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tennis but guess. What

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folks, a day's eight? Forty four Pm.

1:13

Welcome to the Senate's podcast. On day

1:16

Ten of the Australian Open where we

1:18

are just half way through the day,

1:20

the day session is done. The night

1:22

session is still to come. That is

1:25

because we have had two matches on

1:27

the Rod Laver Arena Want to three

1:29

sets lasting three hours and eight minutes

1:32

and one of four sets lasting three

1:34

hours and forty five minutes that she

1:36

both felt longer than that. And

1:40

those days. Matches have hooked

1:42

up a lotta time am.

1:44

Currently the session change is

1:46

in progress Andrew expecting the

1:48

night session to get underway

1:50

post nine pm and who

1:52

knows what time. Will be

1:54

coming back with coffee later.

1:57

Current, It could be worse, couldn't it? Because.

2:00

I think in the Joker, which matched when

2:02

they went around twenty four minutes the first

2:04

set in and sixty nine minutes for the

2:07

second sex. It could have ended up had

2:09

anything Grayling. Yeah, I mean,

2:11

look at his sessile. I think

2:14

we know that the organizes we're.

2:16

Looking at options? I don't know. What

2:19

was the most prominent, all

2:21

preferred option that I have.

2:23

We know that at least.

2:26

Change of plans were on the table and

2:28

they will happen In a bad joke of

2:30

it would end up getting them out of

2:33

jail and and that he did. But they

2:35

were lucky tonight relatively Yeah oh

2:37

those a remains to be seen

2:40

How out of jail they all

2:42

because I'm assembling to critique of

2:44

a goes anything over two hours

2:47

than center removed as a starting

2:49

at us has to be unacceptable

2:51

time. Yet

2:54

army that that that the Stasi a best of

2:56

five set merits? After.

2:59

The the cuts off that the Atp

3:01

or about for implement semester free submerges.

3:04

Yeah deacon that's a parties find

3:06

out exactly how in jail and

3:08

say see organizes of the Australian

3:10

open and the tennis looked us

3:12

find themselves. In the small hours

3:14

is tomorrow morning. Take

3:16

take off. Let's start with

3:19

her. Seven Six Six seven,

3:21

sixties as a monster costs.

3:24

It today. And

3:26

obsolete been fire of a

3:28

mass is that. Okay

3:31

to say. I mean I could not take

3:33

my eyes of their own. Of

3:35

oh come on to that and a minute is that

3:37

he. Kind of one of

3:39

my say that varieties of tennis

3:41

match I realized today said it

3:43

was hideous. Rights yeah I was

3:45

gonna go with hot Mess Been

3:48

fireworks. Love

3:50

it was. I personally found extremely

3:52

compelling as well. I know that

3:54

reactions deferred. Some

3:57

people who that I spoke to said it's

3:59

an incredibly. Boring because done the

4:01

quality was just low. I found

4:03

a captivating an accent events and

4:06

it funny he did it after

4:08

Like any reaction to this matches

4:10

that of okay you know because

4:12

it it really was not your

4:14

usual smacks I'm in love. There

4:17

were fifty combined unforced errors in

4:19

the first set alone and then

4:21

it ended up over hundreds across

4:23

the three sets accessing the quite

4:26

generous with their on for Thera

4:28

County and Hail of. Bullets

4:30

look. Coca. Golf had. Zero.

4:34

Game. Today pretty much the

4:36

for him was a total mess. The

4:38

serve really wasn't very good either she

4:40

was missing back can slide in a

4:43

we can focus on beforehand that the

4:45

all aspects of the game which is

4:47

to have today but she always has

4:50

her legs. She always has a champion

4:52

mentality. she always has have fighting spirit

4:54

and I think those things one have

4:57

this match. I can't think of another

4:59

tennis player who would be not even

5:01

far from their best. Pretty much at

5:04

their worst. And still be able to

5:06

sit as. Keep. A control on

5:08

it generally. And and win the

5:10

match. That's why some compelling The

5:12

fact that I just knew that

5:14

Coca Golf would probably quite likely

5:16

to be a superfood This even

5:18

though she had no game and

5:20

I found the aspects pretty compelling

5:22

She's she is so good at

5:24

winning. oddly like a know that

5:26

the cliche because that's bracket with

5:28

book like he's right Winning easy

5:30

and and co how gone forever,

5:32

much easier life. But

5:35

it exists was the end. Of

5:37

incarnation of of that ma said that

5:39

I was that was a wild tennis

5:42

match. Yeah. I've been trying to think about how

5:44

of whether I would have enjoyed it to the same

5:46

cent a year. At a before I take

5:48

off. Became a major champions because

5:50

what I so enjoyed about it

5:52

today is I love what seen

5:54

Champion struggle. I. I

5:56

love watching them struggle against the pain. and I love

5:59

watching and struggle against. Though maybe that

6:01

makes me terrible sadist? that.

6:04

I love it. I find it of

6:06

silly riveting am and I think with

6:08

this case take off now you have

6:10

the safety net of knowing season when

6:12

a home grand slam. While. Struggling.

6:14

Not just a tennis match she

6:17

can have. Pretty unusual Pets Result

6:19

of her career was struggling and see.

6:21

Has that mental safety net as well.

6:23

That didn't mean it was. A foregone

6:25

conclusion today against article said that it.

6:29

I. Didn't know, It made it

6:31

less like what singer? Watching

6:34

a team see Norm of God can

6:36

see for still have potential is that

6:38

forehand gonna always hold her back in

6:41

time is to say. His essays tonight

6:43

you got the safety net if she's

6:45

achieved greatness so I'm suit is allowed

6:48

to enjoy this struggle. You nine

6:50

hundred I'm afraid you're right, but you

6:52

can have any reaction to it you

6:55

want to know them are none of

6:57

them seem Szilard, All of them seem

6:59

relevant some and valid I didn't enjoys

7:02

to inside and the reason I didn't

7:04

enjoy it. Is because

7:06

I found myself almost one in from look

7:08

away every time cocoa go for the for

7:10

her and I felt deeply uncomfortable watching that

7:12

struggle but I'd really understand what you mean

7:15

and I enjoyed watching the when the Us

7:17

open. Bc. Didn't play for

7:19

hims my this so from the I'm

7:21

in the sea levels couldn't see was

7:24

struggling to. Find

7:26

the strings of the ruckus on

7:28

the boat. Analysts are just can't

7:31

get my head rallies. That because it's

7:33

something more to close it. Is

7:35

doing because she was a kid is

7:37

hop today that. She

7:39

stayed. In. A sign saying slot

7:42

sees that he has been like had

7:44

to play in the day sessions in

7:46

and they went. Wasn't anything particularly different

7:48

about conditions. A case said quarterfinal it's

7:50

is played plenty. of the fool

7:52

or was different. about said

7:54

i suppose that a struggle as it one

7:57

of the things she was doing that not

7:59

many have done is when Gough goes

8:01

into that mode of rolling the forehand

8:03

in order to protect it, she

8:06

was going after it. She was then trying

8:08

to pounce on it and hit it downwards.

