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Speaker 1: This Renee is one of our classic mid tournament check

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Speaker 1: in podcast episodes. It'll be brief, it's gonna be fast moving.

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Speaker 1: You're on the ground. Things are happening, Things are gonna

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Speaker 1: change day to day. But as of now, you've got

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Speaker 1: a player still in the tournament.

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Speaker 2: I do have a player still in the tournament.

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Speaker 3: Sadly, she lost a tough, tough, tough doubles match today,

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Speaker 3: so that sadly took her out of the doubles, but

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Speaker 3: she's still in the mixed doubles tomorrow, and so you know,

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Speaker 3: we fight to live another day in the old mixed

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Speaker 3: and technically I am also in the tournament because I'm

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Speaker 1: You're gonna play against Do you want to know the

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Speaker 1: Gabriel Let's have a teeny.

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Speaker 3: Well, that's possible. It depends on what section of the

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Speaker 3: draw I'm in with the Lejons here in Paris. But

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Speaker 3: I'm very excited to just get on the courts here

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Speaker 3: in Paris. Again, it's always an honor to be on

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Speaker 3: these beautiful courts that the two beat you know, what

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Speaker 3: So I'm looking forward to that.

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Speaker 1: When I saw that Gabby was going to be playing

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Speaker 1: the Legends. I thought to myself, now that is worth

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Speaker 1: a plane ticket and I can hang out with you,

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Speaker 1: although you're fine and seeing our friends. But really, Gabby Sabatini,

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Speaker 1: when I tell people what I recommend that they watch

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Speaker 1: a lot of it is legends doubles at Grand Slams.

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Speaker 1: This is something that doesn't happen all the time. It

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Speaker 1: doesn't happen at every tournament, just at the Slams, and

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Speaker 1: they get all these amazing players who are phenomenal athletes,

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Speaker 1: yourself included. You have won Legends Wimbledon. Have you won

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Speaker 1: legends other slams?

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Speaker 3: Well, I think I want these strain open ones. But

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Speaker 3: but you know, Wimbledon's the only one that takes it

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Speaker 3: the fellow competitors take things a little too seriously.

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Speaker 2: Me, on the other hand, and I'll tell you a

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Speaker 2: quick story.

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Speaker 3: I of course walked into the locker room at the

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Speaker 3: French Open today because I got my jure pass, which

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Speaker 3: is the player pass, so I could get into the

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Speaker 3: into the tree, into the physio, sorry.

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Speaker 2: Into the locker room.

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Speaker 3: But of course my mind goes straight to, oh my god,

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Speaker 3: I can go to the physio now and get some

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Speaker 3: work done on my body. So of course I walked

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Speaker 3: straight into the physio room this morning. And who do

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Speaker 3: I see is Francesca Gevna. So I see Frenchie and we.

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Speaker 2: Give each other a massive hug.

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Speaker 3: I haven't seen her for a couple of years, and

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Speaker 3: we're both playing in the Lejons. So you know, the

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Speaker 3: fun thing about playing in the Legends is that you

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Speaker 3: And then I got told by the physio, who I've

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Speaker 3: known for a number of years and who Francesca's knows

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Speaker 3: as well over and said, Francesca doesn't want to play

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Speaker 3: you because you're too good. I said, no, no, So

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Speaker 3: I said to Francesca, I said, listen, mate. First of all,

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Speaker 3: I was a bit of a nightmare to play against.

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Speaker 3: I don't deny that, and I played against Francescas many

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Speaker 3: times in doubles. But I said, but I am the

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Speaker 3: opposite in the Legends because my favorite thing to do

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Speaker 2: So I'm going to be doing tweeners and having a

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Speaker 3: So I said, trust me, I'm the best player that

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Speaker 1: If anybody does not believe this, I encourage you to

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Speaker 1: google Rene Stubbs Legends Doubles and you will see, among

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Speaker 1: other things, for diving successfully diving for Charlie's while playing

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Speaker 1: with Kim Cloister's unroute to a Legends Wimbledon taitle. What

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Speaker 1: I like so much about Legends is obviously you see

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Speaker 1: all these great players, many of whom you haven't seen

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Speaker 1: It's a little bit slower than when come, but it's good.

