50 | Memphis and DC Tournaments & Trivia

Summary

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The Player’s Box, Episode 50

Date: July 28, 2026
Title: Memphis and DC Tournaments & Trivia
Hosts: Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady, Desirae Krawczyk

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Main Theme

In this landmark 50th episode, Madison, Jess, Jenny, and Desirae give a lively, candid behind-the-scenes look at life on tour during the summer tournament swing, focusing on recent wedding adventures, upcoming tournaments in Memphis and Washington DC, and a hilarious round of “Are You Smarter Than an American Tourist?” They also cover fan Q&As, tennis results, and Southern sayings, all with their trademark humor and camaraderie.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Unforced Errors of the Week

[02:09 – 13:10]

The hosts kick things off with their recurring “unforced errors”—personal blunders from life on and off the tennis court.

• Jess’s Misadventure with a Red Eye Flight

  • Jess describes trying to maximize time by taking a red eye from LA.
  • Quote: “It sounds like a good idea. Until you land.” — Jess [03:14]
  • Result: Only 90 minutes of sleep, leading to a disastrous day.

• Jenny’s Slipper Story

  • Attends Asia Muhammad’s (now Cross) Vancouver wedding, dons hotel slippers after dinner, and ends up clubbing, Ubering across town, and having breakfast all in them.
  • Quote: “I was wearing these slippers, like, literally all around Vancouver, until finally Jess brought me my sneakers down to breakfast.” — Jenny [05:46]
  • Slippers get “gross and black on the bottom” from city travel.

• Desirae’s Plant Problems

  • Joy at buying new houseplants dashed when her prized plant wilts within a week.
  • Quote: “I watered you twice last week. Why are you still thirsty?” — Desirae [07:13]
  • The crew offers plant advice, jokes about taking a “plant class 101.”

• Maddie’s iPad Saga

  • Maddie leaves her iPad on a plane in Charlotte, uses AirTags to find it, retrieves it with help from a kind airport employee—but the pricey keyboard case is missing.
  • Quote: “It's a miracle I found my iPad.” — Maddie [12:44]
  • Irony: After buying a replacement, she thinks she accidentally throws out the new case.

• Winner?

  • The group agrees: either Jenny’s lost shoes adventure wins, or Maddie’s iPad misfortunes.

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2. Tennis Wedding Season

[15:15 – 23:12]

A flurry of recent tennis weddings sparks a detailed, fashion-forward rundown.

• Paige and Tommy Paul’s wedding: multiple stunning dress changes, feather robe, dramatic staircase entrance.

  • Quote: “Her entrance down the staircase for the ceremony…so pretty, dramatic.” — Maddie [16:40]

• Asia Muhammad’s wedding at Vancouver's botanical gardens: elaborate dress, long walk, “butter yellow” bridesmaid gowns.

  • Quote: “Everyone looked…the butter yellow was so pretty. All the bridesmaids looked so good.” — Maddie [17:44]

• Katie and Alex’s wedding: striking venue, chic afterparty dress, custom Nikes, memorable drone photography.

  • Quote: “I really would love to know, like, how they did that. We need to ask her when we see her. Drone, because that was crazy.” — Maddie [19:23]
  • Quote: “I love her venue. Gorge.” — Jess [20:20]

• Mentions of other player weddings: Daria Kasatkina, Samsonova, Mahalakova, Evan King, etc.

  • Quote: “So many weddings…It's the only time, I guess…the only one week.” — Desiree [22:30]

• Memorable moment: The crew nearly gets teary describing the wedding ceremonies.

  • Quote: “It's so…the best. When we were sitting at Asia’s we're like, we're gonna cry.” — Maddie [23:14]

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3. Tennis Catch-Up

[23:35 – 27:05]

• Kurjikova’s Resurgence: 9th career title, up to top 30 again after Athens victory.

  • Quote: “I kind of felt her coming back just because she was playing very well in Wimbledon and seems like she's been healthy…” — Maddie [23:58]

• Sakari in Greece: Finalist at home, hailed for bringing the tournament back to Greece after years.

  • Quote: “She pushed really hard to get a tournament back there.” — Maddie [24:34]

• Meyer Sharif Title: Wins in “Lassie” (debate over pronunciation); admired for on-court grit and as a trailblazer for Egypt.

  • Quote: “She competes really well, plays a lot of long matches....she's a grind.” — Maddie [25:52]

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4. Preview: Memphis & DC Tournaments – Game Time!

[27:05 – 35:40]

“Are You Smarter Than an American Tourist?” – DC Trivia

[27:35 – 32:18]

• Playful multiple-choice and rapid-fire questions about DC history and geography.
  • Q: “What do the letters DC stand for?” (District of Columbia)
  • Q: “Which monument looks like a giant pencil?” (Washington Monument)
  • Laughter at wrong answers and playful guesswork.
  • Quote: “I think 89.” — Jess [30:33]
    Answer about White House rooms; reveals it's 132, leading to feigned outrage at “too many rooms.”
  • Jokes about presidential age minimum, White House bathrooms, cherry blossoms, etc.

Why play Memphis or DC?

[32:32 – 35:02]

• Desirae: Playing Memphis (250) due to doubles partnership needs.
  • Quote: “So we figured we should play and start in Memphis and then play…the US together.” — Desirae [32:52]
• Jess & Maddie: DC (500) for higher-level tournament, ranking requirements, and fun fan energy.
  • Jessica recalls winning DC with vivid imagery:
    • Quote: “I have that photo in my brain—in that green and white Adidas, green tank and, like, a black skirt.” — Jenny [33:34]
    • Quote: “It was my first tour title...I got my name up on the stadium, which is cool.” — Maddie [33:44]
• Reminiscing about the heat, city fun, and facing “Baby Ons and Baby Iga” years before their stardom.

