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Welcome to Padel Smash Academy.

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We are all things Padel.

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Hello everyone.

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Welcome to another exciting
episode of Padel Smash Academy.

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Today, we're so excited to have
the mesmerizing, the incredible,

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and most importantly, Pan American
champion 2023, Andrea Samson.

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Well, first of all, thank you, Julian.

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Thank you, Cesar for.

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Having me here, where
are you originally from?

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I'm originally from Paraguay.

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Okay.

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Asion and I lived there for 14 years.

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Um, and then I was
playing tennis over there.

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So tennis was your first racket sport?

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Yeah.

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And that was in Paraguay?

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Yeah, because my uncle played
Davis Cup for Paraguay.

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Um, so he would always like travel
back and forth, like Miami to Paraguay.

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He always bring us like little
rackets or tennis balls.

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Um, so like my, my two older brothers play
tennis and my parents play tennis and.

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So it was a tennis family.

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So was there a Padel down there at all?

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Or did you even know about it?

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Or?

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So I remember there were like these courts
right next to the tennis courts, um, in

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some clubs, but they were always empty.

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And like, we would use them for warmup.

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Like, I didn't know what sport that was
because nobody was ever playing there.

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And.

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And whenever I had a tennis tournament,
I would go there and, and play against

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the wall, you know, um, but I never
knew what it was, um, until I came here.

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Wow.

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So you were introduced
to Padel here then?

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Yes.

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So did you come here?

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How did you get to the States here?

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Was it for, through tennis?

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Yeah.

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So I was, uh, 14 and actually my older
brother wanted to play tennis, play

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tennis in the year, in the university.

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Okay.

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So he, um.

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told my parents, like, Hey, I want
to do the same thing as my uncle.

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Like, I want to go to
Miami to play tennis.

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So he came, then my parents came, then
my other brother came, and then I came.

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That's weird.

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And what was the stepping stone in Tupelo?

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How, how were you introduced into Tupelo?

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Yeah, so I played tennis college and
then, um, after college, I needed a break.

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I was like, I don't want to touch a
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I would still watch tennis,
but I didn't want to play it.

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Um, so I had like a break for like two
years and I'm like, I feel like I need

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to do something, you know, after, after
work, like I, I'm always used to having

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an activity, you know, um, so it was
COVID and my brother Rodrigo, uh, which

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everyone knows him in the Pato community.

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Um, he was playing already
and he would always invite me.

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And I was like, no, that's
like an old people's sport.

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You probably thought it was pickle.

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No, I didn't know about pickleball.

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Like I don't, but I was like,
no, that's an old people's sport.

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Like, uh, but then it was
like, I was bored one day.

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My friend was over here.

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Um, and he was like, let's go play.

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And we're like, okay, let's go try it out.

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And then I just got hooked.

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No, let me, I have a question for you.

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Um, What happened in tennis?

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Did you just get burnt out or
why did you stop playing too?

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I mean, that's pretty drastic.

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It was a combination.

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Like, I felt like with tennis, I
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know, like I played juniors, I played
high school, I played college, I knew

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I wasn't gonna go pro, you know, I was
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hobby, though, you know, like, yeah, like,
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college I was a little bit burned out.

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It was, it was a lot, you
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So, so tell us, I mean, that day that when
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Oh, it was at Real.

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It was, uh, around Christmas,
like it was very cold.

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I remember.

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Um, and I played with my friend
Astrid, which is also from Paraguay.

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My brother and I don't
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Um, and we, Oh, it was a
group of Paraguayans actually.

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And we just played and where I was
like, Oh, this is going to be easy.

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You know, we play tennis, like we're
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hard and we're going to win the points.

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And then you're like.

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Nope.

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, you see the other person standing
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So Yeah.

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Like rude awakening.

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Exactly.

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. Yeah.

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And I'm like, oh, like you forget
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you that she's your friend, you know?

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Yeah.

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And I assume all smashes, right?

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Always smash, smash, smash.

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Right.

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So at what point did you
take pedal more seriously?

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Like you said, Hey, I gotta,
I have to take lessons.

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I have to actually learn how
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tennis in the Padel court.

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When did that happen?

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Yeah, so I just started like
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know, and I was losing everything.

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Um, I was like, I actually
got frustrated and I stopped.

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Oh, I also got injured.

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Um, so I stopped for like a few months.

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Um, and then I was like, I don't
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like I'm losing every match.

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Um, but then someone
invited me for a tournament.

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And I played, and then I was like,
okay, I feel like if I actually

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train and if I actually take
this seriously, I can get better.

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And, and I wanted to get better
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friend that she was already playing
better because she was practicing.

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And I was like, okay, let's do this.

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Like let's give Padel a second chance.

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That's okay.

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And then the rest is history . Wow.

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So how did you do that at that point?

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Did you just start playing?

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Did you, how did you learn?

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How did you, because you
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I had to play tennis, same thing with him.

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And you get into a court and you're kind
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And there's a point where you, you,
you got to start learning, right?

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Rather you're YouTubing or, or you
take some lessons or something.

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So what did you do?

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There's a lot that goes behind that.

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Um, well, first step was taking lessons.

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So who was your first coach then?

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Who was your first coach?

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Angel was my first coach.

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Way to go Angel.

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Angelito.

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But then I switched to Nico.

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Um, yeah, and I mean, it's, you
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together, so it's, um, the same.

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Um, but I just started playing like a lot
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I just started playing a lot and he
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lessons and during the matches, you
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forward, no, stay back, uh, patience,
patience, patience, because I, I wanted

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to hit everything so hard and I still do.

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Um, so they yell at me sometimes,
they're like, just go a little slower.

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So how, how long was that transition
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like the back walls, uh, the, the,
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shots, like the Bandeja Vibora.

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Um, how long did that
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Yeah.

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Um, For me, it actually takes a little bit
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I was always a singles player in tennis.

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Everybody was, I think, you know,
nobody plays doubles that much.

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It's singles, at least for me, it was
like singles, singles, singles, you know?

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Yeah, but there are some girls like,
you know, that play here like in, you

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know, my level that there were a lot.

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More like doubles player, so, you know,
they're a little bit better at the volley.

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I would never go up to the volley when
I would play because I'm so short.

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So then they would like,
just love me, you know?

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Um, so I, I even went to college telling
my coach, like, don't put me in doubles.

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Like I didn't have a good volley.

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Right.

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Um, oh, baseline.

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Baseline.

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Yeah.

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It wasn't like the eighties where
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you know, Erna Williams style.

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Yeah.

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Beat the crap out of the boss
Or possible on kind of, yeah.

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I would, I would hit everything on
the rise, like they would love me.

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But my uncle actually told me
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hit everything on the rice.

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So I got really good at hitting
like everything on the rice.

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Good.

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Here you have to let it pass
and hit it off the back wall.

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Yeah, exactly.

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But, uh, I feel like for me, just took
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the click and, and do the switch, like
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with another person, because for me,
it was like, Oh, I'm a singles player.

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Like I solve my own problems, you
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Like, like I don't need
to get mad at anyone.

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They don't need to get
mad at me, you know, but.

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Playing with another part, another
person is totally different and, um,

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it's hard sometimes, you know, like
everyone has different personalities,

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different tempers, someone you have
a bad day or they have a bad day, you

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know, like, um, but I really started
liking that, you know, just like.

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Working that, and I, I still struggle,
there's a lot to improve, you know.

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Like it's a team sport.

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Exactly.

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You know, each side has the
responsibilities of what they need to do.

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Yeah.

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And you gotta work together.

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Yeah.

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And try and motivate each other too.

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Exactly.

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It's great when things are great, but
when things are bad, you know, you

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gotta try to stay positive, you know.

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Exactly.

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Yeah, and like, you know, I don't,
I don't always play with the

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same partners, you know, so like.

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You always have to adapt.

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Um, it's sometimes you like right now
in the Pan American, like I didn't

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know her, like my partner, I just
met her there and we needed to, you

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know, figure it out kind of thing.

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So let's, let's talk about now that
you mentioned it, the Pan American.

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So USA for the first time in the
history of the Pan American games.

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won the championship.

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We made history.

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So tell us all that experience from the
moment you got into the plane, all through

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winning all the matches and all that.

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Yeah.

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Amazing experience.

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Honestly, we, um, made a great.

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First, where was it?

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Okay.

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Sorry.

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Um, it was in Cancun.

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It was actually supposed
to be in Acapulco.

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But then there, unfortunately,
there was a really big hurricane.

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Um, so it was like three weeks before
and we were still waiting, like,

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you know, what's going to happen?

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Is it going to be the same dates or
is it going to be the same location?

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Like.

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Um, so they confirmed Cancun like,
kind of like the week before.

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So that's good.

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And tell us a little bit, uh,
people are a little bit confused.

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What is the format of the Pan American?

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So I know there are different
divisions and all that.

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Can you tell us a little bit
how it's, how does that work?

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Yeah, of course.

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Um, so the one that we went right now
to Cancun is the one, the amateur.

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Um, so it's from the
second to sixth division.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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And how do you become second division?

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Who decides what division you are?

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Uh, the coach based on your
level, you know, or history in

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the Pan Americans or ranking.

239
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So second is better than sixth
or sixth is better than second.

240
00:11:00,834 --> 00:11:01,285
Yes.

241
00:11:01,444 --> 00:11:01,614
Okay.

242
00:11:01,614 --> 00:11:05,055
The set, the, so basically there
was another Pan American, I don't

243
00:11:05,055 --> 00:11:08,194
know if you guys watched, uh, like
in Venezuela, like a month ago.

244
00:11:08,194 --> 00:11:08,655
Yes.

245
00:11:08,885 --> 00:11:12,974
Okay, so that's the absoluto, that's the
absolute, that's like first division.

246
00:11:13,515 --> 00:11:17,115
So those are, that's the best players
where Lamperti played and all these guys.

247
00:11:17,125 --> 00:11:21,035
Like all the, all the best from
the, from all country, like

248
00:11:21,065 --> 00:11:22,335
they can go there, you know?

249
00:11:22,584 --> 00:11:27,155
So yes, Chingoto was there, Lamperti
was there, Augsburger was there.

250
00:11:27,244 --> 00:11:28,654
And this one, what is the difference?

251
00:11:28,664 --> 00:11:30,705
So this is like a level down.

252
00:11:30,735 --> 00:11:31,534
So that was the best.

