2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN DAY 4 RECAP: Raducanu Out, Top Seeds Roll, & Medvedev's Podcasting Future

Summary

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Episode: 2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN DAY 4 RECAP: Raducanu Out, Top Seeds Roll, & Medvedev's Podcasting Future
Date: January 21, 2026
Host: Andy Roddick (with Mike, Sean, guest audio from tournaments, and comments on Jon Wertheim and more)

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Episode Overview

Day 4 at the Australian Open is in the books, and Andy Roddick, with Mike and Sean, dives into the biggest talking points: Raducanu’s second-round exit, dominant performances by top seeds, young standouts, NCAA prize money quirks, and a candid discussion about tennis commentary sparked by Daniil Medvedev’s media comments. The team looks at key upsets, notable performances, quirky tennis culture, and provides a look ahead to Day 5.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Brackets, Leaderboards & Tournament Progress

• The hosts joke about feedback from listeners wanting both more and less match coverage.
• Bracket talk:
  • Andy's doing well in the men's draw ("Day four was a good day. Brackets are looking good for this… some of them are okay." [01:41])
  • Blair is leading in the women's bracket.
  • Shoutouts to top scorers in their community groups: "Henley Wiki01 is still crushing… Docey7 or Do say… Petro is leading the women’s brackets." ([02:14])

2. Players Who Impressed on Day 4

• Jovic:
  • Andy’s high on her: “She switches directions with pace. She can volley. Pound for pound, height wise, like, serve is big. She's really good.” ([02:49])
  • Dominant win over Sakkari, who was in good form.
• Coco Gauff:
  • Andy: "A lot of people had that as a tougher one against Danilovic... if she can get a lot of value for, like, pounding cross court middle with that backhand..." ([03:34])
  • Assertion that Gauff's tactical game exploited Danilovic's weaknesses.
• Other standouts: Svitolina, Danatschneider, Umoko, Lynette, Potapova.

3. Emma Raducanu's Exit & Future

• Raducanu lost second round to Potapova. Andy predicted this: "I had Raducanu losing second round. Potapova can play." ([04:17])
• Discussion on Emma’s mindset:
  • Andy: “I love Raducanu. I think she's wildly intelligent... I read some stuff sometimes… ‘I played great in the second round.’ I'm like, man... I want you to want to play more.” ([04:39])
  • Quotes from Raducanu: “I leave with my head held high… I didn’t even know if I would be coming to Australia.” ([05:51])
  • Andy pushes for her to commit fully to the grind: "Either fully pull back and fully commit and become a physical machine... but kind of half in, half out..." ([06:07])

4. Top Seeds Rolling & Upcoming Key Matches

• Carlos Alcaraz:
  • Relaxed post-match, talking about Roger Federer’s golf swing—"It's so annoying how good their golf swings are… It's really annoying that they're just good at everything." (Andy, [07:16])
• Rublev, Zverev, Medvedev:
  • Rublev: Straightforward win, classic pragmatic post-match attitude.
  • Medvedev: "Just a professional. Not even a heart rate monitor. Just a top 10 guy just going on winning."
• College Players in the Open:
  • Discussion on NCAA rules as Columbia’s Zhang can't take more than $150 in prize money due to amateur status—even as football players get millions via NIL deals.
  • Andy: "But when you go beat actual professionals, you can't take the money. Cool." ([09:31])

5. Physicality & Endurance in Tennis

• Cam Norrie's unique endurance: "He can take in more air than most humans... my legs don’t get tired." (Andy, [11:03])
• On grueling best-of-five-set matches for college players and transitioning to the pro circuit.

6. Contrasting Player Personalities: Jovic vs Rublev

• Soundbites from post-match interviews:
  • Jovic: Grateful and enthusiastic. "Oh, it was incredible… I was so happy to be out here. Thank you everyone who stayed out so late…" ([13:02])
  • Rublev: Deadpan, just wants to keep it moving.
    • Q: How does Andre Rublev spend his day off?
    • A: “First of all, ice bath and then coffee. Sleep, coffee, sleep. Practice and sleep. And that's it.” ([13:35])

