2026 US OPEN DAY 3 RECAP: Monfils & Gauff Advance, Bencic Falls, and More

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We might hit some traffic on the celebrities that are leaving. Oh, should we just roll on the window? Should we just see who we got? See if they want to come mess with Sean's trans-bographer. You know what I think they definitely want to mess with? The AK Studio reference audio system. That is with Dolby Atmos. That's what I thought. But you know what else this car has? Tell me. A fronk. There's so much room for activities. Oh my god, there's so much room for activities. I walked out at Rob. Our driver was literally, he was in the fronk with his cleaning supplies, because Rob keeps a clean because he's fresh. He's just rippin city in the fronk. Thanks Rob. Business in the fronk party in the, I don't know, it's just in the fronk. We've lost this episode already. Oh my god. We've left the garage. We were now out of the garage. So let's set the table. We are leaving a little bit early. Yala's playing right now. Zverev is rapping things. And by early we mean not to. Yeah, yeah, yeah, not to. Yeah. They have suspended play on the outer courts, because it has started raining again. Yala looks like. Yala's currently up. Six ones. Zverev is upset. They are on serve late in the second set. But we did have some completed matches today. Sir Taylor Fritz, a rolled young Darwin Blanche. He didn't get broken 149 to 54 or four first serve points on the front foot the entire time. Mixed up return positions. This is back sometimes. This is up sometimes. Came to the net. Showed a little. Well, flash the net. Yeah. I thought he looked good, you know, of the kind of Americans that we're looking at. Tien, knock, Fritz, all rolled, Ben, foe, TP, little nervy starts, but they all got through. Is it too early first out of the day? I don't think it's too early for a Saturday because you hit me with a good one. Yeah. And it's 1996. Yeah. And you said that was the last time at least five US men were seated in the top 16. And I hope that's true. And that doesn't include our boy Tommy ball, which is right on the edge. Listen, we said goodbye to Stan while Renka yesterday. We gave him his flowers and well deserved on this show. Long feast, we didn't know it was going to be so hard to say goodbye to yesterday. Hashtag boy cement. I didn't know if it was going to happen, but gets through loses the first set and then rolls by Yeho. I think it's his birthday today. It is his birthday. He's 40. He's 40. Frickings. God. He's 40. Ah. My back hurts. Completely different narrative. For the sequel. This is 40 for him. Yeah. Yeah. Anyways, he looked. He looked fun. I mean, he plays tennis, like he's always kind of played tennis this way, but especially now with like retiring and there's pretty much zero fucks given for him at this point. He like we were doing the highlights from the the Terrace and Ash. Yeah. I mean, they showed three points. He looked at you. He was playing a horse. He's like backboard. It was, it was really fun to watch. Did you see this? This might be the start of the day. Oldest player to win a singles match at the US Open main draw since Jimmy Conner's in 1992, who also did it on his 40th birthday. Well, I don't know what we getting down to the hour there who was born first. I don't know. Are we doing like who's earliest in the day? That's wild. You know, it's wild as like Conner's was amazing is obviously like I love Jimmy. It's a coach of mine. And like that was such an outlier when he did that and I so 92, he lost second round. That was the last time he played or 91 was when he made the semis at 39 and it was like the craziest thing we'd ever seen in our lives. Yeah. And now it's like we're having a we you're having a conversation about no back. It's like, oh no, is he going to go to I'm like the guy's 39. Yeah. Like he's as old as Conner's was when he made the semis one time. Monfee's 40 Conner. That's a good company for for Gail. But you know, I was talking about it on here. Gail Monfee's you try to digest players in different ways when when they're retiring and you know, you see what it is, it's like Stan. It's like Matt respect. You know, Roger's walking around. Or it's nostalgia and you miss it and it's like you're thankful and you see all of these things as a tennis fan. Gail, maybe as much as any player I've ever seen, when you watch him, I would like to like live inside his eyeballs for one day because I don't know that I've ever gone through an entire day where everyone was happy to see me. Like think about he walks around and everyone is always happy to see him. Like his legacy is going to be. He's going to come back in three years back, oh, like I just so much swag, like you should have seen the shots. I mean, it was like, he's going to come back 20 years from now and players would be like, I've seen that those YouTube highlights, like yeah, sick, like every once it won't must it be like to, like it seems like his wife, Spitalina is always happy to see him. I mean, he literally pulled out a like like one of the most iconic shots I've ever seen in the mixed doubles. Oh, it was a joke. And then the whole point was a joke. And you're just like 40, you just turn 