2026 WIMBLEDON DAY 1 RECAP: Can Djokovic Make Another Wimbledon Run? Fonseca Impresses & More

Summary

Served with Andy Roddick: 2026 WIMBLEDON DAY 1 RECAP

Can Djokovic Make Another Wimbledon Run? Fonseca Impresses & More

Date: June 30, 2026
Host: Andy Roddick (with Sean and Mike)
Network: Served Media Network

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Episode Overview

In this lively and insightful episode, former World No. 1 Andy Roddick and his co-hosts Sean and Mike recap the opening day of Wimbledon 2026. The trio dives into the big storylines: Jannik Sinner’s gritty five-setter, phenom Joao Fonseca’s maturity and potential, the latest on Djokovic’s campaign, and key performances from the women’s draw. Expect a mix of behind-the-scenes atmosphere, candid tennis analysis, and the crew’s trademark banter.

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Opening Banter and Wimbledon Atmosphere

[01:29 – 06:00]

• Mike recounts his first day broadcasting at Wimbledon, including a wardrobe malfunction: “Three buttons fly off. Three buttons off my pants… I sat underneath the desk and didn’t get up for, like, an hour and a half.” (03:11)
• The hosts describe the unique Wimbledon village experience, the convenience of accommodations, and building their makeshift podcast studio.
• Humorous rivalry about sharing lodgings (“Can I enjoy the home we found on Airbnb with my kids and my wife, like, without you?” – Mike, 05:47)
• Anecdotes about mingling with tennis fans and fellow insiders at iconic village spots.

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Day 1 Men’s Highlights

[07:18 – 11:44]

• Jannik Sinner’s Survival vs. Kecmanovic

  • Sinner gutted out a scratchy five-set win: “Career high in aces for Yanic. He had 30.” (Mike, 17:02)
  • Sinner was uncharacteristically erratic with “51 errors… his misses weren’t by three inches. They were by, like, four or five feet.” (Mike, 17:18)
  • The crew highlights Sinner’s rust after a long layoff and the challenge of adapting to grass.
  • “When you win as much as he does… a month plus between matches for him is like an offseason.” (Mike, 18:33)
  • Sinner’s resilience praised, especially as he played through a bad fall and “the bloody… shoe. It kept growing.” (Mike, 19:54)
  • Notable stat: “He’s seven and twelve now in five setters in slams. Today’s his first win in a five setter at a slam since his 2024 Australian Open victory over Medy.” (Sean, 21:05)

• Tommy Paul and Muller

  • Paul looked sharp: “Mueller just didn’t want to be on grass… Broke from the first game, didn’t face a break point.” (Mike, 09:30)

• Joao Fonseca’s Breakthrough

  • Fonseca’s win over Bautista Agut impresses Andy and co.
  • “Good, solid win over a veteran who actually knows how to play on this surface.” (Mike, 09:44)
  • Praise for Fonseca’s maturity: “It was a very disciplined, straightforward, like, it was a mature match.” (Mike, 11:10)
  • Sean on Fonseca’s composure: “He would serve and we’re like, man, look how patient he is… This is my match to play.” (Sean, 11:30)
  • Noted impact of big-match experience at Roland Garros helping Fonseca settle.

• Other Results & Bracket Humility

  • Michael Zheng beats Norrie in five: “Norrie knows how to play on the surface… That’s a big win… 7-6 in the fifth.” (Mike, 07:33)
  • Humorous roast of Sean’s bracket picks, especially on picking Rudd to beat Hurkacz: “Horrible pick by you.” (Mike, 09:11)

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Day 1 Women’s Highlights

[11:44 – 16:30]

• Coco Gauff, Sabalenka, Ostapenko, Andreeva, Pegula, Jovic

  • “Coco Gauff rolled. It was a good performance for her... My relationship with grass isn’t the best, but she looked good today.” (Mike, 12:32)
  • Sabalenka, Ostapenko, Andreeva, and Pegula all come through easily.

