17 | Offseason Training, Holiday Gift Guides & Year End Awards

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Player's Box – Episode 17 | Offseason Training, Holiday Gift Guides & Year End Awards

Overview

In this spirited and candid episode, Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady, and Desirae Krawczyk invite listeners into their off-court world as they discuss offseason training routines, swap holiday gift recommendations, and playfully hand out unofficial year-end tennis awards. As always, the crew’s dynamic banter delivers insightful behind-the-scenes stories and plenty of laughter, making this both a must-listen for tennis fans and anyone curious about the lives of elite athletes when the cameras are off.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Unforced Errors of the Week (01:09–13:14)

• Jenny Brady’s Week from Hell (01:30)
  • Jenny recounts a rough string of mishaps: smashing her racket out of frustration, nearly using her car keys instead of her room key, and experiencing a rare bloody nose.
• Madison Keys’ Travel Miracle (02:28)
  • Maddie celebrates an unexpectedly smooth travel day, describing it as “the easiest travel day of my entire life,” a rarity on the circuit.
• Jess Pegula’s Doggy Drama (02:59)
  • Jess shares an emotional tale: her dog had a glaucoma emergency, resulting in overnight vet visits, an emergency surgery to remove her eye, and a sleepless night punctuated by a surprise doping check:

    “I got home, I probably went to bed at like, 4am. 7am doping comes. I was like, you're joking, right? Does doping ever come when you have, like, a normal night's sleep? Never.” (04:02)

• Desirae Krawczyk’s Reality TV Algorithm (06:55)
  • Desirae lightens the mood with a bizarre story from the reality show “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” involving “fruity pebble gate,” earning consensus that, “Jess, you win the unforced error of the week.”
• Honorable Mention: The Charlotte ‘Exo’ Line Call Controversy (08:32)
  • Maddie explains a technical mishap at an exhibition, where electronic line-calling contradicted itself:

    “The ball is on the line, but it called it out... the ruling is confused.” (08:51)

  • The group ponders what should happen in a sanctioned match—Maddie clarifies they replayed the point, adding, “If this happened in a real match, I'd be losing my mind.” (10:00)

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2. Offseason and Preseason Routines (17:57–25:38)

• Desirae’s Comeback after Medical Procedure (18:24)
  • Des describes easing back into training following an egg-freezing cycle, emphasizing the challenge of rebuilding routines.
• Jess’ Transition Back to Hitting and Exos (19:08)
  • Jess discusses preparing for exhibition matches after a three-week break, noting each offseason feels different: “I actually have felt okay this week... besides, like, the hand situation.”
• Madison on Post-Season Burnout and Recovery (20:19)
  • Maddie admits she was “low key on my deathbed post-Saudi,” highlighting the physical toll of the end-of-year calendar.
• Jenny on Prolonged Injury Layoff (21:25)
  • Jenny, coming off an 18-month layoff, notes the stark contrast:

    “Some things that you never thought would hurt, hurt.”

• The Importance and Irony of Routine (22:03)
  • Everyone enjoys returning to structure, despite always longing for an offseason:

    “We're so insane... after two and a half weeks off I was like, what am I gonna do?” (23:40 – Madison)

• Vacations and Life Highlights (25:25)
  • Desirae will split time between Hawaii and tennis with captain Lindsay Davenport; the group jokes about post-event “rotting on the couch” as a key activity.

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3. Holiday Gift Guides: Player Picks for Everything! (27:00–43:00)

Categories spanned beauty, travel, pet gear, home hacks, kitchen gadgets, travel clothes, tennis gear, tech, trackers—here are some highlights and quotes:

• Beauty Product
  • Madison: “La Roche Posay sunscreen or the LED face mask.” (27:31)
  • Jess: Silicone facial cleansing brushes—“easy to travel with.”
• Travel Product
  • Madison: “The Coop camping pillow… I influenced everyone to buy.” (28:41)
  • Desirae: “Add the little vacuum seal thing for it if you are traveling, because that's clutch.” (29:01)
• Dog Items
  • Desirae: “Ring camera—caught Pluto on the table!” (30:26)
  • Jess: “Benny Bones… and BarkBox subscription for themed dog toys and treats.” (31:06)
• Home Hacks
  • Jess: “Eight Sleep—the cooling mattress topper. Changed my life.” (32:04)
  • Madison: “Remote-controlled outlet plugs for lamps—no more twisty thing!” (32:29)
  • Jenny: “Alexa, turn the light on.” (33:13)
• Kitchen Appliances
  • Jess: “KitchenAid rice cooker... I was influenced by Jennifer Garner’s Instagram.” (34:13)
  • Desirae: “Breville oven… just throw things in there, does everything.” (35:07)
• Travel Clothing
  • Desirae: “Vuori dream knit sets, but also Nike pants.”
  • Madison: “Literally look like I rolled out of bed every time in an airport.”
• Tennis Rackets
  • Jess & Madison: Same favorite.
  • Desirae & Jenny: Both love the Babolat Aero.
• Headphones
  • Jess/Madison/Desirae: “Bose Open Ear—so comfortable, can still hear ambient noise.” (37:10)
  • Jenny: “$9.99 Walgreens wired headphones. They stay in my ears!” (38:31)
• Hair Tools & Brushes
  • Jenny: “The Detangler hairbrush—Kardashian-influenced.” (39:06)
  • Madison: “Kristen Ess curling iron—five years strong.” (39:34)
  • Desirae: “Shark blow dryer—bring it everywhere.” (40:14)
• Tracking Devices & Apps
  • Madison: “Oura ring” (40:23)
  • Desirae: “Apple AirTags for tracking bags. Love seeing where my bags are.” (40:44)
  • Jess: “Timeshifter app for mitigating jet lag—enter flights and get sleep/caffeine/light tips.” (41:07)
  • Jenny: “Apple Watch.” (42:03)
  • Group Honorable Mention: “Hatch alarm for gentle wake ups.” (42:23)

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4. Year-End Tennis Awards: Player's Box Style (44:46–50:16)

The group doles out their own lighthearted year-end honors, blending WTA and ATP:

