36 | Tennis Headlines, Horoscopes & Europe

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Player's Box – Episode 36

Title: Tennis Headlines, Horoscopes & Europe
Date: April 21, 2026
Hosts: Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady, Desirae Krawczyk

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Overview

In this lively episode, the Player’s Box crew – Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady, and Desirae Krawczyk – dish on the chaos surrounding their latest “unforced errors,” break down the week's tennis headlines, analyze horoscopes and how eerily accurate they can be, and swap strategies and fails on packing for the arduous European tennis swing. The episode features plenty of quick comedic banter, personal anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the day-to-day life of these pro tennis athletes.

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Unforced Errors: This Week’s Personal Fails

starts at 01:31

• Jenny Brady’s Car Horn Mishap [01:31]
  Jenny recounts accidentally leaning on her car horn repeatedly outside her mom’s house, only realizing and confessing to her mom hours later.

  • "[My mom] was like, yeah, I was wondering who was out there honking their horn! And I was like, oh, yeah, that." (Jenny, 02:15)

• Desirae Krawczyk’s Left-Behind Rackets [02:55]
  Desirae shares a nerve-wracking experience of almost losing her tennis rackets, leaving them on a plane during her trip to Europe. She humorously mimics explaining to flight attendants what a “racket” is.

  • "Ran. I was just like fast walking because obviously if you’re running, like, they’ll probably be like to stop running. So I’m, like, hauling ass back to the gate." (Desirae, 03:08)
  • "They were like, 'You're missing the net.' And I was like, 'you mean my string?'" (Desirae, 03:35)

• Jess Pegula’s Nail Emergency [04:34]
  Jess tells the story of a failed nail appointment ahead of a photoshoot, which led to glue-on nails and attempts to hide her hands from the camera.

  • "They brought me glue on nails that at least got me through the photo shoot because they were like, yeah, these look really bad." (Jess, 05:35)

• Madison Keys – Winner for No Error
  Madison claims a rare win: she didn’t make any significant blunders that week.

  • "Maddie, I think I have escaped this entire week without an unforced error, which feels like a win." (Madison, 02:41)

Winner: Des for almost losing her rackets on the plane.

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Tennis Headlines & Pop Culture

starts at 11:45

Jannik Sinner’s Monte Carlo Dominance

• Sinner won his biggest clay court title (Monte Carlo), now holding four consecutive Masters 1000 wins.
  • “You have to respect though that these guys are just so good. To win the last four masters, 1000s is pretty respectable.” (Jenny, 12:17)
  • Discussion on the predictability of Sinner and Alcaraz finals and whether it’s “boring.”
  • "It's more so it's becoming so predictable that they will be the final but the final itself is not boring." (Madison, 13:37)

Mira Andreva’s Title & Potapova’s Outfit

• The crew congratulates Mira Andreva on another title and comments on how quickly media narratives change.
  • "Everyone needs to calm down." (Jess, 14:52)
• Tangent about Potapova’s Wilson outfit and how few would have the confidence to wear it.

Masters Golf and Rory McIlroy

• Madison admits learning golf terms for the first time, and the group discusses Rory’s practice commitment.
  • "He would drop Poppy off to school and then come back and play the course, and then fly back and have dinner with Poppy. Wild." (Jenny, 16:57)

Tennis Memorabilia for Sale

• Boris Becker’s US Open trophy sells for $357,000, Djokovic’s racket holds the record at $450,000.
  • “Would any of you sell any of your trophies?”
  • Group consensus: Only if you have lots of them!

Racket Spelling Debate

• The group dives into the eternal “racket” vs. “racquet” spelling debate.
  • "The spelling with a Q is like proper, but with a K is more American." (Madison, 20:35)
  • They realize they’ve texted each other both spellings for years without noticing.

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Birthdays & Horoscopes

starts at 22:35

• All hosts have recently had birthdays; Jenny celebrates with carrot cake, Reese’s cups, and Tributes from friends.
  • "It was master Sunday, very chill. So. Yeah, it was nice." (Jenny, 23:30)

Match Your Sign?

Madison reads out detailed horoscope descriptions for each host, and the group hilariously rates how accurate each description is. Side stories about relationships, control issues, and household sharing woes follow.

• Desirae – Capricorn: Structured, reliable, “can come off a little controlling”
  • “He’s using his soap in the shower. I hate it.” (Desirae, 25:32)
• Madison – Aquarius: Independent, ideas-driven, sometimes emotionally distant.
• Jess – Pisces: Emotional, intuitive, avoids confrontation, not very type A.
  • "When you guys get so over stimulated, I’m like, you just have to learn how to dissociate and like, you’ll just be fine. Because you’re just, like, not there." (Jess, 30:09)
• Jenny – Aries: Bold, competitive, impatient, main character energy.
  • "I do love playing tag." (Jenny, 32:20)

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Packing for the European Swing

starts at 37:47

• The hosts commiserate about the anxiety of packing for such a long, variable-weather trip, sharing meticulous (and sometimes overloaded) packing systems.

  • "I have to pack for like seven different seasons and multiple, like months worth of clothing, but somehow fit it in two suitcases with space because inevitably I will buy stuff while I’m there." (Madison, 38:25)
  • Packing cubes, candles, face masks, and even extra irons make the list.
  • Madison is bringing extras for Desirae, including forgotten string.

• Packing Ratios:

  • Desirae: 75% casual clothes, 25% tennis ("two belts and a jean jacket – you never know!")
  • Madison: One pair of jeans, one pair of shorts, and lots of tennis wear.
  • Jenny: 80% tennis, 20% casual.

• Discussion about kit distributions, relying on others to bring gear, and accumulating bags to send home.

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Travel Nightmares: Madrid Blackout Story

starts at 48:51

• Madison relives the chaos of last year’s power outage in Madrid:
  • "The lights went off and all there was was like the light for like the emergency exit lights... I was like, I don’t think this is like a oops, the lights are out situation. I think this is bad." (Madison, 50:10)
• Power outage affected players, shut down the city, and almost led to players hiking several hours back to their hotels with heavy gear.
• Jack Draper’s comment about the blackout: “I actually, like, read a few pages in my book.” (Madison, 53:50)
  The group laughs at how little reading got done.

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Fan Q&A

starts at 55:10

1. How Did You Get into Tennis?

• Most were introduced by parents or after-school lessons, many fell in love with the social side or because of cute outfits.
  • "No one in my family plays. I just wanted to start playing because of the tennis dresses." (Madison, 56:09)

2. Adult Lunchable for a Co-host:

• Jenny builds a lunchable for Jess: deli turkey, pickles, pickled onions, Marcona almonds, and ‘unreal’ peanut butter cups.
• Group continues to banter about each other’s snack preferences.

