1 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, well it's bad time. It's bad time, it's 2 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: bed time. Hold on, it's beer time. 3 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 2: Kids. 4 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: Actually I'm going to go get a shot at tequila too. 5 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: Now, if we were the. 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: Welcome everybody, Welcome everybody, if. 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 2: We were the best podcast in the world, now would 8 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: be the time to be like Renee, do you like 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 2: a cold Heineken from the fridge when you come home 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 2: from work? 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: Yes? 12 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 2: Andrea, in fact, I do love a cold Heineken when 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: I come back. 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: But we won't do it. No, no, we don't do 15 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: advertising for free. And frankly, I think I'll be searching 16 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: more for a tequila brand like Casas or anyway. Guys, 17 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: welcome to the second to last day of our podcast, 18 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: our daily podcasts here from the Austra and Open. 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: It's been a joy bringing it to you, and we forget. 20 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: We bring it to you at night because well we 21 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: finished at a quite an early time tonight because well, 22 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: sadly this match was a bit of a pooper scripper. 23 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: But let's get into it a little bit. Andrea Pekovic, 24 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: of course, is joining me once again on the podcast Petco. 25 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: We both called the match you for World, feed Me 26 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:21,199 Speaker 1: for ESPN, and unfortunately it went the way we thought 27 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: it was going to go. We hope, you always hope 28 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: that you know, Chinwin was going to turn up and 29 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: play her best match, that maybe Arena would get a 30 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: little bit nervous and we'd have a little bit of 31 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: parody early on in the match, and then bang, she 32 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: just comes out firing away. Chinwen was clearly nervous. It 33 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: was a little bit overwhelming for her. Overwhelming, But let's 34 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: what's your perception of this. 35 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 2: I think the overwhelming that the word you used, overwhelming 36 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: is exactly the right word. I think she really looked 37 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: overwhelmed by the peace more than actually by her emotions 38 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 2: as in the previous matches. She actually looked very posed. 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: She looked host on the inside, I'm sure it looked 40 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: very differently, but on the outside she looked like she 41 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: had everything under control. But I think she was just 42 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: overwhelmed by the pace that Arena brought from the get go. 43 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: She hadn't faced any top fifty players, and I think 44 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 2: that caught up with her. 45 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: That was my patron bony. 46 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 2: Even though she she did well in putting them away, 47 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: and she did well in you know, winning those matches 48 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: that she was supposed to win. That's a different type 49 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 2: of pressure. But she looked overwhelmed by the solidity, consistency, heaviness, 50 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: and pace that Arena Sabalenka was putting on from the 51 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: get go. And in my opinion, and I'm so interested 52 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 2: because we didn't talk. We normally always talk about the 53 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: match and then we sit down to record the podcast, 54 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: and that's why I'm actually so excited to hear your 55 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: thoughts on it. In my opinion, the biggest difference was 56 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: the first shot of the game, which is serve and return. 57 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: I thought Arena was serving as she had all tournament long, 58 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 2: serving very well. Chin Win was serving as she was 59 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 2: doing all tournament long, well in moments, terrible in others, 60 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: and specifically returning absolutely terribly. And what I mean by 61 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: that she didn't make returns. She either went for too 62 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 2: much or she missed them. She missed so many returns, 63 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 2: and especially that white surf that Arena played over and 64 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 2: over and over again. And I had called Chin Went's 65 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: third round match against one Yafan, who was a very 66 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: tough opponent. She barely got through that ten to eight 67 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: in the third set tiebreak. In the tie break exactly 68 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 2: and Yafan was consistently serving that white serf and chin 69 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: Wen went for down the lines. Missed five, made one, 70 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 2: missed six, made one. She made a very important one 71 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: at seven to all in the tie break, so everyone 72 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 2: was like, oh, this was the right n grape shot exactly, 73 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: but eventually it kind of lost her the match today. 74 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 2: Not that it was closed and that could have changed it, 75 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 2: but at least make Arena play, at least get into 76 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: the rally, at least give yourself the chance. And she 77 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: kept going for down the line. That was the one 78 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: shot that I didn't understand. 79 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: And the funny thing was in the very last game 80 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: of the match, clearly when Arena was starting to shit herself, okay, 81 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: because you're like, oh my god, I'm a set in 82 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: five to two breaks, like there's no chance I can 83 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: lose this, right, and sometimes believe it or not, you 84 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: get more nervous in those moments, and you do it 85 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: if it was five four in the third, because you're 86 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: so locked in. At five four in the third, you're like, 87 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: cannot have a late letdown, cannot think about the final, 88 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: cannot think about the last point, cannot think about the 89 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: match being over. You're like, stay focused, Whereas when you're 90 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: a set in five too, you. 91 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 2: Like the trophy. 92 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: There's the trophy president over there, they're coming on the court. 