• Match of the Year
  • Unanimous: Roland Garros Men's Final (45:09)
• Best Slam Moment
  • Group honors go to: “Maddie winning Aussie Open. We all cried.” (45:19)
• Best 1000 Tournament Moment
  • Jenny: “Ben winning Toronto.” (45:37)
  • Jess: “Mira winning back-to-back 1000s.”
• Best 500 Tournament Moment
  • Jess: “Maddie winning Adelaide then AO—insane run.” (46:06)
• Most Improved
  • Women: “Imboko. Winning a 1000 is pretty insane.” (46:40)
  • Men: “Ben went from like 12 to 8.” (46:59)
• Comeback Player
  • Women: “Bencic.”
  • Men: “Marin Cilic.” (48:12)
• Newcomer
  • Women: “Ayala.”
  • Men: “Fonseca. Learner.” (48:24)
• Sportsmanship Award
  • “Blinky—Blinky of it.” (jokingly, player’s nickname) (48:43)
• Coach of the Year
  • Group: “Bjorn.” (49:00)
• Doubles Team of the Year
  • “Errani. Taylor and Cat also crushed it.” (49:13)
• Player of the Year
  • “Amanda. Maddie and Amanda. Rybakina’s late surge—‘crushing it’... Sabalenka, too.” (49:33, 49:52)
  • Emotional nod: “Amanda backing up her bad loss to come back and just do that again—kudos to her strength.” (50:00)

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5. "Who Am I?" Game & Closing (51:29–54:47)

• Reveal from last week
  • Maddie's player: “Ash Barty”
• Jenny’s Turn
  • Clue: “Reached number one in the world, won a 2008 silver medal, two siblings at the top of the game, but only one lifted major trophies.” (51:44)
• Signature Signoff Shenanigans
  • Amid “Jenny meltdown” and laughter, the group wraps up promising a mini-episode for fan questions.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jess on returning to routine:

  “Going to bed when you feel like you worked really hard is the best feeling.” (22:15)

• Maddie on the off-season paradox:

  “...we just complain about, like, God, the year’s so long. And then we're like, oh, we're so happy to be back in our routine...” (23:50)

• Desirae’s candid travel prep:

  “I'm usually wearing black because she gets sweaty rushing through the airport.”

• Group energy:

  “It's just fun—three women getting to like talk about random things.” (15:13 — Keys on the Charlotte influencer meet-up)

• Brady’s joke on low-tech headphones:

  “$9.99 wired headphones from Walgreens. We'll make sure we link those in the gift guide...” (38:31)

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• Unforced Errors of the Week: 01:09–13:14
• Automatic Line Call Controversy (Charlotte Exo): 08:32–13:14
• Exhibition Recaps/Charlotte Stories: 13:05–17:00
• Offseason Training & Routines: 17:57–25:38
• Gift Guide Segment: 27:00–43:00
• Year-End Awards: 44:46–50:16
• "Who Am I?" Game & Wrap-Up: 51:29–54:47

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Tone & Language

The episode is fun, conversational, and gently self-deprecating—an authentic hangout between friends who happen to be elite athletes. They blend tennis insight with jokes and relatable gripes about travel, routines, and the struggle to find the perfect silk pillowcase.

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Perfect for listeners who want a peek behind the pro tennis curtain—with laughter, camaraderie, and life hacks galore.

Transcript

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[Madison Keys]

This is the players box.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Hi, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the players box. I'm Desiree Krafczyk alongside Jenny Brady, Madison Keys, and Jess Pagola. Please remember to give our podcast five stars and to subscribe to our YouTube. As always, we very much appreciate it. All right, let's get into our unforced errors of the week.

[Jess Pagola]

Error.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Jenny.

[Jenny Brady]

Well, I had a couple today, actually. I got a little frustrated on court today and smashed my racket. And then I was tired, and I'm still tired and hungry. I just got back to the room, like, yeah. Oh, for Des. I just got back to the hotel like, 30, 40 minutes ago and tried to open my room with my car keys instead of my room key. And then I just got out of the shower and had a bloody nose. And I thought it was just a big snotball, but it was blood. And I never get bloody noses, so that was a bit weird. What about you, Maddie?

[Madison Keys]

I have had a pretty good week. Uneventful, I'm gonna say. I had a winner of the day. I was flying home from Charlotte and I got on standby and I got on my flight. We didn't have to check bags. We got home, like, an hour and a half early, and it was, like, the easiest travel day of my entire life, which doesn't happen that often, so big winner.

[Jenny Brady]

Wow.

[Jess Pagola]

Great job.

[Madison Keys]

Jess.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Jess.

[Jess Pagola]

I had a wild last 18 hours. No, it's, like, really? It's, like, not great. It's a little sad, but it's okay. It ended okay. Maddie. My dog had this eye thing going on the last couple days.

[Madison Keys]

Thank you for clarifying the dog.

[Jess Pagola]

Trust me, you're going to want. We're going to want clarification for this story. So last night, her eye was really bad. So I'm like, okay. She was in a lot of pain. Took her to the emergency vet. She has, like, glaucoma. Basically went blind in her eye. Literally had surgery today. Her eyes. They removed her eye. Her eyeball is gone. Like, yes. I didn't even tell you guys this because, well, one, I wanted to make sure she was okay. She's fine. Taylor's on the way home with her now. Like, all good.

[Madison Keys]

But she literally.

[Jess Pagola]

It's not funny, but, like, they took out her eye.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, no.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

She's just like this.

[Madison Keys]

Yes.

[Jess Pagola]

It's just, like, sewn shut and, like, shaved. He just sent me a picture. I'm like, oh, my God, My poor girl. So last night, though, part of the unforced error was that I guess when you have glaucoma, like, the pressure builds in your eye and you need these eyedrops that, like, immediately help drop the pressure. So they didn't have any of those. Called another place. They didn't have any. Called another hospital. Didn't have any. It's like 2am at this point. I was like, this is a disaster. I don't know what's going to happen to her eye. Blah, blah, blah. They finally found some. They had to send somebody to drive, go get it. Finally got the eye drops. She. I got home, I probably went to bed at like, 4am 7am doping comes. I was like, you're joking, right? Does doping ever come when you have, like, a normal night's sleep? Like, it never. It never happens to me. They always come when I'm, like, out late. I get back from a late flight, emergency situation, whatever. So 7am doping comes by 8am though. I was driving her to the eye specialist by, like, 10:30. They tried to fix the eye and they're like, here are your options. You can either remove it or do this. Whatever ended up on removing the eye. So then I drove back home because it was going to be a while. And then my hand has fallen apart this week in practice, and I have. So I hit with Spencer today, my hitting partner, for, like, 40 minutes just to hit and, like, not think about Maddie, like, going into surgery. I was like, I just need to kill, like, an hour. And my hand was so bad. So then I am, like, calling Quinn. I'm like, quit sending her pictures in my hand because I. I've, like, literally never gotten a blister I'm like, I don't know what to do. But I play Amanda Sunday night and Monday night, and she's going to be ripping backhands, and my hand is going to fall off. Like, it's going to cut. And literally today, my callus was literally, like, ripping off. I play with a leather grip, too, so it's like a bad combination when you get one of these. So then I literally just ran. We started this podcast at 5. I was just at someone's house, and they were taping me, like, 45 minutes ago. And then I drove here, and now I'm here. But it ended okay, because Maddie is fine, and my hand is taped, and I fly to New Jersey tomorrow, but all is fine. Everything's fine. Insert the meme of the guy drinking the coffee with burning in the back, but it's fine. So that was my. That was my. I don't even. I don't even know. It was like an unforced error of the last. My entire 24 hours straight. Unforced air.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wow.

