52 | Toronto Updates & Canada Games

Summary

The Player's Box: Episode 52 | Toronto Updates & Canada Games

Date: August 11, 2026
Hosts: Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady, Desirae Krawczyk

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Episode Overview

This spirited episode brings the Player’s Box crew together courtside in Toronto, where they unpack first-world mishaps, provide updates on Tennis Canada events, dive into uniquely Canadian trivia, and handle fan questions with signature humor. The episode offers a playful but honest look at life on tour, featuring both competitive insights and a behind-the-scenes peek at the quirks, slip-ups, and camaraderie the pros share.

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Highlights & Key Discussion Points

1. Unforced Errors & Personal Wins (01:09–11:23)

Hilarious Mishaps:

• Jessica Pegula’s “Clorox Wipes Caper” (01:38)
  • Jess recounts buying a luxury bag online only for her friend to unbox a package containing only tissue paper and a brand new container of Clorox wipes.
  • Quote (Jess):

    "All there is is a bunch of tissue paper and a container of Clorox wipes. I was like, what?" [02:53]

  • Group laughs over the absurdity and audience gets a peek at “the picture” of this would-be heist.
• Madison Keys’ Injury Streak (05:35)
  • Maddie shares how she injured her pinky in the kitchen and then bruised her foot after her phone bounced off her bed and landed on it.
  • Quote (Madison):

    "No free feet pics." [06:26]

• Jenny Brady’s Registration Fiasco (07:28)
  • Jenny describes failing to update her car registration for years, nearly thwarting plans to drive to Toronto.
  • Quote (Jenny):

    "Because your car's been expired, the registration's been expired for over a year. You have to go into the DMV." [08:51]

• Desirae Krawczyk’s Winner: (04:45)
  • Des celebrates a fan-made set of personalized Pokémon cards for the group — “the coolest gift” of the week.

2. Tennis Updates & “The Ayala Effect” (12:30–18:00)

• Jess Pegula on Competing Across Two Days Due to Rain Delay (12:57)
  • Discussing the challenges and unusual experience of playing the DC finals split across Sunday and Monday.
  • Quote (Jess):

    "This was probably the first time I’ve been like mid-match delayed to the next day and a final. But... it actually turned out to be a very good final because as we know, Alex's fans are crazy." [13:03-13:36]

• Alex Eala’s Fan Impact (15:00)
  • Group delves into the increasing visibility of Alex Eala and the Filipino tennis community’s vibrant presence. Special foods (“Filipino chicken adobo”) and center court sell-outs become evidence of “the Ayala Effect.”
  • Quote (Desirae):

    "It’s crazy. Just because of so many fans and Alex being there... They’ve sold out their tickets on center court for her first match." [16:01]

• On the “Crab Chuck Effect” (16:28)
  • A lighthearted riff as the group jokes about creating their own fan-impact phenomenon, mispronunciations and all.

3. Oh, Canada or Oh No, Canada? – Canadian Trivia Game (19:04–24:01)

• The group quizzes each other on Canadian stereotypes and facts, with spirited debate and plenty of laughter:
  • Real: Canadians buy milk in bags. (19:31)
  • Real: Hawaiian pizza invented in Canada. (19:46)
    • Quote (Madison):

      “Jail.” [19:51]

  • Fake: More moose than people.
  • Real: Maple syrup heist worth millions of dollars.
    • Quote (Jenny):

      "It's a Netflix documentary. I might have to watch that." [21:44]

  • Real: Annual best frozen hair competition and a town called “Dildo.”
  • False: Canadians say “eh” for photos instead of cheese.
  • Real: In parts of Canada, people can skate to work (Ottawa’s Rideau Canal).
    • Quote (Jess):

      “You learn more every day.” [23:59]

4. Sorry, Not Sorry – The Canadian Apology Game (24:01–28:40)

• Tennis Scenarios: The hosts assess if certain on-court/off-court situations warrant an apology in “Canadian style.”
  • Bageling a best friend? Responses split between “sorry” and laughter.
  • Challenging a call you know was probably in?
    All: “Not sorry.”
  • Accidentally hitting someone at net?
    Most: “Sorry.”
  • Leaving your friend’s losing match early?
    Mostly: “Sorry.”
  • Beating a Canadian in Canada?
    All: “Not sorry.”
  • Quote (Madison):

    “Take that, W e.” [28:40]

5. Fan Q&A & Advice (32:01–38:44)

Notable Questions:

• Who Am I? Game
  • Last week’s answer: Cruz Hewitt, son of Lleyton Hewitt. Clues involved being trilingual, into ballroom lessons, and with tennis in the family. [32:46–34:05]
• Craziest Parent Behavior in Juniors (34:14)
  • Jess shares a memory of a father rigging his daughter's headband with a headset for illegal coaching.
  • Quote (Jess):

    "She had, like, a headband, and he ran, like, a headset through it, and he was coaching her through." [34:44]

• Where Would You Live on Tour? (35:26–36:40)
  • Choices: Australia (Des), Brisbane (Madison), London (Jenny), Rome (Jess).
    • Quote (Jess): "I'd say Rome." [36:22]
• Why Do Some Players Tuck In Their Skirts? (36:41)
  • Answers revolve around comfort, fabric weight, and practicality, not ball security.
  • Quote (Desirae):

    "I’ve been really tucking, like, a lot of my skirt so it looks like I’m wearing a diaper, but it just feels better..." [37:18]