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5. Southern Sayings – Memphis Style

[39:25 – 46:12]

• Desirae hosts a quiz on classic southern idioms, some familiar and some obscure:
  • “Bless your heart” (polite shade or sympathy)
  • “I'm fixing to…” (about to do something)
  • “That dog won’t hunt” (that won’t work)
  • “Hotter than blue blazes” (very hot)
  • “Happy as a clam,” “sweating like a sinner in church,” “all hat and no cattle,” “pitch a hissy fit,” “cattywampus” (crooked, out of place), and more.
• The group reacts with laughter, swaps family stories, and tries some phrases for the first time.
  • Quote: “He could talk the bark off a tree.” — Jess [44:44]
  • Quote: “Cattywampus. How do you use it in a sentence?” — Desirae [45:37]
  • Quote: “That picture is cattywampus.” — Jess [45:45]

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6. Who Am I? – Mystery Tennis Players

[46:14 – 48:10]

• Jenny’s clues: Junior French Open champ, mom as coach, recent car payment mishap—Answer: Tommy Paul.
  • Quote: “Everyone here got it right. I am Tommy Paul.” — Jenny [47:23]
• Maddie’s clues: Tennis runs in family, idolized Sharapova, college graduate (who played all four years).
  • The group ponders, unsure of the answer.

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7. Fan Questions & Low-Stakes Advice

[48:11 – 51:17]

• TV Shows We’d Guest Star In

  • Jess: “Watch What Happens Live” (as herself)
  • Desirae: Monica on “Friends”—“because I am her.”
  • Jenny: Hesitant; lands on “Schitt’s Creek” or “Euphoria”

• Does throwing your racket make you play better or worse?

  • Group experiences vary—sometimes it relieves stress, sometimes it’s just dumb because it’s hard to get more rackets on the road.
  • Quote: “The worst is like you have like a tiny crack in it because it wasn’t even a good throw.” — Jess [50:38]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It sounds like a good idea. Until you land.” — Jess on red eye flights [03:14]
• “I was wearing these slippers, like, literally all around Vancouver…” — Jenny [05:46]
• “I watered you twice last week. Why are you still thirsty?” — Desirae [07:13]
• “It's a miracle I found my iPad.” — Maddie [12:44]
• “Her entrance down the staircase for the ceremony…so pretty, dramatic.” — Maddie [16:40]
• “Everyone looked…the butter yellow was so pretty.“ — Maddie [17:44]
• “It was my first tour title...I got my name up on the stadium, which is cool.” — Maddie [33:44]
• “That picture is cattywampus.” — Jess [45:45]
• “Everyone here got it right. I am Tommy Paul.” — Jenny [47:23]
• “I want to be Monica Geller on Friends because I am her.” — Desirae [49:05]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:09] Unforced Errors Roundtable
• [15:15] Tennis Wedding Fashion Deep-Dive
• [23:35] WTA Recap: Kurjikova, Sakari, Sharif
• [27:35] “Are You Smarter Than an American Tourist?” DC Trivia Game
• [32:32] Why Memphis or DC? Upcoming Tournaments
• [39:25] Southern Sayings – Memphis Segment
• [46:14] Who Am I? Tennis Player Guessing Game
• [48:11] Fan Questions & Low-Stakes Advice

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Overall Tone

The episode brims with friendly banter, self-deprecating humor, and team chemistry. The hosts deftly balance travel chaos, heartfelt moments, and tennis talk, offering listeners a front-row seat to the camaraderie and chaos that defines life on the tour. The trivia and southern sayings segments in particular are playful highlights, offering personality and inside jokes for regular fans.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a perfect taste of what The Player’s Box offers: lively storytelling about life beyond the baseline, honest takes on tennis realities, and lots of laughter—plus, a bit of tournament insight for good measure.

Want the drama, the laughs, and the real tour life? Episode 50 delivers.

Transcript

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[Jess]

this is the Players Box

[Unidentified Guest]

Foreign.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Welcome back to another episode of the Players Box. I'm Desiree Kraftchick alongside Jenny Brady, Madison Keys and Jess Pula. Thank you to Amazon Health AI for sponsoring this episode. Healthcare just got less painful. As always, a friendly reminder to please give our podcast five stars and subscribe on YouTube. Today we will get all set up for the upcoming tournaments in the States and and test our knowledge on our nation's capital. We will also answer your fan questions so be sure to continue to send those in. But first let's get into our Unforced Error.

[Jess]

Maddie My unforced error of the week is that the day before I had to fly to la. I slept for approximately three hours for some reason and then flew across the country. Jess and I had a shoot in LA and both of us decided it would be a really good idea to take a red eye home. So we both took the red eye home and I slept maybe like 90 minutes on the flight home. So I landed that morning at 6am and just felt like death was coming for me and just, like, literally could not function the entire day. And the whole day I was like, why did I not just fly home at a normal hour? So I think that might be my last red eye.

[Maddie]

Agreed. Never taking a red eye.

[Jenny]

Never taking a red eye again.

[Maddie]

Terrible.

[Jess]

It sounds like a good idea. Until you land.

[Jenny]

Saving time, and you're like, oh, I'll have the whole day. But the whole day, the day is miserable.

[Maddie]

You feel so bad. I'm like, I want this day to end.

[Jess]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Literally the longest day of my life. You can't function.

[Maddie]

It's the absolute worst.

[Jess]

Jenny.

[Jenny]

So we were, me, Des, and Jet. I don't know why Jess is laughing, but me, Des and Jess were at Asia Muhammad's, well, Asia Cross now wedding this weekend in Vancouver.

[Maddie]

And

[Jenny]

during the wedding, after dinner, the hotel where it was at the Fairmont, gave everyone slippers. Like, all the girls who were dancing when. When they took off their heels and stuff. And so I was wearing my slippers, you know, dancing it up on the dance floor. And before that, I was getting ready in Jesse's room, and she was staying at the Fairmont, at the hotel where the wedding was. And I came over, like, in my sneakers and stuff. And so then fast forward, we're at the wedding, I'm wearing the slippers, and then I decide to go out to a club. And it's like 3am and I'm in the club with my slippers still on, and I'm dancing in the club with my slippers on. And then I get an Uber, I go home to my hotel in my slippers, and I wake up and I don't have any shoes. So I. My shoes were in Jesse's room, which is at a different hotel. And so I was like, oh, I'm gonna go to Jesse's to eat breakfast in the lounge because she gave me a room key. So I went up to the lounge and I got in the Uber from my hotel to her hotel in my slippers. And so I was wearing these slippers, like, literally all around Vancouver, until finally Jess brought me my sneakers down to breakfast. So my unforced error is that I was wearing, like, hotel slippers.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

They were pretty comfy, though, to be honest.

