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Speaker 1: It fits in Australian Open. It is heating up now.

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Speaker 2: I've never seen more domination from one player in a

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Speaker 2: tournament so far than Ash Barty. One lady who represented

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Speaker 2: Australia numerous times is Alisha Mullett.

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Speaker 1: You can catch her on Channel nine. She's here for

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Speaker 1: master Card as well. Alisia welcome, Oh thanks.

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Speaker 3: Hanging around's been pretty awesome, hasn't it watching you guys

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Speaker 3: have include to the TV.

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Speaker 4: It's been phenomenal.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, incredible, And look she's convincing schoolines that I reckon.

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Speaker 3: Every match has been a bit of a battle for it,

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Speaker 3: but she's just been too good, so fun. Last night

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Speaker 3: was another amazing example of I think, yeah, the most

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Speaker 3: complete player we've seen for a very long time.

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Speaker 4: We were saying this earlier, Alisha, when you're in a

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Speaker 4: position like Ash party, I mean, she's obviously playing extremely

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Speaker 4: well at the moment, the best of her career. But

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Speaker 4: do you ever in a game just try and get

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Speaker 4: through it quickly?

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Speaker 3: Yes? All the time?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know what you made.

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Speaker 4: It sounds like a silly question, but I suppose no, No,

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Speaker 4: it's and.

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Speaker 3: That's the hardest. That's what has impressed me about Ashes

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Speaker 3: that you know, you know a couple of years ago

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Speaker 3: there were times where she'd be a little bit up

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Speaker 3: and down mentally or even with emotion, and here at

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Speaker 3: the Stradia this pasted us, you know, twelve months she

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Speaker 3: won Wimbledon. This past year in twenty twenty one, here

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Speaker 3: at the Australia Am she's just been incredibly level, not rushing,

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Speaker 3: as you mentioned, as barely. I haven't not seen her

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Speaker 3: look at the playbox or her coach Crake ties of one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right now.

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Speaker 3: You see so many players, sometimes in desperation more than anything,

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Speaker 3: look up to their playboxes. But to me, it's a

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Speaker 3: quiet comness and I just think she's so in tune

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Speaker 3: with her ability on FOURT. But yeah, she's no rushing

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Speaker 3: and you know, really high level IQ on the court.

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Speaker 3: She just really has a great understanding of their opponent's weaknesses.

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Speaker 3: You know, it's so good to watch.

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Speaker 2: I mean, she hasn't won the final yet, but we

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Speaker 2: were only we were talking this morning as well, Alisha.

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Speaker 2: Could she I mean, Serena's now getting towards the end

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Speaker 2: of her career. I can't could Ash go into Serena

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Speaker 2: territory like, I mean, if she keeps.

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Speaker 3: Anything, anything's possible. I mean Serena started on the Grand

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Speaker 3: Slam trail though, I think when she was sixteen seventeen,

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Speaker 3: So I mean she she burst out onto the scene

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Speaker 3: and it was, you know, it was a bit of

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Speaker 3: a phenolm like Vinga. So I'd put my Pina Kingers

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Speaker 3: in that category too, So I'm not never saying never that.

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Speaker 3: So the woman you mentioned, Serena Williams the legend. You know,

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Speaker 3: she was winning earlier, but of course Ash was. You know,

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Speaker 3: she had a bit of a break and I think

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Speaker 3: that's helped he. You know, with her longevity, She's gone

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Speaker 3: through some difficult times and disappointments and actually she enjoys

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Speaker 3: her tennis. But now could see what I love about Ashes.

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Speaker 3: She's kept the same team around, her same fitness traina,

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Speaker 3: her same physio, her same tennis coach, Craig Tizer. You

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Speaker 3: know a lot of players at the top yep. You know,

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Speaker 3: the grass is always a little bit greener on the

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Speaker 3: other side to see so many coaching changes, and I

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Speaker 3: think that's probably what the greats do a little bit

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Speaker 3: better than the rest. You know, there's that's pretty smart

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Speaker 3: at picking good people.

