WEBVTT - US Open: On and Off Court Wrapup 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:15.280 Hello. 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:19.840 Oh yeah, in that it's a real features. 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:24.440 I'm giving this little Tony microphone to Peco. 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:29.000 I do it? 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:31.280 Does it look funny? Yes? It looks so cute. 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:33.000 I was just reading my fan mail on your Twitter. 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.840 You're a fan mail? Oh no, thanks, Caitlin. Really shame 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.040 because Andrea is brilliant and I definitely listen. I agree, listen. 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:43.639 Here's the deal. Okay, everyone, welcome to the Renee stubs. 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:47.440 What are you are you already telling me what to do? Okay, 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.640 welcome to the Renee Subs Tennis podcast. Hi everyone. You know, 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.600 we try and get into studios. Sometimes we can, sometimes 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:56.920 we can't. I didn't book it today, so we're in 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.520 Kaitlin's apartment. So if you hear noise in the background, 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:01.280 it's it's New York City, so you need to just 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.080 get over it. It is time for us to wrap 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:08.640 up our US Open coverage. And before we get started, though, 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:13.080 it is a happy motherfucking birthday to the one and 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:18.440 only Andrea Bitch. She wishes she was thirty. Okay, I'm 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.759 going to give you my little tiny microphone, and Caitlin 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:22.240 and I are going to share one. Okay, So here 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:22.600 we go. 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.440 Happy birthday to the do I have to hold it 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:29.640 through the close? That's fine, isn't it so cute? It 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:30.639 is very okay. 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:34.280 So let's get started on the US Open. Let's just 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.840 get right into it. Let's start with the winners, and 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:38.560 then we'll get into questions that were sent to me 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:42.640 on Twitter. Blah blah blah. And let's start with the 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.679 men because it was so close. It was yesterday, straight 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.360 set win for Yannick Sinner. Nobody was surprised by that. 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.120 I actually picked him to win in straight sets, and 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.320 I also picked him to win the tournament, didn't I Caitlyn? 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:53.960 I can't. 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:56.160 I don't know what about Caitly. 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:56.600 You know what? 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.320 I picked Tilor Fritz, which I will say in retrospect 0:01:59.400 --> 0:01:59.880 is stupid. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.560 However, he made a final. No, I thought there was 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:03.640 a brilliant. 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:05.000 I actually have to give you kudos. 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:05.480 It was. 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:07.840 It was good that was I did pick him. When 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.200 Djokovic lost, I said, Taylor will make the final. 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.760 I was hoping Taylor would put Renee just can't. That's 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.600 the one thing you should know about Renee. She can't 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.760 just let anybody have a win, so she will just 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:25.280 stamp her name onto everything that Caitlin has achieved with 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:29.280 her random ass Taylor Fritz call, who's never made it 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:30.760 past the quater finals. 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.120 That is brilliant. And I'm giving you the win. Thank you. 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.800 I'll give you. I'll give you a ninety win because 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:39.680 technically my player won the tournament. 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.080 I was happy to see Center win. He deserved the win. 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:47.160 Play excellent. He was I thought, improving match to match. 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:48.960 I don't know if you guys felt the same way, 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:54.120 but he looked even more solid and yeah, sort of unfettered. 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:55.600 I think when he came into turn In at the beginning, 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:59.320 it was a little bit of the question mark answered questions. 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.440 Answered, Yeah, I think think the I think in the 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.600 semi finals he didn't look great. I think he was 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:08.160 struggling with playing Pukey Jack Draper. I thought in the 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:11.360 second week that was his worst match of all. My 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.880 favorite match, I think the best match he played was 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.320 the one against Tommy Paul where Tommy Paul played the 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:20.040 match of his life and somehow found himself to two 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:23.320 sets to love down. I think my favorite match of 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.639 Yannix was the one against Media Dev because he showed 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.639 what he can do. One day he was playing serve 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:31.760 and volley he was slicing, he was playing a few 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:33.920 drop shots. You saw a few in the final as well. 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:38.000 But that's where I saw a real improvement from janicks Ina, 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.520 who just played incredible at the beginning of the year 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:44.559 but was kind of zoning, and now I see actual improvement. