We need Andy Roddick commentating prime time at the US Open. Simulcast with him and someone else similar to how the Manning bros do their thing for football. The fans NEED this
Honestly started tearing up a little bit listening to this episode. These things are so special, especially to kids getting to be on the big stages, can only imagine how precious of an experience that would be for them ❤
Not sure about Brad, but Patrick Mouratouglu is definitely a fraud and only leaching of high profile players for publicity. I don't care if he leaches of Tsitsipas or Rune, but Osaka doesn't deserve that problem that dude is.
Stop with this BS with tour being very long. No body is forcing millionaire players to play every tournaments through out the year. But most are so greedy that they chose to play meaningless tournament like laver cup.
Glad for the US Open success, but the surface on display this year for the US Open Series was a travesty. Fast, boring, and yet somehow it resulted in the longest US Open match of the modern era. It was a bit more tolerable for the ladies, but still the tournament has gone from wide open to something where I suspect Swiatek and even Gauff may never win again. The men's side was a train wreck, probably only saved by Tiafoe having a banner tournament. For some reason the same fools who worship at the alter of court speed homogenization seem to have sped up all the courts so now the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and US Open are pretty much the same with all the indoor courts also fast for the most part. The US Open Series has become a warmup for the extremely fast Asian swing. Amazingly Laver Cup (the tournament Federer has his hand in) has got court speed spot on and nearly every match was a treat. Trying to dial in the surfaces to match play style of 90's (really boring with a very weak clay field to boot) is just silly since this is all about the change from full gut to poly strings changing the game to mainly a baseline game. US Open series was a bastion of court speed consistency over the years and now with the increase in court speed it is the worst slam.
Regarding schedules, i can imagine its so hard to make it all work. The stadium however from a guest experience absolutely needs a major renovation. In the lower section and suites its different experience and better food options, but if you up in the high stands, food is junk, there’s not enough bathrooms, not enough space to move. You have to accept that if you need to use the bathroom or grab some water or food you are loosing at least 3 games. When fans pay a minimum of hundreds of dollars for a seat to over a thousand and you still above the box suites, the experience is terrible. I wish they would make the breaks between sets longer, for fans sake and avoid those times where it look like the stadium is half empty, when in reality half the people sare still out just trying to get a bio break and something to eat as quickly as possible. Same fortune time between matches on Ash. I know they got to keep the schedule going because its tight, but its just not enough for the fans. From a fans experience i feel like I’m either stuck to my seat the entire time, or I’m being rushed and missing out but i dont have a choice unless i want to come with diapers on and pee in my pants. We come out to tennis but also to enjoy some food and a few drinks. The grounds make millions on Food and beverage, but my sense is they could make even more if only the fans had a bit more time. I live in LA where i got to experience the latest football stadiums in LA and Vegas and the experience the fans is just amazing, no matter where you seating. I hope Arthur’s Ash major Reno and parade is also in the cards soon !
Great interview. I was at US Open this year for today and Saturday and still felt like madness. The grounds wer sooo busy. I wonder where teh cap is in terms of grounds capacity.great reason to further invest on qualifiers week, and move doubles to second week when things are starting to quiet down.
I am a big fan of Laver Cup and very much hope it will continue. I would also like a women's equivalent with Team Europe being: Iga, Sabalenka, Rybakina, Paolini, Kasatkina, Badosa, Kalinskaya, Mirra, Raducanu (alternate) vs Team World: Coco, Jess, Queen, Emma Navarro (they need to make up), Keys, Ons, Leylah Fernandez, Haddad Maia, Anisimova (alternate) ....these players have enough combined star power to make it a very marketable event.
The US open is nothing but a huge commercial exhibition. Now every celebrity wants to be seen and the ticket keep skyrocketing for real tennis fans. What exactly does the USTA do for grassroots tennis. Our tennis courts right in the shadows of the usopen in Brooklyn are in deplorable conditions. They won’t even fund our kids program, yet they make over a billion every year tax free.
You meant Trump, right? Taylor has 14 Grammys and a Harvard college course on her lyrics. And you think "I want to hold your hand" is profound. You have no imagination.
@@ReginaPhalange34 I kind of sympathize with you ,although I’ve got to add that when I saw Black Sabbath in the mid 70s for $8.50 , I had a great time that I’ll never forget (that was almost 50 years ago . I still hear those songs being played on the radio ,ect. How much did you pay to see Taylor Swift (who supposedly loves her fans so much)?
Taylor Swift is for people with little or no imagination. Twenty years from now a lot of people will wonder what the big deal was . What has she done that will be remembered like any number of Beatles songs ,Elvis, Zeppelin,Sabbath, etc. ? Even the Carpenters seem more profound to me . 🤷🏻♂️
@@ggggggggggggggggg1676I lean more to Satriani and Vai . You obviously don’t know about music history. Without Elvis and the Beatles , most of the crap you listen to wouldn’t exist .
Oh what a load of woke horseshit. They are what they are. Coaching change won't make a difference. Osaka made the stupid mistake of telling the whole world she was fragile mentally and now all her opponents know she can be shook when it matters and we've seen her collapse. Fraudd errrr I mean Gauff is just a good player nothing more. She's not this transcendent phenom that Evert and the ESPN HYPE MACHINE tried to force feed to all of us and none of the top players see her as a threat
@@aBeatleFan4ever The top players all know she can be had. She's got a bunch of holes in her game and she's nowhere near the wild predictions they made for her . Stop it
Andy, l had no idea that you were 2-1 against Pete Sampras. You're far too modest about your career. Osaka needs help but nothing extreme. Her ball striking is still solid. She had some matches this year against top players that could have gone either way. Osaka is still extremely capable.
