Sam Querrey, Xavier Malisse, & Ruben Bemelmans Serve Up Tennis Greatness at Farmers Classic

I want a bun, I want the I want the Reuben bun. Look at that, that's nice. Does it work? Yes good, yeah, it does work. Ready to play. Nice look. What's up guys? Leslie Robbins here. Young Hollywood is center court at the Farmers Classic finals at UCLA. Sam Query is going for his third win in four years. Please welcome on the Straw Stadium Court, SAm Query and Ricardas Berankis. You are now officially the winner again of the Farmers Classic. The emotions going through your head right now?

Um, I'm just really happy. Uh, I, you know, I missed this tournament last year with elbow surgery, so I'm just happy to be back here and happy to be in the winner's circle again.

Can you tell me about the Samurai Club?

Uh, it's mainly all my my group of best friends from high school. All my friends growing up in Thousand Oaks, and so they always come out to this tournament every year and it's uh, you know, they're loud, they're fun, they're crazy and it's I, you know, I love listening to what they've got to say. I love when the announcers actually tell them to be quiet because they get a little rowdy sometimes. Yeah, you know, not all or basically none of them play tennis, so they don't really know the uh, all the rules and you're supposed to be quiet. And uh, so it feels more like a, you know, like a basketball atmosphere sometimes when they're out here.

You now join the ranks with Agassi and Connors in the Open Era. Third guy to win three. That is amazing company.

Uh, yeah, I mean, I'm definitely not at their level uh, overall, but it's definitely nice to be mentioned in the in the same category as those two.

I know you've openly talked about this, but at one point you were deciding between playing tennis in college or going pro. I think this win may help ease your mind on that decision a bit.

Uh, yeah, I've my mind was made up, you know, eased I guess a long time ago. But uh, yeah, you know, back in the day I was going to go to USC and I had some success right before school started and and chose to go pro and it's been a a great decision for me.

So you lived in L. A. at one point and then you moved to Vegas. Obviously, you were having lunch with Agassi while you were training once a week, I'm sure. And now you're moving to Dallas, I heard for your girlfriend. Talk about the rationale to move to Texas.

Uh, I I've already moved there. I moved there in in April. I've only been there for probably two or three weeks just because I moved there and then went to Europe to play and now I'm here. But yeah, my uh, my girlfriend Emily went to school there and she's working there now, so uh, yeah, we we're living there and it's it's going great so far.

So what's uh, home life like outside of tennis?

Um, well like I said, we've probably only been in Dallas for like two or three weeks, but uh, you know, we're still kind of organizing our place, putting pictures up, organizing the T. V. , the internet, um, cook occasionally and you know, it's fun. I'm just kind of usually just relaxing those weeks. Sometimes I'll practice, but it's mainly just kind of getting rejuvenated and ready for the next tournament.

All right, you brought up cooking. I have to ask what are you good at? What are you making?

Um, I'm good at going to getting my car and going to pick something up. I'm not a great cook. I'll try, you know, I'll try to get on the barbecue and cook some some steaks and chickens and stuff like that, but I'm not that good.

You've got to be good. Give me one main dish that you love to cook.

Okay, waffles. I'm pretty good at making waffles. I love waffles. It's like my favorite food. I've got a couple waffle makers at home, so I'll try those.

And then we've got the easy on the eyes Belgian duo, Xavier and Ruben, going for the doubles win. So gentlemen, I have to say when I was hanging out with you guys when you were warming up, I knew you were going to win. I felt it in the air.

Uh, I mean it's tough. I mean they were a good doubles team but uh, you know, we've been playing well and we've been having fun and uh, enjoying uh, our games. I we actually enjoyed all four of them, so uh, yeah, that's I think that's the most important thing in doubles and uh, you know, we have good uh, chemistry together and uh, it was a lot of fun.

Okay, part of your charm, besides being fabulous tennis players, you guys have a look going for you. You guys have perfected the tennis bun. Can you show me how you do that? Perfect that my hair is sticking out. No, you guys don't have you guys don't have the flyaways. People, you know, put their hair in buns, they have the flyaways. You guys have perfect hair buns.

Yeah, Ruben's going to show you. He's he's like a little uh,

I'm the expert. I'm the expert in hair. Wow. Watch out, ladies. So first thing I I just pull my hair together, that everything is uh, fine back, that I have every hair on my uh, on my head. Then, yeah, you probably know it. You have a as a girl, you you kind of know how to pull a Yeah. Yeah. how to do a bun, yeah? That's it. So I'm going to take it like this. Put my hair together. Uh, I know so twist it a couple of times. that I feel that it's nice and tight. And then just make it a bun like this, pull it and there you go.

I want a bun, I want the I want the Reuben bun. Look at that, that's nice. Does it work? Yes good, yeah, it does work. Ready to play. Nice look.

Well, I'm Xavier Malisse and I'm Ruben Bemelmans.

And you're watching Young Hollywood.