WEBVTT - Same Sinner, New Queen! 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:17.200 Hi, everybody. Welcome to the Renee Stubbs Tennis podcast. Caitlin 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:19.400 and I have finally figured out how to talk to 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:21.080 each other on the other side of the world and 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:25.480 make the audio decent, and we know that our listeners 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:29.080 appreciate this. But what a couple of weeks we've had, Caitlyn. 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:31.720 I am currently in Greece, and I'm not sad about it. 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:35.959 It's been a long month or so and I thought 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.920 i'd take myself out for a few days enjoy the beach. 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:40.960 And you are currently still in New York. 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:42.080 I am in New York. 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:46.080 I did get a chance to get away to the 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:48.640 Hamptons this weekend, where I played in the championships at 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:52.919 wimbled Dawn my friend dance tennis tournament on grass for 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:55.000 her birthday, which was amazing. I won it with my 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:59.440 son Peter. But it was a far cry from Southwest nineteen, 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:01.520 which is where you were for quite a while. So 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:03.520 take us there. It's been a week since we chatted. 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:07.280 You played the Legends, I saw some tweeers and I 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:11.759 did some incredible pyrotechnics on the court from you. What 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:12.880 was it like being there this year? 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:18.919 Hot? Real hot? You know? I don't know about you guys, 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:21.119 if you've ever been to London or England in general. 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:24.319 But it's not built for the heat. There's these things 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.240 called air conditioners. They don't really exist there. We had 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:29.679 to have some brought into our apartment. So it was 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:33.720 very hot. But we'll take it because it's synonymous with 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.319 bad weather and rain, so we'll take the heat over 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.039 that any day. It was in the mid thirties, which 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:42.800 is like above lest like ninety five degrees pretty much 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:45.360 every day, high nineties almost every day. It was really 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:48.200 really hot for the players, so us oldies, we were flaking, 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.720 some of us. But I will say this, Richard Krychek, 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:53.400 who I played against in the Mix, who of course 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:56.160 won the singles many many years ago, had open heart 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:59.760 surgery about sometime last year at the end of last year, 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.880 and he played in the Mix this year, and it 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:06.520 was an absolute joy to obviously see him alive and 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.800 thriving and out back on the tennis court. And we know, 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.680 obviously he had such an amazing career and a winner 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:14.839 of the Wembledon title, so it was nice to play 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.240 against him, you know, somebody that is about my age, 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:20.160 and so to see him out there doing great things, 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.639 but we got absolutely smoked by Tommy Hassen Martina Hingis, who, 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:25.959 without a doubt should just still be playing in the 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.359 main draw of the mixed doubles, if not the singles 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:30.240 for the both of them, because they're both in unbelievable 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.040 shape and they hit the ball. They never didn't miss 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:35.639 a ball, and we were like we are long time retired, 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.840 me and Fabrie Sontro. We are fun. We can volley, 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.600 but you know, the standard was a little too high 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:43.440 for us in the first match. But having said all that, 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.400 it's such a delight to constantly go back every year. 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:50.120 I'm so lucky. I'm so grateful that the All Engld 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:52.160 Club invites me back to play in the Invitational, and 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.200 please do it again next year. I know that I'm 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:56.160 going to get aged out at some point, but until 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.640 that happens, I just I love being out in the courts, 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:02.760 and yeah, it's all always a great experience. But that aside, 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:06.160 let's get into the main part of why we're here, 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.920 which is talk about the two champions and what they 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:11.400 were able to accomplish. And there's just so many storylines, 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.280 there's so many, so many matches that I want to 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.760 talk about. Clearly, we spoke about the first week of 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:18.760 the tournament when we spoke, but Caitlin just overall, I mean, 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:20.280 where do you even want to start. Let's start with 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.799 the ladies. I guess the semi final match with Mahovah 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:29.480 and Coco. Incredible third set, just drama filled. 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.480 I love that matchup. I think it's a really interesting 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:36.040 contrast in styles. Obviously, as anyone who listens to the 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:40.440 show knows, we are massive Carolina Mahova fans in addition 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.760 to being of course massive Cocoa gart fans. And you know, 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.320 Mukova plays the most complete style of tennis on the 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:52.360 women's tour, and she has basically since the abdication. Maybe 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.520 you could say of ash body a couple of years ago. 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.880 She's got all the tools, she's got slice, she's got 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.920 an incredible net game. We saw her play very brave. