2026 US OPEN DAY 11: Rybakina Claims World No. 1, Gauff Survives, Zverev Rolls & More

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No. No, that's true. It's honestly with all the outlets and everything. Like, you could plug in like an electric grill. Activities. You could cook out. Yeah. I mean, you can do whatever you want. You can throw some sausages on the grill. You can do some chicken. On the barbie. On the bus. Maybe there's a little shrimp on the barbie. Yeah. No. We had some big matches. The best story of the day that gets completely kind of like swallowed up by the U.S. Open of things. Atlanta, Rebecca. No. Number one in the world. I mean, it's unbelievable. She cuts off the 99-week range. Yes. Second week range. Which one? Which one? I think that's sixth all time for a consecutive run in WTA history. But our service now is out of the day. Actually, it was going to be Atlanta, Rebecca, being the 30th woman to reach number one since the WTA rankings began in 1975. And at 27, she's the second oldest player ever to get there for the first time. Do you know who is the oldest? No. No. Kerber. It's 28. Damn it. Yeah. Before the show, I was trying to ask him. And he was saying a couple other words. Kerber. Very recent. Kerber. What? It's so good. And let's get back to it. We'll get back to it. She won three majors. Like-- Was it to that year that you made-- Yes, Kerber is-- Fuck. She was good. She clever. Smart good player. Got great player. Hall of Famer. Yeah. Anyways, congrats to Elena, Rebecca. Two majors, number one. That's a wrap. H-O-F. She's an olive. She was in it probably. I mean, wrap. Yeah. Wrap City. Done. And also, coming into the tournament, big storyline. Four women who have a chance for the number one ranking. All playing with that extra layer on top of a U.S. Open. All four-- we talk about clutch. Yeah. All four make the semis. Now, we're about to end it. Right? Ended it. Down on count, like, over. And all four women did as much as they possibly could. To leave here with the number one ranking. Yeah. Unbelievable. The opportunity for them all to shift around, too. Like, Jess could go up to number two. Like, he's going to all move around and just to point out, you know, Rebecca is defending over 2,000 points the rest of the season, including WTA championship points. Soba Link is defending only 840. So she could retake number one by the end of the year. So all of this for the points and all the all the ranking stuff. All this still matters. But for now, come Monday. Winner lose the next match in the championship. World number one. Guess how she's going to be introduced for the rest of her life. It's pretty cool. Former World number one Atlanta, we're back in. It's pretty cool. Sick. Congratulations. Awesome. Respect. Props. All that stuff. And. For all your hard work, you get Cocoa off in the semis. Who snuck past. Snuck past. Down match. Snuck past. Mirror and Drave today. That was a match. It was. Drama filled. Coco has. The biggest interior insurance policy in tennis. She doesn't have to hit it well. She can run. She can scrap. She can shrink the court. She is so fast that instead of, you know, playing inside. You know, a foot foot and a half in line. She shrinks it to six inches. Like all of that stuff. Matters. She does not need to hit the ball well to win. Simply. And. We get criticized. I mean, she gets criticized sometimes. We should go three sets. She just wins. She doesn't care what it looks like. She doesn't care how she does it. If she's hitting the ball great. Perfect. I'm going to win three and three. If I'm not, then I'm going to claw and scratch. And you are going to have to knock me out. There's no winning on cards with Cocoa golf. Yeah. You have to knock her out. Yeah. You have to. You have to beat her. Yes. Because you can't leave the door slightly open. Right, but didn't look horrible. But I want to ask you, I mean, you know, she was. Cocoa was leading 5-0. You know, before the match in terms of the head to head. Yeah. And Rayba isn't. She doesn't shy away from the big lights in the big moments. No. But you know, she lost match points. She had two match points. Here's the one. Here's the one. Talks about that pressure Cocoa puts on you. She was. Well, it's just repetitive. It's like. It's volume. Two or three extra balls. Every point. She's probably that over the course of a match. And you're going to have some bad misses. Like it just happens. It's just volume. Right. The one thing that like a couple points before match point. I think Mirah hit like 17 or 18 straight balls to Cocoa's forehead. Like we were in the green room and it was like, oh my god. I've actually never seen this. Yeah. And then she had one of the back at a loss point. That's crazy. On match point. James. I was sitting with James Blake. And she hadn't been going after her serve. Right. She'd kind of just been spinning it in. And we both had her going meatball forehand. See if Cocoa can steer one in. Mm hmm. She went meatball straight into the back end. I saw that. Yeah. That's the only one I think they're probably going to talk about tonight. She missed it. Yeah. You miss a ball because Cocoa fine. Like that's going to happen. That was a strategic error in my opinion. I don't know how you don't find the