• Naomi Osaka's Dramatic Entrance

  • Osaka’s striking pre-match fit: “The fit is insane… she put this thing on the chair and laid it across…” (Mike, 12:56)
  • Amusement at the oversized outfit, which had to be removed at umpire’s request: “Imagine wearing something on… we have to move your outer gown.” (Mike, 13:39)

• Qualifier Run and Injuries

  • Swiatek’s qualifier opponent retiring after an injury, despite being on course to win: “Qualifier wins three rounds… that’s momentum, that’s value.” (Mike, 14:56)
  • Endorsement for the new era of sponsorship: “Now for her injuries and her days of struggle, she gets paid 100 grand.” (Mike, 15:28)

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Key Analytical Segments

Jannik Sinner’s Grit and Grass-Court Challenge

[16:44 – 22:21]

• Deep dive into Sinner’s win: ace count, error rate, movement, past struggles in five-setters.
• Andy explains the unique challenge grass presents for even elite players due to lack of year-round practice: “Grass is… you play in it for a month and then you don’t play on it for 12 months.”
• Praise for Sinner’s patience in post-match interviews, as “every question, heat, heat, heat… He’s not frustrated ever. Try not losing your patience when someone asks about a flaw 47 times a day.” (Mike, 22:13)

The Sinner Stat of the Day

“Today’s his first win in a five setter at a slam since his 2024 Australian Open victory over Medy. He had lost four straight five-setters in slams since then… but winning this, despite all that… the way he looked after that, it was kind of like, I can do this.”
– Sean (21:05)

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Djokovic Watch: Can He Go All The Way?

[22:45 – 24:36]

• Live update as Djokovic is still battling in the third set: “He was cruising when we started… Lost second set, 7-5.” (Mike/Sean, 23:01)
• Andy playfully pre-records all possible outcomes for the Novak match (winning in four, winning a five-set thriller, and even losing) to cover all post-episode scenarios:
  • “Novak gets through in four sets. Not the worst thing for him. Try to get some reps going forward in the tournament… Not worried about him from here on out.” (Mike, 23:13)
  • “Novak wins a five-set thriller… the body doesn’t recover the same way at close to 40 years old… but he gets through it as Novak does.” (Mike, 24:01)
  • “Novak down in four… back to back slams not making the second week for the first time in I don’t know how long… crazy.” (Mike, 24:25)
  • “Novak loses in five… crazy. Will we… will we spit?” (Mike/Sean, 24:36)
• General consensus: If Djokovic survives the early wobble, he’ll likely get stronger as the tournament progresses, but watch out for cumulative court time.

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Memorable Quotes & Banter

• “We do have research on the back end to correct our mistakes just to make sure we’re not saying anything correctly.” (Mike, 02:13)
• “If your pants… buttons pop off right before you go live… leaving an extremely exposed area.” (Mike, 05:24)
• “It’s like a buffet of information… It’s like screens everywhere.” (Mike/Sean, 10:20)
• “The entrance is elite. I don’t want anything to mess with it.” (Mike, 14:24)
• “Being on the other side and every question, heat, heat, heat… he’s patient. He’s like, it’s an issue. I look forward to doing it again. I like the challenge.” (Mike, 22:13)

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Timeline of Major Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |---------------|-------------| | 01:29 | Wimbledon arrival, broadcasting shenanigans, village life | | 07:18 | Men’s day one standouts: Sinner, Paul, Fonseca | | 11:44 | Women’s draw highlights and Osaka’s pre-match drama | | 16:44 | Analytical discussion: Sinner’s grit and weaknesses | | 22:45 | Djokovic’s first round match watch, possible outcomes | | 24:36 | End of content, closing banter |

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Final Takeaways

• Jannik Sinner survived a rough start with a gritty five-set win; his ability to problem-solve and his history in five-setters remains a key subplot.
• Joao Fonseca is quickly establishing himself not just as a flashy youngster, but as a maturing, dangerous presence on the big stage.
• The women’s draw saw top seeds cruise, but eyes are on Osaka’s flair and the stories around qualifiers and injuries.
• Novak Djokovic’s campaign starts with challenges, but his legendary resolve means he’s never out until he’s out.
• The Served team blends deep tennis knowledge with backstage storytelling and laughs—serving fans both insight and entertainment from Wimbledon’s front lines.

