1 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: Bye, okay, hi everybody. We are who were an a 2 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: stup Centers podcast with special guests at awesome person in 3 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: general Andrea Petkovic. We have been doing a daily podcast 4 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: for you here from the Australian Open. We hope you've appreciated. Actually, 5 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: I have to say, Pecko, that's some really nice messages 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: from people on Twitter and Instagram just thanking us for 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: doing this every day. They're in you know, all kinds 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: of places in Europe, but I think there was a 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: message from Finland or in Scandinavia somewhere. So to that gentleman, 10 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: thanks for writing to us and appreciating it. He's missing Australia, 11 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: he's missing the Australian Open and the summer and everything. 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: So we appreciate you guys listening, and if you wouldn't 13 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: mind pushing subscribe on now that person giving us a rating. 14 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: There were some people that were there. They're so cringey 15 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: of you. It's so cringey of me. But you know what, 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: it's how we survive, how we pay for coffee in 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: the morning, you know, with all my five dollars that 18 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: I get this. Actually I don't even think I get 19 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: paid for any of us but I appreciate you, my friend, 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: being here with me every single day. So I appreciate it. 21 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: Because for some reason on Spotify, some people have gone 22 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: on there and given us some really bad ratings because 23 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: they haven't appreciated some of the things we've said about 24 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: their favorite players. So they feel like they go on 25 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: and they can destroy. So if you wouldn't mind going 26 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: on and giving. 27 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: Us a fus, we'd appreciate it well. And just to 28 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 2: this matter, I know how it feels. I have my 29 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: faves and I get annoyed when people say bad things 30 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 2: about them. But I think we try not to say 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,199 Speaker 2: bad things. I think we just try to put things 32 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: into a perspective. That's at least how I try to do, 33 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: and if I fail at that, then I apologize. But 34 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: we try to explain where things come from and why 35 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: we think it could be better, and we hold them 36 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 2: and I think we said that on the last podcast already. 37 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: We hold our top players to a very high standard. Yes, 38 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: and that's because we respect them and we see what 39 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: they are capable of. And especially you were a much 40 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: more talented player than I was. But I had my 41 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 2: limitations and so when I see so did I well, 42 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: but yeah, but you know, when you then see somebody 43 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: so talented with all the gifts, you want them to thrive, 44 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 2: You want them to succeed seed, you want them to 45 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: take out the best they can out of them. And 46 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 2: I think that's just a standard we hold our top 47 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: players too. 48 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: So let's start with the first match of the day then, 49 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: because that's a perfect segue because you have somebody who's 50 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: so talented, has so much game, and yet is a 51 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: mental is getting better, and I'll give you a description 52 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: of what her coach said after the match, but a 53 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: little bit of a mental midget sometimes, and she'll be 54 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: the first person to admit it. In Noscova, Moscoga Costchuk 55 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: against Cocoa GoF. So you've got Cocoa Goff who's considered 56 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: considerably not a mental midget like she is. You know, 57 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: when okay, the technique breaks down on the forehand, she 58 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: gets a bit frustrated. She misses some shockers, and she's 59 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: had some shocking forehands yesterday, but she stays so composed 60 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: and she's so in the moment, and yeah, there were 61 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: times es today she kind of jested up to a 62 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: crowd at her player box like she was frustrated, but 63 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,399 Speaker 1: in general terms, she is as good as you get 64 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: when it comes to composure, especially for a nineteen year old. Yes, 65 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: and then down the other end, you've got Costchuk who's 66 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: just like every single point in between serbs like looking 67 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: up at her coach, like yelling at poor Sandra like NonStop. 68 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: But yet she's so freaking good. And I said to 69 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: Sandra after the match, just a quick story, I said, 70 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: oh my god, when she I literally said to her man, 71 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: when she learns to shut her mouth and just play 72 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: tennis and not complain and act like a twelve year old, 73 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: she's going to be really good. And she goes well. 74 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: The good thing is she was acting like a five 75 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: year old last week, so this is an improvement. So anyway, 76 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: just give me your thoughts on the match. Overall, it's 77 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: pretty it was very dramatic. 