8:11

And when it worked, that

8:13

was a lethal shot. She

8:15

also missed quite a few of them because it's

8:17

quite sort of low

8:20

percentage, I suppose. And listen,

8:22

she's a brilliant mover. And I think the

8:24

fact that she's able to move with Gough

8:26

was significant. I thought Kostya

8:29

played well. But goodness

8:31

me, the

8:33

way she was able to just target a

8:36

shot, I mean, we saw an example of

8:38

it with Norien Zverev last night. And this

8:40

was way worse. This was Koka

8:44

Gough just couldn't hit the

8:47

shot in the court very

8:49

often. And I

8:51

just was wanting to hide my eyes.

8:55

It was just like a visceral reaction. I

8:57

was like, oh, this is just so upsetting.

8:59

David watching it, I can confirm. And

9:01

I think maybe it's because I like Koka

9:03

Gough as well. I mean, I think seeing

9:06

people really struggle in a, and

9:09

that was, you know, she overcame it. So I

9:11

felt good about that for her. You didn't want

9:13

to finish that sentence because the

9:16

conclusion of it is, I'm

9:18

a bad person. No, it's not because I

9:20

really understand what you mean. But

9:22

I just think, I don't know, I suppose I

9:25

just wanted to help her

9:27

in some way because it looks so horrible what

9:29

she's going through. I mean, obviously,

9:31

this is easy to say after the fact. But I

9:33

did just feel so confident she would come

9:35

through. Well, that's definitely something she has

9:38

got. I don't think many

9:40

have got that the way she has. I

9:43

found her celebration very interesting.

9:45

I wondered if there would be a

9:48

slightly sheepish celebration as sort of, well,

9:52

that's a box ticked, but

9:54

I'm going to have to do a dance

9:56

site better than that if I want to win this

9:58

tour now. But actually she just... she

10:01

was just in the moment and like oh

10:03

great on to the next one and did

10:05

that really lovely dance on the court

10:07

and it was as if she'd won love and two

10:09

and I guess

10:12

again that's because she's won a

10:14

whole grand slam playing dirty

10:17

tennis not universally dirty tennis I'm

10:19

not saying I don't think

10:22

any of them actually played at the US Open or as

10:24

bad as the one she played today

10:26

and some were good matches but

10:30

she's established a brand now of

10:33

tennis and of crucially of winning

10:36

and it doesn't matter what it looks like for her and

10:40

I think it's gonna be important

10:42

for her that she's got that

10:44

mentality because you know going

10:46

into a grand slam semi-final with

10:49

with that performance as your freshest

10:51

memory feels

10:53

tough you know because

10:56

look as well as Marta

10:58

Costiuk played today at times and has had

11:00

a great tournament she's

11:03

not in the class of opponent

11:05

as Arena Sabalenka or even

11:07

Barbara Kricicova you know two two

11:09

grand slam champions and I know

11:11

that Sabalenka has got tight in

11:14

grand slam semi-finals herself but

11:17

if anything like the Arena Sabalenka

11:20

we've seen this tournament were to play that

11:22

version of Coco Gough it's

11:25

a blowout and so Coco

11:27

Gough needs I think to a

11:30

bring a bell to love her tennis but also

11:32

just I think know that she can bring

11:34

a bell to love her tennis and just just not

11:36

let that performance today affect her in in the next

11:38

match and if there's anyone who can do that I

11:40

think it probably is Coco Gough with

11:43

her mentality. Just quickly on Marta

11:45

Costiuk what does this mean is

11:48

this a platform for her

11:50

is this a one-off not

11:52

one-off because she's had good results

11:55

before but this is obviously a particular

11:57

standout result is this a platform

12:00

from which she'll springboard? Is this a

12:02

total anomaly? Is it somewhere in between? To

12:06

my eyes she really has got game

12:08

and her athleticism is

12:10

so impressive and I

12:12

can't believe that this is it.

12:15

I think there's more to come from

12:17

her. I only dipped

12:20

into her press comments when it was towards

12:22

the latter end but to hear her talk

12:25

she's gone through, I mean aside even

12:27

from the war in Ukraine which she

12:29

has been so prepared

12:32

to speak about in a way

12:34

that blows my mind quite honestly.

12:37

She's gone through struggle in

12:39

the last five, six years, came

12:41

on the scene as a 15 year

12:43

old at this tournament. I remember being here with

12:45

you Catherine when she made that breakthrough and

12:48

it's exciting isn't it when a 15 year old just wins

12:51

rounds at a Grand Slam and you

12:53

weren't expecting it and then it

12:55

all went quiet and she was saying

12:58

some of the struggles she's had mentally and the

13:00

difficulty she's had in life and I just

13:05

think she seems like a

13:07

really impressive person who's finding

13:10

ways to deal

13:12

with her life and obviously these

13:15

other, the

13:18

devastation she feels on behalf of her

13:20

country is another element

13:22

altogether but I feel like

13:24

there's something in there that the game looks

13:26

really good to me and added

13:28

that to her athleticism I think you could

13:30

have a heck of a player. It was,

13:33

I mean it shouldn't be as amazing as it was but

13:35

it was quite amazing hearing

13:37

a player talk

13:39

about having therapy in a tennis

13:42

conference. I mean it blows my mind that

13:45

every tennis player isn't having therapy

13:48

slash every human being in the world but I

13:50

thought it was fantastic to to hear

13:53

her talk about that. She said she's been having therapy

13:55

for the past two years

13:57

and obviously as you

13:59

say, Dave. over the war in Ukraine is a massive

14:01

feature of her life for the past two years, but

14:03

I did get the impression that the

14:05

therapy and the help

14:08

she thought is actually kind of besides

14:11

that and I think that's quite an important point because

14:13

there doesn't need to be something specifically

14:17

wrong or problematic in your life for

14:19

you to seek therapy. Nobody in the

14:21

history of time has ever gone, it's

14:23

a really bad idea me talking about

14:25

that thing. It's really made

14:27

things worse for me. I've had

14:29

therapy, I have therapy, it's fantastic,

14:31

it's not because my life is

14:33

terrible, my life is great, but it's

14:36

brilliant, it's absolutely brilliant and

14:39

I think

14:41

the stigma is lessening but it's

14:43

still there and I think Martin

14:46

Kustic talking about it

14:48

today is fantastically helpful

14:51

and it's not

14:53

any indication of weakness, it's an

14:55

indication of strength. What

14:59

is she,

15:01

21? She lived a lot of life I

15:03

think in those last five years but

15:05

I just feel like she's

15:09

going to be able to build on

15:11

this and I think it being a

15:13

grand slam as well and having significant

15:16

results, that's got to do a lot

15:18

for her. I think so, yeah, and

15:20

there's a lot to learn from this

15:22

match. I mean she did get very

15:24

tight in that first set, she really

15:26

should have won it, she served for it at 5-2, she

15:28

served for it at 5-4, she had a set

15:30

point at 5-3, she had a set point in the

15:33

tiebreak, you know, Koga

15:35

Gough improved slightly in that stage

15:37

but it wasn't like Koga Gough

15:39

suddenly took over and started playing

15:42

her absolute mess, there were chances.