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Speaker 1: It's really good because if you're a club or a

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Speaker 1: because it's not really the spirit of it, and everyone's not,

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Speaker 1: to see people like my favorite Francesca scar Gabriel seventeen,

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Speaker 2: No, she doesn't.

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Speaker 3: One of the things that we do stress to one

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Speaker 3: Davenport has already told me she can't move. Her knee

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Speaker 2: So we've got to always let.

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Speaker 3: Each other know what not to do against another, Like I, e,

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Speaker 3: please don't LOLd me because I can't hit my overhead.

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Speaker 2: So you know, we we're buddies and we try and

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Speaker 3: It's also very relatable, right, like, yeah, we're all getting

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Speaker 1: So let's do a very quick tournament recap. You mentioned

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Speaker 1: Sam Lives to Fight another day in the mixt You

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Speaker 1: We're now talking. It's the weekend going into week two.

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Speaker 1: We've had a fair amount of upsets, especially on the

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Speaker 1: of Eager is still in it. But Ego looks pretty

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Speaker 1: it's just kind of been carnage. What are your what's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, eageron Tech, who's really been the best player

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Speaker 2: That's winning streak that she has going on right now.

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Speaker 2: Playing in the led jongs, you need clay court shoes.

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Speaker 3: Right because it's really hard to play on really beautiful

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Speaker 3: asking for maybe a bit of a donation. So of course,

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Speaker 3: you don't have them, so, you know, texted Daria Bramovitch,

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Speaker 3: and Sam Stozer in her match outfit cleaning a pair

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Speaker 3: keys Is, Like, I thought, what is she doing?

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Speaker 2: Is this why she's so good?

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Speaker 3: She cleans her shoes after a match. No, she cleaned

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Speaker 2: So I have a pair of.

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Speaker 3: Eagerson text clay court shoes beautifully clean. She was a

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Speaker 3: And so, really, Caitlin, my footwork will be amazing.

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Speaker 1: Say you you go, You're gonna win it.

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Speaker 2: I literally have Team Sean Tech shoes on my feet.

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Speaker 3: And so I think that in itself lends itself for

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Speaker 1: So I think the fact that she had such an

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Speaker 1: you know what she just said, I'm down, She's I'm out.

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Speaker 1: So like, maybe the fact that she takes such facidious

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Speaker 3: I tell you what she is. She's a kind, caring,

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Speaker 3: Renee like actually went in there in her match outfit

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Speaker 3: crowd turn on Cornee and they're this is so Parisian.

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Speaker 3: I mean, pauls are through the match against so Ostapenko.

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Speaker 1: Can't make anybody happy in the French crown.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, you can't. So, you know, I

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Speaker 2: I think she'll get through it. You know, jesseper Coola, like,

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Speaker 2: ten relate? What can I say? I think so? I mean,

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Speaker 2: I think it's related. But no. On a serious note,

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Speaker 2: great job for Jesspa Gaula.

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Speaker 3: What an amazing effort to get not only to be

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Speaker 1: I mean, just an incredible effort. I'm so pleased for her.

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Speaker 3: You know one thing, just on the top half of

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Speaker 1: Sammy after that. That's it's it's either Zverev, who's never

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Speaker 1: really broken through and and made you know his presence

435
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,920
Speaker 1: felt certainly at the French but Alkaz, which I think

436
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,880
Speaker 1: most people's, he's winning right now and I think there's

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Speaker 1: probably little doubt that he'll advance to plays Verev. That

438
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,240
Speaker 1: that's a that's an insane half of the draw right there.

439
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,520
Speaker 1: To think Novak's got to go through Rafa and maybe

440
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,639
Speaker 1: Carlos to get to the final.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, of course Carlos is playing Hutch and off right now,

442
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,520
Speaker 2: but you just feel like you'll get through that match.

443
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,679
Speaker 2: So yeah, there's no question. I mean, for Rafa to.

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Speaker 3: Win this tournament, he has to play play arguably the

445
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 3: greatest player of the last at least decade and Novak,

446
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,720
Speaker 3: And of course Novak won the tournament last year being Rafa.

447
00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,879
Speaker 3: So I think Novak feels very confident going into this

448
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,199
Speaker 3: against Ruffa, and I feel like then to play Alcora.

