EPISODE 25: Since the first Grand Slam tournament of the year is underway, the Scout and the GM decided to talk tennis. Here’s what their wide-ranging conversation about this year’s Australian Open covers:

(The Connoisseurs recorded this before Milos Raonic stunned Stan Wawrinka in the Round of 16. Boy, they didn't see that coming! But who did?)

–Men’s and women’s matchups in the Round of 16 and the Quarterfinals: (Women) http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/ws/index.html (Men) http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/ms/index.html

–Potential matchups to come

–The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djokovic–Wawrinka_rivalry

–Djokovic vs. Roger Federer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djokovic–Federer_rivalry

–Djokovic’s place in history as compared to Federer and Rafael Nadal: http://www.theroar.com.au/2016/01/20/is-djokovic-beloved-like-federer-and-nadal/

–Nadal’s decline? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/sports/tennis/rafael-nadal-australian-open-first-round-loss.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

–Big guys: John Isner, Milos Raonic, and Tomas Berdych: http://espn.go.com/tennis/french14/story/_/id/11015922/french-open-john-isner-slowed-tomas-berdych-paris

–Head games: Gael Monfils, Nick Kyrgios, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Bernard Tomic

–Djokovic’s dominance: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/serena-williams-had-a-remarkable-year-novak-djokovics-was-better/

–Serena Williams’ dominance: http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/14528575/tennis-new-realities-serena-williams

–Serena vs. Maria Sharapova: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/24/tennis/australian-open-serena-sharapova-djokovic-federer/index.html

–Will this year be the year that Serena and/or Djokovic win the calendar-year Grand Slam? http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/14/tennis/australian-open-tennis-djokovic-serena-federer-nadal/index.html