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Transcript

[Mike]

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[Sean]

Guys, here it is.

[Mike]

I spent. I had to keep it between 10 and 2 today.

[Sean]

Yeah, you had a real job today.

[Mike]

It's good to be back in the Wild west.

[Sean]

I know, man.

[Mike]

It was employed. So can I tell you a story? So I started. For those of you I did my first day at espn. I haven't done like a, like proper. I don't want to insult anyone in this room. I haven't done a proper broadcasting job.

[Sean]

Okay, me neither.

[Mike]

Okay, good. Just as we're all in agreement, so get there today. First day at Wimbledon.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Stories, stories, stories. So much. So much research.

[Sean]

So much. Just research everywhere.

[Mike]

If they saw this as writing up a show, like I'm embarrassed for us. We do, we do.

[Sean]

On the. We do have research on the back

[Mike]

end to correct our mistakes just to

[Sean]

make sure we're not saying anything correctly.

[Mike]

Okay. So they're like. They were going over like pronunciation guns. I'm like, we just kind of play the sound effect from the. He's like, how do you do it? I'm like, we hold it up to the mic, and it goes.

[Sean]

I mean, why. Why do it ourselves when somebody else will do it for us?

[Mike]

The answer is because we can't afford to do it.

[Sean]

Fair enough. Thanks.

[Mike]

So get there. I feel like it's my first day of school. You know, I'm walking into someone else's thing. They've been the voice of tennis for, you know, decades now, right? And don't know what to expect. There hasn't been. I mean, really? We're like, dude, we're dinging because we're just trying to prove the point that I just made.

[Sean]

Sorry for sake.

[Mike]

So. So I'm. So I get there. I'm doing it, and I'm like, okay, we got five minutes till we're live, right? And we open, and it's Johnny Mack and Reese Davis, who, by the way, is, like, the best.

[Sean]

He's awesome.

[Mike]

Oh, my Lord, what a. What a legend. So. So I'm going to the bathroom. You know, you have to unzip the thing, and so I. I do it, and three buttons fly off. Three buttons off my pants.

[Sean]

How buttons are on your pants?

[Mike]

Three? Yeah. So it's wide open.

[Sean]

So it's already not a good fit.

[Mike]

It's a bad fit. I'm going. I'm walking down the hallway, trying to cover. I'm like, oh, my God.

[Sean]

We're.

[Mike]

We're in their campus. I'm like, I hope I don't have to.

[Sean]

Hey, you had no zipper. Just all buttons.

[Mike]

Buttons.

[Sean]

These must have been classy pants.

[Mike]

They were.

[Sean]

You are in London.

[Mike]

They were classy pants. Now they're. There's a. Just a hole. So I'm like, oh, God. It's like. I'm like, I have to go. So I kind of, like, just mosey on down. And I just sat. And they didn't know. I sat underneath the desk and didn't get up for, like, an hour and a half.

[Sean]

You're like, man, this guy really loves this new job.

[Mike]

So I texted Brooke, who was here, and then I texted the driver for espn. I was like, can you go pick up pants for my wife? And so I had to send in a replacement set of pants.

[Sean]

Oh, you didn't even get. You didn't even give them, like, the signal, like, hey, I need help. You just sat at the desk.

[Mike]

I sat at the desk. I just sat. Like, I could. I tried to do it with, like, paperclips, but it was, like. It was a disaster. It's like, how do you fix that? Like, in paperclip? Every time you move, it comes off like it was. It was not great. I was like, I miss my sweats.

