When In Rome! Sinner Unstoppable, Novak Is Back and Special Guest Lorenzo Musetti
5/6/20261 hr 1 min
🎂 Big T birthday szn — Carlos Alcaraz turns 23 and Aryna Sabalenka turns 28. Celebratory vibes from the jump. 🇮🇹 Mark Petchey and Coco Vandeweghe are ON LOCATION at the Italian Open in Rome — in the heart of the action, hobnobbing with the best in the game. 🐐 Jannik Sinner just won Madrid. Should we hand him every trophy now and call it a clay season? The debate is real. 👑 Novak Djokovic is BACK — and tracking toward what could be his best shot at Slam #25 in a few weeks. Don't count him out. 🎤 Alexander Zverev drops a soundbite for the ages — two tiers on tour, and he's not shy about where everyone stands. ⬆️ Hailey Baptiste is on the rise and developing the right way. Can she make more noise in Rome? 🎾 Lorenzo Musetti joins the show — Italian tennis, the Sinner effect, one-handed backhands, fashion, all of it. One of the best guest conversations of the season. 🔧 Fix It or Forget It — Tsitsipas, Anisimova, Medvedev and Osaka all go under the microscope. Petch and Coco don't hold back. 📬 Fan Mail closes the show — including a spicy question about Sabalenka's alleged "16th match curse." Three winning streaks. Three times broken at 15. Coincidence? 📺 Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/@TennisChannel 📱 Tennis Channel App — full episodes + bonus scenes 📞 1-844-678-BIGT | theBIGT@tennischannel.com
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First 90 secondsMark Petchey· Host0:00
The guys in particular really embrace fashion. I mean, yeah, obviously I'm not the guy to go to. [laughs] I am definitely not the fashionista.
Coco Vandeweghe· Host0:08
They're good-looking men. [laughs] Thank God my fiance probably doesn't- Yeah ... listen to this, and I will tell him specifically n- to skip this episode. But yeah, why not have good-looking men show off good-looking products?
Mark Petchey· Host0:20
[upbeat music] Coco, welcome to the Big T podcast with me for your very first time. Benvenuta, ciao bella. Here we are in Rome, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Coco Vandeweghe· Host0:38
All the things. I'm surviving jet lag as, as we speak, and, and still not surviving the cold. Last time, uh, we did the Big T, I was freezing at Expo, now I'm freezing in Rome, so the jackets are here to stay. I left my coat in New York, so that's just, you know, minor fails of forgetting how to pack as many times I've packed to go to Europe.
Mark Petchey· Host0:55
You'll be pleased to know that this was the original city in the world that had the first ever mall, so you'll be all right for shopping.
Coco Vandeweghe· Host1:02
Well, the problem is a European fit does not fit the Vandeweghe six-foot fit. [laughs] But I will try my best to survive, otherwise I'll have my fiance ship something out here.
Mark Petchey· Host1:11
[laughs] Um, we are here in Rome. I love to do little quizzes. Right, here we go.
Coco Vandeweghe· Host1:15
Sheesh.
Mark Petchey· Host1:15
Trevi Fountain. Trevi Fountain. Give me your best estimate how much money is thrown in the Trevi Fountain each year in coins?
Coco Vandeweghe· Host1:22
I know I spent two euro at the Trevi Fountain last year- Yeah ... and I- That's cheap, by the way ... I, I know. I am cheap, but I got my wishes, so that, that's all that