 
absolutely went on a tear. 

831
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:11,400
We have Victoria Imbolco the the
teenage phenom who kind of out 

832
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,520
of nowhere had one of these kind
of Cinderella stories of of 

833
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:21,040
winning a Masters 1000. 
We have Elena Rabakina, who, you

834
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:24,760
know, I just a lot of these 
players here have like this 

835
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:29,440
overcoming adversity aspect to 
their seasons, but found some 

836
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:34,440
extra gas in the tank late in 
the season and just dominated at

837
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,080
the WTA Finals and went on to 
win the whole thing. 

838
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,280
We have Joao Fonseca, the highly
touted, you know, Brazilian 

839
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,800
teenage star who has really been
performing at at an extremely 

840
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:48,440
high level for a while already, 
but it feels like we haven't 

841
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:51,080
even found a ceiling yet. 
He's coming into himself and 

842
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:52,640
just, I don't know if you guys 
watched this. 

843
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:59,400
I've done that. 
Finally, we have Lerner, Tien 

844
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:00,840
there. 
There was this crop of young 

845
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:04,160
Americans who you're kind of got
waiting to see who this breakout

846
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,440
star was going to be. 
And Tien's the one who won his 

847
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:11,280
first tournament on tour this 
year and feels like he has so 

848
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:14,560
much upside. 
Let me, I'll, I'll announce the 

849
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,240
winner. 
The winner is, I think, 

850
00:49:17,240 --> 00:49:19,600
unsurprisingly, Amanda 
Anasimovo. 

851
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,120
I mean. 
I think this. 

852
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,120
Is who I voted for. 
Not who I voted for. 

853
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,760
This is this is a really high 
quality crop, but but Anna 

854
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:31,960
Simova I think has like by every
metric just edge everybody out. 

855
00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:37,280
She's funny, she's awesome, I 
really like her so much and I 

856
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,600
think she's going to stay good, 
I really do. 

857
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:43,480
Yeah, yeah, I don't like she has
no con in her game. 

858
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:48,160
She's got, she's got everything.
And now that she seems more 

859
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,960
locked in, I think she's going 
to be around for a while. 

860
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:54,280
I don't think it was a fluke at 
all these finals that she made 

861
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:58,280
the, I mean, she destroyed 
everyone in Wuhan, but I, I'm 

862
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:00,920
kind of call it she's winning a 
Grand Slam in 26. 

863
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:04,400
I think at worst like her next 
season would be like a Palini 

864
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:08,880
season where it's like it's not 
the the highest heights that she

865
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:11,560
achieved the previous season, 
but like still staying extremely

866
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:13,240
competitive and staying in the 
top 10. 

867
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,000
But I see her only only going 
up. 

868
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:17,400
I don't even see her plateauing 
and. 

869
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:21,640
She's only 23, yeah, or 24, 
whatever. 

870
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:22,880
We don't even got to do the age 
game right now. 

871
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,080
Seems like she's been around for
a while, but yeah, she's still, 

872
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,920
she's got a lot of room to run, 
yeah. 

873
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,800
Yeah, she's great. 
Support this wholeheartedly. 

874
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:35,040
Great. 
Wholeheartedly whole say it with

875
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:37,360
your whole say. 
It with your whole. 

876
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:40,920
Heartedly, whole. 
All can't be good. 

877
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:44,760
You know what? 
It's getting that time of the 

878
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:48,000
show, folks. 
Well, we got a few more awards, 

879
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:50,400
so let's just keep it moving. 
Let's keep this bus going. 

880
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:52,720
Is this the is this the speed 
bus? 

881
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,760
This is the Sandra Bullock where
it's like, if it stops, 

882
00:50:56,760 --> 00:51:00,160
everybody dies. 
I was thinking this was like the

883
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,200
date bus or like the like what 
was it called? 

884
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,680
Like the bait bus? 
No, not bait bus. 

885
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,840
Oh, next. 
Next, Next. 

