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Speaker 1: I'm going to make a prediction here. I think Rafa

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Speaker 1: hi everyone, and welcome to the French Connection. Of course,

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Speaker 1: I am Renee Starves and that guy over there is

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Speaker 1: Sam Query. We're bringing you this, of course by NBC

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Speaker 1: Sports and Racket. We're going to cover all the tennis

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Speaker 1: as we've done and have done, of course, from the

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Speaker 1: French Open right through it, of course the Olympics in

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Speaker 1: Paris and everything in between. And of course what's in between.

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Speaker 1: Well we know it's Wimbledon, of course, and I'm here

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Speaker 1: in Weimbledon Village, in my little beautiful house here that

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Speaker 1: I have, and of course Sam, you're back in California.

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Speaker 1: But Sam, before we get to Wimbledon, it's nice to

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Speaker 1: see you, my friend. How are you going.

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Speaker 2: I'm good. I've got extreme fullmo that I'm not in Wimbledon.

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Speaker 2: I was going to be playing the Legends this year,

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Speaker 2: which you're playing now that we're like three days out

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Speaker 2: and like all my I see all my friends there,

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Speaker 2: I see like the draws out. I'm just like I wish,

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Speaker 2: I wish I could hobble around on a torn achilles

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Speaker 2: right now, because I would if I could.

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Speaker 1: Now, Friend, you know what I'm going to say to

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Speaker 1: that is that that's what happens when you play pickaball right,

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Speaker 1: you could have been here on the hallow lawns of

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Speaker 1: Wimbledon instead you chose to bust your achilles playing pickleball.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, I don't want to get into that.

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Speaker 2: What I'm going to get into.

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Speaker 1: Okay, good, I'll let them know that you're coming back,

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Speaker 1: Sam because I know you love the grass my friends.

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Speaker 1: So we're going to get into that. But before we do,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about the Roger Federer documentary Twelve Days. What

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Speaker 1: did you think about it? I'm going to give you

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Speaker 1: my thoughts. There was a lot of tears, I have

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Speaker 2: I liked it, I didn't love it. I mean, look,

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Speaker 2: I was I'm a huge Roger fan, just like the

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Speaker 2: rest of the world. I'd probably watch a documentary of

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Speaker 2: him sleeping. But it's almost like I wanted, I wanted

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Speaker 2: a documentary about his whole life of os and like

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Speaker 2: going into these Wimbledon finals and things like that. Having

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Speaker 2: roller coaster for ninety minutes. Everyone's He's crying, Rofers crying,

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Speaker 2: Novak's crying, Mirka is crying. But it was a fun

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Speaker 2: watch crying. Yeah, you were crying. But I wanted I

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Speaker 2: want another documentary about like the twenty years of Roger's

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Speaker 1: Yeah. It's interesting, isn't it, Because you have to think

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Speaker 1: that they, you know, thought about this at the last minute, like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: So many great documentaries over the last couple of years

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and also I loved the conversation about matchups and

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Speaker 2: So there's so many greats like Roger stories. But like

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Speaker 2: Those Roger Raffin wrote, And Roger Roffa and Novac weren't working.

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Speaker 2: He wasn't working on his backhand to beat guys ranked

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know, obviously now with this next generation

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Speaker 1: He's in the draw. I can not believe. I've had

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Speaker 1: I cannot imagine having surgery on my knee. And the

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Speaker 2: Your thoughts, Sam, I mean, like you said, Wimbledon's slippery,

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Speaker 1: But to your point, wait five, not wake five.

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Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. After the first week he

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Speaker 2: You're there, you've seen him on the courts hitting.

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Speaker 1: Yet I have seen him. He's been on the courts

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Speaker 1: more And as you know, Sam, it's not about practice.

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Speaker 2: Though, right, And I think maybe he might take He's

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Speaker 2: how he feels after After that it's like, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And of course the number one player in the world,

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Speaker 1: over their Djokovic. It's a pretty good section of the

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Speaker 1: draw for Novak. So he'd be looking at that going

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Speaker 1: if I can get through, if I can manage the

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Speaker 1: weight and you know, the knee. This he could not

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Speaker 1: have got a better draw than what he has, There's

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Speaker 1: no question. I mean, he's got two qualifiers and a

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Speaker 1: wild card to get the third round, so that in

431
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Speaker 1: and of itself, I would put my house on even

432
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Speaker 1: with a bad knee. Let's slip over though ruby Lev

433
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Speaker 1: it's been a wild year for him, just emotionally and

434
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Speaker 1: all the stuff. I think that's a really good section though.

435
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Speaker 1: I think he can get through. Can he make a

436
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Speaker 1: quarter you know, can he get break through.

437
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Speaker 2: A quarterfinals in quarterfinals or something?

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Speaker 1: Right, But he's in it. Not a bad if he's

439
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Speaker 1: going to do it, it might be this one, certainly

440
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Speaker 1: with Novak. Not if you if normally you'd say no,

441
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Speaker 1: because you know he's not breaking through against a lot

442
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Speaker 1: of these players. But Zverev is a bit of an

443
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Speaker 1: unknown at Wimbledon. He has never really done well here.

