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Speaker 1: Renee Stubs.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Katelyn, Wow Wow wow wow. Do you actually exist

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Speaker 2: in the podcast world of the Rene Stubs Center's podcast anymore.

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Speaker 1: I have been lurking. I've been lurking on all of

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Speaker 1: these French Connection episodes because they're so good, and also

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Speaker 1: because you know that there's almost nothing I love more

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Speaker 1: in tennis, and if there is one thing, it's the Olympics.

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Speaker 1: That's a true fact, you know. I like the Olympics.

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Speaker 2: Listen, I love the Olympics so much. I have been

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Speaker 2: watching the Australian swimming trials of a morning because the

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Speaker 2: finals are of a morning. The heats are at night,

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Speaker 2: which aren't anywhere near as exciting, clearly because the heats

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Speaker 2: kind of sort of matter but sort of don't. But

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Speaker 2: the finals are amazing, to the point that this morning

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Speaker 2: we had two swimmers in the women's two hundred meter

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Speaker 2: freestyle break the world record that was held by one

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Speaker 2: of them, Molly O'Callahan. O callahan and Ariana Titmas broke

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Speaker 2: it and beat o callahan by about a millisecond. So

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Speaker 2: it was just an amazing race. So it just got

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Speaker 2: me so pumped for the two hundred freestyle. First of all,

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Speaker 2: at the Olympics, which will include some great Americans and

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Speaker 2: of course another a young Canadian. So I'm just like,

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Speaker 2: swimming to me is like when you grow up in Australia,

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Speaker 2: you don't have to understand something. Swimming is like hockey,

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Speaker 2: like ice hockey right to Canadians. You're a Canadian, and

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Speaker 2: so swimming is like our pastime. Like you get thrown.

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Speaker 2: I got thrown in the pool when I was like

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Speaker 2: two and said kick and Paul and good luck, like

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Speaker 2: it's just in our bloodstream. And you know, swim as

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Speaker 2: a superstars in Australia, whereas in the US, for example,

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Speaker 2: unless your name is Katie Ladecci. And even Katie Ladecki

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Speaker 2: Like she could probably walk by one hundred people in

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Speaker 2: New York and they'd be like, who's that, you know

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Speaker 2: what I mean. So it's a shame that swimming doesn't

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Speaker 2: get a lot more publicity because goddamn, it's a hard sport.

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Speaker 2: So I am pumped already. I'm watching the Australian swim

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Speaker 2: trials and actually speaking of the Olympics, as we've been

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Speaker 2: talking about, and I've been talking a lot already is.

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Speaker 2: I think July sixteenth is the start of the American

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Speaker 2: trials to get into the American Olympic team, so it's

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Speaker 2: going to be just fuck it. I love the Olympics, dude.

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Speaker 1: I love it. You know, Joe Wilfred Sunger was carrying

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Speaker 1: and I believe he's from southern France. Cool to see

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Speaker 1: the flame torch slowly making its way to Paris ahead

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Speaker 1: of the Games. I love that it goes to all

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Speaker 1: the corners of the country, goes through all the towns.

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Speaker 1: Everyone can get excited about it. You know, there's no

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Speaker 1: doubt in my mind that the IOC and the people

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Speaker 1: and awful and the works. It doesn't keep me from

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Speaker 1: loving the Olympics because it's truly the best of humanity.

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Speaker 2: It's like FIFA. I mean, I don't know if it's

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Speaker 2: a toss up between FIFA and the IOC of who's

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Speaker 2: the most corrupt and and the worst.

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: That's a that's a race that would have been like

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Speaker 2: today's race with Molly and Ariana, I would have.

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Speaker 1: Been millimeters neck and millimeters milic.

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Speaker 2: Fingertip. But having said that, we all love the World

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Speaker 2: Cup and we all love.

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Speaker 1: Sports, is the best. To me, what I love about

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Speaker 1: which is you. But for me, what I like about

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Speaker 1: the Olympics so much is it is everybody's time to

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Speaker 1: everybody gets into it. You can get into multiple sports,

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Speaker 1: for everyone. It's for everyone. Everyone has a way into

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Speaker 1: the Olympics. And I dare you listeners to give me

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Speaker 1: don't think you can. And even for people who don't

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Speaker 1: like sports, watching the Olympic opening ceremonies and seeing all

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Speaker 1: the outfits is the Olympics of fashion basic. I've already

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Speaker 1: France's team will be wearing I believe BRIONI and if

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Speaker 1: they're styled by Korean Routefeld, who used to be French

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Speaker 2: For the Americans, Well, there'll be a lot of red,

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Speaker 1: Well it's kind of the bible American America gives.

