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Speaker 1: The Fitzi and Whipper podcast.

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Speaker 2: Was a big Sunday night in sport.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 2: He made it to the Wimbledon final, and Nick Kurios

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Speaker 2: got off to a great start, winning the first set

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Speaker 2: six to four. Unfortunately, Novak Djokovic went on to win

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Speaker 2: the next three sets to claim the Wimbledon final. And

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Speaker 2: one man who has spent a bit of time with

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Speaker 2: Nick Kirios over the lap last couple of weeks, Tony

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Speaker 2: Jones from Channel ninety joins us. Now, Tony, your beautiful man.

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Speaker 3: Toney, Hey, guys there going goodn't talk.

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Speaker 1: To here mate, Great to have you on the show.

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Speaker 1: We just want to talk about the energy too going

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Speaker 1: into this final. I mean, sure, Nick Kurios was an

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Speaker 1: outsider and sort of won his way into this Grand

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Speaker 1: Slam final, but was there an air of anything could

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Speaker 1: happen here? This is exciting?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely there was, because whilst he was the outsider, he

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Speaker 3: had this real belief in himself and also the fact

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Speaker 3: that you know, he's sort of like built this air

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Speaker 3: of confidence, this air of invincibility to a certain degree,

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Speaker 3: and he had this sort of combative relationship with the

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Speaker 3: media that sort of fuels him as well. And That's

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Speaker 3: why we see when he's on the tennis court, he's

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Speaker 3: you know, he's cracking them with his box. I mean, hey,

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Speaker 3: we've all got kids. Would you sit there as I

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Speaker 3: carry on like that and talk to you seriously? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: So he does dig deep and he creates these dramas

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Speaker 3: in his own minds, which generally has the desired effect.

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Speaker 3: But you can't counter someone like Novak Djokovic.

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Speaker 2: No more than that, Toney, I've never seen an Australian

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Speaker 2: athlete split this country more than Nick Kirios. So it's

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Speaker 2: fifty to fifty either love him or you hate him, right,

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Speaker 2: But you know, we only see the highlights. We see

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Speaker 2: him blowing up, smashing rackets, having a go at people

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Speaker 2: in the crowd because they've had seven hundred drinks. But Tony,

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Speaker 2: you've got to sit down with Nick Kirios. And I

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Speaker 2: know you've done some great interviews with him over the

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Speaker 2: last couple of weeks. But what's he like off when

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Speaker 2: when the mics are off? How do you go with him?

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Speaker 3: Well, look, they're not long and drawn out conversations. But

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Speaker 3: I will say this, right, and I've been one of

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Speaker 3: his harshest critics, but I will say he's very sensitive. Yep,

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Speaker 3: he's very gentle. And I've found that on occasions when

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Speaker 3: there have been media conferences where you know, the journos,

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Speaker 3: particularly from the British media, have got stuck into him.

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Speaker 3: He comes into the little room where we do ours

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Speaker 3: and he's genuinely hurt by it. Like I remember, very

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Speaker 3: early in the piece he had a crack at one

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Speaker 3: of the limes and limes and he said, oh, you know,

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Speaker 3: he's about eighty. You know that their eyesight's no good.

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Speaker 3: And he came into the room and he just sort

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Speaker 3: of said it, am I Am I wrong?

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Speaker 2: You know?

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Speaker 3: And I said, well you are, yes, you are. I

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Speaker 3: mean there's fifteen year olds that wear glasses, you know,

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Speaker 3: And he goes yeah, and then he just sort of

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Speaker 3: slumps the shoulders slump and he pulled his hat down

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Speaker 3: over his face. Which can't think about that, you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm going to hide from the world now. But I

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Speaker 3: think he's I think he's a sensitive soul, There's no

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Speaker 3: doubt about that. But you know, if you if you're

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Speaker 3: that sensitive, then don't bring it upon yourself in any way.

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Speaker 2: See the other one we need to bring up with

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Speaker 2: your time, because you know, last night, Novak Djokovic spoke

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Speaker 2: really highly of nik Curios and said, mate, you're an

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Speaker 2: amazing tennis player. Yeah, I think we're going to see

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Speaker 2: you in Grand Slam finals in the future. But then

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Speaker 2: Toyan have her listened to this because Nick Curios was

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Speaker 2: asked this after the match. I was going to say,

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Speaker 2: your first Grand Slam final here at Wimbledon, has it

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Speaker 2: made you hungry for more?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely not. I'm so tired.