[Sean]

Well, luckily, luckily, the home you found on airbnb was right next door to the place.

[Mike]

Great subtle segue. This studio is built inside the home we found on Airbnb.

[Sean]

It's incredible.

[Mike]

It's great.

[Sean]

I know. We're like. You said that I couldn't stay with you, and you said Sean definitely couldn't stay with you.

[Mike]

No, that's not true.

[Sean]

Yeah, it's okay. It's okay. So we found a place on Airbnb that's five minutes down the hill. We've gone to Rushmore, which is, like, right by where we're staying. It is one of the best burgers I've ever had in my entire life.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Sean]

We get the village, like, right around the corner. And your pants are like, 10 minutes.

[Mike]

And I can wear shorts. And they can save me because it's so close to the venue. If your pants. If the buttons pop off of your pants right before you go live.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Leaving an extremely exposed areas.

[Sean]

These are not the.

[Mike]

I do want to. I do want to talk about. I want to correct something. Okay. I just want to correct something. I didn't say that you guys couldn't stay here. It was just when I knew that you didn't have a place to say. I didn't offer.

[Sean]

Is that accurate. Shot off. Gary, can we just talk about some tennis? I'm sorry.

[Mike]

Can we. Can I enjoy the home we found on Airbnb with my kids and my wife, like, without you?

[Sean]

I mean, it is pretty great.

[Mike]

Douche. Knock it out. All right. And there was some tennis. I'm sure that. Thank you for staying with us for the. The life and times of our life in the Wimbledon village.

[Sean]

I'm glad you and turned out to

[Mike]

be a good fit, you guys. Nice one. Nice. You guys just been, like, villaging your asses off, bro. This a meeting here. A little thing there, like, just kind

[Sean]

of going by the IMG house. Max had us over. It was incredible.

[Mike]

Did.

[Sean]

He was lovely.

[Mike]

Oh, did he? Look at us.

[Sean]

Yeah, you were busy working. We were busy.

[Mike]

Look at us. You guys are just smashing burgers and free food from the. I. You know, you go there just for free food.

[Sean]

We built this studio, okay? It took us all of three hours.

[Mike]

That is true. I can't argue that it did. And that's exactly what happened.

[Sean]

No down to the queue. We met some wonderful people.

[Mike]

That was cool, by the way.

[Sean]

The queue's awesome.

[Mike]

Yeah, the queue For. For those of you watching at home, and you're like, what's it? It's a line.

[Sean]

Basically everywhere's a Q at Wimbledon, apparently. But this is the Q, and you

[Mike]

spell it with a lot of unnecessary vowels. Q, E. Yeah. Anyways, you guys are crushing it. I'm trying to keep my pants up on espn. I just sat. I had to go to the bathroom for, like, 45 minutes, and I was just like, I can't. So then all of a sudden, that's like, WhatsApp. And sweet, sweet ladies were like, your pants are here. I'm like, oh, okay. So I just shimmied along, like, awkwardly. It was bad. There was tennis.

[Sean]

Yes.

[Mike]

By the way, sinner's gonna lead the day, obviously surviving. Like, we'll. We'll. We'll talk about that. Medi cruise through silic 1, 2, and 4. Michael Zhang beat Nori.

[Sean]

That was awesome.

[Mike]

Nori knows how to play on the surface. He's been in the semis here before. That's a big win in a. In a. In a slam. Seven, six in the fifth. Really impressed. Like, when was the last time you graduated from Columbia and Or won a match at Wimbledon, Mike?

[Sean]

I've never done any of those things or thought of them.

[Mike]

I've done one. It wasn't Columbia, I'll tell you. Anyways, he played fantastic Hodar, So Hodar was interesting. He played Gil, who was a wild card. So we still need to stress test this a little bit more. I think it was ranked 222 coming in. It's so weird when someone breaks out like a Hodar did during the clay court season and goes from 500 to, you know, 23 in the world in, like, a sneeze. Never played a match on grass, so it's like we're trying to just predict how he's going.