[Jenny]

Yeah, but they were disgusting.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I'm sure when you went to a club and.

[Maddie]

Wait, I just sent the chat the picture of Jenny in the morning of if anyone.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, yeah, in my slippers.

[Maddie]

Add this picture in. So we get to the lounge and I give Jenny back her stuff, and, yeah, I give Her. The sneakers. And I still. She's like. She's in the slippers. And I'm like, wait, I'm just giving you your sneakers. Have you been wearing those the entire time? She's like, yeah, that's what I've been saying. I was like. And she's like, look. And it's, like, black on the bottom.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Jess]

So gross.

[Maddie]

What? Yeah. I was like, wait, like, what is going on? It was so funny.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

So,

[Jenny]

Desiree.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Well, mine's probably not as good as your enforced error, but. So everyone knows that I went to go get plants, right? And I was so, like, excited about it, and I was like, don't kill the plants. Don't kill the plants. And they're already come back. No, hang on. I came back from Vancouver, and I water them twice a week. You know, they told me, oh, my God, they'll live. They'll be fine. Got this one plant, the really colorful one, and it's already wilting. And I'm like, I watered you twice last week. Why are you still thirsty? Like, what's going on? So it's just wilted. And now I'm really sad because now I'm like, I can't even keep a plant alive from after a week of being in my house. So I'm gonna need some plant tips

[Maddie]

from you, Maddie, because is there a chance of survival?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

There is. You know? Yeah.

[Jenny]

Sometimes when you water it and give it some sun, they just perk back up.

[Jess]

Well, you might.

[Maddie]

It's a full.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

It's a full sun.

[Jess]

Maybe plant too much water.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, I thought osmosis, you know, you fill it up and then you just have a little sit, and then it just goes back up.

[Maddie]

No, no, you probably.

[Jess]

Is that the definition of osmosis?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I don't know. Someone told me that Andrew's mom was like, hey, I think you should fill it up the first time to the bottom until the roots, like, are completely soaked, and then it'll soak back up.

[Maddie]

But I felt like, is it draining? Is it able to drain?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Jess]

Wait, so are you, like, completely saturating it? No, it was plant twice a week.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah.

[Maddie]

Oh, you only do that, like, once.

[Jess]

FaceTime me later and save your plants.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Well, that was my unforced error. Everyone. I need to keep a plant alive. And clearly, I need to go and go to a plant class 101 user green.

[Maddie]

Error.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Unforced error. Jess.

[Maddie]

Oh, guys, I literally have a list. Like, the. This weekly thing. I'm not. I'm ahead on my list. Like, there's Some I've had to skip because we're moving.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

People think we make this.

[Maddie]

We need to record twice a week, maybe three times, if we were to keep up with my list. So I will just pick the one from our last week's trip. I flew to Charlotte from New York after going to Tommy's wedding, and I was there for a day and a half, and I went to download things on my iPad before the flight from Charlotte to Vancouver. I was like, where's my iPad? Don't have my iPad. Find my iPhone. My iPad is still at the Charlotte airport. I must have left it on the plane when I was delirious at like, 6am Whatever. So I definitely left it on the plane, which is great because I saw it on my Find my iPhone. So then I went back to the airport, we checked in. I go down to baggage claim, which is basically where you find the lost items. And this lady's like, you need to file a claim. And I'm like, listen, like, I'm getting on another plane in, like, an hour. Like, I. I'll show you my. Find my iPhone. It's here. Like, I'm literally on the dot. Like, I'm directly on it. I was like, I know it's back there, please. And she just, like, wasn't feeling me, you know, she was just, like, not very friendly. She's like, I need you to file a claim. I was like, okay, but can you just go back and check right now? Because, like, I'm kind of in a rush. And she's just kind of like, whatever. So she goes back and she like, tank looks. But then there was this other guy that was super, super friendly, and he was like, hey, are you getting help? Are you okay? And I was like, okay, I'm going to talk to this guy because I feel like he's actually going to find my iPad. And he was so nice. And he was like, I got you. I got you. Like, what does it look like? Blah, blah, blah. Like, so helpful. Like, great. So then he goes back there. Long story short, they find the iPad. I'm like, yes, but someone stole my $100 because I have, like, the keyboard case. So it was just my iPad. So they finally found it, but they stole my case.

[Jess]

Someone, like, stole your case, but not

[Desiree Kraftchick]

your take the iPad?

[Maddie]

I don't know. Because they were, like, afraid that it wasn't. I mean, it's like one of those. You know what I'm talking about? They're, like, pretty thick. They, like, mag.

[Jess]

Yeah, like, the matte.

[Maddie]

Those are Good ones.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I don't think.

[Jess]

Keyboard. Whatever.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I don't think they're expensive falls.

[Maddie]

Yeah, they're like 100 bucks. I don't think they fall off. Like, it's not like it, like, slipped off. They. Someone had to remove it. So it's really weird. Maybe they just didn't want to, like, try to break into my iPad. And they're just like.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Maybe they already had the iPad.

[Maddie]

IPad.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

He just needed the.

[Maddie]

Maybe they did, and they wanted a case. And it props up so you can like, watch things. It, like, stands up. Yeah. So that was great. Found my iPad. Thank God. And then I got to Vancouver, and me and Taylor were like, oh, we should go to the Apple store. I can buy another case. And we needed, like, a lightning cord. So we go, we buy a case. And then on, like, pretty much the flight, like, getting to the airport in Vancouver, I was like, where's my iPad case? I think I accidentally threw it away.

[Jenny]

Yeah, we were.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Jessica.

[Maddie]

Because I had my charger and I had it, like, all in the Apple bag, and I had a couple things from Sephora, like, I just all shoved in there. And we were just like. So, like, I don't know, on the go that weekend that, like, I must have just. I for sure unwrapped the cord to charge my phone, but I wasn't using my iPad at all. So I think I. I definitely took the makeup out. I took the cord out, and I think I left my case in that bag. And then I was trying to clean out the room as we, like, so it wasn't so crazy. And I think I threw it out. Like, I put it in a bunch of bags with stuff and, like, put it outside the room.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

So, yeah, I've definitely done that before,

[Jess]

but so now you need to go buy a third iPad case.