253
00:11:31,575 --> 00:11:33,115
And this is like second to six.

254
00:11:33,235 --> 00:11:33,685
Okay.

255
00:11:33,885 --> 00:11:34,285
Okay.

256
00:11:34,655 --> 00:11:37,235
Um, so what, which, which
level did you play at?

257
00:11:37,575 --> 00:11:38,785
So I played second.

258
00:11:38,795 --> 00:11:39,085
Second.

259
00:11:39,085 --> 00:11:39,285
Okay.

260
00:11:39,305 --> 00:11:41,625
Yes, I played second last year.

261
00:11:41,975 --> 00:11:48,285
I actually played third with Astrid with,
um, and we won third division last year.

262
00:11:48,285 --> 00:11:51,635
So now in each of the divisions,
is there categories, like you

263
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said, you mentioned amateur.

264
00:11:53,665 --> 00:11:56,284
So is there categories in there
or it's just division two?

265
00:11:56,535 --> 00:12:00,444
No, I mean, any men and women or,
or is there a mix or each division?

266
00:12:00,444 --> 00:12:02,984
So second division is only
women's or it's men's too?

267
00:12:03,084 --> 00:12:06,594
So there's men and women
and each have second to six.

268
00:12:06,675 --> 00:12:07,224
Oh, okay.

269
00:12:07,254 --> 00:12:07,474
Yeah.

270
00:12:07,545 --> 00:12:07,614
Okay.

271
00:12:07,614 --> 00:12:07,814
Okay.

272
00:12:07,814 --> 00:12:08,055
Okay.

273
00:12:08,155 --> 00:12:09,604
And you can have like.

274
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Uh, so USA can have like two teams
in second division or they can,

275
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they can have three teams in.

276
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Fourth Division.

277
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Division, okay.

278
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You know, it doesn't, so it's unlimited.

279
00:12:20,025 --> 00:12:21,084
You have 10 teams, there's no limit.

280
00:12:21,185 --> 00:12:22,079
Can you have 10 teams?

281
00:12:22,140 --> 00:12:24,240
I actually dunno if there's
a, there might be a limit.

282
00:12:24,270 --> 00:12:24,300
Okay.

283
00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:26,010
But you can have two or three.

284
00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:26,339
Okay.

285
00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,900
Um, and you know, like we actually
had an instance that, uh, USA played

286
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against USA in the semis, um, or in
the quarter finals, you know, and Yeah,

287
00:12:35,610 --> 00:12:37,439
that's unlucky because you wanna Right.

288
00:12:37,469 --> 00:12:39,270
You wanna get the furthest,
you know, but, um, yeah.

289
00:12:39,270 --> 00:12:44,010
So each division, each country presents,
uh, uh, teams for each division.

290
00:12:44,645 --> 00:12:44,965
Yes.

291
00:12:44,995 --> 00:12:45,195
Right.

292
00:12:45,195 --> 00:12:47,345
And then you play only
within your division.

293
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You don't play third.

294
00:12:48,145 --> 00:12:48,525
You don't play.

295
00:12:48,525 --> 00:12:48,745
No.

296
00:12:49,105 --> 00:12:50,315
So you're playing your division.

297
00:12:50,485 --> 00:12:51,435
And then you play what?

298
00:12:51,435 --> 00:12:54,255
It's a main draw and then a
consolation or how does that work?

299
00:12:54,295 --> 00:12:54,635
Yeah.

300
00:12:54,635 --> 00:12:58,475
So depending how many teams there are,
like for example, Chile didn't have

301
00:12:58,485 --> 00:13:01,265
like a second division or Paraguay
didn't have a second division.

302
00:13:01,594 --> 00:13:05,995
Um, but I play, there were
two groups, uh, three teams.

303
00:13:06,550 --> 00:13:10,790
And so I played, we played
Mexico first, we won that match.

304
00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,670
Um, then we played Argentina,
we lost that match.

305
00:13:14,879 --> 00:13:16,749
So we ended up second in that group.

306
00:13:16,979 --> 00:13:19,420
So we played against the
first of the other group.

307
00:13:19,549 --> 00:13:19,789
Okay.

308
00:13:19,869 --> 00:13:22,849
Um, we played Brazil, we lost to them.

309
00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:23,989
That was the semis.

310
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Um, so that means that you're out.

311
00:13:26,079 --> 00:13:30,280
So then we had to play for the
third or fourth, uh, position.

312
00:13:30,350 --> 00:13:32,170
And you earned points.

313
00:13:32,180 --> 00:13:33,880
So USA won by what?

314
00:13:33,939 --> 00:13:35,010
Earning the most points.

315
00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:41,030
Yes, because the furthest you
get, the most points you get.

316
00:13:41,170 --> 00:13:46,879
So like USA in six divisions was,
um, I can't, I don't know the exact

317
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number, but in women in six divisions,
we were in four finals and one semis.

318
00:13:54,139 --> 00:13:54,479
Okay.

319
00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:59,349
And so you get points only if you
win a match or when the division

320
00:13:59,370 --> 00:14:00,569
or how, how does that work?

321
00:14:00,579 --> 00:14:02,739
And what if you lose, you
get no points, I assume.

322
00:14:03,155 --> 00:14:06,015
Um, no, it's basically
the furthest you get.

323
00:14:06,064 --> 00:14:10,224
So that's like, so the more you made it
to the final, you get X amount of points.

324
00:14:10,265 --> 00:14:11,834
Semi finals, you get
less points and all that.

325
00:14:11,834 --> 00:14:13,364
Exactly, exactly.

326
00:14:13,415 --> 00:14:13,765
All right.

327
00:14:13,774 --> 00:14:19,004
So, so the USA won, did they win any
divisions or they made all to the finals?

328
00:14:19,775 --> 00:14:25,055
No, we won third division women, fourth
division, so sorry, in the women's we

329
00:14:25,055 --> 00:14:35,295
won third division, fourth, um, sixth
division, I think we lost in fifth, um,

330
00:14:35,314 --> 00:14:37,014
and then in second we lost in semis.

331
00:14:37,024 --> 00:14:38,955
So, and then it's an overall points.

332
00:14:39,174 --> 00:14:39,454
Yes.

333
00:14:39,455 --> 00:14:40,604
That's how you become a champion.

334
00:14:40,605 --> 00:14:40,915
Exactly.

335
00:14:40,915 --> 00:14:41,534
Oh, okay.

336
00:14:41,534 --> 00:14:43,775
So then, because we had so many people.

337
00:14:44,225 --> 00:14:48,605
Um, you know, we had great teams and
we, you know, in the women, we got

338
00:14:48,605 --> 00:14:52,965
to four finals and the men, we got,
I can't remember, but we, we got

339
00:14:52,974 --> 00:14:55,265
to maybe two finals and one semis.

340
00:14:55,695 --> 00:15:01,104
So overall USA was almost in every
single final and semis, you know?

341
00:15:01,274 --> 00:15:07,355
Um, so that's why we collected a
lot of points and I think we ended

342
00:15:07,355 --> 00:15:14,444
up with 152 compared to Argentina,
which was, um, I think like one

343
00:15:15,045 --> 00:15:16,985
forty six, something like that.

344
00:15:17,265 --> 00:15:17,635
Yeah.

345
00:15:18,045 --> 00:15:20,925
So let me ask one thing
that you mentioned that.

346
00:15:20,925 --> 00:15:24,115
So if you present more teams,
you will earn more points or not?

347
00:15:24,835 --> 00:15:26,754
Um, you have more probability.

348
00:15:26,795 --> 00:15:27,005
Yes.

349
00:15:27,005 --> 00:15:27,950
Exactly.

350
00:15:27,950 --> 00:15:28,894
Okay.

351
00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:31,725
So basically the more team
players you bring, the more

352
00:15:31,725 --> 00:15:32,715
possible is for you to win.

353
00:15:32,715 --> 00:15:32,995
Yeah.

354
00:15:33,275 --> 00:15:37,555
So you guys won the overall and
you won just a few divisions.

355
00:15:37,585 --> 00:15:37,915
Yes.

356
00:15:37,985 --> 00:15:38,335
Okay.

357
00:15:38,689 --> 00:15:43,370
Do the men, how, how do they,
the men did the men, um, the,

358
00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,800
the, the level was really good.

359
00:15:45,069 --> 00:15:54,420
Um, so I know in second division, um,
I think we lost in the semis, which was

360
00:15:54,429 --> 00:15:57,089
Fernando Alarcón and Vinny DeFrancesco.

361
00:15:57,659 --> 00:16:02,490
Um, in third, I think
they lost in the final.

362
00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,050
Um, so they, they did
pretty good actually.

363
00:16:06,330 --> 00:16:08,890
There were, we had a lot of
young players that, you know,

364
00:16:08,890 --> 00:16:10,890
they, they all live in Argentina.

365
00:16:10,890 --> 00:16:15,670
They train in Argentina and they're
fresh out of the oven basically.

366
00:16:16,430 --> 00:16:18,229
Um, and they're really good.

367
00:16:18,249 --> 00:16:19,849
So they were representing
the United States.

368
00:16:19,909 --> 00:16:20,239
Yes.

369
00:16:20,650 --> 00:16:22,240
So that's another thing, you know, like.

370
00:16:23,380 --> 00:16:27,010
All the teams were like, Oh my gosh,
USA, you know, like what happened?

371
00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:30,900
Like, cause last year I went
and it was only two girls.

372
00:16:30,980 --> 00:16:34,789
It was me and Astrid, you know, we
were all the only girls that went.

373
00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:36,090
And why is that?

374
00:16:36,490 --> 00:16:37,700
So what was the difference this year?

375
00:16:38,370 --> 00:16:39,760
Um, I think.

376
00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:45,060
The coaches, like, actually, like, I
know Angel Luifer, you know, they did a

377
00:16:45,060 --> 00:16:48,780
really good job in, you know, recruiting
and motivating the players to go.

378
00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:54,080
Um, I think last year, it was also like
right after the World Championships,

379
00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,050
there was like another event going
on, like, Maybe like people didn't

380
00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:03,640
even know how it worked or so there
wasn't a lot of like motivation to go.

381
00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:10,240
Um, so yeah, it was only Astrid and I for
the girls and I think only like six men.

