WTA Finals Day 4: Is Andreeva Taking Over Tennis? || Guest: Garbiñe Muguruza Runs The Show

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Mira Andreeva (0:13)

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Brad Gilbert (0:26)

What's happening? BG, Brad Gilbert here from the desert. Welcome to The BIG T.

Day 4, we have a tremendous show for you. We will preview Day 5 and we are interviewing the tournament director, former champion of this event, Garbiñe Muguruza. And welcome our new co-hosts coming in for the rest of the tournament. Petkovic is on a plane to Turin. Carson Branstine is in. Welcome to The BIG T.

Carson Branstine (0:59)

Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be here. Not too long of a drive for us, so kind of nice.

Brad Gilbert (1:04)

It's kind of a Southern California home game. Okay. You played a full four years in college. Started at SC, finished at Texas A&M.

What's the biggest transition from going from college tennis to playing in big time pro tennis?

Carson Branstine (1:22)

Yeah, you know, it's been nice to see that there's a lot of college players now on the tour and so many successful ones on the doubles and singles tour. It's great. But yeah, the number one thing for me, and I think a lot of players have said this is the energy. You know, on the tour, it's a lot more quiet. You don't have your teammates around, no coaches, and the fans, even if they're cheering, it's not for your team, it's just kind of for individual people. So yeah, the individuality part has been an interesting transition. I like the energy and being loud on the court, it kind of missed that sometimes. But I like the professionalism of the tour too. It's just a maturity thing and getting used to being a loner. Yeah, that's the biggest difference.

Brad Gilbert (2:00)

Did you have a little rowdiness when you played college tennis?

Carson Branstine (2:03)

Oh yeah, Texas A&M, we bring the energy.

Brad Gilbert (2:06)

Okay, I liked it.

Carson Branstine (2:06)

I have my Aggie ring on.

Brad Gilbert (2:08)

Did you get any advice from Petko?

Carson Branstine (2:11)

You know, Petko, I love her.

I ran into her miraculously on the road. And she told me how you're a germaphobe, just like myself.

Brad Gilbert (2:21)

Oh, we share that in common.

Carson Branstine (2:22)

We do. We're both a little OCD. So I brought options today for your hand sanitizer. So you get to pick one.

Brad Gilbert (2:30)

Okay, see, this is a family member right here.

Carson Branstine (2:33)

This is a Carson Daily. That's always in my purse.

Brad Gilbert (2:36)

Okay, this is... See, I go the small size, which Petko gives the huge thumbs down. She says it has no good smell. I mean, it smells like a hospital. Okay, what the heck do we got here? This is like what she had. This is called Wish. It says hand sanitizer with lavender cream latte. That sounds like some kiddie coffee drink. Okay, let's see.

All right, I'm going to do this right.

Oh, my God.

Carson Branstine (3:06)

What the heck is that smell? Actually, it smells... Honestly, that smells really good.

Brad Gilbert (3:12)

I'm going to tell producer Gaddy, honestly, if I put this on... I feel like I'm at least one break down. If I put trusty on, I get to break back. Maybe two sprays of this, I'm up a break. I feel like this...

Jeez, I would struggle, but she likes the way JCF smells. She said he's the best smelling player or coach on tour, and I need to up my game, but I prefer this one. This is a win.

Carson Branstine (3:40)

If you look closely at my Purell, it's kind of a two for one, because there's lavender in that one as well.

Brad Gilbert (3:45)

Oh, there's... I did not know that Purell had lavender in...

Carson Branstine (3:49)

Purell's upping the game.

Brad Gilbert (3:50)

Okay, let's see.

Carson Branstine (3:51)

Rebrand.

Brad Gilbert (3:53)

Let's go on this one. Wow, that smells like medical lavender, so that's at least a little better.

Carson Branstine (4:00)

We love medical lavender.

Brad Gilbert (4:02)

All right, let's break down a couple of the matches today. Okay, the first match of the day.

Carson Branstine (4:08)

All right, first match.

Brad Gilbert (4:09)

Svitolina versus Muchova.

Svitolina drops the first set, third consecutive set that she got thumbed here, and then takes about a nine-minute injury timeout, and then completely flips the script where she saved a break point at one, two, and then completely rolled after that. She started to play a lot better, and that's where the three-one head-to-head maybe showed up in this match.