444
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Speaker 1: He's in a pretty good section. But Jack Draper in

445
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Speaker 1: that section is the player that I'm suggesting will get

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Speaker 1: through there. And I've already talked about it. And up

447
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Speaker 1: the top Taylor, Fritz. You think, okay, it's a pretty

448
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Speaker 1: good drawer, right, Not so another Rosie O'Connell plays very

449
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Speaker 1: well on grass. He comes into the net and for Taylor,

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Speaker 1: this is not an easy first round because as you know,

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Speaker 1: you don't want to play people that are good on

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Speaker 1: grass in the first round. And Taylor plays very well

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Speaker 1: on grass. But this is not an easy first round

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Speaker 1: for him.

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Speaker 2: It's not. But you know he's still playing an Eastbourne.

456
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Speaker 2: I believe he's got his semi final later today. I

457
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Speaker 2: like Taylor to get through that, even though you're like,

458
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Speaker 2: you're saying O'Connell's tough, but that whole section you're it's like,

459
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Speaker 2: you know you've got You've got Fritz, Draper, Zverev, like

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Speaker 2: all three of those guys, I don't I don't know

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Speaker 2: who's coming out of that section. They're all they're all

462
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Speaker 2: playing well, they all have big games, they're all played

463
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Speaker 2: pretty well on grass that none of you know, no

464
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Speaker 2: one's like phenomenal on it. But I don't I don't

465
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Speaker 2: know who I've got coming through that section. But on

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Speaker 2: the other side, like you're saying, I do like rube

467
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Speaker 2: Lev to get through that little that little part of

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Speaker 2: the draw.

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna add a little Sebi Corter. This is

470
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Speaker 1: not an easy first round, but you know, David for

471
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Speaker 1: Kinne is usually a little bit better on clay, but

472
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Speaker 1: not easy first round. And Kay Nishikori nice to see

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Speaker 1: him in the draw. But I think that Sebbie Krter

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Speaker 1: gets through there. I think he can beat sitz APAs

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Speaker 1: sits a pass a little bit unknown, you never know

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Speaker 1: on he plays well on grass, but much more comfortable

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Speaker 1: on a hard court on certainly on clay. So I

478
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Speaker 1: don't know. Sebbie Corter could sneak through there as well.

479
00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,960
Speaker 1: So we've got a couple of Americans in that half.

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Speaker 1: But we can't wait. It's starting real soon and we're

481
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Speaker 1: going to figure it all out as it goes. But

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Speaker 1: let's flipped to the ladies. And when you look at

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Speaker 1: the draw, the first two names you see Eager Shion

484
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Speaker 1: Tech playing against Sophia Canon. Now we cannot forget about

485
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Speaker 1: the fact that Sophia Cannon took out Cocoa Gough in

486
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Speaker 1: the first round at Wimbledon, so she likes doing this.

487
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Speaker 1: She did it last year. She came through qualities, so

488
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Speaker 1: she was playing really good tennis coming into Wonderland. She

489
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Speaker 1: took out Cocoa Gough. And now she has the luck

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Speaker 1: of playing the number one seed. And I'm telling you

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Speaker 1: right now, if there's an upset, it could be this one.

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Speaker 1: And I know Eager has beaten her both times. So

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Speaker 1: they've played and they only play at Grand Slams, which

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Speaker 1: is ridiculous. They played twice and Eager's won both matches

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Speaker 1: in straight sets. Okay, but on grass, this is a

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Speaker 1: nightmare for Eager. She on Tech first round because she

497
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Speaker 1: hasn't done she has played no matches coming in here

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Speaker 1: on grass, and to play on a really fast slow

499
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Speaker 1: like the ball is going to stay low, Sophia Cannon

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Speaker 1: is a nightmare first round for her. Give me your

501
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Speaker 1: thoughts on that first round.

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Speaker 2: It's like the plan Osaka early on in the French

503
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Speaker 2: Open part you know the sequel look yet, like you said, Kennon, Look,

504
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Speaker 2: she's a Grand Slam champion. She's crafty, and that's you know,

505
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Speaker 2: when you're playing people on grass that are crafty, it's difficult.

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Speaker 2: Canon's going to head thirty drop shots. She's gonna bring

507
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Speaker 2: Eager in where she's not overly comfortable egos. As great

508
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Speaker 2: as she is, grass isn't her best surface. And to

509
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Speaker 2: play someone like this right out of the chute when

510
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Speaker 2: you're you know, you don't have your bearings, you don't

511
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Speaker 2: know how the court's playing, it's gonna be difficult. And

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Speaker 2: I'm I'm with you, like I'm not shocked if there's

513
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Speaker 2: an upset here. I think it's gonna be. It's a

514
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Speaker 2: juicy first round that everyone's gonna be glued to.

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Speaker 1: It's a nightmare for her first round. I can tell

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Speaker 1: you that because that court is gonna play perfectly for

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Speaker 1: Sophia Kennon to as you said, hit the drop shots,

518
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Speaker 1: hit the ball hard through the court with the forehand,

519
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Speaker 1: like just nail it. So it's not gonna be easy

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Speaker 1: for Eager. And I'm telling you going into that, she's

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Speaker 1: gonna be very, very nervous, Okay, I mean it is

522
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Speaker 1: a rough draw for Ega. I got to tell you.

