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Speaker 1: Hi everybody, and welcome to the Renee Stubbs Tennis Podcast.

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Speaker 1: I am Renee Stubs and I am alone today. So

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Speaker 1: if you don't like the sound of my voice, probably

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Speaker 1: time to turn this podcast off already. But I am

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Speaker 1: so happy to be able to talk about the last

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Speaker 1: month of tennis. What an extraordinary month by the world

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Speaker 1: number one on the women's side, Arena Sabalanka, and of

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Speaker 1: course the world number two on the men's side in

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Speaker 1: Yannick Sinner. What an incredible month for the two of them,

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Speaker 1: particularly after both of them had you know, quote unquote

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Speaker 1: disappointments at the Australian Open. Of course, Sabalanka led a

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Speaker 1: break in the third against Rebakna in Australia and up

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Speaker 1: losing that major title, which would have been highly disappointing.

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Speaker 1: She's had some very emotional wins and losses down in Melbourne,

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Speaker 1: and the fact that she's come back so beautifully just

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Speaker 1: to let everybody know that she's still the player to

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Speaker 1: beat on the WTA Tour, particular with the way that

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Speaker 1: she took down Rebarkina in the semi final. I thought

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Speaker 1: that match of all matches was as good as I've

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Speaker 1: seen her play. Serving was spectacular. She was just a

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Speaker 1: better player under pressure, and maybe at the Austrain Open

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Speaker 1: you would say it was the flip side. It was

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Speaker 1: Rebarcquino that got the best of Sablenka in the finals

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Speaker 1: of the Austrain Open. But look was just an amazing

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. It's the first time that the same

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Speaker 1: player from both the women's and men's side has actually

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Speaker 1: won the Sunshine Double. It's hard enough to do it

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Speaker 1: as an individual, but the fact that it's only been

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Speaker 1: done three times in the history of the sport prior

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Speaker 1: to it happening yesterday with in nineteen ninety four Pete

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Speaker 1: Sampris and Steffi Graf won the Sunshine Double, and then

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Speaker 1: in two thousand and five Roger Federer and Kim Cleisters,

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Speaker 1: and then way back in twenty sixteen. So ten years

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Speaker 1: ago Novek Djokovic and Victoria as Aranka. They were the

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Speaker 1: same to men's and women's champions of the tournament in

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Speaker 1: Indian Wells and Miami. So it's been a while. Fourth

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Speaker 1: time in history with Arena Sabolenka and arguably the two

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Speaker 1: best hardcourt players over the last few years on men's

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Speaker 1: of them, and they were the best players. Janick Sinner

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Speaker 1: I don't think you realize how hard that is to do. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it's already hard enough to win the Sunshine Double. We've

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Speaker 1: spoken about how few players have done it through the years,

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Speaker 1: and to actually do it and not lose a set

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Speaker 1: just extraordinary. And so I do want to start with

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Speaker 1: the men before I get into the women's. Janixon, it

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Speaker 1: definitely came into Indian Wells and the Sunshine Double a

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Speaker 1: he would have wanted to by not winning the Austraine

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Speaker 1: Open again going for three peet there doing what you

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Speaker 1: know hasn't been done since Novak Djokovic was able to

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Speaker 1: do it with his dominance in Melbourne. But Yanich sort

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Speaker 1: there's no question that he would have been doubting himself

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Speaker 1: But it doesn't take much to sort of like dent

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Speaker 1: the confidence. And we're talking about a confidence that is

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Speaker 1: just even though it's you're nervous, and it's when you

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Speaker 1: it's like this weird, no doubt feeling in your brain

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Speaker 1: even the great players go through these stages of not

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Speaker 1: feeling great about the game or maybe doubting themselves against

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Speaker 1: to be able to then roll, i mean roll through

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Speaker 1: different playing conditions in Indian Wells to Miami. You've got

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Speaker 1: when Lindsay Davenport was just owning the tournament in Indian

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Speaker 1: So to be the first man to do it without

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Speaker 1: So is he the favorite to win the French Open now? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Because I saw some things about his game, particularly in Miami,

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Speaker 1: the depth of his groundstroke. People don't talk about it enough,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I talk about it quite a bit.

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Speaker 1: How no one really talks about the depth of shot

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Speaker 1: in tennis in general, if you hit the ball within

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Speaker 1: does so so well. His movement is extraordinary, and his serving,

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Speaker 1: and we'll get to a little bit of the nuances

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Speaker 1: of that before we get your questions, because I know

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Speaker 1: there were some people that sent through some questions on

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Speaker 1: social media and I appreciate that. I'll get to them

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Speaker 1: in a second. But I do want to go back

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Speaker 1: to the semi final. I could go back through the

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Speaker 1: whole tournament, but I think it's better just to sort

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Speaker 1: of look at the big matches, you know, towards the

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Speaker 1: was really good because that was probably the big test

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Speaker 1: for him in this tournament, the second set when Zverev

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Speaker 1: the difference between a Zverev and a Janik Sinner, and

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Speaker 1: me and Caitlin and petco Is. Yanick pulls a trigger.