886
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:13,960
Yes, you've been nexted. 
Oh my God, that that takes me 

887
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:17,240
back. 
That was like my queer culture 

888
00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:20,720
growing up was like the guys 
that would be cast on the next 

889
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:22,240
bus. 
That's like, that's like gay 

890
00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:23,960
rights. 
It's like gay guys with their 

891
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:27,120
popped collars and gelled back 
hair saying absolutely 

892
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:30,000
ridiculous things. 
They popped the first caller at 

893
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:31,160
Stonewall. 
Yeah, exactly. 

894
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:37,280
Anyways, back to the show back. 
To the show, so to present the 

895
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:39,840
Bali for best fan, He's our #1 
fan. 

896
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:43,160
Sorry Kathy Bates, he's got the 
foot clubbing to prove it. 

897
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:46,440
We're going to have Matthew 
Paluch back to present. 

898
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:50,800
Best fan. 
OK, Best fan I I'm excited to do

899
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:55,320
this category. 
The nominees are, I'm laughing 

900
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:58,160
at the first category, the 
Carlos Alcaraz bees at Indian 

901
00:51:58,160 --> 00:51:59,840
Wells. 
That was so cute. 

902
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:02,480
Did you go to Indian Wells with 
someone? 

903
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,920
I did. 
I can't remember because we had 

904
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,200
like, food poisoning from the 
undercooked pizza. 

905
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:12,280
Yeah. 
Matthew Peluch and I were at 

906
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:15,240
Indian Wells together. 
We shared a hotel room and like 

907
00:52:15,240 --> 00:52:19,840
a Dolly Parton themed hotel. 
The the The continental 

908
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,960
breakfast at this hotel was 
criminal. 

909
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:28,080
Death row. 
It was so bad. 

910
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:32,200
Anyways, OK, we got to move on. 
The the next category is the 

911
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:34,480
Krajiq of a super fan at the US 
Open. 

912
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:38,240
This mystery man, or queen as I 
believe him to be, has not yet 

913
00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:40,840
been identified. 
He yelled after every point 

914
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:44,120
against Taylor Sound, Townsend. 
Things like come on, Mama. 

915
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:49,440
He changed the entire course of 
that match, the entire stadium. 

916
00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:53,480
He was the lone voice for Chris 
Chicopa in in a sea of, like, 

917
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:58,000
angry American fans. 
So it's like like David versus 

918
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:01,200
Goliath. 
OK, the next category is Brazil,

919
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:04,360
just the country for making 
every match a home match for 

920
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:06,880
Fonseca. 
This apparently was a really big

921
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:09,760
problem in Miami, like there was
issues. 

922
00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:12,800
The next category. 
Chinese fans trolling Taylor 

923
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:15,560
Townsend after a food remarks. 
Taylor Townsend making a lot of 

924
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:17,920
appearances. 
So let's see. 

925
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:22,320
The Bali ghost to ba ba ba ba 
the kajik of a super fan at the 

926
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:25,640
US Open. 
This was so entertaining and fun

927
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:27,800
and great to watch. 
I remember I was standing in my 

928
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,640
living room watching the TV and 
hearing this guy. 

929
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:34,720
So I I also support this one. 
I support this because I I 

930
00:53:34,720 --> 00:53:40,040
essentially consider it a vote 
for me because I am the critique

931
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:43,000
of a super fan and if I would 
have been at the US Open then 

932
00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:45,520
then this would have literally 
been a vote for me. 

933
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:48,880
When I heard the the voice and 
the screaming, I was like, is 

934
00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:51,960
Matthew Coleman there? 
What I love about this guy is it

935
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:57,760
takes balls because that was 
such a one sided stadium and he 

936
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,440
was the only one. 
And it was like wait, what? 

937
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:03,440
And what I love he also wasn't 
doing it in a way to like get in

938
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,800
Taylor's head. 
He was just supporting Mother 

939
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:08,240
Krej him he needed. 
To turn the tide, you know, but 

940
00:54:08,240 --> 00:54:10,560
it's like it takes guts. 
You got to love. 

941
00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:15,400
Like there's there's nothing 
more sports than just 

942
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:19,840
passionately being a fan and 
showing up in enemy territory 

943
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:22,120
and just doing your thing. 
Like it's like it's always going

944
00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:25,240
to be a great sports story. 
And especially with with mother 

945
00:54:25,240 --> 00:54:27,440
Barb and it's a Great American 
story. 