3. Do You Train While Home?

• All confirm their downtime is often still filled with training, errands, and catching up on household life.
  • "When I get home from this trip, I’m going to take it to the dry cleaner and I’m going to finally do it. And then I look at it and I’m like, can’t be bothered." (Madison, 60:46)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Too Much Predictability in Tennis:
  • “It’s more so it’s becoming so predictable that they will be the final but the final itself is not boring.” (Madison, 13:37)
• On Packing for Tennis Tours:
  • “You think that way about 25 items and then all of a sudden you have an entire suitcase of stuff. That’s not that much.” (Madison, 42:00)
• On Horoscopes:
  • “In relationships, you need space and mental connection. If someone tries to box you in, you’re out. Yeah, that sounds like me.” (Madison, 28:24)
• On Lunchables:
  • “The amount me, Jess, and Des say in a day that we're like, 'Oh, I love this,' and Jenny responds, 'I don’t like that.’” (Madison, 59:41)
• On Training at Home:
  • "I still haven’t taken my wedding dress to get cleaned." (Madison, 60:41)
• Fan Question Finale:
  • “If you were to make an adult lunchable for one of your other POD members, what would it contain?”
    • “Definitely some turkey, pickles, pickled onions… and an unreal peanut butter cup.” (Jenny, 58:38)

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Who Am I? Game

starts at 54:56

• Last week’s answer: Paula Badosa (born in US, represents another country, saved match points en route to biggest title, junior Roland Garros winner.)
• This week’s clues: Olympic gold, dog named Floofy, habit of winning Grand Slams “but often not alone.” (Answer not revealed in episode.)

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Conclusion

This episode delivers an authentic blend of humor, candidness, and practical pro tips alongside genuine moments of athlete friendship. Fans get an inside look at the less glamorous aspects of tennis life – lost equipment, travel disasters, packing anxieties – balanced by playful debates and sagely advice. Whether you’re a die-hard tennis fan or just love behind-the-scenes sports stories, this episode is full of lively commentary and memorable moments.

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Key Segments:

• Unforced Errors (01:31)
• Tennis Headlines (11:45)
• Spelling of “racket” (20:35)
• Horoscopes/Signs (22:35)
• Packing for Europe (37:47)
• Madrid Blackout Story (48:51)
• Fan Q&A (55:10)

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Notable One-Liner:
"You just have to learn how to dissociate and, like, you’ll just be fine because you’re just, like, not there." — Jess Pegula, 30:09

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Transcript

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[Desiree Krafczyk]

Hey everyone. Welcome back to the players box. I'm Desiree Krafczyk alongside Jenny Brady, Madison Keys and Jess Pula. As always, a friendly reminder to Please give our podcast five stars and subscribe on your YouTube. Today, we're going to talk tennis headlines and how we are going to pack for the upcoming Euro swing. But first, let's get into our unforced error.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I guess I'll start. The other day I was pulling up to my mom's and I was parking my car and the car was off in park and I was getting out of the car and I laid on the horn and I didn't realize it until maybe like two seconds in and I was like, oh, wow. And then, you know, I got out of my car, locked the door or whatever, and I was walking up to my mom's and there's like a couple steps before you get to the front door. And it just so happened she opened the door like before I got to the door and I was like, oh, that's weird. Crazy timing. And I didn't say anything until maybe like an hour or two later. It kind of sunk in. I was like, hey, mom, did you hear the car horn? And she was like, yeah, I was wondering what that was like, who was out there honking their horn? And I was like, oh, yeah, that.

[Madison Keys]

That was me.

[Jenny Brady]

Like, I accidentally laid on the horn when I was getting out of the car. So yet again, another car unforced error.

[Madison Keys]

Maddie, I think I have escaped this this entire week without an unforced error, which feels like a win. So I'm gonna say my winner of the week is that nothing catastrophic has happened.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Des I was on my way to Europe and I was on the plane. Usually I'm trying to remember to bring my rackets. And I left the plan, deplaned and was going to my connect, connecting flight. And I was walking for about like 15 minutes. And I was, I was like, I feel like I'm missing something. And of course I left my rackets on the plane. And I was like, oh my God. Ran. I was just like fast walking because obviously if you're running, like, they'll probably be like to stop running. So I'm like hauling ass back to the gate. And luckily all the flight attendants and the pilots are all waiting for everyone to deplane from their crew. And I was like, they were all staring at me, but I was like, did you guys find any rackets? Like, trying to like show them how to swing a racket and they're like, oh, I think so. And then one of the ladies came out and she started swinging my rackets around and like, oh my God, thank you so much. And but yeah, I left my rackets on the plane, but it was just funny because they, they were like, you're missing the net. And I was like, what, what do you mean missing the net? Like this, the thing like that goes on your rack. In your rack. And I was like, you mean my string? They're like, yes, that. And I was like, oh, these are brand new rackets. Like, it's fine. They're like, oh, but don't you need that? Yeah, but it's a long story. I just need the rackets. But thank you so much. So another racket on forced air.

[Jess Pula]

But yeah, it does, isn't it? A lot of racket on forced airs.

[Madison Keys]

A lot of rackets.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, Jess.

[Jess Pula]

I guess mine will be. It like kind of was an unforced error, Jenny. But then it kind of turned into not because I can. Yeah. Is that right?

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pula]

So I don't know how to explain this because there was like many different ways it happened. But basically I really needed to get my nails done. And Jenny on whatever yesterday was like, can we film Friday morning? And I said, no, I have to get my nails done. Which, like, when I sent it I was like, gosh, this sounds like I'm being such a diva. But I was like, you don't understand. Like, my nails look really bad. And so I sent her a picture and they still look really bad. I actually just peeled all of them off. I had like a couple of my hard gels fell off on each finger. And initially I booked it on Tuesday because I had a photo shoot Wednesday, which was yesterday because they looked really bad. And So I actually. You don't even know this part, Jenny. I drove to the nail salon and he was like, no, you're supposed to come Friday. And I was like, what? I have a photo shoot tomorrow. Like that's why I booked it Tuesday. Anyways, long story short, that got mixed up, did my photo shoot yesterday. They brought me glue on nails that at least got me through the photo shoot because they were like, yeah, these look really bad. And there was like close ups of me like holding stuff so it like had to be done. And we didn't even have to film Friday morning. So I can still get my nails done tomorrow before Europe. So it all worked out. But I had a. Yeah, I had a nail emergency. Maybe we'll edit in the photo or we shouldn't. It was really bad.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I feel you on the nail. You just gotta get em done sometimes.