93 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, focus, Oh but I'm five two up. Wait, 94 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: I can't lose, can I'm not five to two? I mean, 95 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: all that shit does go through your head, and if 96 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: anyone says it doesn't, they're lying. Okay, it's just how 97 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: long does it stay in your head? Not long you're like, okay, fack, focus, 98 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: But you do have those moments of thinking, whereas it's 99 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: if it's five four and the third when you think 100 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: about how she played that match last year, there was 101 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 1: no let up allowed last year. Yes, you had to 102 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: stay so focused, and she had to stay so focused, 103 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 1: and she managed to do that last year against Rebakina. 104 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: And in this one she gets a forty loves. So 105 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: she's of course like, match is omer right, and then 106 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: she starts getting a little tight. But guess what Chinwin 107 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: made returns? She might reply, and then all of a 108 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: sudden it's like, oh I got a bit of a 109 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: mistake here, mistake there. 110 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: For and the returns were not great. No, she just 111 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 2: made them, she just put them in. And that's what 112 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: I mean, sometimes you just have to let the opponent 113 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: play and see what happens. And if Arena is too good, 114 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 2: which she was today, I think she would have won 115 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: even if chin Wen had made more returns. But at 116 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 2: least you give them the chance to fail. At least 117 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: you give them the chance to miss, and she didn't 118 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: do that enough on a consistent basis. 119 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: And listen her fourhand extremity grip, just like Coco, just 120 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: like Iger shon Tech. I think about Sam Stowe like 121 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: I think about the people that had really really and 122 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: a lot of players do have the extreme grip now, 123 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: but when you serve them really well out wide, you 124 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: can get them a lot because they, you know, by 125 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: the they don't have the you know, sort of semi eastern, 126 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: semi western or eastern grip where they can sort of 127 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: get under the ball on end range. Right when your 128 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: end range on a forehand and you don't have an 129 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: extreme grip, you're actually still hitting the ball with the 130 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: flat part of the racket, whereas if you're end range 131 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: with a very extreme grip, your racket face is facing 132 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: the ground right. So it's a very different feeling for 133 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: someone like her. So she needs to figure out a 134 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: way to cut that angle off a little bit and 135 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: get it back cross court. Like you have to think 136 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: we said in the in the commentary, chip one back, 137 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: just chip it back deep. Makers have to hit her 138 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: forehand down the line to win the point because we 139 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: know that Sabalanca's best foehand is cross court. So for sir, 140 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: if she wants to here a forehand for a winner 141 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: to go down the line, so you have to when 142 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: you're out there. Look, it's very obvious too that her 143 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: mind was probably going a million miles an hour, like 144 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: I'm getting killed in this final. People paid a lot 145 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: of money for these tickets. Oh my god, I'm playing 146 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: China as well. In China. I mean, she had such 147 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: unbelievable support there tonight. It was crazy. 148 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: It was great to see and I'm sure so many 149 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 2: Chinese people were watching back home and the TV. That's 150 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 2: a lot of pressure also, there was also a lot 151 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: of pressure. 152 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: So yeah, absolutely, so that Look, we're being hard because 153 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: this is what we do. We do expect certain things 154 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: from certain people, and if you're in a Grandson final, 155 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: we expect you to play up to that. But at 156 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: the same time, we're very aware that it's her first 157 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: Grandson Final, and she will be so much better. She'll 158 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: be so much better. And I saw Peaiba her coach 159 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: after the match, and he knows that there's so many 160 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: parts of her game that can improve. There's no question 161 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: about that. I think her end rain shots, meaning the 162 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: balls that she's on running to the absolute ends of 163 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: the court, the side of the court, they need to improve. 164 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: And I think one area that she could get better 165 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: at also when she playing a power player like that 166 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: is you have to be able to change the pace 167 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: sometimes right and so end range on her backhand, for example, 168 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: her back end's very good. She actually handled the ball 169 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: to her back end power much better right because she's 170 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: got the left hand she can use and she stayed 171 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: down on the back end was the forehand she was 172 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: coming up because the extremity on her grip. She feels 173 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: like when your racket faces down and the balls on 174 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: you really fast, you have to feel like you have 175 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: to lift it and an actual fact, you have to 176 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: stay down and you have to accelerate. But I think 177 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: that when she's on en range with the back end, 178 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: she needs to learn how to hit a slice. And 179 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: Pea Riva said that she can actually hit a slice, 180 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: but it's doing it under pressure. And the reason why 181 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: hitting a slice is a good thing is that actually 182 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: you can slow the whole point down. Ash Barty was 183 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: the greatest of that, clearly, And I would say to 184 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: Sam Stoza and players that I work with a slice 185 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: is like you have the ball on your strings as 186 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: a slice back, and now you can pop it back 187 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: really fast, or you can float it back, you can 188 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: go short. There's little things that she could do like 189 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 1: that that I think will help her stay in the point. 