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Speaker 2: Us, I know. But anyway, we are both very excited

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Speaker 2: be glued to the swimming. I'll be glued to watch

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Speaker 2: some own biles make it comeback to in the Olympics

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Speaker 2: great stories. I can't get enough of it. It's like

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Speaker 1: No, it's amazing, I think. Now. What makes me so

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Speaker 1: wore a hat and obscured her face. Also had some

432
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Speaker 1: kind of strange interaction with other people on the tour,

433
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 1: people who accused her of cheating probably honestly, credibly, And

434
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,560
Speaker 1: she was my favorite player on the tour. Would I

435
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:51,760
Speaker 1: like to hang out with her and have a beer?

436
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:56,119
Speaker 1: Absolutely not? But did I think her game was breathtaking

437
00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 1: and transcendent in such a way that.

438
00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 2: It, oh, my God, showed me.

439
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 1: Possibilities of what the sports should be. You know who

440
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,680
Speaker 1: it is? Not? I Justine Hannah.

441
00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,000
Speaker 2: Oh okay, no, but come on, you just see.

442
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 1: The do you see the similarities.

443
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 2: Because everyone always talked about, oh my god, her backhand,

444
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 2: her one hand and back end, she's such a beautiful.

445
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,360
Speaker 1: But she didn't have charisma, she wasn't liked, she was awkward.

446
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 2: She did like her game, you liked how she played correct.

447
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 1: And so my point is that's why I don't like Ego,

448
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 1: not because of all those other things. And I think

449
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,400
Speaker 1: maybe this person on the internet is kind of trying

450
00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,680
Speaker 1: to say the same thing. I don't wish Ego played differently.

451
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 1: I just wish different people want. Well, so I watched.

452
00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 1: That's why I didn't watch the women's final.

453
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,400
Speaker 2: All right, Well, I can honestly say, and you've heard

454
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 2: me say this on many occasions. Have I not said

455
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 2: that Jasmine Paulini is one of my favorite players to watch?

456
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 2: Have I not said that on our pod?

457
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 1: She's literally you can't you can't not say it on

458
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 1: our party.

459
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Speaker 2: My favorite player that I've like. I literally go up

460
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 2: to her, you can ask her this question. I went

461
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,119
Speaker 2: up tour in Cincinnati a couple of years ago. Is

462
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 2: when I was working with Sam and she I think

463
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:24,879
Speaker 2: Sam with Ei the hitting with her, or she was

464
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 2: hitting before or something, And I said Jasmine just so

465
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 2: you know, you're my favorite player, and she started laughing.

466
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,679
Speaker 2: I'm serious, you're my favorite player. So I'm so happy

467
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 2: that she had such a great French Open. Carlos and

468
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,159
Speaker 2: Yannick semi was unbelievable. Yanik going to number one in

469
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:44,000
Speaker 2: the world very deserved. It's a twelve month rotation. A

470
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 2: lot of people like, well, is he number one? Carlos

471
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 2: beat him? Blah blah blah. That's what happens over twelve

472
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,800
Speaker 2: month period. Is also the Australian Open champion. So calm

473
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Speaker 2: the farm everybody.

474
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Speaker 1: Now.

475
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,359
Speaker 2: Carlos has two Grand Slams on the calendar, and that

476
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 2: just proves you how much more consistent Yanick was on

477
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 2: tour since this moment last year till now right that

478
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,680
Speaker 2: he wonted moments our. Karaz has been injured quite a bit,

479
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,399
Speaker 2: so that's another reason why Yanick's number one and Carlos

480
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,959
Speaker 2: is number two. But it'll be interesting see and they

481
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 2: will be one and two at Wimbledon. So thankfully if

482
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 2: they get through again, they will play each other in

483
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Speaker 2: the final and not in the semifinals.

484
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Speaker 1: Look, Alex Zurup is that in the mix.

485
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Speaker 2: I'll be hard well, I was right on saying that

486
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Speaker 2: he would choke in the final. I did say he

487
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Speaker 2: was going to get to the final.