[Jess Pagola]

I don't know, guys. Did you go yet?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No, but I don't know if I.

[Madison Keys]

Like, I feel like it's just kind of like I should have went. We should just, like, cut there. Let's just move on.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I don't even know if I need to go because, like, I think you win.

[Jess Pagola]

Okay. But you can still share if you need to get it off your chest.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, I don't really have an unforced error myself to top years off, but I think I need to just give an unforced error shout out to. I know some of you guys watch Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, but this whole fruity pebble gate of one of the husbands drinking pee that tastes like fruity Pebbles.

[Madison Keys]

Wait, what?

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Do you not.

[Madison Keys]

Do not.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

My algorithm is just, like, skewed. It's like, yeah, tons. I think Maddie knows what I'm talking about.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Yeah, Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

I don't.

[Jenny Brady]

Well, they touched on it in season one. They talked about it in season one, but now it's like, what is happening now? It's, like, really?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Like, my whole algorithm is just, like, completely skewed. And it's just like, can you believe Brett Aang? Whatever. And Demi? He drank Ker pee. It tasted like fruity Pebbles. It was the weirdest thing.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh, I. Okay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I think that is just. Remember, that is just an unforced air in itself. But, yeah, that was mine. But I think. I think. Jess, you win. I think we can all agree on the unforced error. And I think.

[Jess Pagola]

Thanks. Thanks, guys.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jess Pagola]

I'm running on, like, three hours of sleep. I've been grinding, and I still made notes in the freaking stupid notes thing for this episode.

[Madison Keys]

I was still.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Like, you said, I'm grinding.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, I'm grinding right now. I'm literally making all these notes. I'm so over stimulated. I'm gonna crash later.

[Jenny Brady]

Maddie the dog, you just need some cod and you'll be good.

[Jess Pagola]

How about a honorable mention for Maddie playing her Charlotte exo? And the ball was out, but it was in.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, that was insane, guys.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes. Yeah. Can you explain that, please?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, we need to talk about that honorable mention of that tweet.

[Madison Keys]

Okay, so we were.

[Jess Pagola]

Sorry. Not honorable mention. Honorary. Unforced error.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

So we're playing. We're playing the match. First set, whatever. I hit a return. It's close. I can't tell. They put the review on the board, and it comes up. The ball is on the line, but it called it out. And I was like, wait, what? I'm confused. So then I went to the chair, and I was like, okay, it says that. That it's in, but it also says that it's out. And the chair was like, well, the. We have to go with the ruling. And I was like, the. The ruling is confused. So, like, I don't know what we're talking about. And she's like, well, we have to. We have to go with the review. And I was like, I don't know if I just didn't understand her, but she was like, the light went off and I saw space, and. And we have to go with the call. And I was like, they just showed the call was on the line. She was like, no, I don't know. Just like.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You know what's funny is that Brett Haver, he was like, oh, Maddie, don't lose your cool there. And I was like, oh, no, please, Maddie, don't lose your cool.

[Madison Keys]

It's just fun. But it was just funny because you.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Were, like, trying to laugh it off, but you're like, wait, no, but who actually wins the point?

[Madison Keys]

Like, but I was more so. Like, I was more so. Like, wait, back up. If this happened in, like, a real match, I'd be losing mind and being like, what are we doing now? I don't trust any of the calls. Like, I'm gonna start challenging everything or, like, asking to replay every single call, but I genuinely don't know, like, what happens.

[Jess Pagola]

Like, but that's why I was confused.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Was interesting.

[Jess Pagola]

I was that's what I. That's when she said I saw space. I was like, but the screen isn't showing space. It's on the line. Like, how do you. I don't know what happens.

[Madison Keys]

That's why I was.

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[Madison Keys]

And she kept. She kept saying, we have to go with the call. And I was like, I understand that, but the call is saying two different things.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Do you not a supervisor.

[Madison Keys]

I should have called Carolyn. Speed dial.

[Jess Pagola]

Pam, where are you?

[Madison Keys]

I need. I need to call. I need to call one of our WTA supervisors and ask because it's gonna.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Be interesting to see what they say.

[Madison Keys]

Because, like, the calls are made off of the ball, like, where the ball lands. So if the camera picks the ball up and is replaying it, as in, I don't know. I got really confused. I was mostly just like, I'm really confused. And she kept. What I felt like was she was trying to gaslight me and say that she saw space. And I was like, there's no space, but there's no space. Like, you're telling me that we have to, like, believe this, but this thing is saying two completely opposite things. So, like, I'm confused. So, yeah, that was, I guess, the unforced error of automatic line calling and, like, tennis players not knowing what the actual rules are.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Which I'm shocked about. I feel like Maddie knows all the rules. Maddie's like, the person to text, but.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

But that, like, doesn't happen. Like, it's never happened, probably.

[Jess Pagola]

But imagine if it did. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You'd have to replay the point. Right. To be looking at the screen and.

[Jess Pagola]

Being like, that was out.

[Madison Keys]

But also, I feel like if it happened in a match, you wouldn't trust any calls.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No.

[Jenny Brady]

No.

[Jess Pagola]

Well, do you know what system they use? Is it a system that we've used anywhere else that.

[Madison Keys]

I don't know. I don't know if it's like an approved tournament level system or if it was just. Just one of the new systems that they're, like, trying to become approved. I have no idea. Again, it was just an exo, so I wasn't gonna, like, get into the nitty gritty of it, but you best believe it was a real match. I would have been like, supervisor now.

[Jess Pagola]

I mean, for sure.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

What happened? Did you replay the point? Did you guys. Did, like, who got the point?

[Madison Keys]

Well, Venus was also like, wait, no, it's in. And I was like, that's what I'm saying. So she was like, we'll just give you the point. We'll. She was like, we'll just replay the point. So we replayed the point.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, nice.

[Madison Keys]

I won the point.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, so it's all good.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh, my gosh. That's funny.