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Speaker 1: When he has an opportunity, he plays the right shot

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Speaker 1: I love the fact that he's always looking to get

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Speaker 1: I was going to call him Taylor Swift, but Taylor Fritz.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully Taylor can get himself together physically, because I do

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Speaker 1: think as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I

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Speaker 1: go into the strain Open and this season. But side bar, sorry, Yanick,

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Speaker 1: you know just knows how to play the big point

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Speaker 1: so much better than Zverev. And Zverev had a break

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Speaker 1: if Vera wants to win these types of matches against Verev,

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Speaker 1: against Yanick, he has to hit that forehand. He has

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Speaker 1: like go for it. Rip the forehand. You've just played

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Speaker 1: you have a neutral ball. Forehand and you hit a high,

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Speaker 1: on the coverage, you know, the guys that were commentating

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Speaker 1: Maybe that's the Jim Courier way of thinking. The way

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Speaker 1: the miss, whereas you know, Petch was a servant volley

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Speaker 1: and a guy that sort of took chances. Clearly was

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Speaker 1: an interesting thought process for me because I think that

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Speaker 1: doesn't miss one first serf, does not miss one for serve.

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Speaker 1: He hits two bomb serves in the start of the tiebreak,

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Speaker 1: two virtual aces, and then you know, you just are

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Speaker 1: the overhead in the net and that's it. That's all

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Speaker 1: a couple of four hands and really that's the difference.

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Speaker 1: And just like against you know, Sina and Zev, if

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Speaker 1: you if you're not making those shots, you're gonna pay

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Speaker 1: the price because these two are going to grab the

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Speaker 1: match by the horns and they're going to run with it.

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Speaker 1: And I thought that that was the difference maker. Just

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Speaker 1: a couple of more missed fourhands, didn't serve as well

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Speaker 1: as she did pressure in like in India, I was

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Speaker 1: in Austrain Open and Sabolenka was just the better player

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Speaker 1: under pressure. And I feel like Sabalanka is sort of

435
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,639
Speaker 1: taking a little bit of a shorter back swing on

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Speaker 1: the back end sometimes and just punching the ball down

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00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,959
Speaker 1: the line. I don't know if that's you know, another

438
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Speaker 1: little coaching variason that was seeing with Max Mierney on

439
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 1: the bag, but just just an awesome effort in the semifinals.

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Speaker 1: Now cut to the final. Actually, let's talk about Coca

441
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Speaker 1: getting there. I don't know what it is for Carolina

442
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,120
Speaker 1: to movehover, but she has to figure out a way

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Speaker 1: to turn the tables somehow. I mean, this is just

444
00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:36,040
Speaker 1: getting embarrassing how many times she loses to Coca Gough,

445
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,040
Speaker 1: And I think a lot of the reason is it

446
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Speaker 1: is one of the questions that was asked to me

447
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Speaker 1: on Twitter about, you know, how is she ever going

448
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Speaker 1: to be able to do this? She has to be

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Speaker 1: a little bit more brave. I think she has to

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Speaker 1: put a little bit more on the ball. And I

451
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Speaker 1: think the difference is that Coco feels very, very comfortable

452
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Speaker 1: playing against Muhova because Carolina, as you know, as a

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Speaker 1: great player that she is and has these amazing, beautiful

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Speaker 1: different weapons and shots. I don't think she utilizes them,

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00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 1: utilizes them enough against Coco. I don't see enough change

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00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,400
Speaker 1: in variation. And then you know, a slice. I think

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Speaker 1: when she hit a couple of short slices, Coco got

458
00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,480
Speaker 1: and do a bit of trouble. She didn't do that enough.

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Speaker 1: She doesn't have the power that a Saballenka does to

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Speaker 1: overpower Coco. So Coco feels comfortable that she can run

461
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,880
Speaker 1: down a million balls against Muhova and then eventually sort

462
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Speaker 1: of get the point with a big back end cross

463
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 1: cord or a back and down the line and she

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Speaker 1: varies that high loop beforehand to Mahovah's back end. I

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00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,720
Speaker 1: just think Karolina needs to use a slice a lot more,

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Speaker 1: and she needs to be braver, she needs to really

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Speaker 1: go for it. And she got the early break in

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Speaker 1: the match and you thought, Okay, maybe things are going

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Speaker 1: to change. Around and then boom, she loses six games

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Speaker 1: in a row, just you know, doing the same thing

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00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 1: over and over and playing decently, not playing badly. Just Coco.

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Speaker 1: You just tell that. Coco's just comfortable out there, going, well,

473
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Speaker 1: I'm going to make fifty balls and if you want

474
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Speaker 1: to beat me, you aren't going to have to hit

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Speaker 1: it through me. And oh that's right, you really can't

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Speaker 1: because she doesn't have the power of a Sabalanco or

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Speaker 1: Akina to to hit through Coco. So it's definitely going

478
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 1: to be conundrum going forward. How is she going to

479
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,840
Speaker 1: get that win against Coco. I don't know. I mean

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00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,040
Speaker 1: maybe on a grass court, but I just feel like

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Speaker 1: on a hard court or on a clay court, that's

482
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Speaker 1: going to be a difficult matchup for Carolina Muhova, who

483
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Speaker 1: had a great tournament, had some really great wins, especially

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Speaker 1: that one against Mbocco. I'm going to get to Victoria

485
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 1: in a second. But and then, you know, so Coco

486
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Speaker 1: and sabaal Anka, what a great match, what a great atmosphere.

487
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 1: Coco didn't even like her team didn't want to play Miami.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of crazy. Every time someone told us shouldn't

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Speaker 1: play tournament, she ends up getting to the final and

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Speaker 1: winning it. She's a stubborn one, but a good one,

491
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Speaker 1: and you got to you gotta love her for the effort.

