Hi, this is Billie Jean King. This is Mary and Bartorri.

I'm Matt Svillander. This is Mary Carillo. This is Pam Shriver.

This is Yannick Noah.

Hey y'all, this is Carol in South Carolina and you're listening to and dancing to the theme song of

the tennis podcast.

Well, hello folks and thank you to Carol Allen who you heard beautifully introducing

the show there and suggesting that people might be dancing along to the theme music, which is

quite frankly something that had never occurred to me before. So thank you Carol for that lovely

mental image. I'm here, Catherine Whittaker, Matt's here and when I say here, I mean here here.

Hello, yes, physically in the same room recording a podcast together for the first time in a few months.

Great. The flesh. Disappointingly David Law is not here. Now that was planned. David Law

had booked a much needed holiday. We were all very excited and pumped for David Law taking a

holiday, getting a tan, getting some rest and relaxation. He was under strict order. Not to look at his

phone until the evenings. Yeah, not to send a single tweet while he was away. Oh, those were

very strict instructions and he was he was acquiescing to all of it. Holiday Law within motion

and then holiday law tested positive for COVID-19. I know a lot of people have had a ruffled time of

it with COVID-19. It's been it's been a bit of a blight on our lives for the last couple of years

hasn't it? It's safe to say. But for David Law, he's had a he's had the rough end of the COVID-19

stick hasn't he and he deserves a break and we are desperately hoping that he can test negative

in time to still get somewhat of a holiday that he so desperately needs and deserves. So we're

we're sending positive vibes to David if I'm he aren't we Matt? We are yes and we know he's

listening to this so positive vibes David David is absolutely listening to this. He is he's

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