The Golden Glizzy, Swiatek's search, Fonseca's forehand and Jovic's voice: Episode 13

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In this week's episode:

• One Bite: Reviewing the $100 “Golden Glizzy”
• How we saw Iga Swiatek’s coaching split coming
• This player has already had the “perfect” Sunshine Double

It’s been the talk of Miami. Not the rain, nor the tennis itself. No, it’s a hot (haute?) dog. For just 100 dollars, plus the cost of travel and tickets, you too can enjoy an Australian Wagyu sausage, adorned with crème fraîche, Golden Goat Caviar and edible gold flakes—better known as the “Golden Glizzy”:

Is the hype real? Andrea Petkovic and Mark Petchey gave their thoughts on this snacking splurge, and everything else going on at the Miami Open, in the latest episode of The Big T podcast.

Wanted: Coach for generational talent

Less than a year after winning Wimbledon for the first time—with a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the final!—Iga Swiatek has split with her coach, Wim Fissette. It’s hard to believe, but the six-time Grand Slam champion is just 13-9 in her last 22 matches. That’s as many losses as she took in her entire 2022 and 2024 seasons.

Swiatek hasn’t reached a semifinal since last September, in Seoul. Apparently her opening-round loss to veteran compatriot Magda Linette in Miami was the last straw.

Petchey says he heard rumblings of this move while in Australia, but Petkovic felt this coming more, shall we say, from the inside.

“Sometimes, I’m connected to witchcraft,” she began, “because I predicted last year that Iga was going to win Wimbledon … and last year I was on a show in Germany, and they asked me to give my hottest take about tennis. And I said I think Wim Fissette and Iga Swiatek will not make it through Indian Wells-Miami.

“It was just an intuition that came upon me.”

If you’re looking for a crystal ball into tennis’ future—and who isn’t?—you best listen to Petkovic.

🎧 Who should Swiatek hire? Listen to Petchey’s thoughts at 8:00

What’s next for Joao Fonseca?

Playing Jannik Sinner, and then playing Carlos Alcaraz two matches later, means you either beat the Italian and are in a late-round contest against the Spaniard—or you’ve been handed a most unlucky draw over two tournaments. That is, unless you’re Joao Fonseca.

“That is the ideal scenario for a young guy like him,” Petkovic says of the 19-year-old. “He can now go back home, look at the tape of the matches and say, this is where they are still better, or this is what I still need to work on—and come on the clay and absolutely crush.”

Fonseca lost to both titans in competitive straight setters—7-6, 7-6 to Sinner, at Indian Wells; 6-4, 6-4, to Alcaraz, in Miami. And while he couldn’t overcome Carlitos, he may have taken a bit out of him, as Alcaraz lost his very next match, to Sebastian Korda.

“This was a great learning curve, for him to play those two stars,” Petchey agreed—but he also gave a warning to Fonseca’s many fanatics:

“I still feel as though we need to temper our enthusiasm, of how quickly he may be in the world’s Top 10, and really in amongst it against Carlos and Jannik. I think it’s going to take 18 months to two years before he’s comfortably feeling—particularly in a best-of-five—that he’s got a realistic shot of winning.”

🎧 Fonseca’s forehand is a thing of beauty…so how do these things stack up against it? Listen to “Fonseca’s forehand vs.” at 56:30

🎤 The Iva Jovic Interview

“I love talking, in general,” says another teenage tennis sensation, Iva Jovic.

The 18-year-old has others talking, too. At the 2025 Australian Open, Jovic was ranked 191^st on the world, but made the main draw by winning the USTA's Australian Open Wild Card Playoff. A year later, and after more success on tour, the young American reached the Aussie Open quarterfinals, propelling her ranking inside the Top 20.

Jovic’s Sunshine Double wasn’t as bright as she’d hoped—she went 1-2 overall—but this season is shaping up as another stepping stone towards the top for this young American. Even if it comes as a cost fans might not realize.

“You’re getting used to all these long trips, finding better ways to navigate all the travel, and all the different ways that your body is being taxed through the tour,” Jovic told Petkovic in their conversation. “I’ve done a lot of great training, and played some tough matches after Australia, but I think I learned a lot from it. I’m happy with where I’m at.”

For Jovic, tennis just might be the easy part.

“I’m a little bit clumsy, and all over the place outside of the court,” she admitted. “I lose everything, that’s my thing—I can’t keep track of my things. I oversleep sometimes, I’ve overslept on match days!

“Hopefully one day, I can be as responsible and mature as I sound.”

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