78 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: It was rough, it was rough, So it's interesting that 79 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: it played out that way because I called the two 80 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 2: previous matches of Marta Kostyuk and I said to you, 81 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: and she's really improved, but her behavior, I don't think 82 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 2: that's going to get her through because I think she 83 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: can win a slam one day. I really think so 84 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 2: she's so talented. She can accelerate the ball on the 85 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: back end on the forehand, still a work in progress, 86 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 2: but she has the change of rhythm. She can play 87 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: at the net. She's one of the most complete athletes 88 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 2: out there. She's so quick. She used to be gymnast 89 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: as a kid. Yeah, you can see like she's agile 90 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: but also powerful. She has that combination which is very rare. 91 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 2: Normally you see agile players that are not as powerful, 92 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 2: or very powerful players that are not as agile. 93 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: And she has it both. 94 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 2: And I said it to you, but I thought against 95 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: the top player, she will pull herself together because you 96 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 2: can't afford to. And this is the thing. It's not 97 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 2: about the behavior and the yelling at the coach. We 98 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 2: see it from other players and it spurs them on 99 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 2: to play better. The thing is, if you want to 100 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 2: win a Grand Slam tournament, you have to learn to 101 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 2: manage your energies rather than your emotions. Your energies. And 102 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: you could see that she was cooked. And yes, she 103 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 2: had much tougher matches than Coco did in the previous rounds. 104 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: She played much longer. She was on the court. I 105 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: think the second longest of all the quarter finalists, so 106 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: she had that to go through. But then especially you 107 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 2: cannot let any ounce of energy lay on the floor. 108 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 2: It's just not allowed. And you can see in the 109 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 2: end it was a very hot day. Now, the match 110 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 2: was not great. There were a lot of unforced errors. 111 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: And this is what I mean by trying to put 112 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: things into perspective, the reason for that. It was the 113 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 2: first hot day in a very long time. It just 114 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 2: affects your game. You touch the ball on the strings 115 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: and it flies. It makes you insecure and you start 116 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 2: to push the ball. And this is what we saw 117 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 2: in the in the first between the two of them, 118 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 2: between the two of them, So this is one the 119 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: conditions changed dramatically overnight, and it just like you arrived 120 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 2: at the new tournament and you don't feel the ball. 121 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: So this is just a little bit of inside what 122 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: happens in the player's mind and why it was tough 123 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: to play. And they played at the hottest time. Oh 124 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 2: my god, the others came out, it was still hot, 125 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: but the shade. 126 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: Was on rod Lavery. I mean, Djokovic was like so 127 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: happy that were going so long. He's like, oh, I 128 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: might start in the evening. The way the two applying yes, 129 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: So he got real lucky and he even said after the 130 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: post match, we'll get into that match. But he said, 131 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: you know, well, when the shade came over, it was 132 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: a really hot day. But the Shane came out, I 133 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: was like, you lucky, lucky because he was struggling. Taylor 134 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: struck and one. 135 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 2: Thing has to be said. Marta cost Yuk played and 136 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 2: almost and you, I know you want to talk about 137 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 2: the tie breaks. 138 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: I leave that one to you. 139 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 2: But Marta cost Yuk played an almost perfect tactical match 140 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 2: until she didn't. But she was so disciplined with battering 141 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 2: Coco's forehand over and over and over again waiting for 142 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: the shot. One really broke that stroke down and I 143 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 2: was so impressed with her, and I think if she 144 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 2: had just contained a bit more energy, she might have 145 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 2: been able to hang in longer. I don't know, we 146 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 2: don't know. She had long matches before. It was exhausting 147 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: for her. But overall, a great showing from Martha Kostik, 148 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 2: and I hope you see her on a more regular 149 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 2: basis and these matches and these states of the tournaments. 150 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the biggest issue for me was there 151 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: were times where she did play a fairly good technical match, 152 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: but when it really really really counted, she played a 153 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: horrible technical match. For example, on the couple of set points, 154 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: the one set point she I can't remember. Did she 155 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: have two set points? 156 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 2: I think she had too. 157 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: Well, and one of them in particular, and maybe even 158 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: the one after that. Get to give Coco a set point. 