The king is in the building. Pickleball's No. 1 ranked singles and doubles player Federico Staksrud joins the pod.

We cover Fed's controversial semifinal loss to Hunter Johnson at the PPA Mesa Cup. Next we talk targeting and Fed explains how the rule was immediately suspended after the failed call on Hayden Patriquin.

Finally, the guys question if Fed receives the respect he deserves considering his No.1 ranking or he is stuck in the shadow of Ben Johns.

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0:00 An empty tank for bronze medal matches

7:18 The new singles strategy is to stay back

11:14 Any hope for the drop serve?

12:00 Tempers flare in Fed vs Hunter Johnson semifinal

20:45 Do you regret the ‘Non-American’ comment?

23:23 You can’t challenge a challenge

28:57 What was the ‘medical timeout’ for? Who were you flipping off?

33:19 The first targeting call got reversed immediately

38:20 The poster boy of Adidas but using a JOOLA paddle

42:08 Any case for using a singles vs doubles paddle

44:42 ALW had an all-time performance

47:19 MLP announces ability to steal players

52:29 Did you get enough respect being the world’s no. 1 player?

58:30 Blind ranking 5 signature shots

1:01:02 The first paddle challenge of the year

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