[Jess Pula]

This is like they're the same nails I had in Charleston when I had did like the little mini trophy shoot. And I told you guys I had like one missing and I was trying to hide it holding the trophy. And the videographer goes, oh yeah, I was shooting and I zoomed in and I saw that. He's like, don't worry, we'll. I zoomed out.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

We'll edit it.

[Jess Pula]

Thank you.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's like the worst though when you've got a missing nail and you're like, oh shoot, I need to hide it.

[Madison Keys]

Or like.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah, I mean it's bad when like a guy like usually they're like, they don't notice but the videographer is like, yeah, I saw, I zoomed in and I saw that and I zoomed out like, yeah, thanks.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Who won?

[Madison Keys]

Unforced error.

[Jess Pula]

I think Des, leaving your rackets on the plane is pretty. I mean, at least you got him back though.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, at least they didn't close the doors and like the plane was just bye bye.

[Jess Pula]

You know, for you in that I

[Desiree Krafczyk]

was back to the plane, it wasn't really a walk, it was like a lot. Yeah. And luckily I was wearing black because you're not seeing it. But after, luckily I brought a change of clothes just in case my bags didn't make it. So I changed into that because I was just going like this like sweating. So I was fully prepared. But yeah.

[Jess Pula]

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[Jenny Brady]

Okay, let's jump into the tennis headlines for the week. Madison trusted me with this section, so hopefully I don't sound too robotic and lock in here, but. Jannik Sinner wins Monte Carlo, his biggest clay court title ever. And now he's won the last four Masters 1000 tournaments. What are your guys's thoughts here?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

What do you think, Jenny?

[Jenny Brady]

Well, I mean the.

[Jess Pula]

Oh yeah, your hot take.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, my hot take. The nothing major clip. I saw that, you know that I said it's kind of boring to see Sinner and Alcaraz in the finals every week. Um, I mean, I don't know if boring is the right word, but it's nice to see different players. I mean, you have to respect though that these guys are just so good. I mean, to win the last four masters, 1000s, you know, is pretty, pretty respectable.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

So.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And he's back to world number one, right?

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. I think it's funny that when he lost in Australia, everyone was like, oh my God, what is his year gonna look like? This could be a massive fall off for him. Like it's literally the third week of the year. I think he'll be okay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Lot of tennis to be played.

[Jess Pula]

I love, by the way, Jenny, when you that they posted that clip, nothing major and you feel, and you see the comments and people get so like, well, what do you want him to do? Not with match. I'm like, okay, relax. Like we're not saying you can't win the tournament. Like we're just saying calm down. Sometimes it's nice to see some variety. But like, do we blame him for wanting to be the best player in the world and win every single match? Hell no.

[Madison Keys]

I feel like it's less that. It's like the matches themselves aren't boring. I think it's more, it's like you see Carlos and Jannik in a draw and you assume that they're going to be in the finals and then they are. And I think it's more so the predictability of it where it's shocking now if they're both in a draw, if they're not both in the finals, you just assume they're going to make the finals. So I feel like it's more so it's becoming so predictable that they will be the final but the final itself is not boring.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Right. And it's like they're added to their rivalry and you know, everyone looks forward to that match, but.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, yeah, that's what I meant. See, I just needed Maddie to explain it. Mine's just a dumbed down version.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No.

[Jenny Brady]

Mira Andreva wins. Lynn's over.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes. She beat Patapova in the finals.

[Jess Pula]

Congrats, Mira. I love how she's just like again, it's like, oh, she's struggling.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. And then wins a title, wins last.

[Jess Pula]

Like everyone needs to just.

[Jenny Brady]

Everyone needs to calm down.

[Jess Pula]

Everyone needs to calm down.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Also, can we talk about Potipova's outfit? I mean she looked ridiculously good in it. The Wilson outfit.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah, she looks, I mean I think she can wear most things, anything, a paper bag.

[Jenny Brady]

I would definitely be wearing a shirt

[Jess Pula]

over the top because it was like a sports bra bra.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

She looks great in it.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes.

[Madison Keys]

I would want my tummy covered.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

I would be very insecure.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I'd be like, I would Be pulling it up every single time.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Pulling the bra down and hiking the skirt up. Did anybody watch the Masters? I know, Maddie, you posted on your Instagram a Google search history of what is a bogey? What is a double bogey? What is a. A car?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Eagle.

[Madison Keys]

What's a birdie?

[Jenny Brady]

What's a birdie?

[Madison Keys]

I was like, these. These aren't. These can't be real terms.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. And then I just responded, ha ha ha. And she was like, did you know what they mean? And I said, yes. Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

I was pretty locked into the Masters this year. We had it on every day.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And then Maddie had a moment to hide in her room and watch Real Housewives and keep up with. Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Sunday. Sunday I.

[Jess Pula]

Which is the best day.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

That's the best of Rhode Island. And was like, this is more my vibe.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pula]

I love watching the Masters, though.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, me too.

[Jess Pula]

Sunday is so great.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pula]

It was something about it.

[Jenny Brady]

I know. Yeah, it was. It was really fun to watch. And Rory went back to back. He was inspired by Jesse's back to back Charleston.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah. Because they're equivalent. Yeah, the same.

[Madison Keys]

Did I see that he played the Augusta course?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Like.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Good job.

[Madison Keys]

Forty times.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes.

[Jess Pula]

He said he was flying back.

[Jenny Brady]

He would drop Poppy off to school

[Desiree Krafczyk]

and then come back and play the course.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, Fly. Play the course and then fly back and have dinner with Poppy. Wild.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

On the pj.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

I don't think he was taking Spirit

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Airlines and not hitting people with their bags.

[Jenny Brady]

You know, there would have been a couple flight cancellations.

[Jess Pula]

There goes our sponsorship with Spirit, and.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Darn. I flew. I flew Spirit the other week. It was stellar. 5 out of 5 stars.

[Jess Pula]

No way to save it.

[Jenny Brady]

Boris Becker sells his 1989 U.S. open trophy at an auction for $357,000. Second most expensive piece of tennis memorabilia. The most expensive was the Djokovic racket that sold for $450,000.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wow.

[Jenny Brady]

Would any of you sell any of your trophies?

[Madison Keys]

I guess if it's. You have so many, then yeah, I

[Desiree Krafczyk]

don't need five of these.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, true.

[Madison Keys]

I don't think I would sell Daphne, considering it's my one and one.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I'm not Daphne. Yeah, I wouldn't so far.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah, I wouldn't. Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

There's still time.

[Jess Pula]

I think if you have a bunch, then maybe you think of or like, maybe getting a replica and then selling the one.

[Jenny Brady]

The replica.

[Jess Pula]

Like just Novak or the replica of the replica. Like, I don't know if Novak really needs, like, 20. How many does he have? Five or have you.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Have you ever gotten rid of any of your trophies that. Because not obviously juniors and stuff, but.

