The Chicago Charities Recap

The gang recaps the first Grand Prix of the season, The Chicago Charities.

Transcript

00:00.00
mipaddle
But hello hello hello and welcome to causing a racket. My name is Mark Innis and I'm here with Macy Elliott and Justin Campbell Macy how are you today.

00:11.58
maceface_94
Fantastic Marky Mark how are you.

00:16.86
mipaddle
I am doing doing well I'm back in California after a good stint on the East Coast for the Baltimore open and then obviously Chicago charities this weekend so just decompressing over. Yeah, are you back from Chicago.

00:30.81
maceface_94
Yeah I got back from Chicago early this morning went straight to team practice and then ended up I just practice and paddle myself with Bernie Showman

00:41.67
mipaddle
And tell me why you're on your phone this evening.

00:45.73
maceface_94
I happened to be on my phone because I decided to leave my laptop on the airplane like good, not good. Yeah, it's okay I know Delsa is going to come through for me.

00:56.83
mipaddle
Brute tall that is that is a rough one.

01:05.43
maceface_94
That customer service. They've got to.

01:06.25
mipaddle
Well if if there's any, um, if there's any delta employees listening to go to the racket hook hook lacy nice up, please Justin how are you sir.

01:11.98
Justin Campbell
So.

01:13.73
maceface_94
I.

01:20.20
Justin Campbell
Excellent, quite jealous I wasn't in Chicago but happy to be here and hanging out and ready to recap. The Chicago cherry the first grand prix of the season.

01:29.52
mipaddle
Um, and a grand pre. It was a lot of lot of upsets lot of um lot of cool matches going on. It's the the charities. It was the fifty first one in case, you were wondering that that took place this weekend.

01:29.60
maceface_94
We.

01:48.47
mipaddle
And something I actually didn't know is it's called the Chicago charities because they they're often donating money to charities. It sounds pretty self fannity. But if you didn't if you didn't know now you know so doing it for a good cause you played out there mac you was for a good cause.

01:53.82
maceface_94
Oh really.

02:02.44
maceface_94
Thanks for the Trivia mark.

02:06.84
mipaddle
You know I like to I like to keep the people informed but it was ah it was an awesome weekend weather again was unbelievable compared to you were there last year macy I was not tell us what the weather lost last year

02:19.35
maceface_94
No I actually wasn't there last year and I was watching it through through the live stream and I was actually wasn't that upset that I missed it I was sitting at home doing nothing I Really no I skipped to I skipped.

02:28.00
mipaddle
Um, where were you I Love it.

02:38.19
maceface_94
Charities last year and then I started playing with Lynn I believe right after at long island was our first tournament. Okay.

02:47.50
mipaddle
Gotcha, but yeah, last year was horrendous weather This year was awesome and they always do ah, they always put on a great. Ah, great show there at glen view jason love was tournament director this year they had had ah a good turnout. We saw a bunch of people that. Come to different camps and things like that. So. It's cool to see people coming out to support. Um you you got to catch a lot of the the action on livestream justin no way is I like that. How was the how is the cover coverage and all that.

03:12.30
Justin Campbell
I caught almost every matcher. Yeah.

03:15.84
maceface_94
So wow.

03:19.81
Justin Campbell
There was all a 1 match where there was like some really bad technical issues but otherwise it was great. So.

03:23.40
mipaddle
Um, ah like it. Well.

03:26.42
maceface_94
I The new streaming. However, they're setting up the microphones. The microphones are very close to the court and you have to you got it. You got to you got check yourself a little bit on these cores now.

03:35.98
Justin Campbell
Um, oh yeah, you could You could hear some strategy. Yeah.

03:42.21
mipaddle
Yeah, it's picking up all the all the things you're saying good to know.

03:44.45
maceface_94
Yeah, it's picking. It's picking up a lot.

03:47.81
Justin Campbell
I think I do enjoy the new camera view where you can watch the players kind of like play a play in the ball out of the corner but sometimes it does feel like they're looking directly at you. It's a little scary.

03:55.98
maceface_94
So yes, that's true.

04:01.99
mipaddle
Um, feel like you're immersed.

04:05.43
Justin Campbell
But it's definitely cool to watch the players kind of like how their eyes and their bodies are moving to those balls which is nice. So.

04:10.57
mipaddle
So we did a little a little bracket challenge between the 3 of us which we're we're gonna keep going where we pick the the teams that are gonna make it to to the quarterfinals sammifinals finals and then the winner and we'll we'll post all of this.

04:16.69
Justin Campbell
So what.

04:30.50
mipaddle
So you can you can see that there's no corruption. But the winner this week the winner this week I know it's it's a big to big thing you got to watch for but Justin Campbell you are the winner is so you picked you you came out with 40 points.

04:37.36
maceface_94
It's a South African podcast.

04:37.65
Justin Campbell
Dark corruption.

04:49.63
mipaddle
Um, you picked almost the perfect draw in the woman's on the woman's side and men's side. You ah you're pretty close as well. So congratulations I had 37 and macy what did we have you in it 30 No I 36 you heard in last place at 30

05:02.40
maceface_94
In last place last place.

05:09.18
mipaddle
31 but what I respect about your picks Mace were you? You went for a couple of upsets. You didn't play the conventional part so it could have paid off big if and it almost did so as we get in the draw. We'll we'll show you how it was ah you almost had a good a good pick for some upsets.

05:15.58
maceface_94
So.

05:21.62
maceface_94
So close.

05:28.44
mipaddle
But let's start off with the the men's draw tonight since Macy Has Been Fighting for equality. She says we we start off with the woman's one and we taper off too much. So now we're going to start off with the man's draw courtesy of Macy Elliott fighting for the guy's right? Thank you Mace.

05:32.22
maceface_94
5

05:44.89
maceface_94
Um, I'm here for men's rights.

05:48.10
mipaddle
But quarter offinals we we were pretty all on the money the upset and this was actually I think my match of the tournament if not the second one the the upset that you called in around of 16 macy was Christian Broderick ninesed beating bosroom rams 5 seed. And it um it it went it went to distance it went to distance.

06:06.88
maceface_94
Correct.

06:09.96
Justin Campbell
So that power match. Oh my god.

06:11.74
maceface_94
It was so close. Okay, what was the score in the tiebreaker at the end he was 7 6 and the third correct.

06:20.71
mipaddle
Um, it was 7 6 in the third what? what were your thoughts on that match. Justin.

06:20.72
Justin Campbell
Nine Seven maybe 10

06:23.84
maceface_94
Yeah, it was close.

06:31.43
Justin Campbell
Um, and it was the pace of play was not going in favor for Rama Bostrom at First. But I get him a lot of credit for like sticking it out because I mean we all know Drew and Tomas like. Prefer being at the baseline and it was almost like Martin Ram couldn't drag them to net. So I think they eventually did and I think they like towards the end there. They had a couple balls just fall their way honestly, that could have like literally. Two inches here there that could have match could have gone to awesome true easily. That was an epic match and big props for like 2 offensive players like Rams and ballstrom to kind of like grind out a match like that against a top team.

