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Speaker 1: I'm not necessarily a crier. I was like wiping away

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Speaker 2: Hi everyone, and welcome to the French Connection.

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Speaker 3: It is our last one, but it is brought to

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Speaker 3: you by NBC Sports and Racket. We have been here

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Speaker 3: covering all the tennis from the French Open right through.

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Speaker 2: Of course to the Olympics in Paris.

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Speaker 3: It is me and that guy over there, Sam query,

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Speaker 3: what's up mate?

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Speaker 2: We got to get to the Olympics, my friend.

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Speaker 4: I know.

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Speaker 1: It was unbelievable Olympics, not only for tennis but for

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I gotta tell you me covering it. That's my

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Speaker 3: I went to four Olympics.

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Speaker 2: So that's eight.

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Speaker 3: So it's been a few. But I have to say

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Speaker 3: Paris really turned it on. I mean, I don't know

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Speaker 3: and what we saw in Paris was just phenomenal. But

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Speaker 3: let's get to it the tennis before we really start

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Speaker 3: capturing out favorite parts of the Olympics. Novak Djokovic. Are

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Speaker 3: you surprised by his gold medal win? Obakalos Alcarez Sam, I'm.

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Speaker 4: Not maybe a little bit surprised.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it was incredible to have Novak Djokovic and

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Speaker 1: Carlos Alcarez playing the final. There's one thing that Novak

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Speaker 1: I mean watching the match. I remember watching with my

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Speaker 1: had to see what that meant to him. You could

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Speaker 1: was a special moment. I was so happy for him,

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Speaker 1: and you were were you commentating that.

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Speaker 3: I mean, listen, I'll be honest, it was, you know,

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Speaker 2: You know, we didn't have to do much.

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Speaker 3: We just sat back and watched two of the greatest.

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Speaker 3: You know, Carlos al Karez arguably going to be one

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Speaker 2: But Novak just what he was able to do.

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Speaker 3: Choked like he played some shocking tennis and we're not

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Speaker 3: We don't see that from him, and he said it

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Speaker 2: In all his fifth Olympics. That's how much it meant

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Speaker 3: I mean, incredible effort in the end from him, just unbelievable,

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Speaker 4: No, I think I think you're spot on. It was

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Speaker 1: I feel like the entire year Novak was telling us, look,

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Speaker 4: Was an amazing thing to see.

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Speaker 1: I said this on a you know another podcast earlier

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, amazing.

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Speaker 3: I mean he joins now an exclusive club of gold

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Speaker 3: Novak is really happy that he's got over Roger.

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Speaker 1: Well, I don't care though we always by friends and

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Speaker 3: Well, I talked to the Novaka and Roger fans about that,

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Speaker 2: So, Ratfaiel Nadal.

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Speaker 3: I don't know Sam, what your thoughts are on this,

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Speaker 4: The ball was out.

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Speaker 1: and the machine's messed up. So sorry that happened, but

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Speaker 1: it's Taylor's point.

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Speaker 4: The ball is out.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the ball was out. I just it's mind boggling

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Speaker 2: to me.

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Speaker 3: But anyway, as we said, hopefully president has been said,

445
00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,040
Speaker 3: they've talked about it afterwards. If this happens again and

446
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,000
Speaker 3: the word of God says stop stop stop because that

447
00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,159
Speaker 3: did not come from the umpire. They came from like

448
00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:16,320
Speaker 3: some electronic thing. It should have just been right away.

449
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,480
Speaker 3: Mistake was made, no problem, move on and then we

450
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Speaker 3: wouldn't have even had any of these problems. But I

451
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Speaker 3: guess things like this have to happen for rules to

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Speaker 3: be implemented, and hopefully the rule will be implemented.

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Speaker 1: Going to exactly, you can't think of every scenario on

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Speaker 1: what's going to happen in sports with hawkeye or a

455
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Speaker 1: player of going to the restroom or whatever the random

456
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Speaker 1: scenarios are. So you know, sometimes you're going to have

457
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Speaker 1: these one off lessons that you're going to learn. It's

458
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Speaker 1: how you react to things. So hopefully the etp WTA

459
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Speaker 1: reacts to it in the right way and makes the

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Speaker 1: proper changes going forward.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because it will happen again.