[Madison Keys]

It was super fun. I got to play Venus, which is always amazing. We have played a handful of times in our careers, but it was super fun to be able to play in a less stressful environment. So it was really fun. We both kind of got to be a little bit more playful. She definitely knows how to do an exo and, like, played up the crowd, and she was a great time. And it was really fun seeing the boys. It's been a minute. So to catch up with Taylor and Francis was really nice. So kind of just had a little 48 hours with some of my pals.

[Jess Pagola]

You played it last year, right?

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, I did play it last year. Yes. So Francis and I both came back, and then Taylor and Venus were the new additions.

[Jess Pagola]

Gotcha.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And then did you have to come, like, early? Like, did you do, like, any of, like, the charity stuff before? Like, a day before or anything? Could you, like, sightsee or anything in Charlotte, or was it just such a quick.

[Madison Keys]

We went. We went the day before, and we got to kind of meet some of the people that were kind of like, a part of the exo. So we did that the night before, and then the day of, we had a press conference, and then we had a clinic, and it was really fun.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Actually.

[Madison Keys]

Charlotte is a massive tennis community, which is really fun to, like. I think it's always really fun to go play in cities that love tennis because they know everything that's going on. Everyone is a player. They're all super competitive themselves. So we played a little, like, king of the court situation, and everyone was so good. Like, I know sometimes it's like you get a little nervous because you don't want to, like, run someone too much or hit too hard or whatever. But everyone was so good, so it was super fun.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And I saw you were a little bit of a barista. I saw you making. Were you making coffee or. What was that?

[Madison Keys]

I was just drinking the coffee.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, I thought you were just making them and, like, chatting with the fans.

[Madison Keys]

No, no. I met two very nice women, so we got to kind of chat. They are both. They're both, like, content creator influencers that, like, go around the city and kind of, like, talk about what's going on and all of the new things that are, like, popping up. So it was kind of like an interview, but not really because it was more so just like, three women getting to like, talk about random things. And they told me that Summit Coffee is, like, one of their favorite places to go. So they brought it to me, and then I got to drink it there, which is great. I was like, you guys know the key to my heart. But, yeah, it was super fun. And I actually really liked the concept of having, like, a less formal interview, especially because it. They. It wasn't, like, tennis specific questions, so it didn't feel like you're walking into, like, another press conference. So, yeah, it was super fun.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It's probably nice to have the men there, too. I didn't watch much of their match. I did see a clip of Francis. He brought out one of the kids that he was hitting with at a clinic or something, which was really cool. And he was actually really good. He was hyped.

[Madison Keys]

It was.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, it was.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It was fun.

[Jess Pagola]

That was cute.

[Madison Keys]

No, everyone is. Everyone is, like, an avid tennis player. Like, there's Francis brought out him, and then he brought out one of the. I want to say he's a former Hornets player. And then he also brought out the Panthers quarterback, Andy Dalton.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

And they're like. They're all good. They're all so good.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

That's so funny. Yeah, that is cool.

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[Madison Keys]

Well, my exos are now done. Jess is an exo queen, so she's got a very busy schedule. I think the rest of us are kind of, like, deep into preseason training. So what is everyone's, like, workout routine during off season? And, like, do you do anything Differently from normal training does.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, this is like, my first week fully into preseason. Last week I kind of took it easy because I took a month off of training with the whole egg freezing cycle and stuff. So I needed to take it easy. And even just doing body weight stuff was really tough for me. So I was like, this is so nice to even get into the gym and get into a routine and just get in. Just, like I said, into routines. So this is my first full week and it's been good. It's been nice to.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Hit again and gain some. I don't know.

[Jenny Brady]

Get some gains.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, gain some gains, but.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Jenny, how are you doing?

[Madison Keys]

Oh, oh, oh.

[Jenny Brady]

Go ahead, Jess.

[Jess Pagola]

I was just gonna say I'm getting into my exos. So I've been training and practicing this week, and I always feel like I never. Every year is different or when you take a break or maybe you have an injury break or. Or like, whatever it is, I always come back differently. I actually have felt okay this week. I don't know why. I think it was our hit in Buffalo that really just, like, locked me in.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

Because there's been some years where I am, like, I'm so bad. Like, I'm never gonna trust you to, like, fix this. For the first week. You just feel, like, really bad. I've actually felt okay this week, which is good, besides, like, the hand situation, but I've actually felt pretty good. So. Yeah, I have my two exos in New Jersey and Miami. Sunday night, Monday night with Amanda, back to back. So we'll see how those goes, but hopefully it'll be really fun. But kind of just like 10 days into my training, like, not super far.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

How much time did you take off?

[Jess Pagola]

I think I took off almost three weeks.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Nice.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, it flew. Flew by.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

How much time did you take off, Maddie? I think it just depends on how.

[Madison Keys]

You feel, but about the same. Yeah, I took, like, a full. Well. I was also, like, low key on my deathbed post Saudi. It was so sick, like, walking up and down the stairs. When I got home, I was like, I can't do this. So once I felt, you know, somewhat recovered from that, I started working out again, like, a few times a week, but just at home by myself.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And.

[Madison Keys]

I think I. From tennis, I think I took, like, almost three weeks off. And same as Jess. I think the first day that I started hitting, I shanked, like, every fifth ball. And I was like, will I ever be good again? Will I ever find it ever again?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, so I know Jenny's in She's, she was locked in practice at Buffalo because Jess and I were just. Oh, wow.

[Jess Pagola]

That was our first hit basically.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

And Jenny was ready to like train.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

We're like, what, like acing here left and right. Like.

[Jenny Brady]

Well, I did take like a year and a half off, So I've been grinding. Yeah. So it's a little bit different when you have three weeks versus like 18 months. It's a little bit different on the body. Some things that you never thought would hurt, hurt. But yeah, you know, in the, in the preseason off season, whatever you want to call it, training. Yeah, it's going good. Going good, guys.

[Jess Pagola]

I'm excited to be back into a routine. And I will say I'm so much like sleeping so much. Not I was sleeping bad, but going to bed when you feel like fatigued and you worked really hard is the best feeling.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, there's nothing better.

[Jess Pagola]

And you eat like a good meal and like you go to bed, you're like, oh, this feels like. I feel back to myself.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

I also really love off season training because it also. It's winter, so it gets dark way earlier. So you like finish dinner, it's pitch black. You get on the couch and it's like 7:15 and you're like, I'm so excited to fall asleep at like 9:30 tonight and get like a full nine hours and wake up tomorrow and like be right back at it.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Like being in routine is such a big thing for me. I feel like that helps so much and then you just like have everything set in stone. But I feel like sometimes people switching gears don't think like preseason versus off season. Like, what is the difference? Some people say off season or like preseason. Is there like an off season to the preseason? Like how does that, how do you differentiate the two?