40 today. You feel like someone in the sky is using a joystick and he's just like the character in the video game who's just pulling off insane stuff. It literally is like, it's like watching like Mike Vick in his head or like Reggie Bush. Oh, that's cool. Yeah. But were you just like, how did they do that? Russell Westbrook, just. Yes. Dominique Wilkins. Oh, my God. I mean, he's up there with that type of athletic capability. Yeah. I'm happy to see we're going to get to see him again, a lot of fun. Very cool. In his truck, I was like, what's he like for every, like every person you see is happy that you just walked in front of him. Amazing. Kaboly down two sets. Bro. Shut a little, shut a little bit of the old. What did he do? He did the, what did he do with the meme? The meme? Oh, he like, he was like glaring to the sun and then smiled and he knew what was going on. He just, like on the video. He's just like vibing. He's just, he was o-9 heading and heading into this match and slams when down two sets, first two sets and this. He gets his redemption. And I think, I don't know, I mean, you tell me, right? Like, when you see a guy like him who's kind of coming up through the ranks, he's, he's called. He's starting to make, you know, himself a regular presence. Yeah. I mean, how important are matches like this to like dig yourself out? Yeah. I mean, I was talking about a Wimbledon and like, he's made the quarters of Wimbledon in 25 and made the finals of the French this year and made the quarters of Wimbledon this year. Like, he's, I mean, he's five in the world. Yeah. Like, he was one match away from knockin' Novak out of the top four seats here. I mean, we got to get props at some point and like digging deep. He's kind of showing us new layers each time. Oh, you're digging deep and you got like that grit. You got, you know, it's, that was cool to see. And the caption thing was funny. I don't know how any of that works, obviously. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But what's the internet? What is the internet? What is the cinema? Yeah, I would see. Is that one of our shows? That's where our show goes sometimes. I thought you just sent it to your friends? No, it's, yeah. Paul, 200. A lot of, a lot of friends. 50,000 of them. No. Okay, well. Popular guy. Well, thanks for finding us. Musetti. Good to have him back. Missed a lot of time this year. French and Wimbledon with injuries. Beat Fairy. Yeah. You know. Fairy fights, it's going to be a little bit different when the ball gets up out of the zone. You know, it stayed a little bit further down at Wimbledon. But made the finals last weekend in Winston-Salem. Post Wimbledon, so that was great. But Musetti's fun to watch, man. When he has time on that back in, Rip City. Thanks for listening to "Served." We will be right back. As tennis fans, we hear so much about the toll the slams take on players. But we rarely dig in on the core thing that keeps players rested. Sleep and recovery. When I was on tour, recovery had a different meaning. Now, technology enables coaches and players to track their fitness in an entirely new way. And eight sleep is revolutionizing how athletes manage their rest. Eight sleeps pod is a smart mattress cover that tracks an adjust your sleep temperature to keep you cool and promote up to 34% more deep sleep. 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First one American playing at the US open You're gonna feel a little bit of that Anxiety just normally and two like you always feel a little chippy first round of a grand slam Like you just do you've been waiting around the anticipation builds You know It's about one of the best match. I think I saw As far as level maybe not the drama, but Coco and Sommez. It was fun. They played watching that. Great. That was awesome. The crowd was into it and They showed the stats and we were kind of doing the fill between matches and Oh, okay, I got sidetracked. I'm gonna come back to Coco, but I have a story to tell you You're just looking out the window guys. Yeah, well, I thought of it I thought of Sommez and then I thought you know I was I was about to say we're doing the fill I was with Malika and then a story that Malika told me popped into my head, okay, and You know my obviously my energy is like oh look squirrel. Yeah, so we're gonna go down that rabbit hole Did you ever see in this gonna be a bomber if neither one of you seen it? I guarantee you he has it because he's 12 the Trish Bogger for G.J. Jazzy. G.J. Jazzy Sean Sean. Um, do you remember the I like turtles video? Of course I do. I like totals Do you remember this Sean never seen it? I like turtles. Yeah What are you doing here to say I like go look up I like turtles video, so I'm gonna get the title wrong and I made her say it twice So the person interviewing in the I like turtles video. Yeah, who's like he goes he goes I like to her and then she goes great All right was In charge of like the student journalism newspaper committee for Malika Andrew So she's like the person doing the interview in the I like turtles video is basically why I'm in journalism or why Mind Fucking blown Can you imagine a small of a world that is like that's amazing because I said I like turtles She's like oh