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:01.760 There was a diving volley at one point in that 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:05.000 third set tiebreak. You know, a lot of people, I 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.960 think a little disappointed that Coco didn't go through to 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:09.920 the finals. For me, I was kind of shocked. She 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:11.880 made it this far in a good way, and I 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.160 thought she battled and played great and I liked that 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:16.200 she went for the dropper on match point, even though 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.480 she didn't get it, because you got to play bold 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:22.040 tennis to win a championship match, and and you know, 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.360 I think she could definitely hold her head high, you know, 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:29.360 after this Fortnite. So for me, that probably was the 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.599 match of the tournament, just because it had the best storyline, 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:33.920 It had the best contrast, it had the most dramatic moments. 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:35.880 But I also wasn't really mad at the final. I 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.800 thought it delivered in a pretty holistic way, even though 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.560 I was not terribly surprised that Noskova had had more 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:42.880 game than Mukova did. 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:47.000 Yeah, I mean, look, there was so many great matchups 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:48.800 in that half of the draw up the top with 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.559 the women's right. You know, I spoke about pagoul I thought, 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:53.239 you know, had a real chance to win the tournament, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:54.839 and she went out with a little bit of a 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.919 surprise to Cocoa Golf. As you said, Caitlin, you know, 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.120 I think even Coco even though she was disappointed to 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.520 lose that semi final, having match point and oh what 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:05.560 a match point, which I'm going to get to after this, 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.159 and I'm shocked. You said you were surprised and happy 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.200 to see her go for a drop shot that is 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:12.239 definitely not the shot I would have chosen on that shot. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.000 But having said that, you know, her getting through and 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:16.760 beating Pagola in three sets after losing the first set 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.599 from me was a great sort of indicator for her 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:24.400 to once again just get through matches when it doesn't 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:26.599 look like she's going to do it right. Like everyone 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.599 predicted that Pegoula would probably beat her on a grass court. 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.640 Pegoula comes in playing well on grass, Coco hadn't had 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:34.719 the results and you know, to lose a first set, 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.480 and she definitely stepped it up. She did not miss 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.599 a lot of fourhands, she was very aggressive on the 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:42.880 serve and her nerves held up when it counted against Pegoula. 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.720 And then of course subsequently we see the match up 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:49.840 with Mukhova, after Muhova you know, takes out Osaka. So 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.760 everyone was sort of thinking that maybe Osaka, after being Sabalalnka, 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:54.520 would be the one, and she's had all the experience 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.640 and winning major titles and is this the year she's 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.440 going to maybe get to a final of Wimbledon. Finally, nope, 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.719 she gets to take out by Macova in a great 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:06.200 match from Mukhova. I mean that was for me, you know, 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.520 arguably sort of the big match up to see if 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:10.719 Muhovah could step up to the big time in these 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.560 moments and to beat her in straight sets at first 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.919 set tiebreak, I think, sort of let everyone know, Okay, 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.280 I'm I'm the player to beat in this section of 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:21.800 the draw. Maybe, But there were so many great storylines 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:25.360 up the hulf of that draw with Mokhovah, with Osaka, 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.800 with Pulgoula, with Gough and then of course GoF and 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.520 Muhova gets to the semi final and that semi final. 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.000 I mean, I can tell you, Caitlin, there was not 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:36.880 going to be a loser in that match because they 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.400 are both so respected and so liked with Coco and 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:43.279 with Carolina. But the people watching that match outside of 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:45.640 the center court in the players area were losing their 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:47.719 minds watching that match. I mean I was sitting behind 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.040 you know, I was sitting in front of Fabrie Santro, 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:51.960 and I was like every player you can imagine was 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.200 sitting there watching this match. It was clapping going on. 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:57.160 There was like unbelievable moments where people couldn't believe it. 0:06:57.200 --> 0:07:00.280 And of course that dropshot that Coco attempted to hit 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.440 on match point. The thing that I think about there 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.520 is the drop shot had worked pretty well for her 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.440 in the match because she was surprising Mukhova, who kind 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.960 of wasn't expecting to be moved forward. But I'm quite 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:15.400 certain that if Coca go back and hit that forehand 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.400 inside out, down the line and come into the net 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.120 where she had been so successful in the match, she 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.600 would do that again. That was an ill advised time 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.080 to hit that drop shot, only because Caitlin if she'd 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:28.080 hit it over, which she won the point eighty percent 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.400 of the time, probably, But you don't have the feel 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.520 on that point like that. It's so hard to hit 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.760 a drop shot when you are absolutely shitting your hand, 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:40.360 shitting yourself. And that was the time not to try 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.680 and go for it because it was such a big point. 