382
00:17:10,310 --> 00:17:16,640
Um, yeah, six men went last year and this
year, how many, this year we were like, I

383
00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,670
don't know, you don't know, like 14 girls.

384
00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:21,430
And like, we were a lot, I don't
know if you saw the pictures,

385
00:17:21,460 --> 00:17:23,349
like we're like 30 people.

386
00:17:23,950 --> 00:17:24,180
Wow.

387
00:17:24,180 --> 00:17:24,849
That's good.

388
00:17:24,849 --> 00:17:27,649
And out of those 30 people,
how many were from overseas?

389
00:17:27,649 --> 00:17:28,580
So from another country.

390
00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:29,249
So, okay.

391
00:17:29,249 --> 00:17:34,580
So that's, I like my favorite
part because, um, all the other

392
00:17:34,580 --> 00:17:37,130
countries, you know, even like, you
know, I'm from Paraguay and like

393
00:17:37,130 --> 00:17:38,260
the Paraguayan team, we're like.

394
00:17:38,510 --> 00:17:39,690
Why are you not playing for Paraguay?

395
00:17:39,690 --> 00:17:40,970
Like, why are you playing for the U.

396
00:17:40,970 --> 00:17:41,310
S.?

397
00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:41,780
You know?

398
00:17:41,780 --> 00:17:44,850
Or, like Like people that I
saw last year and they were

399
00:17:44,850 --> 00:17:46,130
like, what happened to the U.

400
00:17:46,130 --> 00:17:46,310
S.?

401
00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,060
Like, there are so many people
now, but all of you speak Spanish.

402
00:17:49,070 --> 00:17:50,390
So like, how does that work?

403
00:17:50,879 --> 00:17:52,259
And we're like, well, that's the U.

404
00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:52,610
S.

405
00:17:52,610 --> 00:17:55,470
You know, we have people like,
you know, I'm from Paraguay.

406
00:17:55,470 --> 00:17:57,179
We had a Puerto Rico.

407
00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,829
We had Venezuela, Argentina.

408
00:17:59,830 --> 00:18:01,459
You should have said I'm from Miami.

409
00:18:01,459 --> 00:18:01,930
We speak down here.

410
00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:04,240
Seriously.

411
00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:07,780
And we, we had like Ana Maria,
she's from Serbia, you know, we

412
00:18:07,780 --> 00:18:10,150
had Romania and like, but that's.

413
00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:12,340
That's what I would tell everyone.

414
00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:14,880
Like, you know, that's
what makes to be American.

415
00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,530
You know, that's a, that's a beautiful.

416
00:18:17,540 --> 00:18:20,480
So, so, so when did you
guys find out about that?

417
00:18:20,490 --> 00:18:22,500
You guys won because you
didn't know until the end.

418
00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:22,820
Right.

419
00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:23,980
So what was it?

420
00:18:24,510 --> 00:18:25,100
How was it?

421
00:18:25,149 --> 00:18:25,880
It was funny.

422
00:18:25,950 --> 00:18:29,820
Um, we, so we, everybody
was counting points.

423
00:18:29,820 --> 00:18:32,930
I like, Oh my God, 10 different
types of various points.

424
00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:34,210
No, we went, no, we didn't.

425
00:18:34,210 --> 00:18:34,820
It was so close.

426
00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:35,740
No.

427
00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:36,180
Yeah.

428
00:18:36,180 --> 00:18:38,600
So we knew we were going to be like.

429
00:18:39,130 --> 00:18:44,180
Top three for sure, uh, because
Argentina, they were solid, but they

430
00:18:44,180 --> 00:18:48,230
were not in like almost every final
like we were, you know, so we were

431
00:18:48,230 --> 00:18:50,100
like, we know we're really close.

432
00:18:50,110 --> 00:18:55,670
So we started like, I remember we had to
wait until like the men's division final

433
00:18:55,719 --> 00:18:58,749
ended, you know, um, so we went to dinner.

434
00:18:59,545 --> 00:19:01,605
While they were, while
they started to play.

435
00:19:01,805 --> 00:19:06,005
So we all went to dinner and we're
all like trying to count points.

436
00:19:06,015 --> 00:19:07,675
Like, okay, we got to the final here.

437
00:19:07,675 --> 00:19:10,985
Then we got to the semis there and
blah, blah, blah, like started counting.

438
00:19:11,495 --> 00:19:15,304
And then Armando sends like a message
on the group chat and he's like.

439
00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,420
It's official USA won.

440
00:19:17,430 --> 00:19:21,090
And we're like, is he, is it a
joke or is it actually official?

441
00:19:21,090 --> 00:19:21,530
You know?

442
00:19:21,970 --> 00:19:23,459
And he's like, yes, it's official.

443
00:19:23,459 --> 00:19:27,099
And we started like screaming in
the restaurant, like we started

444
00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:29,270
posting already, like USA champions.

445
00:19:29,270 --> 00:19:33,579
And we're like, we haven't even gotten
like the trophy yet, but it's official.

446
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:34,690
Imagine if they made a mistake.

447
00:19:34,690 --> 00:19:37,419
Yeah.

448
00:19:37,420 --> 00:19:41,554
And then we like went back to the
club and, um, You know, we were

449
00:19:41,554 --> 00:19:46,745
like USA nice USA were, we were
singing like we are the Champ.

450
00:19:48,004 --> 00:19:48,905
la was awesome.

451
00:19:48,905 --> 00:19:49,054
Awesome.

452
00:19:50,225 --> 00:19:53,524
And, and then, you know,
the ceremony and then, yeah.

453
00:19:53,584 --> 00:19:57,155
Brazil third, Argentina, second USA first.

454
00:19:57,155 --> 00:19:57,845
And it was, my God.

455
00:19:57,845 --> 00:20:00,334
Now who brought in the most
points of the guys or the girls?

456
00:20:00,540 --> 00:20:00,959
The girls.

457
00:20:01,139 --> 00:20:01,679
Ah, wow.

458
00:20:01,770 --> 00:20:03,480
Women power, . Wow.

459
00:20:03,530 --> 00:20:04,080
Right there.

460
00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:08,345
How many power, how many points did you
the girls bring versus the guys, you know?

461
00:20:09,365 --> 00:20:13,105
I mean, that's what I like, what I
said, like the, the girls, we were

462
00:20:13,105 --> 00:20:16,235
in four final, in six divisions,
we were in four finals and one

463
00:20:16,235 --> 00:20:19,304
semis, the men were in two, right?

464
00:20:19,435 --> 00:20:19,854
I know.

465
00:20:20,105 --> 00:20:21,734
I think only one final.

466
00:20:21,735 --> 00:20:22,324
Yeah.

467
00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:27,315
I don't, I, I, it's awesome.

468
00:20:27,325 --> 00:20:30,075
Like I said, like last year
we were two girls right now.

469
00:20:30,075 --> 00:20:32,645
We were like, at least 14.

470
00:20:32,645 --> 00:20:33,185
And how does it work?

471
00:20:33,195 --> 00:20:36,365
So you get a big trophy for
everybody or you get medals.

472
00:20:36,365 --> 00:20:36,935
How's that work?

473
00:20:36,995 --> 00:20:40,314
So the ones that got to the
final, they get a medal.

474
00:20:40,755 --> 00:20:46,055
Like the champions, um, and the finalists,
they get a medal and then the, you, the,

475
00:20:46,065 --> 00:20:52,554
the, the country that gets third, second
or first, uh, gets a trophy, but then

476
00:20:52,554 --> 00:20:54,145
the federation stays with that trophy.

477
00:20:54,275 --> 00:20:55,828
So the USPA has our trophy.

478
00:20:55,828 --> 00:20:58,495
Oh, so like the World Cup in
soccer, you know, they don't let

479
00:20:58,495 --> 00:20:59,774
you think, they give you a fake one.

480
00:21:01,495 --> 00:21:04,443
So we all took a picture with it,
but then we have to give it back.

481
00:21:04,443 --> 00:21:05,995
Yeah, you got security,
please bring it over.

482
00:21:06,034 --> 00:21:06,344
Yes.

483
00:21:07,604 --> 00:21:11,034
So, uh, so how many games did you
play and how many points do you think

484
00:21:11,034 --> 00:21:13,264
you contributed to the whole 152?

485
00:21:14,214 --> 00:21:16,445
I played two matches in the group phase.

486
00:21:16,930 --> 00:21:20,430
Then the semis and then for
the third and fourth place.

487
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:21,840
So you played what, five matches?

488
00:21:21,870 --> 00:21:28,109
So I played four, but there were some
people that played like six, you know,

489
00:21:28,350 --> 00:21:31,979
because other divisions, like they,
like I didn't have to play the quarters.

490
00:21:32,395 --> 00:21:35,725
They had to play group phase,
quarters, semis, final, you

491
00:21:35,725 --> 00:21:37,335
know, we didn't have quarters.

492
00:21:37,355 --> 00:21:42,785
So, so, and what do you think
about US level of playing compared

493
00:21:42,825 --> 00:21:43,754
to the rest of the countries?

494
00:21:43,754 --> 00:21:45,655
Were you guys pretty even?

495
00:21:45,665 --> 00:21:46,995
The matches were close.

496
00:21:47,035 --> 00:21:49,744
I mean, what was the level
or you guys really were much

497
00:21:49,744 --> 00:21:50,765
better than everyone else?

498
00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:54,245
I think there's a lot to improve.

499
00:21:54,385 --> 00:22:01,825
Um, but I mean, you can see, you
know, like our girls team is, I think.

500
00:22:02,435 --> 00:22:09,034
Maybe a hundred percent like ex tennis
players, you know, um, and which is great,

501
00:22:09,155 --> 00:22:13,304
you know, we have great volleys, you
know, we're fast, um, you know, we have

502
00:22:13,304 --> 00:22:18,284
a, like a lot of tennis skills, you know,
but you can see that in other countries,

503
00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:23,215
they are a hundred percent Padel
players, you know, they were born with it.

504
00:22:23,225 --> 00:22:23,885
They've been playing.

505
00:22:23,885 --> 00:22:26,852
And since, since they were, yeah.

506
00:22:26,852 --> 00:22:31,020
Um, But, you know, like,
that's good and bad.

507
00:22:31,020 --> 00:22:36,670
I mean, like, at the end, sometimes you
don't even recognize, like, okay, he is

508
00:22:36,670 --> 00:22:38,620
a hundred percent, uh, Padel player.