[Sean]

He'd never played a professional match.

[Mike]

Well, I mean, no. Like, I don't. I don't. I don't think. Or a tour match. Maybe there's someone else, but, like, definitely not a one at Wimbledon. Look, good shot. Tolerance is good. Serve was good. I want to see him get beat up to the corners a little bit to see if the movement is there a little bit more. They. I don't think the guy today had pace of shot to test him, but I was watching, and the eye test was. Was positive. I. I thought. I thought it was a really good performance for him. The up. The upset that I don't think was an upset except for you. And remind the. Everyone what you did. With your draw. Because this is an example of it being horrible.

[Sean]

It was going really well until it didn't. But essentially I.

[Mike]

It's day one. What do you mean?

[Sean]

I picked based on head to head and then if. If there wasn't a head to head, then I picked based on. On ranking.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Hercock speaks.

[Sean]

Casper Rood.

[Mike]

Yep. That was a horrible pick by you.

[Sean]

Horrible pick. So I knew it was going to be. Because you're very committed about it being one.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because that works out. Hashtag Roland Garros bracket.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Tommy Paul is in this in Betty section. Like to get to the quarters.

[Sean]

He looks great. We watched him for a little while from the media thing.

[Mike]

Yeah, Mueller just didn't want to be on grass. Like he didn't want to. There was. He broke from the first game, didn't face a break point. Like he. I almost feel like he's going to start a second round. Be like this is the start of the tournament a little bit. But he just knows how to play on the surface. Fonseca beating Batista. Good. Batista goo. Made the semis here once like as one title. Won a title on grass. Like knows how to play. Plays the trajectory down, hits the ball flat low little stress test in the first set. Winning in a breaker. Good win. Like a good solid win over a veteran who actually knows how to. To play on this surface. So at ESPN, I sit with my back towards court 18, so I don't always see what's behind me. And we're, you know, in this huge board of just. It's like a dream watching situation. It's unbelievable.

[Sean]

It's like screens everywhere.

[Mike]

Like I can be like step me and it's like.

[Sean]

It's like a. Sorry.

[Mike]

It's like a buffet of information.

[Sean]

Womp, womp.

[Mike]

Yeah. So anyways, I'm sitting in my back, I hear. I'm like. It was like jarring. And then I look, I look over my right shoulder and it's just a sea of Brazilians up on.

[Sean]

We could hear them. We were like on the other side of the media. Like the. The media like area for all the different groups sits above that court. Yeah, like right above where you guys are. And they were just cheering Fonseca.

[Mike]

It was amazing.

[Sean]

And you're like, oh my. This the energy that they're going to bring. I remember last year, the first time I came here, you had given us tickets and we were in center court. I remember he was playing like all the way out on the edge and you could hear them CHEERING and it's only going to be bigger. And if he plays the way he did today, it's going to be for a long time.

[Mike]

There's still going to be like, Batista Goode is great, understands ball flight, but doesn't have, like, the knockout punch. Right. If he was going to have to get in and claw his way into this thing, just. And Fonsega is the opposite. Like, he has knockout power all over the place, but, like, it was a very disciplined, straightforward, like, it was a mature match.

[Sean]

It's funny, you said Sean pointed that out when he was like, oh, he just, like, he would serve and we're like, man, look how patient he is. He's just walking over, he's getting the towel.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Sean]

I mean, he's like, this is my match to play, not a match with somebody else. It was interesting to watch.

[Mike]

And I don't want to discount the effect of week one of Roland Garros there.

[Sean]

Okay.

[Mike]

Big time tennis. Three out of five sets. Pacing yourself. How do you feel when your four matches in all of those things, as it, like, the input comes in and he understands how it feels and it's. It's going to get calmer. I think for him. Not as frantic, not, you know, expectation through the roof. I think the more he does it, obviously, the more comfortable he's going to get with it. But I thought it was a. I thought it was a great performance. Some of the highlights on the women's side. Coco Golf rolled. It was a good performance for her. This is, you know, I like that she's honest. She went to the press grammar. She goes, my relationship with grass isn't. Isn't the best, but she looked good today. Sabalenka just rolled. Ostapenko wins. Andreeva, Pugula, Jovic. Eva Jovic looked. Looked good.

