Speaker 1: Yesterday afternoon, Clinton and I got the chance to catch
Speaker 1: up with our next guest.
Speaker 2: He's an intriguing character, Jace, and he's on the comeback
Speaker 2: trail as well, which I'm really excited about, and I
Speaker 2: think you will discover he's really pumped about as well.
Speaker 1: He will be the person everyone is talking about come
Speaker 1: January for the AO.
Speaker 3: It is Nick Curios.
Speaker 4: Our next guest is one of the few people in
Speaker 4: the world who has beaten the big three of tennis Djokovic,
Speaker 4: Federer and Nada.
Speaker 5: Oh what a shot.
Speaker 2: So he's at Australian legend, known.
Speaker 3: For his fast serve and his fast mouth.
Speaker 5: Please welcome to the show. Nick.
Speaker 3: Carry out the famous words of Dan Andrews. Let's get
Speaker 3: on the beers.
Speaker 5: Hello, mate, that's I'm good mate. That's very relevant.
Speaker 4: Although I haven't been on the beer as much because
Speaker 4: I'm preparing for the OS Open. But afterwards I can
Speaker 4: all assure you that we'll be getting on the strider,
Speaker 4: that's for sure.
Speaker 2: We'll get to the beer in But we've missed you, Nick,
Speaker 2: Have you missed us? Have you have you missed the game?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I mean, look, it's been a very eventful last couple
Speaker 4: of years. And look, I think earlier in my career,
Speaker 4: if I was injured like this, I'd probably be a
Speaker 4: bit shattered. But you know, it's part of I guess,
Speaker 4: being an athlete, and every athlete goes through and we see,
Speaker 4: you know, it's just another part of the journey. But
Speaker 4: I'm just really glad to be back. And you know,
Speaker 4: obviously playing the Brisbane International first is going to be
Speaker 4: a lot of fun. And just been playing in front
Speaker 4: of the home crowd again and hopefully being able to,
Speaker 4: you know, bring the crowds to entertainment and a couple
Speaker 4: of wins as well.
Speaker 5: So I'm really happy to be back.
Speaker 1: God, it'd be bloody good to have you back in
Speaker 1: Melbourne come January. And you're right, you know, a bit
Speaker 1: of entertainment because you know, I know sometimes it's odd Nick,
Speaker 1: You're loud, you're outspoken stuff, you bring a bit.
Speaker 3: Of life to the sport.
Speaker 5: I say, yeah, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 4: I think it's a very interesting time at the moment
Speaker 4: in the tennis world. Obviously we see you know, Djokovic.
Speaker 4: You know, I think we could all say he's at
Speaker 4: the tail end of his career. He's still a phenomenal player,
Speaker 4: but Nadul literally today officially last ever time.
Speaker 5: We're going to see him on the court. Federer gone.
Speaker 4: So look, there's some there's some amazing players still out there,
Speaker 4: but I think the game is a bit bland at
Speaker 4: the moment. And you know, everyone's like liking each other
Speaker 4: and everyone's friends with each other.
Speaker 5: And I just I hate that ship, to be honest.
Speaker 4: Everyone's like everyone's best mate, and I'm just like, that's
Speaker 4: that's not I mean as.
Speaker 5: OSSI's as well.
Speaker 4: Like you look at our sports, they're rough as they're
Speaker 4: rough as anything AFL, NRL.
Speaker 5: Like that's why we watch. We watch for entertainment.
Speaker 4: We watch for bad blood, we watch for you know,
Speaker 4: something maybe happening, and we want, you know, I'm all
Speaker 4: for being friends off the court, and I just think
Speaker 4: there's a bit too much respect inside the lines at
Speaker 4: the moment.
Speaker 1: It's the same in radio. I'll give you a hot tip.
Speaker 1: We're not going for lat anytime soon.
Speaker 6: Nick, You're happy, mate, You're happy?
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I look, I think I guess I'm not sad.
Speaker 4: I guess that's how I do it. I mean, like
Speaker 4: my life at the moments are whirlwind. Obviously, been doing
Speaker 4: a lot of things on and off the court. But look,
Speaker 4: I just yeah, I mean I'm doing great. I'm always
Speaker 4: staying busy, and you know, I've been I think I've
Speaker 4: been doing a lot more I guess charity work and
Speaker 4: spending a lot of more time with kids and stuff.