07:15.72
mipaddle
I Agree What was your what were your thoughts there as you were on site watching it live.

07:21.62
maceface_94
No I I think the same and it's ah going back and forth I was unfortunately doing a little bit of ah or a lot of chatting while I was watching it was distracting me a little bit but it was just amazing piled back and forth I I say this to you guys all the time. I Don't know how you guys last and like in the men's points because our points are long but the men's points are even so much longer and there's more spins and more crazy shots and I would not have the patience for it right.

07:51.28
mipaddle
That's why we've got to make the the boundaries of the court bigger I want to be pushing this campaign but it was it was an awesome match Christian and and brodrick definitely they they were I think there were 5 3 up 5 four up. They.

07:55.16
maceface_94
Um, and.

08:03.12
maceface_94
Yeah, and this are I think yeah I think compared to it comparatively Christian was driving more than like what we had seen in the past from when he plays with Drew don't you think.

08:07.64
mipaddle
They had the the looks.

08:08.95
Justin Campbell
Yeah, yeah.

08:17.57
mipaddle
For sure for sure. He he definitely kept. He definitely came into his own um found a good amount of offense off the screen and was just making them volley a time he played awesome and even so overheads he he was hitting some good overheads winning some points.

08:20.36
maceface_94
I Thought some awesome driving and stepping up a little bit more.

08:28.72
maceface_94
And he was playing strowell. Yeah.

08:36.29
mipaddle
Volley exchanges he was he was coming out on top of a lot of them. So I thought they they both played awesome I spoke to drew a little bit after the match and what was interesting. There is you know the longer points were obviously favoring them but he said Rams and Bostrom were just you know, winning 1 or 2 too many of the quick.

08:48.10
Justin Campbell
And.

08:55.58
mipaddle
Points off returns and he said he he felt like that made them feel like it's okay to play the long points whereas if they weren't getting those quicker points and then they have to play long point long point long point then it's going to really be a grind which then probably doesn't go their way. So.

08:55.88
maceface_94
Is.

09:12.61
maceface_94
Are are.

09:13.67
mipaddle
That was an interesting comment from Uncle Drew and I think it's a a pretty interesting thing but they boschamened and Rams we picked them to go through record is Justin so we were good. There. The other upset that came in the round of 16 was Boris and Hansson lost to Nunez and Salazar Martin and it doesn't seem like that big of an upset. Ah when you look at the the total draw and Nunez Martin Salazar Martin going all the way to the sammys but pretty big upset off the bat on on that side I didn't get to see.

09:35.85
maceface_94
Or.

09:50.76
mipaddle
Much of the match and it wasn't streamed but that's that's a notable upset right? there.

09:55.89
maceface_94
Yeah, but we still spend still ah, recovering from his ankle he twists his ankle about like three weeks ago he's still not feeling 100% so when you look at that and then plus jose is playing really well.

10:09.66
Justin Campbell
Yeah.

10:11.99
maceface_94
And I've never I had never seen Nuna's play before.

10:13.78
mipaddle
So noon nunez played tennis at Tcu Guillermo he's from chile and this is I love this. This is his second tournament his first 1

10:16.20
Justin Campbell
Tcu player.

10:30.18
mipaddle
Was the Moncla open be draw because they couldn't make it into the a draw or for foreigns and they made and he goes to the sammys of ah of a grant free which is is pretty unbelievable it and so does. Ah.

10:41.60
maceface_94
That's amazing. But I was good say you really set the expectations high to start off of.

10:42.72
Justin Campbell
It's a great star show career.

10:47.80
mipaddle
Right? And Salazar Martin so if you're looking at his season now he they won the monclair betro obviously, then they then he won the sound show invitation with el elvi then he just won the Baltimore open with lv.

10:58.70
maceface_94
Ah, be easy.

10:59.94
Justin Campbell
So soundshore.

11:06.80
mipaddle
And now they made the same as yeah, he's He's such a solid player.

11:11.98
maceface_94
Wow, he's almost contesting ah Scott Kaler Maypore trophies

11:16.21
Justin Campbell
Oh yeah.

11:17.00
mipaddle
Right? And he reminds me a bit of a a Jared Palmer in the sense of you can watch Jared and you know you're not looking at it like he doesn't do that much flashy stuff like ah a juan or a Johan. And you where you're like wow this guy's amazing. But if you truly look at it. He's like he just gives you nothing. He gives you no free points. He's still finding offense. He's he's just giving you no errors and that's it's a pretty pretty impressive run by him so far.

11:42.11
maceface_94
Or or.

11:52.86
Justin Campbell
Um, and his partner does he he played Montclair B with this guy right? So they went from Montclair B Champions to semifinals of a grand pri there's gonna it.

11:56.30
mipaddle
She she? yeah.

12:03.51
mipaddle
No, it's pretty insane. But.

12:07.35
Justin Campbell
It's gonna be a wild year. The men side it I mean because Tommy and 10 also had a pretty good tournament as well. So.

12:08.18
maceface_94
The wild Wild West. So.

12:09.77
mipaddle
A.

12:16.64
mipaddle
They did Greg Gregorovicch and osto each, almost upset Ryan Mcnerney I'm getting good at it. Um, in in the round of 16 they they went 3 set so they won the first set six four and then they lost 2 and 1 by consistent results right.

12:21.90
maceface_94
I like air getting good.

12:30.90
Justin Campbell
Yeah, hope so.

12:36.47
mipaddle
That's even making round of 16 in a grand prix is is is pretty solid so they're they're backing up all their results and they're they're creeping through so they're definitely on the on the radar as well.

12:48.89
Justin Campbell
I Think it's I think it just shows it's going to be a crazy season where we could see some new teams really break through like quicker than normal.

12:47.75
maceface_94
Now.

12:54.30
maceface_94
Now do we know if Jose is playing with all the in Philly or as you play with Nunez I is that key.

13:05.67
mipaddle
It's a real love Triangle and.

13:06.27
Justin Campbell
That's the t.

13:12.97
mipaddle
No I don't know for sure I know um I Ah it's we should have a little bachelor episode to to figure it out who is ersgar in the rose but it's.

13:16.41
maceface_94
Jose who is your partner who is it tell us.

13:21.90
Justin Campbell
Who will get the rows.

13:28.38
maceface_94
Ah.

13:30.28
mipaddle
Yeah I don't know that they know for sure and I know Nunez is, playing Delaware this weekend I don't know that he had ah had a partner but I think you could you could see he was pretty pretty hungry after making that semis and I think if you're making the semis a charities and you're seeing the crowds and like that's a pretty cool feeling.