6. Voicemails from Fans (39:42–47:38)

• Red Light Therapy – Does it Work? (39:42)
  • Maddie gives practical advice: Consistency is key, and she prefers at-home masks to spa visits. Helps with skin rejuvenation and inflammation.
  • Quote (Madison):

    "Red light kind of just, like, works in helping rejuvenate your cells, and it can help, like, tighten your skin." [41:36]

• Jess’s Cotton Eye Joe Incident Explained (42:55)
  • Listener theorizes that an Apple software update was to blame for the infamous in-match song snippet—triggering the wrong track to play during competition.
  • Panel debates the likelihood of random hockey or baseball tracks ending up on a tennis playlist.
• Dating Advice: “When to Say I Love You?” (45:19)
  • Group advises: Don’t rush it, but don’t be afraid to express strong feelings; if you say it, preface with “I don’t expect you to say it back.”
  • Quote (Jess):

    “Tell everyone you love them.” [46:10]

  • Quote (Jenny):

    “I think you can hold on to it for a little bit longer, just see how it goes.” [47:27]

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Notable Quotes

• On the Clorox Wipes Incident:

  "All there is is a bunch of tissue paper and a container of Clorox wipes. I was like, what?"
  — Jess Pegula [02:53]

• On Canadian Fans and the “Ayala Effect”:

  "It’s crazy. Just because of so many fans and Alex being there... They’ve sold out their tickets on center court for her first match."
  — Desirae Krawczyk [16:01]

• On Canadian Trivia:

  "You learn more every day."
  — Jess Pegula [23:59]

• On Apologizing in Tennis:

  "You are the reason."
  — Jess Pegula [25:52] (re: why she sits elsewhere in player dining)

• Fan Advice:

  "Tell everyone you love them."
  — Madison Keys [46:10]

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Noteworthy Segments & Timestamps

• Unforced Errors & Personal Wins — 01:09–11:23
• Tennis News: Rain Delayed Final & The Ayala Effect — 12:30–18:00
• Canadian Trivia Game — 19:04–24:01
• Sorry, Not Sorry Scenarios — 24:01–28:40
• Fan Q&A & Skirt Tucking Debate — 32:01–38:44
• Voicemails: Skin Care, Song Fails & Love Letters — 39:42–47:38

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Tone & Style

Conversational, irreverent, honest, and endearing. The four players riff, tease, and relate as equals—with an insider's camaraderie that gives fans a real backstage pass.

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Episode Takeaways

• Life on tour is as fraught with oddball mishaps as it is with success.
• The Canadian tennis scene is on fire, with rising stars and enthusiastic fans.
• Off-court humor and honesty are every bit as important as on-court skill.
• Fans’ questions range from practical (skin care) to playful (who am I?) and candid (dating dilemmas).
• The Player’s Box hosts continue to deliver tennis insights with a uniquely personal, unfiltered touch.

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For next week: Keep sending in your wild stories and questions—these pros are here for it, on and off the court!

Transcript

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[Jess Fagula]

This is the players box.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Hey everyone. Welcome back to the players box. I'm Desiree Krafczyk alongside Jenny Brady, Madison Keys and Jess Fagula. 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. Let's get into our unforced error of the week. Maddie, would you like to go first?

[Jess Fagula]

My unforced error is kind of sad and tragic. It's also very first world problems. But I got myself a nice little gift and I really like bags. And so I was like so excited about this bag that I ordered, but it had to be signed for and I'm out of town. So my friend comes over to my house, is sitting at my house to sign for it and she's so cute. She's like getting ready to send me like an unboxing video. She's doing it and I like have my doorbell ring camera so I can see that it was like getting delivered and I oh, amazing. Like she can leave, it's great, whatever. And all of a sudden I get like these panicked FaceTime me, FaceTime me. And I'm like, that's so weird. Like it's not a big deal. She's like, there's no bag in the box. I was like, what? What do you mean there's no bag in the box? And she was like, all there is is a bunch of tissue paper and a container of Clorox wipes. I was like, what?

[Jenny Brady]

What do you mean it's. Yeah, I don't even.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I would be speechless.

[Jess Fagula]

So she sends me her unboxing video, and she's like, here it is. And we're. Oh, oh, oh. She just pulls up Clorox Wipes. I would have freaked out. Oh, my God. Like, I still can't believe it happened. It clearly, like. I mean, it had to have gotten, like, stolen out of the box when whoever I bought it from was shipping it. But the fact that they, like, put the Clorox wipes in there so that the weight stayed the same so it didn't raise any alarm bells. But I was like, I'm so sorry. You sat at my house for hours waiting for a box, and it's freaking wipes.

[Madison Keys]

Clark's Wipes. That's insane.

[Jenny Brady]

Crazy.

[Madison Keys]

Was it a new bottle or was it used?

[Jess Fagula]

Yes, it was a brand new bottle.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I guess you can use it.

[Madison Keys]

I guess you got a bottle.

[Jess Fagula]

No, I have to send it back for, like. I have to, like, help the. To claim it, the seller to, like, do insurance claims and whatever. Because, I mean, they stole it. So now she has to do the whole thing.

[Jenny Brady]

The picture is crazy. Obviously. Yeah, we can put it in the video here. But it's like.

[Jess Fagula]

It's so sad when you just see the clothes.

[Jenny Brady]

It's just around the tissue paper.

[Caller/Listener]

Paper.

[Jess Fagula]

I've never, ever had anything like that happen. And I was. It happened, like, as I was getting ready for bed, and I just kept sitting there, just being like, I can't believe. I can't believe someone, like, just put wipes in this box. And then it just shipped from the other side of the country, and it's just been Clorox wipes the whole time.