15:44

And I say I did feel

15:46

like one of the lucky ones,

15:48

my sort of take on this match

15:50

might be more positive than others because I

15:53

didn't have to go through that ordeal of

15:56

a first set and then at 6-4 have A

15:58

close-up of Márta Kostiuk's feet. As.

16:00

Happening and Ramush on telly had to

16:03

had to endure and that I just

16:05

thought that was cool. Love the have

16:07

a set that we've been watching. You

16:09

don't want to see tennis players seem

16:11

to me you never want to satisfy

16:13

them every two months as a wide

16:15

exciting ops place. Of ten cents on

16:17

the in this sport? Yes, absolutely a

16:19

distant sense as he could say this

16:22

is going to play in the. Semifinals

16:24

of see will let you know who. The

16:26

is late but I can so you

16:28

eight sixty nine pm as understand it

16:30

plays on. Just walking out on to

16:32

of labor in fact I just had

16:34

a chair like literati I think the

16:37

server around recruitment for thanks have that

16:39

it is still is t Wow is

16:41

delayed night session and yeah and and

16:43

there was a. There. Was a

16:45

serious number of papering in and Garden Square

16:47

was going to have Laver Arena somewhere deserts

16:49

as a band who who may or may

16:51

not be playing dancing in the dark now

16:54

because we have put in a request for

16:56

that might have he didn't he has tanked

16:58

turn listen see how. Busy Garden Square

17:00

was. Into the night session cloud waiting to

17:02

get in and of course for food the days

17:04

as and crowd were unleashed on to. Save

17:07

with an innate checking things out. Seven

17:09

has Tyson this him says that there's

17:12

a fan cause. Or

17:14

these days and they see bad.

17:16

As assets it's they see band. Theory

17:19

that follow on instagram process

17:21

to see way. And

17:24

their yeah we got we got sucked

17:26

into big screen accident so they're in

17:28

gardens. Glad they see Band announced that

17:31

dad that taking requests. As I said

17:33

you know any Bruce Springsteen he said

17:35

I'll get dumped in the dark again.

17:37

They may or may not. Be doing that

17:39

right now. Good luck for we had to leave.

17:41

For the record thought one of the got it

17:43

as a look at his car for the as

17:45

you said the pleasure or can I am literally

17:47

the nobody the site email because that's the kind

17:50

of turn around the plaza that the crowd of

17:52

trying to do here. It's the it is a

17:54

fifteen thousand fixer sort of fifteen thousand and three

17:56

that sites are low but isn't. That

17:58

tend to run quickly, but there are. Yeah.

18:01

It's it's. not without. Not. Without

18:03

cost see the other the other

18:05

long much that hold the day

18:08

session full sets in a virtual

18:10

for this against Taylor Fritz Seven

18:12

six Full Six Sixty Six three

18:15

males forty five minutes would are.

18:17

All headline thoughts.

18:20

About this had learned thought saw

18:22

Zero for fifteen on breakpoint from

18:24

over Joker Rich, Rich on I

18:26

think he's ever had a stuff

18:28

like that before. That's my first

18:30

one. My second one is how

18:32

it was just a max of

18:34

two parts. The part of until

18:36

his preferred seven Pm when he

18:38

looks horribly uncomfortable and we'd spent

18:41

time out in the stadium. Of

18:43

all of us are I spent

18:45

the second set of Kotor Gulf

18:47

Smarts in the stadium in the

18:49

shade. not. In the some but

18:51

really not enjoying be air as whole

18:53

it was sick, heavy humid air and

18:56

are and you couldn't really so your

18:58

lungs with oxygen. I'm an hour and

19:00

I'm sort of the time know that

19:03

Yorkers is going to say this and

19:05

and actually gives Fritz a chance and

19:07

they walked out What sort of for

19:10

thirty years Something like that A at

19:12

replied that he in the first that

19:14

isn't around twenty four minutes I'm jockey

19:17

which wins it despite not having any

19:19

bright points converted. At all. But

19:23

he was just sort of placing himself

19:25

really deliberately the way the way it

19:27

is, because he knew he couldn't expend

19:29

unnecessary energy. For it's when the second

19:31

set, then seven o'clock comes and your

19:34

theories is a different different got. Us:

19:37

It's really interesting, isn't it? How.

19:41

you know it's it's problematic shadow

19:43

but you can literally see the

19:45

shadow coming across and you like

19:47

to fritz has got that much

19:49

time left before novak djokovic is

19:51

suddenly going of the lot more

19:53

comfortable on my santa timers yet

19:55

it is were pulling out yeah

19:57

and damn i thought djokovic was

19:59

procedure impressive today considering these are

20:01

conditions he doesn't like. I know it was

20:03

sort of one set all in those conditions,

20:05

wasn't it? But it was very important

20:07

for him that it wasn't, that he

20:09

wasn't two sets to let down because he

20:11

knew that he could probably get it when

20:13

the conditions started suiting him. Exactly as you

20:15

said, David, he was, I felt he was

20:17

pretty conservative, you know, he wasn't opening his

20:19

shoulders and going for his shots in those,

20:22

in those first couple of sets. He was

20:24

generally playing within himself. Taylor Fritz

20:26

was stepping up on the big points,

20:29

like with increasing levels of brilliance, like

20:31

Djokovic, as you said, he couldn't convert any

20:33

of his first 15 break

20:35

points. And towards the end

20:37

of that run he was playing his

20:39

best stuff and Fritz was matching it

20:42

with his best stuff. Some of the

20:44

down-the-line winners that he was hitting was

20:46

awesome. But I never

20:48

really felt like Taylor Fritz was gonna

20:50

win the match and that probably tells

20:52

you about both players, really. You

20:55

know, it's no about Djokovic, isn't it? He

20:57

comes through these matches and Taylor

21:00

Fritz doesn't have a sort of history of, he

21:02

doesn't have the muscle memory of

21:04

sort of winning these sorts of matches. So

21:06

it always felt like a really tough ask.

21:09

And then, as you said, Djokovic, he didn't

21:11

race through the last two sets but he

21:13

was a lot, just a

21:15

lot more in control and overall I thought it

21:17

was pretty impressive. And

21:19

I was pretty impressed with Fritz actually, certainly

21:21

for the first two and a bit

21:23

sets. Yeah, Matt and I had a bit

21:26

of a debate about how well Taylor Fritz actually

21:28

played because it felt like to me he did

21:30

a lot of the hard stuff incredibly

21:32

well. As Matt

21:35

was saying, the spectacular

21:37

down-the-line shots off both wings

21:39

quite often on pressure

21:41

points, break points down, was incredible

21:43

from Taylor Fritz. But shouldn't

21:46

he be playing more and winning

21:48

more meat and potatoes tennis? Serve forehand,

21:51

serve bang. There was so little of

21:53

that, serve, come up to

21:55

the net and mop up the high ball.

