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Hey everyone. Welcome to Quick Serve, brought to you by ServiceNow. Day nine recap. Sean, nice of you to wake up, buddy. Yeah, we've been here waiting little over.
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Yeah.
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Some like eye crusties, I think.
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Yeah. Tell us more about your rest. While we were waiting for you to come on. Yeah.
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I accidentally set my alarm for 7pm Not 7am as rookie mistake.
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Which is.
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Yeah, it's good. We were just. Mike, what were you doing while you were waiting for Sean?
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It gave me a little bit more time to finish making breakfast for my human alarm clocks known as children that don't let me sleep past their biological requirement to wake up at seven.
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Good. Well Sean, I'm glad that. I'm glad the kids. There's no kids there to wake you up. I'm glad you got your rest, man. You look beautiful. Appreciate it. I. Yeah.
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Don't know what to say.
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No wonder you're able to stay up late and be in the substack chat with the chuckers.
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Yeah, I mean that, that like that like married, no kids, life. He's going to get off of this show. He's going to go eat like a bag of cheesy poofs. Like it's just going to be great. It's going to be amazing. Oh man. Hey, you know what? I had fun. I had fun last night. Well, it was a sub. What. What did we do? I was responding to stuff. I was chatting. Felt like aol in like 1999. I was just chatting with people.
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Chit chatting. Yeah, yeah. You logged into our substack. Sean had set you up. At first, Andy thought it was just like a sandwich place, but no, it was a. It's a chat place where our newsletter lives.
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It's a.
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Would be a great name for a sandwich place.
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Yeah, I feel like they might have already. I don't know that you'd be able to do that legally just. But it is a great name for it.
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Do you. Do you know what I learned while doing the A? You asked a great question of what people wanted or who you wanted us to interview next.
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Yeah.
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Some great insights.
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Yeah.
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But also why the planes were flying overhead. Pula and Matty Keys match. We learned that it's. It was a national holiday. Yeah. Australia.
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It's like their Independence Day. They always have the fireworks during the matches and they always say, like, they're going to interrupt during certain times and. Yeah. Every year.
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Well, somebody told me it was more akin to their Columbus Day or slash, Invasion Day. I was like, what? Like, wait, what?
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Did I get it wrong? No, no, no.
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They. Somebody said that and then. And then an Aussie was in the chat with us, corrected us.
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Oh, good. Okay.
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So I was like, luckily, no fireworks interrupted the later matches.
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It was just. Yeah, I always remember specifically they would always have fireworks during the, like the night session one night, and there was like an interruption to, like, play through. And it was like a. Being at like a theme park.
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Crazy.
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Yeah, it was. It happened every year. But I'm glad I didn't get that wrong. That was 15 years of bad learning, if the case. All right, so we'll. We'll get into the matches. The nice thing about getting later on in the tournament is that we can actually spend a little bit of time digesting and. And looking forward, not just racing through. And 87,000 results. Pula over keys. Pretty straightforward. Three and four. It looked like Jess kind of just from the word go, you know, I think these two probably know each other well enough to where it's not about, like, figuring out a game plan, it's about executing it right in. For Jess, it's obviously she needs to see the return. Right. And then once she gets neutral, I think it's just a matter of not letting Maddie get set, you know, to kind of unleash that. That forehand, which is like her version of. Of an uppercut. But Jess looked like she was settled into the rallies. It looked like she was getting the patterns that she wanted. And she's sneaky. Been rolling people this tournament, you know, kind of while similar to IGA has maybe been undersold in this tournament. Coco has been a little bit undersold in this tournament. Pula has been a little bit undersold in this tournament. It feels like, it feels like the, the Sabalenka has been taking up a lot of air. Jovic has obviously been taking up a lot of air. Osaka took up maybe all the air in the, in the first week. But I thought, I thought Pula looked great. Like she's, she's in it to win it.
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Yeah. I think, you know, she is 31 years and 328 days old and she's become the oldest American in the open era to defeat the reigning women's singles champion at a Grand Slam event, surpassing Serena Williams, who was 31 years, 243 days in Roland Garros 2013. And I think it's a testament to like, just how prepared Jess always is. Right. My wife and I were watching the match last night and she was, she was like, Jess looks like jacked. She looks like she's in fantastic shape. She just looks laser focused. Yeah, I wouldn't. Anna Smova has a tough match ahead of her. I think with.
