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The Player's Box

1 | US Open Highlights, Celeb Encounters and Tough Moments

The Player's Box

Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady, Desirae Krawczyk

Sports

4.9656 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On the premiere episode of The Player’s Box, hosts Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady and Desirae Krawczyk break down everything you should know heading into the US Open. They talk scheduling, kits and some of the toughest moments from past years.  This episode is sponsored by Dragos Capital - we acquire businesses and real estate from owners ready for their next chapter. Connect with us at DragosCapital.com Connect with the show and hosts on Instagram at: ⁠MadisonKeys⁠ ⁠JPegula⁠ ⁠Jenny_Brady7⁠ ⁠Des_Krawczyk11⁠ ThePlayersBoxPod Submit fan questions to ⁠theplayersboxpod@gmail.com⁠ This podcast is edited by Marc Colcer and John Gourney. It is Executive Produced by Harris Lane, Rhapsody Voices and Rewired Talent.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Players Box.

0:08.7

Hey everyone. Welcome to The Players Box. I'm Desirey Kravchick, alongside Jenny Brady, Madison

0:17.2

Keys, and Jess Bagula. Welcome and enjoy, I guess, the chaos of us for trying to stay on topic.

0:26.4

Here we go. We are recording this a bit early, knowing that the U.S. Open is always a super busy time for everyone.

0:33.8

But just to give an idea of what our time in New York has looked like and will probably look

0:39.8

like we want to cover a couple topics of what comes with the U.S. Open, you know, so obviously

0:45.6

us for being Americans playing at the U.S. Open, for me at least, it's always been one of my

0:50.8

favorite Grand Slams. You know, there's always good stories, good times, and there's nothing like playing in

0:57.2

Flushing Meadows on Arthur Ash, especially a night match.

1:01.7

We love night matches.

1:03.2

Yeah, I know Maddie loves, I know Maddie loves night matches, especially second on.

1:12.8

Second on, second night match.

1:16.3

Yeah, that's my favorite, especially when the men go five before you.

1:19.6

It's at like 3 a.m. It's so fun.

1:34.6

No, honestly, I will say that like the crowd that stays when you're like super, super, super late and it's, like, past midnight is, like, the most fun crowd that you'll ever play in front of.

1:40.0

Because they let everyone come down into, like, the bottom bowl of the stadium.

1:42.8

And everyone gets so rowdy.

1:45.0

It's, honestly, it's very cool. It is, like, you know, 1 a.'s honestly, it's very cool.

2:00.0

It is like, you know, 1 a.m., but it's pretty good. Hey, at least you have some fans there. That's good. It's great for your sleep schedule. You know, you can hit really good. You can hit the clubs. Well, that does. Hit the clear. I labeled me one time.

2:04.6

She was like, yeah, every time I play a night match, I do like a double shot of espresso right before I go on.

2:06.6

Yeah, so it's really hard for me.

2:08.6

I don't know about you guys, but if I'm playing after, I don't know, eight o'clock, I'm

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