7. Daniil Medvedev on Podcasting, Media, and Commentary

• Medvedev asked about his future in podcasting:
  • "Probably not, at least for the first five years." ([14:52])
  • "I respect Roddick a lot because I feel like he never goes at the players... tries to just, as you say, talk about tennis. Super respectful." ([15:04])
  • "There are some guys... do like one [interview] per year and just slam the whole tour..."
  • "If I am [that guy], I'm not going to give in to it." ([16:05])
• Andy responds, emphasizing his goal of explaining "why it's hard" rather than creating drama for clicks:
  • "It's our job to tell you why it's so hard... not just two or three guys like those. You can talk about how extraordinary Alcaraz and Sinner are, but that doesn't mean everyone else is not extraordinary." ([17:16])

8. Broadcasting Philosophy & Behind the Scenes

• Andy shares advice from broadcasting legend Al Michaels:
  • "Your job is not to tell me what's happening. Your job is to tell me why it's happening." ([18:28])
• Group discusses the importance of not just making clickbait, but actually celebrating the depth of excellence on tour.

9. Day 5 Preview – Matches to Watch

• Pegula-Kessler (All-American battle)
• Ana Samova vs Cine Akiva ("has been great at doubles, has been really good at singles… she's going to lean into this opportunity" [19:18])
• Mahach vs Tsitsipas ("I had Mahach upsetting Tsitsipas...")
• Munar vs Ruud (notes Ruud's personal life: fiancée expecting)
• H. Hurkacz vs Ethan Quinn ("funny story" about him losing credit card roulette dinner with American players and then paying for it with first-round winnings [20:50])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Emma Raducanu:

• Andy: "I want her to want to play more. You know, I don't…when you have an off season to train and you've taken that off season, I don't know, you should be coming in pretty healthy." ([04:39])
• Andy: "Earth wants you to play more. Right. I don't know. You haven't played a full season…" ([05:21])

On Rublev:

• Rublev: "First of all, ice bath and then coffee. Sleep, coffee, sleep. Practice and sleep. And that's it." ([13:35])
• Andy (on contrasting attitudes): "She [Jovic] would have stayed and had that great attitude for another 15 minutes. Rublev would have just walked off." ([13:53])

On Daniil Medvedev’s Podcasting Potential:

• Medvedev: “I respect Roddick a lot because I feel like he never goes at the players... just super respectful... that’s what I’m going to be very careful with." ([15:04])
• Andy: "It's our job to tell you why it's so hard... I'm certainly not in the business of creating controversy for clicks. I'll go there if we need to." ([17:16])

On Tennis Culture:

• Andy: "It's so annoying how good their golf swings are. It's so annoying… they're just good at everything." ([07:16])
• Mike: (On Cam Norrie’s endurance) “That's a superpower.” ([11:35])
• Sean: (on Ethan Quinn’s night out): "He went out to Nobu with all of the American guys and they played credit card roulette and Ethan Quinn lost. So he's paying thousands of dollars..." ([20:50])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:41 – Bracket standings and community competition update
• 02:49 – Jovic and other standout performances
• 04:17 – Raducanu loss and discussion of her mindset/future
• 07:16 – Alcaraz, Federer, and golfing talent
• 08:06 – NCAA prize money and Zhang/Moratoglou discussion
• 11:03 – Cam Norrie’s unique endurance and player physiology
• 13:02 – Jovic post-match soundbite: gratitude at Rod Laver Arena
• 13:35 – Rublev’s deadpan response: post-match plans
• 14:52 – Medvedev on future podcasting, Roddick’s media respect
• 18:28 – Andy shares broadcasting advice from Al Michaels
• 19:18 – Preview: Day 5 matches to watch
• 20:50 – Ethan Quinn’s Nobu credit card roulette story

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Tone & Closing

The hosts are sharp, candid, and playful—mixing technical analysis with camaraderie and dry humor. Andy remains respectful toward players but isn’t afraid to offer honest takes, calling for more transparency and context in tennis commentary. The episode ends with laughs about tennis-bro culture, credit card roulette, and the unpredictability of life on tour.

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For fans who missed Day 4, this recap covers all key matches, contextual insights, off-court tennis culture, and sets the stage for the drama ahead at the Australian Open.

Transcript

[Andy]

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[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

What are we going to do?

[Mike]

I don't know. The comments are very confusing.

[Andy]

Very confusing.

[Mike]

But we appreciate the comments. Please comment.

[Andy]

Most of them.