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I don't. I mean, I would. At the beginning of the tournament. I would have said in a Samova, like favorite in that matchup, you know, but listen, making, making ladder round or second week predictions without having seen anyone and how they build is why you get the dumb calls. Like, you know, Lerner going through Medi.
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4.
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Oh, and 3 is not something that you would choose eight days ago, you know, when Medi wins, coming in and Lerner hadn't, you know, lost a couple on the way in. Pula has built throughout this tournament. Iga back to 0 and 3. Obviously playing a qualifier, it's a good spot for her. But I think there were a lot of people had question marks around iga. IGA seems to be one where like, we all kind of panic. Like, you know, I not, not really meet, but like, if she's not playing perfectly, everyone kind of freaks out and kind of jumps off, you know, And.
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I don't like, if she's not just like completely shredding people. They're just like, well, something's wrong.
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Yeah. I don't know. Some people, it's like they lose and you're like, oh, they'll be fine. And for iga, for some reason, I don't know if it's just because she's a victim of her own shadow a little bit. Right. Sabalenka has been the most Consistent and dominant player over the last. But that doesn't mean IGA hasn't won in six majors. And she went Wimbledon last summer, you know, one of Masters 1000. So she's kind of just sneaking along. I think there's a lot of hype, rightfully so, about Rabakina going in, so maybe that takes a little bit of oxygen. That is the. That's one I can't wait to see. And it's also funny because we always. There's that we. We develop certain narratives and one of them's, you know, nobody likes playing Robakina. She beats the big player. She's not scared. IGA 6 and 2 against her.
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7 and 2 according to the AO website now.
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Oh, well, I looked at about a half hour ago and it was 6 and 2. But yeah, whatever it is, it's a lot.
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Which website were you on? The WTA one, maybe.
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I was on. I actually looked at the A1. So easy. God, you have such. You're like, you're. You're. You're getting to my level of petty where you can't just let it go.
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I just. It's just like. Just hire. Hire a coder. Yeah. Use AI.
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But EA's way ahead in this matchup.
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What. What cre. What credence do you give that? Right? Because, I mean, obviously you. Is it. Is it a matchup thing or is it just, you know, it was difference in. In play at the time? Like. Well, I mean, pretty big gap.
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I mean, let's. Okay, well, there's a couple things. One, IGA's been, along with arena, has been the dominant player of her generation. So she's just been better than Robak in a day in, day out for five years. Right. So there's. There's one piece of it. She's just been more consistent. I think IGA also is one of the few players that can take robbing out of, you know, Robuck hits it big, she moves well, but she doesn't like to be bullied when she's moving. Right. She's a good, like, rhythm mover where if she can pace her steps into a shot, it's really good. And IGA can just kind of smother you. Right. I think she can return pretty well. She can attack Robocan a second serve, make her move on that first ball. But IGA maybe undersold in this tournament. Rocket A one and three. Like, she's rolling too. Like, I think we have two players that are getting to. To kind of peak form it. It's Weird, because they're both so good. The quarters almost feels really early for this matchup, you know what I'm saying? It feels like a very big. It's not like a, you know, Sabalenka Jovic, where it's like, okay, this is a quarterfinal of someone coming up and someone who's kind of holding the keys to the kingdom. Coco and Svitolina kind of feels like a quarterfinal. Rebakana and iga, you know, two slam winners. Iga, two in the world. Rebakina winning last World Tour finals and building up, you know, it feels like a big. It feels big for a quarterfinal. Anisimova Pula, I think, is a coin flip at this point. Coco is two, and, oh, against Vitalina, she does have the ability to get it up out of the zone on Alina a little bit, right with that forehand. The trajectory, playing above your shoulder as opposed to playing in your pocket. It's.
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It.
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Svitolina has a little bit more form coming in. I mean, the dismantling of Andrea, I thought was. Was a pretty big message to the. But, yeah, there's a lot of. There's a lot of popcorn in the women's quarterfinals. I mean, Sabalenka Jovic, I. I think.
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I.
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I don't know. Like, it's. I mean, Sabalenka is obviously the favorite. She always is. I don't. I'm curious to see how Yovich starts. I don't think if she gets her feet into this match, she's playing that. That well. Is that. Is that crazy for me to say?
