WEBVTT - Nick Kyrgios just can’t wait to be king

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<v Speaker 1>From The Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm christinamiot.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Monday, January thirteenth. Peter Dutton launched the coalition's election

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<v Speaker 1>campaign at a rally in Melbourne on Sunday, where he

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<v Speaker 1>pledged to get Australia back on track.

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<v Speaker 2>Week Leaders create hard times, but strong leaders create better times.

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<v Speaker 2>And the next federal election is a sliding to a

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<v Speaker 2>moment foundation a return Labor government in majority or minority,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see setbacks set in.

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<v Speaker 1>Stone, the opposition leader said. The party's policies will come

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<v Speaker 1>into focus in the run up to the federal election.

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<v Speaker 1>Hospitals and schools in Queensland could be hit by massive

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<v Speaker 1>strikes this year if the newly elected state government doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>come to the party on pay rises. That exclusive story

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<v Speaker 1>is live right now at the Australian dot com dot au.

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<v Speaker 1>The Australian Open gets underway in Earnest today after Day one.

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<v Speaker 1>Play was suspended early in the piece due to rain

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<v Speaker 1>or was in. Nick Kurrios will make a long awaited

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<v Speaker 1>return to Grand Slam tennis tonight and he reckons an

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<v Speaker 1>elusive win will silence his critics for good. That's today's

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<v Speaker 1>story no one ever died wondering what Nick Kurios thought if.

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<v Speaker 3>I played ninety five percent of people to night on

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<v Speaker 3>that court, I think I win. To be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 3>Ah well, no, no man, Daniel serves straight down the throat.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I've been pretty much every player that's picked

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<v Speaker 3>up a racket. It's like I'm going out there putting

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<v Speaker 3>on like a clown suit or something. Don't tell me

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<v Speaker 3>how to play, Like, just sit on your seat and

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<v Speaker 3>watch me play tennis. And anyone that thinks that I'm

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<v Speaker 3>bad as for is just an idiot, like they've got

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<v Speaker 3>obviously no idea.

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<v Speaker 4>No idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Curios has been especially vocal in his criticism of world

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<v Speaker 1>number one Yannick Sinner in recent months.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I have to be spoken about it because

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think there's enough people that are speaking about it.

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<v Speaker 3>People are trying to sweep under the rug, and there's

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<v Speaker 3>not fair treatment for every single player.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just think that Sinner will face court in

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<v Speaker 1>Switzerland in April after he twice tested positive for a

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<v Speaker 1>banned substance in early twenty twenty four, within weeks of

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<v Speaker 1>a thrilling Australian Open win. The two time brand Slam

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<v Speaker 1>winner claimed a band anabolic steroid entered his system after

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<v Speaker 1>his messeuse used it to treat a cut finger. The

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<v Speaker 1>International Tennis Integrity Agency, which is the sport's highest tribunal,

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<v Speaker 1>accepted that explanation and ultimately decided not to ban Yannick Sinner,

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<v Speaker 1>but the World Antidoping Agency or WADA, will challenge the

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<v Speaker 1>decision in an appeal said to be heard behind closed doors,

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<v Speaker 1>and Nick Kurios reckons it's all pretty shady. In a

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<v Speaker 1>post on x formerly known as Twitter, he said the

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<v Speaker 1>appeal should be heard in public if Sinner truly has

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to hide. Now, the controversy is center court at

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<v Speaker 1>the Australian Open, when Nick Kurios and Janick Sinner will

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<v Speaker 1>play first round matches on Monday. Sinna is taking it

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<v Speaker 1>in his stride.

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<v Speaker 5>I haven't done anything wrong. That's why I'm still here.

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<v Speaker 5>That's why I'm supplaying. I don't want to respond on

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<v Speaker 5>what Nick said or what other player says. I think

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<v Speaker 5>the most important part is to have my people around

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<v Speaker 5>me who I can't trust people They exactly know what

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<v Speaker 5>happened and that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>And Curios, well, he couldn't be more confident.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm very confident in myself that I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 3>be accidentally putting something in my system.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been three years since Nick Kurios last played in

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<v Speaker 1>a Grand Slam.

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<v Speaker 2>He was bundled out in an upset today in an

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<v Speaker 2>epic five set match, he lost to the twenty seventh

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<v Speaker 2>seed Russian Karen Katchanov.

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<v Speaker 1>He's currently unranked after battling a string of injuries, but

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<v Speaker 1>he said this week he's feeling good.

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<v Speaker 3>This morning was out there feeling pretty good when I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just taking a day by day and just enjoying all

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<v Speaker 3>the moments again to being part of the tournament.

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<v Speaker 1>And what Nick Curios wants more than anything is that

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<v Speaker 1>elusive Grand Slam Singles title.

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<v Speaker 4>The one place is always underperformed at is the Grand slams.