[Mike]

We read them all. So if he reads them all, we read some of them to Andy.

[Andy]

Yeah, well, yeah, yeah, I think we'll.

[Mike]

We'Ll get into more detail as the matches thin out.

[Andy]

Yeah, I mean obviously start off with 64 matches. First round matches on each side. Tough to boil the ocean. A lot of you like to consume this in like 15 minutes. A lot of you will listen for an hour and a half. You can. So here we are. We're going to do the best we can. But yeah, obviously as we get to like round of 16 quarter semifinals, we'll have time to actually go through the matchups a little bit easier and it.

[Mike]

Makes a little bit after we can redraw your picks.

[Andy]

I'm not ready to redraw yet.

[Mike]

You're feeling good about it?

[Andy]

I'm not ready to redo. It was a day. Day four was a good day.

[Mike]

Brackets are looking good for this.

[Andy]

Well, some of them, some of them are okay. Some of them are, some of us are looking forward to rolling girls.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sean]

Take me, take me there.

[Mike]

Oh, man.

[Andy]

Few short months away, you are.

[Mike]

You are leading amongst our team with 670 points in the men's bracket. 6:20. You're. You're trailing Blair in the women's bracket.

[Andy]

There's time.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're doing, you're doing good.

[Andy]

Not, not bad. Blair is there every week. I feel pretty good about being even within striking distance of Blair.

[Mike]

Henley Wiki01 is still. Is still crushing in the combined Wiki Wiki Wiki.

[Andy]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Oh, I like that.

[Andy]

Thank you.

[Mike]

And then Ducey7 is lead the ATP.

[Andy]

And did you say douchey7 doocy oh, do C7 or do.

[Mike]

Do say. They might be French.

[Sean]

Okay.

[Mike]

And Petro is leading the. The women's brackets.

[Sean]

Great.

[Mike]

So we got spread here.

[Andy]

Good luck to everyone. You know who I have going deep, and I think she might be able to go even further.

[Mike]

Jovic, she looked good, man. Hell, she can play.

[Sean]

She.

[Andy]

The timing. She switches directions with pace. She can volley pound, like, pound for pound. Height wise, like, serve is big. She's really good. Andrea dropping an O and four on Sakuri, who's in form. Andrea needed to get that first one off of a win last week. She is going to be dangerous. Coco, two and two. A lot of people had that as a tougher one against Daniel. Bitch we talked about. I said she's gonna be able to coast back and if she can hit her back in through the middle of the court and get a payoff, you know, she hits that backhand kind of middle cross. Daniel, which is forced if she wants to go to the weak side, kind of hitting that off forehand. It's tougher when you have a big swing. That matchup, I think, was really good for Coco.

[Mike]

She looks really relaxed.

[Andy]

There was a good. It's a good matchup if she can get a lot of value for, like, pounding cross court middle with that backhand. And someone doesn't instantly, like, Danilovich had to kind of lean and, like, shove that forehand inside out to her forehand. So pace to the forehand was tougher for Danilovich, which is the playbook for Coco. Palini. Just doing what she does for Svitolina Cruzen. Dana Schneider through Mukova. I can't quit her, but she hasn't quit me yet this tournament. Umoko, Techie. Sean, reason for optimism.

[Sean]

Yeah. Rolling.

[Andy]

Great. Good job. Uh, Umoko through. Lynette through. Beats Navarro. First round, goes through second round. Upset on paper, but I had Radicanda losing second round. Potipova can play. You said Emma was.

[Mike]

Yeah, afterwards. I mean, there's an article that I read this morning, but afterwards, you know, she was just kind of saying that she was pleased with how she performed. And obviously she's had some injury issues, and maybe it's about getting momentum, but would like to see her play a little deeper.

[Andy]

Yeah, I. I love Raducanu. I think she's wildly intelligent. Her game is obviously fantastic. I read some stuff sometimes where it's like, I played great in the second round. I'm like, man, you know, I want that. I want it to. I don't want you to be okay with it, you know, I think I read something this off season where she's like, it's a tough, you know, I want to play. I want to play a little less this year. I'm going play less. You're a grand Islam champion who's 30 in the world. Like, you got to play more. You got to win all the, you know, you want to. I want her to want to play more. You know, I don't. And you don't know about all of it, but, like, when you have an off season to train and you've taken that off season, I don't know, you should be coming in pretty healthy. Fonseca too, by the way. Like, you know, carrying an injury in when you've had a pretty decent amount of time off, that's when you build it up. That's when you go. Now, obviously, we can control all of the factors involved, so I don't know what. I don't know. But yeah, I saw that from Emma. It's just like, I want to play less this year. I'm like, earth wants you to play more. Right. I don't know. You haven't played a full season. It's been five years since the Open.