21:57

True, yeah I think that's true. I

22:01

still feel like he plays quite a

22:03

lot of tennis within himself and

22:05

when he was kind of almost

22:08

forced to go for those big backhands, it was...

22:11

it shows how good his backhand is

22:13

and how explosive his forehand can be

22:15

because he was forced to redline it,

22:18

to stay competitive, to level up once at all

22:20

and then to be with him in the fourth

22:23

set. But I know

22:25

what you mean with that. It

22:27

doesn't really feel like his game has moved on

22:29

the way that when you think

22:31

of Sinner, you feel like this

22:33

real acceleration has happened and he's

22:35

just separated himself from Taylor Fritz.

22:38

I remember the two of them playing each other, I think, in

22:41

a new world when we were there. And

22:44

Sinner won, but they didn't feel

22:46

like they were miles apart at

22:48

that point. I mean, Sinner has

22:50

just separated himself completely, at least

22:52

in my mind. And I do

22:55

think that... I thought Fritz competed

22:57

well, he showed good stamina, he

22:59

didn't... He does compete

23:01

well, doesn't he? And he didn't throw it in

23:03

against Šatovice the way we've seen in recent times

23:05

where his attitude was bad. His attitude was good.

23:08

But I do agree that he

23:11

could actually get probably more out of that

23:14

game over the source. I

23:17

mean, it's just

23:19

testament to how

23:21

Šatovice is able just consistently to

23:23

bend tennis to his will. And

23:25

even at a set apiece and

23:27

looking hot and bothered and out

23:31

of sorts, I

23:33

still felt like he was in total control of the

23:35

match. Because, so at set apiece,

23:38

he's just dropped the second set.

23:40

Taylor Fritz has gone off court for a

23:42

lengthy break. And Novac Djokovic takes

23:45

out a sachet of

23:47

his newly launched health

23:50

brand of... I

23:53

don't know exactly what's in those sachets. Electrolyte-type

23:56

stuff. Yes. And

23:59

pours it into a drink. Can a very. Very

24:02

demonstrative in a the packaging is on the

24:04

for everyone advice as a he's got in

24:06

a everyone's got stuff to promote of and

24:08

I thought. Oh My God is

24:10

assessed he sets his struggle all been

24:12

a big payoff thing the his newly

24:14

launched brand is is all been. Part.

24:17

Of the plan and it was an

24:19

i'm being being facetious but it felt

24:21

like it could have been because it

24:23

feels like. Tools.

24:26

It's so good at size

24:28

that Tennyson, losing sets and

24:30

still being in control that

24:32

that kind. Is he did wanna

24:35

do appeal stuff like that that would

24:37

be with in his palace is no

24:39

permits were there was no he wasn't

24:41

concerned was a that river that it

24:43

was one subtle. And guess

24:45

what? if. If. I do player

24:47

really long match the Nixon. I get to bed

24:49

at six o'clock in the morning. Examining

24:52

your phone, all of the kids

24:54

or. Be part of their

24:57

know that documents masterplan kidnap

24:59

a slave Excel assumes. Sunset

25:02

Victory. Ah, off to

25:04

burn as to dawn after the second

25:06

set and Yannick Center having a method

25:08

of style says and I am bedside.

25:11

Subside Or and I read lots of there

25:13

is A Second half was because as. Of

25:15

yet which the listeners are going to be hearing in

25:17

a matter of. Moments and then

25:20

so be careful what we say.

25:22

It is a sad nine a

25:24

nine P M. Were. Laboring,

25:27

it is selling off. And United Philip

25:29

should be for me. They've waited long

25:31

enough that if it feels a bit

25:33

club us open when because I often

25:35

have visitors snowbird amazed get their fans

25:37

and incredibly quickly and people do seem

25:39

pump Still not sure why we were

25:41

an hour later starting to the with

25:44

and with and twelve among every day

25:46

we will one o'clock today if is

25:48

my my paradigm is not right but

25:50

Adams the a lot better Australian need.

25:52

the helmsman seems to be sundays ago

25:54

has as bears navy if is he

25:56

can't meet me. There are wildlife. stories

25:58

that have to be report That

26:01

is a rule in Australia, I think, that has to

26:04

be a wildlife story on every news bulletin and

26:07

I'm here for it. Unless it's Toads.

26:11

Not here for Toads, ever. That

26:14

is your lot for part one, I

26:16

think. We'll be back to in a

26:18

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26:20

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26:22

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Turn supply. Welcome

27:34

back to part two where

27:36

it is eight minutes past

27:38

two in the morning which

27:42

feels like a massive win. Like

27:47

all those hours ago, which for you

27:49

listening was a few moments ago, we

27:51

were envisaging a post Andy Murray style

27:54

situation for part

27:56

two recording and we and I'm

27:59

quite sure tennis Australia in the

28:01

Australian Open right now feel

28:03

like thank you Rina Sabalenko and

28:06

Janik Sinner and your your

28:08

brilliance we have collectively

28:11

got away with one tonight? Yes

28:14

I'm pretty sure that at 7

28:17

p.m. tonight which was

28:19

the time the night session was supposed

28:21

to be starting we

28:23

had a minimum of seven sets still

28:25

to play that was if Novak Djokovic

28:28

finishes match off in four that

28:30

was if the women's match was over

28:33

in two sets and if Sinner,

28:35

Rublek was over in three and

28:37

all of those things happened like

28:39

a like a chain of events

28:41

that saved tennis Australia from truly

28:44

one of the most ludicrous finishes

28:46

ever however I do want to

28:49

say 1.21 a.m. is still

28:51

an absurd time to be finishing tennis match we

28:53

have become immune to it and

28:56

we mustn't this has been bad

28:58

yes yeah

29:01

you're yeah

29:06

you're so right we mustn't normalize

29:08

this I mean any further

29:11

than we already all have collectively

29:14

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31:08

to Janik Sinner. Yeah it's

31:11

quite good of me. The thing is I'm very curious

31:13

to get your takes

31:20

on this because I saw it

31:22

from the commentary box it's the

31:24

first time I've ever seen Janik

31:26

Sinner play Andrei Rublev from that

31:28

position ground level. I had

31:31

a new appreciation for those two at the end

31:33

of that. Their

31:35

physicality, the way they move, the

31:37

way they hit the ball relentlessly,

31:39

there's so hardly any defending shots

31:41

you know there's no sort of get back

31:44

into the rally floating back and slice there's

31:46

none of that but and

31:48

I felt like Rublev did exactly what

31:50

he was meant to do he went

31:52

for it and he still lost the

31:54

first set 6-4 but but I saw

31:59

some something today that

32:02

I feel like he's new in Yannick Center because he wasn't

32:04

very good in the second set for a lot of it

32:07

and he was seen to be

32:09

in some physical discomfort around his abdominal area

32:11

or something was wrong and

32:14

then he goes five one down in that

32:16

second set tiebreak and he

32:18

produced the sort of search that

32:20

we have celebrated on

32:22

this podcast for years from Sophia

32:25

Kenan against Gabbin Yemagorutha from Naomi

32:27

Osaka in certain moments from Emmerada

32:29

Kano from loads and loads of

32:32

players the great players the big

32:34

three all these guys he

32:36

produced a surge and he did it a couple

32:39

of times to just turn situations

32:41

around and make it an efficient win.