Grass was ok for me lmao....only one of the greatest Wimbeldon finals in history 2009... and two other finals all vs Fed!!! come on Andy you have had grass pancakes and bagles for breakfast!!!!
I really wish Roger was born around the same time as Rafa and Novak. Then we would have seen all 3 of them competing at their peaks, rather then the end of one (Roger) and the beginning of the other two
The past coach was NOT the issues for her. It's her mindset & overall health. She needs to work on building a strong mind. Even Novak talks about that he had to work on his mind to start winning events. Her shyness & insecurities needs to be focused on for her to get back into top form. Shyness & insecurities create massive amount of anxiety. Anxiety IS predominately FEAR based preventing her from having a strong mindset. (see belew for more info on what else will cause anxiety in the body). Anxiety will burn out your adrenal glands so will over exercise. It is extremely common for professional athletes to end up with Adrenal fatigue which will wreak havoc on your mind, body & spirit. The Adrenal glands regulate your blood pressure, blood sugar, fight, flight & freeze mode and over 50 hormones including testosterone, progestogen etc. The Adrenal glands are a huge deal for overall good health & mind. Everyone needs to look into adrenal fatigue if you are stressed, dont eat well, exercise to much, not getting enough rest & relaxation. It is estimated that every adult will suffer from adrenal fatigue without relizing because doctors are not educated on adrenal fatigue. Anxiety prevents someone from feeling confident in all life situations. Anxiety can be all fear and/or other health issues which will prevent you have having Confidence & always second guessing yourself = weak mind set. (*see below) Listening to your gut instincts always will help to build a strong mindset, reading books on how to overcome shyness/insecurties, **doing parasite cleanses (yep parasites can cause anxiety issues & other body/mind issues), heavy metal detox (heavy metals will cause brain thinking issues & anxiety), and for her to hire a sport psychologist to help her overcome her shyness & insecurities to build a strong mind). EVERYONE should do parasite cleanses twice a year because we pick them up everywhere from food/water/pets/kids etc especially if you are traveling. Heavy metals these days are also incredibly easy to pick up thru food, public drinking water, drinking/eating out of plastic etc etc). Heavy metals will create anxiety issues. Look at Novak he changed his diet to a vegan diet (which is not recommended long term due to vitamin/mineral deficiency issues) which naturally detoxed his body of heavy metals (some will need to do herbs to detox the body more of heavy metal overload). The better diet for novak long term would be the keto diet which includes meats. Meats have a ton of vitamins & minerals that the body needs along with enzymes which builds muscles. Meat will give you a strong mind. Cut out sugar & processed food as they are full of man made chemicals & sugars that will create anxiety.
Please get a tour coaches on to answer some of these questions rather than speculating...no need to speculate when the answers are there if you speak to the right people. Love the podcast though
The Laver Cup was really enjoyable to watch as always. I love seeing the players interact with each other and the coaches too. I was invested in watching matchups that I might normally skip in a Grand Slam - where I seek out my favourite players. It was rewarding to just watch the whole thing play out. The United Cup has mixed teams, but there's something special and simple about having Europe vs World, compared to playing for your country. I'd love to see the top women players in the same format, or playing with the guys. It makes me sad to read comments that people aren't interested in watching women play, it's just so jarring and offensive. One point is I find the BJK Cup hard to watch because of the loud horns and drums, that's the only drawback for me, it's not relaxing. It's great they don't have this for the Laver Cup or United Cup, makes for a better viewing experience.
Who would wanna be a coach to a top pro, go easy on them they feel you're missing something go hard they resent you for being a hardass and all the time they resent a coach who gets too much credit for a job well done, Robert Lansdorp maybe the greatest technical coach of all time, certainly the best theorist of ball striking hardly ever stayed with a player after they turned pro, he said they all became unbearably self important.
For a coach to stay great they much have a player that matches that level of greatness. The other factor to consider is the coach should never be a bigger headline grabber than their player. While tennis is about winning tennis matches it's also about business and there is a lot of money in sponsorship and business deals. As a psychologist I am amazed that I see a psychologist traveling with a player. I just don't see the point the work needs to be done in private and more than likely off the court. I could be working with for example Coco and lets say Naomi and no one would ever know. That's how psychology works or should work its about the client and helping them and it should be a secret.
Times have changed. The younger gen3ration want to demystify mental health problems so that more people will come out and talk about it. It’s in vogue to have a personal psychologist. I hear that Sinner’s approach is quite different (the Formula 1 method)
At this level of course the coach is important, however, for a top player is should not matter. They should be able to go out and perform and compete to win.
Andy Murray went from an also ran... to winning 3 major titles 2 Olympic gold medals... because of Ivan Lendl. What Lendl did with Murray was one of the greatest coaching jobs of all time.
Sinner used Davis Cup and the end of the season last year to build into his amazing 2024 so a little off with their take on DC and the end of the year. And you have Sinner, Alcadal playing DC this year so I'm sure there is some juice left in the DC.
Patrick is fraud. He built ihis reputation on Serena. Patrick is a dinosaur of technique. He’s a business man. Gilbert is also a dinosaur rehashing the same stuff from the vault. Both of them should hire a psychologist, fitness coach and a coach who is more than a mouthpiece of marketing.
Not sure about Brad, but Patrick Mouratouglu is definitely a fraud and only leaching of high profile players for publicity. I don't care if he leaches of Tsitsipas or Rune, but Osaka doesn't deserve that problem that dude is.
Players like Rune and Gauff require cheerleading from their boxes. It’s not enough simply from spectators. Brad is from a different generation that didn’t do a lot of hand-holding. New coaches should be prepared to come equipped with pom-poms and party kits. Maybe a loot bag for every ace.
Osaka choosing Patrick is very surprising for me. Wim has her loyalty and love even when she was sooo down. Didnt think it was Wim’s fault that she had a meltdown in that USO 21