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Speaker 2: Now, Alesia, we talk about tennis etiquette, and you know

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Speaker 2: what the tradition of tennis over the years. You think

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Speaker 2: of Wimbledon, you think of all that, and you know

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Speaker 2: the uniform and you know sportsmanship. What if we're seeing

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Speaker 2: now at the moment with the Special Case, with the

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Speaker 2: Nazi and Nick Kirios is you know what? I love

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Speaker 2: the crowd participation. I think it's amazing, it's is it

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Speaker 2: ruffling a lot of feathers in the tennis industry.

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Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on it? And can you see

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Speaker 1: a future for it?

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Speaker 3: Well, it ruffled next service yesterday because I think it's

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Speaker 3: the first time in all of his matches that someone

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Speaker 3: yelled out between his serf yes, and he had a

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Speaker 3: lot about to down fire. And I think that's because

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Speaker 3: it's gotten to the pointy end of you know, the

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Speaker 3: tournaments of the Special Case, Nick and Fanasi. So you know,

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Speaker 3: even someone like Nick, he loves all that crowd engagement,

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Speaker 3: people yelling out, hype and all of that. But I

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Speaker 3: think that's probably something we've got to do better and

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Speaker 3: suppressed and medi you have to do better is educate

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Speaker 3: this crowd that probably don't normally ever watched tennis, don't

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Speaker 3: understand or or haven't played much tennis, don't always participate

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Speaker 3: in the etiquette of it because there's so many rules

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Speaker 3: that are unwritten rules. Isn't that a funny one to

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Speaker 3: stay and tennis it's one of those sports that you

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Speaker 3: know you do have respect for your opponent. There are

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Speaker 3: moments that you know they needs to be quiet. You

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Speaker 3: talk about all that stuff and the tradition. It's we

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Speaker 3: just have to educate people. But I love I love

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Speaker 3: newcomers to tennis and Nick spread of this crazy sort

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Speaker 3: of atmosphere around Melbourne Park. I mean it was electric yesterday.

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Speaker 3: It was great carried on for Dylan as well, stayed

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Speaker 3: to his final.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, Alicia, have you ever had a moment where

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Speaker 4: were celebrating Ashes speech with Jim Currier afterwards with the interview,

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Speaker 4: have you ever had a moment on center court where

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Speaker 4: you've accidentally slipped up with some of the language If

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Speaker 4: anybody missed it, have a listen to Ash party last when.

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Speaker 1: He was haying saying he's acceptance speech. We're both crying.

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Speaker 2: I was like, I need to get and get ready.

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Speaker 1: If you had one of those moments.

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Speaker 3: Alias, well start with and f I didn't quite.

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Speaker 1: Get I think there was both one rolled into the next.

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Speaker 3: Oh well, jose Party might not be happy that. No,

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Speaker 3: that she That's what Jim does. He gets super smiling

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Speaker 3: out brownd me. I think Ash can look, she can

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Speaker 3: be forgiven for that. I know.

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Speaker 2: I know Alisha's younger brother, and I tell you what,

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Speaker 2: I've heard Alisha drop a few swear bombs at her

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Speaker 2: younger brother over the years that.

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Speaker 3: We were never allowed to in our household. I'm pretty

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Speaker 3: sure Ash wasn't either. But that's Yeah, it was great

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Speaker 3: to see Ash, you know, engage with the crowd at

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Speaker 3: the end. And I mean, hasn't she just grown into it?

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Speaker 1: She's amazing, amazing, Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well rounded woman. We love hearing her speak and

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Speaker 3: I think you know, she's the first to love praise

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Speaker 3: on her phone and the well, I think that's important

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Speaker 3: in the sport again, a nice bit of you know,

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Speaker 3: tennis etiquette from her perspective. But she spent a lot

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Speaker 3: of time with Dylan too as well this year. You know,

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Speaker 3: they're both you know, in the final stages of Wimbled

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Speaker 3: and they spend a lot of time on you two.

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Speaker 3: It's really special bonds between those two.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well, Alisia, you're doing a great job where you know

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Speaker 2: how busy you are or you appreciate your time.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on.

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Speaker 3: The show, Thanks for having me enjoy Saturday's final.

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Speaker 1: Yes, it cannot wait. Thank you, Alisia Moke. It it

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Speaker 1: fits in