190 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: Because when she had time in the point tonight she 191 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: actually played very well, Yes, but she needs to figure 192 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: out how to. 193 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: Get She didn't have time and this is also part 194 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 2: but to get to home. 195 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: Sometimes you can hit the slice, yes, and it slows 196 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: the point up immediately right, and you can put your 197 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: opponent in a difficult situation and then you can get 198 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: back in the point. Tonight, she was trying to slap 199 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: back hands from like terrible positions and she was missing. 200 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: And listen, we're giving her hard time. 201 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: We're giving her hat time. But I will back to 202 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 2: one other thing. But we're giving her a hard time, 203 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 2: all the while knowing that Arena Saballeenka continued, where she 204 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 2: had Knights offt she was the player of the tournament 205 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 2: men and women. In my opinion, I think the story 206 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 2: on the women's side is how well Arena Sabalenka played, 207 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 2: how much ahead she was of the rest of the pack, 208 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 2: how much she had improved in the off season. That 209 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 2: is one of the players that I've seen in the 210 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 2: last ten years, maybe Anick Sinner two, that has improved 211 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 2: the most over the course of two months. It feels 212 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 2: like whereas at the US Open, I still saw her 213 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 2: trying that one dimensional game against Coco Goth and not 214 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 2: getting through, and she said to me. I interviewed her 215 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 2: after the match and I asked her, you looked like 216 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 2: much more of an all court player he had. The 217 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 2: Australian opened, what did you change in the off season, 218 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: and she said, actually, that match against Coco really made 219 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 2: me think I knew im. Everyone caused me a ball basher, 220 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: but I don't care about this. But when I played Coco, 221 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 2: I knew and I felt that I can't get through 222 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 2: with how well she moved. So I told my team 223 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 2: and we decided together that we need to work on 224 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 2: approach shots. We need to work on the on the 225 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 2: what molleys and we need to work on slices, So 226 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 2: I have other things in my repertoire, basically, and that is. 227 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: A sign of a great player, a great play every 228 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: great player, Novak, Rafa, Roger. You think about all the 229 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: things Serena, all the things that they improved on Tridia. 230 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: Serena improved her ability to change the pace on her serve, 231 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: the ability to roll some balls into the corners, you know, 232 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: and not into angles and not hit everything one hundred 233 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: miles an hour, and I'll never forget. Justin en and 234 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: after she won like a Grand Slam, and like a 235 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: month later, she was I saw her practicing serving and 236 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: bowling for an hour. I'm like, what is going on 237 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: over there? Because she knew, Okay, I'm here at this 238 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: level and everyone's going to try and beat me at 239 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: that what I'm doing right now, So how am I 240 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: going to go an extra level? And she was like 241 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: getting into the net, playing better at the net. Alcaraz 242 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: has changed that by moving forward hitting a drop shot. 243 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: Now everyone is implementing a drop shot in the men's game. 244 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: People are starting to come into the net now against 245 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: these guys and they know it and so there's elements 246 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: of every tennis player when you're great, that they consistently 247 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: get greater and stay great because they're constantly working on 248 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 1: the next level of shot making. And we saw that 249 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: beautifully displayed and spoken to you with Sabolenka after she 250 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: lost that match because she knew and she was coming 251 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: into that really really well in this tournament. 252 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 2: And she misses some ballies, yes, and she will get 253 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 2: even better. I mean she just started three months ago 254 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 2: coming to the net. But she said it basically and 255 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 2: she won. 256 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: She listened. She won a couple of Grand Slams in doubles, 257 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: so she knows how to play it the net. Another 258 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: player the one Grand Slam doubles title before she played 259 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: in one singles titles. And I do adamantly believe that 260 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: players should play doubles. I think gin Wynn can play 261 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: some doubles and it would help her. 262 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 2: A lot, would help her return game a lot, absolutely. 263 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 2: And I wanted to ask you one thing that stuck 264 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: or jumped out at me during the return game and 265 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 2: because of the return game, because I was like to. 266 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: Be so frustrating video because she was such a solid 267 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: returner exactly. 268 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 2: I was like the one thing I could do because 269 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 2: I didn't have a great surf. I couldn't have you know, 270 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 2: I didn't have three points on my surf. I had 271 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: to play every rally. So the one thing I had 272 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 2: to do is make the fucking return. And when I 273 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: had my record on the ball, I would put it in, 274 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 2: and even if it's the shittiest ball in the world, 275 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 2: I would put it in. 276 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: And the other one. 277 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 2: And how many matches did I win where they just 278 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 2: choked and just the easiest sitters just put them away 279 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: because they. 280 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: Chose last night, he missed some cities exactly. This dude's 281 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: not going to make a mistake. 