my gosh. I can't tell you strum my that's the greatest thing. I've ever heard makes me so I have like that That's burned me into who I am today. Yeah, that zombie kid made her. Yeah Who she is today? Yeah, anyway, it's cocoa. Look right? We were doing the thing and they they put the stats up And I said it's gonna be pretty simple When cocoa has more aces than double faults It's usually gonna go well for her Right, and then we forget like last year they were showing some of the The photos and videos of her last year and remember I mean you kind of forget as we go But sitting on the switch over a hands trembling because she can't make a serve like Tonight her serve look great. She's moving great some as I thought played a really good match, but If Coco's hitting them all well. She's moving well. She's serving well There's only so much some us could do There's only so many places she can make gains and look that way too and and after the match I thought this is really cool, right? Like some as leaving shut pretty like Coco's clapping for Sean and I were talking about this. There's something about the young yeah women on the tour that like all support each other a little bit Like they're they're getting after it and they take the losses hard. Yeah, some as look great I think cocoa just literally just looks so comfortable cocoa stays at that level. She's gonna have to stay in this turn It is a lot. She could be variable. Well be number one of the world For those don't know for women could potentially be number one of the world after this tournament Break this down as best I can if we're vodka gets to the semis. It's a wrap. She won today Mm-hmm. It's Tia Froden Rebok and it was strange. She hit the ball amazingly well Was kind of not moving for balls that and I think she's she's hurt. You think so I do I didn't watch much of it But like she would like bleed from to the corners and then like Not urgently move in right there. These little things where she was kind of protecting So I don't know where she's at she hit them all perfectly like served and returned It was unbelievable like and maybe she's freed up because she knows she can't You know the biggest gift you can give a tennis player's clarity like even if she's injured She knows she has to do x-y and zeta even when it all. Yeah, I don't think she's completely healthy though So if you're Rebok and her team and you know, you know, you're playing a 17-year-old without a lot of experience and you feel early on that Exactly what you sense working, you know, you're able to kind of do whatever you want with you serve you're playing however you want or are you making a Conscious choice to be like I'm not running for those extra balls knowing you still need a little bit more time Yeah, I mean if you're up five two in the second set. You're not I mean it seemed like there was a conscious choice not to like Quick burst. I mean the only chance she had and she executed it perfectly was ball striking. Okay, right middle of court Try to hit a winner serve go big stand inside. I mean Froda. I was actually really impressed with her. She serves big Yeah, we haven't we haven't heard the last from her. She was she's cool. She's vibe. I still think it's amazing that she was the stunt double for Are the stand-in she's the she's the child body double. She played. Yeah, she played little Serena in King Richard. It's pretty cool. Very cool. But I thought she was great. I thought Rebok and I was clear and I also don't think she'd be playing this tournament if she was like seven in the world I think she wants that number one ranking and rightfully so like it you live with it forever, right? Yeah Can't go much higher than that so Pagula Coco, Saba Lanko off to win the tournament And they're still not it. Rebok and I have to make the semis no matter what if she makes the semis She's number one in the world Mira and Drave a role two and two Putin Saven Benchich. Benchich was up a set and four one. I Didn't see much of it. We were covering other matches, but was there drama? Did you see any of it? I didn't see anybody either. I mean I didn't know I mean benches is the first top 20 seed to lose on the Wim's draw It's where you don't see Benchich It's a weird thing for her to like let it lead go. Yeah, she's so button up. She's so focused But props to Putin Saven Pada Pada gets through sockery was down six two four one against Rob Montgomery who qualified and Pulled that out. That was a good match. Merton's gets through Maybe we'll take a look at tomorrow's matches because There's gonna be a lot of action. Yeah, a lot of matches that have been pushed two days in a row Pagula Kennen will be good. I expect just a role there Benchelle then he'll be her coach. That's gonna be Interesting. Yeah, he'll be can hold serve like he's gonna get through service games ranked 47 in the world right now That's a big stress test. I think of of any of the top players Ben going Greek sport her coach just based on matchups might be the toughest two round draw for for the top seats. So that'll be That deserves and will have Ben's full attention. I assume the roof's gonna be closed. I assume with the way the weather's gonna It's been it's gonna be on ash the second match on ash in the