159 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: She has sitters on the forehand and chose to go 160 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: to the backhand and missed it like you could, and 161 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: tried to go pump it like one hundred miles an 162 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: hour to the forehand to the backhand right. Instead, she 163 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: could have played sixty percent of a forehand to Coco's 164 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: forehand and that moment, not saying it, Coco is going 165 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: to miss all the time. But she had just missed 166 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: a couple of really basic forehands Coco and badly shanking 167 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: you know this and that or halfway up the net. 168 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: And then she gets set point and choses chooses to 169 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: go massively to the back end. I'm like high risk, 170 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: and she didn't need to. She could have gone to 171 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: the forehand, probably elicited a mistake and won the first set. 172 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: And it would have been interesting if she had won 173 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: the first set, because that would have put a ton 174 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: of pressure on Coco. Instead, Coco gets away with it. 175 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: And now on the flip side of that is Coco 176 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: just hung in there. And that's what makes her so good, 177 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: is that she just hangs around, you know, long enough. 178 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: Second set, it looks like Coco's going to close it 179 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: out up five to three, and then she got really 180 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: tired again and her ball was short, and Martin kind 181 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: of beware the danger of a player like Marta Costure 182 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: can hit winners from anywhere when they finally say fuck it, 183 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: I don't give a shit. And she started hitting winners 184 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: all over the place of fight three, and Coco got 185 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: really really tight short, and then Marta made played a 186 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: great tie break in this circumstance. She was incredibly disciplined 187 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: in the second set tiebreak. You could tell that Sandra 188 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: had said focus on the forehand, we could hear in 189 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: the commentary, and she did. She stayed with the forehand 190 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: in like literally like a ten or fifteen ball rally. 191 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: She hit almost every bolt in the forehand and then 192 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: when it's super short, then you can go wherever you want. 193 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: But I thought that was she tactically played the second 194 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: set tie break beautifully. The mistake I think she made 195 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: Coco went off the court. It was bloody hot day. 196 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: Coco went off the court, changed her outfit, probably had 197 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: a little word to herself in the mirror. She did 198 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: say after the match that she had to be more 199 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: aggressive because she knew. She'd puts it out our favorite 200 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: saying you're a er a pab she did. She got 201 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: tired and she knew, and so she made a concerted 202 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: effort to come back in the third set, and she 203 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: served bigger. She was seven miles an hour average bigger 204 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: on the first serve when she came back, and she 205 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: was hitting it in because I think her conviction was 206 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,719 Speaker 1: I'm going to make one of my best shots. And 207 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: her forehand dropped a little bit in speed, but I 208 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: think she was making it with depth right, so it 209 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: wasn't attached to work first and the backhand was way 210 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: up as well. So she The beautiful thing about Coco 211 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: in the third set is that she utilized her strengths 212 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: really well again and she nullified her weakness and she 213 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: made the fuehand deep and that was a difference in 214 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: the match. And on the other hand, Kostjuk sat at 215 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: the changeover, sitting in that heat, dancing and sort of 216 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: like really loose on the changeover, singing to the music, 217 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: all of that sort of stuff, where she should have, 218 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: in my opinion, gone off the court as well and reset, 219 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: knowing that you're playing against a Grand Slam champion who's 220 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: clearly fit, who's clearly going to run all day, not 221 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 1: going to give me anything free. I think she should 222 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: have gone and reset herself and said she sat on 223 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: the court, and she should have won the first couple 224 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: of games. But I think that lack of focus sitting 225 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 1: there and sort of kind of almost you switching off 226 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: being focused, and you know what it's like when you 227 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: switch off, it's hard to switch it back on. And 228 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: I don't care what anyone says. I think she made 229 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: a mistake not going off the court, and I think 230 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: that's what cost her and a better player coming out 231 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: in the. 232 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: Yes, let's talk just briefly, very three sentences from you 233 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 2: Cocos Serf Corco's forehand did not look good yesterday. 234 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: In the first she managed to turn it somewhat around. 235 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 2: What was up with that surf because I saw a 236 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 2: few double faults in the bottom of the net, like 237 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 2: almost into her own fee. Did you see any because 238 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: you were courts at do you see tactically anything? I 239 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 2: think technically, not tactically, yeah, I. 240 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: Think honestly, I think her boaltos was way too far 241 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: ahead of her, particularly in the first serve. And if 242 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 1: your baltos is ahead of you and she's throwing it 243 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: shorter and now a little bit lower. If it's lower 244 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: and in front of you, you are hitting in a 245 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: part of the racket where you're not getting a racketthead 246 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: speed and snap at the top, so you're missing it 247 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: long a lot or in the net. I mean, she 248 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: was just all over the place with her boltos yesterday. 