509
00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:41,420
So, but you guys don't feel
overwhelmed of the level of playing?

510
00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:42,379
No, not at all.

511
00:22:42,379 --> 00:22:43,900
The matches were pretty, pretty close.

512
00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:46,550
Yeah, like, uh, Sophie and I, we lost.

513
00:22:46,945 --> 00:22:51,015
To the girls that won the champions,
we lost seven, five in the third set.

514
00:22:51,125 --> 00:22:53,515
Oh, we were so close.

515
00:22:53,865 --> 00:22:55,195
And that was in the group phase.

516
00:22:55,925 --> 00:23:00,265
We, it was a match that we started,
it was the second day and it was

517
00:23:00,265 --> 00:23:02,734
supposed to start at 8 PM and it rained.

518
00:23:02,734 --> 00:23:04,364
And then like, we didn't
have enough courts.

519
00:23:04,365 --> 00:23:06,605
We started the match at 11 30 PM.

520
00:23:06,615 --> 00:23:08,155
We ended at 1 30 PM.

521
00:23:08,565 --> 00:23:09,195
Wow.

522
00:23:09,205 --> 00:23:10,085
That's a long day.

523
00:23:10,365 --> 00:23:11,555
And we had it.

524
00:23:11,565 --> 00:23:12,469
We, we were so.

525
00:23:12,610 --> 00:23:17,140
Six, four in the first, uh, we
had, I think five, four, six, five

526
00:23:17,140 --> 00:23:20,590
in the second, we lost in the tie
break and then we lost seven, five

527
00:23:20,590 --> 00:23:21,949
in the third against the champions.

528
00:23:21,979 --> 00:23:24,069
So like we were so close.

529
00:23:24,290 --> 00:23:24,399
Yeah.

530
00:23:24,580 --> 00:23:25,169
Oh man.

531
00:23:25,209 --> 00:23:26,030
Heartbreaker, huh?

532
00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:29,209
So, so now let's talk about Italy.

533
00:23:29,619 --> 00:23:30,629
Oh yes.

534
00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:34,889
The food delicious, the pizzas, the
spaghettis, but let's talk about Italy.

535
00:23:34,909 --> 00:23:35,330
Padel.

536
00:23:35,389 --> 00:23:35,980
Rome, right?

537
00:23:40,669 --> 00:23:47,859
Pizza, pizza, pizza, pasta,
and vino, and gelato.

538
00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:49,030
What were you doing in Italy?

539
00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:49,610
Okay.

540
00:23:49,659 --> 00:23:50,520
Crazy story.

541
00:23:50,889 --> 00:23:56,129
Um, a friend, Lucy,
um, uh, you know, Lucy.

542
00:23:56,300 --> 00:24:00,090
She called me one day and she was
like, Hey, do you want to go to a trip?

543
00:24:00,229 --> 00:24:05,120
Um, as a like sports ambassador to
Italy, like to the Vatican in November.

544
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,735
And I was like What do you mean?

545
00:24:06,745 --> 00:24:07,524
Like, what is that?

546
00:24:08,175 --> 00:24:12,794
Uh, and she was like, well, there's not a
lot of details yet, but do you want to go?

547
00:24:12,794 --> 00:24:14,054
And I'm like, sure.

548
00:24:14,395 --> 00:24:15,325
Cause she couldn't go.

549
00:24:15,665 --> 00:24:17,875
Um, so I just said, sure.

550
00:24:17,905 --> 00:24:20,125
And she connected me to this guy.

551
00:24:20,810 --> 00:24:26,140
Um, Anderson, which is the other
sports envoy that went, so he's

552
00:24:26,150 --> 00:24:27,710
like, there's this program.

553
00:24:27,710 --> 00:24:29,530
It's called the sports envoy program.

554
00:24:29,530 --> 00:24:35,660
Basically we go to Vatican for a week and
we like give clinics, like do interviews.

555
00:24:35,830 --> 00:24:36,430
Clinics of what?

556
00:24:37,889 --> 00:24:38,459
To the Vatican?

557
00:24:38,649 --> 00:24:38,839
What?

558
00:24:38,850 --> 00:24:39,419
To the Pope?

559
00:24:40,309 --> 00:24:40,939
What do you mean?

560
00:24:40,949 --> 00:24:42,070
Do they bless the Padel for you?

561
00:24:42,879 --> 00:24:43,129
What do you mean?

562
00:24:43,130 --> 00:24:45,470
You go to the Vatican to play Padel?

563
00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:46,480
I was like that.

564
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:46,849
I had, I had.

565
00:24:46,870 --> 00:24:47,870
I had so many questions.

566
00:24:48,770 --> 00:24:53,329
Diablo was not allowed to
enter into the Vatican.

567
00:24:53,330 --> 00:24:54,560
I had so many questions.

568
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,860
I was like, am I going to
play Padel with the Pope?

569
00:24:57,129 --> 00:25:00,599
You know, like, how does that work?

570
00:25:00,639 --> 00:25:01,310
Exactly.

571
00:25:02,659 --> 00:25:04,599
Um, so it's really cool.

572
00:25:04,610 --> 00:25:06,620
Like I didn't know this program existed.

573
00:25:06,620 --> 00:25:11,860
So the U S department of state has
like a sports diplomacy program, which

574
00:25:11,860 --> 00:25:15,840
is like the Ministerio de Deportes,
like, you know, what each country has.

575
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,600
Ministry of Sports.

576
00:25:18,990 --> 00:25:24,919
Um, so they have this program every year
with a bunch of like, um, other sports.

577
00:25:24,930 --> 00:25:29,270
Like they do, they've done tennis with
like Billie Jean King and, you know,

578
00:25:29,270 --> 00:25:34,130
they've done Soccer and like, but this
year was the first year they did Padel.

579
00:25:34,570 --> 00:25:36,260
Um, but they do only one sport.

580
00:25:36,290 --> 00:25:37,110
They do many sports.

581
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,400
They do many sports within
the throughout the year.

582
00:25:39,410 --> 00:25:39,610
Yeah.

583
00:25:39,670 --> 00:25:39,920
Yeah.

584
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:40,580
Throughout the year.

585
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,680
And they do it like in
all parts of the world.

586
00:25:43,140 --> 00:25:47,510
Um, so this year was the first
year they did with Padel.

587
00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:50,560
And so they partner with the.

588
00:25:51,044 --> 00:25:56,254
Embassy of the Vatican this year,
the U S embassy and the Vatican.

589
00:25:56,784 --> 00:26:00,245
Um, so they were like, Hey,
we want to do this program.

590
00:26:00,985 --> 00:26:04,154
The Vatican was because
Padel is really big in Italy.

591
00:26:04,605 --> 00:26:08,745
So they're like, Oh, let's do Padel,
you know, like that's going to be fun.

592
00:26:08,765 --> 00:26:11,134
And the U S was like,
what is Padel, you know?

593
00:26:12,094 --> 00:26:21,850
Um, so, so they contacted Anderson,
um, And they were like, okay, you

594
00:26:21,850 --> 00:26:25,520
are going, you need to get a girl,
you know, to like a guy and a girl.

595
00:26:25,980 --> 00:26:29,440
Um, so I talked to him and
I was like, sure, I'm in.

596
00:26:29,770 --> 00:26:34,170
Um, and then they gave us the details
and it's basically like, you know, a

597
00:26:34,170 --> 00:26:38,469
week to, it's basically public relations.

598
00:26:38,860 --> 00:26:43,220
Um, you know, between the U S and
Italy, but through sports, that's the

599
00:26:43,220 --> 00:26:48,010
beauty of it, you know, like they use
sports as the, you know, the connection

600
00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:52,280
between, um, between people, different
languages, different countries,

601
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:58,150
different conditions, because it was
very beautiful, like the whole week.

602
00:26:58,519 --> 00:27:00,209
Um, but you were playing Padel.

603
00:27:00,310 --> 00:27:00,679
Yes.

604
00:27:00,679 --> 00:27:06,149
So one day, the first day we went to a
Padel club and we were teaching kids, um,

605
00:27:06,179 --> 00:27:08,229
with, you know, like different conditions.

606
00:27:08,239 --> 00:27:12,079
Like they were either like they
had autism or down syndrome.

607
00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:13,319
They were in wheelchairs.

608
00:27:13,769 --> 00:27:14,669
Um, yeah.

609
00:27:14,669 --> 00:27:20,509
So with disabilities and another
school as well from like the more

610
00:27:20,509 --> 00:27:23,099
like vulnerable, vulnerable community.

611
00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:25,889
Um, so it was.

612
00:27:26,335 --> 00:27:28,585
Actually a very good challenge for me.

613
00:27:28,585 --> 00:27:32,715
You know, one thing is to teach Padel,
but, uh, or just like play a match.

614
00:27:32,735 --> 00:27:37,665
But another thing was, you know,
to teach four kids that they speak

615
00:27:37,665 --> 00:27:40,695
Italian and they were deaf as well.

616
00:27:40,705 --> 00:27:42,055
Like some people that were deaf.

617
00:27:42,064 --> 00:27:45,695
So I speak Spanish and
a little bit of Italian.

618
00:27:45,695 --> 00:27:53,214
So I was just throwing a mix of English,
Spanish, Italian, like signs, you know?

619
00:27:53,615 --> 00:27:55,524
Um, and it was a lot of.

620
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,740
patients that I needed to have, you know,
and, you know, there were like cameras

621
00:27:59,740 --> 00:28:04,520
there and like the, the, um, Embajador
was there, the ambassador, the U.

622
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:04,640
S.

623
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:05,690
ambassador was there.

624
00:28:07,165 --> 00:28:11,965
The kids were there, the parents, um,
the media people were there, you know,

625
00:28:11,965 --> 00:28:17,705
so it was very fun, uh, honestly, it was
very, that was, I think, the highlight

626
00:28:17,705 --> 00:28:23,865
of the whole trip, you know, teaching
those kids and they were having the, I

627
00:28:23,865 --> 00:28:26,304
mean, at the end of the day, you know,
sometimes it's not easy to communicate,

628
00:28:26,304 --> 00:28:29,575
but you take a Padel and the ball and
they have a good idea and they just want

629
00:28:29,575 --> 00:28:32,495
to have fun and hit it and you can follow
them through a little bit, you know

630
00:28:32,495 --> 00:28:33,945
what I'm saying, and have fun, you know?

