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This is live and we're going to tell everybody it is Tuesday, January 21st.

So we just finished watching the first half of the men's quarter finals.

And Justin Yo, this is 10 minutes of tennis with World Round Tennis Coach Australian in

Puerto Rico.

Justin Yo.

What do you want to talk about today, the Australians in Australia?

Who's going to win?

Where do you want to start?

I think there's some pretty cool stuff though.

Let's say that, you know, quarter finals, we've got two Italians in the men's side.

That's something pretty cool to talk about.

Because back in the days, way, way, way back in the days, there used to be a lot of Italians.

So it's good to see some of the Italians coming back into this level of tennis.

It will spice up that country too, which is good because there was always good tennis

back in the days from that.

So yeah, I always like to look at all the countries and see what's going on.

And we've got two Americans as well, which is absolutely awesome that's still happening.

We've got Americans on the other side too and the women's side as well.

So definitely waving the American flag at the Australian Open again on both sides, which

is really cool because we used to have all the women to their nothing on the men's.

And now we're seeing both getting this deep into the semi-servant of the Grand Slam.

So it's really good to see you.

I think the interesting point is out there, John David's playing against Alcharez.

It's hard not to start there, isn't it?

It's hard not to stop there because he, man, he just looked as good as I saw him when he

was on the practice board with Murray.

And I made that point when we talked weeks ago that I said he just looked so good.

And it was in just a warm up before he started the whole tournament.

So he looked that good last night.

What's really interesting for me is that he has to get through Alcharez.

And you probably have to get through Svavrev, but then he has to get through Sinner.

Yeah, there, just there alone, is a Hawaiian marathon.

And if he could do all three, then he deserves the Hawaiian Iron Man tennis marathon award, especially

his edge to keep adding that in just there at the end.

So if anyone could do it, he's got the mental capabilities and the heart to do it.

I just want to know if his body can keep up for those three players in a row that are all

playing well.

All playing well.

Yeah, I think was it Alcharez was one of the few people that ever do that in the tournament,

beating the three seed, the two seed, then the one seed.

When he first came out, this age to knock off, get another strain out from Gray Slam.

Yeah, the ability.

He looks good, but boy, talk about a hill.

I mean, that's getting on a treadmill and just putting the ink line like this in a moment.

And he had a little bit of a tweak of the, I think it was the one of his groin muscles

at the end of the first set, that's a last night, yesterday, whenever you want to say, so

we'll see how he recovers from that.

Because again, age isn't, you trade the youth for the wisdom.

And in his case, in watching that match last night, technically this morning, we saw the

wisdom and we saw the youth in Alcharez.

And in this case, wisdom overtook, but I want to go back to your comment about the Italians.

Sinner is obviously the favorite over demonore.

I don't know that he's got anything that can hurt him, love to go for the Aussie in Australia,

but maybe he can pull off a miracle there.

For me, the interesting one is, I think Ben Shelton has a path to the semis.

He does.

He played well, but so, so.

And he's got to beat as a guy who's 55 in the world.

And son to go is, you got a chance too.

That's what I'm saying.

He looks at the same opportunity.

Agreed.

Agreed.

And both of them, awesome.

Whoever gets into the semis.

Whoever's in the quarters, it's great that they both there.

And this will boost both their careers, not just ranking wise, but they'll boost their confidence

and be up this level.

You know, we've talked about this.

There's a big tidal wave of players coming on the male side that just can shine and

have a tournament all the way through.

Again, it depends on where the draw is, too.

So look where they've met each other, right?

So.

And I was looking at Sonego's draw.

And we say, hey, good for the Italians being in the quarter finals.

That dude has beat nobody.

I mean, sure, he made learner Tien.

I don't want to say he's a nobody, but let's say no seeded player did Sonego have to face

to get to the quarter finals.

That is the luck of the draw.

Yeah.

Yeah, Mickerson got three, two, like he's had some big matches.

But Mickerson got a win.

Mickerson beat a seeded player.

So Niko's hadn't beat anybody in the top 32, at least.

Yeah, well, from finishing touch on the men's side, I would just say, I'd love to see him

get there again as an old coach of myself tennis wise.

Yeah.

Yeah, you want to go all the way again.

Just would be just unbelievable.

Yeah.

And there should be honestly an Iron Man t-shirt given to him if he can accomplish this

no question.

Pretty amazing.

I agree with that.

It's like watching Jimmy Connery and I keep it up.

The three people are most informed is very, very, very outperasted center.

So two feet of more strain open will be just miraculous.

It'll be amazing.

We'll see.

And on the women's side, we definitely not sleep on the next two matches.