[Jenny Brady]

No, I still have those.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Really?

[Jenny Brady]

I think so.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, when I moved, we. We got rid of so many and I'm like, oh, it's actually a nice trophy.

[Jenny Brady]

I don't have very many.

[Madison Keys]

So I think I have pretty much all of my trophies except for one. I lost in a challenger final one time and it was a horrible match. And I'm pretty sure in like a full on tantrum, I was like, I don't deserve this trophy, like left it or something. But I have pretty much. I think I have every other trophy somewhere.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I think I've given my, like second place trophy from one of my tournaments to my coach and I just said, you can just keep it. You just hold on to that one.

[Jess Pula]

And then you gave him, I don't want it.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. And I walked away. Thanks.

[Jenny Brady]

You're like, thanks for knocking.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. Here's your second place trophy.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Okay. So Maddie has a dilemma of how to spell the word racket. Racket. Rackets. Either one. Do you spell it R a C, Q U E T or R a C K e t when referring to a tennis racket, obviously. So which one of us spells it with Q u e T?

[Jess Pula]

I do.

[Jenny Brady]

I do.

[Jess Pula]

I think I spell it more Q U e T. Although, yeah, I don't think I spell it the other way at all.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I always spell it R A C

[Jenny Brady]

K E T. It makes me think of like racketeering.

[Madison Keys]

I don't know, like racketeer.

[Jess Pula]

Racketeering.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Rackets. Rackets with the CK is just easier to say than or spelled in a R, a C K, Q U E.

[Jenny Brady]

No, R a C Q U E

[Desiree Krafczyk]

T. Yeah, I'm saying rackets with the CK is easier to spell.

[Madison Keys]

Bjorn and I, like, got into a whole discussion about it the other day and I realized that we will text each other and he will spell it with a Q and I'll spell it with a K, like literally one after the other. And it never registered in my brain. So I looked it up and the spelling with a Q is like proper, but with a K is more American. So I was. I just assumed. I was like, that's just very British. I feel like it's kind of the same as Wimbledon center is spelled R E instead of er. And so then I asked Bjorn. I was like, do you spell color with a U? Like, are you British? Why. Why are you speaking like a British person all of a sudden?

[Jess Pula]

I looked up my text and I Always spell it with a Q. But I will say I. It doesn't phase me. When someone like you're saying, I don't think it's ever registered. That's when you sent that text. I was like, oh, my God, that happens all the time. I've never registered that. I spell it with a Q. And you can spell it the other like it just doesn't. But I always spell it that way.

[Jenny Brady]

Sometimes I switch it up.

[Jess Pula]

You do?

[Jenny Brady]

I would say more often than not, I do.

[Jess Pula]

Q, U, E, T. When I searched it. Jenny, you have a text where you spelled it with a Q.

[Madison Keys]

But then I also have one where it was like three texts later, Jenny switched to a K.

[Jess Pula]

That's. I'm gonna start switching it up. That's honestly crazy.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I told you I switch it up.

[Madison Keys]

I thought it was more so crazy that it's like it's never registered in my brain. I just read the word and I move on.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, it's registered in mine.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Always with the K for me.

[Jenny Brady]

I switch it up depending on how

[Madison Keys]

the other person spells it.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wow, you really think that much?

[Jess Pula]

Geez.

[Jenny Brady]

If I go in with the Q and then Maddie hits me with the K, I'm gonna switch it up to

[Madison Keys]

the K.

[Jenny Brady]

But influence. Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Well, we have now all had our birthdays. Jenny just had her birthday a few days ago. Happy birthday, Jenny.

[Jenny Brady]

Thank you.

[Madison Keys]

Did you get any good presents?

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, actually I spent the day, majority of the day, the whole morning with Jess and her sister Kelly, which was really fun. Got my nothing, bundt cakes, carrot cake from the pod.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

How was it?

[Jenny Brady]

Delicious. And then how.

[Jess Pula]

What? You didn't tell me how it was. Did your mom try some?

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, yeah, of course. Yeah, it's the best. And Kelly actually made Reese's cups, which were fire.

[Madison Keys]

So good.

[Jenny Brady]

So it was. Yeah, it was a great day. It was great. Good vibes. It was master Sunday, very chill. So. Yeah, it was nice.

[Madison Keys]

Okay, well, since everyone has had their birthdays, I want to know if we all match our horoscopes. And does anyone even know, like, what they are?

[Jess Pula]

I'm a Pisces and I'm like Capricorn. My horoscope.

[Jenny Brady]

I think I'm Aries.

[Madison Keys]

Let's see if we actually are. So I'm going to start with Does. As a Capricorn, you are not here to mess around. You're here to build something. You think long term and you move with intention. You thrive on structure, achievement and control. You feel most like yourself when you're progressing towards something meaningful. Your Strengths. Extremely reliable. Hard working and focused. Strategic thinker. Quiet confidence.

[Jess Pula]

Challenges for anyone listening. The face changes. Facial expressions started to change.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It was just like, whoa.

[Madison Keys]

Challenges can be overly serious. Struggles to fully relax. Make keep emotions guarded.

[Jess Pula]

Yes.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes.

[Madison Keys]

Can come off a little controlling.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

100% 2. Sorry.

[Madison Keys]

Andrew, you're loyal and committed, but not always the most openly expressive.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, that's fair.

[Jess Pula]

You think you're like yours.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jess Pula]

You're pretty. I think it's pretty good.

[Jenny Brady]

It was pretty spot on. Those are all great traits.

[Jess Pula]

Wow.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

The challenges, you know, I, I, I'm working on those. This is really tough though.

[Madison Keys]

Those.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

The controlling one.

[Madison Keys]

Whoopsie. He's using his soap in the shower.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I hate it.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh my God.

[Jess Pula]

I haven't seen him in six weeks, but he took my soap.

[Madison Keys]

Okay.

[Jenny Brady]

The backstory.

[Jess Pula]

Take him out.

[Jenny Brady]

Does anybody else's significant other take their body soap?

[Madison Keys]

Okay, wait.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

We have to give people context. So. Yes. This is just one of the many times Andrew and I obviously are doing long distance. And where were we? Was it Madrid last year? It was some tournament. But I texted the chat and I don't know what I said, but I think Maddie remembers the rundown really good because she said she remembered it. But you can go ahead and tell it.

[Madison Keys]

You like hadn't seen Andrew for like months.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Months.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. And you were already like, the rooms in Europe are so small. Andrew is just like in the room. He's breathing and it's like his stuff is everywhere. And then you were like. And he used my S.O. and I was like, remember four days ago when you hadn't seen him in months and you were so excited.