[Mike]

Yeah. I mean, the quote is she said.

[Andy]

At some point we're going to have to get to it being a job.

[Mike]

Yeah. I mean, she said basically, this is a cut up of it, but she said, you know, I leave with my head held high. And then she went on to say, I didn't even know if I would be coming to Australia. So I don't know if that's hindsight or.

[Andy]

Well, maybe it's at the point where it's like, okay, how about we don't play until we're fully ready and then we play a lot. I don't know, like this kind of dipping the toes in here. I'm hurt here. You know, it's. Then let's either fully pull back and fully commit and become a physical machine with training and time and, you know, intent, but like kind of half in, half out. I'm a little hurt I'm going to play, you know, I don't know. At some point it's, it's. We're going to have to, like, come up with a strategy because I don't, I don't think the way that it's being managed now is. Is. Is going to manifest in a top five or top ten ranking. Yeah, it's just not. And I hope I'd love to be wrong about this because I think she's Great for the game, obviously. Towson rolls big foe setting up a match with Demon. You think that'll be night session? 100% it will be Carlos Alcaraz and Mutet. Can't wait to see Alcaraz. Just ignore him.

[Mike]

Carlos is in post match talking about Roger Federer's game.

[Andy]

You know he's not wrong.

[Mike]

Golf game.

[Andy]

Yeah, he said.

[Mike]

I mean, so relaxed.

[Andy]

Both Carlos and Roger. I've, I've played a bunch of golf with Roger, been on a golf trip with him last year and when Carlos was here, we were at in town golf club, which is like a simulator. It's so annoying how good their golf swings are. It's so annoying. Like, it's really annoying that they're just good at everything.

[Mike]

They're just good at everything.

[Andy]

It's so annoying. I watched Roger play like his 20th green grass round of golf last year and shot like 78.

[Mike]

That ticks me off.

[Andy]

Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna break this to you, Mike. And I mean this. We're friends.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

You know I love you.

[Mike]

We might not be after this.

[Andy]

No, we will be. I mean, if we're not, you're just insane. But I'm just gonna tell you something.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Federer is more talented than you. Oh, yeah, sorry. Mutet beats.

[Mike]

Friends are for Mutet beats Zhang.

[Andy]

And we still don't know if Zhang can take money. Is that right?

[Mike]

Yeah, that's true. I mean, it's. It. There, there's rumors that maybe there might be some ability for him to make his. I think it's about $150, $150,000 in prize money. I think the NCAA only lets him.

[Andy]

Keep $150 because it affects his eligibility if he takes it.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

So he can take it.

[Mike]

He's a senior. He's a senior at Columbia and he wants to stay on and graduate in the spring and get his psychology degree. Like, respect to that, which is the point of the ncaa is to have them be student athletes and allow them to get an education while playing a sport. And the, the rule is that if they take this money, they are no longer an amateur, they are a professional.

[Andy]

But they can take nil money. But.

[Mike]

Yeah, but you know, there's a quarterback being paid $10 million to play at Ole Miss or something this year. So I, you know, that makes, that makes sense.

[Andy]

Makes no sense.

[Mike]

It makes complete sense. And it's horrible. It's horrible for the ncaa, you know, to have, you know, their athletes go across the globe and be considered some of the best in the World. It's a horrible.

[Andy]

Yeah, it's really bad that Spazzeri is really bad for Texas that Spozeri beat Fonseca. I'm guessing it's just, it's just horrible that Ethan Quinn wins for Georgia and I guess it's horrible for Columbia that Zhang is over here. But also it's like, it's interesting. You can get paid a lot of money by NCAA rules, beating other 18 year old amateurs.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

But when you go beat actual professionals, you can't take the money.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Cool.

[Mike]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy]

Did he retired in against Mutet? He did in the fourth set. We don't just.

[Mike]

I don't have any other details.

