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So, Paula Badosa and Cameron Norrie are the champions of an Indian Wells tournament that has been held in October.

That is very indicative of the wild ride that 2021 has been. David and Matt are here alongside me. You watched these finals at two very different times of day. Matt and I were there live while David was in a deep, deep slumber and watched it all on catch up this morning.

Is that right, David?

So, the first two sets of Badosa are against Asa Roenka. Basically, because I completely got all my times wrong, I'd been hearing so many people talk about the Norrie final due to get underway at midnight that I completely forgotten that the women's final was going to be before that, which is a terrible error.

You both alerted me to the fact that this is a good final at three, two in the first set. I'm like, what final? Oh, cranky that final.

Oh, and then I turned it on. I think it's rare that you turn on a match like that when somebody says, oh, this is good. And that it actually seems to get better.

And that's what happened in the in the first set of that match. And then I got to one set all and I just, I'm going to bed at 9.30 at night, most night at the moment.

And I slept like a baby. And then I woke up and watched the lot whilst trying to make the kids their breakfast. And then my daughter ended up watching the conclusion of Asa Roenka Badosa with me for the last three or four games and the tie break and everything.

And you know, by the end of it, she was a pala Badosa fan, simple as I love sleep, Matt, as we all know very much, but I don't know what's happened to David law or David law 2.0 as we now know him because I'm not sure even sleep would have been enough of an incentive for me to switch off that Badosa as a rink of match.

Well, at any stage really, but certainly not with it poised at at a set of peace. So dot, dot for the captain you David and your and your new sleep habits. But thank you.

You've been working on that for 14 years. I'm your Catherine. And now you've managed to get me to do it. I'm really proud of David.

I've gone too far, David. You've gone too far.

Not only are you sleeping. You're sleeping through great tennis matches. How are you doing this?

I'm sort of like Benjamin Button, aren't I? I'm kind of like my sleeping patterns going backwards.

I mean, great tennis matches. It's probably an understatement. I mean, this is absolutely a strong contender for match of the year, right?

Oh, yeah. I know it's so hard when you see something that makes you feel like that did and to put it into any fair context against matches that happened a while ago.

And you can't quite remember how maybe they made you feel, but certainly the first and third sets of that match stack up against anything.

Yeah, I think it's definitely a contender. I tweeted as much. I was so caught up in that match. I tweeted. This is a match of the year, isn't it?

And most people seem to be agreeing with that. I then suddenly remembered that the US Open was basically two weeks of matches of the year.

And there were certainly lots of contenders in that tournament, but this was right there with them, I think. Certainly the fact it was a final, there was so much on the line that always helps, I think.

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