[Sean]

She looked great in the second, not

[Mike]

an easy first round. Osaka looked pretty good.

[Sean]

Yeah, her fit was crazy.

[Mike]

The fit is insane. But, like, it's. It's fun, it's great. It gives you a reason to watch, like the entrance. But she put this thing on the chair and, like, laid it across.

[Sean]

All right. I was reading about this. You tell me about it.

[Mike]

I didn't see it. So she walks in, in the Osaka thing, and if you've watched the coverage of the French, it's like a new version of the long, dramatic entrance. Cool, fun. Like, we're great, we talk about it. No one's heard. If you're offended by it, then, like, get over it. It's fun, right? Like, it's like, what are we doing? So. But she lays it on the chair and it's like sitting up. And then she would. I think she was planning on sitting in the chair next to it. And the. The umpire got out and was like, we have to move this off the court. I don't know if it's viewed as like an advertisement or like it's laid out.

[Sean]

So she laid out like, like standing up.

[Mike]

Like, it was pretty.

[Sean]

I mean, because it's pretty big.

[Mike]

It's not small. It was 15ft high.

[Sean]

People. The ladies in the front row were like down in front.

[Mike]

Yeah. There were four people holding the back of it. I don't know. It's like a wedding person. So anyway, so she had to move it off the court. Like, imagine wearing something on. Like, we have to move your outer gown. Like, how do you even say that without it?

[Sean]

Your tearaway pants. We have to move your tear away pants. They weren't terrible.

[Mike]

You would not tear this work of art. Like, that's. I don't. I don't even know. I don't even know.

[Sean]

Also, your sweatsuit's causing too much.

[Mike]

Also it takes a while to like enter and then get off. Like, does that go into the warmup time?

[Sean]

That's a good question. Right, Sean? We should go next time. We should see when they start the clock.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Sean]

I'm curious when they start the.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's four matches behind you.

[Sean]

That's. I'm going to go check that out. Cuz the entrance is elite.

[Mike]

Not going to lie. Great. And I don't want anything to mess with it. And if I was playing her, I'd be like, she starts serving and be like, go time. You tapping on your wrist right now, like, let's go. That's it. Kova wins. Swancow beats Kalinska in the easiest pronunciation match of the day.

[Sean]

Obviously the qualifier baton passing. But I mean, she was. Maya was on the way to winning that match.

[Mike]

6253 rolled her ankle.

[Sean]

Bummer.

[Mike]

I. I will say, like, qualifier wins three rounds. Like, she was in that position a month ago. Knows that. That's momentum, that's value. It has it and we talk about it all the time during the draw shows. I will say it was. I sat back and I was like kind of smiling. Like, it wasn't a smirk. It was like a very happy Smileska's outfit. Sponsored the manufacturer is the same all the way down to the shoes. Patches everywhere.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Now for her injuries and her days of struggle, she gets paid 100 grand.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

So fantastic.

[Sean]

Fantastic.

[Mike]

Like her new reality is, is.

[Sean]

I know.

[Mike]

It's fantastic.

[Sean]

Megan was writing that she. Her game looked great on the grass, though, so I feel I'm a little disappointed that we don't get to see.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Sean]

I mean, if it was going to hold up on the ground, it does.

[Mike]

One thing that you need to watch for for grass court tennis, and I don't know that we saw that today with Kvalinska to get an accurate reading was when someone can beat you hard through the middle consistently and or push you to the corners, like with pace.

[Sean]

Okay.