488
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Speaker 1: Yeah, he played great tennis and then he choked it.

489
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:38,120
Speaker 2: Yeah he did. But I just I'm I'm here for Carlos,

490
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Speaker 2: I'm here for Yanick. I'm here for them for the

491
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,400
Speaker 2: next ten years. And that's how I feel about it.

492
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:48,200
Speaker 2: Naomi Osaka, I did mention on Twitter, it's you folks

493
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Speaker 2: that follow me on the EPs or whatever that hell

494
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Speaker 2: you want to call it. I did. Maybe it was

495
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,200
Speaker 2: a little maybe I was a little excited about how

496
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Speaker 2: well Naomi was playing at the French after she literally

497
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 2: was one point away from taking out somebody that is

498
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,679
Speaker 2: virtually unbeatable at Roland Garross in Eager Chantec was the

499
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 2: match of the tournament on the women's side, arguably, And

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Speaker 2: I would say that I tweeted out immediately she's going

501
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,440
Speaker 2: to win the US Open. Now, I might be a

502
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 2: little bit jumping the gun, but I'll tell you what,

503
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Speaker 2: if she plays remotely like she did at the French

504
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,040
Speaker 2: and I feel like she's won a bunch of matches

505
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Speaker 2: in the quarters on the grass that she's playing, I

506
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,399
Speaker 2: think she's a favorite or close to one of the

507
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 2: favorites to win the US Open, thops totally.

508
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Speaker 1: I think if she can come back and win a

509
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,119
Speaker 1: tough couple rounds and then come within one point of

510
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 1: beating the eventual champion. The only real match that Ega

511
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: had the entire tournament, and one that she was lucky

512
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 1: to escape against Naomi on her least favorite surface. Second

513
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Speaker 1: least favorite surface.

514
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Speaker 2: I would say probably called grass. I don't think she

515
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 2: says comp I see her playing on grass. Her movement

516
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,320
Speaker 2: looks a little bit with What impressed me the most

517
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 2: about her, not only in fact she's hitting winners all

518
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,120
Speaker 2: over the shop and serving unbelievably well, which is what's

519
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 2: gonna win our matches on hardcore, is the fact that

520
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 2: she moved really well on the clay, Like I was impressed.

521
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, she looked fit, she was moving well, she grinded.

522
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Speaker 1: I actually think that's like the best possible outcome, which

523
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: is that she gets confidence, she has no pressure, she

524
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 1: has a good natural court sort of season, gets herself

525
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,200
Speaker 1: back into sort of fighting and grinding shape, and gets hungry.

526
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 1: She looked hungry out there, so hungry in her first

527
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Speaker 1: grass match, the first in five years that she won

528
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 1: yesterday against Lisa Marten's like she's now one too. She's

529
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 1: into the third ground and where she served.

530
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Speaker 2: In in her tugbash on it.

531
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Speaker 1: Yeah, No, you're right, she's in Libema Open, she's in

532
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: the Netherlands, like, yeah, great tennis is better with her

533
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,199
Speaker 1: in it. It's better with her competing and her being happy.

534
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 1: And it looks like she's all those things, which I

535
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: think a confidence boost coming out of the French with

536
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,160
Speaker 1: very little expectation is like kind of what the doctor ordered.

537
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, And like Andrea Pekovich said to me, and I

538
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 2: think in her in her writings the other day, is

539
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,880
Speaker 2: that Janick Sinner didn't look happy coming off the court

540
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 2: at the French and I know that Naomi Osaka was

541
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,440
Speaker 2: not happy leaving that court at the French Open as well,

542
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 2: and that just fuels great champions fire. And those two

543
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 2: are great champions. They're both Grand Slam champions, both being

544
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 2: number one in the world. So it's going to be

545
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 2: interesting to see how they respond and it'll be a

546
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 2: lot of fun. Andy Murray looks like he's coming down

547
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 2: the last mountain, my friend, and he lost to Jiron

548
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 2: today on grass, but going into Wimbledon, it's going to

549
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 2: have so much support behind him. I don't know just

550
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 2: her thoughts on you know, Andy Rafa, all these guys

551
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 2: just coming to the end of the creer.

552
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Speaker 1: I don't think you're gonna like what I have to say.

