Blair Henley
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2,065 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Sep
Blair Henley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And it was the first Masters 1000 final contested between two Black players since the series began in 1990, which was a really cool moment.
And I wanna shout out the journalist who asked Francis about this.
Press, also a black journalist who does incredible work.
Tumani Carriol writes for The Guardian and I think is one of the best journalists in tennis.
So I thought it was really special that he asked the question.
Francis gave a great answer about this, and you ended up with just two incredibly charismatic players and a really cool new winner.
And I have to just note, I cannot remember if I said this last week, but when Francis came through Media Day and was explaining that he had a cyst drained in his wrist, I think maybe four or five days before he was sitting there in front of me.
He was not at all convincing that he was e even going to play the tournament.
So to reach the final, his second final in Cincinnati was an incredible effort and hopefully bodes well for his US Open performance.
Yeah.
Sometimes distractions help.
Right?
Or do you think that's maybe a low expectations thing?
Right.
Interesting.
The psychology of that is pretty fascinating.
If I get a chance to talk to Francis, I'll have to ask him if he thought that that added to his freedom last week.
We talked a little bit about Fan Week at the top of the show, Kim, but you mentioned some of the players that you saw playing quality yesterday that surprised you a little bit.
I last night stopped by the practice office here at the US Open.
My friend Haley oversees the practice court desk, also does a ton for the American players.
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