[Jenny Brady]

That is crazy.

[Jess Fagula]

Insane.

[Madison Keys]

That is crazy.

[Jess Fagula]

So that's my sad story.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Pretty bad on forced error.

[Jess Fagula]

Does

[Desiree Krafczyk]

well not to. I have a winner this week. Well, actually, okay, this winner, I guess, is collectively. But I think it was really cool. So this week in Toronto, we had one of our fans make, well, what I think is the coolest gift. They made us little Pokemon cards with, what, a bunch of our faces on it with, like, quotes and everything. I don't know if you guys have seen it, but we posted it. This is what it looks like. I don't even know what it looks like. So there's Jess, and here's Jenny. It's actually pretty cool. So there's Maddie. There you go.

[Jenny Brady]

You can't really see it, but.

[Sponsor Voice]

And then.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I thought it was a really cool gift. So that's my winner this week.

[Madison Keys]

Really cool gift.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It was a very cool gift.

[Madison Keys]

Very personal. Well, I'm starting to morph into Maddie after sharing a brain cell and injuring myself in the house. I guess you could say I cut my finger in the kitchen. I don't know if you can see it. Yeah, right there on my little pinky. I hit my hand on the door and it bruised and I threw my phone onto my bed and it bounced off of my bed and fell off my bed and landed perfectly on top of my foot. So now I have a gnarly bruise on the top of my foot.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, my go. So put you in bubble wrap.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, I took a photo of it this afternoon actually. But no free feet pics.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yes.

[Jenny Brady]

We don't know feet pics.

[Madison Keys]

No free feet pics, Jessica.

[Jenny Brady]

Well, I guess my unforced error is probably just my WI fi tonight. I haven't gotten connected in three days. I'm in like a weird hallway of the hotel. There's people walking by. Tried to connect, disconnected me. I was on the phone with the WI fi provider for the hotel. I think my room is just like. It must just not connect to a router close to me. I've decided because nothing connects. My laptop, my iPad, my phone. So I'm just grinding this hotel with no WI fi now nobody can hear me.

[Madison Keys]

I can hear you.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I can hear you. We're just waiting.

[Jenny Brady]

I thought that's what you were typing. Wait, which one are you talking about? Jenny, just recently. Oh, my registration. Okay, wait, I also have.

[Jess Fagula]

Oh, no, she's got two.

[Jenny Brady]

Jenny always reminds me of my enforcers. Okay. Yeah, stay tuned. So I flew to Buffalo and I was going to drive my car in Buffalo to here in Toronto. It's like not even a two hour drive. And so I literally packed the bags on the car and my husband Taylor goes, oh, you have your registration, right? And I was like, I can't remember the last time I thought about my registration for my car in Buffalo. Like I'm there like once a year and I'm like, it's expired like two years ago on the plate like this.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh my God.

[Jess Fagula]

And I was like, oh.

[Jenny Brady]

I was like, shoot. And so I like, look in the car, obviously expired. I go on like my little the floorway Florida highway patrol account or whatever. You can see where all your cars are registered. And I see my car in Florida and then I see this car and it's expired. And then I try to click like, renew and it's like blacked out. And I was like, no. And then it says, because your car's been expired, the registration's been expired for Over a year. You have to go into the dmv.

[Jess Fagula]

No.

[Jenny Brady]

So I was like, oh, looks like I'll be driving your car, honey. And so then we unpacked the car and I packed all the bags back into Taylor's car and we drove that car here to Toronto.

[Jess Fagula]

Yikes.

[Jenny Brady]

It was bad. And then now I get to go back to the dmv, which I will be at. The one in Loxahatchee.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Actually, can't wait to come back. I'm so ready. I'm going to make my appointment early and I'm going to, like, vlog my experience and just show everybody died. Yeah, it's the greatest place on earth, the best experience. So, yeah, that was a good. That was a good unforced error because it literally. I was. It was happening while we were. While I was trying to drive. Literally pack the car. So fun times.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wow. Good thing he reminded you.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. So random.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Pulled over like me.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, I think it's safe to say Maddie.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, Maddie.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's a tough one.

[Jenny Brady]

That one was bad.

[Madison Keys]

You get Maddie had like 2 cuz from Maddie and then the person. Yeah, I know.

[Jess Fagula]

So sad. We were both.

[Jenny Brady]

Honestly, though, what a funny story. The picture.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

When you sent the picture, I was like, you got to be kidding me.

[Madison Keys]

The picture.

[Jenny Brady]

The picture makes it really funny.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah, really funny. But also sad.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, like sad.

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[Jenny Brady]

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[Jess Fagula]

Oh, well, we'll survive.

[Madison Keys]

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[Madison Keys]

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[Jenny Brady]

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[Madison Keys]

Moving on to some tennis updates. Jess, you were in the finals of D.C. and you were playing on Sunday and actually had a rain delay and had to come back on Monday and finish the match. Obviously that's pretty rare. Would you like to talk about kind of what that's like playing a match over two days, especially if finals.

[Jess Fagula]

Hasn't that happened twice in your last finals?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I swear that's happened, yeah.

[Jess Fagula]

Did that just happen?

