WEBVTT - Author Richard Kent on First U.S. Open Without Federer (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Taking Stock Bloomberg Radio Live in the US, Tennis Open Flashing,

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<v Speaker 1>Queens and New York. We are going to take a

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<v Speaker 1>look now at some of the big features, some of

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<v Speaker 1>the big themes at this year's Open, we have two

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<v Speaker 1>very special guests. Jennie brand Over continues with us. She

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<v Speaker 1>is a partner at DHR International. She helps important people

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<v Speaker 1>find big jobs on Wall Street and in technology. And

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<v Speaker 1>she's also an avid, avid tennis player in a fionado.

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<v Speaker 1>She's out here every year for the Open and another

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<v Speaker 1>return engagement. Richard pent He's an attorney. He's also covering

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<v Speaker 1>the Open this year again, part of the media, author

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<v Speaker 1>of two books. The one I particularly want to focus

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<v Speaker 1>on is a federal Nadal. So Richard, welcome back, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate it. Well, let's start though. Roger Federer is

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<v Speaker 1>not here. Roba Nadal is playing well despite and has

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<v Speaker 1>many injuries of late, but American tennis. When I spoke

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<v Speaker 1>to Nikolaitiary, Tennis Hall of Famer, he's the guy who

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<v Speaker 1>did so much to create tennis training. American tennis needs

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<v Speaker 1>more investment in its young players. Jack Sock is up

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<v Speaker 1>in a very important match, an American man actually advancing potentially.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to jink them at the Open. And

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan Harrison on Court seventeen, with an unbelievable crowd behind him,

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<v Speaker 1>is tied in the second set against Marco Baghdad as

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<v Speaker 1>Solus the first set six three. I mean, those are

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<v Speaker 1>two great hopes for American tennis, and Jared Donaldson a

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<v Speaker 1>great story in the zone. So what's wrong with American

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<v Speaker 1>tennis that we do not, especially on the men's side

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<v Speaker 1>on apart from Serena and I guess we're sister to

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<v Speaker 1>be anyway, we don't. We don't get further like we

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<v Speaker 1>used to. Well, I think if you asked me the

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<v Speaker 1>question two years ago, I would have said that young

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<v Speaker 1>athletes are going into other sports, other sports that they

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<v Speaker 1>deemed to be more lucrative from day one, perhaps like

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<v Speaker 1>baseball or basketball or football. But if asking me today

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<v Speaker 1>with SoC on the court at the at was armstrong

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<v Speaker 1>and with Ryan at that beautiful court seventeen, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you, American tennis looks really good right now

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<v Speaker 1>and the crowd is huge here, so clearly people care

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<v Speaker 1>about it. So I personally miss Federal terribly. So do

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<v Speaker 1>you think it's a same kind of open that it

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<v Speaker 1>was before without him? Actually Federer told me yesterday to

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<v Speaker 1>misses you before. Oh my god, No, it is not

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<v Speaker 1>the same type of open as it was with Roger.

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<v Speaker 1>And you could just listen to interviews and I'll take

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<v Speaker 1>two of them. Stand about Rika obviously from Switzerland, Rogers

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<v Speaker 1>doubles partner in the Olympics, not this time but at

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<v Speaker 1>the previous times, and Raphael may doubt in their post

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<v Speaker 1>match interviews they incorporate Roger's name, so it shows how

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<v Speaker 1>significant he is to the game. Still, his Labor Cup,

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<v Speaker 1>which was announced the Wednesday before the Open started, is

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<v Speaker 1>you just being discussed in the media room all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Europe against the rest of the world in Czechoslovakia Prague

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<v Speaker 1>next October, and that's a federal run event. His agency

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<v Speaker 1>with Tony Godsick, is running it. So Federer is somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>around the numbers of this event right now, even though

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<v Speaker 1>he's I don't think he's on premises today. Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>do think personally that each has changed tennis and how

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<v Speaker 1>people wanted to watch him and they respected him, and

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<v Speaker 1>he gave an incredible image at a very senior level

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<v Speaker 1>to mentor correctly in tennis. So he's missed. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>imagine going to Wimbledon as I have for a Murray