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I mean, no. I mean, I think, honestly, it's. I. Where's the expectation lie? Right. The expectation is for Sabalenka to roll through her, and she has no expectation. That's almost more dangerous to me. Right.
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I don't know.
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I think, get in and play your game, because what other choice do you have?
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Yeah, I think we're projecting that. No expectation, though. I think you hear Jovic talk, and she's like. She's like, I'm not playing crazy well. I'm just executing. I like. She's like, I'm kind of good in a very not arrogant way. She goes, I don't. I don't feel like I'm playing over my skis. Novak has been giving her advice, which I think is cool. You know, if you talk about someone figuring out how to develop and win and, you know, bleed opponents, that's. That's a pretty good source for advice. Maybe just keep it there. But, I mean, the The. The feedback I'm getting is yo. But she's like, I'm not. I don't feel surprised by this, and I don't feel like I'm playing over my head. I feel like this is sustainable. It looks sustainable. It doesn't look like she's taking crazy risks. So I can't wait to see the first 20 or 25 minutes of that match. I Sabalenka. If you're Sabalenka, I think you want to get off to a good start and at least put her in a position where she's going okay. I'm a little. Maybe a little bit. Maybe a little shell shocked in this matchup. Let's flip to Shelton. I got. He, I think looked great against Casper. Dropped the first set. Ben's doing a really good job. One, the backhand's way better. It's never going to be something where it's like a Zverev or a sinner type backhand. He kind of comes under it and maybe shoves a little bit more. And I can relate because that's what I did. But he's controlling the flight through the middle. He's able to hit it cross. He can go after it under the gun. But he's also using the chip to shift the pattern a little bit, right. So he's hitting that inside out line chip, which gets everything going back to his forehand. And then he's doing a good job distributing. He just gets better kind of all the time. And if we think back through his runs at majors, he's kind of getting to this spot every time he's healthy and not on clay. Right. Last year, semis here French Open happens quarters. Wimbledon, Australia, Wimbledon, both to center. Was ramping up for a great run in New York and got hurt. But he's kind of always at the back end of slams now, right? That's consistency, and I think that's. That's progress. The problem is the matchup with center has been by far his most difficult matchup. Right, center plays lefty well. He's able to pin him in that backhand corner. That's. The strategy for center is pretty simple. Let's make Ben Shelton beat us, beat me. With his backhand. I don't know that the points get extended. I don't know that you're going to get like this Spaziri thing where you can affect him physically. You know, Ben serve is great, but also it makes the point shorter a lot of the times. So you. You have to favor center in that match just because it's been a. It's like the, the Fed match was rough for me. Like I went in. No matter how well I was playing, I knew the matchup was waiting for me. I feel like it's that way with center. Yeah. Takishan, I just.
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So you say that center's plan is pretty clear. You know, beat. Make Ben beat him with his backhand. What's. How does Ben then. What's his strategy to avoid that? Like what does he have to do to kind of get the ball away from there?
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He has to. Easier said than done because everything I'm about to tell you has to be done off of the pace that sinner creates. So it's not a matter of, oh, I can just hit it here or there. You're reacting to something that's coming at you and he's having your decision making time all the time. Non negotiable for Ben has to serve well. Like if you give center enough looks, even Ben serve where it's like, you know, people say it's like trying to return a bouncy ball from like a vending machine. He has to serve 60% or higher. He has to be getting cheapies off of his first serve. You know, I like Ben coming in off some second serves. I think the confuse and conquer method where sinner doesn't quite know the level of psychosis with which Ben is going to play. Once they get into that neutral rally, center can redistribute and switch directions better than Ben can at this point in his career. You know, I, I've talked to Brian Shelton over the years. He'll check in a couple times a year and he's just like, what are you seeing? And a lot of it was how to use that chip to get your pattern. That's tough against center, but once he gets it. So let's say he chips line and center rips a backhand cross. Ben has to hit that next one with emphasis. You know, even if it's back cross court, he has to kind of, once he makes his move, he has to do it with clarity. I think if he slows the ball down at all, then all of a sudden he's, you know, shoveling off of his, his back foot or his outside right foot on that backhand side, which hasn't been good for him in this matchup traditionally.
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So yeah, this is a rematch of last year. I mean they, they faced off in the Al 6, 2 and 2 in the semis. Yep.