449
00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,480
Speaker 3: So if not Ruffa ends up beating Novak, that means

450
00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,600
Speaker 3: he's played five sets against Faa and then he's gonna

451
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,480
Speaker 3: have to play a battle against Novak, and then he's

452
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,359
Speaker 3: gonna have to play Alcarez, who's like nineteen and jumping

453
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 3: through his skin to win these matches.

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Speaker 2: A little thing on him.

455
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,880
Speaker 3: I was in the player restaurant, and he was sitting

456
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Speaker 3: the other day just absolutely pounding down a cheese burger, I.

457
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Speaker 1: Mean, pounding metabolism and is like, he won't look at

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Speaker 1: a piece of gluten, but.

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Speaker 3: Choosberger, Sure, yeah, while Carlos Ferrera turned around, look I went,

460
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,000
Speaker 3: I just started laughing, and he turned around, looked at

461
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,680
Speaker 3: me and goes, I mean, can you believe this? I go,

462
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,200
Speaker 3: I mean, what to be nineteen again and eat like

463
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,640
Speaker 3: this and be one hundred percent the next day he goes,

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Speaker 3: it's unbelievable. Of course, one Carlos Romeira, former world number one,

465
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Speaker 3: incredible player himself, and you know, Grand Slam.

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Speaker 2: Champion, he was just like, what do I do with this?

467
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,680
Speaker 2: But you know, yeah, I mean it's it's pretty amazing.

468
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,120
Speaker 3: And then of course that section of the drawer, Hey listen,

469
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,600
Speaker 3: they're going to beat the hell out of each other.

470
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,639
Speaker 3: And then down the other section of the drawer. You

471
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,600
Speaker 3: think about someone like Caspar Rude. I think he beats

472
00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 3: her catch although her cats has really played quite well,

473
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,919
Speaker 3: and we know he's done well in Grand Slams over

474
00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 3: the last few years. And you've got this young kid

475
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 3: run you know, Hoole Garoun, who took out Shapovolave.

476
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,200
Speaker 2: In the first round and is run with that.

477
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,080
Speaker 3: This is a kid that will definitely be in the

478
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,040
Speaker 3: top ten by I would say, pass the U straight

479
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,240
Speaker 3: and open next year. But he plays against sits a

480
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,440
Speaker 3: pass and everybody feels like Sitzer pass is really the

481
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 3: player to get through in that section of the drawer.

482
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Speaker 2: But Medvedev's cruising.

483
00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, Madi looks good, Maddie looks really good. And he's

484
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,879
Speaker 1: moved well on clay. I mean, he's famously I think

485
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: that's such a cool flax to like shit talk the

486
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,879
Speaker 1: surface but then actually secretly, obviously work on your movement

487
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,639
Speaker 1: on the surface and sure the next year and do

488
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,080
Speaker 1: really well, which I think is what he did.

489
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,479
Speaker 2: He's he's doing the sharrapover, you know, Yeah, can't move

490
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:55,880
Speaker 2: on for the expectation.

491
00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, lower expectation, high results. But but you know, Janick

492
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,120
Speaker 3: Sinner's down there against rube Lev. That'll be a really

493
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 3: interesting match. And speaking of lucky to be in the tournament,

494
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 3: mister Rublev also probably should have been defaulted the other

495
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 3: day when he absolutely rifled a ball that hit the

496
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,199
Speaker 3: perier sign and missed the guy cleaning the court by

497
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 3: a half a foot, and I just thought that should

498
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,639
Speaker 3: have been a default as well. You just can't do

499
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 3: that shit anymore. You cannot do this, and he's lucky

500
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,000
Speaker 3: to be in the toom he plays sinner.

501
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 2: I don't know. I mean that section of the draw

502
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 2: is obviously very very tough as well. Sits a Pass.

503
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,000
Speaker 3: So listen, whoever gets through the group of death after

504
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,639
Speaker 3: we had a UEFA Cup here last night up the

505
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,919
Speaker 3: top with Novak Rufa and al Koraz, maybe they're going

506
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 3: to just kill themselves and not have anything left in

507
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:46,920
Speaker 3: the final.

508
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,280
Speaker 2: But we will see a lot of people feel like.