32:45

Yeah I completely agree the

32:47

thing is when you've stared

32:50

down three consecutive match points

32:52

against Novak Djokovic in the

32:54

Davis Cup semi-finals and you've

32:56

gone on to win that

32:58

match what's five one

33:00

down in a tiebreak to Andrei Rublev

33:02

like I feel like we've feeling

33:06

the effects of everything that Yannick

33:08

Center did at the back

33:10

end of our season he's a better

33:12

player now he just is and

33:15

the way he took over that tiebreak was

33:18

phenomenal because Rublev had been playing a

33:20

brilliant tiebreak I was thinking right

33:23

okay 3 a.m finish here we

33:25

go this is definitely going minimum

33:27

four set Rublev on it like

33:29

this is one set all they've

33:31

just seen no way back for

33:33

Sinner in that tiebreak but the

33:36

points he strung together were phenomenal and I

33:39

love the emotion from Emmerada Kano. Oh cross

33:41

four hand wasn't there? Cross

33:43

court. Oh yeah

33:45

that's right it gave

33:48

you similar chills. And

33:51

then there was one way you hit a big

33:53

forehand in the corner and came up came up

33:55

to the net and finished it with a high

33:57

volley which is something he has that Andrei Rublev

33:59

doesn't right when you're looking

34:01

at two such similar players.

34:03

And I can't tell you

34:06

how good Andre Riblos' groundstrokes are

34:08

to think that he's come

34:10

away from this match without a set

34:13

and from this tournament without

34:16

having improved on

34:18

his increasingly

34:20

woeful Grand Slam quarterfinal

34:22

record. I feel

34:24

so bad for him that this

34:26

is going to, you know, on paper just be

34:28

chalked up as what, an 11th? 10th.

34:32

10th, sorry. A

34:34

10th. 11th coming soon. A

34:36

10th Grand Slam quarterfinal failure

34:39

and one, you know, this

34:41

time not against Novac Djokovic

34:44

or Rafael Nadal because it

34:46

does feel a bit

34:48

different to me. I do think Andre

34:50

Riblos is improved. I

34:52

still think he's not as good a player

34:54

as Yannick Sinner. I

34:57

mean, obviously. But

34:59

I do think this one's just a bit

35:01

different for Andre Riblos and there are reasons to

35:03

be positive and he is just a

35:06

sublime tennis player, David. I

35:08

mean, the way

35:12

he was hitting from the back of the court, I

35:16

mean, obviously, obviously

35:19

I was thrilled to be got

35:21

away with a 1.23am finish. But

35:24

when he was 5'1 up in that tiebreak, I was

35:26

thinking, I'm prepared to

35:28

add an extra hour onto my evening

35:30

here because Andre Riblos deserves to

35:32

have something to show for this. And

35:36

then Sinner came back and I thought, OK, well, this

35:38

has its upsides too. But

35:42

I hope he's got some good hugs available

35:45

to him right now. I was

35:48

heartbroken for him really at the end of that

35:50

set, you know, and the way he sunk into

35:52

his chair and gestured to his

35:54

coach. I had 5'1. I had... can

36:00

feel his pain and his sorrow

36:03

but just to watch him hit a ball

36:06

that close up with his

36:09

legs moving like Roadrunner and

36:12

his racket head speed going through the

36:14

ball it just it looks physically impossible

36:16

to do what he's doing and

36:19

then you think and that's not

36:21

even enough to get you past

36:23

the quarterfinal in 10 attempts I

36:26

mean I think I'm

36:29

not quite sure where my proximity

36:32

to the action influences

36:34

how good I think he was my sense was

36:37

and that's why I'm curious to see what YouTube

36:39

I thought as people who watched that element on

36:41

the TV I felt like he went for it

36:43

more than I've ever seen him go for in

36:45

the first day he was going for some really

36:48

early winners like going for lines or

36:51

quite audacious ones as though he knew

36:53

that was the only chance he got yeah

36:56

I I was impressed with

36:58

with both players really I I watched

37:01

the first set in Garden Square actually just

37:03

to just to soak up some of the

37:05

atmosphere and he had

37:08

a letdown didn't he because he he

37:10

had some chances early on and he lost

37:13

10 points in a row yeah and went

37:15

down a break and I thought okay sinners

37:17

in in real control here and look you

37:20

just you just can't afford to have those

37:22

sorts of letdowns I don't think I

37:25

wouldn't say had a letdown in the second set tie

37:27

break as we described that was sinner wrestling it from

37:29

him but just in that first set

37:31

there was a little one but generally

37:35

so impressed I mean I do think some of the

37:38

some of the issues in his game still remain as

37:40

improved as he is his second serve

37:43

is so predictable and and these top players

37:45

and there's a group of them now who

37:47

are consistently getting to the latter stage of

37:49

these big events and he is likely to

37:52

run into them of course jocovich but sinner

37:54

is getting there now al kuraz is getting

37:56

their med for dev on On

37:58

a hardcore. And these

38:00

guys can take advantage and he doesn't

38:02

have the variety. Spill you know is

38:04

is groundstrokes for improved his bat cans

38:07

better but don't mix it up and

38:09

like access. Think you know you need

38:11

a different pace if you're playing Yannick

38:13

Center or Novak Djokovic. son. you know

38:15

that maybe given that he's improve the

38:17

other areas of his game, maybe maybe

38:19

that will com and that will be

38:21

something that helps get him over the

38:23

line eventually. Because I mean honestly he's

38:25

in his in the territory of. Losing

38:28

the most quarter finals at a

38:30

slam. Even for people

38:32

who have been to semifinals and he

38:34

and hasn't even managed to do that

38:36

once it's it's it's really tough I

38:39

think is is to chances probably would

38:41

have been to yeah so what the

38:43

Us open and chill it's at the

38:45

French as the that citizen or it

38:47

feels to me like he needs that

38:49

sort of opening. yeah but he's had

38:51

a couple yet but I do think

38:53

now he's better. I think he would.

38:55

Take. Advantage maybe of one of those draws

38:57

but in. But he probably does need it

38:59

because of what I've described their about. Assisted

39:02

pack of players who are even better

39:05

than Whoop Lab. and that is saying

39:07

something because Rebellious! Awesome. He. He

39:09

have to be improving to be

39:11

standing still. In

39:13

tennis that's the brutality of and

39:16

I'm so impressed. At how he's improved

39:18

he has it's isn't for hands down the

39:20

line. they just. Didn't. East to

39:22

have. Yeah, And

39:25

he is. And

39:27

is much improved. I mean that. Is. Das

39:30

been ceasing. Tennis. We

39:32

say seat. Reply with. Showing

39:34

off entities saying and it's

39:36

there and that it can

39:38

end up being will take

39:41

the sometimes anyway. D E force

39:43

me to take notice of them tonight

39:45

and that was in straight sets. The

39:48

seat size undrafted be

39:50

thought. hugs available that

39:52

soaks would be good.