[Jenny Brady]

I was thinking about it. So Berlin, we were delayed for like six hours but we finished the match. Cancun finals, we were pushed back a day. It was a Monday final. But this was probably the first time that I've been like mid match delayed to the next day and a final. But yeah, I mean it's interesting. I mean the weather was just so bad. I mean I think we kind of knew that there was probably no chance we were going to play. And then I think once they realized too that the men still had to play their final. So like us coming back wasn't as big of a deal because they had to play the men's final the next day. So it was basically everyone has to come back tomorrow regardless. It's probably better for the woman to just come back tomorrow as well. So I think that made it a little bit easier. But I know the tournament was obviously struggling because it's, you don't think about it but like all the staff and the workers and everyone that has to come back for an extra day and there they have a lot of temporary like tents and stuff. So all that stuff was having to get taken down the next day and they had to push that back a day. So everyone is very, very stressed. But it actually turned out to be a very good final because as we know, Alex's fans are crazy. So even though it didn't go well for me the third, it was a very, it was a very full stadium for a Monday postponed final, which I thought was pretty rare and pretty cool in that sense, but, yeah, it was. It was interesting. I mean, you're just in a giant rain delay. It honestly didn't feel that much different than a typical rain delay. Actually easier because there's, like, no one. Nothing else. No other matches or nothing else to worry about.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Des's fellow Filipina woman, Alex Ayala, won the title from Des. Sorry, Jess. But we gained a lot of Filipino fans.

[Jess Fagula]

I know. So we're all like, sorry you lost, but it could be worse.

[Madison Keys]

Or fans.

[Jenny Brady]

At least we got something out of it. Yeah, we got something out of it.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Those fans. Holy moly.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. We need you to start supporting Desiree.

[Jess Fagula]

It's so, like, crazy to see everywhere Alex goes. She has a full. Like, a full stadium everywhere we ever play. It's so cool just to, like, watch her become, like, this massive star. It's so. It's, like, so cool.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

In Toronto, they have a. I saw one of the fans walking by, and there was, like, a dish on the grounds, and it has a little.

[Jess Fagula]

Oh, have you.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Have they always had that?

[Madison Keys]

No, they made it just for Alex.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. So they have this dish on site around the grounds, and there was a little Filipino flag, and I was walking out, and I was like, wait, what?

[Jess Fagula]

What is that?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And they were like, oh, it's a Filipino chicken adobo. And I was like, oh, my gosh. Have they always had that? Like, no, just this year. And I was like, it's crazy. Just because of so many fans and Alex being there. And this is. I think the. They've sold out their tickets on center court for. For her first match, but just to see how many fans show up. It's crazy, but so cool.

[Jess Fagula]

They tried to coin it the. The Ayala effect.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Next would be the Crab Chuck effect.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Crab Chuck. Oh, wow.

[Jess Fagula]

That's a new one for me.

[Jenny Brady]

What is that?

[Madison Keys]

What?

[Jess Fagula]

Crabs Chuck.

[Jenny Brady]

All right.

[Jess Fagula]

That's a new one.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Awesome.

[Madison Keys]

Wait, how do you say it?

[Jess Fagula]

Not Craft Chuck. Like Chucks.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. You literally said Kraft Chuck.

[Madison Keys]

What did I say?

[Jenny Brady]

Chuck it.

[Jess Fagula]

Say it like numb Chucks.

[Madison Keys]

Say it.

[Jess Fagula]

Crab check.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Crab check.

[Jess Fagula]

You said definitely not that.

[Jenny Brady]

You said crab check.

[Jess Fagula]

Now Jenny's going to Gaslight all of us. She's. Can't wait to get this.

[Jenny Brady]

I'm so red.

[Madison Keys]

Good thing this isn't being recorded.

[Jess Fagula]

It's okay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I only say it every day on the podcast.

[Madison Keys]

Canada going. How's Toronto going?

[Jenny Brady]

I'm still here. Good I can't.

[Jess Fagula]

I'm not. How do we just pivot from that? I'm still here.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Great.

[Jess Fagula]

This is what happens when Jenny runs the tennis headline section.

[Madison Keys]

Well, I thought it would be awkward if you did it talking about yourself,

[Jenny Brady]

so I was like, oh, I know. I'm just laughing because it's spiraled.

[Jess Fagula]

When I was going through our pre tournament rundown and rundown, and I saw Jenny was taking this, I was like, this is gonna be chaos, boy.

[Madison Keys]

Well, I thought it was only two bullet points, so I was like, I think I can do this.

[Jess Fagula]

She's like, I got this. Here we are. Life makes him laughing so hard. I know.

[Madison Keys]

Desiree Bautista.

[Sponsor Voice]

Craft.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Chuck.

[Jenny Brady]

I play again tomorrow, so that's great. Des, do you play tomorrow?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I played tomorrow. Yep, still here.

[Jenny Brady]

Do you have two days off?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No, just one. That's what's nice, though, because we stay. We start later, so it's nice. You actually get to play every other day or, like, every day leading up. So it's been nice. Good feedback.

[Madison Keys]

Great.

[Jess Fagula]

Okay. Well, since the tournaments this week are north of the border, we are going to play oh, Canada or. Oh, no. Canada. We are going to have a fact. Oh, no phrase, food, celebrity, or traditional, and we have to decide if it's actually Canadian or something completely made up. Canadians buy milk in bags. That's real?

[Jenny Brady]

Yes, Real. Yes.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I have just discovered that.

[Madison Keys]

Wow.

[Jess Fagula]

They have them in little pictures, and they cut the corner and they just pour it out of that.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yep.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, my gosh. I was going to say. Oh, no.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, yes.

[Jess Fagula]

Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada

[Madison Keys]

jail.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I love Hawaiian pizza.