946
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:30,880
Freedom of speech. 
OK, well congratulations unnamed

947
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,120
mystery man. 
I could not find his name. 

948
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:37,280
If anyone has doxed him, then 
please let us know. 

949
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:38,880
I want to send him a ball boy's 
hat. 

950
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,280
We're going to move on to the 
next category. 

951
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:48,480
We've got 2 left and this is 
another prestige category, the 

952
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:54,240
Beiche P of the year. 
He is being presented by the man

953
00:54:54,240 --> 00:54:58,600
hot enough to put both the ass 
and the fault in asphalt. 

954
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:02,120
It is Matthew Coleman. 
Who? 

955
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,200
Me? 
Yeah, they like me. 

956
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,720
They really like me. 
I got to admit I'm a bit of a 

957
00:55:07,720 --> 00:55:11,560
hostile witness presenting this 
award because it is filled with 

958
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:17,080
like top ten handsome guys. 
I'm like, where's like, where's 

959
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:18,920
the spice? 
Where's the edge? 

960
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,160
But I also had an issue with 
these nominees. 

961
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:23,360
But. 
That being said, there are a 

962
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:26,880
bunch of hotties on here. 
So who am I to argue the 

963
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:31,280
nominees are this one. 
This one's a little bit of a of 

964
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:36,320
an outlier. 
Mr. Valentine Basharole #2 is 

965
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:41,200
Carlos Algraz, who we've really 
like debate we've talked about 

966
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:45,960
from every angle. 
Tonight #3 is the classically 

967
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:52,480
beautiful and sartorially gifted
Lorenzo Moussetti, who's always 

968
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:58,600
been a ball boys fave #4 I think
both of you might be admirers of

969
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,880
this Southern gent, Mr. Tommy 
Paul. 

970
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,800
Next we have someone from. 
Deep in the. 

971
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:09,760
Rankings. 
But who is just exceptionally 

972
00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:14,200
like, God to your handsome Mr. 
Andrea Pellegrino, Italian 

973
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,360
player. 
Funnily enough, I actually was 

974
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:19,000
having coffee with my friend the
other day who was like, Oh yeah,

975
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,320
I met this guy a couple years 
ago when I was running a 

976
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:27,240
marathon and he was running with
his dad and his name was Andrea 

977
00:56:27,240 --> 00:56:29,560
Pellegrino. 
He's this Italian tennis player.

978
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:33,080
I was like, I'm like, I'm I'm 
somehow not surprised this guy's

979
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:36,560
running marathons cause like he,
he's, he's got the body for it. 

980
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:41,080
Next we have one of the more 
more classically handsome guys 

981
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:43,640
on tour for many years at this 
point, Mr. Grigor Dimitrov. 

982
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:46,720
And no, I'm not that wasn't 
subtle age shaming. 

983
00:56:47,720 --> 00:56:52,960
And and G, we have the handsome 
and kind Felix Ajay Aliasim. 

984
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,360
What a beautiful list. 
I mean, come on, it's. 

985
00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:58,880
Just it's a little vanilla. 
But who's missing? 

986
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:01,200
Who's missing? 
Tell me who's missing. 

987
00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:05,040
Do we do we want to announce the
winner or do we do want to 

988
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:05,640
debate? 
Debate. 

989
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:09,240
The list first. 
You know what I want to hear? 

990
00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:10,560
Who's missing? 
Because maybe we'll write them 

991
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:12,040
in. 
We can veto it right now. 

992
00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:14,840
You know, like really like get 
something. 

993
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:17,320
Going me like I'm Matteo 
Bellucci. 

994
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:19,880
I know no, not. 
Even not even that like like a 

995
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:22,680
like a boob. 
Lick like that's who I was going

996
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:24,480
to say should be in here like 
like. 

997
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:27,400
Someone who's like just. 
It's the behavior, Yeah. 

998
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:31,720
It was like a little bit of a 
bad boy behavior and like has a 

999
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:32,960
little bit of a. 
Mischievous. 

