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Served with Andy Roddick

5 SETTER: Ruud Joins Laver, US Open Dating Show, & More

Served with Andy Roddick

Served Media

Society & Culture, Tennis, Sports

4.8740 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

5 SETTER: This Week in Racket Sports, where we bring you the top five headlines across tennis, padel, pickleball, and more. In this episode, we cover the biggest stories shaking up the world of racket sports:  1. US Open Adds More 'Matchmaking' To Fan Week  2. Casper Ruud Joins Team Europe For Laver Cup  3. Eugenie Bouchard Retires From Tennis In Her Hometown  4. Pro Pickleballers Form Players’ Association  5. Billie Jean: From Center Court to Center Stage Watch the Full Iga Świątek here here: https://youtu.be/AGs3pPCMh3c If you follow pro tennis, play padel or pickleball, or just want to stay in the loop with the fastest-growing sports on the planet, this is your weekly fix. Subscribe for weekly episodes covering major stories, sharp insights, and fun surprises in the world of racket sports. COMMENT BELOW What was your favorite racket story from this week? 📩 Sign up for the 5 Setter Newsletter here: https://servedmedia.substack.com/ Check out some Served Merch: https://store.servedpodcast.com/ 🎾 Join the Served Chucker's Club for Exclusive Perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0k_--YLuTNuDvq1Dw4zHmw/join 📱If you're new to the Served with Andy Roddick, we're happy you're here! Follow us for more: https://www.instagram.com/servedpodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/servedpodcast.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@served_podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Is AI coming for your job? Short answer? Maybe. This week on Networth and Chill, I'm sitting down with Lucy Guo, the co-founder of Scale AI, founder of Passes, and the youngest self-made billionaire woman in America.

0:11.8

Lucy has become one of Tech's youngest female founders to hit it big. We're talking nine-figure exit big. And she's dropping all the gems on this episode from her personal entrepreneurship philosophy to how the AI industry is shaping the world.

0:23.7

Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube.com slash your rich BFF.

0:29.3

What's up, Chuckers?

0:30.5

Producer Mike here.

0:31.5

And this is the served five center for August 1st, 2025, your weekly roundup of all things racket sports in 10 minutes or less.

0:39.2

So let's get into it.

0:40.9

Sounds like U.S. Open mixed doubles won't be the only matchmaking shakeup at Fan Week.

0:46.3

But before we get to that, more about the mixed doubles.

0:49.1

14 teams are now locked in for the new look U.S. Open mixed doubles championship.

0:53.5

Eight duos earned direct entry based on their combined singles rankings, with Emma Navarro and Yannick Center currently leading the pack. Navarro made her intentions for the event pretty clear. Take a listen. Hey Yannick, it's Emma here. Just want to say huge congrats on the Wimbledon title. I watched a lot of your matches. watched the final and you look like, you know, you're playing a lot of good tennis, but, you know, I'm just getting a little bit worried because I didn't see, you know, that much net play. You did hit a tweener between your legs at the net at one point, which was, you know, kind of cool or whatever, but you missed the overhead. I don't even know if that really counts. I'm going to need you to, you know, just put in a good bit of work at the net on the doubles court in the next month or so. And hopefully, you know, you can kind of improve that part of your game because I'm out here working hard at doubles pretty much every day. So I need you to step up your game a little bit and sort of match my level there.

1:47.4

Let's get to work, buddy.

1:48.6

The wild card entries are also grabbing headlines.

1:51.5

With Venus Williams teaming up with Riley O'Pelka, Taylor Townsend is joining forces with

1:55.9

Ben Shelton, and defending champs, Sarah Arrani and Andrea Vavasori are back to chase another title.

2:02.8

And while we're on the topic of what's happening during fan week, the U.S. Open is going to be

2:06.9

debuting its own dating show this year.

2:10.1

Yeah, it's going to be called Game Set Matchmaker, and it's happening right at Flushing Meadows.

2:15.8

The series follows Alana Sadaka,

2:18.0

a sports savvy bachelorette known as the champion

2:20.6

as she goes on dates during fan week

2:22.7

with seven hopefuls, including influencers

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