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Speaker 3: And like I said, you know to people on like

463
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Speaker 3: social media that were like Rene, you always say that

464
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Speaker 3: electronic line calling is great, and it is great, and

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Speaker 3: you know, you and I both know if I'd had

466
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Speaker 3: it in my time, less stress on me, like knowing

467
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Speaker 3: that an umpire didn't screw up a call or alignsman

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Speaker 3: didn't screw up a call, you'd have had.

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Speaker 4: Ten more Grand slams.

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Speaker 3: Definitely had less gray hair, that's for sure, and I

471
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Speaker 3: would have probably had a lot less therapy. But anyway,

472
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Speaker 3: another thing that's really interesting about what's happening just we

473
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Speaker 3: like to talk about the stuff just necessarily not all

474
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Speaker 3: the ways about the tennis.

475
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Speaker 2: Is this fan abuse that's happening.

476
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Speaker 3: Okay, there was situations, for example in Europe this year

477
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Speaker 3: when Danielle Collins had to go at remember when she

478
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Speaker 3: had If you think it's how you get you right,

479
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Speaker 3: she went at someone, And then we just recently had

480
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Speaker 3: Dennis Schaffbot Shapovalov had his.

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Speaker 2: Issues in Washington, d C.

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Speaker 3: With a fan, and now Jordan Thompson has had his

483
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Speaker 3: own issues with fans in Cincinnati. And a lot of

484
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Speaker 3: this has to do with, in my opinion, guys that

485
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Speaker 3: are betting on tennis, they've got it on their phones.

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Speaker 3: This person recently did a whole thread of it on

487
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Speaker 3: Instagram on Twitter saying I'm sitting behind this guy and

488
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Speaker 3: he's literally on a bed app right now, and so

489
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Speaker 3: they feel like if you don't win a point for them,

490
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Speaker 3: they have the right to now start abusing you and

491
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Speaker 3: calling you all kinds of names, which is what they

492
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Speaker 3: were doing to Jordan Thompson, and he took offense to it,

493
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Speaker 3: as did Dennis Shopovolov. What does the atp WTA Tennis

494
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Speaker 3: in general have to do when it comes to fans

495
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Speaker 3: like it's yell out to place.

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Speaker 2: It happens in other sports.

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Speaker 3: We've seen it happen in baseball and basketball where players

498
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Speaker 3: sometimes lose their mind they run into the stands.

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Speaker 2: Never a good idea.

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Speaker 3: But what is the tennis associations going to do about this.

501
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Speaker 4: It's not an easy thing to handle.

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Speaker 1: I remember playing matches, if win or lose, you know,

503
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Speaker 1: you'd win a match and all players are going through this.

504
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,080
Speaker 1: You'd open your Instagram and you'd have fifteen to one

505
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Speaker 1: hundred death threats. Sometimes of it was always betters, and

506
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Speaker 1: so you know, betting is a big part of not

507
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Speaker 1: only tennis but other sports, and it's going to bring

508
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Speaker 1: more revenue to the game. It's going to help the

509
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Speaker 1: prize money. Yeah, it's great, but it's a hard thing

510
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Speaker 1: to manage for the ATP or the governing bodies. But

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of these fans or these online threats,

512
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Speaker 1: you know, it's got to be one strike policies if

513
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Speaker 1: you if you verbally say something or attack players, hey

514
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Speaker 1: you're out of the stadium or you're out of the event.

515
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 1: But then it gets to that point where it's what's

516
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Speaker 1: what's a verbal attack? How far can you push it?

517
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Speaker 1: Because if you just tell a player, hey, you stink

518
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Speaker 1: like that's not that bad. He shouldn't get kicked out.

519
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Speaker 1: So it's it's a tricky situation. The tours just need

520
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Speaker 1: to monitor, monitor it. We don't want players, we don't

521
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,600
Speaker 1: want fans abusing players. And saying nasty things to them,

522
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Speaker 1: and as a player, you've got to do your best

523
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Speaker 1: to just not react to it and calmly try to

524
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Speaker 1: go to an umpire, go to a supervisor and say, hey, this,

525
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Speaker 1: this person over here is not acting in a humane manner.

