US Open 2019: Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic & Naomi Osaka part of TV prank
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If you wind up wondering why Andy Murray spoke about“kitty naps“ and why Karolina Pliskova said game, set and match had been time to“do the cabbage patch“, then all is becoming clear.
Many tennis players have dropped odd statements into news conferences on recent weeks, problematic reporters more used to the“they performed well“ answers.
It turns out many players had agreed to a challenge set by US talk-show sponsor Jimmy Fallon.
„I was used to take cat naps but now I take kitten naps, that can be half as long twice as cute,“ Scot Murray stated with a straight face when asked about his championship preparations.
Meanwhile, when asked about 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, fellow American player Madison Keys replied somewhat bafflingly:“I think Serena is really good at just knowing how to use every portion of the kayak.“
After talking about his coaching, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas declared deadpan:“Slap your daddy and call him Brad.“
Comedian Fallon told The Tonight Show:“No-one understood that we were doing this. It’s bizarre, but it is so great.“
Even world number ones Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka got in on the act, both uttering the exact words of wisdom into perplexed journalists throughout the US hard-court season:“After the score had been deuce, the juice got loose.“
So the cat’s out of the bag, we’ll understand any more peculiar statements really are statements that are strange.
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