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

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1:08Everyone, welcome to QuickServe, brought to you by ServiceNow. We are in the Cadillac studio. We are in an Escalade IQ. Who, yeah, baby? Our third stadium is just to my right here. We are literally leaving the garage. Yeah. We're going to be well lit here for a second. We might hit some traffic on the celebrities that are leaving. Oh, should we just roll on the window? Should we just roll, see who we got? See if they want to come. Best of Sean's trans-bographer. You know what I think they definitely want to mess with? Like the AK Studio reference audio system. That's what I thought. That is with Dolby Atmos. That's what I thought. But you know what else this car has? Tell me. A frunk. There's so much room for activities. Oh my god, there's so much room for activities. I walked out at Rob our driver. It was literally, he was in the frunk with his cleaning supplies. His rob keeps it clean because he's fresh. He's just ripin' city in the front. Thanks Rob. Business in the front party in the back. It's just in the front. We've lost this episode already. Oh my god, we've left the garage. There were now out of the garage. Well, so let's set the table.

2:09We are leaving a little bit early. Yalas playing right now. Zvera is wrapping things. And by our earlier, we mean not to. Yeah, yeah, not to. And they have suspended play on the outer cords because it has started raining again. So it looks like Yalas currently up. Six ones, Verov is upset. They are on serve late in the second set. But we did have some completed matches today. Sir Taylor Fritz rolled young Darwin Blanche. Didn't get broken. 149 to 54 or four first serve points on the front foot the entire time. Mixed up her turn positions. This is back sometimes, this is up sometimes. Came to the net, showed a little flash of the net. Yeah. I thought he looked good. Of the kind of Americans that we're looking at, Tian 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 set of it because you hit me with a good one. Yeah. And it's 1996.

3:10Yeah. 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 does it. We then include our boy Tommy Ball. Which is right on the edge. Listen, we said goodbye to Stan. While Rinka yesterday we gave him his flowers and well deserved on this show. Monfice, we didn't know it was gonna be so hard to say goodbye to yesterday, hashtag boys, I meant. I didn't know if it was gonna 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. Brickings. God. He. Ah, my back hurts. Completely different narrative for the sequel. This is 40 for him. Yeah. Yeah. Anyways, he looked fun. He was having, I mean, he plays tennis. Like he's always kinda played tennis this way, but especially now with like retiring and there's pretty much zero fucks given with for him at this point. He like, we were doing the highlights

4:11from the the Terrace and Ash. Yeah. And I mean, they showed three points. He looked at you, he was playing a horse. Woof. He's like backboard. Woof. 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. I don't know. Are we getting down to the hour there? Who was born first? Who was doing like, who's earliest in the day? That's wild. You know what's wild is like, Conner's was amazing. He's obviously like, I love Jimmy. It's a coach of mine. And like that was such an outlier when he did that. So 92, he lost second round. That was the last time he played her. 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 conversation. You know what about Novak? 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. Mumphe's 40 Conner. That's a good company for Gale.

5:11But I was talking about it on here. Gale, Mumphe's, you try to digest players in different ways when they're retiring. And you see what it is. It's like Stan. It's like Matt respect. Roger's walking around. It's like, orra. And 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. Gale, 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 like 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. And like, oh, the guy's so much swag. Like you should have seen the shots. Yeah. I mean, it was like, he's going to come back 20 years from now. And players will be like, I've seen those YouTube highlights. Like, sick. Like what's it, what 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,

6:12like 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 turned 40 today. He like is the key. He basically, 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 where you're just like, how'd 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. And his truck, I was like, what's he like for? Like every person you see is happy that you just walked in front of him. Amazing. Kaboli down two sets. Bro. Showed a little, showed a little bit of the old. What did he do? He did the, what did he do with the mean? The mean, oh, he like, he was like glaring to the sun and then smiled.