13:47.89
maceface_94
And.

13:49.37
mipaddle
Getting you know everyone's coming up to you afterwards saying how great job and you you probably haven't had that in a while just competition wise so it's a pretty cool thing. So I think he's got the the bug now and while we're talking about them. They're their next big upsets. The biggest one of the. The tournament came when they beat number 2 seeds and the team that we predicted to go through the finals Humphreys and oss conan. They beat them 3 6 7 6 6 4 tell me were you watching that match justin.

14:16.68
maceface_94
And.

14:20.38
Justin Campbell
Yes, and I will tell you the mics were very close and you could hear a lot of the conversations being at at the Baseline and between points it was quite entertaining to hear them talk strategy and kind of like try to figure each other out. It was a crazy.

14:34.11
maceface_94
Oh I had a look dragon box my livestream.

14:37.31
mipaddle
A.

14:39.68
Justin Campbell
It was a crazy match I mean it never felt like Chris and I was going people were doing anything wrong. It just like they couldn't get that last ball like I mean and ah, what at 1 point at Chris goes I think I'm just going to keep it in cutter because it's it's not It's working. But it's we're not winning the points but it's working like I was like oh no, you know what's like a bad sign. We you know it's a bad sound you have in a conversation you kind of like I don't know what's going wrong I'm just going to keep doing something.

15:08.66
maceface_94
Her.

15:09.10
mipaddle
Is.

15:11.99
Justin Campbell
Like that's always the toughest conversation to have when you're in a match where like things are tied and close and you just can't figure out the piece. But yeah, it was an epic match I mean Jose and this part of like they just didn't give anything they gave like nothing.

15:28.16
Justin Campbell
They were just we'll play this game until midnight I mean it was crazy.

15:31.46
mipaddle
It seems it seems like that's on the the men's draw that's kind of the the mmo of the weekend right? So I think Humphrey and o cona were up in that second set as well and when they lost it and this is reminding of me of the final which we'll we'll talk more about.

15:31.53
maceface_94
That's amazing. Okay.

15:42.90
Justin Campbell
Okay, and.

15:50.95
mipaddle
But I think when you are playing a team that's giving you nothing and you're unable to close out either at a tight or some tight set and you have to do it again. It's just so deflating for for a team and it's it's hard to to bounce back from I think that's that's what happened in in the men's final which we'll talk a little bit. About more but the the other other code of finals were pretty straightforward Bosham Rams beat Fraser Morgan 3 and 4 which was surprisingly straightforward after such a long round of 16 match.

16:23.24
Justin Campbell
My thoughts too I figure like it maze you could probably talk about this more like when you come up a match like that for two and a half hours and you get like what a 40 minute break you think it's almost the advantage of like.

16:33.74
maceface_94
So yeah, from like that.

16:39.62
Justin Campbell
Ram and ballstrom just because they were kind of like almost still warm mentally and physically and.

16:42.51
maceface_94
Yeah I think definitely when you have a if we're coming off of a long match and we don't get it too long a break versus our opponents have just been sitting and waiting for our match to get done. Basically I do think it ends up being a little bit of an advantage to the the.

16:52.90
Justin Campbell
Yeah.

17:01.50
maceface_94
Players who were just on the court I know everyone always says oh well at least they'll get tired but none of these guys are getting tired at at that point they're all built for this. They're you know they train their buyers but they're not going to get.

17:13.65
Justin Campbell
Um, yeah I was like yeah I was almost I was almost thinking the longer the break the more likely you were to like start cramping and things like that like because your body starts like resting.

17:18.54
maceface_94
Yeah, yeah, you get cold and that's why I mean every time that we have more than an hour break. We're trying to hit a little bit before we even go back on court just to get more reps in.

17:32.19
mipaddle
A physical specimen like Philippe Rams is he's just ready for ready for all of it. But I I think you're right as well and this and I I think in general actually and I'm seeing this as I watch tennis and.

17:38.40
maceface_94
Um, ready for anything.

17:49.10
mipaddle
Even even with paddle for sure the teams that that seem to have the most adversity early on it seems to bode well for them. You know if you if you even if you had a really tough round of 16 if you made it through you're sort of just in that.

17:57.11
maceface_94
Yeah, yeah.

18:07.85
mipaddle
That mindset Now you're like Okayve we've been here before and you just you're ready for the adversity whereas you know if you've ever played a a tournament so some sort of event we have back-to-back matches and it's something where you have you know, easy match, easy match and then now you have to really play a tough one. It's not always a.

18:10.29
maceface_94
Click them.

18:26.93
mipaddle
Ah, great thing. It looks good on paper but you know it doesn't really get you. So so mentally tough for those those next battles.

18:33.49
maceface_94
Yeah, and that's where I was even talking to someone about this today that we loved how charities was so full because then you get more matches in and the more matches you get in then the feel like the better you play later on in the tournament versus you know. Being very cold and you don't you you don't get a match maybe get 1 match and all of a sudden you're playing a semis you're playing of course.

18:58.27
mipaddle
The core offin at the top to run Mitchell Dennis Friedrich 6 3 3 6 6 love shout out yanty and gabe they you know they took a set off to run Mitchell so that's I think that's always the the process you get a little bit of belief when you take you. You play them a bit closer. You take a set and then you you can build on that so shout out shout out those guys that's a good good result against the the number 1 number 1 team semifinals. So Sunday morning is always when the semifinals get played and the finals are are in the afternoon for for the men. The the setup was orion mcnoney Nunez Salazar martin 2 teams that haven't played each other obviously because it's nuna's a second tournament at the bottom.

19:33.30
maceface_94
You.

19:49.29
mipaddle
And then do run mitchell versus bosroom rams at the top. The the bottom 1 did you did you get to see it Justin and what's your thoughts.

19:57.24
Justin Campbell
Yes, yes.

20:00.95
maceface_94
Give it to us.

20:04.90
Justin Campbell
Um, I mean the first like the first I think 3 games it was like really like a really good match and then it felt like by like the fourth and fifth game like Graham and Juan had a plan and it just they kind of worked by the ad side. Oh I really well I thought.

20:22.72
Justin Campbell
Like the the lefty. What's his name Mark he under us he played a really good match but it just looked like he wasn't ready for like the action one was given him in that so and those side wires and stuff and won and Graham won the transition battle pretty well.

20:26.36
mipaddle
Um, Kiermo nunez.

20:41.81
Justin Campbell
So I mean I think that's why the score looks a little like the match was the bat. It was a great match it just the score doesn't reflect how great the match probably was.

20:53.70
maceface_94
Justin I have a question for you who would one lose a transition battle to okay, wolf fair but me like but that could be your answer for anything.

20:59.31
Justin Campbell
Yohan that's the I mean that's like ah hundred percent maybe Ram now Ram and waan play very similar transition wise to.