[Jess Fagula]

I feel like something Canadians would do.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, Canada.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, Canada.

[Caller/Listener]

Wow.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes, it is.

[Jess Fagula]

It is Canadian.

[Jenny Brady]

That sounds. It just seems Canadian.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Sponsor Voice]

Ham. Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Canadian bacon. That ham.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Fagula]

Pineapple on pizza jail or delicious?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Delicious.

[Jenny Brady]

I don't mind it.

[Madison Keys]

I don't hate it. But I'll. I'll never order it. But if it's, like, there, I'll eat it.

[Jess Fagula]

I'm married into an Italian family jail.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jess Fagula]

Canada has more moose than people.

[Madison Keys]

No.

[Jess Fagula]

I feel like probably not. Yes, then. Okay. That'd be a lot of. That'd be a lot.

[Jenny Brady]

I was gonna say yes just for the plot. Oh.

[Madison Keys]

Fun fact. Actually, in Auckland, I think. Or New Zealand, it's. Oh, shoot.

[Jess Fagula]

It's either New Zealand.

[Madison Keys]

There's. There's.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Auckland's in New Zealand.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, I know, but I don't. Okay. In New Zealand, there's more sheep or goats than people.

[Jenny Brady]

Huh?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I was gonna say a sheep joke or. But I'm not.

[Jess Fagula]

We can fact check that one when we're back in Auckland.

[Madison Keys]

We can just erase it.

[Jess Fagula]

There was once a massive Canadian maple syrup heist worth millions of dollars.

[Madison Keys]

False.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, no.

[Jess Fagula]

That feels fake.

[Caller/Listener]

What?

[Jess Fagula]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jenny Brady]

I didn't get a chance to answer Danny's rapid firing. I was gonna say yes.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, you gotta be quick, Jess.

[Jess Fagula]

You gotta have a lot of.

[Jenny Brady]

Knock my computer off.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, my God. It's a Netflix.

[Jess Fagula]

That's a lot of maple syrup.

[Jenny Brady]

It's a Netflix documentary. I might have to watch that.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wow.

[Jess Fagula]

All right.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay.

[Jess Fagula]

Canada has an annual competition for best frozen hair.

[Jenny Brady]

False.

[Caller/Listener]

What?

[Madison Keys]

False.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No.

[Jess Fagula]

Real.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. Are you serious? Wow. I need to look those pictures up. How do you judge that, huh, Jack Frost?

[Jess Fagula]

You got it. Maddie has it. Canada has a town called Dildo.

[Jenny Brady]

True.

[Sponsor Voice]

True.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

True.

[Madison Keys]

Wow.

[Jenny Brady]

That has to be true.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Good on you, Canada.

[Jess Fagula]

Maybe I'm not pronouncing it right. Canada has a town named St. Louis du. Haha. I believe it.

[Madison Keys]

No.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

True.

[Jess Fagula]

That has to be fake.

[Jenny Brady]

False. No.

[Sponsor Voice]

Wow.

[Jess Fagula]

Apparently there is also a town.

[Jenny Brady]

I wonder if you pronounce that one right.

[Jess Fagula]

Canadians traditionally say a instead of cheese when taking pictures.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, do they?

[Jenny Brady]

That's false. I've never heard a Canadian say a.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

False.

[Madison Keys]

It's just because they say a. Yeah, crushed it.

[Jess Fagula]

In parts of Canada, people can skate to work.

[Madison Keys]

True.

[Jenny Brady]

True.

[Jess Fagula]

True.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

For sure. True.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, they're like, born with ice skates on. Wow.

[Jess Fagula]

Ottawa's. I don't know how to pronounce that word.

[Madison Keys]

Canal Blank.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Leave it to Jenny to say it right?

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, leave it to me. I'm really good at pronouncing things.

[Jess Fagula]

Radu. Is that Ottawa's radu Canal is famously used for commuting when conditions allow.

[Madison Keys]

Cool.

[Jess Fagula]

Look at that.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Wow. A little fun fact.

[Jess Fagula]

You learn more every day.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, we're gonna stay on theme here. And since Canadians stereotypically apologize for almost everything because they're really nice, we are gonna. Well, I'm gonna say some tennis scenarios. And are you going to say sorry for these or not? And you have to defend your answer. Okay, first one. You bagel your best friend.

[Madison Keys]

Not

[Jess Fagula]

just.

[Jenny Brady]

Well, I already say sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You're the closest to Canadian.

[Jess Fagula]

I would probably say sorry.

[Madison Keys]

I think I would just laugh.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Actually take that back. I would say sorry.

[Jenny Brady]

Just laugh in their face.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I would just say sorry. And then I don't really know how to defend that.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, that's my defense.

[Jenny Brady]

Laughing.

[Sponsor Voice]

All right.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You challenge a call knowing it was probably in no not sorry.

[Jenny Brady]

No, not sorry.

[Jess Fagula]

No, I ain't sorry.

[Madison Keys]

No.

[Jess Fagula]

All right.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You accidentally hit someone at net.

[Madison Keys]

Sorry.

[Jenny Brady]

Not sorry. Sorry. Not sorry.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah. Apologize.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I'll just. Sorry.

[Jenny Brady]

But sorry, Sorry, not sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Fist pump after. Like, I don't know, like sorry.

[Sponsor Voice]

Yes.

[Jenny Brady]

Come on. Come on, let's go.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, come on.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You see someone you know in player dining and purposely sit somewhere else. I'm not saying not sorry.

