It's Naomi Osaka.

And today I'm gonna be reviewing some iconic tennis scenes.

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One of my favorite airplane films, "Bridesmaids".

You know what's funny about this?

Is that growing up I've played at a lot of country clubs,

now I'm wondering is if this is what's been going on

when I see them playing so competitively.

Honestly, I've never played anyone

that I'm super angry with.

And if it was, then it was with my sister.

And I would never win,

so clearly it hasn't gone well for me.

I don't know, they're very intense in this clip.

I don't know if I've ever played with that much intensity.

Yeah, I mean, watching this, it's very clear

that they don't like each other,

and they're just swinging as hard as they can.

Especially when someone interrupts

another person doing an overhead.

And they're just swinging straight down.

I'm not very sure if it would ever go in

if you're actually playing tennis.

But it's going in in the movie, so.

I guess that's movie magic

because it probably wouldn't go in in real life.

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We have this iconic scene from "Battle of the Sexes".

She has a good forehand, and a good lob, and a slice.

I could probably never hit a slice like her.

Everyone, I feel like every tennis player knows

this match and what she's done.

Especially the WTA girls.

Everyone knows how much she's kinda changed women's tennis.

But she's very nice.

It definitely must've been very hard for,

I don't know, is it actors or stunt doubles

that are actually hitting the balls?

But yeah, I could imagine just trying to

watch old films of Billie Jean King playing

and then trying to recreate what that looked like.

Especially if you not a pro,

or someone that's been playing tennis for a while,

it definitely would've been very difficult.

I think this match definitely changed

the course of women's tennis.

It was a very big step in the fight for equal pay.

So yeah.

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So this is from "7 Days in Hell".

Kit Harington?

They have Jon Snow playing the fake tennis match?

That's crazy.

Yeah, I knew it was gonna be a comedy thing

when I saw Andy Samberg, to be honest.

This is definitely so far from the truth,

but also one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

I like how they immediately ran to the net,

so we wouldn't see them playing,

because volleying takes close to no skill.

And it's the easiest to fake

if you don't know what you're doing.

And also it's illegal to throw your racket,

it doesn't count anymore if you throw your racket

and the racket hits the ball and goes over the net.

It automatically isn't your point.

So I don't know who won that point at the end

because they both threw their rackets.

Yeah, they're definitely playing ping pong.

So definitely I don't think this would ever happen.

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This is a scene from "Borg vs. McEnroe".

- Excuse me.

- [Man] It was on this side of the line, Mr. McEnroe.

- How, the ball, the chalk flew up.

- [Man] The ball has been ruled out.

- Excuse me?

- I knew exactly what was gonna happen.

[laughs]

Yeah, I think this is one of the most,

tennis-wise, it's probably the most

historic tennis outburst of all time.

And I knew exactly what was gonna happen

when he said, "Excuse me?".

And then I almost wanted to recite his exact words.

You cannot be serious, the chalk flew.

I've definitely had quite a few outbursts,

not like I talk to the umpire, I just maybe

throw my racket, which isn't that great.

So don't, I'm not a role model in that sense.

Don't follow me.

'Cause I feel like everyone that thinks about tennis

that isn't a tennis player thinks it's a bit stuffy.

And they get the image of Wimbledon

when they think about it.

So it might be a bit proper

compared to all the other sports.

But I think tennis is getting a bit more lax.

And I think outbursts aren't that uncommon anymore.

But yeah, I think that the way that

the actors are playing tennis, it's quite accurate.

For the style that was used back then.

I would say even for men's tennis

the style's changed quite a lot.

I think in this match they're using wood rackets

and we don't really play with those anymore.

And it's become very endurance and fitness based.

And I don't know, we don't really use big backswings,

like you're seeing in the clip here.

So yeah, I would definitely say a lot has changed.

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This is a clip from an episode of "Friends From College".

[grunting]

- She loved it. [shrieks]

And she agreed to meet with you.

[grunts]

[laughs]

- I wasn't even bothering to look at

the form or anything, of this video, to be honest.

I was just hearing the noises and laughing.

- Hey! - Hiya!

- Can you guys keep it down, you don't have to grunt

every time you hit the ball.

- No, no, we do, we do.

It's really good for my control.

- Yeah, I feel like the lady though,

some people make fun of the way that tennis players grunt.

And then people defend it by saying

that we use it for control, but honestly not really.

It's just to help breathe

because we play such long points.

I mean for me, I don't really know why other people grunt.

But for me it's to breathe.

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This is a clip from "Break Point".

- So how is southern Italian food

different than regular Italian?

- Uh, I don't know, less butter.

More olive oil.

- Yeah, I mean for the most part,

I don't really play doubles that much.

But when I do, most of the conversation is about food.

[laughs]

Not really about tennis.

We usually talk about what we wanna eat for dinner.

So this is actually pretty accurate.

I don't remember who I was playing with,

but I specifically remember we were

talking about croquettes, which is like

a mashed potato filled with meat and cheese.

And I remember thinking, I wanna hurry up and win

so I can eat some croquettes.

So big thank you to Vanity Fair.

I saw a lot of different techniques than I'm used to.

I heard a lot of different gruntings,

one of them sounded like a bird.

And I can't wait to try what I just witnessed

in these scenes on the court.

And I'll let you guys know what happens.