526
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Speaker 1: Can we talk to them and fix this situation. But

527
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Speaker 1: because it's a it's a nasty situation, like you said,

528
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Speaker 1: and we're seeing it more and more.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I agree, Yeah, I think this at some

530
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Speaker 3: point if it starts to be come personal and a

531
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Speaker 3: personal attack on someone and they're going at them because

532
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Speaker 3: you know, as I said, it does happen in baseball

533
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Speaker 3: and basketball, but it's so loud and free flowing and

534
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,680
Speaker 3: stuff is happening all the time, whereas in tennis it's

535
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Speaker 3: very quiet.

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Speaker 2: So when someone says something to you clearly obviously.

537
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Speaker 3: Directed right at you, I think linesmen or lines women

538
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Speaker 3: or lines people, if they hear something like that, they

539
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Speaker 3: should be able to go to the umpire as well

540
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Speaker 3: and say this man is or woman is being aggressive

541
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Speaker 3: as being derogatory towards a player and have security go

542
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Speaker 3: on remove them, period, end of story. I think that's

543
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Speaker 3: the way that you handle it, and particularly it is

544
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Speaker 3: always these guys that are betting on tennis and they

545
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Speaker 3: just feel like they can say whatever. I mean, the

546
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Speaker 3: abuse that players get, I mean, I get it myself,

547
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Speaker 3: and I'm not playing anymore.

548
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Speaker 2: I just get it.

549
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Speaker 3: If I comment on somebody in a commentating role and

550
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Speaker 3: I get fifty five people writing me on Instagram, which

551
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Speaker 3: is just I'm just like, Wow, you need to really

552
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Speaker 3: get a life anyway, seriously.

553
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Speaker 1: Right, some commentating Inside Story last week for Tennis cham come.

554
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Speaker 1: Some of my first commentating, I had the same thing

555
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Speaker 1: in you know on Instagram. You open up, You're so horrible.

556
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,920
Speaker 1: I can't believe you said that. I'm like my second

557
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,119
Speaker 1: time commentating. I'm trying my best, Like, what could have

558
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Speaker 1: been that bad that I say anything that outrageous?

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Speaker 3: Welcome to the world of online abuse, my friend, for

560
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Speaker 3: just doing your job right.

561
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's fun.

562
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Speaker 4: All right.

563
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Speaker 3: On a positive note, let's talk a little bit about

564
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Speaker 3: what you think Alcaz Sinner okay or Alcarez Djokovic.

565
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Speaker 2: What's the better rivalry.

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Speaker 1: It's not close. It's it's Alcaaz Djokovic right now. It's

567
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Speaker 1: not going to be here.

568
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Speaker 4: As long as Alcaaz Sinner.

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Speaker 1: But I think especially the last year, especially with Wimbledon

570
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Speaker 1: and the and the Olympic final, it put that as

571
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Speaker 1: the premiere, you know, rivalry in tennis right now, and

572
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,320
Speaker 1: it's there's nothing better when any anytime those two are

573
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Speaker 1: in a draw. At the moment, I think every tennis

574
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Speaker 1: fan is cheering for that to be the final. It's

575
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Speaker 1: like fed Nadal from fifteen years ago. Everyone wants Nadal,

576
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Speaker 1: al Karaz Sinner as amazing as he is, he's just

577
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Speaker 1: he's the third guy at the moment, and those two

578
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Speaker 1: at the moment. At the moment he's going to get

579
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Speaker 1: up there, it's going to be al Karaz Center at

580
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Speaker 1: some point in the near future. But Novak is hanging

581
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,200
Speaker 1: around in such a big way, and it's those two

582
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Speaker 1: going to the US Open.

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Speaker 4: That's what everyone wants in the final, right.

584
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, listen, it's gonna be.

585
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Speaker 3: It's hard to say because the problem is everyone remembers

586
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Speaker 3: what's just happened, right, So of course Alcaraz and Djokovic

587
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Speaker 3: have played each other back to back big finals like

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Speaker 3: Wimbledon and Olympics, so it's like, of course that's the rivalry.

