Iva Jovic

“Basically, I mean, it sounds like, I don't want to diagnose this, you know, it's not like someone knocked on her door, she had a panic attack, she didn't realize that it was an anti-doping official, she missed the test. The ITIA essentially confirmed in broad strokes what had happened. Now we'll have to see. She's facing potentially a four-year ban, which is a lot for a missed test.”

“The talk here is already, this is going to be the next player, the next French player to win at Roland Garros. He beat Jean-Munar, five sets, drama, agita. And the way he has come back and recovered in one on service, beating Rubelv on Clay, he hits a huge ball, but he also gives himself some margin. If you were going to pick someone other than Sidor Alcaraz were going to win Roland Garros, I'd put him in my top five right now.”

“We are the hardest sport in the world. And do you know when we look soft as baby shit? Is when we complain about getting hit in doubles and when we complain about someone hitting an underhand served, as if they've done something to personally offend us. Get out of here. There is nothing wrong with it. If you get caught not paying attention, that's on you.”

“And suddenly we talk about the men having one and two that have separated themselves from the field. There are two really, really good players on the women's side who seem to be distancing themselves from the pack. This was indoor clay, right? So she's getting it done on a variety of surfaces. And yeah, this Rybakina, Sabalenka, look for it on the second Saturday in June as well. This has really become a two person race.”

“On tour, this is a different win. This is like, oh, OK. This is a nice win. Like, we say statement too much, but this is at least kind of, may I have your attention for 12 seconds while you're eating lunch? Ben won on slow clay in Munich. I was really impressed. I like what I saw. You would think tennis doesn't work this way, but you would think with his game and the way that his serve jumps, forehand jumps, you got to think Madrid would be a nice landing spot.”

“Remember, he had a great match last year at Roland Garros, who got the crowd into it. He beat Jean-Munar, five sets, drama, agita. And then he has that back injury, doesn't play for months and months and months. That is an injury that spooked a lot of people. And the way he has come back and recovered in one on service, beating Rubelv on Clay, he hits a huge ball, but he also gives himself some margin. He's so fun to watch.”

“Iva Jovic interview later in the show. Obviously, Phenom, 16 in the world at 18 years old, quarter finalist in Australia. Recently, semi-finalist in Charleston. She just keeps putting up results. I don't know her at all. I think I like her. I think she's awesome. I like the way she plays. Can't wait to hear more about her and her process and everything. If she's anything like the other young WTA stars that we've had on this show, we're good. They're all full adults, 35-year-old adults stuck in 18 years old.”

“The other thing that is the unknown, Maresmo struggled with it. It's really hard to play at home. We talk about the pressure in New York. We talk about the pressure in London. There's a real pressure in Paris. Like JW is talking about you were five weeks out and they're already talking about it, like with this guy. I mean, it's real, but it can go either way, right? Like I think it rarely stays neutral.”