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And then, I mean, it's little things.
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What you're saying, right? He served. He served 59% first serves. Yeah, you know, only, only first. First serve points one was 57% verse, you know, sinner was 75.
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Yeah. And like it's little things. Like I remember watching that match last year and I remember I was texting with Eubanks during it. He didn't make any, hardly any first serves in the breaker. So therefore it bleeds a little bit. The second serve was going straight to spots, you know, on the deuce side. You want to see the one where it. And centers back in and then kicks into his forehand. Like little things like that where when that does that, it's hard to take a full cut and square it up. You want someone to have to try to get neutral as opposed to injecting something into, into a second serve return. So I'm assuming that's what Brian and Ben will be. Will be talking about. Brian Shelton's a great coach, you know, 50, 60 in the world himself. So Ben, Ben's look great and he's just really good at navigating Grand Slam events. One, one that I got completely wrong and I, you know, we, I think Taylor shared a little bit more after his match. But the Musetti call, he rolled through. Fritz Musetti won. The best thing I could possibly do for him when he's playing Novak is say Novak's gonna roll because I've been wrong about him the entire tournament. The entire tournament.
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He has.
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He's gone from someone who two years ago that if you played big, you could get into his back end. He's, he's so good at choosing when to chip, when to open up the shoulders. He's gotten so much better at defending big shots to the corners. Right. When to rip yourself out of out of defense and when to kind of chip and kind of massage your way out of out of defensive positions. He's looked great. But Mike, you were saying Fritz was, was pretty honest about not really be in full health.
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Yeah, he said he, you know, afterwards he talked about having, you know, wish everyone knew his knee and he had some abdominal issues and that he honestly was even thinking about not playing and shutting down for a couple months prior to the event. Him and his physio had come up with a plan to try and attack it and ultimately it just, you know, it's a grind that wore him down. And he said the painkillers never really kicked in and he just couldn't fight through it. And so it's a shame. But I mean, props to Musetti. Right? I mean Musetti, who had his second son in the off season in November afterwards, was talking about how he feels like he's playing more mature than he did in previous years. And I mean, he's still a young guy, but, you know, it's. He feels like he's playing for them and you know, he misses them, but, you know, he sees like a mission in what he's doing. So I think there's something to that, right? He is fifth in the world. You know, he.
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There's like a mathematical reality of Novak made semis, right? Musetti goes out and beats Novak. And if it doesn't go Zverev's way, even if zero, I mean, Musetti is legit kind of close over the next little bit of like three in the world is within his sights, which is crazy. Like that there's. That's. There's a non. Nothing. There's a non zero chance that. That he could be three in the world, which is. Which is crazy. Novak is at full health. Maybe he, you know, it's that thing. Where does he want the reps versus this is a matchup that Novak has been very comfortable in six zero. Musetti's had him on the ropes a couple of times, but I don't know. Novak coming off of rest, being able to go into hurt you mode, you know. And one more thing on Musetti in this Fritz matchup, when, you know someone isn't perfect, game plan matters. And being able to commit to that mentally matters. Musetti was perfect as soon as he had something that. Where he could bleed Taylor to the corners, knowing that Taylor, you know, wasn't fully comfortable on that knee. He did it clear as day, executed it three straight sets right, gave himself time on the second serve because he knew that maybe he could. Listen me said he's. I think, I think you said it, Mike. And as you were. As you were talking through his kind of maturity and in the way he views himself now, he's just an absolute grown up, like that's it. And he can play on fast surfaces, he can play on slow surfaces. You know, I think a couple of years we all thought maybe he was like a claycore guy. He's not as evidenced by this. But it's fun to see his growth year over year. And I mean, listen, he probably doesn't give a. What anyone says outside of his team, but, you know, I guess the rest of us can continue to underestimate him at our own peril. You know, Zverev and tn. This one's interesting. Who do you Guys, like.
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I mean, I'm gonna go tn, obviously, just because I'm gonna. I'm gonna write the story. I want to see. You know, I'm channeling John Wertheim. What about you, Sean?
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Yeah, I think I'm gonna go tn. I just like that he can. From what I've seen so far, I feel like even if he loses sets, you know, I don't see like this mental roller coaster. He seems so comfortable with losing his set. Thinking in his brain, I think that he's like, I can still take this because he's been through so many. Five setters.