forehand. It's the least risky serve. You know, especially you're throwing it in. Make Cocoa create some pace on our forehand. Her back end is, you know, if not the best, then the shortest of list for the best in the world. That's my one great. And then third set. Cocoa does what she does. Crimes out. Green Slim wins. Turn the crowd. And then ground it out. Yep. I'm excited for the Rebok and a Cocoa match. Offense defense. Here we go. Matchups. Make fights. Well, I believe Andrew set on the desk tonight. I think she's spot on. I like that. Rebok and I think as the best serve in the world, ball striking. She's one of the people that can actually hit winners against Cocoa. Cocoa is one of the only ones that can, you know, handle pace through her back inside. Create some spin up and away from Rebok and who's what six foot one something like that. I mean, she's super tall, super athletic. I can't wait to see that one. It's going to be that cat and mouse. I don't think there are going to be a lot of mysteries about who's going to play which way. Yeah. But I can't wait to see it. How much how much weight do you put on the fact that they just played in Toronto? Right in Rebok and won that match. I mean, what three sets? Yeah. But in terms of recent C for Cocoa, what does she take away from previous match? Or is this a completely different ballgame? It would matter more to me if Cocoa had one Cincinnati and rocked. Yeah. Ashtadium. No offense to the Canadian Open, but that's a little different. Yeah. So I you know me. I value recency. I value matchups. I like in this one. Maybe less so. But also like Rebok and I want to harp on it one more time. No, she has to make the semis to be number one. Mm hmm. It's carrying an injury into this event. Mm hmm. Has never really played well in New York City. Doesn't like it. Gets through all of that makes the semis. Raps are right up. Fantastic effort by Elena Rebokina. And she's going to have to go through at least two of the other people that were in on for number one. Arena and Jess. I mean, nine four overall for arena. Yeah. They've played the last two us opens two years ago to final last year in a semi. Jess has improved her serve. And she's probably because of players like arena subalala. If not mostly because of arena subalala. Right early in their matchups a couple years ago arena would just unload a Jess a second serve. Yeah, she just she has had to improve. Rhythm for an room. She has. She's had to improve her serve. She's had to move her second server on the box. Arena has made Jess a better player. Can we go can we go back to having arena on the desk. Yeah, that's a great call. And just kind of what it what it's like knowing that they've seen enough of each other. Yeah, right? That it's it is going to be a highly strategic. Yeah, good call. I was on last Friday. We did red zone on the SPN, which basically happened around a bunch of different matches. And they, you know, we get it in our here and we hear. Sobel link is coming to the desk and I'm going all right. Well, we're hopping around. So I don't know how to do TV. So I'm like, okay, we're going to hop around and we're doing an interview in real time. Like I hope she jumps in like I've been making it easier. Yeah, you know, because you have to break point here You have to acknowledge it and then you have to you know pay your respects to the guests who came also obviously the World number one and So I asked her a question which she could have gone either way. It was like Jess was down today at a point of Grand Slam You might be down, you know, what's it like you just have to survive those days? So she could have taken it anyway my way where it's like oh, yeah, I've been down. It's tough or like the focus on the map That's is on our monitor. She goes in on on on Jess and Starts predicting serves where she's going in what count and she went four for four. It was awesome television It's unbelievable. Yeah, it was it was so much fun. It's like I don't know that anyone ever says about arena because her gifts are so obvious People aren't like oh, she you know, it's she doesn't have the weight of shot, you know behind her So she has to figure out different ways to win and no, they're all really good and smart. No, it's going on Yeah, she comes in that boom boom boom boom boom you makes it I've been trying for two hours and we couldn't do anything She was she was it was it was fantastic television. She has to feel good in this match up, especially in this venue Just came in most match wins. I think was her 50th last night. Yeah, the season up Was that a Saturday? It was that of the day. That's great. Just out of yesterday. Oh nice. Sorry. I'm sorry Nice punchy week. Yeah, okay Yeah, but I mean coming in it was Justice farmers good at Reena's wasn't I think your Reena's looked better the last couple rounds. I Think she's looked as good as anyone. Yeah, no skit. No skit, but might have been the toughest Quarter final and she almost maybe she almost like seemed like when she came to the mic after that Like she was like I have worked to do, but also I feel like she had this different look in her eyes like this is business And we're going well when you've been losing a lot of close matches like you question. Yeah closing that match out