Orange Bowl
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Sep 15, 2026
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Alex GruskinHOST
He was that guy of his generation always.
Alex GruskinHOST
Orange Bowl champion, Kalamazoo champion, first guy to really break through, although Taylor Fritz, Memphis final, shout out, um, and now he's up to a new career high, eight in the world, nine in the ELO ratings.
Alex GruskinHOST
Where is he in year low E- yearly ELO rating right now? Frances is sixth.
Alex GruskinHOST
Hard to argue otherwise.
Danny BryanGUEST
There's s- there's tools in life that you could use as a positive or a negative, and I f- I feel like UTR for me and for the way I see how Parker uses it, I think it's only a benefit.
Danny BryanGUEST
Like I remember, I don't know what year it was, like 2010 or something like that when UTR was first coming out and it was getting pitched to the coaches, and the whole talk, the whole reason for it was because of the French system, and it was about the, the guys who had won Orange Bowl, an American wins Orange Bowl at 16, and they think they've made it, um, because they ha- and they really have no idea that their level isn't anywhere near where it needs to be.
Danny BryanGUEST
Um, and then you take a, a kid with, you know, coming from France who had the French, um, rating system, and that kid is well aware that he's not where he needs to be, and that was the reason for it.
Danny BryanGUEST
And to me, that's kind of still how I see it and how I preach to Parker about using it, and I, I find different ways to, to use it as a, um, asset for him.
Alex GruskinHOST
Ben's been the guy of late, period, for the Americans.
Alex GruskinHOST
But it was Frances who won, again, the Orange Bowl, Frances who won the loaded Kalamazoo, Frances who was the first to really break through, even though Taylor Fritz, of course, had his Memphis moment.
Alex GruskinHOST
Um, Frances has always been the guy, and Taylor got the better of him in 2024.
Alex GruskinHOST
[sighs] He's been cooking with magic, man.
Simon GrieveGUEST
I guess some players have played Grand Slam level, had success at Grand Slam level.
Simon GrieveGUEST
I had a player that won the Orange Bowl, which is the unofficial World Championships.
Simon GrieveGUEST
So that boy was, you know, under 12.
Simon GrieveGUEST
He won the Orange Bowl back in 2019.
Simon GrieveGUEST
Yeah.
Simon GrieveGUEST
Grand slams.
Alex GruskinHOST
He was the one who emerged as the champion.
Alex GruskinHOST
He was the one who won that Orange Bowl over Kozlov.
Alex GruskinHOST
He was the first to everything.
Alex GruskinHOST
Can he be the first to a major title? Obviously, he's in that bottom half.
Steve SmithHOST
And TFO's so accurate, he hit the backboard the entire time.
Steve SmithHOST
But I remember when he won, you know, he came out of College Park, his dad was a custodian, and he won the Orange Bowl at 15.
Steve SmithHOST
And, you know, my opinion was, you know, take that guy, he's proven himself to be a big-time winner.
Steve SmithHOST
Take 12, take 18 months.