21:06.00
mipaddle
Um, but that's a the.

21:09.39
maceface_94
Ah, yeah, okay so.

21:17.70
mipaddle
Rams is playing some good transition transition ball and we'll speak about that sort of lack of transition in the men's final because you're right? It was surprising not to see more of it given we probably feel like Johann wins the transition battle most times. But.

21:18.98
Justin Campbell
And then.

21:34.47
mipaddle
The the top semifinal was was awesome. Duron Mitchell versus Bosm Rams I'd probably put this one and the round of 16 match that we that we talk about with with project Christian as match of the tournament on the men's side. It's.

21:36.59
Justin Campbell
Yeah, yeah.

21:51.71
maceface_94
So so Bosroom Rams was really your ah team of the tournament Huh they're the team to watch about that hair.

21:53.17
mipaddle
It was tough. You know something about that something about that long haired polish Boy, No they. It's just exciting.

22:03.67
Justin Campbell
He seemed to ram seemed to have trouble with that rolling s serve on the do side though for some reason and I seem to be like the 1 hiccup. They couldn't like ah figure out I thought like throughout the termment a little bit. They played so well. Ram's transition game is so good. He was not afraid once to kind of like get up there and battle with Stephen or Yohan with the volleys.

22:29.40
mipaddle
And it's it's interesting seeing Martin obviously play not a support role but not, he's not having to bring the main offense now which is is scary because he obviously he can now be a little bit more patient to pick his shots.

22:29.12
maceface_94
Love it.

22:46.71
mipaddle
And it it seemed like that was starting to click a lot a lot for both of them. So I think they're there's going to be National's conend is by by shorthis. That's when they're going to peak.

22:57.29
Justin Campbell
Could be. They also have the they also have the ability the back to switch sides with like no world issue and like create different offse looks like kind of how Johann and Stephen do because Martin Martin the deuce with the back end is also offensive to.

22:57.87
maceface_94
That that's in you're saying I.

23:08.10
maceface_94
I am yes I saw they were doing that and there are they doing because I saw them I saw them switching were they doing it specifically after the return every time or so only sometimes.

23:11.10
mipaddle
Ah.

23:13.62
mipaddle
Yeah, and.

23:23.69
Justin Campbell
They look like only sometimes. But.

23:24.50
mipaddle
It wasn't yeah it wasn't every time they were they were using it sort of when it felt right, especially off harder overheads to the side screens when they had to but it wasn't every time or it was as the points were going a little bit longer. It seemed like and Stephen Mitchell played really? well. In in that match. I think Deron was actually a little rusty and and Stephen sort of carried them over over the finish line to the finals in that one.

23:42.95
Justin Campbell
So I agree. I left Stephen played a great tournament. So.

23:51.22
mipaddle
I agree.

23:53.86
maceface_94
so so Justin Quick question you to go back to ah bosroom rams why? Why were they switching in the back. What was the reasoning like do you know what? their strategy was.

24:05.67
Justin Campbell
Well I know they had talked about at 1 point Martin playing the deuce. So I think they're just kind of feeling that out a little bit like what's how to use it. What are the benefits for the disadvantages. And I think also just giving a team just a different look like. I think when they switch the middle becomes lot more offensive and less of a recent area and I feel like maybe it's maybe it's not this year but maybe like for some reason Yohan's been anything like these high push overheads this year like the floaty ones.

24:26.48
maceface_94
For her.

24:39.97
Justin Campbell
Versus he usually kind of hits like ah, a lower one. So I think they are maybe looking for like opportunities to take the highballs maybe but I'll be curious to talk to them and kind of see like if there was a strategy point there or more like they were feeling it out.

24:40.52
maceface_94
Right.

24:52.99
maceface_94
Do do you ever teach people to switch in the back just because.

24:59.33
Justin Campbell
I I have taught but I only teach teams that are kind of like been together for multiple years just because sometimes like the it needs to be fluid. You know you can't just be like you don't want somebody running into each other doing something silly like that.

25:04.72
maceface_94
Her her.

25:14.36
maceface_94
So yeah, so.

25:16.64
Justin Campbell
So like I usually like I'm like ah all right? We're going to try and, a new situation like you could use because so-and-so can drive the ball from a different area see how it looks because you know sometimes people pick and stick a lot at like the club level.

25:31.37
maceface_94
Um, yeah.

25:32.98
Justin Campbell
Sometimes it's nice to be like okay like if that does happen you can't get the lob down line or something weird is happening. You know you could make a little switch there to give them a different look give give your partner a break that's been playing 17 hours in the same corner. Whatever it might be yeah.

25:37.23
maceface_94
Yeah.

25:47.36
mipaddle
Teams that have been teams that have been together a long time. You know they want to open things up a little bit experiment. Get them to switch around the back I get if not let's you know it's you know you want to see a different.

25:47.44
maceface_94
Lets have hotlet let have a breath.

25:53.90
Justin Campbell
Yeah, yeah.

25:54.73
maceface_94
Try another side. See a different way. Yeah.

26:02.18
mipaddle
Different looks sometimes finals just for the beginning finals one P M C S t.

26:04.80
Justin Campbell
So Susy always gets to hit the four and drafts I want it.

26:07.27
maceface_94
You can't do it in the honeymoon phase you guys stay on the same side.

26:11.19
Justin Campbell
Hundred percent

26:20.72
mipaddle
Chicago Illinois Deron Mitchell versus a Ryan Mcnerney did you get to see any mace I know you were grinding out some hours on the court.

26:29.15
maceface_94
I was grinding out some hours I did not get to see but we were all ah turn tuning in with the score updates as it was happening Justin Did you get to watch it. Yeah, give it to a.

26:36.74
Justin Campbell
So I did yeah Mark did you watch him.

26:41.50
mipaddle
Do you? Ah I did I was on site. And I was watching it was it was a surprisingly slow match not surprising because I think Graham I juan obviously they they want that.

26:52.69
Justin Campbell
Normal.

26:55.92
mipaddle
But Durant and mitchell seemed pretty content to play slow. Yeah, it was interesting I think so duron mitchell had 3 set points in the first set I believe I think they were forty five four up 40 love up and they lost that game obviously and. I think when they lost that set it was just it was pretty deflating. You know if you're playing if you're playing anyone that has that slower style and it's not your preferred one. It's it's so important to you know, close things out when you can otherwise you know.

27:18.67
Justin Campbell
Yeah.

27:33.26
mipaddle
We we saw them lose that first set 7 5 and then it was just like I think mentally it was like holy shit. Are we going to grind for four more hours to to bring this back I just I don't think they could mentally like come up from that.

27:45.52
maceface_94
But mentally grass around that. Yeah.