589
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,360
Speaker 3: But then you get Sinner and Alcharizm when they play

590
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Speaker 3: against each other, it's unreal tennis every well, So it's

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Speaker 3: kind of like, as far as I'm concerned, they're both

592
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Speaker 3: incredible rivalries. It's like, what's a better rivalry Roger or

593
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Speaker 3: Rafa or Rauffa and Djokovic.

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Speaker 2: It's like, they're both great rivalries.

595
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Speaker 3: Let's face it, just it's whenever they play, it's a

596
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,919
Speaker 3: great rivalry. And that final was just, you know, it

597
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 3: was just incredible. And to think and this always makes

598
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 3: me laugh right now, age is a factor, right as

599
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 3: we all know. And what's so interesting is that the

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Speaker 3: Olympics was best of three, and you know that if

601
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Speaker 3: it was best of five, our Carerez probably doesn't feel

602
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 3: quite as nervous because he was really nervous in this patch.

603
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,880
Speaker 3: I mean, he did not play his best tennis, and

604
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 3: Novak was just himself from start to finish. He didn't

605
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Speaker 3: really go up, he didn't really go down, and our

606
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,440
Speaker 3: Carez was a little bit up and down. But if

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Speaker 3: it was best of five, you would, I don't know,

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Speaker 3: you would sort of maybe even edge a little bit

609
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Speaker 3: towards our Careraz these days, and you would never have

610
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Speaker 3: said that in the past if it was best of five.

611
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 2: Year I was like, no one's beating Novak over five.

612
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,719
Speaker 3: But I think that's where the age factor comes in.

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00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,199
Speaker 3: He knows that he can push himself for those two sets,

614
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Speaker 3: and my god, there was one point in the tiebreak

615
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Speaker 3: that was ridiculous, and I think it was in the

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Speaker 3: second set, and I think even Novak lost that point,

617
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Speaker 3: and I was just like, this tennis is It's something else.

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00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 3: It's just I hope that I hope Novak plays for

619
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Speaker 3: a couple of more year and that they play each

620
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 3: other a lot more because it's just outrageous tennis.

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Speaker 4: See.

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Speaker 1: And I said it earlier, it seemed like at the

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Speaker 1: Olympics in the final Novak emptied the tank in his

624
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: body after those two sets. If he did not win

625
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 1: that second set tiebreaker, I don't know what happens to him.

626
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,080
Speaker 1: But I feel like the pendulum swings and al Kraz's

627
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 1: favorite that third set in a big way. But yeah,

628
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: it is recency biased, but I want Novak and Carls

629
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,160
Speaker 1: to play again at the US Open final. If we're

630
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,520
Speaker 1: going to get the possibility of another Olympic final like that,

631
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: those are the two guys I want to watch.

632
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 4: Plane.

633
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,640
Speaker 3: Well, it depends on the drawer, so we'll see, all right,

634
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 3: somebody that I did discuss a couple of weeks ago,

635
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 3: and I'm have been pretty spot on with my picks

636
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 3: over the last few months, but I did say that

637
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 3: Miaomi Asaka was a real thread at the US Open.

638
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,159
Speaker 3: But since that amazing match against Ega, which she had

639
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 3: match points against eagashion Tech at the French she has

640
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 3: not played well and including just recently in Cincinnati, losing

641
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,919
Speaker 3: in the last round of qualities to Ashlyn Krueger and

642
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 3: was seen.

643
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 2: I know this for a fact because somebody saw her

644
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 2: walking down the golf.

645
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 3: Course at Cincinnati, because there's a golf course right next

646
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 3: to the tennis courts with her water bottle by herself

647
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 3: after the match, Like, what do we expect?

648
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 2: She has gotten a wild card?

649
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,679
Speaker 3: It was announced I believe yesterday or today that she

650
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 3: has a wildcard into the US Open. As a former champion,

651
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 3: of course she deserves that. But what are your thoughts

652
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 3: on Naomi, because this is to me, after what I predicted,

653
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:31,680
Speaker 3: is a bit surprising.

