Marcus Willis

Hello, it's me, Dave, again.

And I'm just giving you a little heads up because I remember first speaking to Marcus Willis after the infamous Roger Federer match in 2016 and basically telling him that no one outside of tennis really understands what the sport is like.

I said, we should do a podcast.

From that conversation, we've got this regular pod, albeit with a few stops and starts along the way.

Sit back and listen to the What You Talking About Willis podcast.

Welcome to the What Do Talking About Willis podcast.

I'm Dave and I'm based conveniently in South London for a podcast with Marcus Willis, who is based at Flushing Meadow in New York.

The scene of the 2026 US Open.

[upbeat music] Hello, I'm Dave, and he's soon to be Marcus Willis.

Well, he, he is Marcus Willis now, but he's soon to be on the podcast as Marcus Willis.

I just get to do one of those Louis Theroux style intros.

Are you okay? That's my Louis Theroux impression.

ATP 59, Marcus Willis, is preparing for the US Open, and we're gonna be doing some regular podcasting.

But we thought we'd just check in with you and say hello.

So this is a very quick catch-up while Willis was in the gym car park, just to let you know that the final Slam of the year will have the full push and pull of the What You Talking About Willis podcast.

He's doing tennis words.

But they decided to move away from that and very kindly invited me.

I'm thinking, Marcus, they, did they mean Marcus Willis? Did they mean another Marcus? But no, it was me.

And all they said was, "You know, Wimbledon has a certain tradition.

They, they don't want it to, to descend into chaos, so do it your way, but kinda do it our way." And I was, I was nervous.