[Andy]

Yeah, I'm, I mean it's, it's hard. Three out of five sets is different. Like that's the big thing I think these college guys can play, but like seven matches, best of five. It's a learning curve for sure. Rublev roles. Zverev gets through in four. Medi rolls. Bublick. Just a professional. Not even a heart rate monitor. Just a top 10 guy just going on winning. Straightforward. Davidovich Akina beats Opelka in five sets. Tommy Paul Winston straights learned a. TN wins in 4. 1 and oh, he's showing me something physic like physically to go. We just talked about that jump from, you know, last year. He was 130 or 140 going into this tournament. Beats Medi in five. I'm sitting there in the forest going, this guy hasn't seen this before, this level of physicality. TN's tough man beats Jerome first. First round in five sets. Tough four setter rolls one and oh. In the third and fourth sets. He's not the one who's like that. You start developing a reputation when you're doing stuff like that. Serendo rolls my boy. Morosian moving on. Third round, Cam Nori threw in a tough four set. Cam Norrie's not someone you want to play if you're like 90 in the world in a best of five match. He said like he goes, he has something and I'll get this wrong, but the general gist of it's correct. Like he can take in more air than most humans.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Andy]

And so he's. I've literally, he's been on record before saying he's like, yeah, my legs don't get tired. So annoying.

[Mike]

Right?

[Andy]

I mean, great for him.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

But like if you're in the fourth.

[Mike]

Set and he can take in more.

[Andy]

Air than most, you know, Lance, they did those tests where like, like Lance Are like, he can take it. Like, I'm not saying. Lance obviously has some other. Some other things going for him. Pick a different example that I don't think Nori does, but he's also, like, you know, he had this air situation.

[Mike]

Where they're, like, on the bike and they have the mask thing on.

[Andy]

Apparently Nori can just, like, go for days.

[Mike]

Oh, that's.

[Andy]

It's intimidating.

[Mike]

That's a superpower.

[Andy]

Yeah. And he just knows how to play tennis. All right, I had corrections here. We already covered Zhang Mumfi's people saying, like, you listen, I know Monfy's retired. I just don't trust anything he says. Like, in the nicest, most playful way possible he could get there. Like, like you said, if Svitolina is going to Australia next year and he's already down there and he's like 90 in the world.

[Mike]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy]

Fuck it, I'm here.

[Mike]

He's like, oh, I just. I just. I was working out through December. Why not?

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Andy]

All right. Do we have your. What? Oh, I know what we have. I'm actually in on the joke today. I think basically we listen. I listen to Jovic Jovich. I listened to her postmatch press or Sorry. On court interview.

[Mike]

Yeah. Just. It just happened. I mean, they just finished and it's like.

[Andy]

And then we have. After that, we have Rublev.

[Mike]

Yes.

[Andy]

And it's like the most obvious juxtaposition.

[Mike]

Of we got bright eyed, bushy tail.

[Andy]

I'm 18 and I'm pumped about everything. And I love being on tour because I'm 18 versus, like. Don't talk to me. I don't want to answer your stupid questions. I just want to get on with my life. I've been out here for 12 years.

[Mike]

A guy that's been hanging out with Saffin for a little while.

[Andy]

It's the best I want to hang out.

[Mike]

We got Eva here. This is her. Her first question coming off her match and give a listen.

[Interviewer]

Eva, congratulations. A bit of a debut here. Australian Open. It is your second year, but Rod Laver arena night session. How was it?

[Eva]

Oh, it was incredible. I totally didn't expect to play on this court in this match, but you guys surprised me and I was so happy to be out here. Thank you everyone who stayed out so late and made this an amazing match.

[Mike]

Yeah, Just staying out so late.

[Andy]

Full of gratitude.

[Mike]

Full of gratitude. 12, 12, 15 in the morning, just.

[Andy]

I'm so happy to be here.

[Mike]

Yeah, she's just going to spring right back. And then. And then we have, you know, this. This one asking how he's going to spend his day off.

[Andy]

How does Andre Rublev spend his day off tomorrow?

[Sean]

Well, you know, how do you relax? Or is it all about business?

[Mike]

Well, I guess first of all, ice bath and then coffee. Sleep, coffee, sleep. Practice and sleep. And that's it.

[Andy]

It's good coffee.

