Live from Wimbledon - Draw puts Serena, Swiatek on collision course

32:30It's funny, isn't it? It is funny. yeah it's funny we do like funny anything else funny to pick out for the women's draw or you know not funny but interesting anything else of any kind of note i think we've covered it well i i do think um you know just to focus again on goth a little bit i do think bengchich in in the fourth round is probably the favorite over goth on this surface there i'm really interested to see how naomi osakita is because of her reaching a final this weekend on grass. Huge that, really. You know, this is not something she does. And same thing kind of happened at Ronan Garo.

33:11She broke new grounds. And Elsa Giacomo is an interesting first round. And after that, I think, as well. Yeah, you did. But if she could get up and running Osaka, I want to see the game. I want to see whether she can crack it. And the one other name I'd pick out is someone who we were talking about a lot going into the French Open. Just a few... The last name out of the velvet bag? No? No. Oh, I was going to mention Boisson Rebacchina, round one. Oh, for funnies. For just... I don't know why that's funny, but it is. It did create amusement around me. It did, yeah. Sorry, who were you going to mention?

33:50I was going to say Svitolina. Because, you know, it's interesting how things can just change in your mind so quickly in this spot. I know she retired this week in Bad Homburg, I think that was. So I hope there's not an injury concern there. But, you know, she went into the French Open. We were all talking about her. She had that brilliant clay court season. She played well, you know, and she lost to Kostiuk. And she could have a rematch, you know, in the fourth round here. And, you know, she's played well at Wimbledon in the past. I think she's going in under the radar in a way that she wasn't at the French Open.

34:26I don't quite know what to expect from Kostiuk. No. On grass here, sort of new Kostiuk. Does that work on grass? I don't know. No. There's only one way to find out, folks. OK, that is it for our chat about the women's draw. We are going to talk about the men's draw in part two. OK, let's talk about the men's draw now. And I feel like even though there is a first round matchup that is begging to be discussed and Taylor Fritz against Jack Draper, we are coming for you and we will be talking about that. I do feel like we need to talk about Novak Djokovic because which half of the draw Novak Djokovic comes out in is kind of the default biggest story of any men's Grand Slam draw at the moment, isn't it?

35:17and probably will be for as long as Carlos Alcaraz is out and Novak Djokovic is still playing because, you know, okay, Alexander Zverev is a Grand Sam champion now. He's still never beaten a seeded player, I don't think, here at Wimbledon. There is a good side of this draw and a bad side of this draw and Djokovic is in the bad side, David. Yeah, and that's the thing. The others are seeded where they are, so you know where the top two are coming out, but you don't know these days where Djokovic is coming out. And, I mean, it is hold-your-breath stuff, really, right at the start of the men's draw every time as a result of that.

35:56And he's come out in the top half. So he would have to get through Sinner in the semifinals if they both got that far. I mean, look, I think it's a long way to get there as it is. I do think when you look at the draw and see that the third seed is also in his quarter, which is Felix Ogieliasim I mean he's a very good player Ogieliasim and he's got a new haircut he's got a shaved head which I'm a big fan of as we know David advocates everybody shaving their heads well if you mean business if you're a top seed and you mean business you shave your head Carlos Alcraz style is my experience definitely definitely happened that one time yeah definitely did happen that one time it definitely was all about the shaved head and none other of Carlos Alcraz's attributes.

36:48If Ogilvy-Nasim goes further than he's ever been before at Wimbledon, then you'll all be saying he's on to something. But even so, I still think if Djokovic faces him in the quarters, he'd fancy it. He would fancy himself. But it's, you know, it's not an easy draw on paper, at least. I mean, the first round, Will Yubing, OK, but Stefano Sitsipas maybe in round two, he's not really that comfortable on grass but he could face he's not comfortable anywhere these days really he could face Oliver Tarvit in round 3 here we go Tarvit time Tarvit against Rinderknesh just for you David that was a perfect David bit that was the first one that I really got excited about Serena Williams who's winning that Tarvit you think Tarvit's upsetting Rinderknesh Yes, it's just come to me.

37:45He beat Zverev here last year under Kness. Yeah, that's right.