249 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: I would like to see a stat of her boltos 250 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: where it was going, because it was all over the 251 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: shop and I think that really hurt her. But again, 252 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: I think the only thing as a coach that I 253 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: would go and talk to her about is you see 254 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: the way you played in the third, That's what you 255 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: have to do in the next match. Just put away 256 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: the first two sets. She was obviously nervous. She hadn't 257 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: been pushed in this tournament at all. Really, I mean, 258 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: dol Hyde was her biggest, toughest opponent and she played well, 259 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: but I think I would be focusing solely on the 260 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 1: third set. This is how you need to play, this 261 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: is the mindset you need to have, and that's what 262 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 1: you need to do going forward. I would just forget 263 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: about the first two sets. Complete land, stay positive, and 264 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: I know Brad he will do the same thing. So 265 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: she goes up now against Sablenka. It's a rematch of 266 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: the US Open final. 267 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 2: WHOA. 268 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: Sabka is looking fucking good. I thought she might be tested. 269 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: Yesterday she played against Kujikova, who's also a former Grand 270 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 1: Slam champion, who beat Saberlenka last year in that amazing 271 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: run in Dubai where she beat the number one two 272 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: three players in the world, the toughest draw of all year. 273 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: But Kujikova, I don't know. She was missing a little 274 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: bit yesterday. But Sablenka was so good and man. But 275 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: she has one or two random games though on her 276 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: surch second set where she just made horrific errors to Losis. 277 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: She cannot do that against Cocoa. 278 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 2: Now, however, I think so what I really liked about Kraychikova, 279 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 2: she was in the beginning, she was trying to play 280 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 2: her game her game is take the balls on the 281 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 2: rise almost half volley them and redirect and have. 282 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,119 Speaker 1: This beautiful technique, so clean. 283 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 2: And Arena was playing so deep and so heavy that 284 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 2: you can't do that, and she was missing and framing 285 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 2: because it's just hard to play half And the thing 286 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 2: is I played with Arena a lot of times, unfortunately 287 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 2: for me, and I know how her brown strokes feel like. 288 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 2: And the thing is it's not power only, especially on 289 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 2: the forehand, is heavy that her balls are heavy. What 290 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 2: that means is when you connect with the ball, the 291 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 2: rotation that she puts on it pushes you back right, 292 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 2: so you have to have your full body weight behind 293 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 2: the ball and really push, especially if you're not as 294 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 2: strong and Krachko as small. It's quite small. 295 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: She's pretty strong. 296 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 2: She's strong, but she's not as tall to you know, 297 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 2: take it every time on that rise. It pushes your 298 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 2: racket back, so you really have to put all your 299 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 2: body weight into it so you can control it. And 300 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 2: I think when you try to play these almost half 301 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 2: waleys like Kraychikova does, it's really hard to do. And 302 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 2: what I loved about what she tried to do in 303 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 2: the second set, she tried to change it up. It 304 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 2: wasn't crazy, but she tried the high ones, she tried 305 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 2: the slices, she tried to come to the net, and 306 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 2: maybe maybe that investment paid a bit of dividend when 307 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 2: as a r in come saying when Arena missed a 308 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: few shots, because maybe there were a lot of different 309 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 2: paces coming at her and she just lost lost rhythm 310 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 2: for a spree second. But it was But this also 311 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 2: just shows you how confident Arena is right now. 312 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: It was fourth, she was up four to. 313 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 2: One in the second, Kraychikova comes back to four to three. 314 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 2: It's thirty all the first like dangerous moment in the 315 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: whole match, and she serves two big serfs, done five three, 316 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 2: didn't doesn't lose the point after that, and the match 317 00:14:53,920 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 2: was over. Yeah, And this just shows you the confidence. 318 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 2: Whereas if you look at last year, how many times 319 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: she was up a set. 320 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: And a break. 321 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 2: She was up in a set and a break against 322 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 2: Kretchikova and Dubai the match you just mentioned, love three 323 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 2: to one exactly, and how she loses her path, loses clarity, 324 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 2: just goes wayward all of a sudden. She didn't do 325 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 2: that on the contrary, she dialed up and won the match. 326 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 2: And I said it yesterday and I'm sorry if I 327 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 2: jinxed her, but she's the player to be all one hundred, 328 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 2: but she is ahead of the entire pack, right. 