654
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, And after that last to Egish Fiantec of the

655
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: French Open, where she showed she could play at that

656
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: high level, there's been nothing since then. So she knows

657
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Speaker 1: deep down she has that level to play with the best,

658
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Speaker 1: but she just can't find it right now. During my

659
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Speaker 1: limited commentating career, which I started last week at the

660
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Speaker 1: Tennis Channel, I actually called her match against Mertens in Toronto.

661
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Speaker 4: Yes, and she's.

662
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Speaker 1: Just she's redirecting balls at the wrong you know, she's

663
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Speaker 1: finishing matches. She has ten airs, she has thirty five

664
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Speaker 1: double faults. I think I also saw another stat when

665
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Speaker 1: I was calling that match that she has lost now

666
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: I believe it's twenty maybe it was twenty one matches

667
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 1: in a row where she's lost the first set. She

668
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 1: just lost the match. So like that fight and that

669
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Speaker 1: drive to kind of dig down deep and find her

670
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: find a way to get out of some holes isn't there.

671
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 1: And that comes with just doing it one time and

672
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Speaker 1: knowing what that feels like. But she's she's got to fight.

673
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: Her game is there, like she showed at the French

674
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Speaker 1: but she's got to find a way to pull that

675
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Speaker 1: out of herself somehow. And it's tough to do. I mean,

676
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 1: you're a former player, you're a coach, you know how

677
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: hard that is. But she's she's got some work to

678
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Speaker 1: do right now.

679
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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's definitely some work to do there, and it

680
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 3: is confidence and maybe coming onto the US Open site

681
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 3: where she's had so many great champion moments on Arthur

682
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,560
Speaker 3: ash Stadium and all throughout the grounds, we'll just give

683
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Speaker 3: her maybe that little edge to get over matches that

684
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Speaker 3: she's losing in three sets and losing to some players,

685
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Speaker 3: you know, good work from Ashlan Kruger who then went

686
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Speaker 3: on to in a first round in Cincinnati. So she's

687
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Speaker 3: playing really good tennis and she's a very good young

688
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 3: player coached by Michael Joyce, so doing it, doing.

689
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Speaker 2: A really good job overall.

690
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Speaker 3: So yep, we'll see where Naomi can go. Who are

691
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Speaker 3: your your picks at the US Open? Just judging on him,

692
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 3: it's hard to know. Would be nice to that Cincinnati

693
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 3: would be finished, will have a little bit better idea,

694
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Speaker 3: you know, clearly, I think if Sinner wins Cincinnati.

695
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Speaker 2: For me, I've said Sinner's my favorite the US Open.

696
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 3: Even though he has not played well over the last

697
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Speaker 3: couple of months and he's had some injuries issues and

698
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 3: just some bad losses for him, bad losses, He's still

699
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Speaker 3: my favorite. And I think coming out of Cincinnati will

700
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Speaker 3: know a lot more. But what about you on both

701
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Speaker 3: the men's and women's side.

702
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Speaker 4: He favorites now Alexi Poprin after they got certain. That's

703
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 4: pretty amazing for him with that.

704
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Speaker 2: I'm great.

705
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Speaker 3: I'm so glad you said that, because what an effort

706
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Speaker 3: from him, not only there a little thing. Congrats out

707
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 3: to jess Pagoula, who backed up her win there last year,

708
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 3: and then Poprin who wins his first ATP one thousand.

709
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 3: Great job I saw him in Cincinnati. What a great kid,

710
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 3: works so hot, so congress and he's.

711
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: Just kind of been floating around sixty in the world

712
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: for the last five years, had some big wins here,

713
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: you know, has a lot of average losses, and then

714
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: put it all together and it won that final convincingly

715
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: over Rubelev two and four. But great job to him,

716
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: Great job to Jess Pagoa, like you said, who and

717
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: jess was kind of having somewhat of a similar year

718
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 1: to no back in her standards, and then she wins

719
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Speaker 1: Berlin before Wimbledon, and now she defends her Canada tyle

720
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Speaker 1: winning Toronto. I think she's back up to twelve in

721
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: the race. It just Jessica Pegola's entire year just got

722
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: flipped around and she's now going into the US Open.

723
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Speaker 1: Speaking of kind of who my picks are, She's as

724
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 1: much as a favorite as anyone right now, I think

725
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: to win the US Open, and.