1000
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:35,560
Glint in his eye. 
That's like, to me what like a 

1001
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:40,440
sexy tennis player is like. 
It's not just about the looks Oh

1002
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:42,920
Sasha Boob Lick has. 
Prominently been featured in the

1003
00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:45,640
Bay. 
TP all year I get a look. 

1004
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:49,440
It's not a bad call out. 
I think I was a little upset 

1005
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:52,360
with him when the nominee and, 
and you know, not that I 

1006
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:54,600
controlled all the nominations, 
but I was a little upset because

1007
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:58,040
he just played that weird 
Russian tournament that was 

1008
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:00,640
like, Oh yeah, they're like 45 
or whatever. 

1009
00:58:00,840 --> 00:58:03,520
Yeah, he does love Putin. 
Yeah, where I was. 

1010
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:05,600
Just like girl take. 
A seat? 

1011
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:06,840
I don't know. 
I was just, I was over the 

1012
00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:10,200
neckbeard for a second. 
Putin sympathizers aside, who 

1013
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:14,880
won this Bay TP of the year? 
I I don't think that this is 

1014
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,360
going to be a shocking victory. 
The. 

1015
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:21,360
Winner is Lorenzo Mousetti. 
I will give him his flowers. 

1016
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:24,440
He's a beautiful man. 
He's a proud Papa. 

1017
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:27,160
He has one of the better 
sartorial moments of the year 

1018
00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:31,800
with his his APC kit. 
So style, style icon. 

1019
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:34,320
He's really doing it all out 
there. 

1020
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:37,360
When he walked out on the US 
Open. 

1021
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:40,160
In the full like. 
Bottega kit with like the 

1022
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:46,560
leather jacket that elevated the
style in a way that was just it 

1023
00:58:46,560 --> 00:58:50,360
was a moment and he's not just a
pretty guy. 

1024
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:53,120
He's got he's got some style, 
he's got some flair. 

1025
00:58:53,640 --> 00:58:55,240
I think it's a great pick for 
BATP. 

1026
00:58:55,240 --> 00:58:58,000
He's got a one handed backhand, 
yeah, which will keep. 

1027
00:58:58,000 --> 00:58:59,680
Him from winning a Grand Slam, 
but you know. 

1028
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:02,560
Yeah, but but but it sure is 
pretty to look at. 

1029
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:04,920
Sure he is. 
I mean, the one thing about 

1030
00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:06,440
Mousetti that. 
I will say is like I'm. 

1031
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:08,920
Pretty sure he knows how good 
looking he is. 

1032
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,040
You know, like he's, he carries 
himself a little bit like that, 

1033
00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:15,480
just like just there's a little 
extra pep in his step. 

1034
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:18,400
What I appreciate about truly 
good looking. 

1035
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:24,680
Handsome people is they retain a
flaw in Mousetti when he smiles.

1036
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:29,160
It might be needed in need of 
some orthodontics and I find 

1037
00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:31,440
that really attractive. 
I don't know about the two of 

1038
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:34,480
you, but that's I find the flaw 
attractive. 

1039
00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:36,960
You know, I love a chopped mouth
too. 

1040
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,880
It's so funny. 
You say that, so here's my 

1041
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:43,000
theorem, Musetti. 
I think that after the APC of it

1042
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:46,400
all and then the Bottega of it 
all, I think he was actually 

1043
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:49,360
like, Oh my God, people are 
lusting after me too much 

1044
00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:51,240
because now he's growing out 
that top knot. 

1045
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:56,840
His kits are fugly lately and 
he's going back to non sex God 

1046
00:59:56,840 --> 00:59:59,080
looks, which I think is 
unfortunate. 

1047
00:59:59,080 --> 01:00:01,760
I think it's AI think it's a 
miss if he has that top knot 

1048
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:03,520
next year. 
He's not winning this award. 

1049
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:06,520
I'm just saying. 
And and if he's. 

1050
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:09,240
Going to Peacock a little bit, 
it makes sense that he should do

1051
01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:12,080
it during clay season, which is 
when he's going to be winning 

1052
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:13,960
the most and it's going to he's 
going to kind of be in the 

1053
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:16,000
spotlight. 
So I actually like that. 