[Sean]

Here in Melbourne, I'm sure you'll find them pretty easy.

[Andy]

Ladies and gentlemen, through to three.

[Mike]

He's just like, give me out of here.

[Andy]

I always.

[Mike]

She's like, more questions, please. Like, stop talk.

[Andy]

She would have stayed and had that great attitude for another 15 minutes. Rublev would have just walked off. My favorite is, like, when the. When the on court interviewers are trying so hard to just get anything out of someone.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

And then you get, like, the Rublev answer. I just want one of them to go. You remember that scene in Dumb and Dumber where Jim Carrey walks out of the convenience store?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

And he goes, oh, big Gulps, huh? And the guy's just ignore him. He goes, oh, see you later.

[Mike]

I think that scene was ad lib, too.

[Andy]

It was.

[Mike]

If.

[Andy]

So if one of the odd corporate was like, big Gulps, huh? All right, see you later, Andre. That would have been. I would have died. So that was your perfect delivery, Mike. Way to go. You really make a problem.

[Mike]

It was not.

[Andy]

What was that?

[Mike]

Those were just bites that we wanted to talk about.

[Andy]

I do.

[Mike]

Like, I have a great, perfect delivery.

[Andy]

I gotta be honest. I really do like the sound bites and reacting to them. That's. I think that's fine.

[Mike]

It's like I sometimes know what I'm doing. Yeah. Well, this one comes from our good friend Mehdi.

[Andy]

Oh, you know, I love a medi presser.

[Mike]

He was in his press conference and he was asked on if podcasting is in his future.

[Andy]

Oh, fuck.

[Mike]

And he said, probably not. At least for the first five years. And then the reporter followed up asking, would you not want to talk about tennis at that point? And he went on to say this.

[Medi]

I'm not sure because it's a very tricky road. And for example, I. I don't listen to them. But you always get this, like, how you call it, I mean, parts where, like, you look for a minute. And for example, I respect Roddick a lot because I feel like he never goes at the players. So he's very, like, respectful and tries to just, as you say, talk about tennis. Super respectful. And then there are some guys, and it's normal, because once you get maybe not used to doing interviews anymore, and some of them do like one per year and just slam the whole tour. And that's what I'm going to be very careful with because that's why I say maybe I would not want to talk about tennis because I don't want to be this guy that finishes his career and then goes like, yeah, these guys, they don't know how to play anymore. When I was there, there was Alcaraz, Sinner, and these guys, now they're just, just amateurs. So I hope I'm not going to be like this, and if I am, I'm not going to give in tourists.

[Andy]

That's not. I mean, anytime you get someone of, of, of his caliber saying anything positive about you is good, his respect is certainly earned and not given. I don't know. I'm happy to go at players. If it's an attitude thing, if it's an effort thing, if it's a lack of preparation, if they say something that I think is wildly irresponsible or I don't agree with completely, I think that matters. But to Medi's point, like, I really wanted started this because, like, it's our job to tell you why it's so hard. Right. Like you watch a golf broadcast and someone, you know, hits a chip and gets up and down and they act like the first time it's ever happened. Every time.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Oh, my God. Oh my.

[Mike]

This.

[Andy]

And they build, they build it up, build it up, build it up. And some point along the way we stopped, you know, at least explaining why it's hard, what someone 70 has to do, how much better they are than the rest of earth. It's not just two or three guys like those. You can talk about how extraordinary Alcaraz and Sinner are, but that doesn't mean everyone else is not extraordinary.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

So I don't know. I just, I certainly think he's giving me credit and he's obviously only, only seeing two minute sound bites if he, if that's his general opinion of our show. But like, yeah, we should be talking about why it's hard and explaining why it's hard. I know why it's hard. You know, I did it. I'm certainly not in the business of like creating controversy for clicks. I'll go there if we need to.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

And I'm not going to shy away from it. But as far as the players, I think they're playing the hardest sport in the world and it's my job to represent that.

[Mike]

I thought it was really good. I mean, I think, I think that's an Overall general comment about how I think tennis is covered. You know, where there's the fine line between clickbait headlines and actually spending some time explaining something. You know, I. I was watching, you know, Eva's match. You know, I thought the broadcast team did a wonderful job explaining how incredibly well rounded she is as a tennis player after just turning 18, you know, and I feel like every player deserves that appreciation because it is ridiculous, you know, now that I have perspective of it that I didn't have before, it is ridiculous physically what all these players can do from, you know, the top 150 all the way to number one.