726
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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go.

727
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Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna take Pagola at the US Open.

728
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have her as my favorite right now. I

729
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 1: don't She's as deserving as any female player right now

730
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: to win that. And on the men's side, Nook, Djokovic

731
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Speaker 1: or al KaAZ, I can't separate who I want to

732
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Speaker 1: watch in the final with who I'm picking in the final.

733
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Speaker 2: Do you think it's going to win? Man?

734
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 4: All right? I think Novak.

735
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Speaker 1: I think he goes in with the least amount of

736
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Speaker 1: pressure he's ever had at a tournament in his entire life.

737
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Speaker 4: That could go both ways.

738
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Speaker 1: He could maybe just bow out in the first round

739
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 1: because he doesn't care, but what there's nothing more he

740
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: can do right now, And so I think he goes

741
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Speaker 1: into the US Open with just zero pressure, zero expectations,

742
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: and that's going to free him up to a whole

743
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 1: new level. And I think he might just run through

744
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 1: the draw and win that tournament easily.

745
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll certainly see.

746
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 3: I mean, what else has he got to do I mean, gosh,

747
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 3: for the first time in his career. As you said,

748
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Speaker 3: he doesn't have pressure on him, which must feel so weird.

749
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Speaker 3: But I feel like when you when you're that great,

750
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 3: you always feel like, let's face it, you've got pressure

751
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 3: on you.

752
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 2: So we'll see.

753
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 3: I'm I'm picking sinner. I have to stick with my

754
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 3: pick no matter what. And I think Jess is a

755
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 3: real shot as well. I mean, nobody's shining through Rebakina,

756
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 3: Saba Anka, Egistrion Tech. None of them are saying on

757
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 3: the struggling a bit right, a big time. Yeah, we

758
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 3: didn't even talk about her struggles. But but you're right,

759
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 3: there's no one really shining brightly on the women's side

760
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 3: as to say, hey, what about me? I mean, Donna

761
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 3: vect just had a great couple of weeks, Jasmine Paulini.

762
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Speaker 2: I mean, the list is long, So.

763
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 3: Where's Carolina Mukhova. Let's put her in the favorite of

764
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 3: the US Open as well?

765
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Speaker 1: Right, it seems like there's fifteen female long witness.

766
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Speaker 3: But anyway, so we'll see, we'll see, you know, US

767
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 3: Open just a couple of weeks away, you know, I

768
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 3: want to do a little quick rapid fire before we

769
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Speaker 3: do this.

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Speaker 2: If you could travel.

771
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 3: Back in time, one wish, one tournament, one match, one

772
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Speaker 3: title that you could have won, Sam, what would it

773
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Speaker 3: have been.

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Speaker 1: It's Wimbledon. I mean, I would almost think the answer

775
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 1: would be the same for everyone. Wimbledon is, in my opinion,

776
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Speaker 1: the biggest tournament in our sport. If I ask non

777
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: tennis fans, you know, my next door neighbor, name a

778
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 1: tennis tournament, they're going to say Wimbledon. I got to

779
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: the semi final singles, didn't quite get there, but that's

780
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Speaker 1: the event.

781
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 4: I think you want your trophy case.

782
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 3: That's pretty cool. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Yes, absolutely, Wimbledon

783
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 3: for sure. I mean I I mean in doubles for me,

784
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 3: I won Wimbledon.

785
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Speaker 1: A couple of right, you've got you've got the proof

786
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: in your trophy case. I think you can't pick what

787
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: you can't pick Wimbledon.

788
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Speaker 3: No, no, I wouln't pick the French because it was

789
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 3: the one and I didn't win, and so they go

790
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,720
Speaker 3: and lost in the finals a couple of the times.

791
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 3: But but yeah, and actually, to be really honest with you,

792
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 3: the French would have been great. But I would have

793
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 3: loved to Meddle at the Olympics. That is one thing

794
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 3: that's missing out of my little closet, me and me

795
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 3: and not no back anymore because he's got it.

796
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 2: Yeah.