1054
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:20,560
I like finding your moment to 
really relish in it and then get

1055
01:00:20,560 --> 01:00:22,280
back to grinding for the rest of
the year. 

1056
01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:25,000
His hair is having an offseason.
Yeah, I love that. 

1057
01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:27,720
Yeah, he's like OK, you rest 
Mamma Mia. 

1058
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:32,680
OK, Last award of the night 
guys. 

1059
01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:37,680
It's the Bali for best year, 
just like the Oscars. 

1060
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:40,920
You know, we are now in our 
fifth hour of this telecast, but

1061
01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:45,120
it's been worth it. 
This is the final award the the 

1062
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:47,360
whole kit and caboodle, the big 
banana. 

1063
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:50,960
It's the nominees for the Bali 
for best year. 

1064
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:59,680
And the nominees are Carlos 
Alcaraz, Yannick Sinner, Coco 

1065
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:05,560
Goth, Arena Sabalenka and Egos 
Fiantech. 

1066
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:12,760
All great years, all slam 
champions, all showing 

1067
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:17,040
dominance. 
The Bali for the best year. 

1068
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:25,160
It is Carlos Alcaraz, best year,
no doubt about wins, multiple 

1069
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:30,040
slams, wins on all surfaces 
except for a few lapses and 

1070
01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:34,200
concentration here and there. 
Hit her and thither he really 

1071
01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:38,960
dominated and I think he's going
to win at least one tournament 

1072
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:42,000
next year. 
You know, it's, it's interesting

1073
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:44,960
this win makes. 
Sense for Carlos, but to me it's

1074
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:48,080
it's almost less about the peaks
than it is about the valleys. 

1075
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:52,800
I feel like the other players on
this list have had a real low 

1076
01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:56,040
moments this season for various 
reasons. 

1077
01:01:56,160 --> 01:02:00,880
And I feel like Carlos has been 
like, really at a very high 

1078
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:03,760
level the entire season. 
Yeah, well the worst thing he 

1079
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:07,520
did was he lost to Cam Nori in. 
Paris, yeah, but he and Nori 

1080
01:02:07,520 --> 01:02:09,280
have like a weird thing. 
Do you remember a couple? 

1081
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:12,640
Seasons ago in the clay swing 
where he's like he and Nori were

1082
01:02:12,640 --> 01:02:15,920
trading tournament wins. 
That was when Nori was kind of 

1083
01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:17,760
peeking. 
He's a little bit of a pigeon 

1084
01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:21,240
for for Algraz, I think. 
Yeah, that's true. 

1085
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:22,400
Yeah. 
Yeah, I think that's a good. 

1086
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:25,960
Take like Carlos had a the most 
consistent year for someone who 

1087
01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:27,440
isn't always the most consistent
player. 

1088
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:30,200
Yeah. 
So that's the winner. 

1089
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:31,520
Paluch. 
Are you going to veto this? 

1090
01:02:32,040 --> 01:02:35,760
No, no, I support this and this 
is who I voted. 

1091
01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:39,720
For he obviously has had the 
best year and I think he might 

1092
01:02:40,040 --> 01:02:44,000
have it again next year. 
This, this kid is got something.

1093
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,240
It's got something. 
Yeah. 

1094
01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:47,760
Yeah. 
Big babe tennis. 

1095
01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:50,920
Can I use another? 
V Can I have two vetoes next 

1096
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:53,840
year? 
'Cause you didn't use it this 

1097
01:02:53,840 --> 01:02:55,720
year. 
Yeah, it's like, it's like. 

1098
01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:57,640
Are your vacation days rolling 
over? 

1099
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:00,280
Yeah, yeah, the vetoes do not 
roll over. 

1100
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:01,440
'Cause then in 10 years you're 
gonna be like. 

1101
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:02,960
I'm gonna veto the entire award 
show. 

1102
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:05,400
I'm gonna blame the long game on
this. 

1103
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:07,280
One I we need you to be 
opinionated. 

1104
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:08,560
I need you to. 
I need you to be like I. 

