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boys. Hey everybody, and welcome to a
very special year end episode of The Ball Boys.
We are the tennis podcast that puts the feminine nomen on in
nominee and the dummy. And I'd like to thank the
Academy. I'm your host, Paul Monkle, and
on today's show we are bringing you the second annual Bali
Awards. Yes folks, it's award season and
the Bali's are back to recognize the outfits and outbursts, the
dudes and the feuds, the Hotshots and low blows of the
ATP and WTA tours and honestly what a freaking year it's been.
2025 has had more ups and downs and teeter totter night at the
Eagle and honestly at times I was like can we all just stop
and take a breather? Which I also say at the Eagle.
And actually so much has happened on tour and in the
world this year, it's easy to forget and just move on to the
next thing. Which is also what I do at the
Eagle. In prepping for today's show,
there were so many times I was like, wait, that was this year
or that was only in April. To quote my friend Mark Sam,
remember remembering? Well, today we are here to jog
your memories and drop your jaws.
So come along with us for the next hour.
It's the Bali awards, It's that time of the year to celebrate
tennis with some snark and some cheer.
This year has been up and then it's been down.
We've been chasing that ball all over town.
We had roofs that prolapse and pros that collapsed.
We had hails that caught fire and records got scorched.
Rackets were thrown and backs were thrown out.
Maddie gave us all hope with that big wind down under but all
the US ladies showed some real fights and real hunger.
Mousetti's kit gave both Pope and then horny Sinner's duet
went from carrots to quite corny.
The clay season was gritty and full of top tier.
Arena brought the drama and Rafa brought tears with a double
bagel. Wimbledon was gone in a flash.
I still can't believe we don't get a Masters on grass.
The USDA banned bullying that Trump.
But don't worry, we still had some good things like Zverev's
bad slump. Carlos was shaved and then
blonde and then tipsy and then there was that Laver Cup couch.
Why were they all so damn frisky?
We had the longest government shutdown in history and epic
feuds and meltdowns and late season misery.
We welcomed 8 new ball boys and many more next year.
We said new balls please and you said hold my beer.
It's almost next season, who knows what comes next.
But don't be too scared. We've got puns, we've got sex.
It's the Bali Awards to celebrate all the tennis with
some lippy homosexuals and at least one big menace.
Hold for applause, Hold for applause.
Yes, everybody, we are going to celebrate the highlights and low
brows of tennis tonight. And to do it, I am here with a
real pair of Golden Globes coming back again, which is his
favorite pastime. We have Matthew Coleman and
joining us is the OG ball boy fan.
Some would call him a Neto baby because he's been grandfathered
in and only does the year end shows.
It's Matthew Paluch. Hey boys, welcome back to the
show. How's it going?
Hey. Paul, hi.
Hi, Paul. Hi, everyone.
Hi, other Matt. Are you guys?
Excited for the awards and who's going to get the most
prestigious award in queer niche podcasting tennis?
Yeah, obviously. It's like we're 3 gay tennis
Divas joining together to maximize our slave.
So what's better than that? I think you have started this
show in such a fantastic way, Paul.
I think I am so proud to call myself your friend.
You are a creative. You are a podcast pioneer.
That was just so extraordinary. Thank you so much.
It put such a smile on my face. I mean it tell if you're
completely I. Know, I do mean it.
It was. Really funny, it's been quite a
year. Like I said, as my Golden Girls,
how has this tennis year been for you guys?
It's been. Long as hell, I mean like trying
to do a mental retrospective of what happened this year.
I literally couldn't, I couldn't remember anything that happened
before, like Wimbledon, honestly, I had to go back and
look at all the Masters 1000 winners and I was like, Oh yeah,
like I forgot that Anna Simova won Doha.
She like kicked off the year with, with a win.
I'm like, I'm like, I thought her surge came late.
I, I, I felt like a total idiot because there's just been too
much. It's just been it's been too
much goodness and it has overwhelmed my puny brain.
Do you know what I thought about this year was how much Djokovic
actually kind of lost? He only won a 250, I think, or
two and two, two, and then he lost a Masters 1000.
He would go deep in every tournament and then lose at the
end and it was in for someone of his stature all for not.
And I thought that was kind of great.
He's kind of a loser, yeah. Yeah, I find him less
detestable, but I still I'm ready for him to go.
I like him so much more now that he's losing, it's weird.
Yeah, I know. Well, that's that's like the
Matthew Coleman psychology is like as soon as they become an
underdog, I can't help but like them.
But yeah, no, it's he has had one of those classic good bad
seasons getting to the semi final of slams, you know, so
it's like it's pretty good objectively, but like kind of
bad. It like, doesn't you look back
and you're like, yeah, even even Maddie Keys, I feel like had a
kind of a good bad season. Tale of two hitties.
I mean come on, that was brutal. OK, if you guys had to sum up
the year with three words, what are your 3 words?
I would say grueling is one word.
Long, hard, arduous. I think that's those are sub
bullets transitional, I think I feel like we're kind of seeing a
a bit of a changing of the guard and resurgent.
I feel like we saw a few stars of of yesteryear and seasons
past who have been a little flat the last few years, finally
getting their groove back, which I'd love to see.
I think a word that that would describe this year in tennis is
hair. Hair.
Yes, the haircuts, especially on the men's side, have really run
the gamut. Popping off.
Yeah, yeah. Another word that I would use to
describe this year is uneven. Actually we lost Sinner for a
few months. Gone too soon.
Gone too soon, especially on the men's side.
I mean, beyond Sinner and Alcaraz, there's nothing much
happening. So maybe uneven is not the word
I want, but. Even I mean, what what I thought
when you said that also was like the women's Wimbledon final on
the I mean, 6 love, 6 love over Anna Somova, Shbiantech winning
like, you know, it's like it was like very like up and down in a.
In AI think an old hand might say tennis is often like that
though. Love and love in a Grand Slam
final. Yeah, no.
Well, not that I meant like a sense of people having ups and
downs, though it doesn't apply to the top 2 on the men's side.
The third word would be exciting.
I've shed some tears this year, which I have not previously,
such as and Maddie Keys won a Grand Slam, such as when Anna
Samoa lost the Wimbledon final. Double bagel.
Those were tear and tear tear inducing for me.
Sinner losing after match point at the French Open.
He's not an emotive young gentleman, but the face that he
was making during that award ceremony was really sad.
Well my 3 words are test because it was very long and arduous as
some people have said and that became the story of the year as
people were tapping out. So just being a real testing of
a season, then I'd ick because a lot of feuds and drama like
people were fighting like all the Taylor Townsend and
Ostapenko stuff. Yeah.
