NADAL celebrated, Mid-Madrid Racket Rundown, Challengers Movie Review, and more

Andy and the Served Team bring this week's Racket Rundown in the middle of the Madrid Open action. They discuss some of the results so far including Felix Auger-Aliassime's win over Casper Ruud, Madison Keys' win over Ons Jabeur, and more. Andy talks about Nadal's emotional farewell to Madrid and argues this might have been the best result for Rafa heading into Rome and Roland-Garros. Also, Social Sophie joins the show to bring us her review of the newest tennis movie: Challengers.
0:00 Welcome to Served
0:30 Served team meeting
8:39 Racket Rundown
38:20 Challengers Movie Review

[@Arunkumar-bg5xk]

BWEH is the universally accepted spelling of the Andrei Rublev grunt when he smashes a forehand. Please tell me you know this

[@bernardgorostiague9535]

Don't change a damn thing on the podcast, let it "RIP POTATO CHIP".

[@davidbilling4368]

This is such a great podcast!

[@TCGM23]

Andy and podcast team. "Bweh" is Rublevs grunt on the forehand. Everybody in the youtube tennis community knows this. His Bweh grunt is as famous as Rublev himself is. It's used in admiration I feel.

[@user-on3np7uf9r]

Mid Madrid pod is welcomed especially for the longer events where notable things may be happening. Continue to enjoy Andy and the team. Social Sophie did a great job with the Challengers review. Great team dynamic and the pod continues to be a favorite.

[@bradcangany6350]

What a treat to find a midweek drop! Great insights and I need to remember to tune in Tuesday evening.

[@TheSentinel909]

I gotta say the cuss words gave the podcast charm! Not a fan of the bleeps - but whatever keeps the lights on!

[@KetinUSA]

As a listener, I understand that Andy speaks as Andy speaks - and he’s hilarious. My personal preference is for bleeped versions, just because I find such coarse language not to be something I enjoy listening to. I think grunt bleeps would be hilarious! I’m old, don’t have a car or kids around, so I will listen regardless.

[@zeroelus]

As someone who likes all tennis nerdom conversations, really enjoyed hearing the conversation on racquet customization/adjustments and how a pro goes about this process. I was thinking as the segment went on about what ever came about a tweet Andy made regarding him asking for racquet recommendations since he didn't want to keep using his old Babolats, but I guess we'll hear soon...if not please let us hear soon :) And while I don't love Wilson's paint, they do make some fine racquets, I enjoy playing the most with an old 6.1 95. Also, recently saw Kim represent Babolat on a tennis store interview talking about Pure Drives, and the name of Luca Appino was mentioned (And then promply showed up in the comments) and he mentioned how besides providing Kim w a racquet, he also hooked up Wozniaki, a Mallorcan kid and also an American kid who's a great podcaster now. If not awkward because of history we don't know, he might make a good guest? Re: Midweek podcast episode. YES. However, like, when does it get too grueling for you guys? YT is notorious for looping you in to the algorigthm's demands and out goes a chewed up, burn out creator. Maybe pick a few tournaments per year that you'd do this and just crush it, or include them if something big is happening (like you know the GOAT of Clay playing his last home tournament). Do take a sustainable schedule, and I'm guessing y'all have vacation plans/time off you'd like to make good on.

[@blastesz]

you GO Guys!!! Tennis NEEDS you to get going and bring in the ENERGY for which the US has always been famous for back into the Tennis in Europa!!!! Blessssssssss...............

[@Currymastuh]

Love the mid-week pod! Thia would great during the 1000s and the Grand Slams!

[@js1879]

I absolutely love this pod. The bweeh you speak is Rublevs grunt and it's pronounced bwaaay lol. That would be hilarious though, instead of bleeps it's grunts from various players

[@gonzalofernandez9294]

Love the podcast. Need more Rafa content. We are about to say goodbye forever

[@ognjeneric1256]

A regular Q&A session segment would greatly improve (the already great) content quality of the podcast. It would improve the overall interaction with the audience and the conversation could naturally be steered towards topics the audience is interested in. Not to mention how cool it would be to have your questioned answered by Andy Roddick :)

[@slc2466]

Completely agree about Rafa- he's getting the prep he needs before the French, which is what it all comes down to, of course.