1105
01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:12,840
Got something to say? 
Well folks, that is our show. 

1106
01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:16,320
But Speed Round 2026 is right 
around the corner. 

1107
01:03:16,320 --> 01:03:20,040
I think the first tournament of 
2026 starts sometime right 

1108
01:03:20,040 --> 01:03:23,160
around Christmas. 
What are your predictions for 

1109
01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:28,840
next year either, Carlos? 
Or Yannick will complete the 

1110
01:03:28,840 --> 01:03:36,240
career slam and I believe it 
will be Yannick to do it because

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01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:37,600
Carlos. 
Really domed him. 

1112
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:39,600
Last year and then. 
He started to fight back at the 

1113
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:42,880
end and I think next year he's 
got to get something over him. 

1114
01:03:43,640 --> 01:03:47,680
Coleman, my predictions. 
Life 21. 

1115
01:03:47,680 --> 01:03:52,400
I think that we're going to see 
Fonseca in a Slam final next. 

1116
01:03:54,440 --> 01:04:00,640
And I also think we're going to.
Lose a top woman on the WTA side

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01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:04,200
to a career ending injury. 
Dark. 

1118
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:07,840
What is the nature of the? 
Injury. 

1119
01:04:08,920 --> 01:04:10,760
Oh God, I mean, it could be 
anything. 

1120
01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:12,720
It could be anything. 
It could be it could be 

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01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:16,960
shoulder, it could be ACL, it 
could be knee, but I just 

1122
01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:19,800
unrelated to a sport car. 
Yeah, I'm imagining like. 

1123
01:04:19,800 --> 01:04:21,520
A final destination scenario 
where it's. 

1124
01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:25,320
Like one day she's the car walk 
walk through windshield. 

1125
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:29,880
Yes, exactly. 
Car wash it just pancakes. 

1126
01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:36,920
That's old. 
I just, I mean listen it 

1127
01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:39,360
actually, I don't know. 
Why it could have been a man or 

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01:04:39,360 --> 01:04:42,360
a woman, but I just, I feel 
like, you know who I have in my 

1129
01:04:42,360 --> 01:04:44,280
mind right now? 
I have, I have Krichikova who I 

1130
01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:48,720
just saw retired in a 125 with 
some sort of injury. 

1131
01:04:48,920 --> 01:04:52,440
She keeps trying to get her 
fitness back and, and it's 

1132
01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:54,280
testing the waters. 
A lot of times she enters a 

1133
01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:57,720
tournament and then it's like, 
Nope, got to kind of live to 

1134
01:04:57,720 --> 01:05:00,840
fight another day. 
But I just, I, I mean, if we 

1135
01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:03,640
really think we didn't talk 
about this much, and I'm glad 

1136
01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:05,320
because I feel like I always 
talk about this too much in 

1137
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:08,200
these shows, but there were just
so many injuries this year and 

1138
01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:09,640
there were so many injuries last
year. 

1139
01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:14,000
And I just, I just, I don't. 
Feel like we're solving? 

1140
01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:17,360
The systemic factors for them 
and I and this shit is 

1141
01:05:17,360 --> 01:05:21,360
cumulative. 
You know, they build up and, and

1142
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:23,720
I feel like when players are 
hurt, then they get a little 

1143
01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:26,160
sloppy and then it's like they 
they make it worse. 

1144
01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:28,520
You just get bad. 
I get a bad feeling. 

1145
01:05:28,520 --> 01:05:31,920
I'm going to say it's going to 
come to a head. 

1146
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:35,000
We need to have a stop the 
insanity moment, I do think. 

1147
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:38,080
Next year, a preview of next 
year's Bali awards. 

1148
01:05:38,080 --> 01:05:39,880
We might have a Bali for best 
injury. 

1149
01:05:39,880 --> 01:05:41,440
I don't know. 
That might be dark, but we'll 

1150
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:43,440
figure it out. 
We're really making making 

1151
01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:45,320
lemonade out of lemons. 
Exactly. 

1152
01:05:45,320 --> 01:05:47,920
Because look, you might have a 
career ending injury. 

1153
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:52,240
But you'll won a Bali award. 
Let us mail you a plastic trophy

1154
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:52,880
in the. 
Mail. 