631
00:28:34,044 --> 00:28:35,135
Yeah, exactly.

632
00:28:35,175 --> 00:28:39,345
But it was, like I said, it was a
challenge, but it was so beautiful.

633
00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:45,060
Different people like, you know, um,
and they just wanted to be there and,

634
00:28:45,070 --> 00:28:49,350
you know, connect like that's what I
kept saying, like in all the interviews

635
00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:52,099
or the questions that they would make,
like, it doesn't matter where we come

636
00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:56,220
from or what conditions we have or
how we play as soon as we step into a

637
00:28:56,220 --> 00:28:59,980
court, doesn't even have to play Padel,
you know, it could be soccer, tennis,

638
00:29:00,150 --> 00:29:01,820
anything, the language of sports.

639
00:29:01,870 --> 00:29:02,460
Exactly.

640
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,780
And that was the, But that was
the message of the whole trip.

641
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:07,760
You know, we did that the first day.

642
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:12,600
Then we went to schools
to also talk to teenagers.

643
00:29:12,650 --> 00:29:16,769
Um, it was, you know, um, they
were a little bit older, uh,

644
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:21,299
teenagers, just about sports, like my
experience and Anderson's experience.

645
00:29:21,589 --> 00:29:26,470
Um, I come from tennis, he comes from
squash, but we both play Padel now,

646
00:29:26,830 --> 00:29:28,910
um, you know, representing the U.

647
00:29:28,910 --> 00:29:29,360
S.

648
00:29:29,380 --> 00:29:31,740
and we also met the Pope.

649
00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:36,289
Oh, does he play?

650
00:29:36,290 --> 00:29:36,850
No, no, no.

651
00:29:36,870 --> 00:29:43,829
So every Wednesday, uh, the Pope does
an audience when, whenever he's in

652
00:29:43,829 --> 00:29:49,170
Rome, um, in the Vatican, he does an
audience to like thousands of people.

653
00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:53,180
Um, it was my first time in
Rome and it was beautiful.

654
00:29:53,450 --> 00:29:57,120
So the embassy was the one, you
know, that was planning everything.

655
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,560
They partner with Atletico
Vaticana, which is like.

656
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:05,040
The Vatican's sports ministry,
like, um, so they do a lot of

657
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,460
other sports like cycling, tennis,
basketball, they still have to do.

658
00:30:09,910 --> 00:30:14,230
Um, so they were like, okay,
we're going to the audience.

659
00:30:14,630 --> 00:30:15,669
We have to go there.

660
00:30:15,670 --> 00:30:18,600
It's like, it lasts like three hours,
you know, the Pope talks and they

661
00:30:18,609 --> 00:30:20,604
translate in every single language and.

662
00:30:21,075 --> 00:30:23,635
And then we got to take
a picture with him.

663
00:30:23,835 --> 00:30:27,335
Um, we had to wait until the
last one, but we were there.

664
00:30:27,335 --> 00:30:28,395
We shook his hands.

665
00:30:28,395 --> 00:30:29,494
We have the pictures.

666
00:30:29,515 --> 00:30:30,598
I'll show you the pictures.

667
00:30:30,598 --> 00:30:31,975
Did you make him hold the Padel?

668
00:30:32,065 --> 00:30:34,025
At least, you know, he didn't hold it.

669
00:30:34,645 --> 00:30:35,554
We were holding it.

670
00:30:35,884 --> 00:30:40,035
We were, we got to get, we got to
get, we got to see this picture.

671
00:30:40,035 --> 00:30:42,215
I, did he bless your Padel?

672
00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:42,674
He did.

673
00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:48,335
I had a Sharpie there ready for him
to sign it, but I was like, Like, what

674
00:30:48,335 --> 00:30:49,665
am I going to do with Padel After?

675
00:30:49,665 --> 00:30:50,525
I'm not going to use that.

676
00:30:50,525 --> 00:30:51,785
I'm just going to frame it there.

677
00:30:51,785 --> 00:30:53,351
Oh my God, that's beautiful.

678
00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:54,745
Um, that's a beautiful story.

679
00:30:54,785 --> 00:30:55,305
Yeah.

680
00:30:55,305 --> 00:31:00,175
So we have, you know, I also thought,
you know, Oh my God, I have to wear a

681
00:31:00,175 --> 00:31:04,065
dress, like very formal, you know, it's
like going to a church, you know, but

682
00:31:04,065 --> 00:31:08,705
then the people there, they were like,
no, he wants to see, he loves sports.

683
00:31:08,745 --> 00:31:11,385
The Pope, he, he's Argentinian,
you know, so he loves.

684
00:31:11,715 --> 00:31:12,595
He loves soccer.

685
00:31:12,725 --> 00:31:13,745
He loves sports.

686
00:31:13,745 --> 00:31:15,015
That's why we were there.

687
00:31:15,155 --> 00:31:15,295
Yeah.

688
00:31:15,345 --> 00:31:22,055
Um, and so we were able to, you know,
dress in sports clothes and, and hold our

689
00:31:22,095 --> 00:31:24,215
Padel racket right there in front of him.

690
00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:27,335
So we have our picture
with our Adidas Padel.

691
00:31:28,044 --> 00:31:30,904
Now, did you, uh, get to pick
up any other games there with,

692
00:31:30,904 --> 00:31:32,614
uh, your, your level players?

693
00:31:33,034 --> 00:31:33,994
No, we.

694
00:31:34,465 --> 00:31:40,575
So we didn't have time to actually
play battle, but, uh, we went to like

695
00:31:40,705 --> 00:31:43,285
two schools, uh, to talk about sports.

696
00:31:43,335 --> 00:31:45,315
We played a little bit
of baseball actually.

697
00:31:45,755 --> 00:31:47,854
Um, then we.

698
00:31:48,485 --> 00:31:49,965
Went to the audience.

699
00:31:49,985 --> 00:31:53,475
We went to the Padel club.

700
00:31:53,485 --> 00:31:55,995
We did a bunch of like
media interviews as well.

701
00:31:56,525 --> 00:31:58,505
So it was pretty excellent.

702
00:31:59,045 --> 00:32:02,575
Now you mentioned Adidas is, uh,
are you sponsored by Adidas or?

703
00:32:02,585 --> 00:32:03,134
Yes, I am.

704
00:32:03,134 --> 00:32:03,854
Oh, you are?

705
00:32:03,865 --> 00:32:04,045
Yes.

706
00:32:04,085 --> 00:32:04,715
Congratulations.

707
00:32:04,715 --> 00:32:05,445
That's great.

708
00:32:05,465 --> 00:32:05,594
Thank you.

709
00:32:05,595 --> 00:32:06,575
Oh, God.

710
00:32:06,995 --> 00:32:07,505
Now, now what do they?

711
00:32:07,635 --> 00:32:08,320
I'm an Adi player.

712
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,099
Oh, an Adi player.

713
00:32:11,190 --> 00:32:11,980
So, yeah, so what pedal do you use?

714
00:32:11,980 --> 00:32:13,620
You use the Addy FRO or?

715
00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:16,610
The one that Alex Ruiz, uh, plays.

716
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:17,490
The Kontrol.

717
00:32:17,580 --> 00:32:18,630
Golden point questions.

718
00:32:18,630 --> 00:32:22,380
I should learn the name of my racket.

719
00:32:22,390 --> 00:32:23,560
It's something Kontrol.

720
00:32:24,220 --> 00:32:25,840
And so they just apply
it with your equipment?

721
00:32:25,870 --> 00:32:26,450
Is that what they do?

722
00:32:26,459 --> 00:32:26,669
Yes.

723
00:32:26,860 --> 00:32:28,210
Okay, okay, great, great, great.

724
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,010
Famous polar bears.

725
00:32:32,510 --> 00:32:33,240
How was that experience?

726
00:32:33,650 --> 00:32:34,090
Famous.

727
00:32:34,090 --> 00:32:39,299
Infamous.

728
00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:45,100
Um, no, I've, as you know, like
the, the Toronto team had a little

729
00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:50,279
bit of, uh, struggles, but we,
it was a beautiful experience.

730
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:54,480
You know, um, it was kind of like,
while I was there, I didn't realize,

731
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:58,610
but after everything was like, after
everything ended, I realized that.

732
00:32:59,205 --> 00:33:03,135
Wow, like I was so grateful, you
know, uh, like I was grateful to

733
00:33:03,385 --> 00:33:04,895
having the opportunity to play.

734
00:33:05,055 --> 00:33:07,215
You're doing a great job, you
know, bringing, you know, people

735
00:33:07,215 --> 00:33:09,665
together, franchises, teams,
I mean, it's pretty amazing.

736
00:33:10,105 --> 00:33:12,895
Yeah, and it's just getting
bigger and bigger right now.

737
00:33:13,154 --> 00:33:16,874
So do you see yourself going to the
draft and playing next year for the PPL?

738
00:33:17,634 --> 00:33:23,285
Well, I applied, so I'm waiting
to get drafted from a team.

739
00:33:23,295 --> 00:33:25,455
So who do you want to, what
team do you want to be on?

740
00:33:26,875 --> 00:33:30,975
So let me ask you, so every year you
have to do the draft for the PPL?

741
00:33:31,225 --> 00:33:31,635
No.

742
00:33:31,645 --> 00:33:37,805
So the players that already played,
um, could have the contract renewed

743
00:33:37,815 --> 00:33:39,635
if the team wanted to renew them.

744
00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:39,975
Okay.

745
00:33:40,135 --> 00:33:42,174
Um, I didn't get renewed.

746
00:33:42,505 --> 00:33:46,975
So then my best, uh, free
agent, yes, free agent.

747
00:33:47,245 --> 00:33:47,645
Exactly.

748
00:33:47,685 --> 00:33:49,145
Now you have to reapply it again.

749
00:33:49,145 --> 00:33:50,144
Yes.

750
00:33:50,145 --> 00:33:50,325
Exactly.

751
00:33:50,405 --> 00:33:51,295
Any team can choose.

752
00:33:51,315 --> 00:33:52,125
Any team can choose.

753
00:33:52,135 --> 00:33:52,455
Okay.

754
00:33:52,485 --> 00:33:54,625
So which team would you like to play for?

755
00:33:54,695 --> 00:33:55,445
If you had a choice.

756
00:33:56,825 --> 00:33:59,010
Uh, if I had the choice.

