27 | Iva Jovic in The Player’s Box

The Player's Box

Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Jennifer Brady, Desirae Krawczyk

Sports

4.9 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Today we have a very special guest joining us in The Player’s Box — Iva Jovic! Jenny may be the new Quad God, Madi continues to be running’s biggest anti, Jess’s entire algorithm is Olympics drama, Des continues to be the reigning Gilmore Girls trivia champ and Iva’s singing almost got a disturbance call? Also, we get to know Iva, play some games and dive into all of the tennis headlines from the past week. 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. It is Executive Produced by Dani Klupenger, Harris Lane, Rhapsody Voices and Rewired Talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Players Box.
0:05.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Players Box. I'm Desirey Kravchick alongside Jenny Brady, Madison Keys, Jess Pagola. A friendly reminder to please give our podcast five stars and subscribe on YouTube.
0:22.2	We have a very special guest today.
0:24.2	Eva is jumping in the players box.
0:26.2	Welcome, Eva.
0:27.2	Thank you, Des.
0:28.2	Thank you, everyone, for having me.
0:29.9	Very excited to be here.
0:32.6	We're currently in Dubai right now.
0:34.6	And the last time we saw you was in Australia where you made your first
0:39.3	Grand Slam quarterfinals. Congrats. Thank you. Have you had any time to like reflect on that,
0:45.0	have some time to recharge? A little bit. I think more than most people. Most people went straight
0:50.4	to the Middle East. So I guess I should be happy with my two weeks at home.
0:54.7	That's as good as it gets nowadays. But no, it was so much fun, but I think you always expect
1:02.1	to have like this aha moment or it's, oh, this is so great, but I don't know, it's, it's kind of
1:08.2	just like another day of tennis. And you're like, oh, okay, great, I won. Now we move on. So it's, It's kind of just like another day of tennis and you're like, oh, okay, great,
1:11.5	I won. Now we move on. So it's kind of just like you're happy, but then you're also like,
1:17.5	okay, let's just go on with our life and hopefully we can win some more matches.
1:22.1	Wow. Well, I mean, you made the course. That's pretty cool. Yeah, perspective.
1:29.3	Well, last year, you were ranked 172 and now you've cracked the top 20. I mean, you've got to be really proud of yourself for that.
1:34.9	Yeah, definitely really proud. I've worked very hard to improve and all of that. So, you know,
1:41.8	it feels good. Hopefully there's more, more to climb. Only, only beginning. I guess
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