[@gerrysuwignyo1979]

more nerding on rackets n strings!

[@vladinum]

Loving the content 😂

[@lyndseyandandrew5771]

I think we're learning producer Mike isn't an inside baseball guy (sorry, mixed metaphor) for tennis. Lah-ver cup and Rublev BWEH miss. IMO it's nice to have a semi outsider involved in the pod for a fresher perspective that's still informed.

[@prostringlondon]

Good mid-week podcast guys!

[@francoisparent4067]

Does FAA now have the record for the lowest playtime for a Master 1000 finalist?? Wow! Just dropped his first set of the tournament! 3 no show opponents! Love your show Andy! Great work!

[@lyndseyandandrew5771]

Love your coco serve technique insights! I'm hacking away at my amateur second serve and will try letting my toss fall lower and closer to my body.

[@lsb9073]

Didnt Producer Mike recognise Rublev's Bweh?? And how did he get the extra vowels? Wth is Biow?

[@Arunkumar-bg5xk]

LMAO 😂

[@janekihm5119]

Thank you Social Sophie for your amusing recap of Challengers. I had to see the movie before watching this whole episode. The last ten minutes was of the movie was electric!

[@proshepherd]

I like the idea of bleeping with grunting noises. That would be hysterical.

[@tejasjani6404]

Andy, please bring Larry Stefanki on the podcast.

[@adamlarsson3828]

Challengers begins (in a sense) at the **2006 junior US Open - not in ‘2003 /2004’ as mentioned in the discussion. Andy, we see you in several USTA promotional posters and possibly in on one of televisions screening live action at the 2006 tournament. Dashi wins the 2006 junior tournament tournament but has already decided to go to college (- Stanford) and not turn professional. Art and Patrick have just won the US Open junior doubles tournament earlier that day and will play each other in the singles final the next day. On that evening before their singles final together, Art and Patrick pursue Dashi at her post-tournament celebration /party. Ultimately, she meets them at their hotel room later that night. This beings an intense threeway relationship that the actors describe as ‘codependent’. the final showdown between Art and Patrick takes place at New Rochelle in August .19 but we have flashbacks to two or three other weeks /years in addition to the 2006 junior tournament, which sets the scene for the entire film. i have watched the film a few times, being a tennis freak. (i used to train all day long, funnily enough back in 2006.) for the performances, i rated 8 out of 10. each of three lead actors is believable. for the writing, direction and cinematography, i rated the movie 2 out of 10. the actors somehow save the film but the writing is truly awful for so many of the scenes …. in my opinion.

[@peterbreughel4440]

Andy's facial expression when the Challengers movie review gets to the part about the sexual tension between two male tennis players is funny.

[@slc2466]

Going to see this tonight, then come back and watch the rest of the video.

[@annehenderson2042]

I’m older than Andy. A mom with grown kids. I see leaving the words unbleeped as watching HBO vs the local news. To me it s refreshing. And at risk of sounding like a boomer, the bleeps hurt my ears.

[@aha3885]

We are boomers, and we are right most of the time!! 😂

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

4:35 When people type "bweh" they refer to the way Rublev grunts.

[@lyndseyandandrew5771]

Mike's interpretation was hilarious

[@aca2077]

@@lyndseyandandrew5771Mike has the Voice of someone who lost his testicals

[@QuietPenguinGaming]

Grunts for bleeps would be hilarious!

[@aminb]

Yes to mid week podcast add on. You can have it during 1000 and grand slam events

[@adamlarsson3828]

i like a denser string pattern and have always gone 18 x 20. Luxilon Big Banger string and it was Timo .16 (- my absolute all-time favourite) but that is so hard to get now. apparently discontinued. : / i like how you say ‘condensed’, Andy. older players always say that i hit with a lot of spin but to my contemporaries i am ‘flat hitter’. perception is so different, according to your own style. i tried an older player’s gut string and i /hated/ it - so incredibly loose with none of the ‘bite’ that i am used to. i don’t know how anyone plays with gut and keeps the ball in the court ….