37:50David's unfazed. Are we going to see Tarvit against Djokovic in round three, David? Yes. Yeah? Yes. Okay. I've gone big. Are we going to see Djokovic against Sinner in the semi-finals? Yes, I think we will. I think we will. And honestly, I think the, maybe not the bigger question, but the as big question with Djokovic is not only will he get there, but can he get there efficiently? Like, I can't shake that press conference after his second round match in Paris, Djokovic. I've already forgotten which French player it was. Royer? Royer, Valentin Royer, where it was extremely hot and he seemed to be winning comfortably.

38:39and they ended up dropping what he viewed as a kind of unnecessary, inefficient set and just got embroiled and played about an hour and a half, an hour and 45 minutes of extra tennis in extreme heat. And, OK, he didn't know electric Joel Fonseca was coming for him in the next round, but he knew. He knew coming into that press conference afterwards, that's it. I am too old now to be able to afford any kind of superfluous energy expenditure. That is where he's at. The weather is suiting him, though, for this next week, I think. It's hard to imagine, having just had the week we've had of weather, but it is meant to be a lot cooler next week, which is definitely helpful for Djokovic.

39:28I can't even remember the concept of cool. I'm excited. Also, I think the surface there suits him as well in terms of not turning matches into slugfests. You know, like I think he can play quicker on the grass and his serve can do more damage and get free points off it. You know, I think it's very much the question I agree with you. Like how much has he got in the tank if he gets to Sinner in the semis? You know, because he played Sinner in the semis last year and he had nothing in the tank. He was injured and it was a bit of a dud of a match, really. But this time, you know, I definitely think he'd have preferred to have been in the other half.

40:14But if he can make his way through to it, he always fancies himself on this surface. Yeah. And look, he'd sign for Felix Orgelia, see him in the quarterfinals, wouldn't he? There is Fonseca's potential fourth round. I think, you know, obviously beats him at the French. He feels less of a threat here on Gros. Yeah, I think it's workable for Djokovic. I do. I think so too. I think he's going to get there. The thing is, remember how well he played against Fonseca at the French Open. Right. He played well. The form is less of a worry to me than it has been at other points in his last couple of years.

40:54So Djokovic in the second quarter, obviously Sinner, the top seed, the defending champion. He's at the top of the draw. He has Miamid Ketsomanovic in round one, potential quarterfinal opponent scheduled to be Daniel Medvedev and obviously Djokovic, the potential semifinal opponent. Other seeds in there in this top quarter are Rafael Hodah, who we're still yet to see on grass. He has never played a professional grass court match. Could be amazing on it. He doesn't know. We don't know. Kasper Rude is in this section. I think we do know what Casparoad is like on grass. He's got Hubert Hurkatch in round one.

41:35Enjoy your holiday, Caspar. Tommy Paul is in this section, and as is Brandon Nakashima, who obviously had a great run at Queen's, as did Tommy Paul. But having said all of that, it's hard to see threat to Yannick Sinner. I mean, regardless of the draw, quite honestly, it was hard to see threat to Yannick Sinner. It does feel like there has to be an unusual event like we had in Paris to feel like he's properly vulnerable. Yeah, I mean, there's the small unknown of he hasn't played in a while and he hasn't played a grass court match this season. You know, I remember Alcaraz as well talking last year about how nervous he felt as the defending champion walking back out and he almost lost to Fabio Fanini.

42:26like I think Sinner will will handle that well but it's an element there it's something he's not experienced before I heard Djokovic and Sinner were practicing on center court I think the other day and Laura Robson was interviewing them and Djokovic was saying that is a totally unique experience and it's tough to prepare for it my only advice is to try and enjoy it because it is special so there's that but I love I really like this draw for Sinner and I think it's definitely possible that he just clicks into gear very quickly and the men's draw has quite a different feel to it and suddenly it's like oh well this is the guy that swept everything from you know march through to that match at the french open i think that's very likely that that you can do that with this draw yeah certainly until you know medvedev's beaten him here before and Medvedev, you know, his highs are still very high.