[Mike]

Right. Shot tolerance is a big deal. When someone can't create that amount of speed, I don't know that it's an accurate read. So she looked fine. I think as you go through the tournament and it's like Sabalenka and that pace of shot is coming through. I think she might have struggled a little bit, but we won't know till next year. And if you told her two months ago, you're gonna final one of the next two slams, are you in?

[Sean]

I mean, she's like, dial me up.

[Mike]

Correct.

[Sean]

Dial me up.

[Mike]

So very cool. Even. Even on a bad day. The earn out in a million different ways for her is well earned and makes me happy. What else you got?

[Sean]

I think that's it. I think that's. That's all I really got. I think the biggest thing would be asking you about Yonic center.

[Mike]

Yeah. So did the entire match. And we did a. A, a breakdown kind of in match one. Career high in aces for Yanic. He had 30.

[Sean]

31.

[Mike]

31. Okay. So I was wrong on that live on TV. Anyways, moving on.

[Sean]

Foley had a good stat department.

[Mike]

Yeah, no, they have their elite stat department. I'm just kidding, obviously, about it.

[Sean]

There's 50 million of them.

[Mike]

F. There's a lot of them. And they're fantastic.

[Sean]

And they're lovely.

[Mike]

Gr. Fantastic 51 errors. He was missing a lot of like. And his misses weren't by three inches. They were by like four or five feet.

[Sean]

I heard you say that on the broadcast. I was curious, like, what was it consistently, like, depending on where he was going, or was it one thing he was struggling with?

[Mike]

No, and we did a breakdown. I was stunned. Kovic one. The guy's been. Kitchmanovich has been in the fourth round here three out of four years. And the people he's lost to. Djokovic. Djokovic. Center.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And then now center so he can play on grass. Short takebacks, can accept pace pretty well, but he Was beating Yannick kind of just playing through the middle, which is normally a recipe for disaster. Like I would have never, ever, ever mentioned that as a possibility for him. And it was working, but it was working because there was some relief. Janik was missing some today, right. He had 14 errors in the first set. You know, if you carry the. You have four and a half, three and a half games of errors just there. So scratchy. But let's think about this also when you win as much as he does. He was on a 30 match winning streak before Roland Garros, by the way. Like we forget about that a little too quickly. A month plus between matches for him is like an off season. But the only time he goes a month without playing matches because he wins as much as he does is, is like finals of Turin into Australia, which is like six or seven weeks, right? So there is going to be some, some rust. Grass is. You play in it for a month and then you don't play on it for 12 months. Like it's not something you practice on, it's not something you train on.

[Sean]

Right.

[Mike]

He did not get any grass. Even last year after the roll in Garrison, he went and played Halle and played two matches. There's value in that. Even though he lost a bublek or whatever. But like there, there is value in that. Was always going to be a little rusty. And when so much of the narrative about him coming into this tournament is heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat. No one talks about his game ever. It's just all heat, heat, heat. There's never been more interest in the forecast nine days from now in the history of, in the history of tennis.

[Sean]

I mean, it's true.

[Mike]

But if you were going to have a gutsy win where you fall, I don't know how he didn't break all the hips.

[Sean]

I mean that, that.

[Mike]

Oh my God. That means it was one of those grass falls where you're legs go out.

[Sean]

That is where being a skier growing up probably came into effect. Because that was like yard sale central.

[Mike]

I'm telling you.

[Sean]

No skiing, you know what I'm talking about. It looked bad.

[Mike]

Where you kind of look. I was looking at the screen with one eye hoping he would like.

[Sean]

It's like a meniscus hip tear slip.

[Mike]

Brutal. And then whatever the hell he had going on with his nail, where he had the bloody. He had the shilling foot. Did you see this?

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

The shoe?

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

It kept growing like there was a lot of blood in there because it was a little spot to begin with. And then it was heading towards this heel.

[Sean]

Just like a sweaty, bloody, just grow white shoe.

[Mike]

Disgusting.

[Sean]

We'd have never seen it if it wasn't for the, for the Wimbledon whites.