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Speaker 1: It was not easy to get to the final. She

493
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Speaker 1: struggled from time to time. She came up with some

494
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Speaker 1: incredible tennis, gets to the final, you know, beats Muhova

495
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,920
Speaker 1: so comfortably, and then fights back after losing the first

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Speaker 1: set against Sablenca, and then just one bad service game

497
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Speaker 1: and unfortunate for Coco in when you're playing against Sabolenka,

498
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 1: who's unbelievably confident, you cannot give her anything free. And

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00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 1: unfortunately the double faults came into play right when they

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Speaker 1: really needed not, and that was in the first game

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Speaker 1: of the third set. You know, she's got the crowd

502
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Speaker 1: on her side, she's got the momentum on a side,

503
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Speaker 1: she's playing great tennis, she's not making errors, she's pushing

504
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 1: Sablenka to the brink. Sablenka is starting to get frustrated,

505
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Speaker 1: the crowd's getting on the Coco side. It was just

506
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Speaker 1: such an important game to win the first game of

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Speaker 1: the third set, and unfortunately a couple of double faults

508
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: is what really cost her in that particular game, and

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00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,879
Speaker 1: I know, I believe she only had six double faults

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Speaker 1: in the match, and you know, when you think about

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Speaker 1: some of the double fault problems that she's had in

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Speaker 1: the past, and I give a lot of credit to

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Speaker 1: her team, especially Gavin. Unfortunately they are coming at still

514
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Speaker 1: at really important times in match, and that that particular

515
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Speaker 1: game for me was the difference maker because Sablanca just

516
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: ran away with the third set after not ran away

517
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 1: where the Coco stuck with her enough and put enough

518
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Speaker 1: sort of scoreboard pressure on her at the end. But

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, that first game for me was

520
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 1: massive because it was just going to keep the momentum

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00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 1: going for Coco. So unfortunately for Coco, she didn't quite

522
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Speaker 1: get the job done in her home state. Her home

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Speaker 1: basically she lives about an hour away from Miami. But

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Speaker 1: I suspect one day she'll win that tournament, and I

525
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Speaker 1: think it'll be one of the most satisfying wins for

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Speaker 1: her in her career. There's no doubt about other than

527
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Speaker 1: the US Open, to win Miami will feel really good

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Speaker 1: to But as I said, Sablenka joins the list of

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Speaker 1: great since Steffie Graff, Kim Kleister's Victoria Azarenka and Igershiontech

530
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Speaker 1: to win the Sunshine Double, which is so hard to do.

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Speaker 1: As I said already about the conditions, how different they are,

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00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 1: but just impressive, impressive her Her life has been quite

533
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Speaker 1: a rollercoaster of good over the last month, getting engaged,

534
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 1: getting a puppy, winning the Sunshine Double. Things are looking good.

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00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: Now she goes onto a surface. It's always been a

536
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 1: bit of a struggle clay. But you know, just like

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Speaker 1: many players prior to her, like a Maria Sharapova who

538
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: struggled on clay and then end up winning a couple

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00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: of French Opens, there's no doubt that Sabalanca certainly goes

540
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 1: into the clay courts feeling much better about herself and

541
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 1: women's tennis is looking really good. The question mark, and

542
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 1: we'll get to some of your questions from Twitter, is

543
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,639
Speaker 1: how the other player is going to do on the clay,

544
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,919
Speaker 1: and we're going to get to that now. But overall,

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00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 1: I'm done with talking about the Sunshine Double. It was great.

546
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: Unfortunately I had a bit of rain yesterday Miami. Maybe

547
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 1: build a roof fine to know it's not gonna happen,

548
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,920
Speaker 1: But yeah, Anyway, it was a great couple of weeks. Amazing,

549
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: amazing tennis was played. So congrats to the world number

550
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,120
Speaker 1: one and the women's side arena Sabalanka and then world

551
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,120
Speaker 1: number two who's searching to get back to number one

552
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,560
Speaker 1: in Yannick Cinner. Well done to both you, all right,

553
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,439
Speaker 1: So let's get to your questions that you sent to

554
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: me on the old social media. So this one's from

555
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,880
Speaker 1: music lover, great name. Can you give some constructive coaching

556
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: to you? Said Diane Collins on what's appropriate to say

557
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 1: on air? I think you meant, Daniel Collins, Listen, I

558
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 1: don't make Oh you did correct yourself. You did, say, Daniel.

559
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: I don't really like to critique other commentators, especially in

560
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:34,880
Speaker 1: especially on my own pod, because it's not an easy job. Look,

561
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 1: you know, Daniel has always been a little bit controversial,

562
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: and I guess that's why she gets hired. You know,

563
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 1: she's getting hired to be herself and that's not up

564
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 1: to me. That is up to executive producers and bosses

565
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: that run these networks. So it's not for me to

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00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 1: give her any any If she wants to come and

567
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 1: ask me, I'll give it to her. But I'm not

568
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 1: going to give it to her, certainly on air. Here.

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00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 1: All right, this is another question from I am sorry,

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00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 1: but your name is unbelievably hard. It's lopitt it coot

571
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: at lake. I'm sorry, mate, You're clearly from a country

572
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:15,480
Speaker 1: that doesn't speak English as its first its first language.