[Jess Fagula]

I'm not sorry. I sat somewhere else for a reason.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

We know everybody.

[Jess Fagula]

You are the reason.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Not sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Do you think that happens often? I'm sure a lot of players do that.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Yeah. Every day.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. I feel like every time. You're not, like, sitting with every person, you know?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Sometimes you just need a break.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You see them every single week, you know? Okay. You tell your coach to stop talking and then ask them 30 seconds later why they're not helping.

[Madison Keys]

Does that.

[Jess Fagula]

Was that directed to me?

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Jess Fagula]

Should we. Can we phone. Can we call Craig quickly?

[Jenny Brady]

Phone a friend. Phone a coach?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I would definitely say sorry after because. Yeah, they shouldn't take the brunt of it.

[Jess Fagula]

Sorry.

[Madison Keys]

Sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Craig.

[Jenny Brady]

You'd say sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I'd say sorry.

[Madison Keys]

We would all say sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You blame a loss on the conditions when you know you just played badly. Jenny, you seem like you relate there.

[Madison Keys]

No, actually.

[Jess Fagula]

Oh, the laugh gave it away.

[Jenny Brady]

Been there, done that.

[Madison Keys]

I was laughing at Jess because I

[Desiree Krafczyk]

feel like she does that.

[Jess Fagula]

Guilty.

[Jenny Brady]

How would I answer this? You blame a loss on the conditions when you know you just played bad.

[Madison Keys]

You don't say sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Are you saying sorry?

[Madison Keys]

You don't say.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You just vent to us.

[Jess Fagula]

You need it for your mental health that day.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, she just cleared her throat.

[Jess Fagula]

Okay. Your.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Your friend loses, but their loss makes your draw significantly easier.

[Sponsor Voice]

Oh.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, not sorry. Not sorry.

[Sponsor Voice]

You don't.

[Jess Fagula]

You don't say sorry.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, yeah. Not sorry.

[Madison Keys]

Not sorry.

[Jenny Brady]

It's a win loss.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yikes. You're secretly relieved when someone withdraws and you move up a seed.

[Madison Keys]

Not sorry. Thank you.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

To me. So.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Not so.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Anyone else.

[Jenny Brady]

No, no, not sorry.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

The luck of the draw. Okay. You watch your friends match, but leave when they start losing badly. Ooey.

[Madison Keys]

Sorry.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes. You're not leaving because, like, no, no, no, no.

[Madison Keys]

But it's like, oh, bad timing.

[Jenny Brady]

Sorry I had to leave. Like, I had to go. And then they lost. And you're also sorry about that. So.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah. Okay, last one. You beat a Canadian in Canada. Not sorry.

[Madison Keys]

Not sorry.

[Jenny Brady]

Not sorry about that one. Sorry about that one. Eh?

[Madison Keys]

Take that. W e.

[Sponsor Voice]

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[Jenny Brady]

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[Madison Keys]

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[Jenny Brady]

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[Desiree Krafczyk]

I didn't guess.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, I couldn't think of anyone.

[Jenny Brady]

You said so much.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

We did that one already.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

My three clues were, my dad won two Grand Slam singles titles and was once the younger, youngest, world number one in ATV history. Tennis runs in my family. My mom was also a professional athlete. Right arm. Bicep must always be strong. Any last guesses?

[Madison Keys]

The bicep is throwing me off.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Come on.

[Sponsor Voice]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I mean, do they.

[Jess Fagula]

Wait.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Lane Hewitt

[Jess Fagula]

has it.

[Jenny Brady]

Think, like, think.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Jess Fagula]

Cruz Hewitt.

[Jenny Brady]

Yes.

[Sponsor Voice]

Yes.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Oh, no way. Oh, my gosh. No way.

[Jess Fagula]

Wow.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's a good one.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

You stumped me there.

[Jess Fagula]

Jeez.

[Jenny Brady]

Okay, that was also all Danny, because, remember, we got to me, they were like, jess, you're a human.

[Jess Fagula]

All right. Oh, right.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Just didn't come up with that.

[Jenny Brady]

I did not. I won't take credit.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Okay, so my who am I this week? I love taking ballroom lessons. I am trilingual. And soccer was my first love. Who am I?

[Jess Fagula]

I feel like I already know.

[Madison Keys]

What was the first clue?

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I love taking ballroom lessons. I am trilingual and soccer was my first love.

[Madison Keys]

Great. Okay, moving on to fan questions and some advice. First question from Srisha. What's the craziest thing each of you have seen a parent do during your junior tennis careers? I plead the fifth.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I don't know if I can say.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, I believe.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Next question.

[Caller/Listener]

A lot.

[Jess Fagula]

Wait, no, I did. I did actually see a dad one time hook up his kids. Like, she had, like, a headband, and he, like, he ran, like, a headset through it, and he was coaching her through.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, my gosh.

[Madison Keys]

Oh, my God.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah. Like, the girl got obviously disqualified because coaching is not legal. But it was like this whole contraption thing that she was wearing so that he could coach her.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's crazy. Crazy again are crazy.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

That's all we got to say.

[Madison Keys]

Next question from Amy. My question is, if you could pick another place you go on tour outside of the US to live, where would you go? And Maddie, why would it be Eastbourne?

[Jess Fagula]

Guys, Eastbourne is vibes.

[Madison Keys]

Wait, that's so funny.

[Jess Fagula]

Such good vibes.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I would pick Australia.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

I mean, everybody knows Brisbane for me.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, you love Brisbane.