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:47.560 I give a lot of credit to Darren k Hill 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:52.320 in that regard, and I know his other Italian coach, Simon, 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.360 you know, I think he does great work with his technique, 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:57.760 and I see him on the court, you know, he's 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.960 this sort of more of the xces and guy, and 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.320 Darren is a little bit more of like the stats 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:05.760 guy and looking at how to beat somebody and how 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.360 to utilize his strokes. And I think that he's done 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.440 such a good job of making Jannick Sinner into a 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:15.680 really whole player. And I mean, my god, I agree 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:17.520 with you. I was there for that Tommy Paul match 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.080 and there were times I was sitting watching the points 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.080 in the stands because I had the night off after 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:23.839 because I'd worked the first match, and I was like 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:27.159 literally going, oh my god, what is going on? These 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:31.120 two are so fucking good. They're so quick, They're hitting 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:32.880 the shit out of the ball. I was like, oh, 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.920 tennis is on a different level now, It's crazy. It's true. 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:37.960 I got to do an Italian TV hit. 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.120 Oh my God because they super tennis yeh SkySports. 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.560 And he talked to me about the Americans, which we'll 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:45.320 get to and how good a tournament this was for them. 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:46.920 I think that was the main point of the interview. 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:47.960 But then they were like, oh, what do you think 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:49.840 about Center and Medvedev? And I was like, I kind 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:51.440 of have to think. This is like the final, right 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.120 and this is probably the highest quality. 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.360 We called it in the green room the de facto final, 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.160 and we didn't want to take away anything from anybody else, 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.080 and we didn't, but well, they were the two highest 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:02.880 left in the drawer. 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.279 Djokovic were bounced, and we want. 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:08.920 And the only two guys that want to Grand Slam. 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:12.239 The only experienced players. Said but no, I love the variety. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:13.760 I love seeing him come in. I love the fact 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.000 that he seemed to like added dimensions to his game 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:17.440 in a way that like I love. 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:19.880 I mean, does anybody not like this guy? 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.600 I think some people have the and that's what I 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.760 will say. I think some people are some people find 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.679 his game boring, but everyone who thinks that. I would 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.880 just urge them to watch him live, because when you 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:35.440 see him live, it's absolute insanity. How he moves, the 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.320 balance he has at every single shot that he plays, 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.640 and what was so impressive to me. I called his 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:43.919 match against Jack Draper court side, and I think it 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:45.800 was the first time. Yeah, it was the first time 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:46.760 I called anything of. 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:48.240 His court side. 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:52.240 And even with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, even they 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:54.560 take pace off when it comes to crunch time, when 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.600 it comes to tie breaks, when they want to make 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:58.880 a ball right when it's break point, they sort of 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.280 go for big targets, a bit more spind Yannickxenner fucking 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:03.080 goes for more. 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:06.520 Yeah, he plays faster. I was shocked. 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:08.880 I couldn't believe it, and I kept and I don't 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:10.120 go when I'm courtsided. 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.279 I tried to be respectful of the people in the booth. 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.880 I don't want to come in more than the guys 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:15.719 that are actually talking. 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:19.760 But I just couldn't believe that this guy is hitting harder, 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.440 and for some reason, his shots seems safer when he 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:23.039 hits harder. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:24.839 I think it was in sane, but that's his way 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:26.880 of playing. Though his player of playing he tries to 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.560 massage it around and get a little bit like caution 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.480 in his game. Then his feet aren't working right. And 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.720 he has the most incredible tiebreak record. And I said 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:38.800 it at Wemblede, I said, the thing that distinguishes him 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.040 apart from so many players, And this is what Novak 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:43.479 was doing for a long time, right, not losing a 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.719 tie break. If you get into a tiebreak with Yannick, 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.640 you better play really like perfect tennis, because he is 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:51.560 going to play, as you said, aggressive and he trusts 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:53.880 his shots and he serves big, and he's such a 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.279 good returner. It's ridiculous how well he plays tennis on 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:59.680 hard court. He's just which is why I picked him 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:01.880 to win. You know, I just think Alcohoraz is better 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.360 on the natural surfaces. He moves better on clay, he 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:06.560 moves better on grass, he's a little bit lower to 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.160 the ground. He has that. But Yannick that that sure 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.760 footing on hardcourt is what makes him so good on 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:14.640 the surface totally. 