553
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 2: Oh I know what you're gonna say.

554
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: I just it's time, Like let's keep it moving, Yeah, Andy,

555
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: Andy probably should have been done like a year or two. Again,

556
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Speaker 1: I'm not the kind of person who's like they need

557
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 1: to retire when I say they need to retire, because

558
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: I know and they don't. But just like I've seen

559
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: that Andy Murray goodbye tour. I love Andy Murray. I

560
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 1: want him to go spend time with his kids. It

561
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 1: doesn't look like he is happy or his body more

562
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: importantly is happy when he plays tennis, So like, what's

563
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: going what's this? Fore? You know, it's like, do you

564
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 1: not have anything going on at home? I know you

565
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: do because you're cool and you have cool wife and

566
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: you have cool kids. So like maybe one last chance

567
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: at Wimbledon and then shut it down. I don't know,

568
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: Like I just I'm ready to be done with all

569
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: these guys.

570
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 2: I just think he wants to be feel good on

571
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 2: the tennis court and then be done, and I think

572
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 2: Wimbledon will be the last we see of Andy Murray,

573
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 2: the last we might see if Rafa, although I have

574
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 2: to say, I mean we knew it was an absolute

575
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 2: shite drawl when he had to play Zverev in the

576
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 2: very first round of French Open. I mean, how bad

577
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 2: a draw was that, considering severav ended up making the

578
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 2: finals and really become very close to winning the tournament.

579
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Speaker 2: I mean it sort of makes you think, should they

580
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 2: have seeded Rafa? I don't know, but I'll tell you what.

581
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Speaker 2: He looked really good. That's the best I've seen him

582
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,719
Speaker 2: play in clearly a long time. Even as much as

583
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 2: he won leading into the French he didn't look that great.

584
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 2: He was playing players that he should beat, no problem,

585
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 2: but just the fact that he was up a break

586
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 2: sir for the second set, up a break in the third.

587
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 2: Ended up losing both of those sets, But I think

588
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 2: that would have given him a ton of confidence. Especially

589
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Speaker 2: with Zvera playing the way he was when he then

590
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Speaker 2: making the finals. He's got to feel like, oh shit,

591
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 2: what if I get back to rollingd Garrison at the Olympics,

592
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 2: I might be able to do a little bit of damage,

593
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Speaker 2: especially best of three sets.

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Speaker 1: I want to pick that up. I think, get Peter.

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Speaker 1: I'll be back in two minutes. I'm an I'm just

596
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Speaker 1: getting him downstairs. I think for me with Rafa at

597
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Speaker 1: the Olympics, this is only about winning a medal with

598
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Speaker 1: curly Jos Alvarez. Yes, he looked good. He looked better

599
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: than we thought he was going to. I still don't

600
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Speaker 1: think had he played many of the other players, he

601
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: would have even gotten a set. Like, yes, the level

602
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: was better than we thought, but I don't think seating

603
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: him was the right move. Like he's still last really bad.

604
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: We didn't play really bad, really bad.

605
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 2: Come on, losing really bad is six two six two

606
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 2: sixty three. That's just why I served for the second

607
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 2: set and was up.

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Speaker 1: He was in the third, up a break in one

609
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: of those sets.

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00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 2: In both sets, Caitlin, he served for the set in

611
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Speaker 2: the second set, and he played a horrific game, and

612
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 2: then he lost a tide break, and then he lost

613
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 2: upper break again in the third. So if he'd had

614
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 2: more matches under his belt, would he have won that

615
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 2: second set, no question?

616
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: Or would his legs have fall enough?

617
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 2: And that's very possible, which is why I brought up

618
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Speaker 2: the part of that he's playing best to three at

619
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Speaker 2: the Olympics, and yes, that another little thing that can

620
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 2: help him get through a match.

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Speaker 1: I actually don't think you should play singles at the Olympics.

622
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: Here's what I think.

623
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Speaker 2: He's one can play singles, I'm.

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00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: Sure, but I don't think he should. If I were coach,

625
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: if I were Uncle Tony, I would say, look, you

626
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 1: already got a gold singles medal. That's cool. But here's

627
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: what which does rough have a gold doubles medal too?

628
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: Did he win with?

629
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 2: Yeah? Gold in both. He's golden. He's a golden boy

630
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 2: in every sense he's here.

