Podcast buddies Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula to clash in fourth round

However, they are scheduled to record their next episode before the highly anticipated round of 16 clash. Player Box On Sunday – possibly for the first time the podcast co-hosts are competing at a grand slam event.

“We’re both going to try to find something to commemorate this moment,” Keys said.

It’s like a punishment for the loser – as long as it doesn’t involve cheesy apple pie.

“Disgusting,” Keys said, highlighting her friend’s strange eating habits. “We were doing the Thanksgiving podcast. We were talking about what your favorite foods are, your favorite desserts.

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“Jess said: ‘Yes, it’s very good. You take the apple pie, you put a piece of cheddar cheese on it, and then
Put it in the microwave and then eat it.

“He tried to make it seem like the most normal thing ever and we were all disgusted.

“Our producer tried it and said, ‘This is so gross.’ I definitely made it worse in my head because I was imagining a Kraft Singles. And he said, ‘No, you’re using good cheddar cheese.'”

Keys and Pegula They started their podcast. last year’s US Open gave tennis fans a behind-the-scenes look at life on the track. The next episode has a unique perspective.

They have not played each other on tour since Keys won a three-set clash (6-3, 4-6, 6-1) on Adelaide hard courts in January last year. He leads the head-to-head fight 2-1.

So what can we expect?

“I don’t know if either of us are actually talking nonsense, so I don’t know how it’s going to go,” Keys said.

“I’m sure we’ll at least find a way to talk about it and hopefully make it fun.”

Pegula said she wasn’t even aware they were scheduled to meet at this year’s event until she checked the draw for the previous round.

“If we shoot tomorrow [Sunday]”We can market that we’re the ones recording before we have to play each other,” Pegula said.

“We’ll see what kind of episodes we can come up with. It might be like a silly episode before we play it.”

Either way, Keys doesn’t expect his off-field offerings to affect the on-field competition.

“We can literally be friends and laugh until the moment we walk on the field,” he said. “So we both want to win and we’re both competitors. We’ll do our best to get the ‘W.’

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“Once it’s over, you go back to being friends. I think those are the things I really love about tennis – because it’s taught a lot of us how to manage our friendships and relationships and how to really love each other, but also to be really competitive.”

Keys and Pegula are among a large group of Americans making their presence felt at this year’s tournament.

World No. 3 Coco Gauff played in the round of 16 on Sunday, while No. 4 seed Amanda Anisimova won her match against countryman Peyton Stearns on Saturday, 6-3, 6-2.

In the men’s draw, Learner Tien and Tommy Paul advanced to the round of 16. No. 8 seed Ben Shelton also improved by beating Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) on Saturday.

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