27:49.52
Justin Campbell
There was a lot of momentum flips too I mean Johann and Stephen were up for two and they had a good opportunity to win that game too and it felt like Graham and 1 won that one. It felt like it flipped again. It went very back and forth. But I did. Did enjoy this They didn't play like eye formation. They played like a like australian they could have had Graham off to the side not directly in the middle where the one was serving almost as like a target and Graham never went for the volley unless it was just like a sitter.

28:16.88
maceface_94
Here.

28:23.93
mipaddle
Is.

28:25.67
Justin Campbell
He like made Johan like hit it at him and he just let it go by and he got a couple of freebies and I got a couple of good transition shots off it because Johan would hit it really hard and they'd played off the back walls if it was like a approach shot in tennis like because it would bring one so far in the court. It was a very interesting move to kind of like you usually don't see a guy stand.

28:39.72
maceface_94
Right.

28:45.49
Justin Campbell
Where Graham stands and not try to volley it he was on. He was almost baiting him into it. So I thought that was interesting in the first set because they I obviously had some kind of plan they were like trying to make yuupon overhead I think.

28:45.90
mipaddle
A.

28:46.13
maceface_94
In just no matter one he was letting it go.

28:58.65
maceface_94
Time. Yeah.

29:00.56
mipaddle
Yeah, no, they they played us. They played a super solid match and obviously Graham gives a lot of thought to to the strategy behind different things and he played a pretty disciplined match. Arrived so impressive they were speaking to different people sort of about him afterwards. He's He's just like whatever he's going to go play. he's he's he's just a winner right? like pickle boys a god top 10 yeah then you'll do badel. He's like goes. He's just he knows how to win. He's such a good competitor and it was he was pretty pumped up to to get that victory. He played. He played pretty spectacular and.

29:20.27
maceface_94
Yeah, so.

29:35.50
mipaddle
And Graham obviously masterminded at that and you know it actually kept him really calm and and playing playing a good tempo so that's ah, that's ah, a tough team if they if they figure it out and which they obviously have. But if they can stay that sort of common discipline throughout the season. It's.

29:40.90
Justin Campbell
Sister They're good team.

29:55.29
mipaddle
I Think they're gonna win win a bunch more.

29:55.96
maceface_94
No I agree.

29:58.50
Justin Campbell
Yeah, they're a fun team. They've been playing together since that Graham was probably like I feel like he played he played with one a couple of times when he was like in college like 1920 so he's like grahams are playing Graham started playing paddle in college.

30:09.93
maceface_94
Boy ranking? oh oh 20192020 is like is that a joke.

30:11.83
mipaddle
1920

30:18.99
mipaddle
I was like he's we were ah ah Hu.

30:20.80
Justin Campbell
No nineteen years old like Graham used to fly to the paddle termist we was in college and I know Juan was like a big guy used to watch and like I know you sort of play want to hear it there like while I was in college. So like it's been a fun progressive partnership that they've kind of like. Played with each other off and on for like probably a good eight years now

30:40.83
maceface_94
Oh I didn't know her.

30:41.50
mipaddle
Yeah, and then and Graham's just progression has been pretty unbelievable too onto the woman's draw did do we spend enough time on the men's there may see is that you feel like equalitys there.

30:45.56
Justin Campbell
Absolutely.

30:51.92
maceface_94
I was I was actually checking on the time and I felt that that was very fair. Yes, that was a nice. Yeah, solid tribute.

30:58.70
Justin Campbell
Solid.

31:02.20
mipaddle
Viva viva well, the woman's draw Friday and Saturday let's ah we all had perfect perfect pics in the quarterfinals. The the top 8 seeds went went through there.

31:13.53
maceface_94
Her.

31:19.70
mipaddle
Then an upset that we couldn't you know none of us could have predicted alexand and Cruise took out Morgan and seora in in the quarter of finals 6 4 7 6

31:32.93
Justin Campbell
What a match So good.

31:34.70
maceface_94
Um, I mean I gotta tell you I think so far the season I mean Georgie Alllian has like shown up this season. She's playing so well a she's just.

31:47.78
Justin Campbell
So heart upset.

31:50.50
maceface_94
I Mean she's evolved her game and but she's also still the study study person that she always has been and it's really I think she's improved the most out of it rice so far so vast.

31:58.75
Justin Campbell
and and fast my favorite was like Charlotte would FYMLiz listen that go and she would run from the ad side and try to get the ball all the way. Basically at the net post of the deuce.

32:04.72
mipaddle
Um, lightning fast are.

32:12.33
maceface_94
Um.

32:17.29
Justin Campbell
And she like ran down like 3 or 4 of them. She got a couple but like somewhere just like I was like there's no way you could have got that I can't believe you still ran for that. Great match though.

32:22.98
maceface_94
Yeah, no, she's awesome. Yeah.

32:28.70
mipaddle
Great match and you could really tell that sorry I had to move around my my batteries. No you all know my batteryies about to die some.

32:36.69
Justin Campbell
What what could we tell.

32:37.71
maceface_94
Move are you are you getting caught? are you getting stopppped to show us are gonna show some diagrams.

32:48.40
mipaddle
Some poor planning but you could you could tell that Alexand was sort of just coming into just feeling more comfortable and and being out there and besides her speed the thing that really really impresses me is what a competitiveor she is.

33:04.29
maceface_94
Or her.

33:06.50
mipaddle
She she really enjoys competing and and being out there. It seems like the the match point was it was ah it was a wild point. It was it was back and forth. It was one of these points where Alison hit some great transition shots and and you think she's about to win it but they scramble it back and. That sort of went back and forth a couple times and it was just everyone was on the edge of their seats it it was it was one of those points that whoever wanted was probably going to go through and and end up wanting that match but pretty impressive upset by alexander and Cruz and again mumala just bringing the best out of her partners and.

33:33.68
maceface_94
For her.

33:45.16
mipaddle
Showing she she knows how to win.

33:46.40
maceface_94
Showing that she can play with anybody doesn't matter is.

33:49.38
mipaddle
Right? the.

33:51.68
Justin Campbell
She finds way to hit that back end everywhere.

33:54.57
maceface_94
Oh my goodness. The amount that that woman can drive off a screen is unlike anything I've ever seen anything can be a drive.

34:04.58
Justin Campbell
Yeah, she was play with green match.

34:05.48
mipaddle
And it always just like it's one of those those drives that just like peakeks over the net. It's it seems like it's really tough to Volley you played them in the same in the semy's mace. What's what's your thoughts.

34:13.75
maceface_94
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and to as I was saying I've I've never seen someone be able to drive off the screen off of so much So Well she drives off side back Screen. She drives off any backscreen. Even even if it's soft and she can place it exactly where she wants it to go. So You got to take a deep breath and okay I'm going get right up on top of the net.

34:44.10
mipaddle
But that was that was upset that that was a bracket buster for me because obviously I had Morgan Seorra going to the finals so that that really threw my points off. No problem there Charlotte Allison we'll we'll talk about it another time but the other quarter final that.