And then my last word is calls because you know, there were
some really close calls, really competitive between Sinner and,
and Alcaraz and and so. So yeah, if you put those
together, my 3 words are testicles.
I knew I could tell you were doing.
Something stupid. I'll go go sit in the corner and
take 10 minutes. Buddy, it shows who prepares for
this. I just you know, like I can't
not do it. It's a sickness.
It's like if I don't have this podcast, I'll just be saying
these jokes to my wall and you know, whatever.
OK, before we get in, I mean, the tennis never stops.
And so I just want to cover off on a few lobs Viens some things
that just made me gayer for tennis related to your first
word Paluch everyone cutting their hair.
So joining Carlos Alcaraz, we have Joelle Fonseca shaving and
suddenly looking like Marat Saffin, bold and then more, more
niche, But Mark Lehall or Lejal from Estonia.
He was the blonde guy who had dreadlocks, which was a choice.
He had them since he was very young.
He he got rid of them. Big like the the island boy of
tennis. Totally.
From Estonia. Hopefully with like a better
ending than than what's whatever, wherever those guys,
where are those guys, you know? What I mean I'm I'm not
chronically online enough. Paul no, no.
But we also are welcoming a new gay player, Mika.
Mika Brunholt, Swiss player, has come out to a huge amount of
support. It broke a lot of social media
feeds of just the amount of support that he got, which is
fantastic. At first, of course, I was going
to be bitching. I was like, who's better, him or
Joao raise Thermopolis da Silva? But I actually kind of just want
them to play double s. I kind of want them to like team
up at a Challenger 'cause they're both not quite at the
ATP Tour level, they're Challengers.
But I just think it's amazing. It's great having another one of
us in the mix. You know, another mark on the
wall of hair for for blute because that's like, that's the
headline there even before gay. I was like, wait, what?
That's that's something that is. It's some like 80s glamour shot
hair. Like we need to get a, we need
to get a big like music video fan and just get it blowing.
When that came out in the news, I went on his Instagram and as
many people do you you go back, you look at the videos, I might
say that there are not a lot of surprises here.
But that's still really great and wonderful for visibility
that is much needed in the sport, I would say.
So that's great. Yeah, no, it's funny.
So of course I followed him on Instagram right after he came
out, and so I was there for when he posted his story of his
Spotify rapped. Honestly, that could have been
his coming out. Oh wait, what was on it?
It was just, it was Abracadabra and it was like every gay guy's
Spotify rap. So it's just like.
Good for him, you. Know hiding in plain sight.
Let's just say that. But yeah, I'm excited.
Hey Mika, come on the show. I'll even say your name, right?
I don't know if it's Mika or Mika, but Mistress for Mika.
So let's get to the show and to the awards.
First, some ground rules. So this year we decide to open
things up. Consider us like any gay
relationship and what happens is you open things up.
So we invited some previous ball boys, some future ball boys,
some some ball adjacencies, some chodes to come in and vote on
the awards. But fair warning folks, this is
not a democracy. This is a ball ocracy, so each
of us has the power to veto one award winner, but in order to
successfully veto that winner, the other two have to agree.
And so we will still be fighting tooth and nail to the bone to
get to the final winners of the Bali Awards.
So we're going to kick it off with the first award.
Hold on if we're going to hold. On I have questions.
I agree. Oh, sorry.
OK. Sorry.
I Matthew Palucha and Matthew Coleman.
Any question before we get started?
Matthew Coleman and I might have the same question.
I'm just confirming that to overrule the awards, it needs to
be unanimous amongst the three of us, correct?
First of all, thank you for providing me with this power.
I'm very excited to be a part of this.
And just for the listener, the other two know this.
I don't know the winners. Oh, yeah, no, we're opening
these live, so who knows what it could be.
Mayhem. Chaos.
I want people screaming. I want Susan Lucci slapping Will
Smith done. Matthew Coleman, did you have a
question before we? Yeah.
This just a technical question, procedural question, as they
would say. Can we veto anyone's award or
does it have to be 1 of the ones that we're presenting?
Any award that you hear, any results?
Yeah. OK, all right, all right.
But but you got to save. It, I know that's the thing.
I, I, I can't be, I can't be impulsive like I usually AM.
I know you want to come in here and boss everything around and
be like, no, this is hideous, that's disgusting, make it this,
but you can't so. Like like Melania Trump
decorating the White House for Christmas.
With one lazy finger at a time, yeah.
Too warm? That's too warm.
I want to feel cold, OK? I have a question that you're
you're you can maybe cut this out but is my laugh good or bad?
I love it. OK, good.
Yeah, yeah, you're, but you're being really funny.
Good. I'm not trying to be serious
guys. It's been two 2 1/2 years of
this. I'm not this is not a serious
but I realize like. People don't laugh a lot and I
want to laugh when you're being funny and I'm going to laugh,
but I don't know if audibly it's like offensive.
No, I love it. I wish people would laugh more.
Matt. He's like, I would if, if it was
funny, OK. OK, good down because you're
being really funny. Good.
Great. I.
Love it. It's it's all the meditating.
You got me a Chodes. I'm not going to lie.
I'm like, I want to see. I want to see an outline of of
which ones of the people you sent it to.
Chodes. Yeah, Wait.
OK, I'll start. Another question, if I'm
presenting, how do I know who wins if I haven't seen them?
Are you going to say it, Paul? You should open.
Them I sent you an e-mail, didn't I?
Oh, right, but I I didn't. Look at it.
So you open that attachment. It's like teaching my mom how to
use Facebook. You open the attachment.
OK, Any folks OK listeners at home?
Any other questions? If so, e-mail me at
paul@ballboysmedia.com and I'll get back to you for the third
annual Bali Awards with the answers.
But otherwise, are we good to get going?
Yeah, let's do it. So the first award is the Bali
for Manchild, and it's the player who exhibited behavior
that maybe someone with stunted emotional growth or an inability
to self regulate would have. And so the nominees for Manchild
Bali R Daniel Medvedev at the US Open, demanding a second serve
in his first round loss, getting the entire crowd behind him and
causing quite a scene. We have Arena Sabalanka after
losing the French Open and then after losing Wimbledon and after
losing the WTA Finals, taking it like quite a poor sport.
We have Yelena Ostapenko insulting Taylor Townsend in
their match at the US Open, telling her that she needs to be
educated and just really having terrible optics that haunted her
across all of social media except for the account where she
sells her used clothing. Then we have Sasha Bublik, who
was fighting with everyone in Paris.