[Jess Pula]

It was like day three in. It wasn't even like a week. It was.

[Madison Keys]

Oh my God, it was so funny.

[Jess Pula]

It was just a couple days.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. Well, we're going to be back there. I got to prep for like in five days when I'm going to see him because, you know, I just got to make sure it's space and you know, might have to do some practice rounds.

[Madison Keys]

Just get some duct tape and put it down the middle of the room

[Desiree Krafczyk]

of the bed too.

[Jess Pula]

This is my side.

[Madison Keys]

Okay. I am an Aquarius ruled by ideas. In individuality. You don't follow the crowd. You question it. You see things differently. And honestly, honestly, you kind of like it that way. You thrive on independence, innovation, big picture thinking. You feel most like yourself when you're doing things your way. Strengths. Original thinker. Independent and self sufficient. Social, but not needy. Visionary. Always thinking ahead. Challenges.

[Jenny Brady]

Wow.

[Madison Keys]

Can come off emotionally. Detached.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. Are we laughing because we agree.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Doesn't always express feelings easily. Stubborn in your own logic. Can seem unpredictable.

[Jess Pula]

I would honestly.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I think it's scary.

[Jess Pula]

More spot on than death.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

You're feeling scared of my therapist right now.

[Jenny Brady]

Yours was, like, very scary.

[Jess Pula]

Yours was really spot on.

[Madison Keys]

In relationships, you need space and mental connection. If someone tries to box you in, you're out. Yeah, that sounds like me.

[Jess Pula]

Maybe. Are you. Do you signs, like, get along? You know how there's, like, compatible?

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. We're super close. Yeah. I've. I'm, like, very into horoscopes and I always love to look up my daily one. And I have costar on my phone and I will look at it at the end of the day. And my friend and I, who are very into astrology and everything, sometimes laugh because we're like, it was a little too spot on today and it kind of hurt my feelings. Jess, you are a Pisces. Mm. You're ruled by emotion and intuition. You don't just experience life, you feel it deeply. You pick up on energy before words are even spoken. You thrive on connection, creativity, meaning you feel most like yourself when you're inspired or when you're doing something that actually matters to you. Strengths. Extremely sympathetic people. Feel safe with you. Creative and imaginative. Emotionally intelligent, romantic, thoughtful.

[Jess Pula]

I don't know about the romantic part.

[Madison Keys]

Hi, honey.

[Jess Pula]

Coming home from the gym?

[Madison Keys]

Challenges can escape reality when things get overwhelming.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes.

[Madison Keys]

Might avoid confrontation.

[Jess Pula]

Yes.

[Madison Keys]

Feels everything. Sometimes too much can get lost in your own head.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah, I dissociate. I like, dissociate, Major. That's why, like, when you guys get so over stimulated, I'm like, you just have to learn how to dissociate and, like, you'll just be fine because you're just, like, not there.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. She's like, you just gotta learn how to, like, not think about it.

[Jess Pula]

I don't know as much like the creativity part, but mine's always, like, very intuitive. And I'm definitely very like. That's why I don't really plan a lot of things. And I'm not very type A because I'm always like, oh, I'll just feel it out. Like, I'll just see how it goes.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I try to do that.

[Jess Pula]

Oh, I'm just very much like that. And my husband is not, so it's funny. We must plan. We must be prepared for the end of the world.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I love it.

[Jenny Brady]

Plan for the apocalypse.

[Jess Pula]

That's why when you guys made fun of me about my charger, I'm always like, oh, let's just see what happens. Like, how low can I go? But then I usually then I have to text my type a husband and be like, hi, can you give me a charger? Because my phone's dead. And he's got like seven chargers charged in his backpack, like, ready to go.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

There's one on each side of the couch too. It's great.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pula]

See?

[Madison Keys]

Okay. Jenny, you're an Aries. Bold, competitive, high energy, main character.

[Jess Pula]

Yes.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, my God.

[Madison Keys]

Spot on for all of the above. Natural leader that loves to take charge. Oh, competitive. Like everything is a competition.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Impulsive, Acts first, thinks later.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yes.

[Madison Keys]

Confident and direct.

[Jess Pula]

Yes.

[Madison Keys]

Yes. Can be a little impatient or hot headed. A little.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

You don't sit around waiting. You move when something excites you. You go all in immediately. That's your superpower. But also your biggest lesson. You're someone who thrives on momentum, competition, and being first. You feel most like yourself when you're chasing something, whether that's a goal, a person, or just a new experience.

[Jess Pula]

Your strength.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I do love playing tag.

[Madison Keys]

Your strengths. You're bold. People admire that. You say what others won't. You bring energy into every room. You don't overthink, which makes you decisive. You're fearless when it comes to going after what you want. Your challenges. You can be impulsive. Patience is not your thing. You might lose interest once the chase is over. You don't always love being told what to do.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah,

[Madison Keys]

it's pretty accurate.

[Jenny Brady]

Except for the. What was it?

[Jess Pula]

Decisive. You're not.

[Jenny Brady]

I'm a bit indecisive. That's actually. But you're actually decisive. I'm just. I'm actually. I actually am decisive. I'm indecisive if there's options, because I don't want to choose one of the options. But if it's something that I do want, then I'm pretty.

[Jess Pula]

I think you know what you want. You know what you like, don't like.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

I think you struggle to make decisions when you know what the right answer is, but it's not what you want it to be.

[Jess Pula]

So you sit in it and you

[Madison Keys]

try to justify the wrong decision because that's what you want.

[Jenny Brady]

Wow. Manny knows me better than myself.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Honestly, that was like. Yeah. A very good explanation.

[Jenny Brady]

Really good. I'm gonna need you to type that out and text it to me so I can remember what you said.

[Jess Pula]

Maddie's and Jenny's seem to be, like, spot on to me.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pula]

I think all of us were yeah,

[Desiree Krafczyk]

mine was pretty, pretty, pretty good. Yeah. Well accurate. No about good. But we're working on it.

[Jenny Brady]

Same hot headed.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I'm gonna get him his own soap.

[Jenny Brady]

Impatient, competitive.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Today, oh my goodness.

[Jess Pula]

We're playing points and Jenny is like making noises on the other side. I was like, do you do this in matches? And she's like, yeah, all the time.

[Madison Keys]

No. Jenny makes so many sounds when she's playing tennis.

[Jenny Brady]

I was like, come on Jenny. Come on, come on.

[Jess Pula]

I just started laughing at like this about to serve.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I love having protein in my diet, but it always seemed like a burden after a long day to go to the grocery store, find a recipe I liked and get home and cook. I usually just pick up whatever I find at the grocery store, not really considering the quality.