282 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 2: So that was very frustrating to me. But apart from. 283 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: That, you know how I feel when people come into 284 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: the net, I'm like, I do how can you not 285 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: make it folly? And You're like, how can you not 286 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: make their return? 287 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 2: Yes, I understand now, I understand. Now I finally am 288 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: on your left. 289 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: Finally understand me. I finally it took only three hundred 290 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: just said it. We had to compare what we were 291 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: good at each other, and we go. 292 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 2: Oh, I get it, maybe yes, maybe yes. But another 293 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 2: thing that stood out to me was she returns, and 294 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 2: she plays very far behind the baseline. She's actually one 295 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 2: of the players on the w t A Tour in 296 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 2: the lowest range of taking balls on the rise. She 297 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 2: only takes thirty five percent of the balls she hits 298 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 2: on the rise, and the average of the wt A 299 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 2: player is at forty eight percent. Wow. Yes, so it's 300 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 2: much higher. 301 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: Okay. 302 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 2: A lot of wt A players play different Chinn plays 303 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 2: a lot of sets spin. It's different, so you can't 304 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 2: really compare it. But just to give you a little 305 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 2: bit of sense, Arena Sabalenka takes fifty four percent of 306 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: balls on the rise. And sometimes on the rise doesn't 307 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 2: mean you're on the line and taking everything half volley. 308 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 2: Sometimes it just means when you see the short ball, 309 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 2: you recognize it and you get up to it quickly, 310 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 2: and those are the ones you take on the rise. 311 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 2: And Arena does it better than anybody else in the world. 312 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 2: Right now. She doesn't always stand on the line, but 313 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 2: when she has the shot one, she's up to it quickly. 314 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 2: And I wondered, and this now circling back to Chinwen, 315 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 2: who returns so far behind the line, who stands so 316 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 2: far behind the line? Compare paired with Arena, who takes 317 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 2: balls early and recognize the short balls. Did chin Wen 318 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 2: maybe stand too far behind the line and give Arena 319 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 2: too much time to step in and take those balls 320 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 2: on the rise and be dominant in almost every single 321 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 2: rally unless Chinwn hit a really good first serve and 322 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 2: then she was the one to be able to do 323 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 2: a little bit more. 324 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all high of learning how to beat somebody, right, 325 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: And we've seen that beautifully displayed over the last couple 326 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: of months with Janick Sinner, for example, who could not 327 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: beat Daniel Medvedet and has beaten him the last three 328 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: times that they've played, which is a tremendous difference when 329 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: you basically can't beat somebody. So I think that we'll see. 330 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: I think that the way that Sabelinka plays is going 331 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: to be a problem for genuine forever until she gets 332 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: a little bit more aggressive with the forehand, changes the 333 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: stance maybe and makes the return. But you know, the 334 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: grip is one thing on the forehand. She was really 335 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: struggling with that tonight. The back end was fine, The 336 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: back end was back and back in the back end 337 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: was she was actually hanging with her, which I was 338 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: surprised at But for me, it's the end rain shots 339 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: that she struggles with, Whereas Arena when she gets on 340 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: the run and range, you're like, look out because this 341 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: is going to be big, whereas with Chin went on 342 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: the full range, like end range, you're like, ah, she 343 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: going to slice the forehand? Is she going to slice 344 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: the back end? So I think she needs to get 345 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: a bit stronger, which she will movement wise. I think 346 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: she will get stronger and faster because she's not as 347 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: fast as Cocoa, and Coco is so fast she can 348 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: get those balls back in and frustrate someone like Arena. 349 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: But it's gonna be really interesting. I think Arena's gonna 350 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: be very very very very very very very confident going 351 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: into Indian wells, Doha, Dubai, and Miami. 352 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 2: And you know what, we talked about it briefly in 353 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 2: the car. You asked me like, how was she? And 354 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 2: I said, yeah, she was super happy. And then I 355 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 2: passed and I was like, she was the right amount 356 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 2: of happy. She was not euphoric. She was not like 357 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 2: this is the pinnacle of my life. I'm the best. 358 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 2: It was like, Okay, I wont this. This was great, 359 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 2: but I'm ready for more. Yes, that's how it fell 360 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 2: to me, and I asked her and what I also like? 361 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: I asked her, like, I feel like defending a title 362 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 2: is harder than anything in the world, especially at a 363 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 2: Grand Slam, and you did it. Nobody has done it 364 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 2: in ten years since Ayuka Azarenka. Does it give you 365 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 2: a different kind of confidence for the rest of the season. 