757
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,110
Ooh, that's a tough question.

758
00:34:02,460 --> 00:34:04,680
Um, what Everybody's
listening and watching.

759
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,320
So , you see your camera?

760
00:34:08,325 --> 00:34:08,800
Go for it.

761
00:34:09,610 --> 00:34:09,850
Go.

762
00:34:10,420 --> 00:34:10,930
Orlando.

763
00:34:10,930 --> 00:34:11,470
Maybe.

764
00:34:11,470 --> 00:34:12,370
The Yankee.

765
00:34:12,370 --> 00:34:14,005
Oh my God.

766
00:34:16,835 --> 00:34:17,325
Exactly.

767
00:34:19,150 --> 00:34:20,765
I just feel like it's
gonna be like a very.

768
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:27,050
Fun team, you know, that gangster
type with a hat on, we're going to

769
00:34:27,130 --> 00:34:31,890
listen some before going into the
matches, you know, that's awesome.

770
00:34:32,180 --> 00:34:34,530
So 2022 Dubai.

771
00:34:35,725 --> 00:34:36,715
Experience there.

772
00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:37,375
How was it?

773
00:34:37,755 --> 00:34:38,585
Oh my gosh.

774
00:34:38,825 --> 00:34:38,895
First match.

775
00:34:40,755 --> 00:34:41,845
La creme of battle.

776
00:34:41,905 --> 00:34:42,205
Yes.

777
00:34:42,235 --> 00:34:42,625
That's it.

778
00:34:42,625 --> 00:34:44,234
It doesn't get any higher than that.

779
00:34:44,235 --> 00:34:49,308
I mean, first match against
Martita Ortega and Bea Gonzalez.

780
00:34:49,308 --> 00:34:50,356
Give us a little recap for our viewers.

781
00:34:50,356 --> 00:34:51,845
What, what it means when
I said Dubai and all that.

782
00:34:51,864 --> 00:34:52,674
So what was Dubai?

783
00:34:52,675 --> 00:34:55,175
So that was the world championship.

784
00:34:55,265 --> 00:34:56,685
So the World Cup of Padel.

785
00:34:56,695 --> 00:34:57,885
Yes, the World Cup of Padel.

786
00:34:57,965 --> 00:34:58,125
Yeah.

787
00:34:58,125 --> 00:35:01,795
And United States competed and then
you play for the, for the women's team.

788
00:35:01,855 --> 00:35:02,365
Yes.

789
00:35:02,585 --> 00:35:05,655
Um, yeah, there were eight girls
that were selected for the team.

790
00:35:06,135 --> 00:35:08,485
Uh, so we went to play.

791
00:35:08,985 --> 00:35:09,935
And who'd you play with?

792
00:35:10,865 --> 00:35:13,315
Well, each match was
with different players.

793
00:35:14,155 --> 00:35:16,635
You don't have a set
partner for the whole thing.

794
00:35:16,635 --> 00:35:16,995
Really?

795
00:35:17,025 --> 00:35:17,245
Yeah.

796
00:35:17,815 --> 00:35:18,185
Yeah.

797
00:35:18,325 --> 00:35:19,985
So who chooses the players?

798
00:35:19,985 --> 00:35:20,445
The coach.

799
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:21,340
Okay.

800
00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:21,980
The coach.

801
00:35:22,140 --> 00:35:22,380
Oh, interesting.

802
00:35:22,460 --> 00:35:22,930
Yeah.

803
00:35:23,180 --> 00:35:27,240
I mean, they choose the eight players
and then each match you can, I mean.

804
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,120
But you can still use the same players.

805
00:35:29,180 --> 00:35:30,170
Yeah, exactly.

806
00:35:30,180 --> 00:35:33,429
Like if you see that these two players
have a great chemistry, like you can

807
00:35:33,430 --> 00:35:35,090
use them together for all the matches.

808
00:35:35,109 --> 00:35:37,290
But if you want to change, you can change.

809
00:35:37,629 --> 00:35:39,030
So, so you play with.

810
00:35:39,820 --> 00:35:42,729
So first I play with Mariana.

811
00:35:43,329 --> 00:35:45,009
I played with Brittany.

812
00:35:45,479 --> 00:35:50,339
Uh, I played with Danny and.

813
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,540
I don't know if I'm not remembering.

814
00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:55,440
Mariana Taladico, Brittany Dubbins.

815
00:35:55,850 --> 00:35:56,330
Yeah.

816
00:35:56,550 --> 00:35:57,240
Daniela Ruiz.

817
00:35:57,240 --> 00:35:59,253
Daniela Ruiz.

818
00:35:59,253 --> 00:36:00,259
Yeah.

819
00:36:00,339 --> 00:36:01,630
Mariana was the coach, right?

820
00:36:02,210 --> 00:36:03,520
Oh, and sorry, and Nancy.

821
00:36:04,110 --> 00:36:04,830
And Nancy.

822
00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:05,200
Okay.

823
00:36:05,270 --> 00:36:08,320
Um, and that was a very
important match against Germany.

824
00:36:08,340 --> 00:36:12,270
If we would have won that match,
we would have been top eight.

825
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,100
Um, and we lost in the third set.

826
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,654
It was so, and, and tell us that, you
know, one thing is about Americans,

827
00:36:18,654 --> 00:36:20,417
the other one is the world cup.

828
00:36:20,417 --> 00:36:22,989
Was there a big difference
in the level of playing?

829
00:36:23,109 --> 00:36:23,599
Oh, yes.

830
00:36:23,749 --> 00:36:24,159
Really?

831
00:36:24,219 --> 00:36:24,579
Yeah.

832
00:36:24,829 --> 00:36:28,220
What would you say it was a big difference
between you guys and everybody else?

833
00:36:28,230 --> 00:36:28,950
No, because in.

834
00:36:29,490 --> 00:36:36,090
Well, in the World Cup, each country,
um, takes their best of the best players.

835
00:36:36,090 --> 00:36:36,510
The pros.

836
00:36:36,630 --> 00:36:37,610
Yes, the pros.

837
00:36:37,769 --> 00:36:41,146
Like I said, first match against
Martito Ortega and Bea Gonzalez.

838
00:36:41,146 --> 00:36:42,779
So how was that match?

839
00:36:42,779 --> 00:36:46,659
Yeah, it was, it was literally, um, I
wasn't even supposed to play that match.

840
00:36:46,659 --> 00:36:50,070
And then last minute something happened
and then, okay, Andrea, you're playing.

841
00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:51,983
So excited to play that man.

842
00:36:51,983 --> 00:36:53,380
Yeah, yeah, exactly.

843
00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:54,050
And, um.

844
00:36:55,375 --> 00:36:57,625
I think we lost the first one.

845
00:36:57,685 --> 00:36:59,305
Oh, we lost 6 2, 6 0.

846
00:36:59,305 --> 00:37:00,630
So we won two games.

847
00:37:00,730 --> 00:37:01,110
Two games.

848
00:37:01,110 --> 00:37:01,315
Two games.

849
00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:01,645
Okay.

850
00:37:01,645 --> 00:37:02,065
So, wait.

851
00:37:02,065 --> 00:37:04,255
Well, but let me ask you, I mean
I, you know, I'm also a coach.

852
00:37:04,260 --> 00:37:07,285
So what do they have
that you guys don't have?

853
00:37:07,915 --> 00:37:09,565
What is the big difference there?

854
00:37:09,745 --> 00:37:12,235
I mean, Bea, you know, she has a re.

855
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:19,550
With her eyes closed, you know, um,
Martita, she's so good at defending.

856
00:37:19,630 --> 00:37:23,800
Um, so it was also a year ago
I was not playing the same

857
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,050
level I'm playing right now.

858
00:37:25,150 --> 00:37:28,630
It's a strange experience as
well, you know, going there,

859
00:37:29,140 --> 00:37:31,100
obviously we were not prepared.

860
00:37:31,539 --> 00:37:35,820
Like we had like a relatively
new team because it was like.

861
00:37:36,380 --> 00:37:40,480
four players that were, you know, more
experienced and then four players that

862
00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:45,000
we were a little bit younger and we were
still relatively new to Padel, you know?

863
00:37:45,379 --> 00:37:50,980
Um, so it was, I think, the
beginning of a new team right now.

864
00:37:50,989 --> 00:37:55,780
We have a lot of, you know, ex tennis
players like me that were, um, that

865
00:37:55,780 --> 00:38:00,030
we're just diving into a Padel,
uh, like world right in the past.

866
00:38:00,490 --> 00:38:05,110
year or two years, you know, so, and
then you're playing against like these

867
00:38:05,140 --> 00:38:10,330
pros, the top 10 in the world, like
literally top, yeah, top one, top 10.

868
00:38:10,380 --> 00:38:16,410
Um, so, but I was able to do an ace
of second serve to Martita Ortega.

869
00:38:16,410 --> 00:38:18,640
Oh my gosh, bro.

870
00:38:18,950 --> 00:38:25,760
She was sending a Snapchat message, I'll
send you the video so you can show it.

871
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,739
So what do you think about, I
mean, what was the big difference?

872
00:38:28,750 --> 00:38:30,543
What was the big differentiator?

873
00:38:30,543 --> 00:38:31,336
Experience.

874
00:38:31,336 --> 00:38:32,129
Experience.

875
00:38:32,130 --> 00:38:32,600
Yeah.

876
00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:35,480
But did you feel equal
to equal on strokes?

877
00:38:35,540 --> 00:38:37,889
You know, executions and, and, and.

878
00:38:39,229 --> 00:38:42,660
I mean, it's, I feel like we
were still playing a little

879
00:38:42,660 --> 00:38:44,280
bit more tennis than Pato.

880
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,070
You know, it's, it's.

881
00:38:46,310 --> 00:38:52,000
Oh, if you see someone playing a bandeja
or a víbora actually better, like you

882
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,899
just like wait for it to go to the wall
and then you know exactly what to do,

883
00:38:55,899 --> 00:38:57,980
you know, like someone that's not really.

884
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,330
Confident in their game yet.

885
00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:01,810
Like you're like, what do I do?

886
00:39:01,810 --> 00:39:02,670
I don't know how to defend.

887
00:39:03,030 --> 00:39:03,050
Yeah.

888
00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:05,260
And they're going to, they're going
to pick up the mistakes right away and

889
00:39:05,390 --> 00:39:08,680
they're going to exploit them to the
max, you know, they've been playing

890
00:39:08,690 --> 00:39:09,730
since they were seven, eight years old.