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Speaker 2: There's a level where he doesn't really. I mean, he's

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Speaker 2: always said that he's not going to train as hard

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Speaker 2: as you're feeder as in your nadals and stuff like that,

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Speaker 2: and I think that's what people get riled up about,

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Speaker 2: because he's got the talent, but he just doesn't want

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Speaker 3: No, that's right. And the thing is the thing is

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Speaker 3: practice court yesterday, Nobak Jocobitch almost had a football team

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Speaker 3: with him. But he's got he's got Phusios, he's got

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Speaker 3: assistant udio assistant for the assistants videos run and then

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Speaker 3: you look at the adjoining court where you've got Nick

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Speaker 3: Curios to Yeah, it's like it's like some Pennant tournament

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Speaker 3: at Rutie Hill, and you just think, you said, well,

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Speaker 3: hang on, it really is Wimbledon. But if he ever

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Speaker 3: who knows what nick curios would be. But the interesting

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Speaker 3: thing was that in one of the interviews we did,

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Speaker 3: he said that if he actually had won Wimbledon, and

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Speaker 3: he reiterated this tonight, that he probably would have retired,

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Speaker 3: because he said, you know, that's what he's been brought up.

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Speaker 3: All his life is about Wimbledon. It's the be all

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Speaker 3: and end all, and if he had have won it,

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Speaker 3: then there was absolutely nothing else to prove. But can

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Speaker 3: I tell you the one person I worry about tonight

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Speaker 3: on the back of this game, and I do worry

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Speaker 3: about him, is little Prince George. He heard words today

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Speaker 3: he's never heard in his life education did he? I

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Speaker 3: just think he looks. There is a suggestion, a very

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Speaker 3: genuine suggestion, very credible, that at one stage Kate told

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Speaker 3: George to put his hands over his ears because some

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Speaker 3: of the some of the language was getting fruity. So

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Speaker 3: I don't know, maybe Will said, look, it's a bit

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Speaker 3: like Uncle Harry. All right, So you you know what

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Speaker 3: will be will be.

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Speaker 1: She had to go home and explain that there's this

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Speaker 1: really small island called Australia. It's a long way away,

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Speaker 1: and the people there say things that sound very nasty.

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's not as bad as explaining things about

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Speaker 2: Prince Andrew. That's a Tony.

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Speaker 3: Well, that's that's a story for another day. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: look it was Look it was great. I mean, look

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Speaker 3: you little George was there. I don't marry going to

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Speaker 3: be a Sannistanian. Looked forward, senseless for most of it,

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Speaker 3: and the whole the whole vibe was great around here,

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Speaker 3: a rockstar environment. They have Tom Cruise, you Rebel Wilson

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Speaker 3: was hanging around yesterday. So it's a great. It's a

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Speaker 3: great environment. I've not covered Wimbledon before. Looked awesome, It

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Speaker 3: really took it really took my breath away.

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Speaker 2: Are you wearing you Jordan's and and you and you

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Speaker 2: Nike flight red hat with you Tony now as well?

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Speaker 2: You've been walking around Wimbledon like that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, I'm not entirely sure Nike would be impressed

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Speaker 3: with and be walking around. It's not a it's not

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Speaker 3: a great ad for them.

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Speaker 1: More of a hush puppies kind of.

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Speaker 2: Guy to.

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Speaker 3: No more of you, more of your rivers are rivers.

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Speaker 1: Maybe a pair of sketches.

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Speaker 3: On a minute, Hang on a minute. I bought a

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Speaker 3: pair to come over here, and my children, who were

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Speaker 3: in their twenties, were absolutely appalled. Sorry, is there something

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Speaker 3: wrong with sketches?

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Speaker 2: There's not.

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Speaker 1: Don't worrying crops storry about Tony.

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Speaker 2: That sums your fashion up. Mate. If you're taking sketches

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Speaker 2: over to WINWLE and you need to have a rest.

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Speaker 3: I mortified. I thought I was cool.

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Speaker 2: You are you are, Tony. Great coverage, mate, well done.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate we know how busy you are this morning.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate your time. Thanks for coming on Buddy The Citsyan

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