[Mike]

He kept, he kept making the joke. He's like, because I don't know, I'll get something wrong. But the general gist of it is accurate. Like 90% of what covers you has to be white.

[Sean]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I was like, ooh, the shoes are flirting with.

[Sean]

Was definitely more than the piping. That's allowed.

[Mike]

When he, when he lost the third set, it was getting close. That thing was growing.

[Sean]

Oh, my gosh. It fit in, though, with the strawberry towels, though. Maybe it was a plan, we don't know.

[Mike]

But if there was a time for a very gutsy, kind of ugly win for him. Timing of the narrative is pretty good.

[Sean]

Can I give you the. The stat of the day brought to you by Surface Now. And this is something we were all talking about. Please. He's seven and 12 now in five setters in slams. Today's his first win in a five setter at a slam since his 2024 Australian Open victory over Medy. He had lost four straight. Yeah, five setters and slams since then. Granted, they're really good players, but like, winning this, right, despite all that, despite the 7 and 12 and all that, like, the way he looked after that was done, it was kind of like, I can do this.

[Mike]

There's a little spring into the next, next round.

[Sean]

Okay.

[Mike]

I, I think it's, I think him going five and surviving healthy, that's a big if. Like, you have to win for it to be good for you. Three and a half hours. Didn't get to that 350 threshold where he's never won a match past 350. There was an eye on that. But, like, I think this is perfect for him moving forward in this tournament. I think he's going to be a different human in the third round. I think there's ever a time for your foot to be bleeding through your shoe, to be falling down to get through it on not a perfect day. And I have to give him credit because being on the other side and every question, heat, heat, heat, heat on the desk. In the interview afterwards, we asked him about heat and he's patient. He's like, it's an issue. He goes, I look forward to doing it again. I like the challenge. He's not trying to poop it away or he's not frustrated ever. Like, try not losing your patience when someone asks you about, like, a flaw. 47 times a day.

[Sean]

Well, I have children, so I definitely.

[Mike]

Yeah, but that.

[Sean]

Always asked about that.

[Mike]

That gap is. Well, I mean, are you calling journalists children? Mike, please comment. Mike, at Sir, Mediagrade.

[Sean]

I'm saying I. I've grown to be very patient at producer.

[Mike]

I wish I knew email addresses.

[Sean]

He doesn't know what social media is.

[Mike]

Could have gotten you anything else.

[Sean]

Mike, to be honest with you, I thought this would be over by now by the time we were done recording. But Novak is in a tight one right now. They're in the third set. He's down three, two. Okay.

[Mike]

He was cruising when we started.

[Sean]

Yeah, he was. He'd won the first set, 6, 4. And lost second set, 7 5.

[Mike]

All right, you ready? You ready for this? You guys ready for this? I'm looking in the camera for those of you listening. Audio.

[Sean]

All right.

[Mike]

You ready for the magic of tv? Novak gets through in four sets. Tough one, Wins the first set, drops the second, gets through the next two. Not the worst thing for him. Try to get some reps going forward in the tournament. Not worried about him from here on out. He does have to kind of watch out for being on. On court too much, you know, but I'm not too worried. When you don't play at all is 5th tournament of the year or something, you kind of have to find your footing a little bit. You ready for option two? Okay, you ready? Novak wins a five set thriller pushed him towards the end. Like, I don't think this is great. I think the time on court is probably a little bit. A little bit too much. Like, you know, the body doesn't recover the same way at close to 40 years old. So we'll see. But he gets through it as Novak does. We'll see. Like, hopefully the recovery goes well and I guess we'll check in the next round. We'll. We'll see if there's any feedback as far as his body. Ready? Novak down in four sets. Back to back slams. Not making the second week for the first time. And I don't know how long. Like, it's crazy. Can't even believe it. Ready? Novak loses in five.

[Sean]

Oh,

[Mike]

crazy. Like, will we. Will we spit?

[Sean]

Is this bit over?

[Mike]

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