329 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, she plays the way she's been playing, and Coco 330 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: plays remotely like she did yesterday. It will be two 331 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: and two or three and three because Coco is just 332 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: such a great fighter. But Coco can serve well and 333 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 1: she can retrieve well. And the one thing about Sabolenka 334 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: in that rematch from the US Sun Final is that 335 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: there's not going to be twenty thousand people on Cocos. 336 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: So in that match it will be very even Sabalanka 337 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: very liked in this country. They love her sort of 338 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: hoodspur and her humor and all that sort of stuff, 339 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: and in fact she's a defending champion, but they also 340 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: love Coco, so it'll be interesting mix. So I think 341 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: tennis fans here in Australia are really knowledgeable and I 342 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: think they'll be just I'll think they'll be really into 343 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: the match, but I don't think there's going to be 344 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: parochial either way. It'll be fun. 345 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 2: We look well, And it has to be mentioned Coco 346 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 2: has a four to two head to have and a 347 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 2: strong believer and had to have, so clearly, Coco has 348 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 2: a game that puts Arena in uncomfortable positions. So that's 349 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 2: something to keep an eye on. And this is a 350 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: golden rule in tennis that I've seen over and over 351 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: and over again. When you get through a terrible match, 352 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: when you haven't felt one shot, when you're a good player, 353 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 2: when you're a good player, you will play amazing the 354 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 2: next match. That's normally because you're just happy to still 355 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 2: be there, and you will swing freely. I'm not sure 356 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 2: because some of the shots yesterday from yesterday from Coco 357 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 2: looked so bad. Whether it's a technical issue, then you 358 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 2: won't be able to swing through it. If it's a 359 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 2: technical issue, But if she was just tight, the conditions 360 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 2: were different and she was afraid to lose, I think 361 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 2: she will play much better. 362 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, I hope she plays a lot better. She's been 363 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: pretty scratchy throughout this whole tournament, so I think, you know, 364 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: maybe that switch will switch now the pressure is technically off. 365 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: Her technically supposed to win this match, So I seeds 366 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: are concern and everyone's talking about how good sat Balanca 367 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 1: is playing, so maybe maybe Coca will relax enough and 368 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: swing through that forehand and we'll have a match on 369 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: her hands. Because if it's anything like the Drama or 370 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: the US Open, I'm here for it. Just really quick. 371 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 1: The matches today we don't usually give a preview, but Chin, 372 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: when Chin win Jang, I know Kate Caitlin's going to 373 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: shoot me for saying that. And kilen Skaya, Noskova and 374 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: Yuestramska we're going to have one of those in the 375 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: two of those in the semifinals, and someone knew it's 376 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: going to be in the final, so it's going to 377 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: be a lot of fun. We'll obviously tell you all 378 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: about it after today's play, but alth let's get to 379 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: the man, go back and Fritz in the day session, 380 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: I thought that Taylor had a great game plan yesterday 381 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: to come out and play the first game on his 382 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: serve for twenty minutes. You know what, I read one 383 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: thing in the heat, Let's wear him down in the 384 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: first game, and then he wins the game, and I'm like, 385 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: I'm good now, that's where I wanted him. I wanted 386 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: him to die with the heat, and Novak did not 387 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: look good. Actually, in the heat. He really struggles in 388 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,239 Speaker 1: the heat. You know he's ever played a bloody day 389 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: match here in like four years. Well, you know what 390 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 1: it is. 391 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 2: It's really interesting, Like I never struggled in the heat. 392 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 2: I always when it was hot, I was like, yes, 393 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 2: this is good for me. When I got older, I 394 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 2: think when I turned thirty two thirty three, all of 395 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 2: the sudden it really bothered me. Now Novak always was 396 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 2: kind of bothered by the heat, so that's different. But age, 397 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 2: this is the one thing that switched for me from 398 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 2: great from. 399 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: Yes. 400 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 2: Yes. It was like I was every time I would 401 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 2: look at the weather forecast thirty five degrees. 402 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: Come on, this is good for me. I'm fit, I 403 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: can outlast anybody. 404 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 2: And I turned thirty three thirty four, and all of 405 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 2: a sudden, when it was hot, I was juggling, I 406 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 2: was cramping. 