7:15And he knew what was going on. He just like on the video. He's just like, bye, then. He's just vibing. He was o-9 heading into this match in slams when down two sets. First two sets in 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 starting to make himself a regular presence. Yeah. And how important are matches like this? Like dig yourself out. Yeah. I mean, I was talking about a Wimbledon. And I'm 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, is five in the world. Yeah. 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. 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 know, that was cool to see. And the caption thing was funny. I don't know how any of that works, obviously. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

8:16But what's the internet? What is the internet? What is the cinema? You know, it's the 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 $50,000 of them. No. Okay, well. Popular guy. Well, thanks for finding us. Moosetti. Good to have him back. I 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. Moosetti'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.

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10:21Propel Fitness Water with Gatorade Electrolites, Zero Sugar, and Vitamins. Propel hydrates better than water to help you get the most out of your workout and get back to your best self. What propels you? Propel with Gatorade Electrolites. Every game day you show up for your team, now it's your time. Ask your prescriber about Wigovie, some Maglatide Injection 2.4mg, a GLP1. Call 1-8-334-Wigovie or visit Wigovie.com to view the Medication Guide and to learn more about Wigovie. Why wait? Alright, back to the show. Maddox keys on the women's side got through. Little nerdy at the end of both diverse sets. I think she looked anxious. I think that's normal. First, one American playing at the US Open, you're going to feel a little bit of that anxiety

11:23just normally. And two, you always feel a little chippy first round of a grand slam. You just do, you've been waiting around the anticipation builds. You know, it was about one of the best matches I think I saw as far as level, maybe not the drama, but Coco and Sanchez. It was fun. They played watching that. That was awesome. The crowd was into it. They showed the stats and we were kind of doing the fill between matches. And oh, okay, I got a side track. I'm going to come back to Coco, but I have a story to tell you. You're just looking out the window, guys. Well, I thought of it. I thought of Sanchez and then I thought, you know, 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. And, you know, obviously my energy is like, oh, look squirrel. So we're going to go down that rabbit hole. Did you ever see this? It's going to be a bummer if neither one of you has seen it. I guarantee you he has it because it's 12, the transbographer.

12:23DJ Jazzy Jeff. DJ Jazzy. Sean. Sean. Do you remember that I like Turtles video? Of course I do. I like totals. Do you remember this, Sean? Never seen it. I like totals. Yeah. So what are you doing here to say? I like go look up. I like Turtles video. So I'm going to get the title wrong and I made her say it twice. So the person interviewing in the I like Turtles video, who's like, he goes, he goes, I like to. And then she goes, great. Or all right. Was in charge of like the student journalism newspaper committee for Malika Andrews. So she's like, the person doing the interview in the I like Turtles video is basically why I'm in journalism or why I want to. Yeah. Mine. 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 a strong mind. That's the greatest thing I've ever heard makes me so happy. She's like that, that's burned me into who I am today. Yeah. That zombie kid made her. Yeah. Who she is today.

13:24Yeah. Anyway, it's Coco look great. All right. All right. We were doing the thing and they they put the stats up. And I said, it's going to be pretty simple. When Coco has more aces than double faults, it's usually going to go well for her. Right. And then we forget like last year they were showing some of 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. Sunmez, I thought played a really good match. If Coco's hitting them all well, she's moving well. She's serving well. There was only so much Sunmez could do. There's only so many places she could make gains. It looked that way too. And after the match, I thought this was really cool, right? Like Sunmez is leaving. Pretty funny. Coco's clapping for. Sean and I were talking about this. There's something about the young women on the tour that like all support each other a little bit. They're getting after it and they take the losses hard.

14:24But Sunmez look great. I think Coco just literally just looks so comfortable. Coco stays at that level. She's going to have to stay in this tournament. It is a lot. She could be variable. Well, be number one in the world. Those don't know for women could potentially be number one in the world. If this tournament break us down as best I can, if Robacana gets to the semis, it's a rap. She won today. I guess Tia Froden. Robacana, it was strange. She hit the ball amazingly well. Was kind of not moving for balls that I think she's, she's hurt. She thinks so. I do. I didn't watch much of it. She would bleed to the corners and then not urgently move in. There are these little things where she was kind of protecting. I don't know where she's at. She hit them all perfectly. Served and returned. It was unbelievable. Maybe she's freed up because she knows she can't. The biggest gift you can give a tennis player is clarity. Even if she's injured, she knows she has to do X, Y and Z to even win it all.