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.600 And I think maybe to your point, Andrea, that maybe 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:19.800 is why people take longer to appreciate an etcter because 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:23.240 Corolos on the natural surfaces, you can play the spontaneity 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:27.240 of the surface better, whereas Yannick is just moving well 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.240 and it's more like death by a thousand cuts. He's 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.000 not the best, he's going to be everywhere. He's incredibly well. 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.560 He's never he's never a balanced and he gives he. 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.040 I mean, I think that the great, great, great players, 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.360 they don't like react when they miss a shot or what. 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:47.440 I think he's arguably the most like quiet, non bullshit, 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.640 not complaining player I've ever seen play. He misses a 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.600 ball that he should make and he just turns around 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.360 and walks the other side. It's unbelievable how he handles 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:59.520 adverse moments in matches, Like even Rogers sometimes would like 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:03.960 Shakey's or you know whatever. Rafa would sort of gesture sometimes, 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:06.000 but oh my god, you know, it's like the poker 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.200 player you want playing for you. He's unbelievable in those moments. Yeah. 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:12.080 I think that's a really good point because he has 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.160 this thing that I think the last person to have 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.280 it was Roger Federer, that every single match he seems 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:23.040 to strike the perfect balance of relaxed and focused. I 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.360 think Roger was the last one because with Carlos. You 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.680 see it oftentimes that he has too much tensions or 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:28.360 is too loose. 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:30.400 Yes, you can see it with him. 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.400 I think Novak has mastered in a different, different way 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:35.760 because he always needs a bit too much tension so 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.240 you don't notice it, but he lives off of that. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.560 I'm a little bit angry at everyone, and that's what 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:40.960 he does. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:43.360 Yes. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.920 And to your point, Caitlin, with Carlos, I think why 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.079 people And I was talking to somebody I don't I 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.480 think Robbie Koenig. Actually I was talking to somebody about that. 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.920 To your point, why Carlos flocked? People flock to Carlos more. 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:00.960 When Yannick doesn't play well, as he didn't in the 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:05.240 first week, he's right away boring because he's like because 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.520 he just plays a solid and the other one will 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.480 eventually miss right and it's boring. But when he plays well, 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:13.600 he's the most spectacular player on the world and callous. 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:17.520 When he fails, he still plays fails gloriously, and I 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.040 think that's why people is like, oh the chaos, that's 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.800 so interesting to watch. And I think that's the difference 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:25.360 between the two. Because when Sinna is not playing well, 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.559 it's kind of like, why is. 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:29.240 He so good? And then he plays well and they're like, oh, 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:30.319 I remember, Yes. 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:32.240 Can we take a second to talk about Jack Draper, 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.240 who I think for a lot of people, myself included, 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.040 hadn't seen him play all that much. 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.040 I was really impressed with his swagger. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:39.960 I mean, we need to talk about the puking because 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.080 one of the benefits of getting the sick churt side. 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:45.000 And if anyone's not reading under his substack finite jest, 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:48.040 please do because you get incredible tidbits like what you 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:49.600 see when people. 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:51.679 Puke churt side. But I really want to. 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.120 Sort of get you to, first of all, talk through 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.079 that match in particular, but also like talk us through 0:09:56.120 --> 0:10:02.000 the Jack Draper model, swagger, Lefty, you know favorite bands Oasis, Like. 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.920 I want to ye, what's my favorite genre is grime 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:08.520 and rap I really makes absolute zero sense. First of all, 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:10.680 if you have the chance to look at his atp 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.760 bio page, please do. I was dying of laughter when 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:16.200 I was reading it. In Cincinnati. I called one of 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.520 his matches, and I have to say I really like him. 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.200 I thought he showed incredible resilience in that match. He 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.199 was puking and then continuing, and the chair umpire was 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.920 yelling at him, well, Jack, let's clean it up, and 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.160 he's like, no, let's continue, let's continue. 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:31.120 And that was very impressive. 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:35.000 What was less impressive was the smell that just was 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:36.560 hanging andating on. 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:38.880 It's funny you say that because I went court soide 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.439 I was at courtside, then I guess the day after, 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:43.960 and then I was sitting in the referees area and 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.520 I was like, why does it smell like puke? And 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:50.960 I clearly forgot. I forgot about Jack Draper puking all 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:51.520 over there. 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:53.559 It's just everywhere and everything. 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:57.040 Camera caught it twice or three times, but Laura Robson 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.079 was next to me. We're pretty sure we saw him 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:03.199 four or five times, or was kind of behind. I 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.240 was not happy we did a replay of the puke. 