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In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdiere break down the Wimbledon draw. The matches begin on Monday. They broke it up into fan favorites and dark horses. Alexandra gave a shout out to Brandon Holt, Tracy Austin's son, for working hard to get into the main draw of Wimbledon by playing in odd countries to gather points.
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Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hughes Laverdiere discuss the grass season in "Serving Aces". They talk Alcarz winning Queens, Vondrousova winning Berlin. McCartney Kessler winning Nottingham. Putsineva giving Sakkara a "slap" handshake which created words between the two in Bad Homberg. Ougi dissects the slice on grass. Medvedev and Bublik have a fun champagne spray after Bublik victory - showing the differences in how the men handle post match wins and losses. Newsy notes has the Oklahoma City NBA team winning the finals against the Indiana Pacers. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift show up in NYC. And more. Alcaraz gets the quote of the podcast - "thinking clearly."
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in "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdiere discuss the Grass season. Alexandra talks about Tatjana Maria's win at Queens. Tatjana is the mother of two and 37 years old. Alexandra gives a terrific quote from Tatjana on her win. Ougi discusses what a coach does with their player when preparing for the grass. Alexandra and Ougi discuss Fritz winning Stuttgart, Mertens winning Hertogenbosch, and Alcaraz - who will be playing Queens this week. Alcaraz says he's still watching his French Open video - and is in disbelief over his win. Alexandra and Ougi promise more Grass notes next week.
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In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdiere talk French Open Champions Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz. Alexandra breaks down why Coco disrupted Sabalenka. Alcaraz and Sinner are discussed as one of tennis' most brilliant matches. Ougi talks about players moving clay to grass and what it takes to coach them surface to surface - and differences.
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In "Serving Aces" Ougi discusses childhood coaches vs strategic coaches for players. Alexandra notes that there is controversy with Tournament Director Amelie Mauresmo - a nd playing only men at night at the French Open. Ons Jabeur and Coco Gauff - as well as other women players stood up against the organizers for not playing women at night - a showcase spot. Mauresmo held a press conference and said it isn't a simple decision. Ougi and Alexandra discuss the federations of different countries and the help they give to developing players.
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Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdiere in their podcast, "Serving Aces" - discuss the first and second rounds of the French Open. Fritz loses. Raducanu is sick. Osaka clips her nails and loses. Navarro loses in the first round. Alexandra and Ougi give their winning choices - and their dark horses to win the French Open. They talk about Rafael Nadal. Alexandra gives a shout out to the Knicks for their dramatic comeback in the NBA playoffs.
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In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdiere talk Italian Open. They discuss the women getting to the quarterfinals and the men reaching the round of 16. They discuss Carlos Alcaraz and his new documentary - and Bianca Andreescu's new surge to become a better tennis player. Pope Leo has a tennis court and it seems every player is lining up to give him a hit as he says he's a pretty good "amateur tennis player". His red clay court is on the grounds of Vatican City and during the tennis boom of the 70s, there were tournaments played. The question is - will Pope Leo play on his court and who will play with him?
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Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdiere in "Serving Aces" talk about Sinner returning after drug ban. Gauff wins and beats Swiatek. Jack Draper reached Madrid finals. Sabalenka wins third Madrid title. Djokovic pulls out of Rome. In Newsy notes, Alexandra looking for Met Gala - first Monday in May.
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In "Serving Aces" Alexandra and Ougi talk about Shadeur Sanders, the NFL Draft, Novak Djokovic, Madrid Open. Alexandra says if you are "Shadeured" it means you haven't been picked. Alexandra and Ougi compare Shadeur to an early Djokovic who wasn't liked in the locker room. His pr machine cleaned up his "villain" image through the last ten years - to his present likeable, respected status as a GOAT. Djokovic presented an arrogant way about himself in early 2010, much like a young Shadeur - preparing for the NFL draft, with his interviews and his combines.
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In "Serving Aces", Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière discuss Carlos Alcaraz winning Monte Carlo Masters. Alcaraz says it's been a difficult time for him to play tennis lately. Alexandra and Ougi talk about what might be bothering Alcaraz. The BJK Cup was a success for the Americans as they reached the final 8 for Shenzhen Sept 16-21. Alexandra and Ougi talk bout the clay tournaments coming up. They include the Masters and Rory Mcilroy's amazing career Grand Slam win on Sunday. They talk about the WNBA draft and Paige Bueckers on the Dallas Wings. Bueckers has 2.3 million followers - already. Alexandra discusses an event situation in Ben Shelton's doubles match at Monte Carlo. Ougi is taking a road trip from Canada to Las Vegas to pick up his daughter, Amelia. "Serving Aces" will resume the week after Easter.
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In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and co host Hugues Laverdière discuss the clay season. Alexandra makes her picks including Alexandra Eala, Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva, and perhaps, Jessica Pegula. Her men are Fonseca, Cerundolo, Tsitsipas. Ougi picks Mensik, Fonseca, Alcaraz, and perhaps Fritz. His women are Sabalenka, Andreeva, and Swiatek. Ougi discusses how to teach juniors to be patient on clay and not to "give in" to the clay. Alexandra talks men's NCAA Championship basketball and Ougi adds in the women. The quote of the podcast goes to Kelvin Sampson, the head coach of the Houston Cougars.