[Maddie]

IPad case.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, my gosh.

[Maddie]

But it's a miracle I found my iPad.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah. Yeah, that's pretty close. It does help when someone actually will help and find the iPad.

[Maddie]

He was so helpful. The other lady, I don't even know where we ended with her. She, like, never came out of the back office. She's like, sorry, like, one more time. And she went back there and then never came back out. It was interesting. So who's the winner?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I feel like you.

[Jess]

You are you or Jenny. Yeah, the slippers all over Vancouver is pretty epic.

[Unidentified Guest]

It's crazy.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

It's pretty funny.

[Maddie]

I can't wait. Like, we gotta put the picture in here. It's so funny.

[Jenny]

I also have a video of me in the in the Clearb. In the club, dancing with my slippers.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I guess that's better than me wearing my tennis shoes on at the reception. Or the.

[Jenny]

Yeah, that was crazy.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Okay.

[Jenny]

My feet were killing me and was like, she's joking.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

No, I needed it.

[Maddie]

It was too early. It was too early. The reception started and she was like, nikes. And I was like, whoa, we need like, you didn't my dress 30, 40 minutes.

[Jenny]

Like, we didn't even do cocktail hour yet.

[Maddie]

Oh, yeah, that's true.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Well, I didn't have enough alcohol because my feet weren't numb yet. So, you know, that's probably what it was. But at Maddie's wedding, I had my bright blue Nike runners on, but that was like at 11pm so it's different.

[Jenny]

Yeah, we changed after dinner.

[Unidentified Guest]

You're right.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, yeah, that's right.

[Jess]

Guys, we gotta talk about your secret late night Internet searches. You know the ones. Bumpy leg rash, hair loss, itchy skin, trying to figure out your body, endlessly searching for answers. We all do it and it never works.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Thankfully, there's Amazon Health AI. It can connect your symptoms with your medical history and it can even get you care 24 7.

[Jess]

I recently started using it and it's so convenient for when I'm curious about my symptoms. But I don't know if it's a big enough deal to go to the doctor.

[Unidentified Guest]

Exactly.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I developed allergies and I was asking for the best tips and tricks on how to combat them. Thankfully, they walked me through it without ever having to leave the house.

[Jess]

So call off the search. Amazon Health AI is here. Healthcare just got less painful.

[Maddie]

Well, since we're talking about weddings and we have. Well, at least I've been to multiple. We all went to Asia's. We've seen all of the wedding photos from lots of the tennis players. Can we discuss some of the dresses in the. I was gonna say fits, but it's a little more than a fit. It's a. Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

So many people got married to look this year.

[Maddie]

So obviously Paige, Tommy and Paige's wedding. Paige had beautiful 4. 3. 3 or 4ish, kind of in her pictures. She had a lot of different. She had her rehearsal, she had her kind of getting ready look, which was like a corset situation.

[Jess]

Did you see a big feather robe situation too that she had?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Cute.

[Maddie]

I don't know if I saw that.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That was cute. It was like her getting ready one. Right. With all the her girls. Yeah, that was really cute. And then

[Maddie]

the reception dress that she wore with the bow and without the bow. And then she also had an after party dress, so she had a lot here.

[Jess]

I don't know if I've really seen that one, but they look. I mean, they looked great.

[Maddie]

Yeah. My favorite was the reception with the bow.

[Jess]

I love.

[Maddie]

Big bow.

[Jenny]

Yeah, yeah.

[Maddie]

With the big bow in the back.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

She looked great in all of them anyways.

[Jess]

But yeah, I mean, their wedding was beautiful.

[Maddie]

And the picture of Tommy holding the bow, I thought it was fun.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, I didn't.

[Jenny]

I didn't see that.

[Maddie]

He's like, oh, I won the prize. Oh. Her wedding was. It was very beautiful. Her entrance down the staircase for the ceremony was like, from the house. It was just like. It was so pretty dramatic.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

And that's.

[Maddie]

Yeah, yeah. Her. All of her outfits, like, matched that venue very well. It was very, very pretty. Asia's wedding, she had a couple dresses and then technically three.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, technically three.

[Unidentified Guest]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Her wedding dress was stunning.

[Maddie]

Yeah, I really liked it.

[Jess]

So pretty.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

It was so. And when she. When we saw her walking down, it was kind of like a longer walk from where she started, really across the grass area because it was out in the botanical gardens. And you can tell she was really trying to kick her feet out because the dress was heavy and with a lot of it. She looked. Yeah, she looked so good. And just even though her bridesmaids looked unreal, the yellow looked so good.

[Maddie]

Everyone looked. The butter yellow was so pretty. All the bridesmaids looked so good. They looked really good. She had all the little flowers, like, attached to the dress. And she just. I mean, she looks good in everything.

[Jenny]

Yeah, she could wear a paper bag.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

And I mean, the gardens itself, I do like the. Out in the garden area, but do you remember I told you so where we were sitting? We were kind of sitting in the back area, like the last two rows. And you know, it's in a public area, so people are walking around. There's a path, you know, to like walk around the whole gardens. And then there's like a little flower patch area as Asia's walking down and she's with Jamie. There's like a few little people hiding in the little bushes, trying to take pictures of the whole wedding. I have a picture of it, but it was really funny because it was just like they saw. They're like, oh, my God, like there's a wedding going on. It was.

[Jenny]

There were like four weddings at that botanical gardens.

[Maddie]

Yeah, it was big too. Cuz I never saw. I never. Well, no, we saw one. People may finishing like on the other side when we walked Back, but you didn't really see anybody else. Katie and Alex.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That pictures were stunning.

[Maddie]

Yeah. She looks so happy. It was so cute in her pictures. She, like, couldn't stop talking.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

You can tell. Yeah. Genuine. It was a beautiful venue. And the picture. I think my favorite picture is the one above.

[Maddie]

Yeah, the one above, like, through the little art circle.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Maddie]

I really would love to know, like, how they did that. We need to ask her when we see her. Drone, because that was crazy. It was drone.