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Yeah. One thing I'm going to tell you guys real quick. One, one. It's a great position to be in where all of a sudden you're pick. You seem to be picking an upside and an upset inside of your own show with choosing Zverev. That's a nice position to be in. I got to be honest. I'm gonna take that opportunity. Zverev plays well against lefties. The lefty slice serve, which is stressful for most of us, goes into his strength. Right. So it's not as if serving him middle, he's actually going to be able to do what he wants. He's going to be able to drift back on that for. On that first and that second serve and kind of do what he likes to do, which is kind of unleash that back in from depths of the court. Is very. Doing a really good job. I mean, he's just rolling. He's using the. The dropper a little bit more. If you're tn. It's more of the same not letting him get set. I think he TN needs to establish that drop shot because what does that do? If he establishes drop shot early, all of a sudden, Zverev has to at least account for that and adjust his court positioning forward a little bit. And then that opens up the corners to where Zverev can't just drift and do that kind of magic defense. You're not going through me where it. That's his most comfortable base setting. Listen, he serves big. I'm not. I don't know that I can choose against Veriv. I love that doesn't mean I don't, you know, love everything about learning. We put a. I don't know what we're calling yet, but we put a. A past episode where we talked about him a couple months ago. Thanks for the correction on that one, Sean. Out. And so check that out if you want some more in depth thoughts on. On learner. Tn but I'm. I'm going zver Carlos Demon. Carlos is up three zero. Kind of same situation for Demon. He knows how to get to these spots. And then it's just like everyone else. Can you knock one of these Avengers out in the latter stages of. Of the tournament? But he has looked. Demons looked kind of perfect. I mean, beating Bublock 41 and 1, beating Francis early in the tournament, like, he's looked great. And does that change this matchup? I don't know. Looking forward, what's the quarterfinal that you're most looking forward to on either side? Both of you. We got Carlos Demons, Veri, Ben Sinner, Musetti, Novak, Saba Jovic, Coco Svitolina, Pegula, and A Samova and Swiatek Rabakano one on each side.
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For me, it's. It's Saba Linka Jovic. I just. I'm really excited just to see how she treats it, you know, I think Sabalenka is a lot of fun to watch no matter who she's playing. So I think the chess match is going to be either one of power or one where we're going to talk about for a long, long time. Um, and then, I mean, Novak and Musetti. I just want to see if Novak can make a fifth straight semi or whatever number it is. It's absurd.
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80. 80 million, Sean.
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It's a great question. It's hard. They're all so good. The Alcarez Demon one, I'm really interested in mainly because I feel like I'm going to be really happy with whoever wins. I'm kind of rooting for them both.
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Like, it's just free. Yeah.
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I think it'll be fun. Yeah. The Sablanca Jovic match is hard to that one. I just. Marissa's been rooting for Jovic for so long that seeing her now here in the quarterfinals and get, like, the opportunity just feels like this, like, oh, my gosh. But Saba Link is so good.
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Yeah.
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So I'm.
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I'm with you on Saba Jovic for many reasons. One, it's like I kind of think she's good enough if she gets pat. It's just very. Let's just very simply, if Jovic gets past this match, she's. She could win this tournament. Like, she's. She's been so good for the eye test so far. This, this and that would be like. It's one of those out of nowhere where someone's 18 and all of a sudden they shock to the system. I think she's that good. I think that's in there. That's. That's how much I think of her game and the way that she's playing right now. And I don't want to watch Ben Sinner. Right. Because if Ben is on that next. That next thing of, like, guys that maybe can challenge these two, and this is the matchup that's caused him stress. So if all of a sudden he wins a first set, we're going okay. Are we seeing a shift which would be significant, not even just for this tournament, but for, like, tennis at large. He's one of the guys that has enough weapons in athleticism and fitness to. To maybe do it. But this. This one's been rough for him. So I'm curious just to see how he navigates the strategy of a matchup that has been. Has been difficult for him. Mike, you got any deliveries?
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Ooh, time for perfect delivery.
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I don't know. You tell me. It's your thing. I've just been waiting for you to get to it.