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Speaker 1: For her to even possibly get to the semi finals,

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Speaker 1: she's got to go through a lot of people. We

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Speaker 1: I really need the glasses on this because the WTA,

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Speaker 1: this is the draw for the women's and in this

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Speaker 1: section of the draw up the first half for her,

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Speaker 1: even if she gets through into the fourth round, is

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Speaker 1: her biggest nemesis in Olona Ostapenko, who beats Eager all

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Speaker 1: the time and is a great grasscourt player. The one

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Speaker 1: caveat is that she plays ailer. Tomlanovitch is coming back

532
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Speaker 1: from an injury, but has played pretty well since coming

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Speaker 1: back from the injury and has played well and plays

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Speaker 1: well on grass, has made the quarters here I believe

535
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Speaker 1: last year made the quarters again here. So this is

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Speaker 1: a nightmare for Ostapenko first round. And if you remember,

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Speaker 1: do you remember this the argument Sam that they had

538
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Speaker 1: on the court a couple of years ago.

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Speaker 2: It was a specific argument, but I remember them arguing.

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Speaker 1: It was not pretty. Tom Lanovitch accused Ostapenko of faking

541
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Speaker 1: her injuries and called her out on the court. They

542
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Speaker 1: had the trainer on the court. It was viral if

543
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Speaker 1: you haven't seen it, check it out. But that first

544
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Speaker 1: round is one of those matches where you go take

545
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Speaker 1: your popcorn because that will be a tough first round.

546
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Speaker 1: But if Ostapenker gets through there and EGA is going no,

547
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Speaker 1: not again, not this girl, because this is a nightmare

548
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Speaker 1: the one of the drawer. I think the one player

549
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Speaker 1: we need to highlight is Danielle Collins. Look, she's had

550
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Speaker 1: an amazing year. She hasn't had a couple of great

551
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Speaker 1: results of late, but if she can find her form

552
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Speaker 1: on the grass early, not a bad section of the

553
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Speaker 1: draw for her. Towson is a very good player and

554
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Speaker 1: can be dangerous and hits the living daylights out of

555
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Speaker 1: the ball, so it's not an easy first round. But

556
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Speaker 1: Hadaj Maya's in that section. But that this, this section

557
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Speaker 1: of the draw for Ega is really hard.

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Speaker 2: I agree, And look I don't I don't know the

559
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Speaker 2: woman's draw as well as you do. But like you're saying,

560
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Speaker 2: Collins is a good player, uster Penko tom Janovic, you've

561
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Speaker 2: got that. I see Kerber was in there as a

562
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Speaker 2: wild card.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know.

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Speaker 2: That's always tricky. That's always tricky as well. If he

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Speaker 2: gets through her first round, there's a girl. Her last

566
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Speaker 2: name is Jones, a wild card from from Great Britain. People. Yeah,

567
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Speaker 2: the players, the men and women from Great Britain know

568
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Speaker 2: how to play on grass.

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Speaker 1: So there is and I will say, actually, actually I

570
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Speaker 1: will say, I think Mark Titch wins that match and

571
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Speaker 1: Mart Yeah, like they're all that's a tough section.

572
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Speaker 2: There's hurdles everywhere in that section for Eager.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Putinsuba who is in that section to

574
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Speaker 1: play Kerber, which is a nightmare for Kerber just won

575
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Speaker 1: a tournament on grass, beating Tom Lanovich. So you know,

576
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Speaker 1: these are players that know how to play in grass.

577
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Speaker 1: They're effective on the surface, and we talk about it

578
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 1: all the time. Mattchuts are important, but grass and surfaces

579
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Speaker 1: are huge, and Eager is not comfortable on grass at all,

580
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Speaker 1: particularly early on when the court plays a little bit

581
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Speaker 1: different in the first week than it does in the

582
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Speaker 1: second week. And also just adding down the bottom half

583
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Speaker 1: of the drawer, My pick to win the tournament is Rebarkiner. Now,

584
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Speaker 1: poor old Rebekina though again pulls out of a tournament

585
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Speaker 1: with an illness. All the things that are going on

586
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Speaker 1: with her, so if she stays healthy, she's my pick

587
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Speaker 1: to get through this, but now I have to add

588
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Speaker 1: down the bottom half of the drawer. You've got Onibur

589
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Speaker 1: and Jessica Pagoula. Now, if they get through, I mean

590
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Speaker 1: they play in the fourth round to play probably Rebarkina.

591
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Speaker 1: But Leila Fernandez is in there, and she's in the

592
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Speaker 1: finals of Eastbourne, so you know she plays well on grass.

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Speaker 1: So this whole section of the draw is the whole

594
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Speaker 1: half of the draw. The women's is absolutely stacked with

595
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Speaker 1: great grass court players who know how to win at Wimbledon.

596
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Speaker 1: And this is a section that I would not want

597
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Speaker 1: to be in.

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Speaker 2: No, you're absolutely right, Like Joe Burro a finalist, You've

599
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Speaker 2: got Pagoula who just won a tournament last week, Leila

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Speaker 2: Fernandez in the final this week. Katie.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they're all really this is the section

602
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Speaker 1: of the drawer that you just go god, nightmare. I mean, skaya.

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Speaker 2: Like the best kind of like, hey, who are the

604
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Speaker 2: sixth best kind of grass court specific players and they

605
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Speaker 2: put them all in that one section right there.