631
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: I think he should do. I think he should sit

632
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: out doubles singles and play mixed doubles with a newly

633
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: unretired Garbinia Magarutha.

634
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 2: No, well that's not going to happen. But here's the

635
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 2: thing that I am hearing, and this is other words

636
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 2: of Jessica Bagoula, who was on our podcast. The French

637
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 2: connection was that she was saying, apparently now that you

638
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 2: can switch out your partners in mixed doubles, and I, yes,

639
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 2: apparently that's a possible. A new rule is you clearly

640
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 2: weren't listening to us when we were doing the podcast.

641
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 1: No, I was listening to it, and I even was

642
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 1: googling it as she spoke. But I still don't quite

643
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 1: understand the implication of it. Is she saying that during

644
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: the tournament, I play round one with Rage Brown, Sure,

645
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: and then I don't. We don't do so well, but

646
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: we advance round two. I'm with Ben Shelton. Ben. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but just for example, I remind this.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you why, because what they're saying is it's

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Speaker 2: an incentive to have everyone play every event right. And

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Speaker 2: then also if you are a little bit tired, for example,

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Speaker 2: if you played singles and doubles and you're exhausted and

652
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Speaker 2: you've got another mixed doubles and you're like, oh my god,

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Speaker 2: I don't know if I Hey, don't worry. Francis didn't

654
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Speaker 2: play doubles yesterday. He can play for you know, Austin

655
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Speaker 2: Crychek or whoever the team's going to be this time.

656
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Speaker 2: I don't mind it. I think it's a good idea.

657
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Speaker 2: I think it makes it a little bit more team aspect.

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Speaker 1: Is that in mixed and doubles.

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Speaker 2: I just think in mixed and I'm here for it

660
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Speaker 2: because that I mean for in all.

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Speaker 1: Of the events. I actually think more, more team pride,

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Speaker 1: the better. To your point, I think the emblinks is

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Speaker 1: about representing your country. And if you know you're part

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Speaker 1: of the gold winning metal winning squad in mixed doubles,

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Speaker 1: even if you didn't play every single match, but you

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Speaker 1: helped get clinch the you know whatever, if you if

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Speaker 1: you want to match, you helped. So for me, I

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Speaker 1: love it. I think more team stuff, I think more

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Speaker 1: to me. And this is why I like John core coaching.

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Speaker 1: This is why I don't like best of five typically,

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Speaker 1: I just want although I've decided that this is a

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Speaker 1: year that I just like, don't care about anything anymore.

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Speaker 1: I'm not fighting pickaball and not fighting Saudi Arabia, I'm

674
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Speaker 1: not fighting best of fight like I am. You can

675
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Speaker 1: just let them just they can do whatever they want.

676
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Speaker 1: But I do think that the idea of having a

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Speaker 1: team competition where more people are incentivized to like get

678
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Speaker 1: in and out and whatever results in the best tennis

679
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 1: is what we should do. And if that means swapping

680
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Speaker 1: somebody and or swapping rough in for the very end

681
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Speaker 1: of the match so we can finish his career with

682
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Speaker 1: carl If carly cho's Alcarez, that's cool and we should.

683
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Speaker 2: Do playing bubbles together.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so that's I love that. I'm so into it

685
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Speaker 1: as well.

686
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Speaker 2: I will be covering the Olympics, sadly not from Paris,

687
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Speaker 2: but from Stamford, Connecticut, because that's.

688
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Speaker 1: Where which is the Paris of Connecticut, Which.

689
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Speaker 2: Is the Paris of Connecticut. But it isn't. It ain't Paris, Caitlin,

690
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,760
Speaker 2: I can tell you that. So again, Warner Media, I'd

691
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Speaker 2: like to go back to the French next year, thank

692
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Speaker 2: you very much. Anyone out there wants to deploy.

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Speaker 1: Me, I think if this is if you're going to

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Speaker 1: miss any year in Olympics coverage, I've heard Paris is

695
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Speaker 1: a total shit.

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Speaker 2: Che Yeah, it's it sounds like a bit of a disaster.

697
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Speaker 2: But you know what, I've heard that a bunch of

698
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Speaker 2: times about a lot of Olympics and the pulling it

699
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Speaker 2: together at the last second.