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We have two. We have. First. First a fun one from Matty Inglis, the qualifier who just fell to iga. But afterwards, she was asked in the press conference about what she was going to do with her record earnings, which she won roughly around $400,000. A little bit less than that in US dollars, a little bit more than that in Australian cash. But she. She had this to say about her plans with her earnings.
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I'll definitely use a lot of it to invest back into my tennis and, you know, have some people on the road with me to see, support me and make, you know, some weeks a bit easier with, you know, family or friends. Yeah, because it's a long year, so. Yeah, do that for sure. I love shopping, so I'm sure I'll buy something nice. I've wanted a smeg toaster for so long. So long. But I just was like, no, you can't do that. So I think that's going to be my treat. And maybe the kettle, too.
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I mean, I thought she was gonna go like, you know, a car. I thought she'd maybe, you know, go hit up Gucci. No, a toaster. Maybe the kettle.
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I mean. I mean, real talk, if. If you're a guy watching that in Australia, are you going, I need to meet this wonder of a woman who just got half a million dollars and just wants a toaster.
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I mean, if I'm smeg, I'm sending her a full line of. Of equipment right now. Hopefully she understood your cash.
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Hopefully she understands the game. I Mean, that, that, that question of what are you going to do? She could have turned that into a wedding registry. By the way, I like the Smeg toaster. I like the Stanley's. Stanley's are nice. I'd like some of those. I would like. I mean, that's pretty funny.
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Props to her.
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Props to her. That was a fun story, especially in your home country. That was great. What else you got, Mike?
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And then the last one is from our friend, also one Matty Keys, when talking about kind of expectation and, you know, kind of her feelings after the loss as defending champ.
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Honestly, I'd say it feels way better losing and still being defending champion because it means you one. So, I mean, again, it's not like the world is ending because I lost today. Like I said, I have 11 months of the year left and there's still lots to be proud of, and I'm still gonna go out and work on new things and try to implement them in the next tournament. So. Obviously disappointed, but I. I'm really trying to not live and die on every single win and loss at this point in my career.
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A
You don't ever want to lose. And obviously Matty nailed that question because it's like, is it worse losing as a defending champion? No, it's not worse Being a Grand Slam champion and then losing, it's worse. Not being a Grand Slam champion and losing, like, that's pretty straightforward. I do think there's like. And this is pure projection, and it's not something that I haven't talked to, you know, Bjorn or anyone else, but there is something of. I know when she won last year, it was like, okay, how do I now perform as a Grand Slam champion? What's net like there. There is. There are some stress mechanisms that come with that. And in a weird way, maybe this is the end of last year, right? Like, there's this level set, my ranking goes down. Maybe I'm 15. But then when you're 15 or what, you know, whatever it is, whatever, she ends up. I haven't looked at the math yet, but whatever you end up, then all of a sudden you're attacking the field again. Right. As opposed to being the one. So, yeah, I mean, I. I kind of. It seemed like she had some levity about it. Maybe more so than Saul. A lot of parts last year when. When. After she had won. So best case scenario, this is a hard reset. How would we have done, Mike? Because obviously Jess and Matty do a podcast of their own.
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D
The players box. Yeah. Yeah.
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A
How would we have done and they did an episode like, before they played.
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D
Yeah. Yeah. It was the first ever podcaster cup, I think, in tennis history.
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A
Okay, so let's just. Let's just. Let's just do this real quick. How are your acting skills, Mike?
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D
My acting skills?
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A
Yeah. How are. How's your. Like, are we good?
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D
Better than my tennis skills.
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A
That's true. Okay, let's.
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D
Let's.
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A
Let's just paint a crazy picture. You ready?
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D
Okay. All right.
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A
Okay. We're playing in the round of 16 of a we're playing in the round of 16 of a grand slam event tomorrow. And by the way, they were great. They were jovial. They were mature. I don't think I would be in that scenario. I've had a hard time coming on and. Bullshit. Yeah. So. Okay, Mike. We're playing tomorrow in the round of 16 of a grand slam. Welcome to served. Hey, Mike.
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D
What's up, Andy? You ready for tomorrow?
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A
Yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready for you.
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D
Did you get the memes I was sending you all last night?
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A
Lose my number?
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D
What'd you think about. What'd you think about breakfast at the hotel?
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A
Yeah, I don't care. I'm not doing this podcast. Thanks for watching Quick serve, but. Brought to you by ServiceNow. We'll see you tomorrow.