day session. Yeah, what do you see? What do you predict kind of the humidity in the building like who does that favor what's? When the when the balls jump in and it's outside. I like I like that better for Ben I think there's a more muted bounce when they close the roof gets a little bit more humid which slows the ball Down a little bit Costia plays Sloan Stevens Former USO winner. That's a fun one TP in a action Nakashima and maybe the American that's not getting talked about enough on the heels of kind of Contenderville coming in Alex Mikkelsson versus Nakashima Couple a couple silk out kids. I love that one. Just meet up in New York to homies Race to three sets New York Nakashima's look great. Mikkelsson is just a really good player that one that American on American thing where Nakas had kind of like a little run You know, I don't know that one. That one will be interesting. I'm in a varo versus Katie McNally. Another American showdown. Yeah. Is this the part where you say Cincinnati? I wasn't going to but I will Okay, I know you want to this guy. I know you want to okay. We're gonna story tell real quick Before we get going Mettie plays Gorsny. Mm-hmm. Can you explain that story, please? Yeah, I mean, I Sebastian Gorsny who was ranked 131 Be calling young first round here calling young beat Ben at Roland Garros Gorsny 176 and the fifth Great result. I'll be starting 731 is at the University of Texas. That's not the amazing part of this story even though it's impressive No, I mean he when he was playing a junior I'm kind of reading from a couple sources but during a junior tournament He started to feel unwell at Kalamazoo, which is the big junior national Kalamazoo He eventually like he basically had to retire. He was losing he had to retire eventually around 2 a.m. He went into convulsions His father woke up called an ambulance. They went to the hospital. He essentially fell into a coma Suffering from inflammation on his brain tissue and it was caused by a mosquito bite unbelievable And so he's he's in a coma and he was given a 5% chance There's five man and this kid fought through whatever depths the family pulled out of and whoever they talked to and he made it Through with no long-term event effects and here he is in the second round of the US open a few years later You know UT kid. I mean, but Austin kid now, you know playing at Austin, but I know you are two beautiful daughters As you know, my kids, I can't even imagine as a parent waking up seeing that and then having your life turned upside down just because you woke up and saw your son, I mean, it freaks me out. Thankfully. Yeah, I mean, it's like we're, you know, let's all be thankful because we're all this far away from, you know, something crazy happening. But there's a rainbow to this story, he's in the US and open playing, plays mevative. So you go from that situation, which I can't even imagine the pain, the stress, the recovery, to come and win a five-setter, the US Open, from 731 in the world. And then to be up against a guy who is a former World No. 1, former US Open Champion, you know, will be a Hall of Famer, you know, what a, what a dream. On Louis Armstrong, 11am. Yeah, amazing. So, listen, if you want something to root for tomorrow, go do that. Yeah. Fantastic. One. Amazing. Like, I'm happy we're not talking about a tragedy. We're talking about, you know, a story that has a happy ending. Yeah. So that's just fantastic. Doing shows from a car is fantastic. This is great. It's great. What else we got? You got anything back there, DJ? You got any, like, like the latest hits of Ibiza? Nothing? No. Nothing? No. Got nothing for us? These are birgs, awesome. Yeah. Yeah. He's so fun to watch. He's a vibe. Tell us about it. I mean, he, I don't have much to say. But he's fun to watch. Honestly, he plays so aggressive. Yeah. He plays really aggressive. He serves aggressive. You know, there's not a lot of time in between what he's allowing somebody else to do. The guy who's playing, and I'm blanking on his name, but he seemed to have him off with whatever he was doing when he was serving. And then when he's on the return, he's coming forward. Yeah, he's like, he is, he is getting after a downhill skier. Yeah. 100 percent. 100 percent. Yeah. He's very entertaining to watch. He's cool. Yeah. I'm just happy to be in this kind of like official vehicle of the US Open. I mean, the official vehicle of the US Open, and we'll be riding in it every single night. It's pretty cool. Like I kind of excited. Yeah. There we go. Anyways, this has been quick. I'm brought to you by service now. I'm going to get some sleep tonight. Yeah. It's going to be great. I'm going to be on the Carlos call tomorrow night, which I'm excited about. Are we allowed to say that? We just did. It's been so, I'm so. I have my dream job. But even dream jobs have not so dreamy parts. That's where service now is AI specialist come in. They don't just tell you what to do about your busy work. They actually do it. Meet new groupie setting mist from Mabelie, New York. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue, just plump, dewy, hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new groupie setting mist from Mabelie, New York. Maybe it's Mabelie.