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Speaker 1: So hopefully, actually this is a this is a little

701
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Speaker 1: bit of fan service. And forgive me for shilling in

702
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Speaker 1: this manner, but a guy I used to work with

703
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Speaker 1: in public radio mere moments ago send me a message saying,

704
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Speaker 1: this is a long shot, but I have four tickets

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Speaker 1: to the Paris Olympics ten yes, four first round evening

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Speaker 1: set Roast twelve on the twenty eighth of July. Do

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Speaker 1: I know anyone who wants them? I'm sure I do,

708
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Speaker 1: but as a thank you for listening to the show,

709
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Speaker 1: because somebody want to buy them. I don't know how

710
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Speaker 1: what she's charging, but I'll facilitate the deal if you

711
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Speaker 1: shoot me a note on the twitters, because that is

712
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Speaker 1: where this gentleman is doing business. It's not gonna be

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to Paris. I'm going to friends, but

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Speaker 1: I'm standing far clearer of Pars. You're going to Cans.

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Speaker 1: Can we talk about this a little bit. I want

716
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Speaker 1: to get our audience a sense of what you and

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Speaker 1: I have been doing when we're not on the show.

718
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Speaker 1: For example, I'll start with me when I'm not. You

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Speaker 1: know a gourmet home chef, incredible wife, mother, you know

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Speaker 1: a cool dresser, et cetera. I have been busting my

721
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Speaker 1: ass to make sure Racket comes back bigger and better.

722
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Speaker 1: We just sent our twenty fourth issue to the printer.

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Speaker 1: It is probably the finest issue we've ever printed. It

724
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Speaker 1: is chock full of incredible stories. Caro Connor is writing

725
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Speaker 1: about a twentieth anniversary of the movie Wimbledon, and she

726
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: got a lot of the people in it, including our

727
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Speaker 1: friend Mary Carolo, to talk about their roles. Murphy Jensen

728
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Speaker 1: plays Ivan Dragomir, the main villain. The director talks about it.

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Speaker 1: It's hilarious. We have a story about a woman who

730
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Speaker 1: got into the dark arts, and I'll let you decipher

731
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Speaker 1: what exactly that means about her fanship over Roger Federer

732
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Speaker 1: and how much she didn't like one of Fred Fetter's rivals.

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Speaker 2: Story is hilarious.

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Speaker 1: That story is probably one of my favorite things we've

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Speaker 1: ever published, ever, ever, Ever, it is bananas, and we

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Speaker 1: had to change the woman's name so she does not

737
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Speaker 1: get death threats. The whole thing was conceived, executed, and

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Speaker 1: brought to you by a whole bunch of really thoughtful,

739
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Speaker 1: amazing people, some of which are new to the Wreki universe,

740
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Speaker 1: a lot of which are not. And we shot the

741
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Speaker 1: cover story at west Side Tennis Club with Gucci by

742
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Speaker 1: putting everyday players age twenty to ninety in the most

743
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Speaker 1: glorious Gucci plos you can imagine, and photograph them like

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Speaker 1: they were walking out at Center Court. So I'm really

745
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Speaker 1: proud of it. I think it's amazing. It's coming out

746
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Speaker 1: July one. You can get your copy now, and then

747
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,280
Speaker 1: soon after that, almost immediately, I'm going to be going

748
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Speaker 1: right back into the studio with my idol, my mentor,

749
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Speaker 1: David Granger of Esquire Fame, to help him guest edit

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Speaker 1: issue number twenty five, which I'll tell you more about later.

751
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Speaker 1: So that is a huge amount of what I've been

752
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Speaker 1: doing lately. I'm very proud of it. It's at the

753
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Speaker 1: printer now and you can get your copy. For those

754
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Speaker 1: of you have subscribed to the magazine and wondered, hey,

755
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Speaker 1: what happened to this magazine I subscribe to? Will I

756
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Speaker 1: ever get another issue? The answer to my friend is yes,

757
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Speaker 1: and it's coming to you. And I appreciate everyone's patience

758
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: because it has been hopefully worth the wait. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: that is what I've been up to. You've been up

760
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Speaker 1: to all sorts of things, and you're headed to France

761
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Speaker 1: next week. Tell people what is going on when you're

762
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: not dropping all sorts of wisdom bombs on various platforms regarding.

763
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Speaker 2: And nobody really wants to hear about machine ending is.