[Unidentified Guest]

Right?

[Jess]

I liked the vintage Porsche pictures, too.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah. And her brother drove her to the church. Right.

[Maddie]

Is that.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Or is that the.

[Jess]

Right, that might have been her. The smaller ceremony that they had.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, okay. Okay.

[Jess]

That was in the uk.

[Maddie]

Oh, yeah. They had a smaller ceremony before just because I believe her grandfather. Yeah. Really, really sweet.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That's cute.

[Maddie]

But it looked. It looks so good. Alex looked really good. I thought it was so nice. I really loved her, like, late night. Her last dress, her after party reception dress, it was, like, the short beaded one. Because she's tall. She has, like, long legs. I don't know. It looked really cute on her. And then she had her Nikes.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, yeah, the custom Nikes, too.

[Jenny]

Cool.

[Maddie]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That's cute.

[Maddie]

It was really cute. But I love her.

[Jess]

Venue is gorge.

[Maddie]

I love the dress. Oh, yeah. I loved all of her dresses, but I really like the one that was kind of off the shoulder a bit. What is that called? The one that cut?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That kind of goes.

[Maddie]

Yes. Yeah. It's like slightly off the shoulder. Kind of a thicker material. It was really pretty. I think that one was my favorite. And then Daria Kazakina, she got married. She got married? Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Actually, a lot of tennis players were there, too.

[Maddie]

A lot of tennis players. I didn't see a lot of pictures, though. I don't even think. I know. Was there a little pictures?

[Jess]

They were in, like, black and then all the black.

[Maddie]

Okay, that's right. I did. Oh, that's cute.

[Unidentified Guest]

That's right.

[Jess]

So good, because I saw.

[Maddie]

I saw, like, Mira and like, all, like, pal. And they're all in white. And I was like, oh, they must be there for Dash's wedding. And I was like, wait, why are they wearing white? And then I was like, oh, duh, they're gonna wear black. I think I maybe saw one picture of them in black, and then I, like, figured it out, but that was. That's so, like, Spoton.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Samsonova also got married.

[Maddie]

Yes.

[Jess]

Got married.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah. She got married. Who else? There's another person.

[Maddie]

Mahalakova got married.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Mahalakova Teresa.

[Unidentified Guest]

She looked so.

[Jenny]

My gosh.

[Maddie]

Yeah.

[Jess]

Pictures.

[Maddie]

There was one more, maybe.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Amazing. I thought that's because Liv Nichols had to go. She went to their wedding, Teresa's wedding. First she was in the bridal party, and then she flew to Italy for Katie and Alex's.

[Jenny]

Oh, wow.

[Unidentified Guest]

Oh, wow.

[Maddie]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

So she did kind of like what you did.

[Jess]

Yeah.

[Maddie]

Oh, wow. She did double weddings. Yeah. I feel like there was maybe one more person that we're missing. Cuz I felt like at Asia's wedding, someone was telling me about, like, two or three other people, but, well, Evan King got married.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, yeah.

[Jess]

Evan King. Evan King.

[Maddie]

That's who it was. It was Evan King.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Evan and Sydney.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Guest]

Yeah.

[Maddie]

Their pictures were cute. I saw some of them. Cute. She's a photographer, right?

[Jenny]

Yes.

[Maddie]

Like, she does a lot of photography.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

She does a little bit of videography, too, I think.

[Maddie]

Yeah, too. So her pictures were cool.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

So many weddings.

[Maddie]

So many.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

It's the only time, I guess. The only one week.

[Maddie]

The only time.

[Jess]

Married after Wimbledon or off season.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, the same. And wedding anniversary. Around that same wedding.

[Maddie]

Oh, my God. Yeah. It's so true.

[Jenny]

July or November.

[Jess]

Yeah.

[Maddie]

Wait, when did Katie get. What day did she get married? Was she a day after Asia or.

[Jenny]

No.

[Maddie]

Earlier.

[Jenny]

No.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Which one do you count? Do you count the one? The first one? Yeah.

[Jenny]

I don't know. A day after Tommy, I think.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Do you count. I don't think she got married in the church. Or do you count the one in Italy?

[Maddie]

Oh, that's true. I don't know.

[Unidentified Guest]

Yeah.

[Jenny]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Maddie]

But congrats to everybody.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

We love.

[Jess]

We love seeing the wedding pictures.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

We love love.

[Jenny]

We love love.

[Maddie]

Yeah. It's so. Oh, my God. It's the best. When we were sitting at Asia's, we're

[Jess]

like, we're gonna cry.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh. Jenny was looking down the whole time. She was like, I can't look. I'm not gonna look.

[Maddie]

Oh, I'm looking.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

And then she, like, had to go, like, look up just to make sure her makeup doesn't run.

[Jenny]

I was like, the only time I get makeup and it's just.

[Maddie]

Just gonna run.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

No.

[Maddie]

Tommy was really. Was really emotional, too. And, like, when we saw him after, he's like, I've never been so nervous in my entire life. Like, he was like. I was like, not okay. He was freaking out. It was adorable. So back to some tennis talk. Kurjikova wins her ninth title in Athens, first title since Wimbledon. 2024, and back in the top 30 for the first time since June 2025. I feel like I kind of felt her coming back just because she was playing very well in Wimbledon and seems like she's been healthy, which I think is. Yeah, you know, the number one.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

So that's nice to see her in the finals, right?

[Maddie]

Yes.

[Jess]

Yes.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Sakari and Fern.

[Maddie]

Which is cool for Maria to be in the finals there at her first

[Jess]

town, first tournament in Greece for, like, a long time.

[Jenny]

Very long time.

[Maddie]

Yeah. And I know that she pushed really hard, like, to get a tournament back there. I think she knew that there was potential, like, people were interested in holding an event and stuff like that. So it's cool that, you know, she's obviously from there and was able to kind of grow tennis a bit there, which has been really cool. And be in the final and be in Greece.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That's pretty cool.

[Maddie]

Yeah. I still have never been to Greece.

[Jenny]

Same neither.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Only on a layover trip.

[Maddie]

But I heard it was.