407 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 1: Was it was not good. 408 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 2: So age does play a factor, I think when it 409 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 2: comes to terror or really difficult conditions. But I read 410 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 2: one thing on social media and I was dying. And 411 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 2: if it's you who wrote this, please let us know, 412 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 2: because I forgot who it was because I wanted to 413 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 2: give credit. Somebody said Taylor Fritz is playing really solid, 414 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 2: so I guess he will lose seven five six, three 415 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 2: six too. And it was like such astute observation because Taylor, 416 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 2: if he doesn't learn to come to the net thing 417 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 2: a little bit differently, he plays very good, just like Djokovic, 418 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 2: but slightly worse, and so Novak will always come out 419 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 2: on top, you know, That's. 420 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: How it looks, right, And he died. He died in 421 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 1: the third and fourth sets. But I really like, I 422 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: think Taylor's really improving so much. He has to, like costure, 423 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: calm down with the getting frustrated. I thought, he it's 424 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: pretty good yesterday because he had to conserve the energy, 425 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 1: and sometimes when it's really hot, you do conserve the 426 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: energy because you don't have energy. But I think, you know, 427 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: I did have a little chat, you know, just on 428 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: text with him last night, and he said, you know, 429 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: once once I do the work, because I'm not sure 430 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: if he could do a lot of the work in 431 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: the off season. You know, he feels like he can 432 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: maybe last longer because he died a little bit. But 433 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: I have high hopes for him. I think last year 434 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: I actually said I think he can win a Slam 435 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: then through the year. Last year I was like, no, 436 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: he can't because he's attitude and he gets so upset 437 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: at himself. In a five set match, he can get 438 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: away with it investor three because he's just better than 439 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: most people. But in best of five, you're going to 440 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: run up against Novak's sinners al Karazas, and they're going 441 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,479 Speaker 1: to chop you in five sets because they're just going 442 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 1: to look down the other end and be like this, 443 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: dude's idiots, you know what I mean, And they're just 444 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: going to hang in there and they're going to win 445 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: those matches. But I really I want to be positive 446 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: about Taylor because I think he's I think he's taking 447 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: steps in the right direction again, and I think he's 448 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: going to be playing very well on the hardcourt and 449 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: in the US like he did one year when he 450 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: won Indian Well, so good for him, But no, man. 451 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 2: We'll chop you like a Linten tree, A Linton tree, 452 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 2: A Linten tree. 453 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: The hell was that? Isn't that the tree? I have 454 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: no idea. 455 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 2: Well, I do want to say this is the best 456 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 2: showing at a Grand Slam of Taylor Fritz in a 457 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 2: long time. 458 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: Right, So he is He lost to Novak in the 459 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: US Open. He got chopped like a like a Linden tree, 460 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 1: and if anyone knows what that is, let us know. 461 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: But but yeah, he played great at the US Open 462 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: last year, didn't lose a set, and then he just 463 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: got shopped like a Linton tree by Novak. So a 464 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: better effort from him here. I'm excited for him, and 465 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: I think he can do well, particularly at Wemble, and 466 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: I think he can do well, but if he can 467 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: come into the net. 468 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 2: A little bit more. 469 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: But he's not overly comfortable, but I know they're working 470 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: on it, and we'll see because these volleys are a 471 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: little dodgy. I'm not gonna lie. All right, let's get 472 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 1: to the next seven and one. 473 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: Sorry, this is one thing I had yesterday, the observation 474 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 2: whenever Novak was on the stretch and put like a 475 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 2: small little I think, really what they shoul do is 476 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 2: just play like kids in the service thing and just 477 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: play the cross courts with foehands and backhands. Because whenever 478 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 2: Djokovic was completely on the stretch and just put a 479 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 2: small slice behind the mass, Taylor hit drop shots into 480 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 2: his own shoe at times. 481 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: Or just framed it. 482 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 2: He has no feeling or he doesn't feel comfortable on 483 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 2: these shots, so he pushes them and he needs that, 484 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 2: and he has that flick with his hand. 485 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: He has that when he's tall, though he is tall. 486 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 2: But this is the one thing you really need to 487 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 2: learn because if he plays good movers, that's what they 488 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 2: will do. They will put these little small slices and 489 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 2: on in Wimbledon specifically, so he needs. 490 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: To work on that. Yeah, that's that's a really great observation. 