764
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Speaker 2: But I'm going I think Fline next week, or we're

765
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Speaker 2: going to be doing a lot of stuff for Deep

766
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Speaker 2: Blue Sports and Entertainment and the Female Quotient as well,

767
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Speaker 2: doing some panels and working with some brands and just

768
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Speaker 2: you know, getting into the sphere of the world of

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Speaker 2: sports and branding and et cetera. And then I was

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Speaker 2: staying on for Wimbledon of course, to bring you the

771
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Speaker 2: coverage of Wimbledon for ESPN. So yeah, and then we've

772
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Speaker 2: got a little Shenanigan happening with iHeartRadio as well. Hopefully

773
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Speaker 2: you're going to be hearing our sumptuous voices coming to

774
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Speaker 2: you very soon on iHeartRadio. Of course, bringing Andrea Pekevich

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Speaker 2: back into the fray as well when she decides to

776
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Speaker 2: move get her ask back to New York. So it's

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Speaker 2: gonna be a lot of fun, we hope and love

778
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Speaker 2: our listeners. I know you guys have been patient. They've

779
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Speaker 2: been asking for Caitlin a lot lately, actors. I don't

780
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Speaker 2: know why, but anyway, she's here.

781
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Speaker 1: I've read about my mum, I'm sure.

782
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and so we are excited to get onto iHeartRadio

783
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 2: and to bring that to you on a weekly basilist

784
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Speaker 2: Yesso weekly.

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Speaker 1: Weekly basis with copious guest stars. And also for anyone

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Speaker 1: who has complained correct clear about our microphones. Sometimes we

787
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Speaker 1: have them, sometimes we break them, sometimes we drop them,

788
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Speaker 1: sometimes they don't work. We'll try to be recording a

789
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Speaker 1: lot of it in the studio, which is amazing, and

790
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Speaker 1: we are thankful to the our team for making that available,

791
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Speaker 1: and we're joining an incredible plan up of shows. Some

792
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Speaker 1: of what you've maybe heard a little bit about more

793
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Speaker 1: you'll be hearing from soon as that launch is made.

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Speaker 1: I believe it's all being announced and launched at can

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Speaker 1: Actually is that ready for it?

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Speaker 2: Is? It's going to be had with a lot of

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Speaker 2: interesting women. It's a it's an audio, it's a basically

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Speaker 2: a network for women's sports only on iHeart. So we're

799
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Speaker 2: really thankful to iHeart for investing in women's sports because

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Speaker 2: it's not it's not a moment, it's the moment right

801
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Speaker 2: now with women's sports. So I'm excited. And that's the

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Speaker 2: spain very different to Ryl Swoops myself, like a lot

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Speaker 2: of really cool people are going to be involved, so

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Speaker 2: we're excited.

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Speaker 1: That's where I want to end it with you today

806
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: because obviously people can listen to us disagree in any way,

807
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 1: shape or form on any platform, and now that the

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00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 1: quality of those disagreements will increase in terms of audio

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Speaker 1: frequency and by very But I'm really impressed with you,

810
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: and I think it's really cool, and I want you

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Speaker 1: to speak a little bit as we part for today

812
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Speaker 1: about what being part of this larger movement of women's sports,

813
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 1: optimizing them, going to can to launch things, getting more

814
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Speaker 1: brands involved. Like if you had to tell me over

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Speaker 1: the course of your multi decade career being one of

816
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: the most prominent athletes in the world, what is this

817
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Speaker 1: moment like watching these people finally get their shit together

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Speaker 1: and realizing, oh, hey, this is a product that has

819
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: been under optimized for so long and now everybody's on

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Speaker 1: the stick. Like what's that been like? Not as a fan,

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Speaker 1: not as a friend of some of these athletes, but

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Speaker 1: just like as a person who's been in this ecosystem

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Speaker 1: for so long to finally see it get some of

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Speaker 1: the support and shine it deserves.

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean it's great. I mean, let's face it,

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Speaker 2: this has been happening. It's probably how Billy Jane felt,

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Speaker 2: you know, watching the WTA grow as much as it

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Speaker 2: did back when she you know, signed a one dollar

829
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Speaker 2: contractor start the WTA and with you know, some of

830
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Speaker 2: phenomenal women. So I feel like, you know, look, I'm

831
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Speaker 2: not shying my love of the WNBA and going and

832
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Speaker 2: watching Liberty games here in New York. I just think

833
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Speaker 2: women's basketball doesn't get enough publicity. It is now thanks

834
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Speaker 2: to Caitlin Clark and bringing some light to the pro game,

835
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Speaker 2: which is awesome. So I just you know, women's golf.