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.440 Hitting it would have just been better. But you never know, 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.080 You'll never know it didn't go over. 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:48.720 Let me ask you a question. 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.560 I think, regardless of what kind of fourhand she hits 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.480 on that shot, does she have a better shot at 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.800 winning Wimbledon against Linda and Naskova. 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.280 I think she does. I actually think she wins that 0:07:58.320 --> 0:07:58.760 match up. 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.080 Yeah, that's an interesting way of thinking about it. You know, 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:05.480 Coco has the ability to sort of frustrate those types 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:07.480 of players. And by those types of players, I mean 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:11.760 big hitters, right, big ball strikers that sort of rely 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.000 on I wouldn't say they rely on short balls, and 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.840 they rely on hitting winners. Coco is the epitome of 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:19.760 getting one more ball back in the court. And so 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.840 if Miskova had gotten a little tight, which she clearly 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.240 did in the second set, is Coco the type of 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:29.080 player that would frustrate and probably beat Linda Noskova. Maybe, 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:31.720 But you know, I hate speculating on that because we'll 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.480 never know, because Linda Noskova could have stepped up and 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.880 absolutely pummeled Coco second serve. She could have pummeled the 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.480 ball to her forehand. She could have got short ball 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:42.720 after short ball on that side. You just never know. 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:46.280 Because Moscova also possesses a game that Coco doesn't necessarily 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:49.080 like if she's on, which is hitting the ball huge. 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.359 So it's kind of like a double edged sword. If 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.600 Moskova gets a little tight, yes, Coco is the biggest 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.480 nightmare for her. But you know Coco might lay an 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.120 egg as well and not hit the ball well enough 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:01.240 in Nosco could hit her off the court like Yu 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.760 Stremskit did last year. So I don't know. As I said, 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:06.600 I hate speculating. What I saw was a terrific final 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:07.040 in the end. 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.800 Yeah, I really hope we see more of Mukhova. I 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:11.760 think a lot of us were super excited to see 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:13.080 her get to the final of the French A couple 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:14.800 of years ago. She lost the Yagis Schwantek and a 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:18.360 pretty nervy, not super confident performance. I was delighted that 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:22.520 she settled in played brave. Obviously, Noscova got a little 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.800 tight in that second set after kind of storming out 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:26.800 to a six' to two what was it five to two, 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:28.400 LEAD i mean it looked like it was going real 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:32.320 fast and things were pretty doom and gloom over On mukhova's, 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:34.880 side and then she kind of kept chipping. Away they 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:36.960 had a really long game or two right at five 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.280 two and five to, three and THEN i was just 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.200 really excited to see the caliber of the exchanges and 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:45.400 the rallies get. Better the points were more thoughtfully. Constructed 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.280 it looked, like you, know we'd sort of settled. IN 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.440 i would love to use this opportunity to SAY i 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:53.440 really do, wish and we've talked about, it you, know 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:55.200 from time to. TIME i really do wish the women 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:57.440 would play best of five in these last couple of, 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.480 matches just BECAUSE i think we'd get a higher caliber. 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:05.959 Final we'd get a guaranteed sort of contrast in dynamics 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:07.840 a lot of times in these. Finals and we saw 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:09.880 it obviously last year with Amandais, sumova who was just 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:12.920 totally overwhelmed by the moment and didn't get a. Game you, 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.320 know they happened too. QUICK i was very thankful this 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.640 went three AND i thought we got a quality. Final 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.000 BUT i really do think at this point nobody plays 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:24.520 best of five in week. One maybe everybody plays best 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.920 of five from let's say the quarters on or maybe the. 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.720 SEMISON i think that that's a good way to address 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:34.080 a lot of these parody for pay, conversations AND i 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:35.480 think it's a good way to make sure that we, 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:39.320 get you, know we get high caliber finals. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:40.360 Matches what do you think about? 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:43.080 That, WELL i don't know who it was that brought this, 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.280 up BUT i think maybe a great mixture of that 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.760 BECAUSE i don't agree with, that because, listen you And 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.360 i've been talking about getting rid of best of five. 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.480 FOREVER i think a sort of a balance of that 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.680 could be best of four if it goes two, sets 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:58.160 or we play a ten point, tiebreak which is basically 0:10:58.160 --> 0:10:58.480 the same. 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.160 Thing, anyway you're just throwing in a entirely new format 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.000 that nobody plays on any tour or. 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:04.040 WHATSOEVER i love. That. 