43:26Medvedev's got Marin Cilic in round one, Matt. I think Medvedev could totally lose that. I think Paul as well could probably beat Medvedev along the way. So it feels foolish to be thinking about Medvedev's inner at this stage. Cilic, Medvedev, David? Yeah, I don't know how fit Cilic is. I mean, you know, he's late 30s now. it's not getting any easier but he's also from time to time producing some really good tennis He's like Pliskova isn't he? Yes And when you see him play you think he doesn't look like he's lost much he still hits such a beautiful ball he moves well he is good on the surface I think I might even go Cilic in that one Medvedev's slam record recently not good at all yeah okay the bottom half obviously alexander zverev the second seed so he's at the bottom of the draw look it's a comfy draw early rounds but the problem for him is taylor fritz has come out in his section and that's kind of his nightmare really like he knew he wasn't going to be in yannick sinner's section because he's the second seed and sinner's the top seed i'd say his biggest other threat might even be taylor fritz i suppose you have to say jockovich but taylor fritz is close to as big a problem i would say a very alexander's vera specific problem yes it's just that fritz's draw when we saw that come out initially you thought oh fritz verev that's happening and then fritz's draw started to fill up with names that you thought oh my word that's That's not easy, including starting against Jack Draper.

45:16Now, what we saw from Jack Draper today in Eastbourne was cause for concern, I think, about Draper's health and his ability to hit the forehand properly. We'll wait and see on that. But the fact that Tiafoe and Bublik are in a section that the winner of that would likely end up playing Fritz, for instance, before the winner gets to Zverev, there's no guarantees there I think but if Fritz does play Zverev that's mentally a tough one for Zverev isn't it given he's lost seven in a row to him even despite the tough draw I just feel good about Fritz feel really good about Fritz I maybe feel the same way about him as I do about Pagoula in the women's draw maybe not quite as confident but I don't know I think It was massive for him, wasn't it, last week?

46:11Yeah. Getting the wins over Shelton and Zverev. Yeah, yeah, I think so. But Tiafoe then beat him pretty handily. True? Yep. If that match ends up happening, round of 16, who would you be backing? How much would you factor that result from Haller into things? I don't think it would be irrelevant. I mean, the record until that had been very heavily in Fritz's favour. He'd won several in a row against him. But this one was one-sided. I do think Fritz looked a bit out of gas after the Shelton-Svera matches. But Tiafa looked so confident and assured in what he was doing. That's what I want to see him come out and do.

46:50The reason that I'm excited about him is not only the level he's shown, but my memory of him two years ago nearly beating Alcaraz. He was close, playing against a good Alcaraz. And that made me then pick him to go and reach the final of the US Open, which he ended up falling just short on. He got to the semis and he lost to Fritz. There's a lot of history between those two. Great mates. But the fact that Tiafa would likely have to... He's got Terence Atman in the first round. That's not easy. A left-hander on grass. And then chances are he's playing Bublik in round three. Tiafa, there's a lot of danger out there.

47:30It must be horrible to come into a draw thinking you're playing as well as you could possibly play and think you're going to have a deep run. You could run into one of these guys and it's just, you don't have a lot of say in the match. I guess I just, look, I agree. I was really taken with Tiafoe last week. But when the chips are really down, when it matters most, I back for it. I understand why. I mean, he's rock solid, isn't he? And again, he wants to avoid having too much taken out of the tank. I do think he's super fit and he's a great competitor. David's been looking at his thirst traps on Instagram that's what he wants David, he wants us all to see it and say that I don't really know what a thirst trap is just sort of gym selfies we'll tell you all about what Morgan Riddle's been saying after the show if you like okay that's his ex or Matt and I will talk about that amongst ourselves I'm very interested well she's been saying stuff about what it was like being with Taylor Fritz.

48:36Good or bad? Not great, I would say. All right. By the way, the guy who beat Tommy Paul in the final, Francisco Sarundolo, is in that section with Zverev. Is he still in our list of players who are a problem for Zverev? No, because Zverev's beaten him about four times in a row. It's more that Sarundolo has shown grass court form by doing what he did. so that makes him interesting against me Just on Draper quickly, if he's fit what chance do you give him against Fritz?