[Jenny Brady]

It's like literally 11 months out of the year. So there really is no off season, which is.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No, I know. It's just fun. Everyone intertwines the two. So it's like, well, what is what?

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I guess off season is like your time, like your week before, like your one week vacation or whatever you want to call and then you're back to the grind. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

So people have like other sports have three months off and here we are.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, well, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like every.

[Madison Keys]

But also we're all so insane and also have done this for our entire lives. That like two and a half weeks that I took off, I was like, what do I, what am I gonna do?

[Jess Pagola]

Like, yeah, no, literally I'm like I'm so bored. Yeah, we just complain about, like, God, the year's so long. And then we're like, oh, we're so happy to be back in our routine and, like, be back.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

What do I do on the couch?

[Madison Keys]

Or does anyone else have to, like, fight the, like, anxiety, like, voice in the back of your head where you're like, I haven't hit for 10 days. Well, I know how to play tennis again.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, it's.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It's just a clean cycle.

[Madison Keys]

I've played for 26 years, but this whole week off, like, it'll be gone.

[Jess Pagola]

It'll ruin me. That was like, Jenny, she's like, can we hit in Buffalo? Because I'm gonna take four, five days off. And then, like, Saturday, obviously, after the event, like, Sunday, she's like, yeah, I don't. I'm like, yeah, Jenny, us not hitting. Not hitting Sunday isn't gonna, like, make or break our 20, 26 year.

[Madison Keys]

Like, we'll be okay. But that was even so last year. Last year, when Bjorn and I got married on whatever the Saturday, we drove home on Sunday, and Monday morning, Bjorn was like, I think we should go hit. And I was like, dude, I'm wrecked. Like, good for you. That was a crazy weekend. No, we ended up being like, you know what? It'll be good. The weather's so nice. Like, we'll just go to the park and hit. Like, it'll be a super casual hit. Everyone was like, yeah, I think we'll feel better after we do it. And it was, like, 10 minutes in, and we were both like, should we just go home and, like, play?

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, that sounds great.

[Jess Pagola]

Sometimes that's, I think, the better answer.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, definitely.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Rotting on the couch.

[Jess Pagola]

Great.

[Madison Keys]

Is anyone else? Have. Have we done any other fun things? Do we have any fun things planned for our off season slash preseason?

[Jenny Brady]

I mean, other than going to Buffalo, going to a Jonas Brothers concert, infiltrating Jesse's life. That's pretty much my three answers.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Tough.

[Jess Pagola]

But now you're back in Orlando, so you can infiltrate Maddie's life.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. So, Maddie, I'm coming.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I'm going to Hawaii for five days, which will be so nice. Oh, I'm excited. Oh, have not been to Hawaii for a while. I'm meeting up with Andrew out there for five days from Sunday to Friday. So I will actually be seeing Lindsay out there because I asked her to feed me some balls.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, my gosh.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, you're going.

[Jess Pagola]

No.

[Madison Keys]

You're going to the Big Island?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I'm going to Kona. So she's like, I heard you're coming. And I was like, yeah, I'm coming. And she's like, we gotta get margs. And I was like, okay. Like, after tennis or before maybe.

[Jess Pagola]

Can you elaborate on who?

[Madison Keys]

Like what?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Lindsay, you're talking about Lindsey Davenport. Yes, that's who's gonna be there. But, yeah, Lindsey Davenport, our captain for BGK Cup. She's actually gonna be in Kona, which I heard is the Big Island. I've never been, so I said, let's hang. Can I have some tennis lessons and marks? Sounds great.

[Jess Pagola]

Sounds fantastic.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, it'll be a lot of fun. I'm excited.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, that'll be fun.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Nice.

[Madison Keys]

Look at us. Well, I think we're all very looking forward to Christmas, obviously. And should we. Should we, like, throw together our, like, version of a gift guide, since that's a very Instagram influencer thing to do? Okay. So our gift guides, our favorites. Favorite beauty product.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, I'm gonna go.

[Madison Keys]

La Roche Posay sunscreen.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Or like, the LED face mask.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Is this your red light one?

[Madison Keys]

Yes, it is.

[Jess Pagola]

I've been a big fan of the little silicone face things. You ever seen those? They're, like, antibacterial because they're silicone. They're like the little tiny.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, do they vibrate and.

[Jess Pagola]

Well, they can like the foreos. But you can buy them where they don't vibrate and they, like, stay, like, relatively.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, like a facial cleanser.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, yeah. You wash your face with it. It's like a silicone brush, basically. Those are really cool and easy to travel with. I always feel like they help.

[Jenny Brady]

I have one of those for my body.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, same. I have, like, a body.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I've never heard of this before.

[Madison Keys]

I don't know why. Then Jess is just, like, nice.

[Jess Pagola]

But, yeah, they have face ones and body ones. I like those ones a lot.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, those are nice.

[Madison Keys]

Okay. Favorite travel product. I think we kind of all have the same answer at this point.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah. Maddie's pick.

[Madison Keys]

It's the Coop camping pillow that I influenced everyone to buy.

[Jenny Brady]

I need to get on the train.

[Madison Keys]

When I mentioned it in a previous podcast, I got lots of DMS asking for the link, so we will make sure that we link it for you. Anyone else have any?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, wait, you have to add the little vacuum seal thing for it if you are traveling, because that was. That's clutch.

[Madison Keys]

The vacuum seal. Yes, the vacuum seal bag. It's like a Ziploc, and then you just roll it and the air comes out of it. So it squishes your pillow down. Also, I'm very bougie and only sleep on silk pillowcases, so I got a travel size to fit on mine.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh, to fit on your pillow. The travel pillow.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yes.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, that's like, next level.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. I keep forgetting to put my silk pillowcase on.

[Jess Pagola]

Do you know how many times I've traveled with them? And I leave them on the pillow.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Really?

[Jess Pagola]

Like, at the hotel. I've done it.

[Madison Keys]

Okay.

[Jess Pagola]

Probably three times. And I was like, I got a.

[Madison Keys]

Bright pink one, red and pink striped ones, so that I always see it.

[Jess Pagola]

And I don't get it.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, yeah, that's smart.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. It's like, hey, don't forget me.

[Madison Keys]

And in case. Because sometimes when housekeeping comes, they strip the bed, and they're obviously not thinking that you're switching pillowcases. So if you do a white one, it'll end up in laundry.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. Oh, good hack.

[Jenny Brady]

Putting it on now.