1155
01:05:53,240 --> 01:05:55,120
FedEx. 
Yeah, I can afford plastic. 

1156
01:05:55,760 --> 01:05:58,800
So my predictions. 
I've got 2 as well and it's all 

1157
01:05:58,800 --> 01:06:02,480
about old timers. 
A Serena is coming back to play 

1158
01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:05,160
double S with her sister as a 
retirement gift. 

1159
01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:07,960
That is happening. 
I don't care what Serena tweeted

1160
01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:09,640
out. 
It is definitely happening 

1161
01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:12,360
because you're not going to put 
yourself on the doping testing 

1162
01:06:12,360 --> 01:06:14,560
protocols. 
So that's happening. 

1163
01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:19,400
Second, this is less likely than
Serena returning, but I'm going 

1164
01:06:19,400 --> 01:06:21,800
to say it because my crystal 
balls don't lie. 

1165
01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:24,800
Novak wins 25. 
Oh. 

1166
01:06:27,800 --> 01:06:30,280
That's that's bold to me. 
Yeah, he's not. 

1167
01:06:30,280 --> 01:06:32,600
Unless. 
One of one of sinra. 

1168
01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:34,760
Alka as goes out early or is 
injured. 

1169
01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:36,800
If those two are there, they go 
to that car wash. 

1170
01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:39,880
There ain't no way. 
Yeah, and the car before. 

1171
01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:41,880
Them is like carrying a log on 
the roof. 

1172
01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:47,760
I just feel like in. 
These days, in a situation like 

1173
01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:49,800
that, it's not going to be a 
Djokovic. 

1174
01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:51,960
It's going to be a like a men 
chick or something, you know, 

1175
01:06:51,960 --> 01:06:56,400
it's, it's we're going to see a 
win like we see in the WTA where

1176
01:06:56,400 --> 01:07:00,720
it's an unexpected surprise, but
someone who's been kind of just 

1177
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:02,680
simmering under the surface 
waiting to strike. 

1178
01:07:03,120 --> 01:07:04,720
Yeah. 
I'm vetoing that prediction. 

1179
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:05,760
Yeah. 
Guys like. 

1180
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:06,600
I don't know. 
There we go. 

1181
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:07,680
You can't. 
There we go. 

1182
01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:09,800
OK, you can't carry. 
That veto over now. 

1183
01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:11,600
Sorry. 
Well, that's it. 

1184
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:14,520
That's our show, everybody. 
Hey, everyone out there who 

1185
01:07:14,520 --> 01:07:16,880
listens. 
Thank you so much. 

1186
01:07:17,240 --> 01:07:20,760
I love the crap out of the show.
I love these guys that they have

1187
01:07:20,760 --> 01:07:23,000
to do their show with. 
We have so much fun. 

1188
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:25,960
I have so much fun. 
And there's a lot in store for 

1189
01:07:25,960 --> 01:07:28,240
next year. 
We'll be back in January with 

1190
01:07:28,240 --> 01:07:31,840
some New Year's resolutions of 
the tennis season. 

1191
01:07:32,360 --> 01:07:35,160
We're going to be getting ready 
to shake things up Down Under. 

1192
01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:39,280
Until then, come on over to 
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1193
01:07:39,280 --> 01:07:42,440
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Stay in touch there, hope 

1194
01:07:42,440 --> 01:07:45,640
everybody has an amazing holiday
season, make out under some 

1195
01:07:45,640 --> 01:07:50,000
mistletoe, have the best New 
Year's ever and we'll be back in

1196
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:55,320
2026 with a lot more boys, a lot
more balls and a little bit of 

1197
01:07:55,320 --> 01:07:56,880
tennis. 
Thanks y'all. 

1198
01:07:57,840 --> 01:08:02,960
It's time for let's let's. 
Ground strokes baseline get some

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01:08:03,080 --> 01:08:06,280
top spin. 
That's LGBT. 

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01:08:07,040 --> 01:08:11,240
Have a. 
Listen, make some noise with the

1201
01:08:11,480 --> 01:08:11,800
ball pool.