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Presenting episode 45: simultaneously mourning Rafa's withdrawal and basking in Venus' run to the fourth round. We also talk the Murresmo split, Lepchenko's silent ban, Cornet's drama, McEnroe's new pupil, the round of 16 matchups, and give our dream finals. Oh, and we begin the show with a recap of seeing Beyonce at her #FormationWorldTour.

1:00 First, we went to see Beyonce! 8:30 Rafa's withdrawal 14:20 Varvara Lepchenko serves a silent ban for failed drug test 17:30 #SeeWhatHadHappenedWas: Cornet is far too much 24:00 Andy Murray's split with Mauresmo & his 5-set matches 27:30 Serena's snapchat & the Williams Invitational 34:45 You say zebra, I say hideous 39:00 Raonic hires John McEnroe 46:15 Stacked doubles draws 48:45 Breaking down the women's Round of 16 53:30 Venus def. Cornet in 3rd round, sans drama 59:30 Bacsinszky, Kuznetsova, Muguruza, Stosur, etc. 1:04:00 We share our dream finalists 1:05:00 Men's Round of 16: Djokovic, Thiem, Stan, Nishikori, Gasquet, Murray 1:11:00 Dream men's finalists

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