39:54

So yes, dogs. Yeah, somebody save

39:57

his pitches of their dogs. And

39:59

I. And they were lovely. Yannick

40:05

Sinner, is he physically

40:07

100%? How

40:09

worried are we about that sort

40:11

of quite mysterious, abdominal

40:14

injury he seemed to be clutching at

40:16

midway through the match that then seemingly

40:21

disappeared? Yeah, the

40:23

fact that he did seemingly disappear,

40:25

and I mean he really was showing no

40:27

ill effects of it at all in the

40:29

third set. He wasn't

40:32

touching his stomach anymore or anything. And

40:34

he didn't have a visit from a trainer.

40:38

There was nothing that really

40:41

alarmed me as it went on, but at

40:43

the time I'm just thinking,

40:45

here we go again. We've

40:47

had a few of these with Yannick Sinner. And

40:51

I just was so worried for

40:53

the Djokovic Sinner

40:55

match because that could

40:57

be one of the all-timers. And

41:02

I didn't sense anything. It

41:04

might have been just some sort of twinge,

41:06

some sort of stiffness. Who knows?

41:09

But yeah, I'm encouraged by the way

41:11

he finished. And I've just

41:14

had a very quick glance at his

41:16

press conference transcript. He was in press

41:18

at 2am. No

41:21

mention of it in the English portion of his press

41:23

conference. He's not boarded up. He

41:25

wasn't specifically asked about it. He

41:27

has asked about the lateness and whether he thinks he can

41:29

recover for playing. That Djokovic, he

41:31

sounds positive. He

41:34

says, I'm confident my body's going to recover in

41:36

the best way possible. And

41:39

yeah, it wasn't visible in that final set, was

41:41

it? But it was

41:43

a little alarming while he was clutching it in that second

41:46

set. But two days off

41:48

I think is helpful for him. And

41:50

yeah, gosh, bring me full

41:53

force Djannik Sinner and full force Novad Djokovic. I

41:56

want to see it. Is it going to be

41:58

an all-timer? I really

42:00

think it can be. I think... No,

42:02

is it going to be? Yeah,

42:05

I think it is going to

42:08

be. Because I think that Djokovic

42:10

is still hanging on to the

42:12

level that he has

42:15

sent him ahead of everybody. But

42:18

Sinhara's made such strides and

42:22

just looks like a completely different prospects

42:24

now, two a year ago. I mean,

42:26

you remember when he... Jim

42:29

Currier was reminding everybody about how he made

42:31

his coaching changes two years ago and he

42:33

lost to Sitsopas in the semi quarterfinals or

42:35

whatever it was. And I mean,

42:38

this is just a totally different player. He

42:41

even looks like a totally different place since Wimbledon.

42:44

And even the US Open when

42:46

he had all those cramping problems. Post-puke, David. Post-puke.

42:49

I think of him differently since the puke. Not

42:51

because of the puke. In the game. But I

42:53

really, really do. Do you remember how... Much like

42:55

that, Drowton's going to be like... I was really

42:58

shaken by that defeat

43:01

in the Wimbledon semi-final.

43:04

I was really like, what is this? It

43:08

wasn't good performance. It was not good.

43:10

It was all over the floor. He

43:12

was off balance all the time. I was

43:14

not predicting he would win that match, but

43:16

it was bad. And

43:20

I thought, whoa,

43:23

calm down, everybody. He's

43:25

obviously talented, but that

43:27

was so far away. It

43:29

was embarrassing. It was. Yeah,

43:31

I felt really just cold

43:37

after that match. And who

43:39

beat him at the USA? Zverev. Yeah,

43:41

and it was all a cramp and all that. Yeah,

43:44

that was a weird match in about 100% humidity.

43:48

We were angry at Sinner at Wimbledon

43:50

for not owning it as

43:53

well. He was saying that he played better than he

43:55

did when he pushed him to five the year before.

43:57

And that just sounded like nonsense, to be honest. It

44:00

was a really strange one and

44:02

it left me feeling in a

44:04

weird place, re-Yannick

44:07

Sinner. And

44:10

yeah, then the US Open happened and there

44:13

was that sort

44:15

of ordeal of a match

44:18

with Alexander Verev,

44:21

I suppose, that was

44:23

so condition-affected, maybe

44:25

difficult to learn too much from that.

44:27

And then goes to Asia, does

44:29

a puke and a bin, different guy? Correct.

44:33

You've got me, Yannick. That is how

44:35

the history books will tell it. Yeah.

44:37

We've got visual evidence. So

44:43

that's one men's semi-final set, it'll

44:45

be Yannick, Sinner, Egan's

44:47

Novac Djokovic. If he's fair, it'll be five

44:49

sets. Okay.

44:55

I'm not saying anything to get

44:58

in the way of David's hype, I'm on board

45:00

David's hype. God,

45:02

we need it at a hobbyster in the

45:05

morning, don't we? Hell yeah. So goddamn grateful

45:07

for David walking through the

45:09

front door with some hype in the bank.

45:13

I'm pumped. We've got a great few days

45:15

in. The

45:17

other semi-final set up this evening

45:19

confirmed it will be a replay

45:22

of the US Open Final between

45:24

Koto Gophi we talked about earlier

45:27

and Arena Sabalenka, who I

45:29

think had her longest match

45:31

of the tournament tonight against

45:33

Baburri Krotjikova, an hour and

45:36

11 minutes, 6-2, 6-3.

45:40

I mean, I thought Krotjikova played quite well. Me too.

45:44

It was really jarring to me

45:46

how little effect her

45:48

game had on Sabalenka. She

45:51

was trying stuff, she got beautiful

45:54

backhand, and she was hitting lovely

45:57

ground strokes. They weren't working.

46:00

And then she tries to gather the net a couple of

46:02

times. That didn't work. Then

46:04

she tried to do lofted loopy

46:06

balls to sort of maybe discombobulate

46:08

Sabalenko. That didn't work. I mean,

46:10

Sabalenko got her in her own

46:12

way once or twice to kind

46:14

of just extend it and make

46:16

it respectable. But that was an

46:19

absolute drumming tonight of a

46:21

really quality player. I know Krashigara

46:23

hasn't been at her best, but

46:26

it wouldn't have made any difference. Krashigara

46:29

is playing at an awesome

46:31

level, Sabalenko. I

46:34

like to see Krashigara trying those

46:36

things. Me too. Not being

46:38

too proud to try those things. Some of them

46:40

maybe looked a

46:42

little panicked,

46:45

I suppose. There were a couple of net rushes

46:48

that looked ill-advised. But what are you going to

46:50

do? She

46:52

had nothing with which to combat

46:54

Marina Sabalenko from the back of the court.