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Speaker 1: Nightmare. Like. Actually, there's a thing on the WTA website

607
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Speaker 1: right now where they do have the grass court power rankings,

608
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Speaker 1: and you know, I'll go through them for you. It's

609
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Speaker 1: Jabour first, Vondrosova second because she won Wimbledon last year, Alexandrova, Ostapenko, Sablenka, Pegoula,

610
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Speaker 1: and then it goes Madison, keys, Plishkova, Bolta, this is

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Speaker 1: the top ten and Hadaj Maya and most of those

612
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Speaker 1: are in that section of the draw. So it's just

613
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Speaker 1: a nightmare. Yeah, So I don't know who's going to

614
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Speaker 1: get through here. I picked Rebakina to win the tournament,

615
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Speaker 1: so I have to go with her. But I think

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Speaker 1: Jessic Pagoula is a sneaky Okay. She comes in here,

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Speaker 1: she knows she was so close to being in the

618
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Speaker 1: final last year, up four one points to go five

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Speaker 1: to one against Vondrosova, who then went on to win

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Speaker 1: the tournament. So I think jess Pagoula comes in here

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Speaker 1: fresh as a daisy. She barely has played this year

622
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Speaker 1: with injuries, and she comes in here super healthy, super confident.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know, but I can't change. I picked

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Speaker 1: for Bakina, but if I.

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Speaker 2: Had, I like Pegoula as well, and I also like

626
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Speaker 2: like she's a friend, she's an American I'm cheering for,

627
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Speaker 2: and like you said, she hasn't played a lot this year.

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Speaker 2: She hasn't played great, but she just kind of came

629
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Speaker 2: off of an injury and then won a tournament. So

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Speaker 2: she's coming in with confidence. I think there's like that

631
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Speaker 2: fine line of like the expectations for her aren't that

632
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Speaker 2: high right now, so she's kind of playing with a

633
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Speaker 2: little more lucy goosey attitude. And look, I'm cheering for her,

634
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Speaker 2: and I think she's going to get through this.

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Speaker 1: And I just want to add, I agree with you,

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Speaker 1: that's but I gotta stick with my person, right. But

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Speaker 1: one little section in there, Caroline wasn't the ACCHI to

638
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Speaker 1: play against Alisha Parks, and Alisha Parks got through qualifying

639
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Speaker 1: and has the biggest serve and the biggest game, so

640
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Speaker 1: she's confident that is going to be a really fun

641
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Speaker 1: match between those two of the draw. So there's a

642
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Speaker 1: lot of popcorn first rounds in that section and I,

643
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Speaker 1: as we said, we can't wait for it. Let's flip

644
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Speaker 1: to the other side or the bottom half of the draw.

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Speaker 1: And Sablenka, you'd have to say, of all the draw,

646
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Speaker 1: I think that you know, when you when we talk

647
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Speaker 1: about all these players, there's still a lot of plays

648
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Speaker 1: in this section of the draw that can do really well.

649
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Speaker 1: One player obviously that's in the finals again of Eastbourne,

650
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Speaker 1: who plays really well on grass is Derek Casakina. She's

651
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Speaker 1: in that section of the draw. But but just you know,

652
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Speaker 1: when you look at this section of the draw, any

653
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Speaker 1: sort of matchups that stand out for you, any players

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Speaker 1: that stand out for you. There's there's a lot and

655
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Speaker 1: there's a couple of popcorn first rounds in this one too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean for me it's it's Coco Goff. You know,

657
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Speaker 2: you've got Osaka in there. Everyone's kind of like, you know,

658
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Speaker 2: is she going to bring that game that she played

659
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Speaker 2: at the French Open against Ega to Wimbledon. If she does,

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Speaker 2: like she's a threat.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: For me, the most fun matchup is as a rank

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Speaker 2: of her Sloan Stevens, assuming assuming Sloan's got her game

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Speaker 2: together and she's playing well. Those are two big names

665
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Speaker 2: and two players that have had like tremendous Grand Slam success.

666
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Speaker 2: So you know, I we'll see what happens there. I

667
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Speaker 2: hope Sloan can get through that as a rank is

668
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Speaker 2: a phenomenal player, But I know I expect that one

669
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Speaker 2: to be a fun match to watch.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Chin Win Jang up the top there

671
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Speaker 1: published in Cova. I was actually I actually hit some

672
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Speaker 1: tennis balls today, Sam, because you know I'm playing in

673
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Speaker 1: the oldies. I mean I'm playing with my I practiced

674
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Speaker 1: with my old doubles partner Sam Stosa and my old

675
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Speaker 1: player that I was coaching, and we had so much fun.

676
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: We only hit for it half an hour because that's

677
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Speaker 1: all we could do. And Sam actually said to me

678
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Speaker 1: after that her glutes were hurting her about an hour later,

679
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Speaker 1: so I did my job. I must heat miracle. But anyway,

680
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Speaker 1: but it was so fun and we were hitting next

681
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Speaker 1: to publoging Cover and just us being able to hit

682
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Speaker 1: without pressure is as you know, it's so different. And

683
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Speaker 1: being at Wimbledon be able to hit balls on that

684
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Speaker 1: court and the courts are so perfect. I mean, I

685
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Speaker 1: loved every second of it. But publonging Cover certainly can

686
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Speaker 1: play on all surfaces, so we'll see who gets through

687
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Speaker 1: that section. But yes, to play Taylor Townsend in the

688
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Speaker 1: first round. So Taylor we know, very good on all

689
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Speaker 1: surfaces as well. But Alexandrova, she's a threat. But guess

690
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Speaker 1: who she plays. I did Carnu. He's had a couple

691
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Speaker 1: of good wins. She beat Jessica Bogula last week. I

692
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Speaker 1: saw Jessica today and she said, you know, I was

693
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Speaker 1: because part of me was thinking did she want to

694
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Speaker 1: get out of there and get to Wimbledon? And you

695
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Speaker 1: know what it's like, you don't want to play too

696
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Speaker 1: much tennis before, and she has no I was really trying.