49:15I haven't seen him today I struggle with that sentence if he's fit I just don't see how he's fully fit if he was fully fit and he'd play loads of matches I'd give him a decent shot against Fritz he's got a great game he's a brilliant player he's got real artillery that can hurt Fritz but this version of him I can't see that yeah I think Fritz Fritz will be ready for a tough first round he's had a lot of tough first rounds at Wimbledon in the past like I think he's gonna play pretty well in that one Fritz and I you know Draper's got the turnaround from from this week I think that's so tough for Draper yeah I think so too I would back Fritz I I think regardless of Draper's level of fitness, I think he can make more of a match of it, obviously, if he's okay physically, and I really hope he is.

50:08But I just think that is so tough. I think Fritz is just... He's not happy with his year so far, and he's like, this is where I turn it around, and he's such a stubborn so-and-so. Are you a Fritz guy now? I think this is what's happening live in front of us. I don't know. I don't want to identify as that. Well, you didn't want to be a caballi guy a few months back. I don't want to put any labels on it. But it is happening. Yeah, we do. I like his grit, you know. Do you think Taylor Swift is going to win Wimbledon? I think he's got big fangs. And I'm a sucker for fangs. How many of his early round matches outside of Draper are you going to be there for?

50:55No, no. As I said, we're not putting labels on this. Yeah, it's not... Yeah, that is the key, I think, of whether you are someone's guy or not. Right, and I'm being very clear about this. I'm not identifying as a Fritz guy. Okay. He just impresses me. I've spent... Again, to make the Pagula comparison, I feel like I've spent a long time sort of having to internally apologise to them for underestimating them. I feel like I've underestimated them both a lot and I'm now sort of paying them back. I think the difference for me is that Pagula to me has gone up a level. And like I worry about the flat performance from Pagula and I actually don't really worry about that from Fritz.

51:43But I think Pagula can beat the best players in the draw. and I'm not sure Fritz can beat the best players in his draw. Like I wouldn't back him against Djokovic. I wouldn't back him against Sinner. Yeah, I agree. I think obviously there's players that can beat Pagula but I think she's got a great shot in every matchup. Yeah. Yeah. I agree with all of that and that's why I'm not a Fritz guy. I'm not deluded about the guy. I just think he deserves some respect. the other the third quarter so still in the bottom half of the draw here this is the place to be isn't it you're not in Sinners half and frankly there are no big dogs in this section of the draw it's Dominoor and Ben Shelton he's the biggest dog here he is the one that really should be coming through this I think you've got Caballi in there he seems to have been in Florence having a lovely time barely even noticing that there's been a grass court season happening.

52:46Good luck to him. It's not what you say about Kasparud when he does that. Touche there, touche. Karen Hashanov is in there, Jakob Mensik, Art of Fees, and Ugo and Baer are in there. And, yeah, of course, Alex de Minoer as well. That would be a scheduled quarterfinal, Shelton de Minoer, but he's been pretty unconvincing recently, Diminor. This is Shelton's, right? Should be. The funny thing is, I look at it and think, yes, I think he and Diminor should be facing one another. This is a great chance for Diminor, you know, this half of the draw and this... But he does look so short of his normal self.

53:35He looks an imitation of it, really. I'm hoping Wimbledon can ignite the juices in him, really, and get him going, because he hasn't looked right at all recently. But, yeah, Shelton's... I felt like this about Tiafa. I felt like this about several players. Shelton, right at the top of the list, they feel that they let one get away from them at Roland Garros, you know, when Sinner had gone out. And this isn't the worst draw in the world, either, because they're in the half that isn't Alcaraz. Somebody's going to reach the final here of Wimbledon and they need to make it them. It's pretty tantalising.

54:17Yeah, I find this bottom half really interesting from that perspective because you've got the guys who took advantage of Rohan Garros in there. You've got Zverev and you've got Kabaly. But you've also got the guys who will feel like it was a slam that got away or a run that got away, Dimonor. Shelton Fritz Tiafoe you know all these guys are in that bottom half even like Feast I know he can't think in terms of letting Roland Garros get away he didn't let it get away he was injured there must be a part of him that thinks God I'd love to have had a go at that Roland Garros draw you know like there's guys in that bottom draw who are I think motivated by what happened at Roland Garros which is what makes it so interesting I would say probably something I did at Roland Garros and I'm probably doing here again, overlooking Jakub Mensik.