[Andy]

I had best piece of advice I've ever gotten in this space is I went over and did Wimbledon. I did BBC for Wimbledon. I've only called three matches in my entire life, and I did. So the third match I ever called was the Wimbledon final. And I think I did well. I think I did fine. But going into that, I was playing golf at the same place as Al Michaels and I said, hey, can I borrow 20 minutes of your time? And just after the round, I'll wait for you. Can we just have a quick lunch? He goes, great. So he sits down, he goes, I'm gonna let you buy me lunch. I said, great. And he goes, but we don't need to take that much time. This is very simple. I said, okay. He goes, your job is not to tell me what's happening. Your job is to tell me why it's happening. My job is to tell you what's happening. And I was like, clear as day. It sums up a lot.

[Mike]

It sums up a lot.

[Andy]

It sums up a lot, right?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

Anyways, matches of the day, as we're looking forward to day five, Pegula Kessler, all American battle. Not going to be a lot of top spin in that one. I don't think. This is a tricky one. Like, we have, we all have Ana Samovo going deep. A lot of people have her potentially winning the tournament, and rightfully so. Cine Akiva knows how to play tennis, right? Has been great at doubles, has been really good at singles. Always kind of shows up, is not scared of these type of matchups, is a little edgy. Right. She's going to lean into this opportunity. That's going to be an interesting one. I had Mahach upsetting Sitzipos. I hope Stefanos gets back to the top, but I think it's a. A decent side size road ahead. And Mahach is obviously coming in with a little bit of form. Upset special other one. I Think Munar overrude. Congrats to Casper and his fiance Maria. They're expecting their first born. Casper was impressed the other day saying, I'm just waiting for a phone call and I don't know, I might not even play the second round. We'll see.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Andy]

So I don't know, maybe that frees him up, but I don't know that this is where his entire focus is. And I think Munar is really good on fast courts. He's really made a lot of progress. He's one of those guys that was out here for 10 years and then made a leap in the last. Actually, I remember Dallas last year. He started playing really well, maybe even before that a little bit. But that's. Remember where I remember seeing him. Hubie Hercock against Ethan Quinn of the Georgia Conference. Oh, you had a funny story about who was telling me something about Ethan Quinn.

[Mike]

Sean was telling us the story. Tell us. Tell us what you saw. The Internet.

[Sean]

So I guess he went out to Nobu with all of the American guys and they played credit card roulette and Ethan Quinn law. So he's paying thousands of dollars.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Sean]

But when he won his first round, he, you know, post on Instagram the no boot check cleared because he can now pay for his. His credit card roulette with the American guys.

[Andy]

That's rough. Credit card roulette can get weird. Yeah, it can get weird.

[Mike]

Fritz posted that.

[Sean]

No, Ethan Quinn did.

[Mike]

Ethan Quinn did.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Do we.

[Andy]

We don't know how many. Who all was there? It had to be.

[Sean]

I mean, I think it was like. It was Fritz, Paul Shelton coaches. I. I don't know about that. But all the people that were tagged, it was like, that's cool.

[Andy]

But that's cool that they're doing that too. I like that. I love that like when we. Marty, James and I like, we would all started hanging out and like Andre or Peter would come around and be like, so you guys just like. You guys just like hang out and do stuff.

[Mike]

Andre and Peter and Peter.

[Andy]

Wait, like voluntarily? Like you're not getting paid for it? Like. No, we just. Just like hanging out with each other. That's cool to hear. I like that. I was at. Actually happened at Marty Fish's bachelor party. Worry Marty, we're safe here. Yeah. But credit card. I don't know how many guys were there. 15, 16 guys. Vegas. It was a big dinner. It was down to me. And I think at that time I was three or four in the world or something and would have been not thought about it twice to pay for it. And a friend of ours who was the assistant coach at Georgia at the.

[Mike]

Time, stacking cash not.

[Andy]

And he got it and his face went just pale. I felt kind of bad. It can get weird. Yeah, it can get weird.

[Mike]

That's a lot of people. That's a big number.

[Andy]

I gotta go. We gotta. This has been Quick Serve presented by Service. Now it's too weird. Bye.

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