573
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: But I'll give it a go. I gave it a go,

574
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 1: but I do appreciate you writing in. Do you think

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00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 1: Eager moves her judging by this question, and I'd say

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00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: you're from Poland, do you think Eager moves her feet

577
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: almost too much? Question mark? I look at Sinner Alcarez

578
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: and it's so relaxed but fast during the points compared

579
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 1: to Eager. I know her movement is amazing, but I

580
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 1: get tired just watching her feet. So do I too

581
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: much energy that could be put elsewhere? Okay, that's a

582
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 1: really interesting way of looking at it. And in a question,

583
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 1: I think that Eager. You know, somebody asked me recently

584
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Speaker 1: what's her greatest strength? And I said, her greatest strength

585
00:29:55,160 --> 00:30:00,040
Speaker 1: is her intensity and her relentlessness. And you feel that

586
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: as an opponent I've been on I haven't. I haven't

587
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 1: played her, I haven't practiced against her, but I've been

588
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: on the court with the player that has practiced with

589
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: her many times, in Sam Stoza, and one of the

590
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: things that we talked about Sam and I was Wow,

591
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: her intensity is just unbelievable, and it is. It's intimidating.

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Speaker 1: It's very intimidating for a player that hits the ball

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00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 1: really big. And this is when Sam was hitting the

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Speaker 1: ball really good and you know, crushing fourhands and Eagers

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00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 1: crushing them back, and I'm like, fuck, I'm standing there

596
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 1: just going wow, the two of them with the spin

597
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 1: and the ball that's coming at them. But it's like,

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00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 1: you know, Sam would turn around to me and be like, man,

599
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 1: her intensity. It's just like, if you don't keep up

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00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 1: with her intensity, you're going to lose, you know what

601
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: I mean, because it's almost like you quit because you're like,

602
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: I can't take this. This girl is just relentless. You know.

603
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: The problem is her anxiety is part of it as well, right,

604
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: Whereas she gets so pent up with her anxiety and

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00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 1: you see the way she's looking at a coach's box

606
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 1: and she's looking for questions and she's unsure and all

607
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 1: the things. Back to the footwork part of it. I

608
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 1: think that's part of the anxiety. It is part of

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00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 1: the anxiety, and part of her like footwork is to

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00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: make sure she's in the right spot and make sure

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00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: she's getting around. And she has to have fast hands

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00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 1: to be able to hit the forehand the way she

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00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 1: does because of the way she hits the ball. I'm

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00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: not opposed to the footwork. I just I just think

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00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,959
Speaker 1: that she has to have her body momentum, you know,

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00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: be going forward and not backwards, and not spinning out

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00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: of the forehand, and making sure that when she's moving

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00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 1: the feet. Sometimes she actually moves the feet so much

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Speaker 1: and then stops as she's hitting it. I would rather

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00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: see her sort of move, maybe be a little bit

621
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Speaker 1: less hectic, and then have the momentum going through the ball.

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Speaker 1: There's so many little things. I don't think. First of all,

623
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Speaker 1: you're never going to have her stop moving her feet.

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00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: It's what got her in the number one in the world.

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00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 1: It's what got her to be one of the most

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00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: dominant players a couple of years ago. I think you

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00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: just have to find. For me, if I was coaching

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00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: her off on the court with her, I would say,

629
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Speaker 1: stay with the same shot. You don't need to change

630
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: the direction of the ball that much. I think you

631
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: can pull in, you know, stop trying to hit the sidelines,

632
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 1: hit the ball big, and rely on that relentlessness, that

633
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: that pressure you're putting on your opponent and your movement

634
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: to be able to say you change direction, you move

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Speaker 1: this ball somewhere else. I'm not going to I'm going

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Speaker 1: to stay in this rally as long as I can

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Speaker 1: with the same intensity. So no, I don't. I don't

638
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: think the footwork is the problem. I think what the

639
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,240
Speaker 1: problem is that she's trying to pull the trigger and

640
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: change direction way too early. In my opinion, I think

641
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,719
Speaker 1: the middle of the court is your best friend when

642
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 1: you're feeling a little bit stressed, and I don't think

643
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: she utilizes that part of the court enough under pressure.

644
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 1: Just a little one point that was played when she

645
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 1: played against her opponent in Miami, Magdalainette. You know, she

646
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: had a break point in the very beginning of the

647
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Speaker 1: third set. When you think, okay, well, yeah, okay, she's

648
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: she's lost the second set, but she should write the

649
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 1: ship had a break point and she chose to hit

650
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: a forehand and run around and crush it down the line.

651
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 1: So an inside in fourhand would call that and she

652
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 1: missed it wide, and I'm thinking to myself, why would

653
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: you try to hit that shot? Go to the bigger

654
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: part of the court, hit the shit out of it.

655
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: That's fine with me, Like that's her game. But bring

656
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: the margins in a little bit, especially when you're nervous,

657
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,959
Speaker 1: you're playing against another you know, someone from your own country, Like,

658
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: you don't need to take massive chances there. It's what

659
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: made ego so good is that you just go, oh

660
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: my god, I can't believe she just went for that shot.