Exactly.

We're on a state of late here.

Yeah.

I got a lot of side on the women's side.

I was just so impressed with Madison Keys.

I really hope she can stand this same headspace and just believe she's always had a good

game.

She's always had a big game.

I just hope she can keep believing because she just stepped on that court the other day yesterday

and just believed it was amazing to watch.

And it was rocky.

I mean, I've never seen a name right, but anyway, she just gave it to her name Madison just

bounced back and just took off.

It was amazing to see.

So I don't think SwearTech has the juice in the final against Sabelanker if it comes to

that point.

Sabelanker's got some serious belief right now.

But I think Madison can beat Spherdina.

It's a bit of a little bit of Lina, yeah.

Yeah.

I think she can beat her for sure.

And we could see Madison go a lot deeper, but to knock off, well, I think the SwearTech

Madison Keys match would be awesome to watch because I think Madison can beat her in

power off the court if she just swung away.

But then if she gets to Sabelanker, that'll be very interesting.

Yeah.

And we've got a couple of Americans.

Coco Gough famously has lost now.

So she's out of the quarter finals.

So you've got Badosa and Sabelanker.

I guess everybody assumes Sabelanker can get past Badosa, but you never know.

Navarro will show some signs.

And maybe she just goes for broke if she does.

That'll be very interesting against SwearTech.

SwearTech is very consistent, but let's see what happens.

We could have an American semi.

Yeah.

How would be an old American semi?

And in that case, at least one American in the final, which is--

Which is called the old.

I assume Coco assumed that would be her.

Yeah, Coco did, but again, I think she-- if she's going to go back to the--

what's going on, she's just going to go for that bowl a bit more.

She definitely very consistent, very steady.

But if you look at these players that are winning, they're hitting the winners.

They're not just waiting for errors.

So that's the only thing I would say is that she needs to start using her power swings

and go for it.

And you just mentioned it about power that Cicu Pairs was saying that he gets

played off the court.

Well, that's how I would say the women's tennis is becoming.

If you don't take the swing or take the shot, that's the way it's going.

Definitely, they're getting bigger and stronger in every way, if you look at the top.

Well, if we look back a few years, that's how Venus Williams was dominant at times.

That's how Sherri Povo was dominant at times.

Go back further, Lindsay Davenport.

You have some of these girls that were just crushing the ball and the other--

the Ash Bartees that end up number one in the world with some creativity.

There-- I don't want to say few and far between, just less of them.

Yeah, I think that's a really good point to make.

If you think about the Williams sisters, they were within three to four shots.

Now it's within about four to six shots where you've got to take the swing.

So you've got to be fit enough physically and mentally to say, OK, it's after five or six.

There's my shot back.

Yeah.

So it's a little deep, where it goes a little longer now and rallies.

But if you look at the women's side, it's definitely fast and who's not going to

do off the court.

Before we hit an 11th minute, one last question.

You got a feeling of the whole tournament.

I know you watch a lot of tennis.

Do you have a feeling are the young players?

Is this about a new generation?

Do we still-- do we have a big three now?

And in the men's side is the women's all power?

What's the feeling of the state of tennis?

Yeah, that's a really interesting point.

I think on the women's side, we're seeing a lot of ins and outs, which we have seen for

a while since the Williams sisters are out.

Which is intriguing because it keeps everybody looking for a new idol and looking for new people

and there's no just one dominant at the top.

So I think, again, surfaces, you just never know.

On the clay, that's where it's all going to change on the next tournament.

They all talked about the strain over being a little faster this year.

That's why I would probably see a lot more power games this year and a lot more winners.

I'm sure if they looked at it over the years, we've seen a lot more winners this year than

we've seen in the past.

So it's been very interesting as far as that side.

On the men's side, I keep saying, there's just wave of guys within the top 100.

They just never know.

They'll turn these things on and then they call off a miracle win, you know.

So what we do have to realize too is because of that strength, the top guys had to work harder

to get to the final, keep improving.

So it becomes now like a marathon race at the end who really has it anymore because the

strength that they're playing in these first few rounds is not just an easy give and take.

You have to gut it out and finish it off.

If you looked at the five setters that were in the first three, four rounds, it was pretty

impressive.

So that's where I'd say there's a lot more strength on both sides at the moment.

All right, great.

Justin, thank you so much.

This has been 10 or 12 minutes of tennis with World Cup.

Great.

Just take that as you pay for tickets.

That's what matters.

Oh, yeah, that's what matters, right?

Yep.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

This has been 10 minutes of tennis with Justin, yo.

Thank you.

We'll see you next week.

Cheers, buddy.

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