[Jenny]

Really needs to hit up Maria for

[Maddie]

this girl

[Jenny]

who's planning.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Apparently they. They play matches after 4pm because it's so hot. It's kind of like AO in a way.

[Jenny]

Oh, really?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

They start the matches. Yeah, they. They had to start matches. Yeah. 4:00pm or later.

[Maddie]

Meyer Sharif wins in. Is it L?

[Jenny]

Whoa.

[Jess]

I think it's two different ways.

[Maddie]

Oh, it's. I. Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I don't know.

[Maddie]

How do you pronounce it?

[Jess]

I think it's a. Icy.

[Maddie]

Oh,

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Lassie.

[Maddie]

Well, it's her second title and comes four years after Yossi. Yossi. Yay.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yahtzee.

[Maddie]

Yossi. Yossi.

[Jess]

Yassi. Yassi.

[Maddie]

That I would not have, like, come even close to that. It's her second title. It comes four years after her first title on tour, which was in Parma in 2022. I will say I've played her, and it's not easy. She is a grind. She competes really well, plays a lot of long matches.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I only know Pepperdine, she was.

[Jenny]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah, that's right.

[Maddie]

She's just, like, ready to battle. No, it, like, doesn't matter the score.

[Jess]

The only match I've ever played her was a rainy, cold day at Roland Garros. And I was like, this is gonna be the hardest day of my life.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Grinding.

[Jenny]

Yeah. She loves the clay.

[Maddie]

Loves it.

[Jenny]

Loves the clay.

[Maddie]

And she's from Egypt. Like, there's not a lot of players from Egypt. I think she's, like, kind of the only female that I know. Maybe there's someone on the men's side, but. Yeah, so that's pretty cool. So, yeah, there is some tennis going on besides the weddings. So, yeah, I feel like I've been kind of shut off, though. Not gonna lie.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Same. I have been far removed just because it's been nice to not be in the tennis universe. But. Okay, we're gonna move on to the next tournaments that are coming up, which is Memphis and in D.C. and the Memphis tournament is a 250 and D.C. is a 500 event. So in honor of D.C. tournament, we are going to play a little game called are you smarter than an American tourist? I'm a little nervous.

[Maddie]

Oh, gosh.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Okay, Jess. What? Do the letters fall on people? Yes.

[Maddie]

I don't like this.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Okay, and then. And then if you need help, you can call on Congress, which is for us, groups for all of us, and you can get some assistance. So, okay, the first question for Jess is, what do the letters DC Stand for?

[Maddie]

The District of Columbia.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Well done, Dallas Cowboys.

[Maddie]

Come on.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Come on, Maddie. What river runs through Washington, D.C. dulles.

[Jess]

Is that the river? No. I don't know. I'm not a single clue.

[Maddie]

Maryland river.

[Jess]

Potomac.

[Maddie]

Virginia Real Housewives. Potomac. Potomac. You're right.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Would have never known. Jenny, which monument looks like a giant pencil?

[Maddie]

God, I'm so bad at these things.

[Jenny]

The Washington Monument.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Well done, Jenny.

[Jenny]

Let's go, baby.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

All right, Jess.

[Jenny]

Oh.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh.

[Jenny]

Does you. Are you gonna do it?

[Maddie]

Yeah. Wait, is Des gonna do it?

[Jess]

I feel like.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I don't know. I don't know. I'm a little. Okay. Yes.

[Jess]

Does well for me.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Which state in Washington, D.C. is. Wow. Which state is Washington D.C. in its own state.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Thank you. I got it right.

[Maddie]

Are we done with this game?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Jess, one more for you.

[Maddie]

Oh.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

What is the minimum age to become president?

[Jess]

412.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Sorry.

[Jenny]

Wait, what?

[Maddie]

I honestly don't know. There's an ace.

[Unidentified Guest]

Got me.

[Maddie]

I don't know, like, 40.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Take a guess.

[Jess]

42.

[Maddie]

I forget. I feel like I've heard this. 21, but I just never known the answer. 25. Rent a car.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

35.

[Maddie]

35. I was gonna say like 40.

[Jess]

Oh, it's only 35.

[Maddie]

Wow. I thought it would be older.

[Jenny]

Only four more years and I'll be putting my ballot in.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I'll vote for you, Jenny. Okay, Maddie, multiple choice. How many rooms are in the White House? A, 52, B89, C132 or D215? Wow.

[Jess]

I think 89.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That's what I'm thinking.

[Jess]

Whoa. I'm wrong. 132. That seems like, necessary. Seems like an excess of rooms.

[Jenny]

Seems unnecessary.

[Jess]

It's too many rooms.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Okay, Jenny, this is perfect for you. How many bathrooms are in the White House? A, 12, B, 24, C, 35 or D, 52.

[Jess]

Well, there's 132 rooms. Rooms, yeah. So does that include 52?

[Jenny]

So does that include.

[Maddie]

They're really short on bathrooms.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Maddie]

What if you.

[Jenny]

No, I think the rooms are counting bathrooms.

[Jess]

I would assume so.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

All right, Jenny, what do you think?

[Jenny]

I'm gonna go with B24.

[Maddie]

Too low.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Little.

[Jess]

Oh, I'm gonna say 35.

[Maddie]

I'm gonna say at least C or D. C if there's only wow.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

When in doubt, 35, press C. Wow, 35. Okay, last one for me, Washington, D.C. is famous every spring for A, tulip festival, B, cherry blossoms, C, apple festival, or D, sunflower festival. Oh, gosh, I'm gonna say. B, cherry blossoms.

[Maddie]

Cherry blossoms, yes.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, it's definitely not tulips.

[Maddie]

Come on.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That's in the Netherlands. Okay. Well, that was fun. Well, Jess is a little nervous at the beginning.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Maddie]

Everyone, how do you get any multiple choice?

[Jess]

I got all of mine wrong.

[Jenny]

Speaking of DC Maddie and Jess, you are going to play DC and dez, you're playing Memphis. What made you decide to play DC And Des, what made you decide to play Memphis over D.C? des, if you want to start.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I'm going to play Memphis because my partner, who I'm playing with for the US Wing, Storm Hunter, she's playing singles there. So we figured we should play and start in Memphis and then play the other tournaments, Toronto, Cincy, and then us together. So that's my decision. Yeah.