661
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: But she would make it. But she was making them

662
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,600
Speaker 1: when she was incredibly confident. There is doubt in her

663
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 1: mind and there is not the confidence. So she had

664
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Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, so when she was on

665
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: that you know, forty match win streak, she would hit

666
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: those balls and make them. But right now I'd be

667
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 1: telling her, fatter part of the court. Still hit it,

668
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: still get the great footwork, but hit it into the

669
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: bigger margins. And I think that's where she's over the

670
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: last couple of you know months, she's kind of pulled

671
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 1: the trigger on wrong shots, and I think that is

672
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: part confidence and also part wrong shot selection. So that's

673
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: part of the issue there. But anyway, that's as a

674
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: long answer to your question. And no, I wouldn't change

675
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: the footwork. Is that is a final answer. Okay, let's

676
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: get to kefitikat great name. I love that one. Run

677
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 1: your eyes over the young stars of the WTA Andreva

678
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:36,879
Speaker 1: and Bocco Yovich Valentova joint Iala And I'm sure you're

679
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: excited by the rise of Talia Gibson. Yes, I am

680
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: very excited about the rise of Talia Gibson. She is

681
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 1: a great kid. We've got a lot of really good juniors. Obviously,

682
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 1: my adjoints rise up the rankings last year, I think

683
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,960
Speaker 1: has inspired a lot of these young women because you know,

684
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 1: if you meet my adjoint, she's the most unassuming, sweet, kind, quiet,

685
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: sort of easygoing person. And I think you know when

686
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 1: when when the girls at fed Cup and you know,

687
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,439
Speaker 1: the young women at fed Cup, the Billy Jean Kin Cup.

688
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: Sorry played it too long as fed Cup, you know,

689
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: on the Billy Jean King Cup, when you're around your

690
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: teammates and you realize that someone like a Maya Joint

691
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: for example, has had the success over the last twelve

692
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: months that she has had, you think huh, well, I'm

693
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: practicing against her, I'm beating her in practice, or I'm

694
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,799
Speaker 1: staying with her. Why can't I have this success? And

695
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,720
Speaker 1: I think I've always said success breed success for example,

696
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: and I think that, you know, the success of Maya

697
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 1: joint in last year, I think it's really propelled a

698
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 1: lot of young Australians to think, why can't I do

699
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: the same. And someone like Tarlia Gibson is a perfect

700
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 1: example now has risen up to fifty six in the

701
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: world in the rankings. You know, this is someone that

702
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 1: was you know, around two hundred in the world before

703
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,319
Speaker 1: you know the start of this year kind of thing.

704
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 1: Has a good Australian Open and then carries it on,

705
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 1: has unbelievable back to back tournaments in India, Miami with

706
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,879
Speaker 1: some incredible wins. I mean Osaka for example, I mean

707
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: that was just clinic and speaking of Yovich, just absolutely

708
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 1: crushes Yovich in Miami. Someone like Tylie Gibson has massive weapons,

709
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 1: great you know, really nice service motion, good groundstrokes, big

710
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: big hitter of the ball. She's going to improve her movement.

711
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: That is probably the one area that she improve can

712
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:28,240
Speaker 1: improve a lot on and when she does look out

713
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: because she can hit winners from all over the place.

714
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,479
Speaker 1: You know, she would be one player that we would

715
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Speaker 1: consider that didn't have a lot of super confident and

716
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: she's not this type of person that walks on their

717
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: course overly cocky. And I think now you're starting to

718
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: see her very you know, demure sort of attitude of

719
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: very calm exterior is now it comes with confidence and

720
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: that is really important. And to have the wins that

721
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 1: she's had over the last couple of weeks must show

722
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: her that she's able to play with the best in

723
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 1: the world. And you know, getting beaten by Rebarkiner is

724
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: kind of like it's not like, oh, well, you know,

725
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: she got smoked, not at all. This is a learning

726
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 1: experience for her. She now knows what she has to

727
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 1: do better against the best players in the world, and

728
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: she's beaten some of the best players in the world.

729
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: And now it's a matter of like, okay, if I

730
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,280
Speaker 1: want to win these matches, get seated in Grand Slams,

731
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 1: which is absolutely the next thought process. Yes, fifty six

732
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,399
Speaker 1: in the world, if you have another couple of good

733
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 1: maybe a month, maybe you can get seated at the

734
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: French Open, or maybe at least I can get seated

735
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:28,880
Speaker 1: at Wimbledon, but that in and of itself is a

736
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: huge leap. So I'm just really pleased. She is such

737
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 1: a nice kid, I mean, just the best, and so

738
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see that because that is only

739
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: going to spur other young Australians along to hopefully have

740
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: to have that success. You know, Yovich is a player

741
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: that has done so well over the last twelve months,

742
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 1: and I think that was a sort of a bit

743
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: of a learning experience for her to lose, so, you know,

744
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: comfortably to Talia Gibson. She was out played, out hit,

745
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 1: so she needs to get a little bit more on

746
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: the ball. But look, she's a fantastic young player. You know,

747
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: Vicky Mbocco is just look out there. There are some

748
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 1: you know, there are just some sort of things about

749
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: her game that I think can even improve. I think

750
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 1: there is some strokes that can get even better. I

751
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,439
Speaker 1: think a serve can get even better. But the way

752
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:22,479
Speaker 1: that she handled that match against Andreeva was really good.