34:45.95
maceface_94
Approve.

34:47.27
Justin Campbell
And.

34:50.88
maceface_94
For her.

34:56.63
maceface_94
Perfect.

35:00.45
mipaddle
That was was really a great match was harish sabori versus an Nico all, you were you were watching on on streaming justin what's what was your take here.

35:12.28
Justin Campbell
I want you only got to see the second set in the stream. The first that got cut out due to techno differently. So I mean it was a close match. It looked like back to the kind of the waterfall move again. It just looked like. Those 2 are a little out of sync and like like I said didn't see the first set. So I don't know if they were doing some different things change things up because of because of the second because the first set but the second set it just looked like a floor honor able to move them around a lot and kind of like create a little chaos for them at net and I felt like it was just enough. To win the match there so that was a good match. But you know good. Yeah.

35:49.73
mipaddle
The I was on site so I saw it I was few the few things on my side I was I haven't seen Lullage play live before and she's good like.

36:06.50
Justin Campbell
Oh yeah.

36:09.41
mipaddle
Really good she' moved she's lightning quick. She was 2 was doing a bunch at the net just poaching and taking taking over a little bit there and she was cracking backends from sort of anywhere. It's I think Hannusin's a bori played a pretty flawless match. To to win that one because in the first set I was really like oh my goodness I think Anika and laitchhar are going to not roll them but I was like it felt like they they just had such a dominant style of game. But Hanish says board didn't give them much. And it seemed like that caught up to them in the in the second set where you know little area little error there and then all of a sudden It's hard for them to to feel like to find where they're going to win and I guess it just shows you with the the top top in the game. How sort of close things are right? It really is pointier point there and that's that's what's separating a lot of the top teams but our Sammy's

37:12.34
maceface_94
Is for her.

37:13.70
Justin Campbell
Oh yeah, paddle.

37:21.38
mipaddle
Were hanish Saorri versus hellbauer nikolescu. This was our first time getting to see Gabby and Ellie played together the so Saturday morning that that was a awesome Sammy's I I didn't get to watch all that much justin you probably the only one that saw. A lot of it what give us the rundown.

37:42.10
Justin Campbell
Gay soap on to watch. She's like doing like cartwell Scissor kicks and then hitting a roller So he's the only human I know that can like hit a roller while jumping across the court and hit it in the perfect spot.

37:42.45
maceface_94
Yeah, she is.

37:48.73
maceface_94
Who.

37:58.13
Justin Campbell
Just always amazes me like how she can hit a roller from anywhere. No I mean it was a great match I thought on a and ah flor played it really? Well just because I think they've seen Gabby enough and they kind of know you know, kind of some her patterns and kind of what she likes to do. So think they were able to neutralize her a little bit more And I think I think this is Goingnna be a strong team once they get on the court a little bit more I think like a couple more matches just with a couple of more kind of like because they made some adjustments like eye formation I I can remember they play do back. But I think they played I like just. Being able to be comfortable with your partner to like ask them to do different formations and do different strategies when things aren't going. Well so I think they're they're kind of on the border of like making themselves kind of like 1 of those teams that like can beat anybody. So I think it's going to be fun to see them if they go to Philly just because I think by then it'll kind of be like.

38:46.23
maceface_94
Her.

38:53.68
Justin Campbell
Have home those skills I think and trust does that matches close. Yeah yeah.

38:57.46
maceface_94
I'm gonna kind of yeah it was clothes ma yeah ah I'm even going to kind of piggyback off of what Mark said you know, even then the men's I think gaby neli if you we come to the second half of the season they're going to be.

38:58.16
mipaddle
7 5 6 4

39:14.41
Justin Campbell
Of course.

39:14.53
maceface_94
You know there they are our top team sorry as it is but I think they're going to be like you said able to be they could beat anybody but and short Hills Short Hills is the time they could be but.

39:22.23
mipaddle
Come short Hills that's where the.

39:23.13
Justin Campbell
I yeah I think I think they're kind of a team on the bubble they're in the hunt because they haven't fully like you know they haven't had that big win yet and they haven't play together in a lot. So I feel like there are like ah that bubble right outside like the top like 4 or 5 like.

39:41.30
maceface_94
Or.

39:42.17
Justin Campbell
Great teams but we both we all know Gabby is a great player. So I think she'll find a way to like break in there at some point.

39:47.39
maceface_94
Yeah, and.

39:50.83
mipaddle
Macy your your semifinal was was seemed pretty routine from the scorecard to a oh anything anything special to add there like what what was clicking on your guys' end.

40:03.70
maceface_94
Ah, it was interesting because we were kind of looking after the match and we're like what what really did we do and it was just it. It was just basic paddle and if that makes any sense We just play basic paddle.

40:18.24
maceface_94
Stayed out there longer than they did force them to make some errors and we got lucky several times on top of it. You know we tried to work on being able to read the balls off the screen because we I hadn't played Liz I've only played with Liz one other time and. It was when I was playing with Marcelo Marcela was five months pregnant so was a little bit of a different ah different dynamic on the court. But I mean she hides that screen drive so well and then all of a sudden when you start to see it and then you makes you move a different way. To be a little bit closer to the net and then you can have to really try to anticipate on the overheads better than with ah with most other players but it was really fun because they're both such great players and great people. So it was a fun. It was a fun match to play but I got to hit some fyms.

41:10.58
mipaddle
I like it unleash it.

41:10.61
maceface_94
Which was nice I like that roller, feel like I haven't gotten to hit marry many of those in season so far I saw poor ellie got hit with an FIM over on the other side over on the other semi it she did.

41:12.96
Justin Campbell
Um.

41:27.17
mipaddle
Um, that's it's step in the cages All damn you got to are yeah.

41:29.55
maceface_94
It hit the ground and went straight to the face. But yeah, yeah, yeah, no I I made the mistake of ducking on one of Gabby's last year I got hit in the face. Yeah.

41:33.11
Justin Campbell
Yeah, never never want a duck never duck.

41:41.97
Justin Campbell
I saw that a league match 1 time with Brady Sear never never again Doug Campbell Tk o

41:47.56
maceface_94
Yeah, but 1 thing I actually did get to watch look the second set of the other semi because ours was ours was finished and we had it was like blitzing central didn't you feel like that way Dustin there's so much blitzing.

42:04.27
Justin Campbell
Um, um, yeah, but I feel like that's I feel like that's what ah I think well I guess I guess all 4 of them. Yeah, they'd like they love running and kind of like hitting the ball.

42:06.96
maceface_94
All off them drive.

42:15.10
maceface_94
Um I all of them work. Yeah, then all of a sudden I thought yeah feel like and then Gabby was blitzing and Gabby was stretching across the court to hit one of a bliff 1 time and.