[Madison Keys]

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[Jenny Brady]

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[Madison Keys]

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[Jess Pula]

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[Jenny Brady]

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[Jess Pula]

Hoping it looks anything like the picture when you tear open that envelope. It's time for a little in person spring treat. It's time for a trip to Ross. Work your magic.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

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[Jenny Brady]

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[Jess Pula]

All right, so we are all headed to Europe. Well, sorry, Jenny, you're going to Charlottesville. But we're all packing up to leave. So I've been very stressed about my packing situation, particularly more so than other years. I don't know why. I feel like it hits me like random trips sometimes. I don't care for some reason. This time I'm very stressed. So how do you guys decide what to pack? Do you have a packing system? Do you use the packing cubes? What goes into your plans when it comes to packing, especially for a long trip?

[Madison Keys]

I feel like this trip always kind of trips me up a little bit because the weather can be so dramatically different. Like, Paris can be cold and rainy. Rome some years is so hot. And then Madrid, I feel like because of like how the building is, it's like very cold when you're walking around because it's all like shaded and metal and it's just there's not a lot of sun that gets down there. But then once you're on court, it's a lot warmer. So I feel like I have to pack for like seven different seasons and multiple, like months worth of clothing, but somehow fit it in two suitcases with space because inevitably I will buy stuff while I'm there and get more things. So I'm in. I have two full suitcases and a tennis bag this year, and I feel pretty confident. But I have a lot of extra space because I know I'm probably gonna bring stuff home and get stuff while I'm there. I'm also bringing Ms. Desiree a lot of her things this year. So I was like, it's great.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I forgot string.

[Jess Pula]

And your rackets.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Pula]

Oh, my God. The lady was right. You didn't have string.

[Madison Keys]

Well, yeah, it does forgot string, so I'm really.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Hang on, hang on. I just didn't. Yeah, okay. Yeah, you're right. I did forget my string. I just didn't bring enough. Yeah. Anyways, you are bringing me stuff. Thank you.

[Jess Pula]

I feel like it's tough. Just like the spring weather. It's just. It's bipolar. You have no idea what to expect, Jenny. Even in Charlottesville, it gets, like, cold. We were just talking about that this morning.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, it's like high 70s and then it's going to drop into like low 60s, high 50s.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jenny Brady]

So I don't know, maybe just for like a few days though. So who knows?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You're outdoors, right? Obviously.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. It's outdoor. Yeah.

[Jess Pula]

Okay. Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

But I feel like it's also, it's all of the extra stuff that you have to bring, like drink, mix, vitamins, like if you have protein shakes, grips, string, like all. All of the stuff. You have your match clothes, you have your practice clothes, you have your stuff to go out. You have to bring a puffer just in case it's cold this year. And it's. It's just like all of the extra things add up so quickly.

[Jess Pula]

Yes. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Like, I brought. I think I told you guys, I. I tried to pack smart this time, but it just never happen. I use my packing cubes and I think I said I brought six practice outfits, maybe like four to change into, and then some long sleeves because you just don't know. And then like you said, I brought a puffer. I did bring some. Unnecessary. Well, to other people, they might think it's unnecessary. Like, I brought my own traveling little iron. I brought my slippers because I wanted to feel like home. Okay.

[Jess Pula]

Candle.

[Madison Keys]

I'm.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I. I did bring a candle. Yes. Yeah. I. I brought my LED face mask. You know, you never know. You just look good all the time. Well, yeah, it's a necessity.

[Madison Keys]

So I also, the last couple years, I've brought my Apple TV to plug into the hotel tv.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Is clutch.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. And that's kind of like part of that's not going to take up that much room.

[Jess Pula]

No, that's not that bad.

[Madison Keys]

You think that way about 25 items and then all of a sudden you have an entire suitcase of stuff. That's not that much.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. And then sometimes I'm like, oh, I'm going To use all my protein powder this week, so that way it'll lighten my load. And then it's like, I'm going to use all this shampoo so I can lighten my load. But, you know, you can't really do

[Jess Pula]

that all in one week. Yeah. I always think I'm going to use it all and come back with less. Absolutely not. Never happened.

[Jenny Brady]

Ever.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I always bring a. A duffel that you can fold up, because I know by the time Paris hits, I am. You're getting the gifts from the tournaments. You're also, like, Maddie said, shopping, and, you know you want to buy some stuff. So I'm always either sending a bag back with someone back to LA or accumulating a ton of stuff. So I will be ending up with another suitcase by the end of Wimbledon.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah. Do you guys usually send bags home? I know that some of us also get kits while we're traveling. Like, I get. I have an Adidas distribution I get in Paris, and that's two suitcases. And so I have shipped them home before. Like, with the other stuff that I'm not going to be wearing or sometimes, whatever. I just travel with them. I don't really know which way is better, to be honest, But I kind of, like, say a prayer when I ship them off. Like, DHL style. I did that one time from Australia. It came, like, a month later.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jess Pula]

Wrapped in duct tape. I was like, huh. I don't know if I should really do that again. But it's just clothes, so I'm not really.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Do you wish that they would give you less clothing at the distributions? Like, do you feel like you're going to use them all, or is it kind of just to last you for maybe two months or.

[Jess Pula]

Well, that's the thing. I guess it depends, like, how much you need. If you stay over there, I guess you would need all of it. But if you go home, which some of us do as Americans before Wimbledon, I would be like, why can't you just ship this to my house? It'd be so much easier. I don't know. It's hard. You just don't know, I guess. Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Because then you're traveling. You're going to the grass season with all of your clay stuff. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And I didn't even bring my grass stuff. Like, I'm hoping Mackenzie will stop at my house. Hi, Mackenzie. To bring my stuff. And, you know, oh, my God.

[Jenny Brady]

We'll just rely on other people. Destroy.

[Jess Pula]

I literally.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, she's stopping my house anyways.

[Jenny Brady]

So I was like, hey, yeah, is that in your horoscope?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Relying on others, relying on friends? Yeah, absolutely.

[Jess Pula]

Because she's loyal, so they do it for her.

[Jenny Brady]

Maddie's was independent, so she is not relying on others.

[Madison Keys]

I'm bringing five pairs of clay court shoes just in case.

[Jess Pula]

But I literally had two. I was like, do I need to bring grass stuff? Like, what if I, like, I'm entered in Queens? Like, what if I do well at the French? And then like, you go to. You did that last year, right, Maddie?

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, I know. Then it's like, okay, well, you have to bring at least two pairs of grass court shoes as well.

[Jess Pula]

So did you bring grass court shoes or did they send them to you?

[Madison Keys]

There they are. They're giving them to me in Paris in case I stay over. See?