753
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: And you know, Mara Andreva has some really big question

754
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: marks going in. I mean, this is a player that

755
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,400
Speaker 1: we were talking about last year that was possibly going

756
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: to win a major title or certainly get to a

757
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 1: semi your final of one. And it has been a

758
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,720
Speaker 1: bit of a mental struggle for her over the last

759
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: six to seven months. A lot of pressure on her shoulders,

760
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: a lot of expectation, and what comes with success is pressure,

761
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: and people expect you to win and do that every

762
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: single week, which is why, you know, us that have

763
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,879
Speaker 1: been in the game so long or played so long,

764
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 1: respect the shit out of so many of these great

765
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: players like our you know, like like you know, like

766
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: I'm blanking on the great place, Roger Federer, Nadal, you know,

767
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 1: Novak a Serena. You know, the pressure that they felt

768
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 1: every single week is just extraordinarily, It's just extraordinary. It's

769
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 1: just everyone expects you to win every single week, so

770
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 1: when you start winning, it's you know. And I've done

771
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: a couple of interviews lately for my other podcast called

772
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,399
Speaker 1: Forging Gold, and one of the things that I asked,

773
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: you know, what makes you know, what's the definition of

774
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 1: a champion basically, and every one of them says longevity.

775
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 1: You know, most of them said their respect for the

776
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: longevity of a great champion. So you can have one

777
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 1: or two great years that makes you a really a

778
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:45,720
Speaker 1: good player and an extraordinary year or extraordinary two years.

779
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:50,000
Speaker 1: But what makes a great champion a great player is

780
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: the length of time that you do that. The Steffie Graff's,

781
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 1: the Martinez, the Chris Abbotts, the Rogers, the Rafas, the Serenas.

782
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 1: It's the longevity of being great because it's not about

783
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: the winning. Yes, that's great, that's all amazing. It's the

784
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 1: ability to be able to handle that pressure for ten, fifteen,

785
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:13,760
Speaker 1: twenty years. That's the mark of a true great champion.

786
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: And that's what we've seen and that's why we just

787
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: are in awe of those types of players. So, you know,

788
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 1: Sablenka is starting to feel that over the last couple

789
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 1: of years, she's starting to take that on and realize

790
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: that she's had some disappointments. But how do you back up?

791
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 1: Do you give in? No, you step up and you

792
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: take it head on again. And these are the things

793
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 1: that Igishyontek is now having to fight through. This is

794
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: a player that couldn't lose a match a couple of

795
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: years ago. So longevity, sustainability at the top is really

796
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 1: what makes a great champion a great champion. And you know,

797
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,919
Speaker 1: clearly Al Karaz and Sinner are starting to get into

798
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: that now where they're winning all the big matches and

799
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: big tournaments and they're having to deal with all the pressure.

800
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, so these young players like Iala and Embocco

801
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 1: and Yovich and Valentova and Andreeva, they've got now the

802
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 1: spotlight is on them, so they're going to have to

803
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: step up to the plate and start winning every single

804
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,800
Speaker 1: certainly the matches they're supposed to win. That's where someone

805
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: like an Alex Dimonor has so much respect because he

806
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 1: usually doesn't lose the players that are ranked lower than him.

807
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,479
Speaker 1: That's just longevity. That's greatness in its own right, because

808
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,919
Speaker 1: that's his top peak, right. You know, when he plays

809
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 1: against the Sinner, he's just playing against someone like that

810
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: plays like him, but plays better, plays bigger, has bigger weapons.

811
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: So yeah, so anyway, great question though, all right, tennis

812
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,319
Speaker 1: on the brain. So you like tennis, that's what you're

813
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,799
Speaker 1: telling me. Okay, what is one thing that you are

814
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: looking forward to during the clay court season from the

815
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: women's doubles tour, new partnerships Cutter, Taylor, Mertens and Jang. Well,

816
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: first of all, I don't think Cutter and Taylor are

817
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:47,240
Speaker 1: Cutchia and Taylor are a new team. They've been crushing

818
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years, and they won their

819
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:53,479
Speaker 1: Sunshine Double, which also hasn't happened very much on the tour.

820
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 1: And I've got to give kudos to my old doubles

821
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,919
Speaker 1: partner Lisa Raymond, because we were able to do it once,

822
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: but she was able to do it three times, so

823
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: very difficult to do. They were able to do that,

824
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 1: So I want to give kudos to them for winning

825
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 1: the Sunshine Double and doubles Merton Zank. Look, look, there's

826
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: a lot of sort of you know, interesting women's doubles

827
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: going on right now. You know, the team that gel

828
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 1: the best are always going to win. The team that

829
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 1: are more aggressive at the net are always going to win,

830
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: and that's what we're seeing this year. So there's been

831
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: some interesting sort of teams that have popped up in

832
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: the last couple of months. So I'll keep my eye

833
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: in that. But Clay certainly will see Iranian, Irani and Paulini,

834
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,240
Speaker 1: you know, that's the team probably to watch on clay,

835
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: just because they're really comfortable on clay and so but

836
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: you know, let's see let's see what happens on the

837
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,280
Speaker 1: women's doubles. But certainly clay is a very different monster

838
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 1: to hard court, so we'll see who can find the

839
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,319
Speaker 1: form on the red dirt. All right, music lover? Oh

840
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 1: another question, what's your take on Eager parting ways with

841
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 1: her coach? Well, I think I might have said it

842
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: a few times that I thought women was under a

843
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,120
Speaker 1: bit of pressure over the last couple of months, and

844
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: we saw the result of that. Now. I just feel like,

845
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: you know, look, a lot of people are questioning, you know, Dharia,

846
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: the sports psychologists, and there's a lot of yelling. But

847
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,359
Speaker 1: I did get the interpretation of what was being yelled

848
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:13,800
Speaker 1: at on the court, and a lot of it was

849
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: all positive, you know, like stick to the game plan,

850
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 1: you know, be positive all the things you know. And

851
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: it's hard when you don't understand a language and they're

