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Speaker 1: The Fitz and Whipper podcast.

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Speaker 2: We were very, very lucky to get the opportunity an

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Speaker 2: exclusive interview with ASHPARTI.

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Speaker 1: I mean we haven't had her on the show before,

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Speaker 1: have we Fascinating?

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Speaker 3: I love Ashparty. What an ambassador for this great nation.

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable. Got to sit down with Ash yesterday and it

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Speaker 2: was just a brilliant chat.

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Speaker 3: Shparty is the Australian Open Chappier, A dream comes true.

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Speaker 2: Australia's Ashparty is Wemblet champion, but.

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Speaker 3: She has become almost unsouchable at the top of the

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Speaker 3: women's game.

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Speaker 1: Ash Barty joins fits in Whipper.

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Speaker 4: We're here with a young lady by the name of Ashparty.

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Speaker 2: Or I didn't know this a new title, Whip give

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Speaker 2: it to me the chief of Inspiration.

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Speaker 1: Wow, do you feel inspired already?

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Speaker 4: Welcome to the show.

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Speaker 1: Ah, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 4: Are you how? Chief of inspiration? It's a huge role.

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Speaker 4: I mean, how do you take that on? What do

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Speaker 4: you do first to inspire people?

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Speaker 1: Well, I mean I think you say yes to take

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Speaker 1: it on? Yes, yeah you do. There you go. You

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Speaker 1: get hang it pretty quick.

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Speaker 3: Imagine as if you were able to if someone's about

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Speaker 3: the shoulder, you turn around tash By to go. You

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Speaker 3: would be amazing.

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Speaker 1: Well that's the that's that's the purpose that you can do.

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Speaker 1: You give it a crack, right, you go after it

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Speaker 1: and chase you dreams, see where your ambitions take you,

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Speaker 1: and and take it on. And I think, don't be

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Speaker 1: afraid in making those decisions, and make courageous making those decisions.

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Speaker 2: To do it vocally? Are you like a motivational coach?

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Speaker 4: Ash Aly? You one of those that can fire up

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Speaker 2: Or do you do it out in the court? That

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Speaker 1: Probably probably through action, maybe just maybe a calm, gentle chat. Ye,

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Speaker 2: But did you have to get fired up before big

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Speaker 4: Or do you like to be calm going into it now?

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Speaker 1: There was certainly fire in the belly, but I didn't

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Speaker 2: Did you have a tennis coach that was a bit

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Speaker 1: Not really. No. I think all of the coaches I

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Speaker 1: They're just going to get crickets. And I think actually

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Speaker 3: Always liked that ash because I think the other thing

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Speaker 4: Has that none at all?

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Speaker 3: When I meant to win, to win a title like

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Speaker 4: It must have just been.

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, I'll have a beer

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Speaker 4: We don't have nowhere near the listeners that she had.

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Speaker 3: What you must have found though, Like that night, what

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Speaker 3: Trash body style pretty well.

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Speaker 1: We just need nothing changed for us. It was just

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Speaker 1: It was everything we ever wanted.

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Speaker 2: This is really exciting because we get the announcement now

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Speaker 2: of his Obviously Ashes left tennis. She's the chief of

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Speaker 4: Everyone her next move. What sports she's.

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Speaker 2: Going into professionally decision. I'm so glad that we can

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Speaker 2: do it on our show. Exclusive lawn Bowls is at Darts.

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Speaker 2: What road will you go down?

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Speaker 4: Ash Party?

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Speaker 1: I do have to say it brought me a lot

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Speaker 4: You go hopeless?

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Speaker 1: Awful?

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Speaker 4: Awful? Awful?

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Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, I'm just going to

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Speaker 1: sit down the end guys, and I'll crack the beer

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Speaker 1: and I but I'll keep score.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I have to have deficiencies because you're good at everything.

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Speaker 1: So still still working on it. I'll let you know

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Speaker 4: What are you serious? I don't because how's this.

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Speaker 2: We've we've convinced Anthony alb and Easy that we've we've

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Speaker 4: John Howard's attempt was horrible. Actually he's got Morrison was Okay.

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Speaker 3: We've done a couple of cricket games there.

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Speaker 2: But if we were getting a backyard cricket game, if

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Speaker 1: I've got a bit of a custard arm these days.

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Speaker 4: Wrap up of the week, so you've got to wrap

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Speaker 1: Ash, all right, I will put on I'm ready.

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Speaker 1: I feel like the darts atmosphere is right up my alley.

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Speaker 4: One huge dreadlock that goes down to his bum. Awesome.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I might be hiding the racket.

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Speaker 4: Is there something?

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Speaker 4: She'd never seen since. And she went back.

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Speaker 4: Well, we've got them here, now you would like to.

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Speaker 1: Just open.

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Speaker 3: I think the tissues Ashal.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I never watched any of my matches. I've

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Speaker 4: Fetter's wife has been there in the box every single.

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Speaker 1: He plays pretty good tennis.

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Speaker 3: So in your in the coaching that you had, would

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Speaker 4: Well, You've inspired.

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Speaker 2: Us as I'm inspired, So your role as the chief

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Speaker 2: of inspiration is doing really well here at OPT.

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Speaker 4: To so you're enjoying your time with Optus. You've got

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Speaker 2: We just saw the video with you and Dan Ricardo

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Speaker 4: You must have a lot of fun being involved with this.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's very much an exciting project that we

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Speaker 1: I think now we get to sit down and really

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Speaker 1: knuckle down and plan what we want to do, how

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Speaker 1: we want to impact kids, communities, different things, have some

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Speaker 3: All back to what you mentioned earlier. It fits with

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Speaker 3: the show. Thorpey said he would love to wrap in fact,

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Speaker 3: he was offended and asked Ran now when we so, look,

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Speaker 3: we'll keep the conversation with thorpeas in and if you'd

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Speaker 1: I've really got to go.

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Speaker 2: That's party last seme with Can we just get a

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Speaker 2: chapter in the new memoir or something like that.

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Speaker 4: This interview, I don't know. If you could mention it

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Speaker 4: in this would be great. We've been massive fans of

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Speaker 4: yours for a very long time. Ash. We appreciate your time.

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Speaker 4: Thanks for coming on the show.

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Speaker 1: Thanks very much. Appreciate it. And Whipper Podcast