891
00:39:09,730 --> 00:39:14,559
You know, Padel, Padel, Padel, you
know, and I also don't think that they

892
00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:17,220
were playing there a hundred percent
in the first match, you know, they're,

893
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:22,290
they know that we were like a fan,
you know, we were playing against.

894
00:39:22,290 --> 00:39:24,429
It's very obvious, I was
doing the same thing.

895
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:25,350
Exactly.

896
00:39:25,450 --> 00:39:26,030
They sign afterwards.

897
00:39:26,090 --> 00:39:27,129
Can you sign here?

898
00:39:27,130 --> 00:39:27,460
Yeah.

899
00:39:27,460 --> 00:39:27,779
Yeah.

900
00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:28,610
No, exactly.

901
00:39:28,610 --> 00:39:32,290
Like they know, and, and it's no,
it wasn't only us, like, you know,

902
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,750
every single country, like right
after they play, especially Spain, um,

903
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,790
they know that after the match, you
know, they're, and they were so nice.

904
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,590
Like they know that you want to
take a picture with them, like team

905
00:39:43,590 --> 00:39:45,530
picture, individual pictures, you know?

906
00:39:45,530 --> 00:39:47,350
So they were super nice.

907
00:39:47,350 --> 00:39:49,230
And you know, the, the girls.

908
00:39:50,570 --> 00:39:55,700
Spain won, and for the guys, it was
Argentina, which was like a major change.

909
00:39:55,700 --> 00:40:01,800
And, and it's just unreal to see
them, you know, um, like you watch

910
00:40:01,820 --> 00:40:05,289
Warpile Tour and yeah, they play with
their partners, but then you see.

911
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,750
Like, I think that was the first time
like the Superdivas played together.

912
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:12,110
Um, and it was so
exciting to see them play.

913
00:40:12,460 --> 00:40:13,420
Oh, you actually see them play?

914
00:40:13,570 --> 00:40:14,529
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

915
00:40:14,529 --> 00:40:14,530
Yeah.

916
00:40:14,530 --> 00:40:15,390
It's, it's incredible.

917
00:40:16,569 --> 00:40:16,909
Oh my.

918
00:40:16,909 --> 00:40:19,300
And then I will never forget.

919
00:40:19,390 --> 00:40:21,020
So my favorite player is Tapia.

920
00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:21,480
Okay.

921
00:40:23,730 --> 00:40:26,580
And like, we were having lunch
like the first day, I think.

922
00:40:26,580 --> 00:40:29,390
And you know, you see all
the players like, Oh, just

923
00:40:29,390 --> 00:40:30,910
picking up lunch right there.

924
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:31,220
And I'm like.

925
00:40:31,755 --> 00:40:32,314
Oh my gosh.

926
00:40:32,315 --> 00:40:33,335
Like Martin Mineno.

927
00:40:33,345 --> 00:40:33,775
Oh my God.

928
00:40:33,775 --> 00:40:34,585
Like Paquito.

929
00:40:34,625 --> 00:40:35,805
Like, oh my gosh.

930
00:40:35,805 --> 00:40:37,685
And I'm like, I was
just waiting for Tapia.

931
00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:44,894
Exactly.

932
00:40:44,895 --> 00:40:46,075
And did you got a picture with him?

933
00:40:46,374 --> 00:40:46,794
Yes.

934
00:40:46,874 --> 00:40:50,924
I got a picture with all of them,
except against, uh, except LeBron

935
00:40:50,924 --> 00:40:54,215
and Galan, but now I regret it.

936
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:55,905
I had the opportunity, but I was.

937
00:40:56,370 --> 00:40:58,080
I wasn't a fan of them right there.

938
00:40:58,460 --> 00:41:02,810
Um, but I, the first time I saw
Tapia was actually in the elevator.

939
00:41:02,930 --> 00:41:05,009
So I was in the elevator
and he was right next to me.

940
00:41:05,190 --> 00:41:08,379
And I was like, Oh my gosh, no, I didn't.

941
00:41:08,380 --> 00:41:10,420
I, I acted normal there.

942
00:41:11,779 --> 00:41:12,199
Andrea.

943
00:41:12,199 --> 00:41:16,200
So what, how much is Padel
in your life right now?

944
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,160
Is it, are you a hundred
percent involved into Padel?

945
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,720
I mean, you want to be, where, where
do you want to take your Padel game?

946
00:41:20,990 --> 00:41:23,430
Uh, no, I actually work full time.

947
00:41:24,390 --> 00:41:24,830
What do you do?

948
00:41:25,150 --> 00:41:27,610
It's a sports, uh, marketing company.

949
00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:28,160
Okay.

950
00:41:28,260 --> 00:41:30,870
So, yes, I've always
wanted to work in sports.

951
00:41:30,910 --> 00:41:34,250
Um, so we're very much involved in it.

952
00:41:34,730 --> 00:41:43,280
And I work from home right now,
um, so I just always try to fit

953
00:41:43,860 --> 00:41:45,730
Padel somewhere in my schedule.

954
00:41:45,780 --> 00:41:46,110
Okay.

955
00:41:46,219 --> 00:41:47,009
Um.

956
00:41:47,030 --> 00:41:47,950
On a daily basis.

957
00:41:48,259 --> 00:41:48,839
Yes.

958
00:41:48,850 --> 00:41:53,495
So, I mean, actually last year I was just,
Playing, playing, playing, playing every

959
00:41:53,495 --> 00:41:57,695
day, but then it came to a point that,
you know, like I was getting injured,

960
00:41:57,775 --> 00:42:01,134
uh, it was a little bit too much, I was
getting tired and then I was going to

961
00:42:01,135 --> 00:42:04,685
the matches playing tired and that's
not fun because you're not playing at

962
00:42:04,725 --> 00:42:07,975
your 100%, you know, and then you lose
and then you get frustrated at that.

963
00:42:08,515 --> 00:42:12,195
So I started balancing a little
bit more of my schedule, you know,

964
00:42:12,195 --> 00:42:17,025
like actually doing like my private
lessons, you know, like twice a week.

965
00:42:17,355 --> 00:42:19,545
Um, then playing.

966
00:42:20,095 --> 00:42:23,645
Not like five matches a week,
but only like Two or three,

967
00:42:23,645 --> 00:42:25,165
like high quality matches.

968
00:42:25,565 --> 00:42:29,365
And then the other days, which I
was lacking a lot last year was

969
00:42:29,385 --> 00:42:34,325
going to the gym, you know, actually
working on, you know, your strength

970
00:42:34,365 --> 00:42:36,125
was so like, it's so important.

971
00:42:36,204 --> 00:42:37,815
And I wasn't doing that last year.

972
00:42:37,815 --> 00:42:37,955
And.

973
00:42:38,775 --> 00:42:42,375
I got injured, like my
calf, then my abductor.

974
00:42:42,385 --> 00:42:45,975
And like, it was all like in between
the world championships and the Pan

975
00:42:45,975 --> 00:42:48,235
Americans and like the tournaments here.

976
00:42:48,235 --> 00:42:49,125
And I couldn't stop.

977
00:42:49,605 --> 00:42:53,285
And I took a break for two weeks
of my body was asking for it.

978
00:42:53,815 --> 00:42:58,525
And right now it's, you know, I
feel so much stronger, faster,

979
00:42:58,545 --> 00:43:03,055
more like I'm burned out, like
not burned out, basically.

980
00:43:04,270 --> 00:43:07,730
Um, because I just balance
it a little bit better.

981
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,850
Yeah, that's part of that transition
because you're using a lot of muscles

982
00:43:10,850 --> 00:43:14,699
that you don't use in tennis, especially
when you're defending, you know, and

983
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:18,170
exerts a lot of energy and use a lot of
muscles that you typically don't use.

984
00:43:18,590 --> 00:43:22,580
And after a while it takes a toll
and then working out those muscles,

985
00:43:22,610 --> 00:43:24,550
uh, and on top of playing Padel.

986
00:43:25,020 --> 00:43:28,249
Helps, you know, and choosing the
right games to play, you know,

987
00:43:28,250 --> 00:43:29,750
every two times a day, you know.

988
00:43:30,060 --> 00:43:32,410
Oh, I was playing like two,
even three times a day.

989
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:34,650
Some people are like,
Andrea, how do you do that?

990
00:43:34,650 --> 00:43:35,230
You know, like.

991
00:43:35,820 --> 00:43:42,760
So, uh, so do you coach as well or, Um,
I actually want to, I mean, I started,

992
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:47,690
like I gave a few lessons like, uh, and
on the weekends, cause honestly, like

993
00:43:47,740 --> 00:43:51,979
I can talk about Padel and play Padel
for hours, you know, and for me, it's so

994
00:43:51,980 --> 00:43:57,130
much fun, like there were, and especially
because there are so many girls and, you

995
00:43:57,130 --> 00:44:02,950
know, um, that I see at the clubs and,
you know, they, they know me and they're

996
00:44:02,950 --> 00:44:04,209
like, Hey, I want to play with you.

997
00:44:04,230 --> 00:44:05,359
Like, Hey, I wouldn't like.

998
00:44:05,750 --> 00:44:08,240
And they tell me like,
Hey, like, do you coach?

999
00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:09,990
And I'm like, no, not yet.

1000
00:44:09,990 --> 00:44:12,860
But would you want to
take a lesson with me?

1001
00:44:12,860 --> 00:44:13,220
You know?

1002
00:44:13,220 --> 00:44:14,640
And they're like, yes, of course.

1003
00:44:14,650 --> 00:44:17,390
Like we need more, you
know, like girl coaches.

1004
00:44:17,820 --> 00:44:23,049
Um, so I love to, that was part
of like the Italy trip as well.

1005
00:44:23,050 --> 00:44:26,490
You know, I was like talking about
women's sports and that's actually

1006
00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:31,460
kind of like what I work in the sports
marketing agency as well is just.

1007
00:44:32,060 --> 00:44:38,920
You know, being a female player, a female
athlete, um, it's so much different.

1008
00:44:38,980 --> 00:44:42,910
Like, I mean, and right now is like
the time that you're seeing it.