55:10He was one of the guys who did really deliver at the French Open. Revived himself from the dead. Multiple times. He's a potential fourth round opponent of Ben Shelton. Now I do think actually he looked good on the clay when he had a bit more time on the forehand and that shot he hit as well as I've seen him hit throughout that tournament. I'm interested to see that on the grass but there are elements of his game his willingness to come forward his big serve that you feel like could work on this surface as well so I would I would definitely flag him in in that section where we're maybe expecting Dimon or Shelton I do think Menchik's a big part of that conversation uh I I was surprised that Artifice is in this draw David given what happened in Paris and how severe that seems and how chronic this injury clearly is.

56:06He's in the draw. Does that mean he's OK? I don't know. I mean, speaking to Goran, he's perhaps seeing, he seems upbeat, certainly compared to where he was a few weeks back. But I don't, I guess it must be so hard not to play. all the time see it from draper when do you come back when do you rest when do you sign it off it's so hard to know because you've got to come back sometime and you've got to put yourself out there so i guess that's what he's doing he's giving himself a chance i hope he feels okay i hope he could nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing people like feese and draper these young guys and eventually holger runa all the ones who just can't play just see them being able to play properly again.

56:57If he's Colignan, you know, if he's fit, it's a nice first round match that you've got Vrinka-Berrettini in this section. The noise that came out. We thought the others were wildly appreciated when they came out, but when Vrinka and Berrettini came out, the whole room went up. Grigor Dimitrov's got Dane Sweeney. David, you never know. You never know. He'll take that draw, won't he? Absolutely. He just wants a win. I know you've got a couple in Mallorca this week, but what he'd give for a Grand Slam win. And you've also got Zizou Berg's against Ugo Mbair in this section, which is the Eastbourne final, which is going to be played tomorrow.

57:42So they'll play that Eastbourne final tomorrow, and then they'll come back and play on Tuesday in the first round of Wimbledon. So that's fun. Okay. any other anything else to highlight or mention any other opportunities you want to give me to get hate from Casper Rude fans I don't need to give you the opportunities for that it's a bit guys it's good luck to you Casper but I do think you're going to lose to Hubert Hurd catch in the first round and I don't think you'll be that bothered each to their own media day tomorrow who are we most looking forward to speaking to is Serena Williams coming in she's not on the list I'm hoping she will just rock up I mean she has been doing her post-match interview commitments as required but I think technically she's not required because only the top seeded players have to come everybody else does come in they don't do everything that's requested of them we've now got this latest protest by the players to factor in.

58:55Do you think Serena's participating in that? No. She doesn't appear to be coming at all. She's taking it a step further. 15 minutes now. This is how you do it, right? Yeah. But no, I mean, I definitely want to hear from her. Yeah. You know, I want to see Novak Djokovic. He's coming in early tomorrow, which is very rare. Yeah, usually he's last one in on the last day. His time is early. Well, yeah. He won't be in at that time. No. I think what I really want is, like, to hear Serena talk about what she knows about my joint. I just think that would be really funny. Well, she might know more tomorrow than she did today.

59:43Or maybe not. A little bit. She'll know that she's playing her. do you think if my adjoint walked past her she would be able to say that's my adjoint confidently she's very easily identifiable my joint she's a rare sunglasses wearer on tour she takes eye health seriously i saw serena's agent go into the broadcast um quarters and i did think at the time i wonder whether they're just going to go and ask for a bit of footage of my joint mind you you could probably just go on youtube now couldn't you i think serena does know about youtube you might know about my not know about my joint this is what i would have to do because i don't know you'd be requesting vhs tapes yes matt who are you looking forward to speaking to serena williams not an option apparently well Well, look, you mentioned Djokovic.