15:24I don't think she's completely healthy though. If you're Robacana and her team and you know, you're playing a 17 year old without a lot of experience and you feel early on that exactly you sense working, you know, you're able to kind of do whatever you want with your serve, you're playing however you want, 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. Right. Middle Accord. Try to hit a winner. Served. Go big. Stand inside. I mean, Froda, I was actually really impressed with her. She serves big. Yeah, 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 or the stand in. She's the child body double. She played. Yeah, she played little Serena in King Richard. It's pretty cool. Very cool. I thought she was great. I thought Robocano was clear and I also don't think she'd be playing this tournament

16:29if she was like seven in the world. I think she wants that number one ranking. And rightfully so like you live with it forever. Right. Yeah. Can't go much higher than that. So Pagula, Coco, Saba Lanko, all off to win the tournament. And there's still not a Robocana has to make the semis no matter what if she makes the semis. She's number one in the world. Mira and Drave are rolled to and to Putin, Savin Benchich. Benchich was up a set in 4-1. 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. Benchich says 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 let elite go. Yeah. She's so buttoned up. She's so focused. But props to Putin, Savin. Pagopov gets through. Sockery was down 6-2-4-1 against Rob Montgomery who qualified. And that was a good match. Merton's gets through. Maybe we'll take a look at tomorrow's matches because there's going to be a lot of action.

17:30Yeah. A lot of matches that have been pushed two days in a row. Pagula Kennen will be good. I expect just to roll there. Benchelle and Hubey Harkotch. That's going to be interesting. Yeah. Hubey can hold serve. Like he's going to get through service games right in 47 in the world right now. That's a big stress test. I think of any of the top players Ben going Greek sport Harkotch just based on matchups might be the toughest two round draw for the top seats. So that will be that deserves and will have Ben's full attention. I assume the roof's going to be closed. I assume with the way the weather is going to, it's going to be on ash, second match on ash in the day session. What do you see? What do you predict kind of the humidity in the building? Like who does that favor? When the ball's jumping and it's outside, I like that better for Ben. I think there's a more muted bounce when they close the roof. It gets a little bit more humid, which slows the ball down a little bit. Costiac plays Sloan Stevens. Former USO winner. That's a fun one. That's a fun one. TP&A action.

18:32Nakashima and maybe the American that's not getting talked about enough on the heels of kind of contenderville coming in. Alex Mikkelsen versus Nakashima. Couple. Soak out kids. I love that one. Just me up in New York to homies. Race to three sets. New York. Nakashima's look great. Mikkelsen is just a really good player. That American on American thing where Nakas had kind of like a little run, you know, I don't know. That one will be interesting. Eminivaro 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. It's kind of. I know you want to. Storytale real quick before we get going. Medi plays Gorsany. Can you explain that story, please? Yeah. I mean, I, I, I, Sebastian Gorsany, who was ranked 731. Be calling young. Be calling young first round here. Calling young, be then at Roland Garros.

19:33Gorsany, one seven six and the fifth. Great result. I'll be saying 731 is at the University of Texas. It's not the amazing part of, of this story, even though it's impressive. Go ahead. 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. Yeah, Kalamazoo. He eventually, like, he basically had to retire. He was losing it. 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 in a coma and he was given a 5% chance to survive. 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're two beautiful

20:36daughters, 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 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 number one former US open champion, you know, will be a Hall of Famer. You know, what a dream. On Louis Armstrong, 11 am. 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.

21:38Yeah. 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 a beef. Nothing? No. Nothing. No, nothing. You got nothing for us? These are burgers. Awesome. Yeah. 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. 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%. 100%. 100% there. Yeah, he's very entertaining to watch. He's cool. He is fun. I'm just happy to be in this catalog. I'm special vehicle of the US Open.

22:40I mean, the official vehicle of the US Open, and we'll be riding in it every single. It's pretty cool. Like I kind of excited. Yeah. There we go. Anyways, this has been quick, sir. Brought to you by ServiceNow. 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. We'll have to say that. Just did. It's been Serbs, you know. 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. That way your team can focus on what matters. To learn how to put AI to work for people, visit ServiceNow.com. Every game day you show up for your team. Now it's your time. We go.

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