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<v Speaker 1>Federer match at having the crowd route for Federer. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean that that is that's almost incredulous. And and let

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<v Speaker 1>me give you the other example, and that's right here,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe in OH five when Roddick, who was playing

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<v Speaker 1>Federer in the final, Roder went ballistic after saying, this

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<v Speaker 1>is my country. I grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>the University of Nebraska football fan. And this crowd is

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<v Speaker 1>for Roger Federer and Tiger Woods of all people, the

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<v Speaker 1>sitting in Federer's box, which is unbelievable. So what about

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<v Speaker 1>this year? What do you think in terms of who's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna who's gonna come out the victor? Well, I picked

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<v Speaker 1>uh in my bracket challenge uh Andy Murray to wint it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's playing the best tennis right now. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I would have said forty two minutes ago that Chilich

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<v Speaker 1>was a strong favor to win it. He's good chance

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<v Speaker 1>of losing this act today. And del Potro has far

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<v Speaker 1>and away the best forehand and Dennis even if Roger

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<v Speaker 1>was in the game. And in terms of popularity and revenues, though,

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<v Speaker 1>do we need to have another Roger Federitor Federer? And

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully you know, I mean, I'm not this in Novak,

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<v Speaker 1>Djokovic or Rafa who's still playing, But do you have

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<v Speaker 1>to because all these guys are getting older? Do we

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<v Speaker 1>need a youngster like that coming up? And same thing

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<v Speaker 1>on the women's side, Serena is not gonna play forever.

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<v Speaker 1>I think in terms of do we need another Roger Federer,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really the big four, And it was the Big

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<v Speaker 1>four previously with Lyndelle McEnroe, Borg and Connors and now

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<v Speaker 1>obviously Djokovic, Nadal, Bari and Federer. So it's it's more

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<v Speaker 1>than Roger. It's it's the fact that he's a part

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<v Speaker 1>of the big four. So you know, if if it

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<v Speaker 1>was a Roger isolated in two years with no clear

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<v Speaker 1>definable number two or number three, I don't think that

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<v Speaker 1>would do much for the game. Right. Well, how about

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<v Speaker 1>the women's side, what are you thinking? I'm thinking Serena's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna win this. I'm I'm thinking there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>pressure that was taken off of her. But when the Molten,

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<v Speaker 1>I think she's got a real chip on her shoulder

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<v Speaker 1>because of what happened last year against Vinci. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I I don't know how this is gonna sound. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think that vinc won that match. I think Serena

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<v Speaker 1>lost that match, and I think Serena is gonna win this.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Madison Keys, who's playing right now. I think

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<v Speaker 1>she won the first set. I'm not sure the score

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<v Speaker 1>in the second set, but she's a she's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a great, great player, and Woesniaki is playing a lot better.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched her in New Haven in some eight days ago,

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<v Speaker 1>losing the first day, and I said, she's done. And

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<v Speaker 1>now it looks like the woes Naki, who was number

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<v Speaker 1>one in the world for eight weeks at one point

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<v Speaker 1>in time. Little known fact of old. Do you think

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<v Speaker 1>the Olympics are gonna affect Serena all emotionally or mentally

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<v Speaker 1>in what way? Well, she didn't. She didn't really do

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<v Speaker 1>that well, correct, I think that's a long nine. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know what. I'm a normal person, she's not,

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<v Speaker 1>so I guess that doesn't affect her. Yeah. Now, I

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<v Speaker 1>went to her opening press conference and it seemed like

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<v Speaker 1>annesly uh. But I don't think that's going to impair

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<v Speaker 1>serious performance. All right, Well, just getting started. Richard can't

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so very much for joining us his uh

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<v Speaker 1>feddor Nadal, one of his books on talk as well.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go, so you see and you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>out like that. You can. I'm sure you can find

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<v Speaker 1>his book many places. He's got such a good mind

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<v Speaker 1>for tennis. Jinny ran Over, thanks for joining his partner

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<v Speaker 1>at d HR International, helping us dive into tennis and

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