697
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Speaker 1: So obviously Radakanu is a threat. It'll be nice to see,

698
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Speaker 1: but she has a nightmare draw first round. It'll be

699
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Speaker 1: on center court or court one, so we'll see.

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Speaker 2: But it's with some momentum and kind of getting herself

701
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Speaker 2: back in the thicker things and playing regular bases, having

702
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Speaker 2: consistent results. So you're right, that is a nightmare draw

703
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Speaker 2: playing Alexandrova, but it's on center court. The crowd is

704
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Speaker 2: going to behind Radakanu, and so that's a somewhat of

705
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Speaker 2: a popcorn match for me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, it is for me, and there's no

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Speaker 1: question it'll be fun. There's a couple of little popcornhills

708
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Speaker 1: also in there. Bodoza playing Mukhova. Mukhova is back, thank goodness,

709
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Speaker 1: but pulled out of Eastbourne after winning a couple of

710
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Speaker 1: matches and on the advice of her team. Hopefully she's

711
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Speaker 1: one hundred percent coming into the torn that we know

712
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Speaker 1: how well she can do here at this Tournament's probably

713
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: one of her favorite surfaces. But the winner of that

714
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: match will then play the winner of Andreva and through Thetova,

715
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: two young players that are going to be playing forever

716
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Speaker 1: against one another. That's some popcorn tennis there with those

717
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Speaker 1: two youngsters. So I'm looking forward to. I mean, mire Andreva.

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Speaker 1: She can play on all surfaces, but I don't know,

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Speaker 1: when you play someone about your age, it gets a

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Speaker 1: little bit different. It becomes a little bit more of

721
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Speaker 1: a junior mentality. So we'll see who gets through that

722
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Speaker 1: section of the draw. But Sabalanca's got to feel pretty

723
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Speaker 1: good about that section. But still there's some good players

724
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Speaker 1: like Casaquina Andreva. Not an easy section for her to

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Speaker 1: get through.

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Speaker 2: No, But yeah, like you're saying, I like Sabalanca. Right

727
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Speaker 2: below Sablanca, we've got your girl, Paulini off the French

728
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Speaker 2: Open final heat. How does her game translate over to

729
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Speaker 2: the grass?

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Speaker 1: It good? She just you know, she did well in Eastbourne,

731
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Speaker 1: lost a tough match to Casaquina, so she comes here

732
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Speaker 1: feeling pretty confident. She plays against the player that she

733
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Speaker 1: probably should beat on grass in Cereba's torn but she

734
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Speaker 1: can play on grass too, likes to come into that.

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Speaker 1: That'll be actually a fun match, I have to say.

736
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Speaker 1: But Mattie Keys is in that section with Kostchuk, who

737
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Speaker 1: can who can get through to the quarters there? Matti

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Speaker 1: Keys has played really well through the years on grass,

739
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Speaker 1: and certainly at Wimbledon, she knows how to play well here.

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Speaker 1: She she lost a tough match to today, but look,

741
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Speaker 1: the bottom line is, you've got as a ranker, you've

742
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Speaker 1: got Emma Navarro. Hopefully she can figure out a way

743
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Speaker 1: to do well on the grass, and I think she

744
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Speaker 1: will probably get through that section. But someone in there

745
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: is also Carolina Plischkova, who made the finals against Ash

746
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Speaker 1: Barty a couple of years ago, who's not even seeded.

747
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: So the women's draw is stacked with so many great players,

748
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Speaker 1: and I have to say, not an easy first round

749
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Speaker 1: for Coco Golf. She plays against Caroline Caroline doll Hyde,

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Speaker 1: another American. Never fund to play an American, but massive game.

751
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Speaker 2: She probably the biggest serves and this woman's drop door

752
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 2: hide and she's gonna go out there. That question and

753
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 2: swing away, and if things are laying it in, that's

754
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Speaker 2: going to be a tough one for Coco. And like

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Speaker 2: you said, like we were saying earlier, it's the first

756
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Speaker 2: round match. No one comes out first round A lot

757
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 2: of times it just plays lights out. So if I

758
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Speaker 2: can kind of go swing for swing and hold her serve,

759
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 2: the pressure kind of goes over to Coco. But if

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Speaker 2: Coco gets through that, I like her to make a

761
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Speaker 2: pretty deep run. I think she's going to be confident,

762
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Speaker 2: going to play well, and I like her to kind of,

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Speaker 2: you know, make a semi final or hopefully even more

764
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Speaker 2: than that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I saw her practicing today. She was on

766
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Speaker 1: eighteen as well and looking really relaxed and pretty happy.

