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Speaker 2: Speed Round, French Open Speed.

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Speaker 1: Round, French Open Speed Round. Let's do this. Hey, everybody,

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Speaker 1: welcome to the show.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the French Open Speed Round recap episode where

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Speaker 2: we have more to talk about, possibly the further backwards

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Speaker 2: we scroll from the finals to other notable storylines. We

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Speaker 2: should start with the finals. To me, both very foregone

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Speaker 1: Well, I don't know if you could look at eager

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Speaker 1: and we saw that on display throughout this entire event.

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Speaker 1: Just go and ask a one arena Sabalenka if there

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Speaker 1: I would have said categorically, no way. And yet here

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Speaker 1: we stand with Carolina Muhover making it to her first

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Speaker 1: And when you think about the way she came back

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Speaker 1: Caitlin that had never lost a top three match against

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Speaker 1: So she really she handled herself just a little bit

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Speaker 1: I think there was a fourth to three game when

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Speaker 1: because she had very competent volleys, but Mukhov can finish

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Speaker 2: I think for me, the matchup was more compelling that

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Speaker 2: I think what makes Egas so effective but also can

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Speaker 2: when she beat Carolina Plishkov, or her Czech country woman,

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Speaker 3: And just the way she did.

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Speaker 2: It, dismantling Carolina's big serve but also playing that all

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Speaker 3: Talk about a not compelling matchup.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this was well, this is this is exactly what

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Speaker 1: if this is your worst surface, luck, good luck everybody

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Speaker 1: on hardcourt and on ungrass.

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Speaker 3: She's going to be a real Carolyn mclover.

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Speaker 2: We are rooting for you and watching you for the

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Speaker 2: rest of the season. Renee, I gotta go pick up

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Speaker 2: my kiddo. We'll get at this one real fast. We'll

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Speaker 2: do a more comprehensive grass court check in in the

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Speaker 2: week or two to come, because there's already started to

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Speaker 2: be some incredible matches.

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Speaker 3: I know it's your favorite time of.

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Speaker 2: The year, and uh, thanks for listening.

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Speaker 3: Everybody, See you next time.

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Speaker 1: Thanks everyone, see you, saying baby