42:19.10
Justin Campbell
Like I'd say floors probably the least aggressive but she loves blitzing so like I guess.

42:32.70
maceface_94
Everyone's been playing a lot pickle wall everyone right of blitz.

42:34.11
Justin Campbell
Yeah.

42:35.54
mipaddle
Get their blurts all right finals time. Macy tell us tell us about the finals you were you were in it.

42:41.30
maceface_94
So yes, Mark the oh thank you very much. I know exactly take take that Mark always trying to.

42:44.50
Justin Campbell
Yeah congratulations by the way of making the finals.

42:47.65
mipaddle
Um, yeah, you you but you busted my brackets.

42:52.66
Justin Campbell
You you got you got much further than Mark and I did.

42:56.19
mipaddle
Um, always shall improve me wrong.

43:00.76
maceface_94
But no was a great match on a floor played so well they didn't give they didn't give anything they didn't give anything whatsoever as far as errors and then it was one of those those days where we had at least there it felt like 8 times. Where we went for the right shot. We made the right decision and we missed by like an inch or maybe less than an inch and just kept happening over and over and over, but you got handed to them. They came up. They definitely had a game plan. What to do and they stuck to it and this was I didn't know how long the match was but it felt like it felt very long even though it was only 1 and 4 it felt like a very long 1 and 4 yeah now.

43:46.94
Justin Campbell
Well, you guys played long points and it it wasn't super fast pace either.

43:47.28
mipaddle
So.

43:54.20
maceface_94
No slope. It was slow place paddle, long point. Yeah, very much cat mouse game. There wasn't a ton of firepower and actually in the middle of the the middle of it I was interesting because a couple years ago when I played them in the charities finals.

43:55.72
Justin Campbell
Very cat and mouse.

44:11.64
maceface_94
It was like the most transition I think I'd ever played at that point in time I mean I was playing with Marcella and it was a back and forth back and forth and everything was everywhere I think we lost 7 6 in the third and then this match I was like I don't think I've seen less transition in years. Like there was no transition in that match same thing as a men's final.

44:33.90
mipaddle
Right? That is interesting.

44:38.39
Justin Campbell
Um, there was lots of ah like they added a lot of chips too like they kind of like chip the ball a lot so that there was a mixture of like this like pickleba chip and then like their their tennis ground Shook So the mixture of the drives is very interesting.

44:41.66
maceface_94
Are.

44:54.63
Justin Campbell
To see because it almost like made the game slower just because you could make those volumes but it kind of like moved you guys around a lot and.

45:00.20
maceface_94
Yeah, and then stay in the second but go ahead with that to keep that they pronounce that correctly. Okay.

45:02.33
mipaddle
Um, that's not that's known as it's known as the chiquita in paddle in Fidel.

45:13.32
mipaddle
Perfectly or are you gonna say their mates.

45:17.56
maceface_94
In the second set we started to have a ah you know show some life went up three zero and then I think there were 4 games out of all the next of the second set that we lost where we were up forty fifteen and on and floor just found a way to come back and they they didn't miss.

45:33.22
Justin Campbell
There was there was one huge game that what was it that it put them about 5 3 maybe and and they like hugged each other that was I was a weird moment I thought it was about to go really bad for them because they like.

45:35.29
maceface_94
There's the.

45:43.56
maceface_94
Yeah, because.

45:51.14
Justin Campbell
They hugged each other. They got super excited and they went on to lose like 2 points and I think you guys pulled back to 5 4 and I was like I was like oh man that might have been a bad thing to celebrate kind of like because they were so excited to get through that 1 game because it's long and I was like oh shit.

45:55.10
maceface_94
Because we came back to 5 4

46:02.71
maceface_94
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

46:04.91
mipaddle
They they actually said they said afterwards because we did a little interview afterwards with that floor had actually thought that it was that was the match like the she just lost count and so she hung honor for longer.

46:18.34
Justin Campbell
Um, because but it it looked that way the way they were hugging each other.

46:24.31
maceface_94
But yeah I.

46:24.49
mipaddle
Ah, she just miscounted. So so tell me this few things Mae you those matches where you are going for the right shots and it's just you know timings a little off, you're missing slightly? What's your takeaway from.

46:26.25
Justin Campbell
Oh God Oh god.

46:42.49
mipaddle
From that. It's just like hey that's we did the right thing it'll come when it comes what do you? How do you sort of approach that.

46:49.17
maceface_94
Um, ah partially because you can't You can't stop going for the right decisions because you're like if I made the right decision and it was the right call you have to keep hitting it because if you shy away from that then that's not good for your game.. All in all, ah. But you have to find a way to bring your target in so instead of for example, let's say if I'm always trying to aim to go through all all my drives now I'm going to try to imagine I Want the ball to land middle of no man's land in the back of the court. You know really have a more specific target and bring it in. Try to see if you can do anything like that or on the Lobs. We Miss several lobs barely long and so you really try to think about the, the peak of your lob being on your side of the net versus on the other side of the net or trying to get more underneath the ball and really. Catch the ball from the bottom instead of angling it whatsoever. Yeah.

47:42.69
mipaddle
Okay, I like that so a little bit more margin for error. The other question I have for you is those games in the second set where you were forty fifteen up and it didn't go your way to you looking back or thinking back.

47:47.19
maceface_94
Who.

48:02.00
mipaddle
You feel like you guys did anything wrong or that they just came up pretty clutch and you were still playing the right way. What's your and if you haven't even seen it then doesn't matter. But what's your two cents there

48:14.21
maceface_94
Well, that's something where I unfortunately like I cannot remember I will I will go back and watch it to try to see what happened because it went after it happened to the third game I was like is set does this keep happening. Why is it. But from the moment you're like. Why does this keep happening. And I didn't it I definitely did not think it was a I did not think it was a mental reason whatsoever. It wasn't like we got up 4015 and played safer got tied on any of those games. It wasn't that i.

48:35.44
mipaddle
Um.

48:52.25
maceface_94
I'm not quite sure what it was maybe we should have been playing a little bit more tight and maybe we weren't playing to the score I don't know Justin you thought yeah sure go for it.

49:01.90
mipaddle
Gotcha.

49:03.54
Justin Campbell
It's my is's a mind turn to ask questions. This is this is may's quarter which to ask questions. By the way I think it's always impressive when someone has a first set like you did and can find a way to make the second set better.

49:08.60
maceface_94
Go for it.

49:20.94
Justin Campbell
Did you find that you took something while you were playing the match and that happened in the first set and you were able to apply it the second to find that way to get back to like that closer match at six four

49:31.57
maceface_94
Ah, no, our main thing in the second set was we just decided to have more energy and be a little bit more lively even if even if it was just between the points. It felt like we were not lively.

49:40.63
Justin Campbell
Okay.

49:47.19
maceface_94
And the first set and that was ah the only that was really the number 1 thing that we wanted to do in the second and I think that's what got us through those first 3 games.