1009
00:44:43,125 --> 00:44:48,125
Like all sports, like just you see
every article, like just women's

1010
00:44:48,125 --> 00:44:52,185
sports, like there's a lot more
money and investment and investment

1011
00:44:52,195 --> 00:44:54,745
going in, in all kinds of sports.

1012
00:44:54,745 --> 00:44:59,085
So for me just talking and like,
you know, inspiring like other girls

1013
00:44:59,085 --> 00:45:01,364
and like, sure, I'll play with you.

1014
00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:02,295
You know, like, sure.

1015
00:45:02,295 --> 00:45:03,515
Like, let's do a clinic.

1016
00:45:03,535 --> 00:45:04,995
Like for me, it's so much fun.

1017
00:45:05,155 --> 00:45:05,667
So yeah.

1018
00:45:05,667 --> 00:45:05,912
That's great.

1019
00:45:05,912 --> 00:45:06,279
I love it.

1020
00:45:06,530 --> 00:45:10,710
Andrea, at the end of the interview,
we go into the golden point question.

1021
00:45:10,750 --> 00:45:11,530
I saw that.

1022
00:45:11,780 --> 00:45:12,200
I'm a fan.

1023
00:45:13,370 --> 00:45:14,480
You should probably memorize the study.

1024
00:45:16,039 --> 00:45:16,819
Indoor, outdoor.

1025
00:45:19,230 --> 00:45:20,109
So here we go.

1026
00:45:20,499 --> 00:45:21,520
Do you prefer right or left?

1027
00:45:21,869 --> 00:45:22,169
Right.

1028
00:45:22,649 --> 00:45:23,690
Indoor or outdoor?

1029
00:45:24,510 --> 00:45:25,100
Outdoor.

1030
00:45:25,789 --> 00:45:27,810
Power or finesse shots?

1031
00:45:28,810 --> 00:45:34,670
I prefer power, but I'm starting to
learn how to play, play with finesse.

1032
00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:34,870
Gotcha.

1033
00:45:35,090 --> 00:45:36,879
Uh, favorite Padel club?

1034
00:45:38,210 --> 00:45:41,379
Oh, that's a tough one.

1035
00:45:41,380 --> 00:45:42,340
I'll say Real.

1036
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,470
Real, the home where she first started.

1037
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:49,760
That's, no, that's honestly, I
mean, that's where I started.

1038
00:45:49,860 --> 00:45:52,110
And you know, that's where my people are.

1039
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:52,380
Go ahead.

1040
00:45:53,089 --> 00:45:54,489
Deja o por, by three.

1041
00:45:55,970 --> 00:45:56,050
Deja.

1042
00:45:56,985 --> 00:45:58,385
Bandeja or víbora?

1043
00:45:59,125 --> 00:45:59,815
Víbora, all day.

1044
00:46:01,045 --> 00:46:02,085
What is your best shot?

1045
00:46:03,125 --> 00:46:04,525
I would say my víbora, actually.

1046
00:46:04,605 --> 00:46:05,155
Wow.

1047
00:46:05,185 --> 00:46:05,635
Yeah.

1048
00:46:06,635 --> 00:46:09,805
Okay, so, um, What is your worst shot?

1049
00:46:11,005 --> 00:46:14,775
Oh, my backhand volley,
but it's getting better.

1050
00:46:14,825 --> 00:46:15,405
Much better.

1051
00:46:15,505 --> 00:46:15,955
Wow.

1052
00:46:16,525 --> 00:46:22,575
What is your sexy, good looking,
papacito player, professional player?

1053
00:46:25,625 --> 00:46:26,645
We all knew that, right?

1054
00:46:28,205 --> 00:46:29,405
, uh, your favorite racquet.

1055
00:46:30,575 --> 00:46:30,875
Adidas.

1056
00:46:30,875 --> 00:46:31,655
Control.

1057
00:46:31,955 --> 00:46:32,615
God.

1058
00:46:33,005 --> 00:46:33,485
Way you go.

1059
00:46:33,485 --> 00:46:34,205
Adidas.

1060
00:46:34,595 --> 00:46:37,265
So, who's your favorite, uh, favorite
partner that you love to play with?

1061
00:46:38,225 --> 00:46:38,285
Oof.

1062
00:46:40,195 --> 00:46:40,675
Oh, top three.

1063
00:46:41,730 --> 00:46:50,000
Um, what's up to, uh, can he be like
in mixed category or only women?

1064
00:46:50,069 --> 00:46:50,159
Yeah.

1065
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:51,992
Well, whoever you love, that's bias.

1066
00:46:51,992 --> 00:46:56,609
I mean, I knew that was going to happen.

1067
00:46:57,069 --> 00:46:57,539
That's it.

1068
00:46:58,149 --> 00:46:59,080
Uh, that's it.

1069
00:46:59,110 --> 00:46:59,580
Top three.

1070
00:46:59,580 --> 00:47:00,339
We got a top three.

1071
00:47:01,469 --> 00:47:03,840
Oh, um, Ooh.

1072
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:07,029
Astrid.

1073
00:47:09,589 --> 00:47:10,340
Astrid, what's the last name?

1074
00:47:10,650 --> 00:47:11,090
Get it.

1075
00:47:11,209 --> 00:47:11,559
Get it.

1076
00:47:11,620 --> 00:47:12,060
Yeah.

1077
00:47:12,505 --> 00:47:18,485
Um, and I'll say Sophie, the girl that
I played with in the Pan American.

1078
00:47:18,535 --> 00:47:19,005
Wow.

1079
00:47:19,055 --> 00:47:19,335
Yeah.

1080
00:47:19,355 --> 00:47:19,755
Wow.

1081
00:47:20,005 --> 00:47:20,405
Okay.

1082
00:47:20,415 --> 00:47:21,675
So, uh, golden point.

1083
00:47:21,685 --> 00:47:22,344
Who takes it?

1084
00:47:23,915 --> 00:47:26,214
It used to be my partner,
but now I take it.

1085
00:47:26,255 --> 00:47:29,305
I have confidence now and
I'm like, sure, I'll take it.

1086
00:47:29,634 --> 00:47:30,685
Who's your favorite coach?

1087
00:47:31,585 --> 00:47:31,935
Nico.

1088
00:47:32,454 --> 00:47:32,754
Nico.

1089
00:47:32,825 --> 00:47:33,674
Here we go.

1090
00:47:33,674 --> 00:47:34,084
All right.

1091
00:47:34,344 --> 00:47:38,495
So, uh, Andrea, what's your
goal for 2024 in Padel?

1092
00:47:41,085 --> 00:47:43,205
To hopefully be number one in the U.

1093
00:47:43,205 --> 00:47:43,595
S.

1094
00:47:43,625 --> 00:47:44,855
Wow, that's awesome.

1095
00:47:44,895 --> 00:47:46,265
That's a good challenge.

1096
00:47:46,295 --> 00:47:47,115
Good, good challenge.

1097
00:47:47,235 --> 00:47:47,845
All right, Andrea.

1098
00:47:48,065 --> 00:47:51,595
So, now, now, tell us three things
that we don't know about you, and our

1099
00:47:51,615 --> 00:47:54,085
viewers and listeners would like to know.

1100
00:47:55,235 --> 00:48:02,530
Oh, I have Three passports, which,
I don't even know if that's legal,

1101
00:48:02,530 --> 00:48:05,050
but I have to edit that one out.

1102
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:07,619
What countries?

1103
00:48:08,749 --> 00:48:10,209
Paraguay, Germany and the U.

1104
00:48:10,209 --> 00:48:10,329
S.

1105
00:48:11,110 --> 00:48:12,119
So you can play Germany.

1106
00:48:12,119 --> 00:48:12,970
Well, how did that happen?

1107
00:48:13,410 --> 00:48:18,150
So my grandpa is German,
my dad's dad, yeah.

1108
00:48:18,170 --> 00:48:20,470
And in Paraguay I went to a
German high school, I mean,

1109
00:48:20,490 --> 00:48:22,280
German school up to 7th grade.

1110
00:48:22,540 --> 00:48:23,060
Wow.

1111
00:48:23,110 --> 00:48:25,020
So you can play for all
three teams if you want to.

1112
00:48:26,259 --> 00:48:30,509
I mean, yeah, in Paraguay, for example,
they have a lot of like requirements

1113
00:48:30,509 --> 00:48:32,440
to, sorry, to be on the team.

1114
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,070
Um, like they have requirements like.

1115
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:40,060
Uh, playing a certain amount of
tournaments, uh, throughout the

1116
00:48:40,060 --> 00:48:45,590
year, uh, they start training within
the team, like in Paraguay for like

1117
00:48:45,620 --> 00:48:47,229
three months before the World Cup.

1118
00:48:47,470 --> 00:48:54,170
Um, so it, I mean, if they let
me, sure, but right now I, I

1119
00:48:54,199 --> 00:48:56,189
wouldn't want to play with them.

1120
00:48:56,209 --> 00:48:56,759
Do you speak German?

1121
00:48:57,879 --> 00:48:59,010
I know a few words.

1122
00:49:00,115 --> 00:49:01,075
German school.

1123
00:49:02,385 --> 00:49:06,065
Yeah, but everything was in
Spanish, uh, cause in Paraguay.

1124
00:49:06,215 --> 00:49:09,605
So we have two official
languages, Spanish and Guarani.

1125
00:49:10,185 --> 00:49:11,155
Oh, that's right.

1126
00:49:11,225 --> 00:49:11,665
Yeah.

1127
00:49:12,025 --> 00:49:15,305
So my school was German, but.

1128
00:49:15,725 --> 00:49:19,725
Everything was in Spanish, but
we had English class, German

1129
00:49:19,725 --> 00:49:22,305
class, Guarani, Castellano.

1130
00:49:22,425 --> 00:49:23,055
Wow.

1131
00:49:23,115 --> 00:49:25,165
So it was like a mix of everything.

1132
00:49:25,315 --> 00:49:25,585
Excellent.

1133
00:49:25,585 --> 00:49:26,874
Gotcha, gotcha.

1134
00:49:26,955 --> 00:49:30,004
Okay, thank you so much Andrea
for coming to Power Smash Academy.

1135
00:49:30,004 --> 00:49:31,054
We want to wish you all the luck.

1136
00:49:31,075 --> 00:49:32,735
so much for having me.

1137
00:49:32,915 --> 00:49:33,705
Thank you.

1138
00:49:35,265 --> 00:49:37,815
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1144
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1145
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