As two Americans, Katie and Miranda weren’t able to watch a lot of the Asian swing, but that doesn’t mean we won’t talk about it! While we both wish Andrey Rublev would have taken home his second Masters 1000 title, we’re happy to see Hubi Hurkacz do his weird close-lipped kiss of the trophy. Ben Shelton hangs up the phone in Aslan Karatsev and takes home his first ATP title and a 500-level one at that! In a moment of nightmare fuel, we think about how bed bugs could be an issue at Paris Bercy, where another (theoretical) Masters 1000 could go on the calendar, and the crazy matchups in round one of Vienna and Basel. And of course, since the release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) drops on Friday, we do what any good Swifties do. Assign tennis players to the songs on the album. Including blind placing players for the unheard vault songs! We’ll give you three guesses as to who we put for Slut! 

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