797
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 3: You know, during the Big Three era, there was a

798
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,800
Speaker 3: lot of players that didn't didn't get a Grand Slam

799
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Speaker 3: because of those three guys. But if there's one player

800
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Speaker 3: that you feel like really missed out on getting a

801
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 3: Grand Slam, who would you like to hand a trophy to?

802
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 1: Gosh, I could say five guys right now, I'm going

803
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: to I'm going to say three guys. I'm going to

804
00:34:55,040 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 1: say Thomas Burditch, m David Ferrer and Joe Wilfrid Songa. Yeah.

805
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 1: All those guys were ranked between five and nine for

806
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 1: eight years, maybe even more so Burtich and Farrara. It

807
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: seems like they made the quarterfinal every Grand Slam. I

808
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 1: don't have the stats in front of me, but I

809
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: bet the two of them made twenty five quarterfinals the

810
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: Grand Slams and they would just come up against Novak

811
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: Roger Rafa and those guys were.

812
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:28,399
Speaker 4: Just too good.

813
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: But those are two guys especially that I feel like

814
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 1: they almost feel like they should be in the Hall

815
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 1: of Fame. But because the big three were there. They're

816
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 1: not even close to getting in the Hall of Fame.

817
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, listen, I know Andy won a US Open,

818
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 3: but I would like to give Andy a Wimbledon title

819
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 3: at least. And I would like to Andy Andy Ruddick

820
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 3: I'm talking about, and I would love to see Andy

821
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 3: Murray have had an.

822
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,280
Speaker 2: Australian Open title. So they already they won Grand Slam,

823
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 2: so I give it to them.

824
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Speaker 3: I would say also David now Bandian a player like

825
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 3: him who was so good so long on all surfaces.

826
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Speaker 2: But I'd say for Rare.

827
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the guy that just hung around the

828
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 3: top ten his whole career, never won a Brand Slam,

829
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 3: just had that Rafa in front of him at the

830
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 3: finals of the French Open that one year.

831
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 2: So yeah, there's plenty.

832
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 3: And if you had a season two of the French Open,

833
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,919
Speaker 3: Friendshire Connection, who would you have on your guest list?

834
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 2: First up? Who do we want?

835
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: It would be a joint get. We'd have Roger and

836
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 1: Serena on all same time.

837
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 2: I like this, this is exactly my thought.

838
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,359
Speaker 1: I'm dreaming big right now, but I guess yeah, those

839
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: two are my two dream gas.

840
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:34,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought of the same too, or you have Rafa,

841
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,839
Speaker 3: Roger and Novak just sit around and just talk about

842
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 3: these stories about them.

843
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: We just have a panel with like the five greatest

844
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: players of all time exactly. Throw Staff episode one, season two.

845
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 3: Throw Steffie in there. But of course, listen, guys, the Paralympics. Also,

846
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 3: don't miss out on them because they are coming up

847
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 3: on Peacock and the networks of NBC as well. So

848
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 3: don't don't forget about the Paralympics because they're incredible athletes

849
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 3: and so hopefully you stick around and on all the

850
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 3: networks of Peacock. Hey, guys, July twenty six, we'll be

851
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 3: back covering all the Olympics. Wait, hold on in LA

852
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 3: in four years, so I can't wait for the for

853
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 3: La to roll around. We saw the little promotion at

854
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 3: the closing ceremony. It's going to be slightly different to Paris.

855
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 3: We're going to see a lot more Beach, a lot

856
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,800
Speaker 3: more of Snoop Dogg, which is fine by me because

857
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 3: he was classic throughout.

858
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: I Actually I live in LA, so I'm already seeing them.

859
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 1: You know, the airport's getting in a remodel. You're starting

860
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: to see like little signs of the Olympics coming, even

861
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: though it's four years away, you're scenes have improvement starting

862
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 1: to be made around the city.

863
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 2: Oh, I like this for you. I like this for you, and.

864
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 4: I'm going to be in every sport.

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Speaker 3: Well, the transportation be decent, because that was the first

866
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 3: question I thought, how are we going to get around La.

867
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Speaker 1: I'll volunteer right now to be a tournament driver for athletes. Oh,

868
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 1: if they want it, But I have no idea how

869
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: they're going to get around in La.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to drive.