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.040 He's like, guys, we can leave that out. 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:08.760 This is maybe what the people are here for. 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:13.440 Like how famous from twenty years ago? Like yeah, it's 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:15.800 I just was impressed that he wanted to keep playing. 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:17.760 I remember in juniors they used to teach us puke 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:19.400 right on the court so that they have to clean 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:21.320 it up to recover. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:22.680 So smart. 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:24.480 So you're like oh, I can at least buy myself 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:25.920 a little bit of time to like maybe take some 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:27.960 you know, tablets, or get my stomachs out all. 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.400 So he just wanted to keep playing, like he just 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:32.839 wanted to keep playing. I really appreciated that. I think 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:34.480 it had a little bit to do with the fact 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:38.000 that he's physically he's gotten better, he said it, but 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:41.040 he's still not at the best he can be considering 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:41.920 his body type. 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:43.800 He cramps off and I think. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.600 I called where he cramped crazy, And I think that 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:50.559 he didn't want to be the one that again retires 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:54.959 because he physically couldn't withstand whatever Yanick Sinner was throwing 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.880 at him. And by the way, Yanick Sinner also was 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.319 spitting pickle juice right in front of for me and 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.840 Laura Robson, and you were just like basically holding hands 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.120 hoping for all the smells to evaporate in the air 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:08.440 whatever was going on. 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:10.800 And I love Laura, she is so dry. 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.200 And at one point Jack Draper wiped the puke of 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.960 the court and then wiped his face and put it 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.480 in the towel wreck and Laura just looked at me 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:23.679 and just very dryly said in terms of hygiene. We 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:25.599 can do a lot better down here. 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:36.760 Like the Queen I was dying a little better. 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.120 So we could do a little bit better down here. 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.319 In terms of hygiene of hygiene, we could do a 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:46.080 little bit better down here. So speaking of people that 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.560 sort of lost a little bit of physical gas, was 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:52.520 Francis Tiafo somebody else who sweats like a maniac, and 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:56.600 he paid the price because his legs went from under him. 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.520 He said in the press conference after that, he was like, 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:00.920 my nerves got the better of me. And people don't 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.600 realize when you get nervous, it actually drains your muscles 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.360 as well. You get tired, and you could see that 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.120 in the fifth set. And also Taylor just having a 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.600 bigger serve. It got him through an over line because Taylor, 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:13.959 if you look at the video at like I think 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.480 it was four all game in the fourth set, he 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.120 looks up at his coach and you know, his coach, 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.760 Mike Russell. He's usually like very stoic, doesn't really show 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.800 a lot of emotion because Taylor's so you know, emotional 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:28.839 on the court, and he got up out of the 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:30.600 chair and he was like come on, and he was 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.120 like giving it to him like, let's go, let's go. 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:37.080 And that was such a brilliant coaching moment because Taylor 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:40.520 was he was on the edge. He was like, you know, 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:42.400 hitting his legs and you're like, oh my god, is 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.760 his leg's going And then Mike sort of like giving 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:47.760 it to him a little bit. All of a sudden, 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.160 like two games later, Francis is the one struggling. So 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:54.280 that was such an important like coaching moment too, because sometimes, 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.240 as you know Peco, when you get in those big matches, 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:59.600 it's like there's such a fine line between giving it 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.960 everything and knowing if you can give more. It's like 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.679 a weird balance. So when something like somebody snaps you 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:07.240 out of it, it's like, come on, you can do this. 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.280 You're just like okay, yeah, I can do this, and 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:10.640 all of a sudden you're like, oh shit, I'm up 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.839 a break in the fifth And that's what happened. It 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:16.360 was like ten minutes. It went from Taylor looking like 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:20.040 he was he was struggling physically to all of a sudden, 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.400 Francis looking like he was done, like put a fork 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:26.520 in him. So it's interesting, how how is france Is 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.120 going to jump like just recover from that because that's 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.160 two back to back five set semi finals that he's 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:32.400 lost now at the US Open. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:34.680 Yeah, do you want to jump in? 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:34.880 I know. 