Again, someone informed who is a killer also That would do a lot for a Reena sub-linko. It'll absolutely do a lot of I cannot wait top four women in the semis first time in the US open since 1975 That's crazy Last time it happened in any slam was wimbleed in 2009. Can you name the women that were in the one 51 years ago? That was the last time at the 75. Yeah, no Chrissie Martina Virginia Wade Yvonne Gulagon Gulagon. Yeah, I mean you you kind of just guess Chrissie Martina Like me in there, but yeah, no, I wouldn't have said it many offensive. I just I would have been if you would have said it I would have probably jumped out of the moving car. I would I would have been so shocked. I would have I would have I would have been guessing I hope I tell the story right because it was really funny Jason Goodall kind of always gives little bits of trivia when he's working with you and is he's great and engaging and you know Intertaining, but he'll did you know the last player from so we asked him like he started going in Sangros. I don't know Jason It was pretty funny. Thanks for listening to Served. 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I mean, he's a hundred percent. He's gonna be a hundred percent gas tank full and Favorite I mean, I don't see why not right. I mean, I he's reached at least the semis of all four slams this season Right first time ever because he had never made it past the fourth random blue Yeah, and then he's he's feeling super confident I think in his post-match even you know, he's messing around with Sam, you know and like telling jokes But I might take away on that, you know was he was like I stayed up all night last night and watch that whole match I don't know if I believed him when he said and I'm just like that's that's crazy I think he was just kind of he's like I was in a sleep till 1 p.m. Anyways. No, I mean to be fair That's about his bedtime past two weeks What do you say he said I'm on I've been playing the U.S. U.S. Open on Melver time. Yeah, it was pretty funny Yeah, that's everybody Karen Hatchenoff Blocked has to retire was all of these tough literally beat up for the feed up had a trainer for a foot had a leg wrapping had Was his rib he was just he was all beat up. Yeah, he's kind of looked it from the second set on We were kind of looking forward, but props to Hatchenoff Career high of number eight has been one of the top players loved the extended format Made back-to-back hard court grand slam semi finals in semis here in 22 and then I'll stride in 23 Really good player really good guy like always friendly I mean, I'm kind of around tennis again and like every day he stops and says hello like really really friendly easy kind of easy energy To cheer for so you know, he had lost he lost a Bernie Tomic Who's 171 in the world badly in Los Cabos before he went to the two master series events Lost first round in both of those. Yeah, 50 in the world, which for him is like it looks weird next to his name Which obviously is the recipe? Yeah, of course for semi-flat all this has been like throw Data in recency out the window. I think he had lost like 10 straight matches or something up until I don't know this point That sounds like a lot, but that's I mean, it's it's it's been it had to have been the worst run of his career But anyways happy for him to get through and the thing that I like about him right is your Playing you know by his standard. He's playing like shit recently, right and to still be fit enough to be ready If you somehow find form to grind out TN and still make a run of the semis and have plenty of energy left You know, he's not fading with his preparation just because he's not winning matches I respect that I think he's a I think he's a grown-up. Yeah, that's what I think yeah Anything else? Yeah, actually in our comment section Sophie brought this up. She said a lot of people are pissed about the 4am finish. Yeah, why we didn't utilize something else Okay, also people in California are thrilled They are thrilled. We saw data who wrote into our show today. She was at the tournament her friends from California She's like I love that I was jet lagged. I stayed up easy. Yeah, okay, so here it is. There's a lot of people Nobody likes it. Nobody likes finishing it for no great So we got that out of the way, so we don't have to have people respond with I don't like it. Yeah, okay, so good Let's take that out. We don't have no one like staying up to four. Yeah, yeah, right? Nope now What are the solutions? Mm-hmm. Okay Here it is. I think I got it. Okay. I asked a question today and I found the answer kind of went poking around Do you technically have to play all quarterfinals? On Arthur Ashe Stadium. I mean no the answer's no the answer's no I played on court won multiple Wimbledon semi-finals. Oh really? Yes Yes, and the guy that I played in one of them I ran into in the bathroom like on one of the concourses today Mario Anchich okay, I had to run out he's the greatest guy. I was like got to go. I love him anyway. I love him, but Okay, you have two prime women matches yesterday. Mm-hmm on Ash Dayshash day session is sold sweets are sold months ago If you put foe and Nicholson on Armstrong you will not run into the the night session It will start on time arm Armstrong's