[Madison Keys]

Best dog items.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

The ring camera.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, the ring cameras.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Stalking Pluto. This.

[Jess Pagola]

Do you have any today?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Today I actually caught him on the table, and I was like, pluto.

[Madison Keys]

And he goes.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And I was like, oh, my gosh.

[Madison Keys]

I don't know.

[Jess Pagola]

So he heard you through the. Through the camera?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. Did he actually get a ring camera?

[Depop Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

So you. I have a ring camera just for my living room. He actually hasn't barked us yet, but it shows everything, and you can talk to it. And he just. I just saw him. I was looking for him, and usually he's in his bed, and he was on the table, like, just searching for food. And then when I said something, he just went, like, looking. He got off the table when I just started yelling because he was looking for me. But it's a great thing to have if you have pets. Yeah, it's my favorite.

[Jess Pagola]

Do you have any of. What are my faves? Are the. The benny bones, the chew bones. They're like flavored hard bones that you can get for puppies. I don't know if you chews a lot, but my dogs like to chew on stuff, and they're like, incredible. And then also the other thing I was telling you about before is the bark boxes.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

There's like a subscription, and they're so cute. They send you, like, this subscription box, and they have a theme, and they just, like, usually theme it around, like, holidays and different things, and they have, like, this. It's really, really cute. But they make really good also gift ideas for people with pets.

[Jenny Brady]

My sister does that.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, they're so cute.

[Jenny Brady]

Boyfriend.

[Madison Keys]

Favorite home Hacks.

[Jess Pagola]

I. Okay, I had a home hack, but it's not really a home hack.

[Jenny Brady]

It.

[Jess Pagola]

It's more like a sleep hack. But I feel like people need to have it in their home. But also Maddie influenced was the eight sleep.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, yeah. Sleep.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

But I'm like, it's a home hack because it's just like something you should have at home.

[Madison Keys]

It changes your life. Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

So that was.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I am a very hot sleeper. So, like, when I can change the temperature, it is amazing. And it just. I don't have to lift the sheets over and like, let my one leg air out because I'm so hot.

[Madison Keys]

So it's great.

[Jess Pagola]

I love being so cozy in the morning.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Yeah. I also, I guess, like, on a total different. It's not a mattress, but I have the little outlet plugs that have the remotes, like, all over my house. So like any lamp, you can like plug your lamp into it and then you plug that into the outlet and then it's connected by remote. So like when you walk into a room, like, I'll command strip them to the walls and stuff so you can, like, turn them on and off. But like my lamp that's on my nightstand, I have it attached to one so I can just flick it on and off with a remote instead of having to, like, get up and do the twisty thing.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, yeah.

[Madison Keys]

And all that.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wow.

[Jenny Brady]

I do.

[Madison Keys]

I have that.

[Jenny Brady]

But with the Alexa. With the Alexa. So I say, hey, Alexa, turn the light on. Or hey, Alexa, turn the light off. And she does.

[Madison Keys]

Thank you.

[Jess Pagola]

I'm always acting that out. Thank you.

[Jenny Brady]

If I was. If I was at home, it would. It would turn the light on and off when I said that. But I'm.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Is that what it does about, like.

[Madison Keys]

Alexa and Siri listening? I like, turn all of that off.

[Jenny Brady]

They definitely don't mind. Every now and then Siri goes, go ahead. And I'm like, I didn't say anything.

[Jess Pagola]

Also, quick shout out command strips. That's a great command strip.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

I just got a bunch for, like, Christmas decoration stuff.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

And especially, like the Velcro ones.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes.

[Madison Keys]

So good.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It's also great for, like, hanging stuff, like your picture frames. You can just move it around.

[Madison Keys]

You have to.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

To put holes in your house, so. Love that.

[Madison Keys]

Okay. Best cooking appliance.

[Jess Pagola]

Mine is my KitchenAid rice cooker.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, love a rice cooker.

[Jess Pagola]

It's water controlled, so it just like you put water in the tank and it controls for other different kinds of rice, oatmeal, grains.

[Jenny Brady]

Love it. Yeah. I've seen it at your house and I was like. At first I thought it was like, like a tank of water for like a hamster.

[Jess Pagola]

It looks like, like a fish tank or like. Yeah, it's a little. I mean, it's not small, but I mean, like when we eat, when we were talking about eating like rice and steak every night, like just throwing it in there and it keeps it warm and it's time, like has a timer and all. It's amazing. I was actually influenced by watching Jennifer Garner's Instagram cooking videos.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, I was influenced by Jenny for.

[Madison Keys]

Cooking videos with the Breville.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

The Breville oven that Jenny was like, oh, my God, you have to get this. So it's great. I just can throw things in there. You can actually throw in a whole turkey in there. But it's just easier for me to do that instead of starting the whole oven and waiting for that to warm up. This Breville oven like, does everything.

[Jenny Brady]

So yeah, air fry. You name it. You name it.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Anything.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh.

[Madison Keys]

Okay. The most comfy travel sets.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, I love my Fiori dream knits. Those matching sets are so soft.

[Madison Keys]

So I.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Those are my favorite. But I gotta say, the Nike. The Nike pants.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I'm always the Nike pants.

[Jess Pagola]

We were influenced by Maddie don't have those for obvious reasons, but I'm sure they're, I guess, soft.

[Madison Keys]

I basically Adidas probably has softer ones.

[Jenny Brady]

Babylon has the softest.

[Madison Keys]

Travel. I always travel in like the. Just the biggest T shirt and sweatpants. Like, just. I mean, I literally look like I rolled out of bed every time in an airport. But that's how I prefer to travel.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, I don't really know if I'm traveling around in like a cute set. It's more like, oh, does looks like a set.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I'm usually wearing black because she gets sweaty rushing through the airport.

[Jenny Brady]

You know, I'm never sweaty in the airport. I'm always cold.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh my God.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I'm like so, like overstimulated and like, oh my God. Make sure you got everything and check your gait before and then, you know, then go walk around. I'm that person.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I do that too.

[Madison Keys]

Okay. Favorite tennis racket. I think Jess and I have the same answer.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I think Jenny and I have the same answer. Arrow.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Up top. Jenny's going like this. Favorite headphones, the open ear Bose ones.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

These beauts. Here's a little closeup.

[Madison Keys]

Yes. I love those headphones.

[Jess Pagola]

I have the ultra open. I have those.

[Madison Keys]

I influenced someone to try them and she. Because they were on Black Friday sale. And she tried them and she sent me a picture that her toddler is obsessed with them. So I was like, I'm now influencing toddlers, so melt the brain. I've moved on to a different age group of people I can influence.