[@champyhalim8882]

Agree with Jim. I love the podcast, but i had to pause whenever my kids around. Also when I share with some parents of my students, I had to give them a warning about the F bomb

[@HelloHappyMom]

My favorite podcast ! Love the commentary and thank you for the movie review.. thats a pass for me ◡̈

[@dyayo79]

Wow, it only took Keys 10 years to figure out how to use the technology to her advantage

[@chloe2475]

I hear you on FAA versus Danimal but one is clearly more entertaining than the other 😅

[@annehenderson2042]

Unbleeped might affect getting certain sponsors.

[@Arkayzy]

I prefer no bleeps. HOWEVER, if bleeps means more viewers/listeners, I can’t think of an objectively good reason to not use them. I wouldn’t be too concerned over 5 shmucks getting their feelings hurt over woke liberal bleeping. That aside, there are so many things you touch on that I can’t wait for deeper dives into. Racket customization, locker room dynamics, doubles(!) - just to name a few.

[@acarril]

Thanks for another great podcast! Regarding the bleeping / no bleeping, what you can do (at least on YT) is to have a separate audio track with bleeps, "hijaking" a different language. @jameshoffmann, a popular youtuber that does coffee stuff, has separate audio tracks without him slurping coffee because it annoys some people. See the following video at 11:16, and how there are two audio tracks: plain "English", and "English (United States)": kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4PRoKGkbKqbe8U

[@lsb9073]

Lava Cup🤦🏻‍♀️ Where did you get this guy Mike, Andy?

[@ServedPodcast]

The NFL and MMA. We are working on him.

[@dalebarro2230]

Lindsay did get you last episode 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I love you together more please yes please more I say 😂😂😂😂

[@tobiasgoldman]

What's Andy's deal with Lindsay Davenport?

[@prostringlondon]

Good old Roman in nyc 😊

[@dalebarro2230]

I think Coco can improve her serve but also she needs to improve her forehand she comes over it it is all arm and she needs to change that if possible it is not easy to change things like that at this point or is it???

[@charlesfaure1189]

I have seen comments that Keys has gone to a 16x19 H22 frame and dropped the Ultra Pro to lessen damage her shoulder. Can't find anything conclusive on that, though. Anybody out there who can provide more detail?

[@rossgoosen7269]

Interesting given the Ultra Pro (H19) is softer - maybe the extra "free" power from the H22 means she doesn't have to swing out of her shoes every time, and lessons the strain on the shoulder.

[@aca2077]

You are both wrong. No pro plays a 20+ year old racket. Delusional

[@molybdaenmornell123hopp5]

Re the first few minutes: my suggestion is don't make too much of the podcast self-referential. Otherwise, love this. But I might not be the typical viewer.

[@Autism101]

Your question about why not have two versions, one explicit and the other non-explicit, comes down to infrastructure, bandwidth, media storage, programming, and monthly hosting costs. It would require double the storage cost for every piece of media content that require both versions. It would require every platform that supported it to have their programmers write new code that touches the entire workflow of their system…not cheap. All client apps would require updates with new code and UI to allow users to toggle between versions. Companies would need to recoup all of this money to implement this feature, I don’t see it happening anytime soon.

[@gregwickstrom5479]

No bleeps needed.🎤

[@sarahcavill5181]

Come now. We know Jim is a bit of a… particular guy. I wouldn’t use him as the arbiter of what the pod should be.

[@ericlopez8622]

Challengers was not very good, but the thing that really took me out of it was the fake CGI ball when they would hit their ground strokes, especially Xendaya, her strokes and body positions hitting those forehands and backhands were not realistic, and the ball looked like a cartoon in the air!! 😂😂

[@09clubpro]

Who's the woman player Andy is talking about, Danamo?? Anyone?

[@TCGM23]

Danielle collins

[@TCGM23]

Danimal...

[@SaadHaque72]

KEEP CURSING IN

[@lucianosanchez1999]

Don’t change nothing please!!

[@prostringlondon]

Need to swear more Andy 😂😂 shit fuck

[@prostringlondon]

People should be listening to kids music in there cars or kids stuff 😂

[@1gendreemer]

Send both versions! Sell those ads twice, and let the folks w kids as well as the degerates have access to the version they want!

[@tennishistoryandresultsdat4540]

Don't want to sound rude, but I wished to skip all the interactions with a crew and go to the tennis analyses. The latter is interesting, the former - not so much...