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In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière discuss the rise of Emma Raducanu and the new young talent who made themselves known during the Miami Open. Eala, Fonseca, and Mensik. Alexandra and Ougi talk about Sabalenka winning, the doubles, and Djokovic in the finals - though he lost to Mensik, it was a good tournament for him according to Alexandra. He paced himself - and really used Andy Murray for coaching advice. Alexandra explains the PTPA lawsuit as the classic antitrust that is going against the WTA and the ATP - as well as the 4 Grand Slams. Alexandra discusses March Madness and her "chalk" choices in Duke, Auburn, Florida, and Houston. Alexandra and Ougi pick Duke to win it all. For the women, she notes that South Carolina beat Duke and UCLA pulled it out against LSU. Two more tomorrow. Alexandra is pulling for UCLA. Ougi is going for South Carolina.
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"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière discuss the Miami Open, the players, the surface, and the reason why some players can handle the "swampy" conditions and others can't - clearly by the top ten players that went out on both sides. Alexandra says Swiatek plays without joy. She mentions Andreeva having some looks of Martina Hingis - but she says no one has ever been able to match Hingis' hands. Alexandra says the budding superstar of tennis is Fonseca of Brazil. She says with 400,000 Brazilians living in Miami the match against de Minaur became Davis Cup raucous energy with the crowd erupting as they thought their player Fonseca could win. de Minaur from Australia kept his cool and managed to pull the win out in three sets. Ben Shelton hard launched his girl friend, Trinity Rodman, the soccer player.
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In "Serving Aces" - Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière discuss the games of Draper and Andreeva. Draper's defense and his forehand proved too much for Rune. Andreeva beat back the number one Sabalenka in three sets. Andreeva showed her improved game from coach Conchita Martinez with her slice backhand and her serve spots. Andreeva hit a 126 mph serve. Alexandra's highest was 128 - and Alexandra said finally we have a server in 2025. Sabalenka says that if she had the coaching team of Andreeva at 17 - she would have won sooner and had less trouble. Alexandra talks Paris fashion week. Ougi talks about the beginning of Indian Wells and the trajectory of the various players. He takes apart the serve in Ougi's court. Ougi says Andreeva has the best backhand on Tour, at this moment.
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"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière discuss Andreeva winning Dubai and Rublev winning Qatar. Alexandra and Ougi discuss the upcoming Indian Wells and their favorites for the tournament. Newsy notes include Canada beating USA in hockey in exciting match at Four Nations Face Off. Alexandra talks about the SAGs and explains to Ougi what the SAG awards are in relation to actors and Hollywood. Quote of podcast: "I can't wait to get out of bed to play pickle ball." Andre Agassi.
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"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière talk Janice Sinner, his ban from WADA and the outburst of replies from both Tours. Tim Henman feels it's not a fair ruling. Sinner will only be out until the French. The Ban working for him to play a Grand Slam. Alexandra and Ougi discuss the controversy with the balls - always different at tournaments because of money and sponsorship. Players are being vocal about the feel of the ball and are calling for one ball to be used at each surface. Alexandra talks about Agassi and Graf winning the Pickle Ball Challenge in Las Vegas and one million dollars.
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In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière discuss the Super Bowl, Serena Williams' Crip dance, and Dennis Shapovalov win in Dallas against Casper Rudd. Alexandra and Ougi give the podcast quote to Coach Prime on "foolery." Alexandra discusses the history of the Crip dance walk and Serena's long history with growing up knowing how to do the "Crip." The dance was five seconds and shorter than Super Bowl commercials, but Alexandra says Serena won the Super Bowl. Serena used a moment in time to showcase cultural black history and in the meantime, crossed over into American pop culture. Alexandra talks about Stephen A's comments and Howard Stern's comments about the Crip dance and Serena's long ago dalliance with Drake. Oh yeah - and by the way, it ws Kendrick Lamar's halftime show - perhaps one of the greatest hip hop artist of his generation. Lamar and Williams grew up in Compton, where the dance was formed in the 1970s.
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Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière in "Serving Aces" talk about Emma Raducanu and her latest attempt at getting her game together to get into the top ten. At 56 in the world, Raducanu is bringing her game back to tournaments. Tim Henman says that she can be a top player because she's that good - but he says she has to choose between, technical, physical, and mental. What is she going to do to gain consistency? Henman says physical would be the choice to get stronger to compete to the end of a tournament. Alexandra and Ougi add in strategy to the three areas. Plus in Ougi's court, Ougi discusses why the serve is so difficult for juniors, college, and professional players. Alexandra and Ougi break down the motion. Raducanu they say has biomechanics flaws in her serve. In newsy notes Alexandra says that Las Vegas only gives Travis Kelce 11 percent to propose to Taylor Swift after the Super Bowl.
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In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière talk tennis and football. Sabalenka loses to Madison Keys and Alexandra brings up why - Keys switched her racquet in the off season. Alexandra interviewed Roman Prokes, her long-time racquet guru and he gave her the inside look at the new Keys racquet. Roman said it gave her two feet more in the court - allowing her not to hit so hard, with more control. Alexandra and Ougi discuss Sinner winning and his upcoming Court of Arbitration hearing that will decide if there is a Sinner ban for using the drug cream, Clostebal. Darren Cahill, Sinner's coach, is retiring and announced it this week. Alexandra thinks there may be reasons - which only Darren, a future Hall of Fame coach knows. The Chiefs and the Eagles move on to the Super Bowl. Alexandra has newsy notes and an update on her trauma with the LA fires. The podcast quote goes to Michelle Obama, a no-show at the Trump inauguration.
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