1:00:40I do think he's always interesting to speak to. And he hinted, didn't he, at the start of Roland Garros about the injury that he'd had and how it sounded from that pre-tournament press conference like he thought it was going to be a struggle at Roland Garros this year. I've been led astray by Novak Djokovic's press conferences before, this year, in fact, in Australia. But if he's punchy and talking up his chances, and that kind of thing. That will be interesting to me tomorrow. Yeah. Lots of people in the live chat pointing out how much headline writer potential there is with my joint being the one to face Serena.

1:01:19Serena wrecks the joint. That sort of thing. Yeah. It's a rich scene. Excellent. David loves a pun. Sometimes. It depends who's delivering them. So that is all tomorrow, Media Day. I made a list of all the players that we want to speak to or attend their press conferences earlier, and it is long and overwhelming. That was incredible work, by the way. Take a deep breath before you look at that list. It's going to be a heck of a day. We will be back at the end of it at 8pm tomorrow, live on YouTube if you want to join us live, up as a podcast as well soon after, to talk about everything that we've learned in Media Day.

1:02:05Find out whether Serena Williams did come in and talk to us. And then we'll be back on Sunday as well with our final Wimbledon preview show at 7.30pm UK time. And then from Monday, we are live at the close of play, not before 9pm. So keep across our socials, our YouTube channel and our newsletter if you want to be able to join those shows live. And do hit that like and subscribe button on YouTube. Just final thing I wanted to say before we wrap tonight. the media theatre where all those big press conferences will be taking place tomorrow, we were in there earlier for what turned out to be a pretty incredible experience.

1:02:46We were invited to a screening of the Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova documentary, which is already out and available to watch on Netflix. Martina Navratilova was there. Chris Everett had been supposed to be there but obviously we had the news just in the last 24 or so hours that her ovarian cancer has recurred and she's not able to travel to Wimbledon she's back at home and she's having treatment once again for cancer which makes this documentary all the more moving and it was already incredibly poignant I mean what a piece of storytelling and the opportunity to get to watch that in the room with Martina who was overcome with emotion before the screening, obviously because of what's going on with Chrissie and she said she had wanted to cancel the screening but Chrissie had encouraged her to go ahead with it.

1:03:47We were with Pam, Pam Shriver, Martina's long-time doubles partner who features in the documentary and has some absolutely incredible lines in there, a bit of light relief in what is, well, just an incredibly beautiful and moving piece of storytelling. Yeah, I don't think they could have done a better job, really, in terms of interweaving the story of their lives and careers as rivals and upcoming young players and the struggles that Martina had defecting and just the totally different portrayals of themselves to then both going through cancer treatment at the same time and being each other's support.

1:04:33And it was beautiful. It was heartbreaking to watch it, and all the more so because we now know that Chrissy's going through it again for a third time. And when we first got notification that this screening was going to take place and we got invited to it, it was billed as an opportunity to watch it. we're in the company of Chris Everton, Martina Navratilova, and then for them to do a Q &A afterwards. And of course, Chrissy isn't able to be here, and Martina could only say a few words before she broke down. She just couldn't. And we totally understand that. But it was both a wonderful watch and a tough watch.

1:05:13But I do encourage you to watch it. Yeah, it's incredible. There's incredible footage from the archive, but also just incredible moments of vulnerability from both Chrissy and Martina as they're going through their treatment. And yeah, it's a story of how, you know, whether it be through rivalry on a court or friendship in hard times. like you know that kind of the story you can tell together is kind of bigger than than the story you can tell on your own it's it's incredibly powerful and moving in that way and yeah amazing contributions from talking heads like pam and also mary carrillo billy jink king um it's really well put together and yeah thinking of um thinking of chrissy some people in the chat saying we should call our bear Chrissie.

1:06:10We are taking suggestions for what to call the bear. We love the bear. So we have loved all of our little cuddly toy mascots. I love his cap so much. Last year we had Jam Shriver, the short strawberry, irreplaceable Jam Shriver, but we do love this bear and his little cap, or her little cap. Their little cap. Their little cap. So, yeah, we were going to name the bear after an England footballer, because obviously the World Cup's going on. We had Jude a couple of years ago. It's all up for grabs. We had Ted Perry. Yeah, Vicky and Hannah came up with Ted Perry, which I did enjoy a lot. Yeah. So anyway, submissions are open, folks.

