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Show Notes

0:00 Dekel is in the house

3:00 Stats from ‘The Match’

13:00 Are bodybags and acceptable strategy?

22:58 Going to see more drives

24:46 Vulcan ball 'out of round'

28:09 Dekel’s thoughts on the new serve rule

33:30 You must challenge the toss before the third shot

39ish 40% of serve returns missed in tennis and ball conspiracy

44ish Neutralize a big serve

47:22 Results from the Desert Ridge Open

51:20 How were the crowds in Arizona?

53:30 ATP’s crush on SportsCenter

55:45 Liquidity tweet possibly cut

58:35 Escape room and the switch to Joola

1:01:00 Dekel’s Pickleball 360

1:04:33 More voicemails

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