rocking foe wants to keep playing there. Yeah, he never wanted to stop playing there He didn't want to come to Ash. No, he had to all right So there's no chance that you run into the night session because where they got screwed up and Listen, you can't predict superbreakers in every match like Sorry, it could just as easily have been half like it's just it's the nature of our game Yeah, and people are like well you got to like control it. It's like okay Then you're gonna have at some point if you make the men two out of three you're gonna have an hour and thirty minute night session It's gonna suck. Yeah, yeah Someone's gonna get hurt and then someone and then you it sucks. I mean, I mean listen It's a nature of the beast in terms of of live sports and it is not a team sport right quarterback goes down the But the game keeps going there's finite time. I get all that. I think For me, you know, it's just yeah utilize the other space bounce around the matches one of them's bound to bound to go I want about one of them's bound to go a long time. I don't - I don't think it's big of an issue, but it's tough. It's the recovery is not fair to one person versus the other. It's imperfect, like it's not great. Also bring an idea, right? But if even take today, take today. They let people come down from the top to fill the bottom during hatching off in blocks. - Thank God. - Great. If that wasn't a retirement, the night session would have been pushed again. - Yeah. - Why can't that exist on Armstrong? - Actually, I was visiting one of our sponsors in a suite and they were in a suite for the day session. And actually, actually they kicked out. It was service now, actually. - Okay, go ahead. - What's up, Chris? But they actually were having the people that were there for the day session, leave the suite because another group was coming in for the evening session. They gave them these orange tickets where they were allowed to go down and fill in empty seats. - Yeah. Right, so those people got to stay and watch the rest of the match that they started with. And I was wondering about that. You're like, gosh, how do you do all that? And it's a feat. It's a feat for them to clear everything out, clean everything up, get the new people in, get the new guests in. And there's a way to alleviate some of that, too. And I do think putting a match on Armstrong with having a grandstand or with having a GA, I also think that ups the value of your general admissions to where you can come and fill that with people that have grounds passed. - I wouldn't sell a quarterback. - I don't know the US Open for GA. - Yeah. - Amazing. - Yeah. - That's amazing. - I'm sure I'm missing some sort of area where there's like a profit center for something, but like, I don't know. Like, there might be a question for ESPN, right? - I don't know why, well, they don't make the schedule. I don't know why, you know, but that actually, that doesn't matter. 'Cause if we're at ESPN, we have, we want to get to night session. - Yeah. - And like, we have like the Bingo Bingo coverage going, it's fantastic. Like, I love it when there's a lot of stuff going on. Like, I don't know why we would risk, and they got away with it today, but I don't know why we risk setting back night session tonight after last night with hatching off and blocks. - Yeah. - Like, I don't know if they fill Armstrong. You had to let the people down, like, I don't know. Like, I don't know why every quarter final has to be scheduled on Ash. - That's probably the biggest thing. - Yeah. I don't know. - All right. - Anything else? - I don't think so. - All right. - Well, in that case. - We got our start of the day in. We got some great matches tomorrow. I don't think, you know, I look at it. I'm like, who do you have? When you have the top four women in, how do you do an eight-sleep sleeper pick when it's one, two, three, and four? - Oh. - For our next round. So I think we're just gonna wait. We're gonna wait until it's over. - I know what the sleeper pick is. - Oh, what is it? - It's obvious. - Is it? - Yeah. It's Sablelenka. - Oh. - But not in any match. - Yeah. - It's because we learned about the eight-sleep pod from her co-jans. - Oh! - Let's go! - That's why. - We did actually. - I don't know what the sleeper pick is for, but it's definitely her. - Yeah. - That's it. - Clearly it's working. - It is. - I like it. - God, you're really, you've really found a lane. - You've really found quite the lane. - Transmographer. - Expert on cars. - Oh my gosh. I mean, I'm gonna become a car salesman after this. - I can sell this thing to anyone. - All right. - Tuckishon, doing a great job. Producer Quinn-Wen, doing a great job. - Producer, Jack. - 'Cause you picked him. 'Cause I picked him. - You picked who? - Jack. - Ah! - That was nice. - That was nice. - That was nice. - That's what I got him to get it. Got him, got him kind of like, 'cause the official vehicle of the US open, we are quick served and we are brought to you by service now. - We're going to bed before the day's end. - Oh my God, this is great. - I have my dream job. But even dream jobs have not so dreamy parts. That's where ServiceNow's AI specialist come in. They don't just tell you what to do about your busy work. They actually do it. [BLANK_AUDIO]