[Jess Pula]

And like, now my brain is like, I do have an extra pair of grass court shoes in the garage. I bring them just in case. See? I don't know. We basically don't know what we're doing.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I need to grab my grass court shoes too. Oh, God, I totally forgot about that.

[Madison Keys]

Des, I don't have any more space.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No, no, no.

[Madison Keys]

I have a really good friend.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Her name's Mackenzie. She's gonna help me out.

[Jess Pula]

What's everyone's ratio of tennis clothes to regular clothes? Your ratio is.

[Jenny Brady]

Yours is like, what are you, 50?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No, I gotta. What do you guys think?

[Madison Keys]

She shows up in a different outfit every single day for like, four weeks. And I'm like, where's that dress from? And she's like, oh, this? I've had this.

[Jess Pula]

But then didn't you say the other day you only brought like, four match outfits?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I mean, I'm gonna play every other day. I'll go do laundry.

[Madison Keys]

Like.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah, I don't know. It's five.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I mean, if I get to the finals, it's what, five matches? I'll be fine.

[Jess Pula]

That's great.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, that's only for clay season. So I brought four outfits, and then, yeah, maybe two pairs of long sleeves. But my ratio of casual clothes, you know,

[Jess Pula]

75. Casual, 25% tennis.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I have at least. Okay, okay. That's what I wore. I have a jeans, two belts. You know, you just never know.

[Madison Keys]

Two belts.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, you just never know. Okay, hang on. And jean jacket for dresses, because it's easier to pack. You don't have to try and figure out outfits. And then obviously there's room for shopping and. Yeah, it's. It's enough. I'm hoping to use them. And I hope you guys Bring your casual clothes so then, you know, we

[Madison Keys]

can all use them together. I have one pair of jeans, one pair of shorts, and, like, five shirts. And I was like, do I even need five shirts? Because that feels like too much.

[Jenny Brady]

That feels like a lot. I'd go three shirts.

[Madison Keys]

I think three versatile shirts.

[Jenny Brady]

I think three is a good number.

[Madison Keys]

Mix and match.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

I have one jacket, but then I have, like, I don't know. I think I brought seven. Seven match outfits and eight or eight or ten practice outfits.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Clearly, I'm not there for practice.

[Madison Keys]

And then I have, like, match hats and practice hats. So many socks.

[Jess Pula]

Jenny, what do you think? So I feel like Jenny's ratio is definitely like 99 from ratio. Basically, you guys have the. The big.

[Jenny Brady]

Mine's all tennis clothes. So I do the packing cubes and I separate everything. Like practice shorts and then practice shirts. Okay. I'm not going to go down the whole list, but. And then there's two sides to my suitcase. One is all of my tennis stuff, and the other side is my pajamas, my, like, sweats, you know, and my casual stuff and shoes. So. But it's the small side of my suitcase. So it's like, like 70, 38,020.

[Jess Pula]

I was going to say 80. 20.

[Jenny Brady]

8020 is fair. I'm like, Maddie, like, I'll bring one pair of jeans, one pair of shorts, and a couple tops and definitely a jacket or something. Yeah. And then you just rewear. It's like you're in a different city.

[Jess Pula]

Don't be an outfit repeater. Des would never.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, in three months, I will be.

[Jess Pula]

So last year in Madrid, there was a blackout. I was not there for that. Maddie definitely was. Dez, were you?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I was at a 125k in the middle of nowhere, but I remember.

[Jess Pula]

Oh, you were like, on a train, weren't you?

[Madison Keys]

On the train?

[Jess Pula]

Storm. Was on a train Storm.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, my gosh. So many players were on a train. But I luckily got there a couple hours before the power outage went out. And our hotel, we were at a 125k, I think, in Vic, like an hour or so out. It was a disaster of a trip anyways, but our hotel was. No power, nothing. And we. I was rooming with Sabrina and Juju and we were all in one room because we were kind of scared. There's no lights or anything. Completely power outage for the whole night. And yeah, it was crazy. But a couple players were on the train, and I think one of the players, they were on the train for multiple hours. Like, in the middle of nowhere and couldn't go anywhere. People were trying to the bathroom. Like it's not. Nothing's working. And it was about, I think a couple hours that they were on the train or even more than that. It was just crazy. But you. Maddie was. I remember where Maddie. I was getting ready to play, right?

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, yeah, I was, I was in the locker room and had just changed into like my match kit and the lights went off and all there was was like the light for like the emergency exit lights. And I forget who was in the locker room with me, but I looked at them and I was like, I don't think this is like a oops, the lights are out situation. I think this is bad.

[Jess Pula]

You could like feel like I was

[Madison Keys]

like, this is, this is more serious than I feel like we think it is. So we go out, like we're kind of all just like what's going on? And all the matches stop. And at that point like most people's cell service went down. So no one really knew what was happening. And we were just slowly getting updates of like, oh, this is multi country. Like the police want to like shut down the city essentially because there were all the traffic lights were out. So they basically started closing the roads because it was unsafe for people to get around. And the site is 25 ish minutes, 30 minutes from all the hotels. And oh, I mean it was match day. So basically everyone was still on site and we're just all sitting and waiting and they're like delaying everything by one hour. One hour, One hour. And it's like, I don't know, four hours later. I was like, guys, we don't have any food. Like the fridges are done. Like no one can heat anything. Like there's nothing, like no one can eat food. What are we going to do? Like, you can't send people out. Like people haven't eaten lunch or whatever. And so then it was like, okay, it's kind of serious. We actually probably need to like get everyone home. So then they were saying that all the roads were closed. So they were telling everyone to start walking back to the hotels. And I was like, I have all of my far. It was like a three and a half hour walk. I was like, I can't walk three hours with my tennis back.

[Jess Pula]

But the people did, right? Didn't people walk back because there were

[Desiree Krafczyk]

electric cars too, right? They couldn't charge any of them. Is that what the issue was?

[Madison Keys]

A lot of the car, a lot of the cars were like dying. But the roads Were still closed.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I don't know.

[Madison Keys]

It was crazy.

[Jess Pula]

That's insane. I think I flew. Ended up flying back home because I was kind of injured. And I think we took off and like an hour into the flight, like, I got service, and I just saw, like, there's a massive. I was like, first of all, thank goodness I'm out of there at that time, because then my coach was in the airport, and he luckily didn't get delayed that bad, but, like, a couple hours at the gate because obviously the airport had no power. It shut down. But I think they got the airport back and running, like, very quickly because I'm sure that was, like, a priority for people stranded at the airport. It was wild, though. Like, crazy, crazy scenes.

[Madison Keys]

And then it came. The power came back on later that night, and it was, like, the funniest thing. There's a quote from Jack who? Jack Draper, who was like, oh, I really loved that there was a power outage. I actually, like, read a few pages in my book, and I was like, it was out for hours.