366 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 2: And I loved her answer because she said, I don't 367 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: want to think about what other people will say now. 368 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 2: I don't want to think about those expectations. I just 369 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 2: want to work hard. I just want to fight for 370 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 2: every single ball. And I felt like she had unlocked 371 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 2: staying in the presence for her because if you saw 372 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 2: her in earlier times, you could see her thinking what 373 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 2: you said earlier about the trophy presentation, what am I 374 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 2: going to say in the speech, and what does Anton 375 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 2: think my coach about me? And it just felt like 376 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 2: she had figured out for herself over this fortnight, staying 377 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 2: in the present is the way to go. And I 378 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 2: have to say one thing. Rarely ever do you see 379 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 2: it that a player plays a Grand Slam in almost 380 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 2: a perfect manner. You always almost always have one match 381 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 2: where you can see, oh, this was anenough day and 382 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 2: they somehow found the way through. With Novak when he 383 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: at the US Open when he was down two sets 384 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 2: to laugh against Jeddah. So many players every time Anji 385 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 2: the Kava when she won here was down a match 386 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 2: Pine in the second round against Mizaki Dyke. 387 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: It happens. 388 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 2: You see it so many times, Caroline was Niyaki was won. 389 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: There's only a few players that have won this tournament 390 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: since I don't know, two thousand or something, that have 391 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: won it without losing a set. She was like Lindsay Davenport, 392 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: did it. Vika when she won it that second year. 393 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: I think she was so dominant. So she's joined some 394 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: very elite company. And how she won this tournament and 395 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: how she looks when she's on and I tell you what, 396 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: she can win any Grand Slam. I think the French 397 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: will be a little bit more difficult for her, yes, 398 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: but and I think ig Is you know, going to 399 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: have her hands on that trophy many many more times. 400 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: I think chin Went will be much better on clay, 401 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 1: and so I think there's a lot of positivity for 402 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 1: Arena coming out. She's absolutely player to beat on on hardcourt, 403 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: and I think she's going to be tough debit on grass. 404 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 2: Me too, I also think that, And Laura Robson said 405 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 2: the same thing as she said, like, if she has 406 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 2: this mentality, I don't really. 407 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: See how many matches did she lose last year where 408 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: she should not have lost. Yeah, we talked about it. 409 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 2: We talked about it a million times. But yeah, I 410 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 2: mean I can. I can talk about this because I 411 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 2: repeated it so many times. She wins Ash and Open 412 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 2: semi finals French Open up five too, with a match 413 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 2: point against Muhova in the semifinals to play eager Hiantek, 414 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 2: who she has beaten in the Madrid final. Granted much 415 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 2: better conditions for Ega, but it is a chance semifinal 416 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 2: of Wimbledon, up a set and a break on to 417 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 2: pave on the Shova in the final. She wins big 418 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 2: chance to win final of the US Open. She's up 419 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 2: a set and a break on Coco Goth and then 420 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 2: kind of faltered under Cocoa making something. We saw it, 421 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 2: We talked about it, and I really think that this 422 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 2: defending her title could have unlocked something, a new level 423 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 2: of confidence in her that we won't see these type 424 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 2: of losses that much anymore. On the Grand slams, at 425 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 2: least not when she has matters in her own hand, 426 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 2: as you like to say, absolutely absolutely except for and 427 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 2: I do think and you know what else is great? 428 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 2: This is not only great for a Rena Sabalenka. This 429 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 2: title run is fucking fantastic news for IgA shion Tech 430 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 2: back home, and for Elena Rebakina, who will be fucking 431 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 2: annoyed right now, who'll be sitting at home eating themselves 432 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 2: up for not having given themselves the chance to be 433 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 2: in the final. And you know how Ega is tomorrow 434 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,199 Speaker 2: in the morning, how she will wake up to go 435 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 2: to practice. She will be burning out there. She will 436 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 2: have one hundred five percent intensity, which only means when 437 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 2: we come the next next tournaments around and do Bay 438 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 2: do how wherever they are, IgA will be burning, burning 439 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 2: with passion to close the gap again that Arena has 440 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 2: created here. And that's great news for the tour because 441 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 2: we will see amazing matches and amazing rivalries. 442 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: All I could think about was more so, even more 443 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: so than IgA was, was Rebekina. I mean, for me, 444 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: she absolutely smoked smoked Arena Satellaca in the finals of Brisbane. 445 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: I mean it was six love three love. She led 446 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: six love three love against now the two time defending 447 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: Australian up and champion. So you don't think that Rena, 448 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: that Rebeckin is not at time going fucking hell like 449 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: close that match out against Blinkover. And I'm in the 450 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 1: final again and I'm playing a girl that I just 451 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 1: smoked in Brisbane. 452 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 2: And here we have to talk about one thing that 453 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 2: we didn't because we just started it during the Australian 454 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:49,719 Speaker 2: Open scheduling on part of Rebeccna's team. Why in the 455 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 2: world did she go to Adelaide? She's she wins exactly, 456 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 2: She wins Brisbane in the most dominant manner and goes 457 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 2: to smoke chops Arena Sabalenka, who has been unmatched at 458 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 2: the Australian Open. Chops are like a Linten Try. Lindenry 459 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 2: chops are like a Linten try. And then goes to 460 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: play in Adelaide to like half tank in the quarter 461 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 2: so she doesn't get tired. 462 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: Why the fuck? 463 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 2: Why? 464 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: Why? Why? 465 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 2: This is really a question I don't have an answer. 