[Jess]

I am playing in D.C. because it's a 500 and I need to play 500 same.

[Jenny]

Jess, you've won. You've won D.C. i did win D.C.

[Maddie]

back when it was Maddie Cakes.

[Jenny]

Yeah, I remember. Yeah, I have that. That photo in my brain.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah.

[Jenny]

In that green and white Adidas.

[Maddie]

Green tank and, like, a black skirt.

[Jess]

Black skirt.

[Jenny]

Skirt. Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

With Maddie.

[Maddie]

I got my name up on the stadium, which is cool.

[Jenny]

That's sick.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, yeah, that's pretty cool. So they have all the winners around the banner around the stadium?

[Maddie]

Yeah, the inside of the banner. I won. Oh, I don't even know. I guess 2019, it was my first tour title, and I think.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Was that when it came back or when it was.

[Maddie]

It was before. It was like before COVID Oh, okay.

[Jenny]

It was before COVID Yeah, before the COVID year.

[Jess]

A 250 up against San Jose, right?

[Maddie]

Yeah, I think that's right.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Got it.

[Maddie]

I don't Know, the fans are really fun. It's just hot. It gets so hot. But I looked and the weather actually doesn't look that bad compared to Florida right now, so I'm happy about that. But yeah, I mean, I always, like, it was kind of more of a last minute change of schedule for me because to be honest, like, Maddie, like, I just was really low on my mandatory commitments for the year, but I usually, always play. I usually love playing D.C. i don't know. The fans are fun. I went doubles there with Aaron one year as well.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, nice.

[Maddie]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

It's such a fun city. I feel like it is.

[Maddie]

Like there's so much to do.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

To do.

[Maddie]

Yeah. And it's a nice area, like close to Virginia, so I have one of my best friends lives there. And it's funny, I remember the year that I won it. I was playing the winner of ONS and iga, but they were playing, like, first round when, like, nobody really knew who they were. And I remember watching them on the side court and it was so hot. And IGA ended up winning. And then I played Egan. She was a baby. And I beat her on, like, one of the side courts. And I'll like, always just have that memory stuck in my head, like watching Baby Ons and Baby Iga battle it out on a side court in D.C. in that rock Creek Park.

[Jenny]

Oh, my gosh.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

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[Jenny]

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[Desiree Kraftchick]

I personally love the watermelon and blood orange flavors. I tried it and now I can't stop using it. It's completely become a staple in my routine. I keep sticks in my purse, my car, gym bag, and it's great when you're feeling a little dehydrated after a long flight. It's so easy to use on the go.

[Jenny]

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[Desiree Kraftchick]

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[Jenny]

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[Desiree Kraftchick]

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[Jess]

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[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yes.

[Jess]

It basically just means you're dumb.

[Jenny]

It really means, wow, BLEEP me.

[Maddie]

Bless your heart, honey. My God.

[Jess]

It's like, oh, that's sad.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

That's tough.

[Jess]

I'm fixing, too.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, fixing too.

[Jess]

Yes.

[Maddie]

Yeah.

[Jenny]

I like, I want to go.

[Jess]

I'm like, I'm about to do something.

[Jenny]

Yeah, I'm ready.

[Maddie]

Wow. I'm fixing to go to D. Fixing to do something. Yeah.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah.

[Jess]

That dog won't hunt.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Nope.

[Maddie]

I don't know if I've heard that one.

[Jenny]

Is it like referencing, like, they won't do it. Won't do it.

[Maddie]

They won't do anything.

[Jess]

No, it's more like that idea, like, doesn't work. Like that doesn't. That's not gonna work. It's hotter than blue blazes.

[Maddie]

I have not heard that one.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

What is blazes hot as hell.

[Jess]

Yeah, it's hot, but I haven't heard that one.

[Maddie]

I feel like in the south they have a lot of those. It's hotter than insert something that whatever you've never heard before, but you know, it means that it's really hot.

[Jess]

Yeah. He's all hat and no cattle.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Like, all bark, no bite.

[Jenny]

Is this like me? I'm all bark but no bite?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yes.

[Jess]

You can put lipstick on a pig.

[Jenny]

Oh, my God.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I heard that.

[Jenny]

Jess, Your friend says that one.

[Maddie]

It's not great.

[Jenny]

Yeah, it's like, it's something's ugly.

[Jess]

I mean, you can try, but it's still ugly.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Still. It's still not. Not it.

[Jess]

Happy as a clam.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yes, happy as a clam. I guess clams are popular in the South.

[Jess]

I'm sweating like a sinner in church. Hell.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah.

[Jess]

Oh, can't.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I guess I can't say that.

[Jess]

Ain't got a pot to pee in.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

You have nowhere to go. To the bathroom.

[Jenny]

Yeah.

[Maddie]

Is it usually pissing? Sorry, I'm getting all the more derogatory terms. You're.

[Jess]

You're very broke.

[Maddie]

Oh. Oh, wow.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, that went over my head.

[Jess]

If the creek don't rise.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Is that in a song?

[Maddie]

The creek don't rise. I don't know if I've heard that. If the creek don't rise.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

If the creek don't rise.

[Maddie]

Like it's gonna flood. Like, that's bad.

[Jess]

It's. No, it's is if everything goes to plan.

[Maddie]

Okay.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Don't rise.

[Jenny]

Oh,

[Maddie]

that makes sense. Because it's bad. If it rises, it floods. That's bad.

[Unidentified Guest]

Yes.

[Maddie]

I'm start using that wood Busier than

[Jess]

a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.

[Jenny]

Contest.

[Jess]

What?

[Jenny]

My mom has said that one before.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I've never heard Lizzie.

[Jess]

Lizzy pulls that one out.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I can hear Lizzy saying that too.

[Jenny]

Yeah, I think I've heard her say that one. Yeah, like you're hella busy.

[Jess]

Yes. That'll learn you.

[Maddie]

Like that'll teach you.

[Jenny]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jess]

My grandma used to say that one. He's got ants in his pants.

[Jenny]

Yeah. Oh, he's itching.