It was like Donatella and the devil was Prada.
He's not sitting next to anybody.
He fought with Popper and then he fought with Mute.
And then we have Naomi Osaka's runner up speech at Canada,
forgetting to congratulate Victoria and Boko.
So these are the nominees for manchild.
And yes, a woman can be a manchild, and the Bali for
manchild goes to Yelena Ostapenko for insulting Taylor
Townsend at the US Open. I this was my vote.
Applause. I think it stands out head and
shoulders above the rest. I actually don't support Arena
Sevilanka being in this, but that's a separate question.
Well, her her reactions, I mean when she was sitting after the
WTA finals and said that ridiculous Russian statement
like even a stick wins once or some colloquialism that was
basically saying we're back gonna got lucky.
She's a poor loser when she loses and it's that's that's
manchild behavior. I.
I think I want my. Athletes to kind of be a little
like this. I think they can.
They can go over the line for sure, but like, I want them to
be pissed when they lose. Yeah.
The expectation that they need to be gracious I don't think is
realistic. And I want these people to be
like warriors. I think that there's a happy
medium. I think that there is a there's
a line. I think she went over the line.
But that's, hey, we don't have to agree because you know what?
She didn't fucking win. Coleman, what do you have to say
about this? I mean, I can live with this
result, but definitely was not what I voted for.
I watched Medvedev 'cause that delay in in that U.S.
Open match and let me tell you, I was giggling and giddy on the
edge of my seat. It was insane to sit through.
I mean, it was a 10 plus minute delay if I remembering
correctly. The crowd would not shut up.
They were roaring. He was being very Machiavellian
about it. He wasn't overplaying it, but he
was just putting his foot on the gas in the right minutes to to
stoke the crowd. It was masterful.
I've never seen anything like that.
So like to me like that, that's the one that I was like, like
that was cinema. But I won't lie, I voted for
that one too because it was also, I don't remember like the
first season of the comeback when Lisa Kudrow really wants a
second take and she gets the audience like give her a second
take. Like he was kind of doing that
too, like give her a second serve.
It was just like very like it was really bizarre.
It was bizarro world and it was very man child behavior.
So I don't know do we want to, do we want to use up our veto
power on this one? I'm not open to using the veto
right now, OK? Yeah, I think we're all a little
gun shy with the. Video I'm going to start the the
the the music to play us off and go on to the next category.
By the way, Palook just want to say it's it's Matthew, if you
don't mind. Wow, oh wow.
Well. Also, I don't I don't want the
listening audience to adopt back.
Did I misunderstand you earlier on?
Yeah, I think you did. Leave it in, it's real.
I can't. I can't understand a word,
Coleman says. I'm like the teacher in Peanuts
all. Right.
So the next award is for Best New artist.
And to give out this award, please welcome to the stage,
Best New Artist 1982. It's Matthew Paluch.
Thank you Paul Webster's defines new.
As someone who just popped up on my grid for the first time, the
nominees for best new artists are Terence Atman.
His highlight of the year was a semi final run at Cincinnati,
Victoria and Boko. The Canadian who won the the
Canadian Open. A wonderful story.
One of my favorite stories of the year.
Valentine Vassaro from Monaco, who won the Shanghai Masters
1000 against his cousin Arthur Vinder Kanesh, learned Tien for
just having a good. Year he won his first APP title,
he's he's had some deep runs, yeah.
Great. Yeah, Yeah.
I like watching him play. And I was like a lefty.
We got to unite Paul. You know what I mean?
Eva Jovic, the American who I believe won Guadalajara.
Yeah. Yeah.
Look. At me and the Bali goes to
Valentine Basharo in his Shanghai run Mofrero.
I really like this guy. I like his smile.
I like the energy that he brings.
I love the storyline between the cousins.
It was a good time of the season to have this storyline because I
do sort of check out after the US Open.
So this was sort of a nice thing to catch up on and watch clips
of and and follow in Tennis News.
You're spot on. I mean, it's, it's that point in
the season where it's just like tennis fatigue sets in not only
for the players, but for the fans too.
And I think that was a, it was a two week Masters, right?
Those can be just like, like grueling.
But it's, it's a reminder of, it's that kind of story that you
only get at a two weeks Masters because it's got the bigger
draw. You have the lower ranked
players who are able to get in and so they they can have their
Cinderella moment. Yeah, I we needed that.
I think as a as a society and a culture, we needed that.
Coleman, to your point, I mean, he got in as a lucky loser too.
He didn't even qualify, he had to get in as a lucky loser.
And I've been railing against the two week masters and I still
am. I still like look, I still am,
but I'm at least it paid off at least while we have to suffer
through this. We got a amazing story and it
turns out they're cousins. Oh, what A twist.
I loved it. That was like a big moment for
me was when when he and render Kanesh were like sobbing with
each other like like that. I think that was that was for
me. Like that got me in my feelings.
I actually. Think that I don't know if I
cried here, but this touched me emotionally.
As well, I was touched as well. Show us on the doll.
Where you're touched. Show us on the balls where you
were touched. OK, the next award, then moving
on is the Bali for best meme. And to give out the next Bali is
our very own meme queen, Matthew Coleman.
You. Can call me Jamie Lee Coleman
because she's a scream queen. I'm a meme queen.
Let's do this. OK, so we had a few moments this
season that were extremely memorable and burned into our
hearts, minds, and group chats. First one, we had Sabalenko's
fluttered lips reaction to getting passed by Leila
Fernandez at the US Open, which like if you have ever spent a
microsecond on tennis Twitter, you'll see is used as a reaction
to literally everything. We had this late breaking moment
late in the season where where the people found Jelena
Ostapenko's like online Instagram like burner account
where she's selling her used things like a vacuum cleaner.
I think she was selling $5 gift bags just.
She's selling her own clothes now too.
Used used kit she's worn which I'm like whoa.
I mean, you know, multi $1,000,000 Slam winner, you
know, is is Hawking her wares on Instagram.
We had Booblick and Tommy Paul's pinky handshake cutie patootie.
We had Reebok and his lack of emotion when she wins the WTA
Finals and largest prize money ever.
Which, I mean, this is kind of like, like a repeated meme
because I think we basically got the same moment during Wimbledon
the year she won. We had Taylor Fritz's upside
down Hugo Boss headband, which either got him absolutely chewed
out by his brand team or they were worshipping at his feet.
I don't know, because it was so talked about.