49:57.40
Justin Campbell
Gotcha yeah Linda Mitch in the interview she felt like she came out flat. So just the energy kind of getting your body going and kind of getting looser out there like made a difference and the second question was like when you go to watch the match. Are you looking for specific things that happened.

50:02.29
maceface_94
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

50:14.54
Justin Campbell
And your mind already or you just going to watch the whole thing and kind of just like take it all in and try to like see if you could find the the holes that you need to like work on.

50:26.80
maceface_94
You have to be in the right head space for it which is why I haven't watched it yet because sometimes sometimes you go back and you're like you're like you're like oh I don't I don't want to watch this part. Can we just watch the parts where we do stuff Well, And.

50:30.40
Justin Campbell
Oh no, yeah, you got fully in time. My friend.

50:40.30
Justin Campbell
No I mean but you would never want to watch a match right? after though like you would always want to have like those like couple days of decompress and kind of like go into it with like a like a teacher's mindset like you want to get your brain out of like your personal.

50:54.98
maceface_94
This is going to sound bad but the matches I win. Yes I want to watch those right after and.

50:59.72
Justin Campbell
Oh yeah, yeah, no I I agree with that because you're more like you're more like okay that was great that was great. But if you lose 1 don't you want to like do go into it like as a like because you're a teacher kind of like take that head and be like okay like.

51:00.71
mipaddle
Give me the highlights.

51:04.76
maceface_94
So yeah.

51:13.51
maceface_94
Um, yes.

51:16.16
Justin Campbell
Am I like have I gotten far enough away from where I can be like okay like as a teacher can I look at this as if it's not mean and it's just so another human Yeah yeah.

51:21.48
maceface_94
Correct So like I'll you forgive it a few days but I try to watch it within a week so I can still kind of remember some of the things that was happening. Yeah.

51:33.74
mipaddle
Well hopefully we'll get to ah to hear your your thoughts when you do re-watch it? But still a great run into the finals mace obviously not the result that you wanted. Justin and I have have did get points for predicting the winner over there. It's all always painful to see you lose. But I'll take those 4 points for my bracket any time. Ah, um, the.

51:54.23
Justin Campbell
What what? 1 of 3 grandriess left.

51:55.12
maceface_94
Um.

52:01.67
maceface_94
So.

52:07.50
mipaddle
Something something I'm seeing more and more which I think players at home can can take and put into their game is it seems like drives are setting up drives a lot more these days than simply just lobbying to set up your drive. So.

52:22.71
maceface_94
Who.

52:24.88
mipaddle
I think hanneen a boy did a great job of whenever Flor did drive with her her drive being the the slightly softer 1 Anna was really ready to jump over any volleys that went to the middle so it seemed like if they every time florentina drove. It wasn't necessarily to to win the point on that drive if it happened great but Ana was ah was pretty pretty aggressive with her movement to the middle and put a lot of pressure on on the volleyer to to have to keep it away from her and then you know once she got it. She was really able to to move it around and create some chaos. So.

53:01.38
maceface_94
You know.

53:02.96
mipaddle
I think that's a pretty pretty interesting thing and I think teams especially like ah if I think on the men's side ah a fraser morgan maybe a Humphreys Ossis conan those teams where there's not 1 super hard penetrating drive. That's it's something that they that they should really start thinking about and and adding to their games. So the quicker they can recover and jump all over that that next ball it's ah it's a good thing to to to do so driving to set up your drive as opposed to simply lobbing to set up your drive with something I saw a good amount from unearned floor this weekend.

53:38.74
maceface_94
No I think it's a really good point. Mark is that don't you have a don you have a drive to drive drill on my paddle different things different things but but.

53:43.48
mipaddle
Ah, thanks. Miss.

53:48.72
mipaddle
This is a drive to drive. So Justin how's it feeling being the the winner of week one

53:57.80
Justin Campbell
It feels great I mean I love guessing who's gonna win things and being right? That's never a bad feeling.

54:05.88
maceface_94
And that.

54:06.41
mipaddle
Have we have we decided what the winner at the end of the season is gonna is gonna get for this.

54:13.46
Justin Campbell
A free membership to my paddle.

54:15.13
maceface_94
No I feel like you had night built a free pride I know I kind of want I want like one of those um W w belts Personally, that's more what I was thinking.

54:15.98
mipaddle
We need something bigger. We need.

54:26.86
mipaddle
Ah, but in hoop form for hoop form I like it. Okay, now we we could definitely look at getting a tidal belt I think I'll always take a a nice dinner and some drinks as well.

54:30.69
maceface_94
Yeah, in the room for exactly.

54:44.54
mipaddle
Because I'm feeling pretty confident Justin only beat me by 3 points. So I feel like you know 1 fix year 1 fix year. No I will be in person off the nationals. That's when the season's gonna read? Oh yeah.

54:48.70
Justin Campbell
Are we're gonna have this dinner drinks like over Zoom. So oh you're you're you're gonna all, you're gonna come in person gotcha.

54:56.12
maceface_94
But wait are we oh and we're paying for the transportation as well. On top of the drinks and the dinner now I see we're.

55:01.61
mipaddle
All the above I might you might pay for a haircut for me as well. We're gonna throw it all in there. Do you like me long hair.

55:06.42
maceface_94
I will not pay for a haircut for you that I draw. That's why that's where I draw the line.

55:09.66
Justin Campbell
Yeah, big question. Will we all be in Philly I will be in Philly.

55:16.70
mipaddle
I will be in fully.

55:19.40
maceface_94
Ah I will be in silly, let's go.

55:23.22
mipaddle
Come on.

55:24.95
Justin Campbell
We'll have one term and at least where we're all 3 there. The question is do we do some live interviews I feel like that's something the audience should let us know like maybe obviously you'll be playing. We can do some interviews outside the court.

55:26.35
maceface_94
Wow, That'll be very special.

55:37.16
maceface_94
That.

55:40.98
Justin Campbell
While you're playing.

55:41.60
mipaddle
I think the answer is most definitely so that's that's official. We're gonna be out in fully on the ground the the mean streets of Philadelphia so if you see us come say hi it was cool. Having some people come say hi in Chicago and.

55:45.11
Justin Campbell
Yes, yes.

56:00.55
mipaddle
And follow us on social media at causing a racket podcast and what would be cool is if you guys start sending us your predictions a lot of you text it to me behind the scenes but stop being lame and put it out there for the people to see I like the.

56:20.33
maceface_94
Like and lower.

56:20.47
mipaddle
Conversations getting started so send us your predictions we're putting our predictions out there and we would love to hear yours.

56:27.45
maceface_94
All right see Billy tears players.

56:27.14
Justin Campbell
Thank you see in Philly.

56:30.50
mipaddle
That's a wrap see you in Foley.