491 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 1: I know that Sam, for example, struggled with that. 492 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 2: Shot interesting and me too. 493 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: That's why I had this observation, and we practiced that 494 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: so much in the end where towards the end of 495 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 1: her career, I have to say, Sam got really comfortable 496 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: with that shot and did not miss it very much 497 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: at all. And because when you what you need to 498 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: practice is practice at but also have a specific place 499 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: where you want to hit it, and when you run 500 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: up to there, you don't do that so you know, 501 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: so you know what you're about to. Like me running 502 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: in for that shot, I was like licking my chots 503 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 1: because I was like, yes, I'm going to get into 504 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: the net. I had good feel like that didn't panic me, 505 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: whereas somebody who never goes into the net, was not 506 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: super comfortable. The anxiety level as are running up to 507 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: it is you're freaking out because you're like, what do 508 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: I hit it? What if I have to did to volley? 509 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: Oh my god? You know, and so he needs to 510 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: practice that and when he does, like you said, we're 511 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna let him know that you observe that. 512 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: So he's well. You know. 513 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 2: The thing. The difference with samdough when she's on the backhand. 514 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: She has the feeling to counter, but on the forehand 515 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: she really. 516 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 2: Yes, But Taylor doesn't have that either, so he really 517 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 2: you can see him panic and he pulled it off 518 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 2: a few times yesterday, but you can see him. 519 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: Going like, oh my god, what do I do? Listen? Sam? 520 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: Sam will tell you that she wasn't the best with 521 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: touch around the net. Yeah, so to the back end, 522 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: I feel like, well, and just a few words on Novak. 523 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 2: He's thirty six years old and he is outlasting a 524 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 2: twenty something year old and this head on the court 525 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: and what he's done so tremendously since he's gotten a 526 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 2: bit older. When he saw that he lost that, he 527 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 2: got broken in the second set and he tried a 528 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 2: few times, I was like, I don't think I'm going 529 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 2: to break back. 530 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: He lets it go. 531 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 2: He lets it go and then regroups for the third set. 532 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 2: And that's what I meant when we talked about costume 533 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 2: by managing your energies. And when he was twenty two, 534 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 2: he didn't have to manage his energies. But now he's 535 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 2: thirty six, and now he's managing them perfectly. And when 536 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 2: he saw, oh, I don't think I can come back 537 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 2: into this it's really hot, let it go, the shade 538 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 2: will come and third and fourth. 539 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,239 Speaker 1: Online and that's exactly how it did it. And then 540 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,120 Speaker 1: the other guy died, which is why when people say 541 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 1: about men's best of five is so much more difficult, 542 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: and it is in a lot of ways. But also 543 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: women can't afford to chuck a set away, you know 544 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: what I mean, because they're into the third there's a 545 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: long way it can be over like that. So anyway, 546 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: all right, he's playing up against in the semifinals your 547 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: favorite person, j Nick's. 548 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 2: Internet, Yannicks Internet, and yes, oh my god, it was 549 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 2: so embarrassing but also great. Yesterday the Australian Open are 550 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 2: making an AO film. 551 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: They call it. 552 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 2: They show it before the final, and it's supposed to 553 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 2: be like a band like this is how great the 554 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 2: Australian Open twenty twenty four were. 555 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: And they have all these experts quote unquote. 556 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 2: Because they asked me to do it, so how much 557 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 2: of an expert haven't they really been? So so you 558 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 2: have to give all your all these like opinions and 559 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 2: thoughts on who is going to win and how they played. 560 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 2: And they asked me in pockets, right, So they didn't 561 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 2: like talk about cocoa, gov talk about costume. They would 562 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 2: go like talk about golf, Saballeenka and Rebeckena talk about 563 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 2: because they want to make a summary of the entire tournament, right, 564 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 2: And then they went like, okay, talk about Sinna, rube 565 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 2: Lev and Djokovic please, And so I was like, well, 566 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 2: Djokovia and rube Lev quarterfinal and then and Yannick's Internet 567 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 2: and everyone. 568 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: Was like cut, cut cut. 569 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 3: And I've been saying it for so long, and I've 570 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 3: been repeating it because it's my wireless My wireless network 571 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 3: at home is Yannick Cinternet and now I cannot say 572 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 3: Yanick Cinner anymore. 