[Jess Pula]

He read, like, four pages or something. It was like, under 10 in the daylight.

[Jenny Brady]

Same. Not all of us are fast readers.

[Madison Keys]

Or read.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah. Or readers in general.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

So who am I? My clues from last week were born in the US but represents another country. Saved match points on the way to their biggest title. And one junior, Roland Garros. Desiree Coach, was the only one who got it right.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I was like, I didn't get it.

[Madison Keys]

Craig came in clutch and. And my player was Paula Badasso.

[Jess Pula]

That was a good one. Those were good clues. The only reason I kind of realized it was someone commented in our episode, like, badoza, and I was like, oh, my gosh, it's totally Bedoza.

[Jenny Brady]

Shoot.

[Jess Pula]

People are much smarter than me. That's a good one, though.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

One.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

My. Who am I? This week? Is an Olympic gold medalist, has a dog named Floofy, and has a habit of showing up at grand Slams and leaving with a trophy. But often not alone.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, let's get into our fan questions for the week. First question from Kylie. My husband and I are big tennis fans and would love to get our daughter Eloise involved in tennis. How did you get started with the sport as a kid? Did you start by playing for fun, attending camps, or some other way?

[Jess Pula]

We were forced. I'm just kidding.

[Jenny Brady]

Forced against my will. I didn't have a choice.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It was the money maker.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah. I think just, like, lessons after school for me, and it was just like, oh, do you like it?

[Jenny Brady]

And, yeah, I just went to a park, I think, you know, and just started hitting balls.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

My dad played, so that was how I got into tennis and got some lessons, and they said they thought I was good, and they just kept going, and here we are.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Nobody in my family played, so.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, no one in my family plays. I just wanted to start playing because of the tennis dresses.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes, that's right.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, that's right.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. So my mom bought me a racket and balls, and I would just hit against my garage door.

[Jenny Brady]

I did a lot of garage door, my mom said. Actually, in our basement in Pennsylvania, I. I didn't do this, but they had a sheet that was hanging from the ceiling, and I would go in the basement and hit balls up against the sheet.

[Jess Pula]

That's good.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. So I don't know.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, the wall was my friend, but,

[Madison Keys]

yeah, I mean, I think if you're young, I think camps are great. Like, being with other kids. I think going to, like, summer camp and everything was really part of the reason that I loved playing tennis when I was little.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes. I think camps. I did a lot of summer camps, actually, especially in Florida. And it's definitely a lot more fun as a kid to be with other kids your age and playing tennis for fun, and it's not so serious and competitive. Yeah, because you're.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I mean, I loved playing all the games and stuff. That was fun for me. And literally, tennis. I loved going to tournaments because I get to hang out with my friends or be with my friends. Like, that was the. The fun of it and obviously the competition. But I definitely think if you're a kid starting out, let them enjoy having fun and, you know. Yeah. Being around other kids.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah. And if they like it, then they'll want to keep doing it. If not, then I'm sure they'll force them. Yeah. Let you know.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, next question from Sweet dreams, Brie. If you were to make an adult lunchable for one of your other POD members, what would it contain? Ooh, wait, can I go? Can I go for Jessica? Yeah, I know. All right, so Jessica's lunchable would contain some deli meat, turkey, pickles, a side of. So it'd be pickles and maybe some pickled onions.

[Jess Pula]

Yes.

[Jenny Brady]

And maybe a couple. In the other one would be. And in the other compartment. I'm thinking one, two. So there's two left in the other compartment.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Dessert one.

[Jenny Brady]

The other compartment. Maybe we'll throw in some marcona almonds. Oh, and.

[Jess Pula]

Yes.

[Jenny Brady]

And. And then the dessert will be an unreal peanut butter Cup.

[Jess Pula]

Yes. Because I send you pictures of me snack daily. Yes. That was spot on. I think it's pretty good.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That sounds like something I would have.

[Jess Pula]

I think that's kind of like all of us would have.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I would add some of those little

[Jess Pula]

cheese,

[Desiree Krafczyk]

the lesser evil. What are those? Spicy Cheetos.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Wait, those are so good. And cheddar cheese. Cheddar cheese slices.

[Jess Pula]

He's like, wait, wait, wait, I'm messing up.

[Jenny Brady]

That's what I meant.

[Jess Pula]

Instead of the tillamock, like little square.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, those are so good.

[Jenny Brady]

The sharp cheddar.

[Jess Pula]

Need it.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I need some like salami and I don't love salami. Oh, love it.

[Madison Keys]

The amount.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Take my lunchable.

[Madison Keys]

The me. Jess and does say in a day that we're like, oh, I love this in Jenny response. I don't like.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah, I don't like that.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I don't like that. Okay, next question from Angie. When you are home between tournaments, are you spending every day training and playing tennis? Pretty much, yeah. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I think it also depends. Like after Charleston, I had three days before I left for Europe. I did not hit for the first two days and then I went and hit because I was trying to do a bunch of stuff at home and. But I think I played a lot of tennis, so I think it just depends on. But most days, training, going to the gym, playing, Playing tennis, trying to live a normal life when you're home, enjoy friends.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah. I feel like I'm constantly doing errands as well.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Getting alterations that I haven't done in six months. Maddie.

[Jess Pula]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

I still haven't taken my wedding dress to get cleaned.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, my God.

[Madison Keys]

It's been in its bag for over a year. And I look at it and I'm like, when I get home from this trip, I'm going to take it to the dry cleaner and I'm going to finally do it. And then I look at it and I'm like, can't be bothered.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Wait, Jess, speaking of, have you taken that dress that the dog peed on that I was wearing?

[Jess Pula]

No, I like from the gala. Yeah. So I had a bag of stuff that I wanted to get dry cleaned as well. And it was sat in my car for like all of eternity. I don't really know where the bag went. I don't know where that bag is. I don't know how that happened. I don't know. Maybe it's at the dry cleaners. Maybe I actually did it.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Did you donate it?

[Jess Pula]

I didn't pick it up, but I would have gotten an email. Did I donate it? I don't think so. Because I do make a couple runs to donate clothes as well. Usually at some point in between tournaments because I clean out the closet and like re change all the clothes, tennis clothes. So I've like literally thought about it where I'm like, I don't know where it is.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, I just thought about that right now when Maddie said dress and dry cleaner.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, definitely a lot of errands like you said. Getting driver's license, all that stuff too.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Yeah, fun. All right, well, thanks for listening and sending in fan questions for the week. Please 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 send us fan questions on Instagram or to our email@theplayersbox podmail.com thanks everyone and see you next week.

[Jess Pula]

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