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Speaker 2: I've been out watching the women's golf over the last

837
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Speaker 2: couple of you know, last month. I'm obsessed with all sports,

838
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Speaker 2: and particularly women's sports, and I'm glad that finally it's

839
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Speaker 2: getting an audience that it deserves. So you know what

840
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Speaker 2: bottom line is, I'm happy to be a part of it.

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Speaker 2: I'm happy to you know, network through that and help

842
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Speaker 2: as many people as I can. You know, That's something

843
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Speaker 2: I've always loved to do. So I just think it's great.

844
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Speaker 2: So I'm glad I'm involved with the Deep Blue and

845
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Speaker 2: various different companies with Freemail, Quotient and Dblue Sports and Entertainment,

846
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Speaker 2: and so it's just been a lot of fun. And

847
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Speaker 2: of course now with iHeart and of course my gig

848
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Speaker 2: with ESPN. I'm I'm just happy to work. I just

849
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 2: love I love watching sports, I love talking about it.

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Speaker 2: I'm enthusiastic about it all and I'm so happy to

851
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Speaker 2: bring it to you guys, and happy to have Caitlin

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Speaker 2: back today for a little We just decided to do

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Speaker 2: one today, no reason, just to wrap up the French

854
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Speaker 2: a little bit, sort of get everyone excited about Wimbledon

855
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Speaker 2: before we leave. I want you quick tips. Who's going

856
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Speaker 2: to win Wimbledon Men's and women's Caitlin.

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Speaker 1: Amstaber and Carlico Zakarez.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I think Carlos and I think Rebarkina. Those are

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Speaker 2: my two.

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Speaker 1: Picks for women defending.

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Speaker 2: I've already said that. I think Naomio Saka is going

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Speaker 2: to be a real threat at the US Open and

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Speaker 2: Yannick Sinner is going to win the men's at the

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Speaker 2: US Open. That's those my predictions, because some people are

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Speaker 2: just got to put themselves out there and I do it,

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Speaker 2: and I did it at the French and I'm going

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Speaker 2: to do it again. And that's what I think.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Mark Hetevonresoz, the defender Wimbledon champ one two

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Speaker 1: years ago. But I do think we'rebaking to Carlos is

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Speaker 1: a good pick Naomio saka Sinner. Definitely. I feel like

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Speaker 1: Cinner is the right call on the woman.

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Speaker 2: I think it's a bookend for Sinner winsy Strain Open,

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Speaker 2: wins the US Open, Carlos wins the two in between,

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Speaker 2: and we have this new rivalry. Thank god for ten

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Speaker 2: more years at least on the men's tour and the women's. Hey,

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Speaker 2: it's deep, it's except on play.

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Speaker 1: It's just, Oh, I'm gonna make something. I'm gonna say

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Speaker 1: something totally random. You're ready, You're gonna hate it.

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Speaker 2: Maria Sachary at Wimbledon or Okay, we'll see. She's got

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Speaker 2: to get through the first round. That's what her issue

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Speaker 2: is at the Grand slams Maria. I love her, so hopefully.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Good idea. Thank you fans or fans

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Speaker 1: or paid actors for requesting my presence. It's nice to

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Speaker 1: be nice wanted. But honestly, Renee and Sam have been

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Speaker 1: doing such a good job with friendship connection. It's been

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Speaker 1: fun to listen to lurking. Thanks everybody, Uh, hit us up,

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Speaker 1: especially if you want some Wimbledon. Sorry, if you want

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Speaker 1: some Olympics tickets. I know some, I know a guy,

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Speaker 1: and we'll come back soon.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll get back to real soon people. And as

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Speaker 2: I said, Andrea and I are going to try and

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Speaker 2: do a lot at Wimbledon as well. We'll be back

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Speaker 2: with this French connection, and Caitlin and I will be

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Speaker 2: here for you as well. But we appreciate you guys

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Speaker 2: always listening to us. And for now, bye bye,