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:08.320 YEAH i, mean if we're talking about women's, tennis and 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:11.960 no offense to the women or the, men the women 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:15.280 are going to be playing longer. MATCHES i just feel 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.600 like they will play longer matches because they don't have 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.720 the big. SERVES i, mean you saw the men's they're 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.320 playing long rallies now as, well but they do have huge, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:24.720 serves and they win a lot of points on their, 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.680 serves particularly on. Grass but you know you're not going 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.240 to see that quick of a point all the. Time 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:31.880 it's certainly not going to see it on. Clay with the, 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.160 guys they're going to be playing forty ball rallies every single. 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:35.960 Time SO i just think that if we're going to 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:37.840 do it for, both let's do it for. Both let's 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:40.600 do it two sets to all in a ten tipe. 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:43.800 BREAK i, mean what's the difference when someone, says, well come, 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.280 on that's sold on a. Second you, know we don't 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:48.679 want to finish a match with a ten point we 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.880 do if it gets to six. All at every major 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.920 in the fifth set we play a ten point type. 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:58.280 Break so what's the difference instead of making everyone go 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.720 through another? Set Which i'm at tennis. PURISTS i love watching. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.520 TENNIS i love watching great, tennis BUT i don't want 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:07.240 to see it for five hours and fifteen minutes like 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.400 we had to for the quarterfinals With novak And, faa 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:15.120 and arguably that Fucks. Novak for the next match Against, 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:18.200 sinner he was. DEAD i, Mean yannick played the most 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:20.880 perfect match in the semifinal Against. NOVAK i was, THERE 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.480 i was, LIVE i watched, IT i watched it in, 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.720 person And novak just was a step slow and? Everything, 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:27.720 now is? It because he thirty? 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:28.000 Seven? 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.280 Probably Is yanik the best player in the world when he's. On, 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.440 Probably but if it goes five and a half, hours 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:34.960 if he doesn't go five and a half hours in 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:36.800 the previous match and it goes maybe four, hours does 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:38.960 he have a little bit extra in his? Tank probably 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:41.640 two days. Later SO i don't. KNOW i think that 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:43.679 there's one way to get around this and we can 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:47.440 satisfy everybody from the. SEMIS i would like to see quarters, 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.640 maybe But semi's. On you play best of, five and 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.480 you play best of four with a ten point. Tiebreak 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:55.680 what's the. Difference what a great culmination of four amazing 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.199 sets to? Go, okay here we, go let's go ten 0:12:58.240 --> 0:12:58.880 points for the. 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:02.560 MATCH i, mean you, KNOW i like an incredibly pointy 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.240 end of a, match AND i think a tie break 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:05.439 is a fun way to do. It AND i think 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.600 that's Why mukova And goff's tie break was so. EXCITING 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.480 i do want to shout out a couple of other 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:14.720 really great. Storylines obviously you Mentioned Naimo osaka went out 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:18.440 after taking Out. Sablenka neimeosaka had a fantastic. TOURNAMENT i 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:21.120 hope she holds her head. High she was, fit she was, 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:24.720 fun she was, smiling she was blasting winners off both. 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.600 Wings her serve was. Incredible i'm really excited for her 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.720 because she looks like a new. PERSON i know she 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:33.040 has a new team members in terms of her agent and. 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:37.400 Representation she's JUST i couldn't be happier for tennis that 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.200 we have an older version of her back but now 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.160 with you, know sort of wisdom and a lot of 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:46.920 experience under her. Belt and, YEAH i think the other 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.680 WOMEN i want to shout out Are Yelena astapenko for 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.240 winning a mixed doubles. TROPHY i think it was the 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:58.400 only title she hasn't won at the pro. Level she's 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:02.520 won everything, else including girls. Titles she's won a, Doubles 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:04.960 she's won a Singles Grand. Slam she had never want 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:07.719 to mix Qualifying hall Of fame Listen elene asked to 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:09.440 Pinco hall Of fame. Speech i'm in the front. 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:10.560 Row Kiki. 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.760 Maladenovich we haven't talked about her very, much but she 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:14.199 was a stallwrot on The Double store for a, while 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.640 playing With Karri garcia among other. Players she got her 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:21.840 First wimbledon doubles title with A chinese. PLAYER i was 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.520 really excited For. KIKI i like when when the players 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:28.000 you've you've heard about for years they kind of dip 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.280 and dodge and dive and duck and, dodge and then 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:33.640 they come back and hold, trophies and you, know as per, 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:35.920 usual the women are doing a ton of hard work 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.760 holding up their half of the. Sky because women's, tennis 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:44.119 as we have, noted is, compelling it's filled with, characters 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:50.280 it's got absolutely incredible, rivalries and it's it's not short of. 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:50.880 Drama. 