573 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 2: And I said it in an official AO film and 574 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 2: we had to cut and I had to take it 575 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 2: from the beginning from the top. 576 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 1: I hope they use it as one of their bloppers 577 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: because that would be hilarious. But anyway, Yanik played great 578 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: last night. Again poor old Rube lav oh and ten 579 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: in quarterfinals of Grand Slams. But he has always played 580 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: arguably the best player in those quarters. He's played Novak, 581 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: he's played Nadal, and the two that we thought that 582 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: maybe he could have won were Chile and the Francis 583 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: Tiao at the US Open. But then we also said 584 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: that those two players at that time were playing incredibly 585 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: well in those moments. So he's either come up with 586 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: the hottest player, you know, arguably in the tournament that's 587 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: you know, sort of won some big matches, or he's 588 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: played the greatest players of all time. So maybe he'll 589 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: just get one year where he gets lucky and he 590 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: plays like a Rando in the corners and wins. 591 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 2: And this is a little bit of a systemic thing 592 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 2: as well, because he's always I think now he's making 593 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 2: strides to be a regular top five player, but he 594 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 2: was very often seated seven or eight. And the thing is, 595 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 2: if you're seated seven or eight, just by the mechanics 596 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 2: of the jaw, you will meet the first or second 597 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,479 Speaker 2: best player in the quarterfinals, so he's always run into them, 598 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 2: just by the mechanics of how the seating system works. 599 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 2: So if he can become a regular in the top five, 600 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 2: maybe even in the top four, I think he will 601 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 2: have much more openings that where he can get to 602 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 2: the stage because he's good enough. 603 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: Well, there's the issue for him to be in the 604 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: top four in the world is that you've got to 605 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: make semis and finals of Slams, and that's the thing. 606 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: So he has to have a breakthrough moment. But aside 607 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: from that, we love him. What about absolutely crazy and 608 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: we love it. But Janick Sinner now playing Novak Oh, 609 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: it's so much of the tournament. I mean, there's no 610 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: question about that. And we haven't even once again talked 611 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 1: really about Alcoraz and he's just sliding alorad. 612 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 2: This is the best scenario for Carlos Alcoa. Honestly, nobody 613 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 2: has him under it. 614 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: I don't know why. 615 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 2: He's playing really well and the sets he lost he 616 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 2: lost against really good players, against Lorenzos Onnego, who came 617 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 2: out hot in season twenty twenty four, he's playing so well, 618 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 2: and and Carlitos he's just flying under playing flying, flying, 619 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 2: so so good for him. 620 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: So anyway, but Yannick had a little air pocket, air 621 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 1: pocket or something in his rib k Jerry yesterday for 622 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: a couple of games, and we were sitting here going on, no, no, no, 623 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: don't don't have an injury, like you don't want to 624 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: see that happen, like what happened with Switzerlina for example, 625 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: so which was like hopefully just a backspasm, which you know, 626 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: put her out for twenty four hours. Basically that just sucks. 627 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: So we're glad that he got through that. He played 628 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: really well to finish it off. He looks incredibly composed 629 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: and he's coming up with some great serving, big, huge 630 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: ground strokes when it counts, and he's just so impressive. 631 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: So no, it's definitely going to have to bring his best. 632 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: This is a guy that beat him two weeks two 633 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: times within two weeks. I know it's best to three, 634 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 1: so it's very different. But still I would say arguably 635 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: that Sinner and Novak a the two best players in 636 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: the world right now. And al Charaz because he did 637 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: not have a great end of after Wimbledon last year, 638 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: so I would say these two are the absolute two favorites. 639 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: They were my favorites to win the tournament. So one 640 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: of them is going to knock each other out and 641 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 1: I think that person will probably win the tournament, although 642 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: Carlos might have something to say about that. But anyway, and. 643 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 2: Just the last thoughts, great future ahead of us with 644 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 2: the Sinner al Karaz rivalry hopefully and obviously with the 645 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 2: other great players that are pushing in the back. But 646 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 2: hopefully that's something to look forward to. And what is 647 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 2: really great I think I think we might see two 648 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 2: fresh players in Djokovic and Cinner because they have two 649 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 2: days off. Now, yeah, they have two days off, So 650 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 2: I think that is great because you don't want to 651 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 2: have that. We how often do we see a semifinal 652 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 2: where one dude played six hours until three am and 653 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 2: you're like just praying that he doesn't die on court. 654 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: You don't want that. 655 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 2: You want the best informed players. And Novak is the 656 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 2: greatest of all time, and Janik is arguably the player 657 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 2: of the last few months. And they will hopefully be 658 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 2: fresh in two days and we will see great tennis. 659 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: And that's all we can ask for that's all we 660 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: can ask for. All right, guys, we are after the courts. 661 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: Petko is going to play one more match today. She survived, 662 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: there's no injuries, touch wood, and we'll bring it to 663 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: you all on ESPN and also of course on the 664 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: World Feed. 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