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:37.120 I mean, if I'm Francis Tiafo and I've had the 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:38.600 kind of year he has, I actually take that as 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.840 a pretty big positive. I mean, yes, the actual match 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.560 itself and running out of gas is not that great, 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.360 but I also think, like to get back to where 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.240 he was last year after a way better year is 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.680 not actually that much of a step backwards. So I 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:55.080 think for me, actually, if I'm his team, I'm like, okay, 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.360 let's build from there. Like, see, you're still at that level. 0:14:57.400 --> 0:14:59.280 You haven't missed a step. All you needed was a 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.000 couple of good matches in a row. Yeah, shame you 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:02.840 didn't make it into them or. 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:03.520 Into the finals. 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.840 But like, I actually thought that was tremendously positive the 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:10.280 last like last two weeks, given the season that he's had. 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.880 I agree too, But at least it's something that he's 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:15.800 going to have to think about now for like months 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:18.160 and months before the Austrain Open rolls around. But they 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.680 also said that he might he wouldn't be maybe as 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:22.480 nervous at the US at the strain Open as the 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:24.200 US Open because it means so much to him and 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.160 all the wanting to be the first black man in 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:28.600 the finals of the US Open since Arthur Ash, all 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.520 the history of you know it just it's a little 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:33.560 bit more than we realized, an. 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:37.000 Extra and just certainly the crowd favorite, and of the Americans, 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.560 I think everybody's by far chosen. 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:40.320 You know. 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:42.720 I think if you pulled ninety nine people on the street, 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.160 they would say, I want to get the. 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.240 Way A ninety nine percent of the players who and 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.360 I've asked this question because I did it in Cincinnati, 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.360 who's the most, you know, fun guy in the locker room, 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.680 Who's the one that's always in a good mood? Ninety 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.160 nine percent of the player said Francis too. Yeah. I 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.640 think the other one was alchhaz So, I mean, you know. 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.000 The one thing I'll say, though, and I don't like 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:03.960 saying this, but I think it's true, is I think 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.280 his ceiling is just so much lower than all the 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:09.120 other players. So for me, I don't see him in 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.520 that final unless he adds layers to his game. I 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:12.760 think he was kind of lucky to get there, to 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:17.160 be honest, and I wasn't not rooting for him, but I. 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:18.960 Am so Now she's throwing. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:20.960 Now, Caitlin is throwing me a curveball because I was 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:24.520 thinking about I thought that the first four sets against Taylor, 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:28.320 Fritz Francis Tiafo played the best match of his career. 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.360 I think what we normally see from Francis is he 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.880 plays brilliantly, then he goes away for two games, then 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:35.960 he plays brilliantly for a set, then he goes away 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.720 for three games. He played the best match I've ever 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.120 seen him play. He didn't miss a forehand until the 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.920 end of that fourth set except one game. That's when 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.640 he got broken. Taylor was serving a ridiculous amount of 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:50.240 eighty seven percent first serve. That's why he won the 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:52.720 second set. Otherwise Francis would have won in three sets. 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:54.760 He played one bad game where he hit two double 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.600 faults and shank the foehand. That was one bad game 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.160 in four sets. That's incredible. He would have popped, probably 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:04.359 beaten anybody else on tour. But because Fritz has this 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:07.800 big serve, he kept himself somehow in and he kept 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.480 himself in that foreset because Francis was much better Yea 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.960 and I think that's what Septus energy because he had to. 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:16.280 He was like, I want this so much, I'm going 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.320 to be extremely focused. He didn't have any ways, and 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:22.520 he needs to get there to be this focused at 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:27.080 this level for long periods of time without sapping his energy. 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.040 And I think that's what scept is energy, not the 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.800 nerves and not the physicality. We all know he's so strong. 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:36.000 I think I think he focused. He didn't give himself 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:39.400 one single except for those three points and a second set, 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.080 one single time where he just like looked into the 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.600 crowd and saw who's there and kind of went He 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:46.880 was just there all the time. And if he can 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:50.240 get used to this, I think he has a big shot. 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:52.240 If he can to practice like that. 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:53.640 You have to practice like that. 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:55.560 You have to go out there for three or four hours, 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:57.000 you know, if it's two hours in the morning and 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.240 two hours in the afternoon, and have the same mentality 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:00.679 that you want to have on match caught if you 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:02.520