[@nancyp7019]

I disagree. Andy needs someone to bounce off of. It would be boring if he just did a long monologue. I’ve enjoyed all his peeps so far.

[@hpbb3269]

Interesting. I actually find the parts with John Wertheim basically unwatchable. Just don't find that interaction enjoyable at all. But everyone to their own.

[@kolega427]

I also think blerps are funny Andy. You are right

[@StewNWT]

Always up for more sexy Andy Roddick. And tennis!

[@fernandaholmer9802]

Sorry Social Sophie but the tennis in Challengers was low to awful based on someone who plays tennis weekly (not great, I wish) and follows the tour of ATP and WTA.

[@user-tc9fn9ux2u]

leave it, swear words are normal part of the language :D

[@prostringlondon]

Less power and spin Andy. Leave the string talk to us 😂

[@alanahk]

The Bleep was actually jarring especially when driving. Either leave it in or keep it clean. The bleeps are really annoying to listen to.

[@TheCaryHenriquez]

LEAVE IT!!!!

[@JacquesLudik]

AI would be able solve this issue by automatically “bleeping” unwanted audio. In the future this should even be possible in real-time. KZbin should then have an option for the user to choose between the raw and a “bleeped” version (in the future even an option about the bleep sound).

[@ServedPodcast]

Great Idea! @KZbin make this happen.

[@elforeign]

Seriously, don’t let the PC crowd ruin yet another good thing. It’s a show for mainly geared for adults in terms of the analysis and impact of topics. Keep it without bleeps

[@tanja0411]

Agree, no PC and fake outrage on ALL sides.

[@MistahhMingus]

@@tanja0411good lord 🙄

[@jonoprill]

Bleeps are funny tho

[@tanja0411]

@@MistahhMingus Yup, expected that from at least one person. Looks like it was you 👍

[@jonwzee]

Compared to the "King Richard" movie, Challengers sounds kinda horrible.

[@allenrodgers1577]

Roddick Wilson racket would be Bad*bleep*

[@Marina_-_-]

Let's be real, kids have guns in the US, I think they know more "bad" words than many adults. Not like they are going to be shocked. Jim is great but he's wrong.

[@Harderanger]

As someone who voted keep it, I’ve changed my mind. Bleep it. It doesn’t add anything but just narrows your audience.

[@benjamindickerson1184]

if bleeping expands your audience, do it! I'm not going to stop listening just because you bleep for the children lol

[@karthiks881]

Just bleep it, we all know what you're saying and it almost makes it funnier

[@MrBolaextra]

No

[@trishennaidoo1309]

You need to leave it in ,it's not like you using really bad language,beeping sounds like it's TV.

[@orchidpanda2253]

Stay in the fun lane. If people want to hear xanax commentary, they can just go to Tennis Channel. Better to carve out an audience as the Howard Stern of tennis - let the karens give the "violent eye-rolls" 🤣🤣(I think Davenport and Courier are the 2 smartest and best commentators on TC but they can be too serious). Tennis community needs irreverent humor and a little cussing - speaking of, would love to see Josh Berry as a guest on this pod - he slayed his impersonations of Medvedev and Kyrgios. I personally find violent outbursts in matches more disturbing than occasional, light hearted swearing on this pod.

[@aca2077]

Producer mikes voice makes me so aggressive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ServedPodcast]

Keep that energy!!!!!!

[@aca2077]

@@ServedPodcast 👍🏻🤣

[@ShaneRM878]

Wtf even is this movie

[@orchidpanda2253]

Watched the trailer - looks like hollywood garbage

[@gonzalonestorflorescevallo6949]

It's a typical Hollywood movie trying to make things weird, appear normal.

[@orchidpanda2253]

Also, just realized no wonder Gauff has been struggling, Brad Gilbert has been off training Zendaya instead of her. 🤣

[@ericvescuso5142]

Unbelievable podcast per usual!! I won’t see that movie. Sounds terrible! Props to BG for helping out but I’m not spending money to watch that shit.

[@trishennaidoo1309]

If that tennis looked natural 😂 u know nothing about tennis

[@user-sg8xd6tu5u]

Who gives a shit what courier says, let it rip. Just look at Elon musk, no political correctness and the most popular person on earth

[@susannelson1117]

Just stop cursing - problem solved

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