2026 US Open Media Day LIVE SHOW | Player Interviews & US Open Preview

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Well, this is an honor for us to be a part of US Open Media Day. We are Served. We are a bunch of knuckleheads to do a podcast and talk about tennis. We are fans just like you are fans. To my left, Jon Wertheim, to his left, producer Mike. What's up, everybody? Now, I have a question because we're about to do a three hour live show straight. We need your energy today. That's what we need. Do we have any fans of Coco Gauff?
Good. Well, you're going to be happy very soon. What about a guy named?
Yes, to whoever.

**Casper Ruud** (2:12)
Yeah, that guy.

**Andy Roddick** (2:15)
Yes to whoever. What if I would have said someone like terrible right there? Carlos Alcaraz?
Big foe going to come to us in a little bit. Two-time defending champion on the women's side will be here in an hour or so. Aryna Sabalenka? No one's a fan of Alex Eala, right? I figured Sasha Zverev, Mirra Andreeva, Taylor Fritz, Iva Jovic, FAA, Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul, all going to be in the house today.

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How long are we going to be up here?

**Andy Roddick** (2:55)
Do what?

**SPEAKER_1** (2:56)
I said how long are we going to be up here?

**Coco Gauff** (2:57)
We're going spring scene.

**Andy Roddick** (2:58)
We're going to be up here three hours. Let's go. Make it four.

**Coco Gauff** (3:01)
You got it.

**Andy Roddick** (3:03)
Let's see how we do after three and then let's renegotiate. But I'll say it again, an honor. We're up here. Players are walking around doing media today, talking about their preparation. There's normally three stops, right? Generally, press conference, host broadcast, which is ESPN, and then apparently Garage Podcasts is the third one that we have.
JW., thank you. That was a little hype. Techie Shawn, everybody.

**Jon Wertheim** (3:33)
That's Techie Shawn.

**Coco Gauff** (3:34)
What up?

**Frances Tiafoe** (3:35)
He's always on top of it.

**Jon Wertheim** (3:36)
This is our Alcaraz right here. This is our MVP.

**Coco Gauff** (3:38)
That's it.

**Andy Roddick** (3:40)
JW., why don't we start, while we're waiting for our first guest, fan week. I mean, the way that this has been built out with the mixed doubles and... Was anyone happy to see Roger Federer the other night? Not me.
But it's amazing what they've been able to build out with the qualifying matches and the stars of the open. What are your impressions from fan week and week one? JW.

**Jon Wertheim** (4:09)
This is officially the three-week event, and you guys are a big reason why.
Welcome, everyone. It's great to be here. I want to go back to you because I'm thinking, it wasn't that long ago that the Friday before the open, you'd hear the construction beams of the structures that were getting put in place, and maybe you'd see someone out there practicing, and there'd be 13 people walking the grounds, getting ready for the big first round to start. It's not like that anymore. No. You remember what the Friday before the open used to be like? It wasn't like this.

**Andy Roddick** (4:41)
It was empty. When I was playing, it was closed. I mean, you have some quality matches, but as far as bringing your kids and it being free on Louis Armstrong on Tuesday to see those legends playing mixed doubles and the entertainment and the concerts, a good friend of mine, a young lady named Iris Copperman is a young musician. She played that. Oh, cool. What up? She played a stage here on Sunday. So the programming, I mean, I've been full of energy for days now and we haven't even started the event yet.