And finally, we had Europe's Labor Cup couch where everyone
got cuddled. Yeah, Like, that couch was like
getting all sorts of action. Like, people were like lounging,
cuddling, like spread eagle on that thing.
Lots of memorable moments. But we can only choose one,
unfortunately. So the Bali goes to Sabalenka's
fluttered lips reaction. Which wouldn't have been what I
chose, guys, wouldn't have been the one I chose.
I have to say, as a as a judge and juror in these awards, I had
a hard time voting for this one. I had to think about it for a
while, I think. I think I voted for Taylor Fritz
because it was meme. So what was in my mind?
What was memed the most? I think it was Fritz more than
Sabalenka. It's like it's you bring up a
good point that there's so many metrics by which you could judge
this. Like I feel like if we're if
it's if it's that like which GIF do you see the most of?
Like I got, I got to say it's arena.
I mean, I I see that thing all the time.
But like I got to say to me, if you're if you are in a tennis
group chat, the thing that people found funniest and most
amusing and creating the most delight for people was Ostapenko
and her burner account. Like, that is so funny.
It's so funny. And the screenshots of it, it's
just so in weirdly fitting. Like, I think I'm gonna use my
my Golden Buzzer veto on this one and say I want to give this
one to Ostapenko because. Oh.
Wow, I also feel like I want to balance out her her bad PR that
we're giving her with the last conversation about.
The Taylor Townsend moment, Any Bali award is the highest honor.
So you want her to be a multi Bali award?
Winner, I want her to I want her to win the Razzie and the Oscar
in the same season. Let's say that.
So I'll I'll put put the motion to the to the court.
So I will agree, I I actually was going to use my veto power
also because Arena Sabalenka in the last few days cannot get her
foot out of her mouth, whether it's going on Piers Morgan with
Nick curios or just being kind of a weirdo on the Fallon show.
I worry about her politics and I worry about her stance on the
war. I just don't know if I feel like
awarding her right now. So I agree, I'm ready to veto
her for this award. So now though, we have to all
agree on who wins, and it sounds like it's either Ostapenko or
Fritz. I would have kept my God damn
trap shut, Paul, if I knew that you were going to use yours.
OK, I, I boom, I'm down. I'm down.
I'm down with Ostapenko, Yeah. I'm down with Ostapenko too.
OK? She's a double.
Also she's had a rough year. She deserves 2 baldy awards.
Fuck yeah. Yeah.
Asapenko, I know you're listening.
If I see one of these goddamn Bali awards on that burner
account being sold, it is on. OK, The next Bali award, we are
getting through it, folks. We are going to Bali #4 which is
for the runniest. That is the award with the
grossest name, but also the best game.
So this is the Bali for the runniest the most impressive
runs of the year and the nominees are Rabacana's 12 match
win streak to end the year, get into the finals and then win the
finals minus a retirement. Yannick Sinners 35 match multi
season indoor winning streak that is still alive.
FAA Felix Ozier Ali Asim's since Cincinnati really rounding into
form ending up in the top five. Mira Andreva's back-to-back one
thousands earlier in the year, winning Dubai and Indian Wells
both times in her speech thanking herself Boo and then
Carlos on clay this year going 22 and 1.
And the Bali award for the runniest goes to Yannick Sinner
and his 35 match indoor streak. I support this wholeheartedly.
It's really impressive what he's done and you know that kid, he's
got some talent. Yeah, yeah, I, I really, I, I
think I mentioned this earlier in the show.
I really my heart broke for him when he lost the French Open,
although it was it will probably be one of the best tennis
moments in history of my lifetime.
Yeah, he's great. He's really good at tennis.
You. Should think about going like
leaning in. You should do something with
that. Matthew.
What do you think? I mean, to quote Abby Lee
Miller, Sloppy, boring, lazy, like great, like Sinner won a
bunch of matches. Cool.
I like, where's the narrative in that?
Where's the Where's the tension? Well he was bet he got banned
for three months. He couldn't play the indoor
tournaments after Australia. I know, but he's so good.
He's so good. Anyways, he was always going to
come back and and and dominate like whether or not he had
Clausta Bowl and assistant there was think.
Alvarez would have won except for the loss.
If Alcaraz had 123 and O one clay, I might have switched my
vote. There's something about clay
that feels like more of an achievement, even though it's
fewer matches. I mean, I find FAA clawing his
way back to five at the end of the year so much more
interesting. That was a pretty big rankings
hop from his low point of the season.
But but but I mean. You know what, guys?
Not every award is going to knock your wig off and, you
know, blow your skirt up so. Hey, my wig got blown off years
ago. Listen, I like Yannick, Yannick
deserves this one and I'm and I'm happy he he's won it, but
it's just it's fun to be a Rascal you.
Know cantankerous little. Yeah.
Well, so Speaking of, we'll move on to the next Bali, which is
for least aura and the man with so much aura that he puts the
aura and Aurora borealis. Matthew Paluch is going to
present the next award. Thank you, Paul.
This year we had a number of players who really just
embarrassed themselves and we were all watching.
I certainly was. First, we have egos, Fiantec's
shadowboxing at the Australian Open before getting aced by
Madison Keys. A truly, it's so funny.
If you haven't seen it, you have to watch the clip BA Corntamute
Tweener shot to lose the Davis Cup.
His post to his Instagram story after this was actually really
sad. He basically apologized to like
the country of France. Oops Francis Tiafo for talking
about competing for slams. Oh God bless him though then.
Losing like he went, I think he went three and eight after
saying that was this. Was this the year that he said
the the clown? No, that was last year.
But then around Wimbledon, he was like, no, I'm, I'm gonna be
competing for Slams. Right, right, right.
Tommy. Tommy Paul having his truck
repossessed, which God bless Tommy Paul because he put the
security footage on social media.
I love and Kim Wen Jiang saying the long schedule is part of the
deal and then taking the rest of the year off and the Bali goes
to egos Fiantech shadowboxing at the Australian Open.
This is it's so funny. It's so funny.
This year she's had some struggles and and there's
something about someone struggling where I actually
start to root for them. So I've I've grown to like her
this year. I, I'm, I'm seeing a bit of, I
don't want to say personality because that's not really a nice
thing to say, but I'm seeing a bit more dynamism to her that I
didn't see in previous years. But this is a great example of
old ego really just kind of missing it.
Yeah, and just like, I mean, she was doing that to psych Maddie
out and then to get aced. Sorry.
And then and then and then Maddie immediately just like
walks away, walks to the other side of the court like it is
like, it is like a six seconds of of perfection that entire
moment. It was great.