871
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: Assume the transportation is going to be miserable, and then

872
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: if it's better than miserable, everyone's going to be Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Well, I thought about Beijing and the transport.

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Speaker 2: Were you in Beijing?

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Speaker 4: I was.

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Speaker 1: I played Beijing, but the tennis it was like five

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Speaker 1: minutes away from the village.

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Speaker 4: The tennis got lucky.

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00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 3: With them, but remember they shut down like the streets

880
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 3: and so they had lanes, particularly for like Olympic athletes.

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00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 3: So don't worry everyone, La will be fine. They'll figure

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00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 3: it out. I heard the transportation. They're going to really

883
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 3: work on it. They're going to have the metro running.

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00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 3: There's going to be lots of things. It's going to

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00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,760
Speaker 3: be hard because Paris you could get everywhere super easy

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00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 3: because of the metro, so La is not exactly the

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00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 3: greatest when it comes.

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Speaker 4: To figure it out.

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Speaker 2: Get yourself on a bus.

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Speaker 3: But anyway, but Sam, you want to promote your podcast

891
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 3: as well that you've got going now.

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00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: I've got a new one with John Isner, Steve Johnson

893
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 1: and Jack Sock called Nothing Major. And that's called that

894
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: way because we none of us have majors. Jacksack has

895
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Speaker 1: some in doubles. But I'm sorry when they were not

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00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 1: counting those title of our podcast. But it's been fun.

897
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 1: We've got four hour now comes out every Friday. It's

898
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 1: kind of a lighter take on tennis. We're not necessarily

899
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 1: breaking down the x's and o's. It's more of a

900
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: funny podcast. We are talking tennis. It's a brof. We

901
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: had Jeanie Bouchard on yesterday as a guest. She's gonna

902
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: be on this week on Friday. She was an amazing interview,

903
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: really fun. So yeah, check it out if you if

904
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: you want to laugh, listen to some tennis. It's called

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Speaker 1: Nothing Major.

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00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 2: Jeanie can hang with the bros. She's a bit of

907
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:26,279
Speaker 2: a bro fest.

908
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 1: Well, we answer her some tough questions and she was

909
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: We played some fun games with her and she was

910
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 1: hanging in there.

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00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:34,799
Speaker 2: Oh that's good.

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00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, no, I coached Jeannie for a bit, so

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Speaker 3: I know she's definitely can hang with the bros, that's

914
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 3: for sure. And my podcast is the Renee Stubbs Tennis Podcast,

915
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,360
Speaker 3: and that's probably what you're listening on right now. So

916
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 3: mine comes out every Monday, going from next Monday on

917
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 3: doing a little thing with iHeart Radio, so hopefully you'll

918
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Speaker 3: tune into that.

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Speaker 2: But it's been a fun. It's been fun doing this

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Speaker 2: with you, Sam.

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Speaker 3: It's been nice playing a little mixed doubles with you

922
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 3: through this whole, a little French connection, and I've appreciated

923
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Speaker 3: talking to you about all things tennis and seeing you

924
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 3: blossom into this. You know, TV Superstar on Tennis Channel

925
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 3: as well. And don't worry about the haters, mate, they

926
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Speaker 3: are all over the place.

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Speaker 1: I've been Superstars a little. It's nice of you to

928
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Speaker 1: say that I've got some work to do before I

929
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Speaker 1: get to your level. Commentating is harder than people think.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it's not easy, but keep going.

931
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Speaker 3: You'll be great at it because you know, if anyone

932
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 3: follows you on Instagram they know you how good your

933
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Speaker 3: sense of humors and follow him on his podcast with

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Speaker 3: all the other guys. But thanks everyone. We want to

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Speaker 3: throw throw a big thanks to everyone behind the scenes

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Speaker 3: of doing this podcast. We've enjoyed bringing it to you

937
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 3: and you know, hanging there with all of us through

938
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Speaker 3: the US Open and of course all our podcasts. And

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Speaker 3: thanks everyone for joining us on the French Connection and

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00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 3: brought to you by NBC Sports and Racket. And for

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Speaker 3: now we're going to say bye bye, see you later.