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Today is 10 minutes of tennis with World Renowned Tennis Coach Australian and Puerto Rico.

I think he's in Texas right now, but we won't tell anybody pointing at the picture of

Clay Courts because yesterday we are going to talk about the quarter finals of the French

Open and what is it, 2025.

And we got a couple of surprises.

One on the men's side, one on the women's side, Bubliq kind of showing up unexpectedly.

And then on the women's side, there's somebody, I think she's 350 in the world or something

that has decided to make the quarter finals.

So we want to talk about that and we want to tie it into our overall theme right now of

the future of tennis.

What does this mean for the future of tennis?

So Justin, let's just start talking about the quarter finals.

You want to start men or women?

You choose men.

Okay, let's start women because I know less about that.

So I can just ask questions as though I don't know what I'm talking about because you know,

don't.

As of recording, Savillenko's already won and Sviantec is on court.

So those are kind of expected.

That's 1 in 8, 5 and 13.

Those are decent expected matches.

Savillenko being what, late 20s, Sviantec mid 20s, Spitalin as the oldest in the draw, does that

say anything?

No, I mean, I think the draw, I'm sorry, in the quarters.

The quarters look fantastic.

I mean, it's going to be strong tennis on the clay.

There's quite a few players here that I would say very strong, a hard court, you know, fast

court players more than clay.

So pretty surprised that all the way deep into the quarter finals on the clay, which is

good to see, especially Madison Keys.

I mean, go Madison.

Let's go.

I want to know.

Madison is going to have a tough one against Goff though.

Goff is definitely a grinder and she'll do well.

My pick is Goff to win the tournament.

If she stays fit, she's tough enough.

She's got just enough experience and she's definitely got the grinding game on a clay court

to not let go.

And even if Savillenko gets there, Goff has had a win over her.

So my big one is Goff if she stays well and stays healthy.

That's my cool on that side.

So aside from Ega being near unbeatable on clay and Savillenko being a six foot tall, a big

hitter, you don't think Goff's scared of them?

No.

And on the plate, she's just got the right game.

She can vary it.

She can keep the ball alive.

She can count a punch.

She can attack.

She's just got to put it all together.

But she's done that before.

I mean, she's done it at the Australian Open and that wasn't on clay.

That was on her court.

So I think on the clay, I think she'll do very well.

I think she's just looking at the field.

She'll do good.

And even looking at the field, we want to talk first year tennis.

You got half the field young in the 20s and then you got another half of the field,

a couple of 30-year-old 27, 30, 30.

I mean, what a mix of field.

Future tennis is interesting because we used to see many years ago, early teens to late teens

that we would see young tennis players that were making quarter finals of the French.

We're not seeing that.

Young now is early 20s and old is not old anymore.

We're seeing a couple of 30-year-old here peaking in their career in quarter finals.

I mean, it's for the Lena and keys are playing great tennis for their age.

And usually back in the days, that was at retirement stage.

So yeah, future tennis, you know, we're going to see, I think we're going to see players mature

later and we shouldn't rush the player development.

I think I've had this conversation a lot in the past where we push players too soon.

Too quick.

They get, they feel the pressure and they're not emotionally driven or physically they're

not built for it yet.

And that's when you get shoulders and hip problems or inefficiency and stroke.

There's so many things that they could learn now and not rush.

So anyway, that's something I see on the women's side.

And on the men's side, we see the same thing.

You know, on the men's side, again, mix of ages.

So and that one's going to be an interesting one.

But my theory on that one is Carlos.

Carlos is going to win it clean.

And I think clean because he's serving so well.

Whatever I've looked at to serve, they've really got it right.

And I'm sure there's more to come because it looks like it could probably get a little

higher with his reach, ball toss.

But man, if they really got something happening on his serve and he's delivering it when

he needs it as well, even when he's down break points.

So that was sort of one of, I thought one of his weaknesses.

And now I'd like to see them try to get a bit more whip like Shelton does on the second.

That would be something wild.

But anyway, that's my pick on that side because it's best of five as well.

I just don't see anyone out doing that guy.

Yeah, I can understand.

And I picked Alcaraz as well.

Our son Giovanni picked sinner.

As he likes to do.

But in this case, that would be one versus two in the final assuming Zverev and Jokovic.

I mean, that's the only one in this quarter final that I struggled to pick.

I actually still picked Jokovic.

I love seeing the American men in the quarter finals of the French open again.

I don't see Tiafo or Alcaraz getting past Mooselli.

I'm not confident in that.

Thankfully, I'm not a betting man.

So I don't have to worry about it.

It's just kind of fun to make the picks and say, "Hey, here's our thoughts for this one

and we can argue about it later."