852
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: yelling it back and forth. But you know, a lot

853
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,359
Speaker 1: of that is also on Eager, like you can't lose

854
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 1: your shit like that on the court, Like you've got

855
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:30,840
Speaker 1: to find the answers for yourself as one of the

856
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: best players over the last five years. You have to

857
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 1: be able to tap into what you know is your

858
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: best stuff on the court and not look to your

859
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 1: players box for the answers, and those answers need to

860
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: be questioned, and those answers need to be answered. On

861
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,800
Speaker 1: the practice court. You need to be able to feel

862
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,759
Speaker 1: what you want to do on a match court. On

863
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: the practice court, you're not going to be able to

864
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,879
Speaker 1: change it or fix it on a match court where

865
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: you're under pressure. There's all the spotlight, there's all the expectation,

866
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:00,719
Speaker 1: and losing a point in practic just this one thing.

867
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: Losing it in a match is a totally different thing

868
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,879
Speaker 1: because it actually counts. So I think that, look, there

869
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: probably needed to be a change in coaching at some point.

870
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:11,840
Speaker 1: You know, there were even there were some things that

871
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: when we was saying that was a bit confusing even

872
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: to me. You know, he said at one point in

873
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: that match, you know, step back. No, he actually said.

874
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:21,759
Speaker 1: One thing I heard him say was say step in,

875
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: and then two games later I heard him say step

876
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 1: back on the return and change something up. I was like, well,

877
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,399
Speaker 1: hold on the second, you're giving her mixed choices here

878
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 1: and eager being you know, an anxious little bit of

879
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: an nelly out there on the court. You've got to

880
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: be real succinct with what you're telling her, and so

881
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 1: I don't know what you know gets told in practice.

882
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 1: I don't know what they're working on in practice, So

883
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: it's hard for me to fully judge's what's going on

884
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:47,919
Speaker 1: the practice court and then what happens in the match court.

885
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 1: And I'm sure he's trying his very very best on

886
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 1: the practice court to get her going on a match court.

887
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: But certainly, look it's it's been under pressure. Frankly, I

888
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: think if she hadn't won Wimbledon last year, he probably

889
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: would have been fired after to Wimbledon. Then she wins Wimbledon,

890
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: and I think she probably thinks, okay, well, you know,

891
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,399
Speaker 1: let's give it more time. This worked out really well,

892
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,359
Speaker 1: et cetera, et cetera. But her results over the last

893
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:11,439
Speaker 1: year have been pretty woeful. I mean, for someone who

894
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:15,280
Speaker 1: just was dominating this game, she has to start looking

895
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: at how she can get better. I think she needs

896
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: to improve her serve. I think she needs to get

897
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 1: more accurate with the serve. I think she needs to

898
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 1: find the variety. I think she needs to bring back

899
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: the drop shot, which she used to hit as a kid.

900
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 1: All the time. She had this like creativity about her

901
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 1: when she was younger. Go back and watch her in

902
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 1: juniors or in the first couple of years of her

903
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: playing on tour. I think she's very you know, robotic

904
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,879
Speaker 1: in her way of playing. And you know I talked

905
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 1: about it earlier. I'd like to see her still continue

906
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: to hit the same shot over and over and over

907
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: and use that relentlessness, but also the variety needs to

908
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: be there. The drop shots. You know, we're seeing Sabolenka

909
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: drop shot more. We're seeing Sabolenka come into the net more.

910
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 1: We're seeing Sabolenka do different things to get different results.

911
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,320
Speaker 1: We see her drop back against Rebeccina in the semi

912
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 1: finals last week, so you know her team is obviously

913
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:03,239
Speaker 1: she's adding people to her team. You know, Sabalinka is

914
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 1: adding people. She added Maximirni, Like maybe eager need to

915
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: add somebody else to the team to to offset some

916
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: of the stuff that Wim was doing. Maybe someone like

917
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: Maximini obviously is helping Sablenka move forward to the net

918
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,360
Speaker 1: and understand those angles and very six different things. I

919
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,440
Speaker 1: think adding is not a bad thing. Look at Coca

920
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,280
Speaker 1: Goth She added, you know, Gavin McMillan to her team,

921
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 1: So I think I think you start to look at

922
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,360
Speaker 1: things like that, like there's not look at look at

923
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: Darren Cahill, and you know, look at Janixinn's team. He

924
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: has a couple of coaches. Like, it's not a bad

925
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:39,439
Speaker 1: thing sometimes to have varying thought processes to be able

926
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 1: to help you get through and get better at your work. Now,

927
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: who's she going to take on as a coach, I

928
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: don't know, but you know, whoever it is, you're lucky

929
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: because she's about to start on her best surface, so

930
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 1: good for you. If you can't get her to win

931
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,439
Speaker 1: on clay, then there's going to be a problem and

932
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 1: it's probably not going to take very long for her

933
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,960
Speaker 1: to give you the flick as well. But at the

934
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,880
Speaker 1: same time, I think that, you know, I would be

935
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:09,240
Speaker 1: going in there going okay, let's go new start best surface,

936
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 1: let's start getting back to that. Let's start grinding points,

937
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:14,879
Speaker 1: let's start grinding places, Let's start using the drop shot.