It's so I'm going to watch it after we do this.
Just over and over again. Amazing.
Yes, I fully cosigned that award.
So we're going to keep things moving, folks.
Next is the Bali award for best hair comma Carlos Alcaraz.
And to present that is our very own hair model, Matthew Coleman.
As a former blonde, I feel like I'm, I'm the perfect, I'm the
perfect person to own this one. I'll have to take the the
listeners on a bit of a journey here because we have a few
different moments in time that we're going to, we're going to
look back to the archives and, and, and mentally tour.
So first nominated is Carlos's U.S.
Open shorthair debut. So this is when he shows up, he
shaved it all off. He has like a weird line of
demarcation where it's like I can't tell if that's just the
way his skull is shaped or if it's just like the way that the
light was hitting. But it's like like it just
looked like bizarre. And it's about as short as you
can do a buzz cut without being fully bald.
The number 2 moment was like 12 hours later when he comes out
with his US open blonde moment. This was, you know, fresh,
clean, like platinum blondes and it was pretty badass.
I got to admit. It's like it polarizing.
You love it or hate it, but like it had aura.
Then Fast forward a month, two months, we have his ATP final
blonde tips moment where we've we've grown out a little bit.
The the blonde is there, but it's just it's just on the tips.
We're kind of channelling, you know, like late 90s pull your
hair through the strainer and like just dye the tips.
And then D is everything before the Carlos Algraz that that we
have known in love of the in hair fashion form in years past.
And the Bali goes to U.S. Open blonde.
And I can't argue with that. I mean, shit was crisp, clean.
It gave him like a little bit of kind of a sex appeal.
I mean, everybody's known that Carlos is sexy, but like there's
almost like a Ken doll quality in a way to him.
But like when he did the hair, I'm like, Oh no, like you,
you've got like sex appeal to you now I.
Agree with that to an extent. I think he is still on boy side
of energy. But you see it coming.
You see man coming. Yeah, I am considering a veto
here, and here's why. the US Open shorthair where he shaved
his head down to the scalp was a mistake.
So that to me is really funny. And it's like an authentic,
unplanned moment that he had to deal with throughout the course
of the tournament. Whereas when he won, he dyed it
blonde is like a gift to himself.
And it was more purposeful. And we loved that.
And it was very fun. I think I don't know, I don't
know guys. I, I think the, the, the buzz
down to the scalp mistake is a better is better hair and better
storyline. I don't know it is best hair
though. So we're not, yeah.
So we're like, are we, are we looking at it from an aesthetic
point of view or are we looking at it as like from like what's
like the cultural significance of the moment?
Because like. As we talk about it, I'm going
to withdraw my veto threat. To put in my my two cents, I
actually was my vote was for the ATP Finals blonde tips because
when he won the US Open, he was still brunette.
And he was like, I'm going to do something that's going to blow
you all away. And I said it on a show around
that time, it felt like when JoJo Siwa was like, I'm going to
invent something new. It's called gay pop because he's
like, I'm going to do something you haven't seen before and he
goes blonde the girl. Have you been to West Hollywood?
How many other players have done that lately?
Diallo did it. Taylor Fritz did it like like
born a Gojo did it like, like literally players up and down
the tour have made that move. But like Carlos, like it.
It was doing something for me. I, I don't know, I, I think you
look great at the ATP Finals too.
I love a grown out buzz cut because there's, there's
something extra like crust punk about that to me.
You got to be kind of messy with it.
And so it looks good when it's like the roots have grown out a
little bit. But to be honest, if the
universe at large prefers the US Open blonde, then who am I to to
argue with the the voice of the people?
Yeah, I'm going to let, I'm going to let this one be I I
agree after this conversation. All right, we'll let this go.
Oh, shoot guys, real quick. What time is it?
834. No, it's time for Immemorium.
Who died? Who died?
Yes, everybody.
It's time to look back at the things we lost this year and
honor those memories. In 2025, we lost an offseason,
say for a few weeks in the Maldives.
Players no longer have downtime to unwind, recover, train.
In 2025 we also had some big retirements.
Patrick Ovidova, Fabio Fanini, Diego Schwartzman, Caroline
Garcia and this one hurt. We also lost all the players who
got engaged and married, Dennis Chapavala and Tommy Paul.
No, not to each other. Also Felix, OJ Aliasim,
Sebastian Carter, Cam Nori. This year we also lost mixed
double S legitimacy, with the US Open spectacle bringing in great
attention but not so great tennis.
And we also lost the fight against sport washing happening
over in Saudi Arabia with the announcement of the upcoming
Masters 1000 tournament. And finally, we lost Ace.
Ace is the name of the man who was in the ATP logo, but he was
erased during the latest redesign.
Yes, that man had a name and he had a family, and we've erased
him in the name of responsiveness and versatility.
God knows I hate versatility. So that's a look back at the In
Memoriam and everything we've lost in 2025.
Thank you, Paul, that. Was beautiful.
The tears. Well, in in the same vein of of
Low Feelings, I'm going to present the next award.
This award is for the moments this year that got oh man.
The nominees for best cry are the footprint reveal at the
French Open retirement ceremony for Rafael Nadal cousins render
connection Vachero making the Shanghai final.
We were talked about this earlier.
Loved that Madison Keys AO title win.
This I thought about for days. I was just so happy for her
return of Venus Williams for the summer swing. 46 is that it?
46 years old. She's 45. 45 there's a wonderful
clip of her her saying that she had to play in order to renew.
I believe her health insurance either through the WTA or the
players association. And then Bernie Sanders reposted
it. I loved it.
OK. And the ball reward goes to the
the footprint reveal ceremony at the French Open for Rafael
Nadal. I mean, this, Yeah, it's Rafa.
He's he's one of the like the last people on earth that like
most people love. So I, I can support this.
It's not what I voted for, but I support this if this is what
other people think. Yeah, it's not what I voted for
either. Didn't we already have like a
Rafa retirement moment that. He's been looking it for two
years. I know, like Ariana Grande says,
ain't got no tears left to cry. I feel like I'm, I'm reaching
that point, but I don't know. It's also it's, it's one of
those things that like, you know, you're going to cry at
that. I feel like the best cries are
the ones that catch you off guard.
So I would have chosen it for a moment, but.
I can live with. So let me ask you guys though,
like when? So when I did vote for this one,
when they swept the side of the court and revealed, I had no
idea that was did you guys know that was coming?
I was shook because people like have statue reveals and the
statue always looks like someone like is missing a chromosome.