509
00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,440
Speaker 3: If sits a Pass does get through, he's had a

510
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 3: couple of tough first couple of rounds and now all

511
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 3: of a sudden he's running away with some easy matches

512
00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,639
Speaker 3: like he did today yesterday, So we'll see. Obviously, my

513
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 3: money at the start of the tournament was on Novek

514
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,640
Speaker 3: to win the tournament, and I feel like he's the one.

515
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 3: Really still debate, Yeah, I mean, hard to argue with

516
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,719
Speaker 3: any of that, but I do want a second. If

517
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 3: you are throwing a racket around, if you are hitting

518
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,960
Speaker 3: balls around, cut that shit out absolutely right now. I

519
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,160
Speaker 3: have absolutely no tolerance for it. I don't care who

520
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 3: it is giving it.

521
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,399
Speaker 1: If it's a player I like, like rub lev it's

522
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,720
Speaker 1: a player I don't like, like people who shall go unnamed.

523
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,359
Speaker 1: If you're attacking an umpire. It is far time for

524
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 1: the tours to completely crack down on this. Crack down

525
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,679
Speaker 1: on it for the safety of your players, your spectators,

526
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: your officiants, your ball kids, and frankly, it's disgusting to watch, like,

527
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: just cut it the fuck out, like absolutely no tolerance.

528
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 1: If I were to give Tours, tournaments and officials feedback,

529
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,960
Speaker 1: it would be an absolute adherence to a no tolerance policy,

530
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,400
Speaker 1: and then guess how fast it would end, Like, Yeah,

531
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 1: we've had too many close calls with too many players

532
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 1: in every single type of tournament, every single type of draw,

533
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 1: and it's just it's abhorrent to watch people throwing their

534
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,880
Speaker 1: rackets around and hitting balls when they're nearly missing people.

535
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: If you want to get frustrated, break your racket in

536
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,159
Speaker 1: front of you or scream, or even better, you know,

537
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,479
Speaker 1: have some sort of like existential crisis while sitting down

538
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:14,520
Speaker 1: in a cheriot in your banana.

539
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 2: But enough with this.

540
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,400
Speaker 1: It's absolutely appalling to watch anyway other than that it's

541
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,199
Speaker 1: been completely delightful to watch the front. I'm so excited.

542
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,720
Speaker 1: I'm jealous that you're there and I'm not. And we'll

543
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 1: have to check in after the tournament to see what

544
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,200
Speaker 1: of these predictions has come true.

545
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,240
Speaker 2: Yes, second week, we're ready to go.

546
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 3: The weather has been really beautiful, which is great because

547
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,840
Speaker 3: we've had some shocking weather over the last couple of

548
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 3: years here in Paris. But because I was not here, yeah,

549
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,120
Speaker 3: I think that's why. But because I'm here this year,

550
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 3: it's been beautiful.

551
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:46,640
Speaker 2: It's very cool.

552
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 3: Actually it's quite cold at night, so those night matches

553
00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,480
Speaker 3: probably it's a little bit too chilly for them.

554
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 2: So hopefully the weather will pick up, at least in

555
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 2: the heat conditions a bit more. But having said that,

556
00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 2: it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

557
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,120
Speaker 3: So no rain is great, but we'd like it maybe

558
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 3: five to six degrees warmer, especially now that the Les

559
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 3: Gens is playing. We need warmer weather, not cold weather,

560
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 3: because our old bodies really struggle.

561
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 2: But it is a checklist. You should hear us all

562
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 2: when we see each other. Oh, oh my shoulder, on

563
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,880
Speaker 2: my back, on my knee, just take it easy on me. Blah.

564
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,119
Speaker 2: Blah blah. I mean it's just ridiculous.

565
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: Well, I'll be tuning in as well everybody who listens

566
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: to the show to see you. So you have to

567
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:28,920
Speaker 1: make us off for out.

568
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,400
Speaker 2: Please don't, please.

569
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,399
Speaker 1: Don't, No, you do all right, Thanks for Nae. We'll

570
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 1: check in after the tournament.

571
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 2: Caitlin, wish you were here. Sorry or not, but you

572
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 2: know it is what it is. I'll kiss the terror

573
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 2: bit you for you so lovey