466 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: You are so and also you heard also appearance fee Jesus, 467 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: You've got enough money. The objective is win the Australian Open, Like, honestly, 468 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: what is your A little bit controversial? But you know 469 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: I feel about her coach sometimes, But what is he thinking? 470 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,239 Speaker 1: Because any coach would be like, no, we don't need 471 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: to go to Adelaide. I don't care about your What 472 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 1: is it twenty thousand dollars so she can have played 473 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: play Adelaide? Maybe take a guess, don't know, let's just 474 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 1: say it's twenty thousand and fifty thousand. You are giving 475 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: up two and a half million dollars PS and by 476 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: the way, all your sponsorship money that you're going to 477 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: make five million dollars winning these Strain Open. You just 478 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: smoked the arguably the favorite to win these Strain Open again, 479 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: and you go and play Adelaide and you know that 480 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: she was a little bit injured in that match with 481 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: her achilles. So why are you playing extra tennis when 482 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: you don't need to when you've just started the year 483 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: playing great? I mean what you were so right? 484 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 2: Petko? I was. I thought about it too, because I 485 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 2: was thinking about we had a lot of time to 486 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 2: feel until Arena came in the studio, so we were 487 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 2: just talking and jabbering and jabbering, and I was thinking 488 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 2: about how great, this is for the rivalry. And I 489 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 2: was thinking of Igasciontek, of Elena Rebakina and Cocoa Goth exactly, 490 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 2: and Abe, she needs to get healthy, she needs to 491 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 2: find her joy again. But just all of all of 492 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 2: the women in the top ten who were so close 493 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 2: to her in Sabalanka and now seemed kind of far away. 494 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,479 Speaker 2: That if that doesn't give you motivation, When Angie Kerber, 495 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 2: who is my very close friend, did well, nothing in 496 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 2: the world gave me more motivate on the training court, 497 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 2: on the practice court than Angie Koba doing well, because 498 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 2: I was like, oh my god, this is so fun. 499 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 2: Look how happy she is winning. Look how how confident 500 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 2: it makes her. I want the same, I want the same. 501 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 2: And it made me work harder. And there is a 502 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 2: thing of a healthy competition, and it made me think 503 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 2: of why the hell did Rebeccina go to Adelaide to 504 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 2: lose to Alexandrova, who's a good player, who's a very 505 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 2: good player. 506 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 1: But what the fuck? 507 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 2: But that's like, you know, the thing is, it's not 508 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 2: about losing to Alexandrova. You can lose to Alexandrava, but 509 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 2: going with a loss to Australian Open. Most of the 510 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 2: players do. But you had the chance to go without 511 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 2: a loss to the Australian Open, and you didn't do 512 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 2: it because you decided to go to Adelaide to exhaust 513 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 2: yourself more. 514 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: I don't understand. And if she had that little niggle 515 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: of a Nichill's problem or a foot problem or whatever 516 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: it was, that you ever heard the coulture, the fitness 517 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: trainer or whoever the fuck is talking say you fucked 518 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 1: yourself there? Why would did you ever in a million 519 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: years know that you've just like like Caroline and Pliskova, 520 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: for example, when I was coaching her and she won 521 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: she won Brisbane, there is no way in God's green 522 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: Earth I would be like, oh, you know what, let's 523 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: play another couple of one to go play somewhere else. No, 524 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: the whole point was win Brisbane, go to Melbourne. And 525 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: that was the year she lost to Naomi and an 526 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: incredible throw, said barn Burner of a. 527 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 2: Three SI Naomi one. 528 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: The year Naomi one won the austrain Open against Coviddava 529 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: in the final, And for me, I thought Kaya had 530 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: the opportunity to win this train Open that year because 531 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: she won Brisbane, she came into this Train Open playing 532 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: great tennis. She lost an incredibly post match to Naomi, 533 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: and Naomi beat Covidaba and Kaya had just been Covittava 534 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: in the WTA finals for the first time, so I 535 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 1: felt like that was her best chance. But she went 536 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: in with a hut all the confidence and rebarkin. It 537 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: should have come, have a couple of days off after Brisbane, 538 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: get training on a few things, maybe take care of 539 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 1: her body going into the Train Open, and instead she 540 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: kind of limped in to the Train Open and then 541 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: lost to somebody like blink Over, who is a very 542 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: look the tennis was good at times, but some matches 543 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: she should never lose, and then blink Over lost the 544 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: next match and that that fucked Herrovero. So listen, you 545 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: make a great point. The whole point is scheduling is 546 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: very important. 547 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 2: Scheduling is part of playing tennis. 548 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: It's like you with Taylor Fritz last year going into 549 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: the US Open. I said the same thing. 550 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 2: You said the same and it's like, I understand that 551 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 2: players want to have a lot of matches to feel 552 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 2: like you know. 553 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 1: Understand barking. It doesn't need a lot of matches, she doesn't. 554 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 2: Need it, But I understand the feeling of wanting to 555 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 2: have so many matches that when you go into a 556 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 2: Grand Slam tournament that is very stressful. That you have 557 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 2: had so many matches that all. 558 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: Your routines are so set into place that. 559 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 2: You don't feel that you're nervous. That's what players want, 560 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 2: That's why they play so much. But the same with 561 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 2: Taylor Fritz's started in Atlanta, plate Washington, play Toronto, played Cincinnati, 562 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 2: played god knows you Winston Salem. 