But this was like crazy that that was the tribute because
there was something. So it was almost a little bit
like like a grave. It's like brushing off a
gravestone. I wept when they swept that off.
Did you guys know that was coming?
They're good at drama in that country.
I did not know that. They played it on the screens
all over Roland Garros. What if you weren't in there?
It was kind of everyone gathered around.
It was kind of cute. Yeah, that was cool.
I get it. I get it.
I get this.
Do you get it? You gets it too.
All right, well, on to the next award.
It's one of our prestige awards, Lobs being of the year.
So we have a lobs being every show.
It's that thing that just made us gayer for tennis.
This is the thing that made us the gayest for tennis this year.
And we've got a, a action-packed super size list of nominees.
The first lobs being is humidity.
So the many, many times that the players were just left drenched.
Specifically thinking about Ben Shelton at Miami and then again
at Toronto, where he went through so many shirts.
He was he was basically played shirtless.
So kudos for that. The rise of the moms.
So Belinda, Bench, Spitalina, Naomi Osaka, all in the top 20.
One of our all time favorite lobs Viens is Dasha Kazakina.
This year she became Australian. She got engaged.
She coined the term the tap out club when she was like, guys,
this season is just too long. And we have Sinner's duet with
Andrea Bocelli, which for reasons just completely unknown,
Bocelli sings in Italian and Sinner speaks in the most
monotone voice in English. And it was just the campiest,
weirdest single ever. Then we have Carlos Alcaraz
stretching on the puppy Cam. So the puppy Cam is all of the
backstage cameras that catch players warming up and his
warmups, they're borderline vulgar.
It's like, what was this heated rivalry?
I don't know what's going on, but he's he's doing his warmups.
The next Lobbs being nominee is Morgan Riddle just for existing
everything that she does lately I am just obsessed with I am
officially a wag hag. I am obsessed and Morgan come on
the pod anytime. And our last nominee is the
nothing major pod for introducing the hotties ranking
earlier this year because there's nothing that makes me
gayer for tennis and a bunch of straight men rating and ranking
the hotness of other men. So the prestigious Lobs being of
the year goes to Carlos Alcaraz stretching on the puppy Cam.
As much as I am over it, I'm under it, I'm next to it, I'm on
top of it. I, you know, I get it, I get it.
I would have voted for Morgan Riddle, but you know what?
I'm not. I'm happy for Carlos.
I don't think he's won match tonight except for best hair in
a category that only he was in. I think was the odds were
stacked towards him on that one. I support it.
I have to say that if anyone voted for Sinners Do I with
Bocelli, I don't know that this show is for you, I think.
That was that that one. That one is like some sort of,
what do they call it? Like a psychological test you.
Know that's something that's. To weed out the psychopath.
Yeah, no, I'm, I'm the the again.
We talked about this earlier. He's still not really like a man
for me. He's still on the boys side.
So there's something still cute about it, although it is is
basically vulgar. Disgusting.
Yeah, you're. You're so right, though, if you
knew that he was kind of using it to put on a show, then it
would, it would rob it of it's, it's shimmer.
But the, the fact that it's just, you can, he's not even
thinking about it. He's just moving his body and
it's, it's like has 0 self-awareness whatsoever.
And that is the key that that to like what makes it so charming.
He he is a dog and Sinner is a cat.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's like I'm looking at the
ASPCA adoption portal like webcam and they're just playing
weird games all all day. Right, right.
Yeah. We need like a Times Square
billboard of like the Alcaraz stretching, you know, like like
like one of those, one of those high value media takeovers.
Yeah, it will move whatever product he's selling the next
award, it is for the buzziest in 2026, which is who are most
excited about for next year. And Speaking of buzziest, I
think he's drunk already. We have Matthew Coleman back to
present. Buzziest player.
Oh, listen, I'm just trying to get get through the day, OK?
I'm just a girl doing what she's got to do over here.
Yeah, like in in what was a long season, we had a few rising
stars or I think provided bright spots for all of us.
So without any further ado, the first nominee is Miss Amanda
Anasimova. She's bringing Big Babe tennis
back with a vengeance. She has the fiercest backhand on
tour. And honestly, I might even
include the ATP in that as well. We got Belinda Benchage, you
know, a single mom who works 2 jobs came came back from her mom
break mad as hell and and absolutely went on a tear.
We have Victoria Imbolco the the teenage phenom who kind of out
of nowhere had one of these kind of Cinderella stories of of
winning a Masters 1000. We have Elena Rabakina, who, you
know, I just a lot of these players here have like this
overcoming adversity aspect to their seasons, but found some
extra gas in the tank late in the season and just dominated at
the WTA Finals and went on to win the whole thing.
We have Joao Fonseca, the highly touted, you know, Brazilian
teenage star who has really been performing at at an extremely
high level for a while already, but it feels like we haven't
even found a ceiling yet. He's coming into himself and
just, I don't know if you guys watched this.
I've done that. Finally, we have Lerner, Tien
there. There was this crop of young
Americans who you're kind of got waiting to see who this breakout
star was going to be. And Tien's the one who won his
first tournament on tour this year and feels like he has so
much upside. Let me, I'll, I'll announce the
winner. The winner is, I think,
unsurprisingly, Amanda Anasimovo.
I mean. I think this.
Is who I voted for. Not who I voted for.
This is this is a really high quality crop, but but Anna
Simova I think has like by every metric just edge everybody out.
She's funny, she's awesome, I really like her so much and I
think she's going to stay good, I really do.
Yeah, yeah, I don't like she has no con in her game.
She's got, she's got everything. And now that she seems more
locked in, I think she's going to be around for a while.
I don't think it was a fluke at all these finals that she made
the, I mean, she destroyed everyone in Wuhan, but I, I'm
kind of call it she's winning a Grand Slam in 26.
I think at worst like her next season would be like a Palini
season where it's like it's not the the highest heights that she
achieved the previous season, but like still staying extremely
competitive and staying in the top 10.
But I see her only only going up.
I don't even see her plateauing and.
She's only 23, yeah, or 24, whatever.
We don't even got to do the age game right now.
Seems like she's been around for a while, but yeah, she's still,
she's got a lot of room to run, yeah.
Yeah, she's great. Support this wholeheartedly.
Great. Wholeheartedly whole say it with
your whole say. It with your whole.
Heartedly, whole. All can't be good.
You know what? It's getting that time of the
show, folks. Well, we got a few more awards,
so let's just keep it moving. Let's keep this bus going.
Is this the is this the speed bus?
