*insert bad Australian accent here* G'night mate! The Australian Open and January took a thousand years to complete, but you can listen to all our distilled thoughts in one episode! We psychoanalyze Novak Djokovic and his Christmas ham thigh, gush over Jannik Sinner entering his Morgan Riddle YouTube era, and adopt Learner Tien because he’s a California guy and a Sagittarius! We also give Madison Keys her flowers for crushing the Women’s Singles tournament! 🥹 We also briefly touch on Davis Cup, mostly the literal clash between Belgium and Chile and Arthur Fils being an ~icon~. 

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