563 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 3: Probably he didn't, but you know, I think it was 564 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 3: on the on the list, and then pulled out, thank god, 565 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 3: to then play at the US Open and run out 566 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 3: of steam against Novak Djokovic in the in the quarters 567 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 3: or Semis in the quarters, I think, And he played 568 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 3: right there. 569 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 1: I have to say, he did play. 570 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 2: What my my my argument here is if you want 571 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 2: to win Grand slams, you schedule your whole your whole 572 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 2: year around winning Grand Slam tournaments. That's basically the thing. 573 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 2: That's that's what it should be and what it always is. 574 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,479 Speaker 2: And Rebecca, now, with her scale set and her talent 575 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 2: and her mind, because she has a strong mind, you've. 576 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 1: Actually annoyed me thinking about that schedule for her. 577 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 2: She should have she should what she should plan every 578 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 2: single maybe French, let's think about that, but she should 579 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 2: plan every Grand Slam tournament in a way that she 580 00:27:59,119 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 2: can win it. 581 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: Can I just say, when you think about that schedule. 582 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: Saberlenka lost in the finals of Brisbane, but she played 583 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: fantastic to get to the finals. She was so good 584 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: and then she got smoked in the final and she 585 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 1: laughed it off. She was like, well, thanks next day, Hey, 586 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: Arena too good today, and glad you gave me a 587 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: couple of games. And she laughed about her and she 588 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: said team you're all fired as a joke. But you know, 589 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: I think she came into the Strain Open with, look, 590 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: I'm playing good. I played one bad match. Yes, I 591 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: got beaten by a better player on the day because 592 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: Arena was actually spectacular in that final. I lost to 593 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,719 Speaker 1: a better player on the day. I know I can 594 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: do better. It wasn't my best tennis, but I'm going 595 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: into the Strain Open feeling good about my tennis. I'm 596 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: healthy ps and by the way, the most important thing 597 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: at that point, I'm healthy and I know I can 598 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: win this tournament. And that's what she did and said Rebakna. 599 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: When's Brisbane goes and plays Adelaide gets a little bit 600 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: more injured and then comes in the strain open loses 601 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: a match that she probably shouldn't well not probably absolutely 602 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: should never have lost. And there you go, and the 603 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: history has been made. So anyway, we're going to finish 604 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 1: this podcast being upset for rebecking his schedule. 605 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 2: Let's talk. Let's end it on a positive note, just 606 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 2: like one more time. I think I said it before, 607 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 2: and I want to repeat it again because this is 608 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 2: really important to me. I think this was a great 609 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 2: final in terms of who ended up in the final. Yes, 610 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 2: we could have had a better It was a terrible match. 611 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 2: We could have had a better match, but I think 612 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 2: the final was great. If we had if somebody had 613 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 2: given anybody in the tennis world a piece of paper 614 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 2: saying chin Win and Arena in the final, I. 615 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: Just want to say, Chinwin was my player outside of 616 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: the top ten, right. 617 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 2: But you would have signed it because it's the defending champion, 618 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 2: who's playing great, who's the number two player in the world, 619 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 2: ends a future, a young talent who everyone expects to 620 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 2: win major tournaments in the future, who is at the 621 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 2: moment in Australia close to China. So many Chinese fans 622 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 2: will watch that match. So many Chinese people came to 623 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 2: the stadium and watched and watched Chinwen. It was the 624 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 2: atmosphere was fantastic and this final I think everyone in 625 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 2: the tennis world who supports women's tennis would have signed 626 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 2: right away because there were so many talks about the 627 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 2: top half of the women falling apart, blah blah blah. 628 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 2: And I think in the end we got a really, 629 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 2: really nice final and when we look back on it 630 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 2: five years from now, we will be like when Chine 631 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 2: will win a Grand Slam. 632 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: Yes, it will be a moment. 633 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 2: That was a good Australian Open for the women's Well. 634 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I look, I'm going to disagree with you 635 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: in one point because this is what we like to do. 636 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: I am sad that we didn't get a better final 637 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: because we've had amazing finals over the last few years 638 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: and we haven't had a bad one for a while 639 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: here at this straight Open. We've had some incredible tennis overall. 640 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 1: I mean that tiebreak. Still, speaking of Rebeking, it will 641 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: go down as one of the most honestly, one of 642 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: the most memorable moments that I've ever experienced as a 643 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: former player, as a commentator. I'm so lucky and blessed 644 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: that I got to call that match. Yes, and as 645 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: did you. 646 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 2: Yes, it was crazy. 647 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: It will honestly, it will go down as one of 648 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: the most memorable, like half an hours of my life 649 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: watching that. 650 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 2: And so that was worth it. In general, the Coco 651 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 2: goth Arena Sabalanka match was great. 