This is the Sandra Bullock where it's like, if it stops,
everybody dies. I was thinking this was like the
date bus or like the like what was it called?
Like the bait bus? No, not bait bus.
Oh, next. Next, Next.
Yes, you've been nexted. Oh my God, that that takes me
back. That was like my queer culture
growing up was like the guys that would be cast on the next
bus. That's like, that's like gay
rights. It's like gay guys with their
popped collars and gelled back hair saying absolutely
ridiculous things. They popped the first caller at
Stonewall. Yeah, exactly.
Anyways, back to the show back. To the show, so to present the
Bali for best fan, He's our #1 fan.
Sorry Kathy Bates, he's got the foot clubbing to prove it.
We're going to have Matthew Paluch back to present.
Best fan. OK, Best fan I I'm excited to do
this category. The nominees are, I'm laughing
at the first category, the Carlos Alcaraz bees at Indian
Wells. That was so cute.
Did you go to Indian Wells with someone?
I did. I can't remember because we had
like, food poisoning from the undercooked pizza.
Yeah. Matthew Peluch and I were at
Indian Wells together. We shared a hotel room and like
a Dolly Parton themed hotel. The the The continental
breakfast at this hotel was criminal.
Death row. It was so bad.
Anyways, OK, we got to move on. The the next category is the
Krajiq of a super fan at the US Open.
This mystery man, or queen as I believe him to be, has not yet
been identified. He yelled after every point
against Taylor Sound, Townsend. Things like come on, Mama.
He changed the entire course of that match, the entire stadium.
He was the lone voice for Chris Chicopa in in a sea of, like,
angry American fans. So it's like like David versus
Goliath. OK, the next category is Brazil,
just the country for making every match a home match for
Fonseca. This apparently was a really big
problem in Miami, like there was issues.
The next category. Chinese fans trolling Taylor
Townsend after a food remarks. Taylor Townsend making a lot of
appearances. So let's see.
The Bali ghost to ba ba ba ba the kajik of a super fan at the
US Open. This was so entertaining and fun
and great to watch. I remember I was standing in my
living room watching the TV and hearing this guy.
So I I also support this one. I support this because I I
essentially consider it a vote for me because I am the critique
of a super fan and if I would have been at the US Open then
then this would have literally been a vote for me.
When I heard the the voice and the screaming, I was like, is
Matthew Coleman there? What I love about this guy is it
takes balls because that was such a one sided stadium and he
was the only one. And it was like wait, what?
And what I love he also wasn't doing it in a way to like get in
Taylor's head. He was just supporting Mother
Krej him he needed. To turn the tide, you know, but
it's like it takes guts. You got to love.
Like there's there's nothing more sports than just
passionately being a fan and showing up in enemy territory
and just doing your thing. Like it's like it's always going
to be a great sports story. And especially with with mother
Barb and it's a Great American story.
Freedom of speech. OK, well congratulations unnamed
mystery man. I could not find his name.
If anyone has doxed him, then please let us know.
I want to send him a ball boy's hat.
We're going to move on to the next category.
We've got 2 left and this is another prestige category, the
Beiche P of the year. He is being presented by the man
hot enough to put both the ass and the fault in asphalt.
It is Matthew Coleman. Who?
Me? Yeah, they like me.
They really like me. I got to admit I'm a bit of a
hostile witness presenting this award because it is filled with
like top ten handsome guys. I'm like, where's like, where's
the spice? Where's the edge?
But I also had an issue with these nominees.
But. That being said, there are a
bunch of hotties on here. So who am I to argue the
nominees are this one. This one's a little bit of a of
an outlier. Mr. Valentine Basharole #2 is
Carlos Algraz, who we've really like debate we've talked about
from every angle. Tonight #3 is the classically
beautiful and sartorially gifted Lorenzo Moussetti, who's always
been a ball boys fave #4 I think both of you might be admirers of
this Southern gent, Mr. Tommy Paul.
Next we have someone from. Deep in the.
Rankings. But who is just exceptionally
like, God to your handsome Mr. Andrea Pellegrino, Italian
player. Funnily enough, I actually was
having coffee with my friend the other day who was like, Oh yeah,
I met this guy a couple years ago when I was running a
marathon and he was running with his dad and his name was Andrea
Pellegrino. He's this Italian tennis player.
I was like, I'm like, I'm I'm somehow not surprised this guy's
running marathons cause like he, he's, he's got the body for it.
Next we have one of the more more classically handsome guys
on tour for many years at this point, Mr. Grigor Dimitrov.
And no, I'm not that wasn't subtle age shaming.
And and G, we have the handsome and kind Felix Ajay Aliasim.
What a beautiful list. I mean, come on, it's.
Just it's a little vanilla. But who's missing?
Who's missing? Tell me who's missing.
Do we do we want to announce the winner or do we do want to
debate? Debate.
The list first. You know what I want to hear?
Who's missing? Because maybe we'll write them
in. We can veto it right now.
You know, like really like get something.
Going me like I'm Matteo Bellucci.
I know no, not. Even not even that like like a
like a boob. Lick like that's who I was going
to say should be in here like like.
Someone who's like just. It's the behavior, Yeah.
It was like a little bit of a bad boy behavior and like has a
little bit of a. Mischievous.
Glint in his eye. That's like, to me what like a
sexy tennis player is like. It's not just about the looks Oh
Sasha Boob Lick has. Prominently been featured in the
Bay. TP all year I get a look.
It's not a bad call out. I think I was a little upset
with him when the nominee and, and you know, not that I
controlled all the nominations, but I was a little upset because
he just played that weird Russian tournament that was
like, Oh yeah, they're like 45 or whatever.
Yeah, he does love Putin. Yeah, where I was.
Just like girl take. A seat?
I don't know. I was just, I was over the
neckbeard for a second. Putin sympathizers aside, who
won this Bay TP of the year? I I don't think that this is
going to be a shocking victory. The.
Winner is Lorenzo Mousetti. I will give him his flowers.
He's a beautiful man. He's a proud Papa.
He has one of the better sartorial moments of the year
with his his APC kit. So style, style icon.
He's really doing it all out there.
When he walked out on the US Open.
In the full like. Bottega kit with like the
leather jacket that elevated the style in a way that was just it
was a moment and he's not just a pretty guy.
He's got he's got some style, he's got some flair.
I think it's a great pick for BATP.
He's got a one handed backhand, yeah, which will keep.
Him from winning a Grand Slam, but you know.
Yeah, but but but it sure is pretty to look at.