[Jess Pagola]

They're so good, though. I do really like them. When I bought them, I didn't really even know, like, what they were. It was like I bought them in the airport because my headphones broke and I was, like, desperate before a flight. And it took me, like, a second to figure out how they work because they're different. But then once I figured out, I was like, these are incredible.

[Madison Keys]

You can hear the ambient noise. So they're not, like, noise canceling, but I find them to be very comfortable. I don't really like having headphones in all day, but, like, for calls.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

And stuff like that. They're so comfortable.

[Jess Pagola]

And sometimes I literally have stuff in, Right?

[Depop Advertiser]

Yes.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It's a gift from us. Open.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah. Sometimes I've left them in and I, like, forget they're in my ears, and I'm, like, sitting down with somebody and I'm like, yeah, yeah. And then I, like, go like this. It's like. And I'm like, like, oh, my God, I left them in.

[Jenny Brady]

It's like I have the same feeling with my 9.99 headphones from Walgreens. Those ones you're wearing 9.99 wired headphones from Walgreens.

[Jess Pagola]

We'll make sure we link those in the. In the gift guide.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Those do not stay in my ear for whatever reason. They just.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, they don't. Yeah. I don't know.

[Jess Pagola]

Because they're 9.99.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

But they say in mine. Okay.

[Madison Keys]

Okay. Final things. Favorite hair tools.

[Jenny Brady]

My. Oh, that's the Detangler hairbrush.

[Madison Keys]

The detangler. Which one?

[Jenny Brady]

The Detangler Hairbrush. I was influenced by one of the Kardashians. It's like $20 for a hair.

[Madison Keys]

What brand is it?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Do you have it with you?

[Jenny Brady]

It's called the Detangler.

[Jess Pagola]

Go grab it.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Is it in the.

[Madison Keys]

You didn't.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I have it.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Can we see it? And while Jenny's gone.

[Jess Pagola]

Continue.

[Madison Keys]

Love the. The Kristen S. Curling iron. Oh, is so good.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Should you have one?

[Madison Keys]

Yes, it's so good. I have had it for five years.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh, I love the Dyson air straightener thing. The one that, like, blows and straights. I never do my hair, so I'm like, a bad person.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, a tangle teaser.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh, yeah, I have that.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, you got. You Need a new one, girl.

[Madison Keys]

Good hairbrush.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, she's been Christmas present.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

On your way.

[Jenny Brady]

She's still. She's still fine.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I love the shark. I bring that with me everywhere. I think I use it everywhere.

[Madison Keys]

It's.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, I hear that.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Blow dryer.

[Madison Keys]

And then.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I love doing my hair, so.

[Jess Pagola]

Or.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Or Jenny's hair.

[Madison Keys]

Okay, final category. Favorite tracking device. I wear an aura ring a lot.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh.

[Madison Keys]

I was, I don't know what Jenny was thinking.

[Jenny Brady]

I was thinking like Apple air tag.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's what I just said. I love those.

[Madison Keys]

Oh.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I mean you can track my bags.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

I guess that counts. You're tracking something else, not yourself.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I love seeing where my bags are.

[Jess Pagola]

I like app called time shifter that does jet lag. It's kind of cool. Oh, it's like I don't like strictly follow, but I feel like when I have a really long travel day, I always like to input my flights and kind of like see what the best case scenario, like what I should do for the best case scenario.

[Jenny Brady]

That's smart. So like if you should sleep on the plane or not.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, sleep. And it tracks flights so it'll tell you like sleep on this flight for this amount of hours. Caffeine, like get extra light. Don't get extra light. No caffeine.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Cool.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah, it's kind of cool.

[Jenny Brady]

How often do you follow it?

[Jess Pagola]

I feel like for the first like the flight part I try to follow maybe like the first day, but I feel like I kind of know what I need to do. But I just like seeing it like mapped out.

[Jenny Brady]

It's.

[Jess Pagola]

I don't know, fun.

[Jenny Brady]

Makes sense.

[Madison Keys]

I also love like a Garmin watch, but I feel like it's like a love hate relationship because it'll tell you that you were like unproductive or you're like detraining or whatever. So it, it's a little mean sometimes, but it's also like very convenient and it's like a good way to travel or track like load. And it also, I think it also does the jet lag stuff. So.

[Jenny Brady]

I love my Apple watch.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I love my whoop. Best feature is the alarm. Love that feature.

[Jess Pagola]

The vibration thing.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Just so you don't like wake someone else up or if you're rooming or someone like. It's not that blaring apple one where you just like panic when it wakes you up.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, I like the hatch alarm for like wake ups.

[Jess Pagola]

I was just thinking about the hatch.

[Madison Keys]

I love that thing.

[Jess Pagola]

It doesn't really wake me up though. I kind of just lay there and like I'm like half asleep, like in between. Like, am I awake or am I just like, oh, this is nice music.

[Madison Keys]

Do you do like the, do you do like the sunrise?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I have that, yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Except sometimes when I forget to change my alarm system on that because I do it on my whoop. It like wakes me up like at 6:15 when I'm trying to sleep until 8 and I'm like. So it's hard to go back to sleep. But it's a night. I like it. Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

That wraps up our gift guides. Also check out Instagram. We'll do some like personalized. Each one of us will have our own gift guides and we will try to provide as many links as we can. So check that out.

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[Jess Pagola]

Anyways, moving on to year end awards. Our player box WTA year end awards to be specific. If only us four could vote. I'm gonna name a couple categories. Let's start with Match of the Year. Does anybody have votes for their match of the Year?

[Madison Keys]

Roland Garros Men's final.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, Men's final.

[Jess Pagola]

Same. Best slam moment.

[Jenny Brady]

I was gonna say me winning Maddie Winning Australian Open.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

I feel like I personally enjoyed the only answer.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, we all did. We all cried.

[Jenny Brady]

I think we all did. Yeah, I cried.

[Jess Pagola]

Definitely.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

Best tournament moment for 1000s.

[Jenny Brady]

I think Ben winning Toronto, that was pretty cool. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I thought.

[Jess Pagola]

I was gonna say we're doing well.

[Madison Keys]

Was.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Was a cool run though, too.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

I saw. I thought Mira winning Back to back 1000s was pretty crazy as well. Yeah. Best tournament moment for 500. I picked myself for one in Charleston.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay. Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

I also had Maddie winning Adelaide because then she won Adelaide and then one ao. So I feel like that was like an insane run.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Back to box.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah. We were just giving ourselves all the awards.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Might as well give ourselves the alkaline.