[Jenny Brady]

I. I actually feel like I could live in, like, London. Culture shock. You have at least culture shock place to live. If I, like, had to pick up a leave tomorrow, I. Australia is too far for me. I wouldn't like being that far away. But that would be my next. But I still think I just say.

[Jess Fagula]

I'd say Rome.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, I was my second one.

[Jess Fagula]

Rome or London.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I couldn't do London. Rome.

[Madison Keys]

I would need air conditioning.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

And I could do London.

[Jess Fagula]

I'll pack an ac.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Next question from Angie. My tennis friends and I often discuss how some of you have your skirt tucked in. It's that so the ball won't come out. We think it would drive us crazy to have it tucked in. Well, sometimes I tuck it in because it, like, moves around. And sometimes like my racket, like, if it's too long, sometimes, like if you're in, like, the ready position, like in returns, it's just like. And when you serve, it just, like, stays better when it's tucked in.

[Jess Fagula]

Excess fabric. Not a fan.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I will say, like, here in Toronto, because it's been so humid, I've been really tucking, like, a lot of my skirt so it looks like I'm wearing a diaper, but it just feels better than it just moving around because I sweat so much. And like Maddie said, I think it's more of just the fabric, but when

[Jenny Brady]

the fabric, it's, like, heavy and sweaty, like, you just gotta tuck it.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

I don't know why. I remember the first time I ever saw this girl. She was older than me and I was like 10. And she tucked her skirt, and I thought it was cool. So then I started tucking my skirt.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And then like, now I Gina George all over again.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. But now I do it all the time. Mine's always. My skirts are so long. My dresses are long.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It's just I will always tuck my right side.

[Madison Keys]

That's where I put the ball. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I tuck my left.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

Mine's My left? Yeah, Always where you put the ball and when you serve. I feel like is usually.

[Jess Fagula]

I've noticed out of habit, I do it with my practice shorts now half the time, too.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Oh, interesting.

[Jenny Brady]

I don't think I tuck shorts as much.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. It's not. It has nothing to do with keeping the ball in the pocket.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

No, it'll just stay up there. You just gotta shove the ball, roll up there, you know?

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, well, yeah, you just put it up the spandex and it stays. Okay, so thank you for clarifying. We don't have to, like, shove it real up there.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, some players really get it at the top of there and then have to roll it back down.

[Madison Keys]

I know.

[Sponsor Voice]

Forever.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, the ones that, like, roll it all the way down.

[Jess Fagula]

I don't understand.

[Madison Keys]

I knew there was something dead.

[Jess Fagula]

Who is it? Does doesn't someone take it? I'm not gonna say names. Excuse me.

[Madison Keys]

Does iga.

[Jenny Brady]

Oh, IGA takes it from the top of her skirt.

[Jess Fagula]

IGA takes it from. She does.

[Jenny Brady]

Which is crazy. I don't know how she does that.

[Madison Keys]

It pops out the top.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah, she like, flips it out of the top of her skirt.

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah. Yeah. That's my underwear showing.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

I don't know. I feel like that would show my underwear.

[Jenny Brady]

No.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

You don't really. I knew there was some that often

[Madison Keys]

ulterior motive with DEZ when she was like, yeah, that really put all the way at the top. And then they take forever for the ball to come down.

[Jess Fagula]

I hate when they tie their shoes.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. I was like, okay, that was crazy. Take or like, when they tie their shoes. Jose, come on.

[Jenny Brady]

Like, next.

[Madison Keys]

Okay, we have. Moving on. We have three voicemails from our social club members. So if you want to leave us a voicemail, join us on Patreon. So first voicemail. Hi, ladies. Big fan. My name is Susanna from New York. I have a question for Maddie, who I believe is the skin care guru of the group. Just curious to know if red light therapy actually works. So I'm now old, 54, and I've only just recently gotten into, like, doing Botox and all that kind of, like, skin care. I never really did anything when. When I was younger. Luckily, my cousin also owns a med spa, so I'm able to get, like, discounts with that stuff. But I was just curious. She does offer red light therapy. Like, what exactly does it do? Yeah, I guess I could ask her, but I'd rather hear from Maddie. So just curious. Let me know if I should try it.

[Jess Fagula]

Thanks.

[Madison Keys]

Love you guys.

[Jess Fagula]

Well, Jess is the one with skincare line, so she might have more scientific answers. I personally think red light therapy works. I don't know if I would necessarily go to someone to do it. I would probably just invest in, like, one of the really good masks. So I would definitely. If you wanted to do it, I would just research and figure out what masks have the best red light, because obviously you want the ones that actually do something. But red light kind of just, like, works in helping rejuvenate your cells, and it can help, like, tighten your skin. It can help with kind of some of, like, your wrinkles and stuff, helps with inflammation. And some of them also have, like, the blue light setting as well, which helps with, like, basically killing bacteria. And if you have any sort of, like, breakouts and things like that, it's. It can help keep your skin clear. You do have to use it consistently, in my opinion, to actually see any sort of result. I've noticed that if I get a little lax and I start missing days, then I don't think it works as well. But I think if you're consistent with it, it helps a lot. I usually do it at the end of the day when I'm laying in bed, just a little scroll on Instagram and have a little giggle with my red light mask on.

[Jenny Brady]

Good answer. I don't really wear one. So, honestly, Maddie's the one that is always trying all this stuff.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I have it, but I'm not consistent.

[Madison Keys]

I know. I have one too, and I'm not consistent.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

It's with me. The key traveling with me.

