Frankie Rant ·

Your tennis pronunciation is worse than you think.

Alright, listen—listen—LISTEN. I'm seeing "Roland Garros tennis" trending. And then right under it, "Djokovic," "Ben Shelton," "Anna Kalinskaya." And I gotta ask, Tommy, I gotta ask the studio... are we just... doing this now? Are we just pretending that these names roll off the tongue? "Kalinskaya." C'mon. We're gonna have to start a segment, Tommy. We're gonna have to have a segment where you gotta say these names, live, on air, without looking it up. And I'm not judging, I'm observing. But I'm gonna be over here, betting on how many takes it takes you. We got a nominee. We got a strong nominee for "most impossible name to say at 6 AM."

And don't even get me started on the scoring, okay? "Love-fifteen." Why is it "love"? Is it because they really, *really* like not scoring points? That's not a mistake, that's a lifestyle. I'm just saying, if I don't score, I'm not saying "love." I'm saying "Frankie needs another coffee." You see what I'm saying though? We're starting Monday. For real. Don't look at me like that. We're doing a new segment. "Frankie's French Open Phonetics." Hit the button. HIT the button.

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