767
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Speaker 1: So quick, let's do a little rapid five for you,

768
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Speaker 1: my friend, who is going to go the furthest of

769
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Speaker 1: all the Americans in the draw. We've got Coca Golf,

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Speaker 1: of course, Jessica Pagoula, got Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, give

771
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Speaker 1: me your I'm going to go on.

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00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 2: The on the women's side, I'm going to go with Pegoula.

773
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Speaker 2: I think she's making a final. And on the men's side,

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Speaker 2: I'm going to go with Fritz. I think, you know

775
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Speaker 2: his section of the draw there, you know, it is

776
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Speaker 2: a tough section, but it's with it's with Zverev, it's

777
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Speaker 2: with Draper. You know, there's not any like you know,

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Speaker 2: he's kind of avoiding Alcoraz centered Novak. So I like

779
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Speaker 2: Fritz to kind of get through there, maybe make a quarter,

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Speaker 2: maybe a semi something like that.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well I have I did say Rebakina, but I

782
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Speaker 1: do think Pagoula as well, and I think Tommy Paul.

783
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: I'm going to throw an upset in and I'm going

784
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: to say Tommy Paul. I saw Tommy today as well.

785
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: He looks super happy, super relaxed. He loves playing on

786
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Speaker 1: the courts. I love, as you know we've talked about.

787
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Speaker 1: He's implemented this coming into the net and playing this

788
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Speaker 1: sort of grass court style of play on hardcourt and

789
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Speaker 1: on clay. It has to translate on grass. And I

790
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Speaker 1: think that he's a real threat in this tournament. And

791
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Speaker 1: so I'm gonna say Tommy Paul and Jess Pegoula, but hey,

792
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,279
Speaker 1: we've got some great plays. I think Sammy Korda can

793
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Speaker 1: also do that, all right, So speaking of Americans, of course,

794
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Speaker 1: let's do a little reminder hear, of course, the Olympics

795
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Speaker 1: begins July twenty six, across all the networks of NBC,

796
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Speaker 1: all the Olympic tennis matches streaming live on Peacock through

797
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Speaker 1: the day. You'll hear my trusty voice during that time.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait for it, but let's get to it.

799
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Speaker 1: The American team, Shelton, Tiafo, sub quarter, Mattie Keys all

800
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Speaker 1: have opted out in playing in Paris. And I know

801
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Speaker 1: that you are not surprised by this.

802
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 2: I'm not surprised by it. It just the Olympics. For

803
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 2: the Americans, it's not on the same level as the majors.

804
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,359
Speaker 2: I think they care about their their summer leading up

805
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Speaker 2: to the US Open a little more and a lot

806
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Speaker 2: of the you know, Tfo, Shelton quarter, those three especially,

807
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Speaker 2: they're so young. They're going to get more shots at

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Speaker 2: the Olympics in their career. Madison Keys, I guess I'm

809
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 2: a little surprised with that, not that she's old, but

810
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Speaker 2: I would have thought that she would have played it.

811
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Speaker 2: But you know, I think they just want to get up.

812
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 2: They all love playing the summer hardcourt season and that's

813
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Speaker 2: where their priority is over the Olympics right now, are

814
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Speaker 2: you surprised, I mean surprised that they're out.

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Speaker 1: I'm a little surprised by Madison. And the only reason

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Speaker 1: I'm surprised by Madison is because on clay she plays

817
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Speaker 1: very well. She's done well at the French Open before.

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Speaker 1: So look, a lot of this has to do with

819
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Speaker 1: the timing, clearly, but also the surface. Right, You're never

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Speaker 1: going to see Ben's never going to win a Meldo

821
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Speaker 1: medal on clay. Francis probably not on clay. Sub quarter

822
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Speaker 1: also probably not on clay. If it was on hardcore,

823
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Speaker 1: I would say that they would play. Actually, I would

824
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Speaker 1: say if it was on hardcourt, they would have all played,

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Speaker 1: because it's just going straight into the hardcourt season. I'm

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Speaker 1: a little surprised by Maddie just because I think she

827
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Speaker 1: can do really well and she came so close to

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Speaker 1: winning a bronze medal previously, so I know it means

829
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Speaker 1: a lot to it. But she has represented the United States,

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Speaker 1: you know, before in the Olympics, but has as has Francis.

831
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Speaker 1: So I don't know. We don't really know officially the

832
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: team yet because we'll figure it out. But look, Tommy, Paul,

833
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 1: these guys want to go back and play. It'll be

834
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Speaker 1: interesting to see who ends up going. But I'm surprised,

835
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Speaker 1: and I'm not surprised, but a little disappointed because it

836
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Speaker 1: meant so much to me to play.

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Speaker 2: I know it. I hate to see this. I think

838
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Speaker 2: sometimes for the tennis players, the Olympics means more to

839
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Speaker 2: players from other countries. I don't know why. I don't

840
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Speaker 2: have an answer for it, but it's just, uh, that's

841
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Speaker 2: just what it is.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Australia, we are sending astronomers groups. We clearly

843
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Speaker 1: are a little bit more patriotic than it. That's all

844
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Speaker 1: I'm going to say. I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. I'm

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Speaker 1: kidding everybody out there, all right. So the update of

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Speaker 1: all updates, of course, is that Rafa chose not to

847
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Speaker 1: play Wimbledon, and we suspected this, which is the way.

