00:00 - It's pretty nice when you can be known just by your first name, number one.
00:04 I love their post-match comments.
00:06 You know, look, I got nothing to lose.
00:08 Absolutely right.
00:09 She's already the goat of goats as it is.
00:12 People are flocking to see her.
00:14 I was actually surprised at how well she moved.
00:18 I didn't agree with Contivate's, what her plan was.
00:22 Like, it seemed like she was, wanted to go toe-to-toe with her,
00:25 which I think was a big mistake.
00:27 You've got to try to get longer extended rallies if possible.
00:31 You know, use angles, which I didn't think she did.
00:34 Maybe she can't do it.
00:36 But Serena was the one that was mixing it up.
00:39 She waited for the chance.
00:41 I mean, you got a second serve, watch out against her.
00:43 But she was actually playing some good defense as well,
00:45 which really, I think, surprised her opponent.
00:48 - Yeah, she played extremely precise.
00:50 Max and I, we talked about it yesterday.
00:52 But in that statement on the court, at the Encore interview,
00:54 she also said this is the first time she can play free since 1998,
00:58 which I thought was really-- and that's a long time ago.
01:00 That was in the last century, Max.
01:02 - That was in the last century, yeah.
01:04 I cannot imagine-- well, I can imagine it in a way, I suppose.
01:07 But I can't imagine feeling that way for 22, 23 years,
01:11 that I am the one, I'm the one that everybody wants to beat.
01:15 So is that going to last? I don't know.
01:17 Can you play tennis, win matches at the US Open,
01:21 and have that attitude for a very long time?
01:23 I mean, I guess you can compare it to Emma Raducanu winning last year.
01:27 There's no X on her back, and it was just confidence and having fun.
01:30 Serena, I mean, at some point, is it not going to be that much fun?
01:33 - You--you-- - What do you think?
01:35 - You used to do that. Like, you know,
01:37 Max would come in, he'd be ranked number one,
01:39 and he'd be like, "I'm not the favorite.
01:41 I don't think I can win this."
01:43 And, you know, you were throwing that--
01:45 - Yeah, that's right. - Ziggler all over everyone.
01:47 - He tricked them all into thinking that.
01:49 - And a little bit, Serena, I mean, of course,
01:52 she feels, obviously-- did you see her in the first set
01:55 of the first round? She felt a lot of pressure.
01:57 She wanted to be able to do her thing.
01:59 But I think she's absolutely right.
02:01 - Yeah. - And it is a great--
02:03 God, it's such--I just feel like she's in such a great place in her life.
02:06 - And it felt like-- - And it's coming through right now.
02:08 And now it's sort of gone into her tennis.
02:10 That's the great part.
02:12 - Now she's probably turning into the favorite here for some people.
02:15 And the whole world felt like-- was in the stadium at Tiger Woods,
02:18 for example. He was in the players' box
02:21 of Serena Williams. A lovely tweet there
02:24 from him right after the match.
02:27 And there it is. "It was a privilege to watch greatness.
02:30 Congrats, Serena Williams."
02:32 Wow, that's pretty nice. - Not bad.
02:34 - I mean-- - See, that's what I'm saying.
02:36 She's at that level, you know, the goat of goats.
02:39 You got Tiger Woods, you got LeBron James giving her love.
02:43 You got all types of people, deservedly so, by the way.
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