Speaker 4: So I guess that's that's something that I generally enjoy,
Speaker 4: I love doing, and I think that's almost probably been
Speaker 4: the most humbling and definitely the most powerful experience that
Speaker 4: I've been really tried to.
Speaker 5: Put an effort towards the last couple of years. So
Speaker 5: I think it's helping me.
Speaker 4: You know, not take anything for granted, but yeah, look,
Speaker 4: I feel I feel amazing, and I'm just really excited
Speaker 4: for the next couple of months.
Speaker 1: Go with me here. You got me in trouble. The
Speaker 1: other day, my wife was walking past the bedroom door
Speaker 1: and the door was shut. She heard like some strange
Speaker 1: sounds coming out of the bedroom. It was a video
Speaker 1: Nick I was watching, but hang on. She opened the
Speaker 1: door and you had me in bloody tears. It was
Speaker 1: Adrian Portelli put this little sick kid on a play
Speaker 1: and flew him to meet Nick, and Nick was signed
Speaker 1: a tennis racket gave it over so what a little
Speaker 1: legend he was.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Harrison was. He was. He was a character.
Speaker 4: And you know, obviously when you see someone like that
Speaker 4: who has rare yeah, I mean he has, he has.
Speaker 4: He's the only person in Australia with with that condition.
Speaker 4: And I mean, look, he had a lot of life
Speaker 4: about him. To be honest, I mean, if he's going
Speaker 4: to be listening to this new family, he was still cheeky,
Speaker 4: so that a lot attitude and still enjoyed every every
Speaker 4: little moment. And look that's what I mean. I mean,
Speaker 4: really could you could.
Speaker 1: Tell you made his year mate. It was just such
Speaker 1: a nice moment. It was really really cool, well done,
Speaker 1: Yeah it was.
Speaker 5: It was awesome.
Speaker 4: So yeah, I'm doing more of that and hopefully, you know,
Speaker 4: I could bring some of these people down to a
Speaker 4: if they're able to come and give him a you know,
Speaker 4: cool experience.
Speaker 6: You need. You need poor Telly's private jet, that's what
Speaker 6: you mean.
Speaker 5: I don't fly private often. To be honest, he's he's
Speaker 5: an older you're.
Speaker 6: A man of the people.
Speaker 3: You're gonna buy next year's block.
Speaker 4: Man, He's he's hustling all respect there. Man, He's he's
Speaker 4: he's he's building the Empire, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're doing pretty well. All right, let's talk. He's
Speaker 1: got his own bit. Where where did this come about?
Speaker 4: So it's actually it's a crazy story because you know,
Speaker 4: I've got a really good personal relationship with one of
Speaker 4: the other owners. I met him he actually owns a
Speaker 4: nightclub in Sydney and I was going out so often.
Speaker 5: We became good friends.
Speaker 6: And then I know what happens, and then we.
Speaker 4: Were like, you know what, let's let's do this, like
Speaker 4: let's you know, I mean it's all about I mean,
Speaker 4: it all comes down to just being you know, proud
Speaker 4: to be Australian. And look, I'm not going to deny
Speaker 4: like I love having a drink, you know, I'm at
Speaker 4: my local publicle times. So I was like, look, I
Speaker 4: really want to do this and I feel like it's
Speaker 4: not slowing down here in Australia, you know, everyone loves
Speaker 4: to have a good time, and especially with the Ausie
Speaker 4: summer coming around, I felt it was so fitting to
Speaker 4: try and do something. And one of the breweries is
Speaker 4: literally in Golden forty five minutes from my house. I
Speaker 4: was there with my mum, showing her how everything kind
Speaker 4: of runs and how it's how it's all made. So yeah,
Speaker 4: I was just an idea and we put it together
Speaker 4: and now it's in full flow and and also tastes amazing,
Speaker 4: by the way, Like I'll personally deliver it to your houses.
Speaker 4: Both of you stryder at four point fours.
Speaker 5: They're dangerous.
Speaker 3: Did your mum get on it when she was at
Speaker 3: the brewery.
Speaker 5: She did taste it, My mom, she did taste it.
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna lie. She did in hospital at the moment.
Speaker 5: The poor nah, she she she'll be okay, she'll be okay.
Speaker 5: But yeah, she did have a little sip.
Speaker 4: She doesn't mind a little red wine, but she did
Speaker 4: have a bit of the beer and she loved it.
Speaker 5: And look, I just love the people.