[Jess]

He can't sit still.

[Maddie]

Yeah. And also itchy.

[Jess]

Yeah. Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

[Maddie]

Okay. No, I've never.

[Jess]

No, I've actually heard.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Are they nervous of that?

[Maddie]

It's so long.

[Jenny]

That's very specific.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Wow.

[Jess]

Obviously you're very nervous. She thinks the sun rises and sets on him.

[Maddie]

Yes, I've heard that.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I've never heard of it.

[Maddie]

Like she thinks the world of it.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, she's upset.

[Maddie]

She's very obsessed.

[Jess]

He could talk the bark off a tree.

[Maddie]

Yeah, like he talks.

[Jenny]

He talks a lot.

[Jess]

I've heard that.

[Maddie]

Talk to a wall, basically.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jenny]

Talk to a wall.

[Jess]

Pitch a hissy fit.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, I've heard that.

[Maddie]

I've heard that.

[Jenny]

What's the word I'm looking for? Maddie?

[Jess]

I don't know. I'm not. I'm not there right now.

[Jenny]

I need you to connect.

[Jess]

Sorry.

[Maddie]

That's dramatic.

[Jenny]

Like a menzie bee. Yeah, like a mental breakdown.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, yeah.

[Maddie]

Freaking out.

[Jess]

Dadgum it.

[Jenny]

Oh, darn it, darn it, darn it.

[Jess]

And then cattywampus.

[Maddie]

I actually have heard of this, but I don't really know what it means.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

How do you use it? In a phrase or a sentence? Can I.

[Jenny]

Can you use that in a sentence? Please?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, please. Can you spell that?

[Jess]

That picture is cattywampus.

[Jenny]

Could you give me the origin?

[Jess]

I think it means origin is the south. It's crooked or out of place.

[Jenny]

Okay, I would just say crooked.

[Jess]

Like, you're not gonna pull out cattywampus?

[Jenny]

Yeah, I'm gonna pull it out. Wow.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I don't even know how to spell that.

[Jenny]

Yeah. All right, well, moving on to who am I? My three clues from last week are I was a junior French. I went into this speaking.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Yeah, same.

[Jenny]

And now I'm like, I kind of want to crazy because it's. He. He was a junior French Open champion, his mom was his first coach, and he recently forgot about car payments. I'm trying to redo the last one because I just copied and pasted.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

But you could have just said his car was repossessed recently.

[Jenny]

Yeah, but I don't remember what I said last week because I butchered it.

[Jess]

You said something about card missing car payments.

[Jenny]

Yeah, I think I said all the above. Okay. People are into it, Jessica. I am.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

He likes Mr. Sniffles.

[Jenny]

Everyone here got it right. I am Tommy Paul.

[Maddie]

Duh.

[Jenny]

Easy, easy, easy. Maddie, would you like to do your. Who am I?

[Maddie]

Sure.

[Jess]

Tennis runs in the family. Childhood idol was Maria Sharapova and college graduate.

[Maddie]

College graduate. That's weird that you said college graduate and then, like, she didn't play.

[Jess]

As in, like, finished all well. No, I'm saying, like, played all four. All years of college.

[Unidentified Guest]

Okay.

[Jess]

Versus, like, went and then left early.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

What was the first clue? Marie Sharpova was her idol. And then what was the other one?

[Jess]

Tennis runs in the family.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Hmm. I'm gonna have to ponder on this one.

[Jenny]

Wow. The family.

[Jess]

All right, Family.

[Jenny]

Do you know that movie?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

No.

[Jenny]

Fast and Furious. Okay.

[Jess]

I was literally just about to say Fast and Furious. Thank you, Bjorn, for my birthday cards. Always writes a Fast and Furious quote.

[Maddie]

Like, really? That's so funny.

[Jenny]

Oh, that's so good. I'm gonna do that next year. Okay, moving on to fan questions and low stakes advice. First question from Barbara. Which TV show would you want to be a guest on and as yourself or what type of character?

[Jess]

Watch what happens live as myself.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I want to be Monica Geller on Friends because I am her.

[Jenny]

Anyways,

[Maddie]

We have no idea. I already knew it was Maddie was gonna say, so I was like, that's given. I don't know. All my favorite TV shows are, like, messed up, so I don't want to be them.

[Jenny]

I'm just trying to think, like, a show that I've watched recently that I really like. Slow horses.

[Jess]

Oh, I was gonna say Schitt's Creek for you.

[Jenny]

Oh, Schitt's Creek.

[Maddie]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jess]

Specifically. Specifically the. La la la la la.

[Jenny]

Oh, my God. Sydney Sweeney on Euphoria.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Oh, wow. We just took a turn.

[Jenny]

That was good.

[Maddie]

I don't really have one. Sorry.

[Jenny]

Okay, that's fine. All right, next question from Christopher. If you've ever thrown your racket mid match, do you think it made you play worse or better afterwards?

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Better.

[Maddie]

Both.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Both definitely feel better after because I need it. But then I feel like because I just have only three rackets left for the remainder of four weeks on the road.

[Maddie]

Yeah, it's like, shoot, I have one freaking racket left.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

I know.

[Maddie]

Stupid. And then you, like, are mad about that.

[Jess]

Yep. Or the worst is like you have like a tiny crack in it because it wasn't even a good throw. Like, you weren't trying to do anything.

[Unidentified Guest]

Yes.

[Jess]

It's just the tiniest crack. It's not really broken. And then you take it to the stringer and they're like, you know, this is broken. You're like, I have two left.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Please string it. Just be gentle with it.

[Maddie]

I don't need you to examine.

[Jess]

Be careful.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Please don't pull too hard.

[Jenny]

Okay. I think it depends. Sometimes it feels really good and then sometimes it feels so good that you just want to do it again and again.

[Maddie]

Oh, oh.

[Desiree Kraftchick]

Do we need to unpack this?

[Jenny]

No. Okay, thanks everyone for your fan questions and low stakes advice. 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 or low stakesadvice to our email at [e-mail] or DM us on Instagram. And please be sure to also sign up for Patreon for ad free listening every week and even more behind the scenes of the group chat. Thanks and see you next week.