Yeah, well, the interesting one for both those quarters though.

Paul's going to give Alcaraz a really good fight.

So that's going to be great.

I'll beat him before.

Yeah.

He's not a great, really good battle.

Just a five, it'll be a really good battle.

Paul won't let go.

Hopefully, Paul's learned just from the recent tournament, the last one that he played against

Alcaraz and lost.

I hope that Paul says, "Okay, what I've got to do is step up into that baseline and just

keep pounding because he was on top of him and then he'd let go and move too far back."

Can't defend.

Yeah.

So I really hope he really just keeps swinging and plays the way he's been playing and just

keeps getting stronger.

But now, if I'm a parent or a player, if I'm a parent and I'm looking at a kid, like I look

at my two and a half year old and I say, "Okay, I can't wait to get him playing and what does

this mean for his pathway?"

And there's so many different ways to do it.

You can go the Alcaraz way.

He had an agent and he found Ferreiro at 14 years old and professional tennis was the goal.

His father was a coach, his grandfather built tennis facilities.

So it was always there.

At some point still in his early teenage years.

But then you've got the Ben Shelton's of the world and you've got the, I think you mentioned

Cam Noori in a different conversation.

But guys coming through college and developing later and being okay with that and hitting

tour at 21, Ben Shelton comes on tour at 20, I think he was, where Felix O'Sheraliah

seems plays his first professional tournament at 14.

So we've got more of a range now, do you think than we used to?

Yeah, we've got quite a few range.

But when we look at the numbers, like the highest percentage of numbers, college is falling

right into the window to help players catapult to pro.

And even if they didn't do two years of college and just all of a sudden maturity and playing

well and winning matches, they jump out of college and straight into pro.

That can happen.

But we're seeing players learn mature, grow physically, emotionally, all the right things

that we're seeing, all those things happening now.

Whether it's a later stage, it's not an early stage.

And we don't want to rush that.

I mean, there are players that will excel through.

We say they're the one percentest, right?

I mean, Alcarez was young when he came in.

But we're not going to see a lot of that anymore.

What we're starting to see is the more mature players are coming in later.

And you only have to look at this poll.

There's multiple players is very, very, very, they're all starting to peak, but they're in

their late 20s.

The other ones are going to learn.

They're going to go in and out, in and out.

But I mean, one of the cool things here is we're looking at two Americans in the quarter

finals of the French mate.

I mean, seriously.

That's massive news as far as I'm concerned.

Because they're known as hardcore players, both of those guys, especially Tiafah.

So they're going to put on a show, which is going to be awesome for quarter finals.

I'm happy that the Americans are there because that's good for your little boy.

We have to remind ourselves that idols are usually idols from each culture or each country.

Even though, you know, a lot of people idolize Federer and Nadal and Jokovych.

But they did that because they were the three kings, right?

I mean, now we're the big spread of people going in and out of the top 10.

I think we're going to see a lot more people following countrymen.

That's going to be really cool, especially in the American side, but it's been, you know,

sort of distant for quite some time on the American men's side.

So, I think it's also my last point here would be for the social player.

And usually watching, you know, 19 to 28-year-olds, you know, battling it out as superheroes,

just gets this excited and we want to go play.

But it's a reminder that we're all younger than we used to be.

And I say that because when we say, you know, 40 is the new 30 and 50 is the new 40.

We're healthier.

We're younger as a species.

We're able to do more as we get older.

So I think that should encourage the social player to say, you know what, I can go out

and still play.

I don't have to age out.

I don't have to switch to pickleball just because I don't think I can handle it.

But I don't have to say, well, tennis is a young man's sport anymore.

I can still play.

I can do this.

If no one can do it, so can I.

Yeah, I think there's a lot of things I can help with that.

If everyone wants to learn that in other talks where I can actually help you understand

biomechanics, you know, things you need to change when you get older and you do that and you

can enjoy the sport just as well as you did in your 20s.

But what I will finish with our last whatever minutes we've got left is just go USA.

I mean, you've got four American players and quarterfinals at the French Open.

That's amazing.

Like that just, you know, if there's one country that's standing out, this is it.

So let's put it out.

Let's highlight them go USA.

It's good to see the strong, strong dominance, which is great for your little kid.

And I'm sorry for you pickleball guys out there, but tennis still dominates, baby.

Let's go.

And the tennis is still king.

Yeah, it's the more we keep getting players like this in the quarterfinals or four of them,

the more we're going to dominate out of this bloody pickleball.

So I can say, I agree.

Justin, I appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

This has been 10 minutes of tennis with Justin.

Thank you, sir.

We'll see you next week.

Cheers, my cow.

US.

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