Speaker 4: Like obviously, you know, I had a lot of you know,
Speaker 4: getting to this point in my career, you have a
Speaker 4: lot of options of who you want to work with.
Speaker 4: But the thing that stood out for me with this
Speaker 4: was it's all aussy.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 4: I've got a great relationship with the people in the
Speaker 4: in the business as well, and I think we can
Speaker 4: really you know, do some amazing things in Australia with it.
Speaker 4: First of all, like all these other Australian beers at
Speaker 4: the moment, they're not even Australian owned, and I really want,
Speaker 4: I really wanted to be like all about you know,
Speaker 4: in your backyard, you know, always being there when there's
Speaker 4: a good thing happening in celebration and then obviously getting
Speaker 4: it to the global stage one day would be would
Speaker 4: be amazing.
Speaker 3: We are on the.
Speaker 1: Air with tennis superstar Nick Kurios this morning.
Speaker 2: Coming up next, our chat with Nick continues and I'm
Speaker 2: going to tell you where I saw him, and it.
Speaker 6: Wasn't on the tennis court.
Speaker 3: It was very late at night. I don't know if
Speaker 3: he was happy about sharing the story, but we'll do
Speaker 3: it next.
Speaker 1: Yesterday Clint and I got the chance to catch up
Speaker 1: with the tennis superstar himself and the man that will
Speaker 1: be returning to Melbourne for the AO in January, Nick
Speaker 1: Curios jays.
Speaker 2: The last time I saw Nick, it wasn't doing an
Speaker 2: on court interview for Channel nine. It was actually at
Speaker 2: Electric with the NASI. So I'm hoping those stairs will
Speaker 2: get you when you lean. I'm hoping it's I don't
Speaker 2: know about that place. I'm hoping it's on tap when
Speaker 2: we next go back there.
Speaker 1: I'll give you inside the clint here Nick. You sit
Speaker 1: there going, you've got nightclub, You've got friends at own clubs.
Speaker 3: I was out with Clint one night.
Speaker 1: He left public House in the back of a taxi
Speaker 1: holding the DJ decks for the DJ going to the
Speaker 1: next venue.
Speaker 4: Oh that's right, but no, that's life goals, bottom off
Speaker 4: life goal.
Speaker 2: This summer is approaching, Nick, and you've already told us
Speaker 2: how pumped you are. But just take us through the
Speaker 2: trials and tribulation. The risk has been the big issue.
Speaker 2: But looks at your cherry right now. But you must
Speaker 2: have hit a few lows though there.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, one hundred percent, man. I mean, look, had
Speaker 5: the best year of my career.
Speaker 4: Arguably the best year of my career was I set
Speaker 4: away from Wimbledon basically, and yeah, I had had a
Speaker 4: bit of a risk niggle and then ended up being
Speaker 4: quite significant.
Speaker 5: I needed a risk reconstruction.
Speaker 4: And obviously, when you get told that playing a racket
Speaker 4: sport in your right wrists, you're staring down the barrel
Speaker 4: of maybe not ever playing again. And the surgeon was
Speaker 4: pretty transparent me. He was like, look like I've done
Speaker 4: this surgery. We've done It's only been performed about fifty
Speaker 4: times worldwide, and it's more like a contact injury, so
Speaker 4: it was very rare that a tennis player got it.
Speaker 4: And he was like, look, a couple plumbers have come
Speaker 4: back and got back into their profession. I was like, Okay,
Speaker 4: that is not really relevant for tennis player, but but.
Speaker 3: I appreciate that.
Speaker 6: I appreciate the positive, positive look.
Speaker 5: He did an amazing job.
Speaker 4: Everything went well, and it was six months post surgery.
Speaker 4: I didn't feel any honestly, didn't feel any improvement. I
Speaker 4: was like, I don't think I'm ever going to play again.
Speaker 4: I spoke to my team and obviously let my family
Speaker 4: know that it wasn't going great. And then nine months
Speaker 4: out got some improvement and then just never really gave in.
Speaker 4: It was always, you know, trying to stay in shape,
Speaker 4: trying to do the right thing, stay patient, and here
Speaker 4: we are, you know, about fourteen months post surgery with
Speaker 4: the wrist reconstruction and back back playing.
Speaker 5: That was this summer. So it's all a bonus.
Speaker 4: Honestly, now, I didn't really ever think I was going
Speaker 4: to be back to play at this level, and it's
Speaker 4: it's really a miracle.