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.160 ATTENTION i do have two more questions for you before 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:57.080 we shove off into the men's side of. Things where 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.720 Does Arena seblenka go from? Here, well apparently in The 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.080 Greek islands you're going to run out that's where she. Went, 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.320 NO i don't THINK i, am BUT i have seen 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.440 Her instagram and she did mention that that's what she 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:12.640 was going to be doing Post. Wimbledon on a serious, 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.240 note where does she go from? Here she goes to 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.680 her favorite, Surface she goes to hard. COURT i don't 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:20.800 think she's panicking. Yet we'll see how she does on 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.560 the hard. Courts that's the real. Tell clearly we know 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:25.520 it's her best surface and it has to be a. 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.120 READJUSTMENT i don't know what's going. ON i don't know 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:29.640 where the lack of confidence is coming. 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:33.040 From she was absolutely hit and blown off the court 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:36.240 By Naomi osaka in that. Match so did she play Pauly? 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.880 No Did naomi play? Fantastic? Yes SO i don't know 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:42.480 where she goes from. HERE i think THAT i don't 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:45.800 think her, team she or anyone in the tennis world 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:50.240 is super panicked about that, yet because is she the 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:54.760 favorite still going Into cincinnati and you, Know toronto and 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:56.720 whatever she chooses to play on the hard court and 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:58.840 of course THE Us. Open, yes there are some questions 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.160 to be answered on her from her when it comes 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.680 to having not won a major title this year as 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.040 a number one player in the, world and so there's 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.760 a lot of a lot of pressure on her shoulders 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.080 to be able to do that at THE Us. Open so, 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.480 yeah so we'll see how she comes back from this 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:18.200 little trip To greece and reinvents her game a little 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.800 bit on the hard. Court but those questions certainly need 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:24.040 to be. Answered, Yeah so let's take a little, break come, 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.480 back and we're going to talk about The fellers when 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:43.200 we get back up and. Break, Okay, So, caitlin you, 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.760 know we were pretty enamored with the women's. Draw it 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.320 was awesome and AS i, said AND i don't want 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:50.400 to toot my own, horn But noscov did Beat Mattie, 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.320 Keys AND i, said whoever wins that match will be 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:55.480 in the. Final AND i also may have said that 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:57.520 the person that comes through that section will maybe, win 0:16:57.560 --> 0:16:59.720 because whoever comes through the top half of the, draw 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.000 you never see the person that comes through the toughest 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:05.119 part almost win the. Tournament it happens so much and 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.639 So but on the men's, side arguably the toughest section 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:10.520 was won by the best player in the, world which 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.120 Was Anik sinner who went. Through of Course Novak, djokovic 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.359 who we all thought was probably the one player that 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.639 maybe had the mental capacity and the game to win on. 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.400 Grass but a little shout out to our Little Arthur. 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:24.520 FAIRY i, mean come, on this guy grows up In 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.800 wimbledon five ten minutes from the tennis courts and makes 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:31.480 the semi finals Of wimbledon and beat some pretty incredible, 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:34.639 players including of Course Grigor, dimitrov who probably would like 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:36.440 to have that match back after being up a break 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.119 in the fourth set, twice not, once but, twice and 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.320 didn't cause out that set and ended up losing in five. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.960 Sets and then he just Smokes koboli in the, quarters 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:46.840 and then you, know just came up against a buzzsaw In, 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:50.520 zverev who really played well in this. Tournament right through 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:52.440 to the, final but a little shout out To. Ferry 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:54.960 his ranking is going to shoot, up AND i doubt 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:56.800 he's going to need a wild card Into wimbledon for 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:57.959 a very long time after that. 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.600 Performance do you think we'll be Seeing Arthur? 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.040 Faery, yeah he kind of reminds me of A Sebastian 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:05.399 grojon or like A fabrice Soun. Toy he kind of 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.040 reminds me of A french, player because maybe because it's 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.000 the fact that he's, little AND i played Against grojeon 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:13.240 in the last match of my invitation AND i played 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:14.240 With fabrees. 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:16.520 In my fairy is Also, french so that's probably. 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:20.199 Why well there you. Go and Also Arnold colomont remember, 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:22.960 Him so he kind of reminds me of those. Players 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:26.439 not a lot of, firepower very strategically smart on the, 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:29.400 court very good player on, grass knows how to come 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:34.880 into the, net beautiful, volleyer great, anticipator pretty good surve 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:36.600 for his height and how much are we going to? 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:38.200 SEE i think he can make like a third or 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:40.120 fourth round of THE Us open if he plays really. 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:41.840 WELL i don't think he's going to make another semi 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:43.640 final of A Grand slam unless he does it again 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:45.679