848
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Speaker 1: I also surprised Novak's playing because I think Novak really

849
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: wants that gold medal. But Rafa has decided no Wimbledon.

850
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:53,359
Speaker 1: All the focus is on the Olympics. You know how

851
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: well he plays in Roland Garrison, and he's also decided

852
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,320
Speaker 1: to play doubles with Carlos Alcarez. Tell me that's not

853
00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 1: going to be the hottest ticket in tennis to have

854
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 1: this summer.

855
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 2: Oh, it's gonna be huge. And I think for Rafa, look,

856
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 2: he's he's he's got some injuries, he's not as fast.

857
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 2: He wants to cover fifty percent of a court now

858
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 2: and that double so like he could really he can

859
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 2: really get after it. I think we're going to see

860
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 2: a lay at all the lie a lot of pressure

861
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 2: in Alcaraz. They're like, hey, like carry carry your idol

862
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 2: here for a little bit at the Olympics. But well,

863
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 2: I hope they're you know, I don't. I'm not overly

864
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 2: optimistic that Rafa is going to make a run to

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00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 2: a medal in singles. But in doubles, Rafa's fantastic. I

866
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 2: feel like Rafa's played about twenty doubles tournaments and won

867
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 2: like fourteen of them.

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00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,959
Speaker 1: Yeah, so oh he want to go medal before listen,

869
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: he want to go medal already in doubles. So he

870
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 1: knows how to do it with a with a arguably

871
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: a lesser player than al Chaaz, but he isn't he

872
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: doesn't have to run. Alcarez covers the entire court by himself.

873
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,879
Speaker 1: The guy so fast, So I cannot wait to see

874
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 1: those guys play. It will be as I said, must

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00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 1: see TV and possibly depending on how Rafa plays. And

876
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: I'm going to I'm going to make a prediction here.

877
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 1: I think Rafa is going to surprise you at the Olympics,

878
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: best of three sets at Roland Garros. I think he's

879
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 1: training his butt off right now to do well there

880
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: and it would not surprise me. And I think him

881
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: losing the way he did it to Suveev in the

882
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: first round where he played very well, I think he

883
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 1: feels like that guy got to the final and I

884
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: played him tough. He served for the second set, he

885
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: was up a break in the third. I think he

886
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 1: feels like he can play with these guys and hang

887
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: with them over best of three on clay at Roland Garras.

888
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: Don't be surprised if he's playing for a medal. It's

889
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 1: all I'm saying.

890
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 2: I'm I'm I'm with you on that a little bit.

891
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 2: And because not every players playing, you know what I mean,

892
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 2: We've we've seen some of the Americans opt out. Who

893
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,280
Speaker 2: knows if Novak plays, you know, we just the draws.

894
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 2: It's not the French Open draw. You there we've got.

895
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 2: There's gonna be a few more soft spots in there.

896
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, so you heard it here first. All right, So

897
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 1: let's build your ultimate tennis player using parts from any

898
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:02,400
Speaker 1: tennis player past or present. All right, so send us

899
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 1: your your answers. I guess we should probably let's play tennis,

900
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: Franganci and build your ultimate tennis player using parts from

901
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: any tennis player past the present. Roger Federer, that's all

902
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 1: I need.

903
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 2: I think that's what I want for everything.

904
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, seriously, he has every single shot,

905
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 1: and I agree that's probably it. But uh, we're going

906
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,880
Speaker 1: to answer it. I guess when that time comes. Roddick Serf,

907
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: Djokovic returns a Rinker's backhand, Federer's forehand and composure and

908
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:39,479
Speaker 1: Nadal's drive to win my answers. Wow, let's stay there,

909
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:40,680
Speaker 1: all right.

910
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 2: So I'll give you the shot and then you give

911
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 2: me the player. So let's go. Let's start with let's

912
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:45,439
Speaker 2: start with serve.

913
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:51,800
Speaker 1: I'll take John Isner and Serena Williams forehand, stephie Graff

914
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 1: and Roger Federer backhand. This is a tough one on

915
00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: the women's side. This is really I think I at

916
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:07,400
Speaker 1: her peak. I will go with Venus Williams. And on

917
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:12,360
Speaker 1: the men's side, Oh, this is hard, I'll go with Novak.

918
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 2: We'll go with Speed, Speed, I'd.

919
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 1: Say right now, I'd say Carlos al Qurez. I've never

920
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: seen anything like it in my life. And on the

921
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,360
Speaker 1: women's side, that's a toss up. You know, Stephie Graff

922
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: was one of the greatest movies I've ever seen, so

923
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: I would probably say Steffie with a little bit maybe

924
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:33,839
Speaker 1: of Serena at her peak as well.

925
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we'll go last category, we go like, you know, mentality,

926
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:39,920
Speaker 2: I guess the mental side of it.

927
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 1: I would peak Rafa and because I never saw the

928
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: guy quit on a point or ever in or shot ever,

929
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 1: so I would say him, and I would say mentality.

930
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:55,319
Speaker 1: In the women's game, Oh that's so hard, boy. I

931
00:44:55,360 --> 00:45:02,479
Speaker 1: think peak Monica sellis just tough as nails. Yeah, toughest names. Yeah.

932
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,319
Speaker 1: Uh so, yeah, that's my favorite. What about you. Let's go, sir.