652 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: Very very good quality. And you know, unfortunately we didn't 653 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: have a great final. But Chin win will win a 654 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: Grand Slam, There's no doubt in my mind. I think 655 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: she has the ability to do it. But overall women's centers, 656 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: it's got some rivalries. Now, as you said IgA for 657 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: Barkina Coco, they're going to be burning inside to make 658 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: sure that And that's great, that's pretty good. 659 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 2: What why is Arena Sabalanka today the champion of the 660 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 2: Austria and opened in one of because she was pissed 661 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 2: off that she lost hundred percent. We saw this, That's 662 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 2: why we saw this type of performance of the course 663 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 2: of a fortnight, over the course of seven matches, because 664 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 2: she was sitting in her hotel room for three days 665 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 2: eating pizza and being pissed at herself, and the same 666 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 2: thing is happening right now to those who will win 667 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 2: the Grand Slam tournaments in the future. 668 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, so women sent us, don't worry. Everyone's going to 669 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: be back for the French Open. It's going to be 670 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: very different, but we've got a lot of tenants to 671 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: go before before that happens, and I can't wait for it. 672 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: And of course tomorrow is Sinner and of course mister Medvedev. 673 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: How is he going to react? I saw him today, 674 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: I said, how are you feeling? He goes actually not bad, 675 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: and I was like, how's that possible? But anyway, the 676 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: dude is going to be ready to go. Janick Sinner 677 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: has his opportunity when his first Grand Slam, and I. 678 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 2: Went to watch his practice. He looked very cute, but 679 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 2: that's not part of the Did. 680 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: You tell him that you've named your internet Janick's Internet? 681 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 2: I haven't told him. Yea, I'll tell him, but I. 682 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: Give me your pick. So I didn't see. 683 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 2: I wanted to see Daniel as well, but he was 684 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 2: practicing at another time and I was working, so I couldn't. 685 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,719 Speaker 2: But I saw Yanick was practicing on Margaret Court arena 686 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 2: with the junior, a Swedish junior who had lost in 687 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 2: the semi fives yesterday of the Australian Open Junior competition. 688 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: And and that was and I wasn't great that these 689 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: guys play with these juniors. Yes, there's this amazing video 690 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: obviously Roger Federer hitting with Alcaraz at Wimbledon, warming him 691 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: up for his final, because al Charez was playing the 692 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: final or in the juniors, and one Carlos Ferro said, oh, 693 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: hit with my kid. He's good. Roger's good, and he's like, okay, 694 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: you know, hit with him. And then of course cut 695 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: to like what four or five years later, he wins 696 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: Wimble then, so it's so nice to me. People are like, well, 697 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: who's going to hit with the best players in the world, Well, 698 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: the best juniors in the world, because they're all pretty good, 699 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: they're just not quite as good. 700 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 2: Yes, it was the Swedish guy. He was very good 701 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 2: and he was so trying so hard, but it was me. 702 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 1: So it's so cute. 703 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, but it was at times it was a bit 704 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 2: fast for him because Yannick was hitting the shit out 705 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 2: of the ball. But what I wanted to say, I 706 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 2: was a little bit annoyed with Janick Sinner and the 707 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 2: reason why I was annoyed, You know me, I was 708 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 2: not a very relaxed person when I was playing, and 709 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 2: he was relaxing. And if I had played a final 710 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 2: of a Grand Slam tournament, when I played finals of 711 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 2: other tournaments, they were not Grand slams. I was not 712 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 2: relaxed in my last He was so relaxed. They were 713 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 2: sitting on the bench, they were laughing, the team was joking. 714 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 2: Darren was giving him some tips, Simon gave him some tips. 715 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 2: But there was great atmosphere. He was so chilled, and 716 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 2: I was like, you know what, Yannick's inner fuck you. 717 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: You're like, how dare you? 718 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 2: How dare you enjoy tennis? 719 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,320 Speaker 1: You should be miserable like I was. But it's also 720 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: a really great thing that you learn that sometimes there's 721 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,719 Speaker 1: no point in expending unnecessary energy the day before us 722 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,680 Speaker 1: and clearly he's been playing great. He doesn't need to 723 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: overthink it. Medvedev would have just tried to get his 724 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 1: body moving today. So I'm really looking forward to the final. 725 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: I have to say, as much as I want Yanick 726 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: with Yanick to win because I love him so much, 727 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: and Darren is one of my very good friends. I 728 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: love Danil so much and I think he's fuck. He's 729 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,320 Speaker 1: played like forty eight hours of tennis in this tournament 730 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 1: and the fact that he's in the final is incredible. 731 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: So I just I just want to see a great 732 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,720 Speaker 1: match and we'll see what happens tomorrow. 733 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 2: Tomorrow, see what happens tomorrow, your next Internet against Daniel Midiv. 734 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,480 Speaker 1: Anyway, all right, guys, well thanks for listening. Is today 735 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: and tonight. We are finishing this tonight after the women's final. 736 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:35,360 Speaker 1: Congratulations to Arena Sabalanka her second win at a Grand Slam, 737 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: and absolutely look out smoking fashion. Look out women, because 738 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: Arena is back and she is hitting the serve in 739 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: the court, so you've got some problems. Anyway, For now, 740 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna say good Nut and jeers.