[Jess Pagola]

We love that. Most improved men or women? Or you could give one of each. Maybe one WTA, one ATP.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I want to say Ayala or like, even woman mentioned Imboko. Like she.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, I was going to say that's just.

[Jess Pagola]

I feel like imoko Winning a 1000 is pretty insane, so I'd have to say her. What about the men.

[Madison Keys]

Most improved? Ben.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I mean, Ben seemed to be rising.

[Madison Keys]

I thought Ben so quickly.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. But it's like. It's hard because he's like.

[Jess Pagola]

Already.

[Madison Keys]

He went from, like. He went from like 12 to 8. 8.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, yeah, of course.

[Jess Pagola]

I thought him or Jack since he got to like three.

[Jenny Brady]

Draper.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

Made finals of Madrid and won it. Didn't he win Indian Wells last year?

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, we were doing WTA.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

We're doing WTA. Year end, guys.

[Jess Pagola]

Well, we talked about doing men and women, so this.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

Title's conflicting.

[Madison Keys]

Being gaslit.

[Jenny Brady]

We're doing WTA and AVP.

[Jess Pagola]

ATP PlayerBox Awards. Yeah. It's just.

[Madison Keys]

Your show, not mine. Okay.

[Jess Pagola]

Comeback player of the year. We're doing men and women. I've decided.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, Ben.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

I had Benchich. Belinda.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

On the men's side. I don't even. Who came back from like. I just remember the people who got injured come back.

[Jenny Brady]

Player of the year, Marin Chilich.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

I like that one. Newcomer of the year, Ayala.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I think we've mentioned a few.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

For the men.

[Jenny Brady]

Fonseca. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I feel like learner. That's a good one. Learner.

[Jess Pagola]

I mean, learner, I feel like is a good one.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

What is he, top 20 now?

[Jess Pagola]

Didn't he win another tournament at the or May finals? Maybe end of the year?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, for sure.

[Madison Keys]

Made the finals.

[Jess Pagola]

Sportsmanship award. I always vote for Blinky Blink of it.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Or you always vote for yourself or yourself.

[Jenny Brady]

So you'll find out.

[Jess Pagola]

December 19th. Coach of the year. Bjorn.

[Jenny Brady]

Bjorn.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, we'll say Bjorn. I know.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Give us a little credit.

[Jess Pagola]

Doubles team of the year. Oh.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Ronnie.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pagola]

I mean, they were just like.

[Jenny Brady]

I mean, Irani's like, doubles player of the year in the mixed doubles.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I mean, for her to come in class.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Or Taylor and Cat. I felt like they kind of crushed it off.

[Jess Pagola]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Player of the year, Amanda.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I got a few of these.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh, I had Maddie and Amanda.

[Madison Keys]

Or, I mean, Rybakina had, like, an insane. End of the.

[Jenny Brady]

End of the end of the year. Yeah. Like, the last, like, two months. Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

She's been crushing it.

[Jess Pagola]

And I also thought samples of everything. Every slam, and then won the last U.S. open, so.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And also Amanda backing up, like, her bad loss to come back and just do that again. Like, kudos to her strength.

[Jess Pagola]

I mean, I think I just. So many.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Sabalinka. I mean.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Player of the year.

[Madison Keys]

If you finish one.

[Jenny Brady]

I feel like, literally say, like, I don't know, someone ranked, like, 900 suicle. Player of the year.

[Madison Keys]

Like, we did it, guys.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

All right, Jenny, time to shine.

[Jenny Brady]

Who am I?

[Jess Pagola]

Jenny, why are you screaming?

[Jenny Brady]

I'm flustered because I didn't. Because I didn't know I was up. I didn't know we were scared skipping that.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I thought you were looking at the chat.

[Jenny Brady]

Maddie, would you like to announce who your player was from last week?

[Madison Keys]

My player from last week was Ash Barty.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I did not get that.

[Jenny Brady]

I texted Maddie this morning, and I was like, what does your. What does. What was it. What was the last gray dust after heat? I said, what is gray dust? After he And I said.

[Madison Keys]

And then I said it. Sometimes it falls from the sky. And she went, I got it.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, that. That was, like, way more helpful.

[Madison Keys]

Well, I didn't want to make it too easy.

[Jenny Brady]

All right, are you ready for mine?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Ready.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, who am I? I read number. Still not. Okay.

[Jess Pagola]

Jenny's so flustered right now.

[Madison Keys]

She's amazing.

[Jenny Brady]

My voice is gonna fleet again. Okay, who am I? I reached number one in the world. I won a 2008 silver medal and two siblings at the top of the game, but only one lifted major trophies.

[Jess Pagola]

I think I have an idea.

[Madison Keys]

Two siblings.

[Jenny Brady]

Jesse's laughing, but I think she's wrong.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wait, say them again.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay. Reached number one in the world, won a silver medal in 2008. Two siblings at the top of the game, but only one lifted major trophies piece.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, I know who it is.

[Jess Pagola]

You have to Resend it in our text later and I need to soak it in.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, well, due to the longer episode this week, we are skipping fan questions. But.

[Madison Keys]

What?

[Jenny Brady]

But we will do a mini episode with fan questions, so please stay.

[Madison Keys]

Wait, wait, run it back. You gotta redo that.

[Jess Pagola]

Oh, my God.

[Madison Keys]

Jenny's brain is, like, stuck.

[Jenny Brady]

I get. I get, like, into a groove and like, without the fan questions, I lost my groove.

[Jess Pagola]

My hamster's on overdrive right now, spinning.

[Jenny Brady]

It's about to, like, pop a fuse. Break a fuse.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, my God.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, due to the longer episode, we aren't doing fan questions this week, but stay tuned. And we are going to do a mini episode with fan questions, so please make sure you watch that episode. And.

[Madison Keys]

Jenny, your voice is like.

[Jenny Brady]

It's like when I call. When I call customer service. Hi, this is Jenny.

[Jess Pagola]

Please.

[Jenny Brady]

My voice goes 10 pitches higher. Okay, just close it out like you normally.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

One more time. You got it.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, no. I'm gonna walk in. Okay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

All right.

[Madison Keys]

Do you want someone else to do it this week?

[Jenny Brady]

No, I need a close. All right, due to the longer episode, we aren't doing any fan questions, but we are going to do a mini series with fan questions. So please stay tuned to watch that episode. And please make sure you leave us a rating and review. It helps people find out about the podcast. And don't forget to watch us on the players box YouTube page. And if you want to ask us a question, DM us on Instagram at the players box pod or email [e-mail].

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And I was waiting for your. This is the end.

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