933
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:11,799
Speaker 2: It's that it's too obvious. On the women's side, I

934
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:13,440
Speaker 2: can pick myself for the serve, but I'm going is

935
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 2: their serve On the women's side, Serena all right, forehand, fourhand,

936
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:22,400
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go Gosh, it's Rogers. And for the women,

937
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 2: I mean Serena again. Backhand backhand, I'm gonna go Novak.

938
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 2: And on the women's side, I always like as a

939
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,799
Speaker 2: rankers backhand. I don't really know. I just like love

940
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 2: watching your back just like.

941
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 1: You could pick ten women on the back end. You

942
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:44,840
Speaker 1: pick sure a Poe, but you could pick as a

943
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: ranker you could. You can even pick Eager. Now you

944
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 1: can pick Cocoa Golf's backhand like I like it. I

945
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 1: like it all right.

946
00:45:54,520 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 2: Mentality, Oh, we got speed speed, I'm gonna go with.

947
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 2: On the men's side, I'm gonna go with mole Fee

948
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 2: and he might not be as fast. I got fun speed,

949
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 2: you know. Like it's just like I got them walking

950
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 2: around slide and on the women's side, ega and I'm

951
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:17,360
Speaker 2: kind of combining like speed and movement.

952
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: I did.

953
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 2: I love watching her move around the court.

954
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: I agree, And I think she added the slide in

955
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: that we haven't seen too many do all right. One

956
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,759
Speaker 1: thing that you didn't add because clearly it didn't matter

957
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 1: to you as much and it should have and you

958
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 1: should is what about volleys? Man volleys?

959
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,600
Speaker 2: I mean, everyone back in the day had good volleys, right,

960
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 2: And I didn't watch a ton of tennis then, so

961
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 2: it's hard for me to say like Roger because like

962
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:43,279
Speaker 2: in my era, he was like the only guy that

963
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 2: had perfect bolly.

964
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 1: Roger's vollies were not that they were good. Don't don't

965
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: at me.

966
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 2: They were have like a like a sixty year old

967
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:52,800
Speaker 2: Aussie that had good volleys.

968
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,000
Speaker 1: You're not going to answer this question. I would go

969
00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: with John McEnroe.

970
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:02,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, these were good. I'm taking Roger.

971
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,759
Speaker 1: And on the women's no way, I would pick Edinburgh

972
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: and Pat Rafter over. Raffa's over, sorry over Roger's volley's

973
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:14,240
Speaker 1: for sure, Raptor.

974
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 2: I didn't watch a lot of Edinburgh. Or I'll give

975
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 2: you Rafter all right.

976
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 1: And on the women's side for volley's, I'll take Martina

977
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: nav attelover and I probably mind taking and listen, I'll

978
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 1: take mine. I'm just kidding. You took your serve.

979
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I'll take never to love.

980
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: To other woman's side, yeah, I mean Martina and John Tortow.

981
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 2: She was fifty years old.

982
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, she was winning mixed doubles Grand slams at fifty

983
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 1: what anyway, So we thank everyone for their answers the

984
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,719
Speaker 1: Frankistein of tennis. There's so many to choose from. It

985
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 1: was really hard. And listen, any of those people we mentioned,

986
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:51,239
Speaker 1: you can't go wrong with any of them. And if

987
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: you want to just put Roger Federer, that's fine. And

988
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:54,759
Speaker 1: Serena Williams right.

989
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 2: Serena down the line and you've got a great player.

990
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:01,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, all right, everyone, We cannot wait. Of course,

991
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:03,440
Speaker 1: Wimbledon is around the corner. I am here covering it.

992
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 1: Sam will be home watching it and opining over the

993
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,480
Speaker 1: fact that if he didn't play pickleball he would still

994
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:11,880
Speaker 1: he would be here playing. But we'll save your spot

995
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:13,879
Speaker 1: for you. Sam. Don't worry. The grass still will work

996
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: for you. With your serve. It's going to be okay.

997
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,000
Speaker 1: Join us every day. We can't wait to show it

998
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,759
Speaker 1: to you. Thanks everyone, of course for joining us here

999
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,320
Speaker 1: again on the French Connection, brought to you by NBC

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Speaker 1: Sports and Racket. The next episode drops July tenth. We'll

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00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,880
Speaker 1: see you then and hopefully we'll get a little surprised,

1002
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 1: maybe a guest for you to talk about all things

1003
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: that happened at Wimbledon, and of course going into the

1004
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 1: NBC I just call him the NBC Olympics, because really

1005
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 1: that the music just playing in my head already. You

1006
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,320
Speaker 1: know I won't sing because I can't sing, but Sam

1007
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:47,919
Speaker 1: can't wait. These two weeks are going to be great

1008
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Speaker 1: and then we get to talk about all of this again.

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Speaker 1: July tenth. Thanks for joining us today, everyone say goodbye, Sam,

1010
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Speaker 1: you're over here. Let's go the wrong way and don't

1011
00:48:56,520 --> 00:49:02,560
Speaker 1: worry everyone. Sam will be available on his Instagram doing

1012
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 1: all kinds of fun things, so follow him on Instagram.

1013
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Speaker 1: And if you don't, you miss an out, you miss

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Speaker 1: it out. That's all I can say. All right, guys,

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Speaker 1: thanks and joining us today. We'll see you next time.