46:58

And I think that would probably

47:00

be true with pretty

47:02

much everybody at the moment with her

47:04

style of play. But

47:07

of course, the Sabalenko-Goth matchup comes

47:09

with so,

47:13

so many

47:15

accoutrements to make it interesting.

47:19

Yeah, I mean, Sinner

47:22

Djokovic is a dream semifinal and this

47:24

is another one. And

47:26

I think Coco-Goth's legs, I said

47:28

it earlier, but that feels like

47:30

her greatest weapon right now against

47:33

Sabalenko. Someone needs

47:35

to be able to extend these rallies against

47:37

Sabalenko because she is just hitting everyone else

47:39

off the court. And

47:41

we saw in the US Open final,

47:43

you make Sabalenko in a stressful situation

47:45

have to play a few extra shots

47:48

and that's when the unforced errors can

47:50

come. I don't

47:52

see how Coco-Goth outplays

47:55

Marina Sabalenko because Sabalenko is

47:59

top level right now. is just awesome.

48:01

I mean, as you said, rendering players sort

48:04

of redundant down the other end of

48:06

the court. But we

48:09

saw it in the US Open Final.

48:11

There's a way that Koka Gough can

48:13

make Sabalenko malfunction a bit and make

48:15

her stressed. And this is

48:17

a semi-final and Sabalenko, you know, I know

48:20

she won a couple of Grand Sam semi-finals

48:22

last year, but she also

48:24

lost a couple and this

48:26

is the stage now where I think we

48:28

really find out about

48:31

Arena Sabalenko and how well she's playing. Like

48:33

this has been better than she's played, I'd

48:35

say, at any slam so far. But

48:38

she always, well, she doesn't always, but six slams

48:40

in a row, she's got the semi-finals, you know,

48:43

that's incredibly impressive. But

48:45

it's now where that

48:48

high-risk game style that she plays

48:50

in the high-pressure moments, that's where we see the

48:53

real test of it. And I can't

48:55

wait because I think Gough is

48:59

capable of disrupting her in a way

49:02

that her opponents so far haven't been

49:04

and I'm fascinated. And I do think

49:06

that is in Arena Sabalenko's head. I mean, she

49:08

gave, she was asked about Koka

49:11

Gough in press this evening. She

49:13

just gave exactly the same breakdown

49:15

you did, you know, she sees this match

49:18

up for what it

49:20

is and she knows

49:22

that just the presence of

49:24

Koka Gough and her physicality looming at the

49:27

other end of the court, even

49:29

without any of the trauma and baggage

49:31

of what happened in the US Open

49:33

final, just her presence kind

49:37

of has the ability to prevent

49:40

Sabalenko from playing

49:42

her game or certainly playing it with the

49:44

freedom that she has been

49:46

and that has been so potent. She,

49:48

you know how people

49:51

step on to court against Novak

49:53

Djokovic and where usually they would

49:55

aim six inches inside the line,

49:58

suddenly they're going for the line. line

50:00

and you're thinking, what are you doing? That doesn't need to

50:02

be that good. And they've just got

50:04

it in their head that it does have

50:06

to be that good against Novak Djokovic because

50:10

otherwise it'll come back and you you

50:13

know, you just it's just

50:16

totally in your head that everything has to be

50:19

twenty five percent better than it would have to be

50:21

against any other player. I think

50:23

that's what's in Arena Sabalenka's head about

50:26

Coco Gough. It

50:28

has to be on the line, not inside the

50:31

line. And that

50:33

might be true. But I also think

50:35

stepping onto the court with that mindset

50:38

could be a bit dangerous

50:40

for her because obviously the the

50:43

best thing for her to do is just to step on and go,

50:46

do you've been doing Arena? Because

50:49

it's unplayable. But I

50:51

think Coco Gough

50:53

has a kind of kryptonite to potentially

50:56

stop Arena Sabalenka from doing what she's

50:58

been doing. I am

51:00

fascinated by that prospect because I

51:04

feel like Sabalenka is playing better than she

51:06

was at the US Open and

51:09

such security to her power.

51:13

She feels like she's in total control

51:16

of her game, but.

51:21

Gough is the most extraordinary

51:24

competitor for her age

51:26

and match player as well, not just

51:28

how much she wants to win and

51:30

tries, but her problem

51:32

solving and her kind

51:35

of just being there and making it

51:37

awkward. And obviously she's got Mr. Winning

51:40

Ugly and her support

51:42

team. It is fascinating,

51:44

really. What a prospect. Yeah.

51:47

I mean, I would say the US Open

51:50

final, like the atmosphere was

51:54

difficult, I think, for Sabalenka to

51:56

think clearly and to stay

51:59

calm. I'm sure there'll be a good atmosphere

52:01

on, when will that be, Thursday night?

52:03

And I'm sure a lot of the crowd will

52:05

be pulling for Coco Golf, but it's not gonna

52:07

be the pressure

52:10

cooker that was the Arthur Ashe Stadium

52:12

that night of the US Open Finals.

52:14

So that might help Sabalenka to

52:17

relax a little bit more. And as

52:20

much as I've made the case there

52:22

for Coco Golf to make this really

52:24

awkward for Sabalenka, I

52:26

do think there's also a chance that

52:29

Sabalenka is

52:31

able to block all that out

52:33

and just keeps on this

52:35

sort of path of

52:37

destruction that she seems to be

52:39

on. Like I do think that's

52:41

possible. And then Golf is playing

52:43

so badly today that that

52:46

needs to change. It does. I

52:48

don't get how large of a fight and everything

52:50

else. Yeah,

52:53

yeah, there is definitely a world in which

52:56

we're sitting here in a couple of nights and

52:59

it's been two and two. We're like, well,

53:01

of course. I'm not feeling

53:04

Mr. Hype Man about that at the

53:07

moment. I'm hopeful, but I'm not confident.

53:10

How can he be after Golf's performance

53:13

today? But I do think trauma,

53:17

I think trauma is effective.

53:19

I always think trauma. Semi-final

53:22

trauma and Golf trauma.

53:25

And Golf needs trauma

53:27

to be effective, really, because if

53:29

it just comes down to the tennis, I think

53:32

Sabalenka's got it. So

53:34

those matches will be on

53:37

Thursday, the women's semi-finals.

53:40

Both women's semi-finals will

53:43

be Thursday night session

53:45

back to back. So Golf's Sabalenka will

53:48

be first, and then the

53:50

winners of tomorrow's

53:52

remaining women's quarter-finals will be second,

53:54

which is tight turnaround

53:57

for the winners of tomorrow's

53:59

matches. most matches are Linda

54:01

Norskva against Daniel Sremska that is first up

54:04

at midday so we're back to the midday

54:06

start tomorrow whereas today we were at 1

54:08

p.m. we still don't know why but

54:11

we're so glad to be paying for that

54:14

now so thank you to whatever reason that

54:16

was for. Norskva

54:18

is Sremska that is followed

54:21

not before 1.30 by Hubert

54:23

Hurkach against Daniel Medfordev. Night

54:26

session Anna Kalinskaya against Jung

54:28

Shin-wen and then finally Alexander

54:31

Zverev against Carlos Alcaraz.

