Challengers

Ladies and gentlemen, this final round match will be

the best of three tie-break sets.

To the right of my chair, we have Patrick Zweig.

- - Yes, Patrick!

To the left of my chair,

we have Art Donaldson.

Donaldson won the toss and has elected to serve.

First set.

- All right! - All right, let's bring it!

- - Hey, we love you, Art!

Donaldson to serve.

Ready? Play.

Out!

Fifteen, love.

That's our boy. Go, go.

Fifteen all.

Let's go!

Fifteen, 30.

- -

Let's go.

Every premiere event and the...

Man, that ankle's jammed.

I'll just stretch it from here.

Good. Nice and relaxed.

All right, put a little pressure back and I want you to inhale.

Okay, let's check out today's

first round matchups. Mary Jo, let's be honest...

Again.

I mean, it's safe to say that Donaldson is a huge favorite

against the French teen, Du Maurier.

Well, on paper, he is.

But because he had surgery last year...

Bryan, we have the practice court booked at 8:00,

so we should probably head out in about 15 minutes.

Yep, he'll be ready by then.

In your first two-fifty, as a qualifier...

- Hey, Art? Just relax. - Lily,

you have to have some fruit with your breakfast.

If Art can start to get

some confidence and play well.

This is a great opportunity to end that losing streak

going into the US Open.

Feels like he needs this win.

Remember what he's going for this year.

He's got the six Grand Slam titles,

two at Wimbledon, two Aussie Opens,

two French Opens,

but he has been chasing in vain,

for years, that elusive US Open title

to complete the Career Slam.

What do you think, any shot that he gets it this year?

I mean, it's not looking good.

I mean, if we just go on the results this season,

it's going to be tough for him.

But you can never count a guy like Art out of the conversation.

He's got himself back healthy, he's in really good shape,

he's got a great support team around him.

His coach, Tashi Donaldson, who also is his wife,

has added a couple of people to his team.

He's got a new physiotherapist, and he's got a new hitting partner.

So everything's there for him to do well.

Now it's just the matter can he get his game back on track.

Yeah, his fans are hoping we'll start

to see more of the...

All right, I'm going to go check on the car.

Can you have pancakes?

I don't know, can I?

Feed me.

- No, you're too old. - No, who says that?

- Who said I'm old? - You said that.

- Here. - No,

grandmas can have pancakes, come on.

Just a matter of...

One bite. I won't tell.

...if he can click into that mindset.

Exactly. And you know he's got

a lot of things going for him here.

He knows this tournament, he likes this tournament,

and he's won here a few times.

And he's got a great record on hard courts.

So, if he can somehow

- find a way to get... -

Your mom and dad are going to go to work,

and then you and me are gonna do some reading,

and then go swimming at the pool.

Can we watch a movie?

Later, first we're gonna keep reading the book

we started yesterday.

The one about the giraffe?

Mm, no, we finished that one.

We're gonna keep reading the one...

Inside out!

Cross.

Inside out.

Down the line.

There was a massager in the car?

- You grabbed that, right? - No, the other one.

Oh, yeah, it's in there.

I want you to force him into as many backhand rallies as you can.

He has one big weapon, and he wants to use it

against you, so take it away from him.

The BB and T Atlanta Open

is a non-smoking event.

All use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes

is strictly prohibited on event grounds

except for designated smoking areas.

Mr. Donaldson... Mr. Donaldson, would you?

- Thank you so much. - No problem.

- I'm rooting for you. - Did you see that look?

- He's gonna crush me, huh? - Don't think about it, Leo.

Art, over here, over here!

Yeah?

They're ready for you.

You ready?

Decimate that little bitch.

Yeah, this match is looking like

what we've come to expect from Donaldson.

Just can't seem to find his footing.

And it's given Du Maurier the confidence he needs.

- Out! - Ouch,

this is getting brutal.

You just can't be missing shots like that.

And there goes the racket.

- Yeah, you... - He was playing really well.

...can really see the frustration setting in.

I mean, I get it.

I'm pulling you out of Cincinnati.

- Baby. - Might as well

pull you out of the Open too,

if this isn't gonna be your year then, why bother?

I'm just rusty. It's a confidence thing.

Get your fucking confidence back.

I can't do that for you.

No one's asking you to.

When you play like that, you are.

I would've killed to have a recovery like yours.

I literally would fucking stab someone.

A child, an old lady, like...

I think that they're almost done, okay?

- Where are they? - In the living room.

They're watching Daddy's match from earlier today.

Mom said we could watch it.

What do we need to do to get you to play again?

What do you need me to do, hmm?

- Hey, baby. - Mommy?

- What's up? - Can we watch Spider-Verse?

Of course we can. Of course we can. Come here.

We're just talking about tennis right now.

But you're always talking about tennis.

I know. I know.

Uh, ooh, how about this?

How about you start it with Grandma?

And then, I'll come in a second

and we can order some room service and watch it together.

- How about that? - What do they have

for room service?

I don't know. I don't know, I...

She likes it here.

We can keep staying here.

We can.

We can stay here. We can just be rich people.

That's all you think you can handle.

We can travel.

We can do the foundation full-time.

Or you keep being a tennis player.

Which is what you are. Still.

What do you want?

What do you want?

I'm gonna be a tennis player.

Good. Good.

Okay, well, we need to get you

some more match time then.

I can play Cincinnati.

No. No, you cannot. Not like this.

Okay, how about,

how about New Rochelle?

- That's a challenger. - Yeah, I know that.

It's in a couple of days. Maybe we can get you a wildcard.

- Art? - Hmm.

You need to start winning.

Right now, you're getting crushed by guys like Du Maurier.

So we need to go somewhere,

where there's absolutely nobody

on the other side of the net who can shake your fucking confidence.

Okay?

That's why we're going to...

- Phil's Tire Town Challenger. -

- Don't get knocked out the first round. - You're evil.