Sure he is. I mean, the one thing about
Mousetti that. I will say is like I'm.
Pretty sure he knows how good looking he is.
You know, like he's, he carries himself a little bit like that,
just like just there's a little extra pep in his step.
What I appreciate about truly good looking.
Handsome people is they retain a flaw in Mousetti when he smiles.
It might be needed in need of some orthodontics and I find
that really attractive. I don't know about the two of
you, but that's I find the flaw attractive.
You know, I love a chopped mouth too.
It's so funny. You say that, so here's my
theorem, Musetti. I think that after the APC of it
all and then the Bottega of it all, I think he was actually
like, Oh my God, people are lusting after me too much
because now he's growing out that top knot.
His kits are fugly lately and he's going back to non sex God
looks, which I think is unfortunate.
I think it's AI think it's a miss if he has that top knot
next year. He's not winning this award.
I'm just saying. And and if he's.
Going to Peacock a little bit, it makes sense that he should do
it during clay season, which is when he's going to be winning
the most and it's going to he's going to kind of be in the
spotlight. So I actually like that.
I like finding your moment to really relish in it and then get
back to grinding for the rest of the year.
His hair is having an offseason. Yeah, I love that.
Yeah, he's like OK, you rest Mamma Mia.
OK, Last award of the night guys.
It's the Bali for best year, just like the Oscars.
You know, we are now in our fifth hour of this telecast, but
it's been worth it. This is the final award the the
whole kit and caboodle, the big banana.
It's the nominees for the Bali for best year.
And the nominees are Carlos Alcaraz, Yannick Sinner, Coco
Goth, Arena Sabalenka and Egos Fiantech.
All great years, all slam champions, all showing
dominance. The Bali for the best year.
It is Carlos Alcaraz, best year, no doubt about wins, multiple
slams, wins on all surfaces except for a few lapses and
concentration here and there. Hit her and thither he really
dominated and I think he's going to win at least one tournament
next year. You know, it's, it's interesting
this win makes. Sense for Carlos, but to me it's
it's almost less about the peaks than it is about the valleys.
I feel like the other players on this list have had a real low
moments this season for various reasons.
And I feel like Carlos has been like, really at a very high
level the entire season. Yeah, well the worst thing he
did was he lost to Cam Nori in. Paris, yeah, but he and Nori
have like a weird thing. Do you remember a couple?
Seasons ago in the clay swing where he's like he and Nori were
trading tournament wins. That was when Nori was kind of
peeking. He's a little bit of a pigeon
for for Algraz, I think. Yeah, that's true.
Yeah. Yeah, I think that's a good.
Take like Carlos had a the most consistent year for someone who
isn't always the most consistent player.
Yeah. So that's the winner.
Paluch. Are you going to veto this?
No, no, I support this and this is who I voted.
For he obviously has had the best year and I think he might
have it again next year. This, this kid is got something.
It's got something. Yeah.
Big babe tennis.
Can I use another? V Can I have two vetoes next
year? 'Cause you didn't use it this
year. Yeah, it's like, it's like.
Are your vacation days rolling over?
Yeah, yeah, the vetoes do not roll over.
'Cause then in 10 years you're gonna be like.
I'm gonna veto the entire award show.
I'm gonna blame the long game on this.
One I we need you to be opinionated.
I need you to. I need you to be like I.
Got something to say? Well folks, that is our show.
But Speed Round 2026 is right around the corner.
I think the first tournament of 2026 starts sometime right
around Christmas. What are your predictions for
next year either, Carlos? Or Yannick will complete the
career slam and I believe it will be Yannick to do it because
Carlos. Really domed him.
Last year and then. He started to fight back at the
end and I think next year he's got to get something over him.
Coleman, my predictions. Life 21.
I think that we're going to see Fonseca in a Slam final next.
And I also think we're going to. Lose a top woman on the WTA side
to a career ending injury. Dark.
What is the nature of the? Injury.
Oh God, I mean, it could be anything.
It could be anything. It could be it could be
shoulder, it could be ACL, it could be knee, but I just
unrelated to a sport car. Yeah, I'm imagining like.
A final destination scenario where it's.
Like one day she's the car walk walk through windshield.
Yes, exactly. Car wash it just pancakes.
That's old. I just, I mean listen it
actually, I don't know. Why it could have been a man or
a woman, but I just, I feel like, you know who I have in my
mind right now? I have, I have Krichikova who I
just saw retired in a 125 with some sort of injury.
She keeps trying to get her fitness back and, and it's
testing the waters. A lot of times she enters a
tournament and then it's like, Nope, got to kind of live to
fight another day. But I just, I, I mean, if we
really think we didn't talk about this much, and I'm glad
because I feel like I always talk about this too much in
these shows, but there were just so many injuries this year and
there were so many injuries last year.
And I just, I just, I don't. Feel like we're solving?
The systemic factors for them and I and this shit is
cumulative. You know, they build up and, and
I feel like when players are hurt, then they get a little
sloppy and then it's like they they make it worse.
You just get bad. I get a bad feeling.
I'm going to say it's going to come to a head.
We need to have a stop the insanity moment, I do think.
Next year, a preview of next year's Bali awards.
We might have a Bali for best injury.
I don't know. That might be dark, but we'll
figure it out. We're really making making
lemonade out of lemons. Exactly.
Because look, you might have a career ending injury.
But you'll won a Bali award. Let us mail you a plastic trophy
in the. Mail.
FedEx. Yeah, I can afford plastic.
So my predictions. I've got 2 as well and it's all
about old timers. A Serena is coming back to play
double S with her sister as a retirement gift.
That is happening. I don't care what Serena tweeted
out. It is definitely happening
because you're not going to put yourself on the doping testing
protocols. So that's happening.
Second, this is less likely than Serena returning, but I'm going
to say it because my crystal balls don't lie.
Novak wins 25. Oh.
That's that's bold to me. Yeah, he's not.
Unless. One of one of sinra.
Alka as goes out early or is injured.
If those two are there, they go to that car wash.
There ain't no way. Yeah, and the car before.
Them is like carrying a log on the roof.
I just feel like in. These days, in a situation like
that, it's not going to be a Djokovic.
It's going to be a like a men chick or something, you know,
it's, it's we're going to see a win like we see in the WTA where
it's an unexpected surprise, but someone who's been kind of just
simmering under the surface waiting to strike.
Yeah. I'm vetoing that prediction.
Yeah. Guys like.
I don't know. There we go.
You can't. There we go.
OK, you can't carry. That veto over now.
Sorry. Well, that's it.
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