938
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,440
Speaker 1: Let's start mixing up a bit of pace and a

939
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: little bit of speed and start being creative again. Stop

940
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:24,959
Speaker 1: being so anxious and like robotic and trying to change

941
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: angles when they're not there, and all the things let's

942
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:28,920
Speaker 1: just stick with the basics. So anyway, there's a lot

943
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,240
Speaker 1: a lot of questions there to be answered, that's sure, Okay,

944
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:36,799
Speaker 1: a couple more questions, p payo tie tie good name? Oh,

945
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 1: here you go. Who'd be a good coach fit for Eager? Well,

946
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 1: I've answered that question, haven't I I don't know. I

947
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: really don't. There's certainly some coaches out there available right now,

948
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,560
Speaker 1: and so we will see. I would suspect we're going

949
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,440
Speaker 1: to know in the next week because the clay courts

950
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:57,920
Speaker 1: are about to start, so she better be on it

951
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:00,759
Speaker 1: real quick. So I'd say we'll know next week or two.

952
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:05,440
Speaker 1: All right, Elizabeth one zero one one. What does Muhova

953
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:07,800
Speaker 1: have to do to beat Gough and she on tech? Well,

954
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 1: I sort of already said it. I think that she

955
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,399
Speaker 1: has to throw a bit more caution to the wind.

956
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,120
Speaker 1: I think she has to use a variety a little

957
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:15,280
Speaker 1: bit better. I think she needs to imployment the dropshot

958
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 1: on the slice. I think she needs to use to

959
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,279
Speaker 1: slice a lot more. And I think she needs to

960
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: be a little bit more brave. I think she needs

961
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,800
Speaker 1: to really crack the ball a little bit more. Press

962
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 1: come in on the forehand more but you know Coco's

963
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,880
Speaker 1: variety on the height with the high loopy forehand and

964
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,320
Speaker 1: various different things. I think that, you know, I would

965
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:36,319
Speaker 1: sit with her for hours and just watch tape and

966
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:38,279
Speaker 1: be like, look, you won that point, this is what

967
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 1: you did. You lost that point, this is what you did,

968
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:43,080
Speaker 1: and just really pinpoint the points that she plays well,

969
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 1: that she wins, and just stick to that game plan

970
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 1: and do it for one match. Fuck it, like, what

971
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:51,840
Speaker 1: have you got to lose another match again? So anyway,

972
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,279
Speaker 1: there's a lot a lot of things that you could

973
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,759
Speaker 1: pull apart there with tape. Okay, So for all you

974
00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: NCAA basketball fans, I hope you're having a blast. I

975
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:03,640
Speaker 1: have to say, I'm just on a note before I finish.

976
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:07,160
Speaker 1: I am a dog sitting my neighbor's dog, Ruthie right

977
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:09,959
Speaker 1: now because my neighbors just had a baby, a little

978
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 1: baby boy. So if anyone follows me on Instagram, you

979
00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:17,440
Speaker 1: know that. So for Jeremy and for Marty, congratulations on

980
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:21,960
Speaker 1: your birth of your son's Sonny so cute. But I

981
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 1: have been minding their dog, Ruthie for the last three days,

982
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 1: and poor old Ruthie had to deal with me yelling

983
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:29,760
Speaker 1: out oh my god, at the top of my voice

984
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: when Duke threw the ball away basically and Yukon scored

985
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:41,239
Speaker 1: that ridiculous three point shot. So anyway, so there's been

986
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:44,320
Speaker 1: so much happening. The women's have been great. I cannot

987
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:47,879
Speaker 1: wait to watch the women's Final four as well. Coming up.

988
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: There are some games still to be played there with

989
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:55,160
Speaker 1: Texas Michigan and TCU and South Carolina. I suspect we're

990
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:58,120
Speaker 1: going to see South Carolina and Texas win those games.

991
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,839
Speaker 1: But hey, listen, this is why we play. You gotta win.

992
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,600
Speaker 1: You got to win to get to the final four.

993
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:04,840
Speaker 1: So looking forward to that. That's of course in Phoenix

994
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: and the men's they are ready to go. What an

995
00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 1: upset that was with Yukon beating Duke. Wow, that was

996
00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:14,840
Speaker 1: just a crazy last play. But anyway, all right, guys,

997
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:18,480
Speaker 1: well enjoy the final four, enjoy Charleston, which is this

998
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 1: week one of the great stops on the women's tennis tour,

999
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 1: and of course the clay season as beginning. We cannot

1000
00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:27,839
Speaker 1: wait to get it underway. French Open will be culminating,

1001
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:29,960
Speaker 1: of course with the French Open. Who is going to

1002
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: win the French Open this year? Of course, Coca GoF

1003
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:36,399
Speaker 1: and Al Choraz defending champions. There. All right, guys, thanks

1004
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:41,319
Speaker 1: for joining me today. Props to my lovely neighbors who

1005
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:45,280
Speaker 1: had a baby, and thanks for joining me today because

1006
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:48,120
Speaker 1: I have been droning on and on today, so I

1007
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 1: really appreciate all your support. Sometimes, you know, people let

1008
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 1: you down in life, but you guys out there that

1009
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,960
Speaker 1: listen to this podcast on the regular do not let

1010
00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,920
Speaker 1: me down. And I'm so grateful for you hanging in

1011
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 1: there with my lapses in weeks that I haven't done it,

1012
00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,719
Speaker 1: and I just want to let you know I really, really,

1013
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:12,319
Speaker 1: really do appreciate everyone listening and subscribing, et cetera. Thanks

1014
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: for again listening today and I'll see you and thanks

1015
00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:17,280
Speaker 1: to your questions, and I'll see you all next week.

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