54:33

Does anyone foresee any

54:36

upsets and just to be clear on

54:38

the women's front

54:40

I'm calling wins for Yostremska

54:43

and for Kalinskaya upsets that's

54:46

what I count as upsets. I

54:49

think the best chance of an upset

54:51

tomorrow is Hurkach over Medfordev but

54:55

I don't expect any of

54:57

them to happen I think ultimately the

54:59

favored players will

55:02

come through. Yeah I

55:04

think so although I do think

55:06

there's potentially a massive chance that

55:08

we're under rating under rating Kalinskaya

55:11

like she's been pretty seamless this

55:13

tournament and I

55:15

know Jung Shin-wen is the player with the with

55:17

the higher ceiling and the more

55:19

buzz. It is a low floor though but

55:21

it can be a low floor. Kalinskaya is

55:25

solid as a rock. Yeah like I think

55:27

I would pick Jung Shin-wen but I

55:30

don't know this is something suggesting that

55:32

that's not as solid player

55:34

mind your problem. Hmm

55:38

yeah I mean I have

55:40

no idea. I'm not sure if you're Sremska. I have

55:42

not got a clue. Not

55:47

even an inkling. You might be

55:50

playing tennis while it's happening as well. Yeah

55:52

I'm playing at Koo Young. In seven

55:55

and a half hours. No eight

55:57

and a half hours. and

56:00

a half hours from now. So

56:02

you're playing at Keweong in 2024, in 2054 you'll be playing on

56:04

the Rob

56:07

Lagerie now. So

56:09

that's a grass court? It is

56:11

a grass court, yes. And wear white? I

56:13

have to wear white and last

56:15

time I played tennis which

56:18

was about six seven weeks

56:20

ago now I rolled my

56:22

ankle and that was on

56:24

a surface I'm much better

56:26

moving on than grass so

56:28

thought some prayers. We

56:30

had a bit, we had a team talk

56:33

earlier, we had a, it gave Matt a

56:35

boost earlier because he wasn't wasn't sure about

56:37

his how his game would

56:39

match up on grass and

56:41

then then we remembered that

56:43

Pam Shriver had compared his

56:45

half-ollies to Martina Vratilova. He's

56:48

got a nice slice and

56:51

they generally hit flat and hit flat so

56:53

we think actually he's, I mean he's basically

56:55

Pete Sampert at this point in

56:59

terms of projected

57:01

success on grass. You're going to be

57:04

fine Matt, we'd

57:06

better let you get to

57:08

sleep. Before you do that

57:10

let's talk

57:12

mascots. I got

57:14

points today for Darwin, well

57:16

done me, David, Francis. Who

57:19

did I go for? You got points as well,

57:21

didn't I? Well I think you two had the

57:23

same prediction. No. Was it? I'm

57:26

Andre Rubelev. Oh no,

57:28

you had different predictions but you both got points. I

57:30

had Sinner in three and he, I

57:33

tell you what, I'm glad when I was commentating

57:35

on that blooming set that I didn't know about

57:38

my prediction I'd forgotten all about it. I'm

57:40

Andre Rubelev improving but standing still.

57:44

Matt, Haida and Soma. I'm

57:48

someone who's sliding down the rankings.

57:53

Insert player here. Come

57:55

on we can come up with someone. sliding

58:00

down the ranking losing a bus it's

58:02

a pass he's yeah losing a bunch of

58:04

points this week isn't he okay

58:07

we have Billy Jean who

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is sponsored by Billy Jean

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58:13

speaking of dogs we have

58:15

Usher hello Usher

58:17

we have

58:20

executive producers

58:22

Chris,

58:25

Jeff, Greg, Jamie.

58:30

Hang on you've stole

58:32

Jamie from me oh I sense there

58:34

was gonna be a silence coming and

58:36

I just filled it I didn't know

58:39

anybody it's late folks thank

58:41

you to all of you you are of course top

58:44

folks and Matt we have shout-outs

58:47

and we start with Matt

58:49

Matt Poland in Florida

58:52

alright Matt and

58:54

Matt says I'd like to send my shout-out

58:56

as well as my partner Greg he introduced

58:58

me to tennis podcast and over the years

59:00

has come to share my love for tennis

59:02

Oh Greg you legend oh

59:05

that's lovely we like

59:08

Greg great like Greg

59:13

from exec producers and like

59:15

Matt like Matt Roberts so

59:19

great everyone's a winner great like

59:21

Rzedski yeah and

59:23

Matt like Ebbton

59:29

very good thank you very much

59:31

Matt we've also

59:33

got Sean Fitzpatrick in London

59:36

not Sean Sean says I met you

59:38

all at the Queen's Club for the

59:40

live podcast a few years ago I

59:42

was with Pat Cash what

59:44

a joy it was to meet

59:47

you all I also know the

59:49

lovely woolly I've just been with

59:51

Pat Cash commentating would you believe

59:53

it friend of a friend

59:55

of Patton woolly is a friend

59:58

of ours hello Sean tennis

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shawns well

1:00:03

it sounds like shawn fits patrick might be a tennis

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shawn if he's made for pat kash and willy yeah

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shawn come

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on guys well i can think of

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is the sheep that i met the

1:00:16

other day you know this is good

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david on kids day wearing

1:00:22

an offensive offensive

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t-shirt david with

1:00:29

a with a

1:00:31

low-sized shawn the sheep

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and was and was

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frowned at by the

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every child David

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or an offensive t-shirt on

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kids day thank you shawn

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and finally we have joseph

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ha we know joseph joseph

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he is originally from south

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dakota but has lived in

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different parts of asia over

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the last 13 years yemen

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jordan singapore and currently taiwan

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wow that's so cool

1:01:19

my parents used to live in yemen that's

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added five extra countries to our download

1:01:24

list over the years did he say jordan

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my parents lived in jordan as

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well he's doing a wittaker tour yeah

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sudan zimbabwe next

1:01:37

not entirely sure my parents would recommend

1:01:39

those certainly not sudan anyway but um

1:01:42

character building thank

1:01:45

you joseph thank you joseph um

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do we have tennis joseph so

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sold soldbury he

1:01:54

won today i think we said he played

1:01:56

today anyway he didn't win he was

1:01:58

with heather watson they lost got

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beaten by Neil Skupski

1:02:02

and Desiree Kravchik. So

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Joe's not at the best of wigs because he lost

1:02:07

the other day in the doubles too with Ranji Raun.

1:02:10

Didn't they lose to Mahat and

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Zhen Zuzen? I mean obviously. They were

1:02:15

winning the tournament. Yeah. Best

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