[Jenny Brady]

The key is to be consistent for sure with it. And I think it does work. But I wouldn't go somewhere, though. Don't go somewhere, because then you're never gonna. You're gonna pay and, like, you're not gonna do it a lot. No.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Okay. Next voicemail.

[Caller/Listener]

Hello, players box. I have an educated guess as to what happened with Jess's Cotton Eye Joe incident. I help run the press box for my local baseball stadium for high school American Legion and amateur baseball. The music we play on RPA during or between innings is coming off of connections to our iPhones or iPads. There was a time not long ago where Apple pushed an update that made it so that when you plugged an audio connection into the device, it would automatically start playing your music. We tried to be extra careful of this during game action if we were switching from one device to another for some reason, but even so, it still caught us out a couple times. And we'd get Death stars from players and umpires because something started playing right during a pitch. We could shut this off in the settings, which we of course did. But every so often, they'd push a new update and this would reset it to the autoplay without our knowledge. I remember that when the Cotton Eye Joe incident happened to Jess, that this was during one of those times. They seem to have straightened this out since then, and it hasn't happened in a good long while. So that's my theory. Someone in their booth was plugging in a new device, not expecting it to play, and it played automatically to their probable panic. Can't wait to see you guys in Cincinnati. Goodbye.

[Madison Keys]

There you go.

[Jess Fagula]

We can. We can bring him in as a.

[Jenny Brady]

No one would have been listening to Cotton Eye Joe. I know exactly what he's talking about.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah, but what if. What if it just. You know how sometimes you plug your phone in and it just, like, picks a random song and it just starts playing?

[Jenny Brady]

Yeah, but who has Cotton I Joe on phone?

[Jess Fagula]

Someone who does all of the music for, like, a hockey game. We were in Canada.

[Jenny Brady]

Hanai Joe. My only thing was that it was not played once during the entire tournament. And it was the 70s.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah, maybe it was just a different. It was just a different dj, and he does hockey games as well. And he plugged his phone in and it started playing. Not having the tennis playlist, but just, like, from his phone.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, Just isn't buying it. Maddie's.

[Jess Fagula]

No investigation.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Well, Matt's your girlfriend.

[Jenny Brady]

Do not accept everyone else. Can you can give me some more ideas? I'm convinced that someone lost a bet, but.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, kind of hard to budge, too, so. Okay. Thanks for.

[Jenny Brady]

Also, he should do our ad reads.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah, I know.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah. Don't we have one more voicemail?

[Madison Keys]

Yeah. Next voicemail, please.

[Jess Fagula]

Hey, girls. I could use some dating advice. I've been out of the dating game for quite some time, and I just

[Caller/Listener]

met this guy, and he completely blew my socks off.

[Jess Fagula]

I'm very much surprised on how intense

[Caller/Listener]

and how good he makes me feel.

[Jess Fagula]

For over a month now, we've been

[Caller/Listener]

spending a lot of time together, a

[Jess Fagula]

lot of romantic weekend getaways. And sometimes I can come across a bit intense.

[Caller/Listener]

And I do feel feelings of love, but I'm kind of afraid to tell him that I love him or maybe scare him away.

[Jess Fagula]

So should I just wait for him to tell me first? Best of luck for the American swing.

[Sponsor Voice]

Thank you.

[Madison Keys]

I think you let it out.

[Sponsor Voice]

Damn.

[Madison Keys]

As the only single one in the group.

[Jess Fagula]

I love, love, tell everyone you love Them?

[Sponsor Voice]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Tell everyone you love them.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

They've been dating. They've been seeing each other for a month, he said.

[Jenny Brady]

I think so.

[Jess Fagula]

Yeah, I think it was a month.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Maybe a little over a month.

[Madison Keys]

I don't know. That's. Maybe, maybe, maybe.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Just tell me. You have really strong feelings for him, but I don't know, don't scare him away.

[Jess Fagula]

You could see yourself falling in love with him in the future.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And if you're not good at.

[Sponsor Voice]

Right.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Saying it out loud and you just write it on a piece of paper. I don't know, when you see him next or whenever you're doing your romantic getaway, sometimes that helps.

[Jess Fagula]

Finish it off with a fast and furious quote at the bottom. Yeah,

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah, I think that's a little early, but I think it's a little soon. You can't really help your feelings, I guess.

[Jenny Brady]

But hey, I mean, if you want to just say it, just say it. But yeah, maybe if you say it, say like. I don't expect you to say it back. Yeah.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

And don't feel pressured like this.

[Jenny Brady]

I just like, feel. Yeah, I just like have a lot of feelings and I feel like our connection's really strong and like all the stuff you just said, but I think you hold off just because it's been very.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

A big three words too. So you don't want to just use it.

[Jenny Brady]

I think you can hold on to it for a little bit longer, just see how it goes.

[Jess Fagula]

But I think you can say all the other stuff.

[Madison Keys]

Yeah.

[Sponsor Voice]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

For sure.

[Sponsor Voice]

Yeah.

[Jenny Brady]

100.

[Desiree Krafczyk]

Yeah.

[Madison Keys]

Great. Thanks everyone for your voicemails and for your fan questions this week. We really appreciate it. Please leave us a rating and review. It helps people find out about the podcast. And don't forget to watch us at the players box pod YouTube page and send us fan questions or low stakes advice to our email at the players box podmail.com or DM us on Instagram. And also be sure to sign up for Patreon for ad free listening every week and even more behind the scenes of the group chat. Thanks everyone and see you next week.