Speaker 1: So and you can you can see the excitement in
Speaker 1: your face. How'd you go post surgery? Every I'd have
Speaker 1: to batter your toast for you. Do we ever get
Speaker 1: as rock bottom wiping?
Speaker 4: Honestly, my fingers were like there were like sausages, Like
Speaker 4: my hand was.
Speaker 6: Yah, sasage fingers.
Speaker 5: Oh no, they're all right now. But like you can
Speaker 5: see the sky now, like to see that sky there?
Speaker 4: Yeah, and then it's both sides as well.
Speaker 5: It's pretty disgusting.
Speaker 3: But the re just back to it. Would you say? Strength?
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, no, like strength wise, it's right there. Like
Speaker 4: I just came off the court after three.
Speaker 5: I mean, I.
Speaker 4: Feel it feels obviously doesn't feel how it once was,
Speaker 4: but it's it's good enough to get out there and compete.
Speaker 5: I mean, as an athlete, you're never going to fee
Speaker 5: one hundred percent anyway. But I was in a cast
Speaker 5: for twelve weeks. I mean it was it was rough footing. Man.
Speaker 1: When when you're miture grown up, do people still sign
Speaker 1: your cast or is that just a school thing?
Speaker 5: No one signed my cast?
Speaker 6: Hey did you watch the fight the other day? Tyson?
Speaker 5: I did watch the fight?
Speaker 3: Thoughts you met Tyson before, haven't you?
Speaker 5: Yeah? I've really close with logan.
Speaker 4: But I've had Mike Tyson on my podcast and I've
Speaker 4: invested in Jake Paul's W brand as well, so I've
Speaker 4: got But look, let's let's not let's not sit here
Speaker 4: and say it wasn't like. I mean, they both made
Speaker 4: an incredible amount of money, and I'm not taking away
Speaker 4: anything from Jake Paul. Yeah, but let's let's be real,
Speaker 4: Like Jake Paul's is a hell of an athlete.
Speaker 5: He's put the work in.
Speaker 4: He's you can't deny that he's a legit boxer at
Speaker 4: the moment, Like, he's one of the biggest names in entertainment.
Speaker 4: So he's at that point where he can literally put
Speaker 4: anyone in front of him. People are going to I mean,
Speaker 4: we're the idiots, to be honest, sitting down streaming it.
Speaker 5: But like, look, props to both of them.
Speaker 4: I mean, look, Tyson to even get in the ring
Speaker 4: at sixty is incredible. I mean, I don't like he
Speaker 4: looked like he was struggling, But those guys are.
Speaker 5: Some smart businessmen. That's all I'm going to say.
Speaker 1: Just off the back of Tyson, you always wear pants
Speaker 1: in the dressing room, don't you, Just in case the camera.
Speaker 4: Grabs fun you guys, I freeball when I play tennis.
Speaker 4: So when I'm playing the Grand Slams, you can just
Speaker 4: picture me now freeball.
Speaker 5: I'm good.
Speaker 2: I'm good, disguising a bit wow, yep, fun facts. We've
Speaker 2: got the exclusive here on no. But you forget how
Speaker 2: he's feeling in the lead up to the.
Speaker 5: No No No.
Speaker 4: I need I need to feel it nice and free
Speaker 4: down there when I'm not break points.
Speaker 5: Nick.
Speaker 1: It's been absolutely pleasure having your make congratulations on the
Speaker 1: beer and yah you guys, we we are genuinely excited
Speaker 1: here in Melbourne for the a I'm so promped to
Speaker 1: have you back.
Speaker 6: We want to see John Kyner in a humming Yeah.
Speaker 4: It'll be humming, that's for sure. But if you guys
Speaker 4: actually want the beer, just let me know and I'll
Speaker 4: get it to you. I'll get it to you and
Speaker 4: I'll get you a couple of cases. There's there's two options.
Speaker 4: Obviously is a lighter one as well, but it tastes
Speaker 4: really good. But I'll give you guys, I know, I
Speaker 4: knew as soon as I said the lighter, you guys
Speaker 4: are like, yeah, I'll deliver it to you.
Speaker 3: To you personally, you're a good man. Hey, I hope
Speaker 3: your mum's doing okay.
Speaker 5: Mate, I appreciate it. Guys, have a good, good weekend
Speaker 5: En wake up feeling good.
Speaker 3: I know one hundred Jason Lauren only go on socials
Speaker 5: Mhm