1:06:50We will adjudicate... On Sunday. On Sunday. OK, there we go. So back tomorrow at 8pm, back on Sunday at 7.30pm, it is the time of the night where we say a huge hello to Phoebe. our real mascot for this Wimbledon hello Phoebe join me in saying a big hello to Phoebe I'm looking at Phoebe Phoebe's looking at me and the agenda we like Phoebe tell me about Phoebe Matt well we've known Phoebe for a long time this is Phoebe's sixth consecutive year being a tennis podcast mascot in some shape or form consistent isn't it it's like Chris Evert's record of winning a Grand Slam at least one Grand Slam a season for 13 consecutive seasons you're on your way Phoebe yeah we love Phoebe she has been napping while her humans watch all the sports Wimbledon and the World Cup so yeah Priyanka says what an exciting time for me and the best of snooze soundtracks for her looking forward to great tournament I hope everyone keeps cool out there.

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1:08:29Bodie. Bodie. Thank you. It's late. Well, actually, what's happened is the picture of... I've copied and pasted the picture of Phoebe over some of the text. So I've just got an enormous picture of another dog obscuring my mascot, Bodie. Please forgive me, Bodie. And I'm now getting distracted again by looking at this glorious picture of Phoebe. Phoebe, Bodie, Maisie and Roger, hello and thank you to you. hello to our executive producers Greg, Chris and Jeff. Matt, let's have some shout outs unless they are obscured by pictures of animals. See, we normally edit that out, but here we are, pressing on.

1:09:12The beauty of life. We have two shout outs tonight. We have Fee McGregor from Edinburgh. Hi, Fee. Hello, Fee. Fee says, I started listening in 2016 when living in Hong Kong where TV coverage of tennis was very limited. so the podcast was a great way of keeping up to date 10 years he is now back in edinburgh that's like uh judy murray who we spoke to today and she said i don't follow tennis much but i do listen to your podcast i've been thinking about that for a while which is hello judy does she make it to the shout outs she made it through the dan evans interview apparently uh fee tennis We've got Fiona Farrow.

1:09:57I feel like we always land on Fiona Farrow. Can't think of any fees. All I can think of is Fee Glover. A British broadcaster with absolutely no connections to tennis whatsoever. Worked for the BBC radio team, of which I work for. There we go. She wasn't at Wimbledon. There we go. No, but we'll take it. Thank you, Fee. And finally, we have Ingrid Holmberg from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Hi, Ingrid. Hello, Ingrid. Canada threw to the knockouts of the World Cup? Yep. Yep. Although they did lose their last match. They did, but everyone's threw to the knockouts in this new format, aren't they?

1:10:39They're letting anyone in. They were supposed to play in Canada, though, if they won. Yeah. So that's a bit of a play. Yeah, that would have been cool. Yeah. What do we know about Ingrid? Ingrid says the crazy French Open just ended. Through all of the drama and pain, the tennis podcast was essential listening. Thank you very much. Ingrid. I was travelling through the first weekend and relying on hotel TV for entirely random and limited selections of tennis matches. So. That's relatable. Yeah. Yeah. Hopefully you can watch more of Wimbledon, Ingrid. Tennis Ingrids. I think Ingrid's a really cool name.

1:11:17Ingrid Ben. Ingrid Benzer. Benzer. Very good, Matt. Well done, Matt. Yeah, I got nervous halfway through. I should have committed to it. Ingrid Benzer, who was one of the founding members of the WTA in 1973. Correct. Very good, Matt. Thank you very much. Thank you, Fee. Thank you, Ingrid. Thank you generally to Bodie. I'm just going to... Keep saying it. You might make up for it. It's Bodie, Taylor Fritz and Jessica Bagula that I just sort of owe generalised apologies to now. Caspar Root's going to come up in a minute. Thank you all for listening. thank you for joining us live tonight if you did I cannot tell you how much we love doing these shows from this spot it is a joy and an honour and we cannot wait to do 16 more of them with bug spray I think yeah I forgot about that 16 more with bug spray we're learning, we're growing we're very happy to be here we're part of the Athletic Podcast Network thank you for joining us tonight and we'll speak to you tomorrow You