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<v Speaker 1>Will Swanton is a senior sports writer with The Australian.

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<v Speaker 1>He's in Melbourne for the Open.

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<v Speaker 4>The way he says it is that the only way

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<v Speaker 4>to shut everyone up, as in his critics, is to

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<v Speaker 4>go well at the majors. The driving force for this comeback,

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<v Speaker 4>which might only be a year, as he says, is

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<v Speaker 4>to push to win majors. He's reached the Wimbledon final,

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<v Speaker 4>which is terrific. So a Wimbledon final is a Wimbledon final.

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<v Speaker 4>But really apart from that, three quarter finals in twelve

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<v Speaker 4>or thirteen years. But the great proving ground in tennis

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<v Speaker 4>is the majors and his record is really poor. So

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<v Speaker 4>that's the big challenge for him. He'll be fascinating to

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<v Speaker 4>see if he can get down and dirty for the

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<v Speaker 4>two weeks of a major, his big problem being he's

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<v Speaker 4>injured at the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Kurios came up against tennis's big four Rafael Nadal,

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<v Speaker 1>Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray. But after decades

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<v Speaker 1>of incomparable domination, a changing of the guard is underway. Nadal, Federer,

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<v Speaker 1>and Murray have all bowed out with dozens of Grand

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<v Speaker 1>Slams between them.

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<v Speaker 4>They just dominated the majors for the last fifteen years.

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<v Speaker 4>Nick said it felt like it was virtually impossible to

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<v Speaker 4>win a major because coming from mix lower position in

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<v Speaker 4>the draw, he would probably have to beat two, maybe

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<v Speaker 4>three of those guys, and like Andy Murray, Andy Murray

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<v Speaker 4>could not have tried harder and more to win majors,

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<v Speaker 4>and he only won a small number compared to those guys.

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<v Speaker 4>So if it's hard for Andy Murray to win majors

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<v Speaker 4>in that era, definitely hard for Nick And so you

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<v Speaker 4>can see where he's coming from the other side of

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<v Speaker 4>it is he definitely didn't always give himself the best chance.

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<v Speaker 4>You know's very hot and cold with preparation. He used

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<v Speaker 4>to have that great kind of love hate relationship with tennis,

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<v Speaker 4>which I think now in the wise old years of

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<v Speaker 4>being twenty nine, I think he's falling in love with tennis.

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<v Speaker 4>But Nick at is best as a tennis player, was

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<v Speaker 4>as good as those guys. He's played some brilliant matches

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<v Speaker 4>at the Australian Open. But the great challenge of a major,

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<v Speaker 4>and the great beauty of it is you have to

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<v Speaker 4>play a great match on one day to be a

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<v Speaker 4>good player. Then you have to come back two days

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<v Speaker 4>later and do it again. That cycle for two weeks,

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<v Speaker 4>and it's so hard to do. When your body gets

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<v Speaker 4>more tired, your mind gets more tired, the pressure grows

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<v Speaker 4>as you go along. But now it was twenty nine,

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<v Speaker 4>you can still be peaking when you're thirty five. In tennis.

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<v Speaker 4>You've got these two young guys in Sinner and Alcaaz

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<v Speaker 4>who have taken over there. Now the guy is defeat,

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<v Speaker 4>but it doesn't have that same unbeatable aura that the

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<v Speaker 4>Big three plus Andy Murray had, so we've still got time.

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<v Speaker 4>If he knuckled down and at a proper crack, he

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<v Speaker 4>can one hundred percent play as well as Alcarez a sinner,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's just a matter of how much he wants

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<v Speaker 4>it and how the body holds up. So my gut

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<v Speaker 4>feeling is it will be a stretch for him to

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<v Speaker 4>get through the Australian Open in one piece, let alone

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<v Speaker 4>win it.

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Curios will take on twenty three year old Scott

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<v Speaker 1>Jacob Burnley on Monday night in the first round of

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<v Speaker 1>his home country's Grand Slam. But could a loss in

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<v Speaker 1>those early rounds signal the end of his Grand Slam dreams.

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<v Speaker 4>It's impossible to know, and that's the whole beauty of it.

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<v Speaker 4>The number one thing obviously that wipes out any athlete

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<v Speaker 4>in any sport is the physical side of it, and

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<v Speaker 4>the body packs it in. So if his wrist doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>come basically one hundred percent good, there could be a

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<v Speaker 4>short stay for him back on the tour. He will

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<v Speaker 4>love being back on that kind of stage. He's conducting

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<v Speaker 4>everyone like it's an orchestra, and that's the kind of

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<v Speaker 4>thing he wants again. But at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 4>a professional athlete, you're there to win, and in the

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<v Speaker 4>tournaments that really matter, he's just fallen short time and again.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up Novak Djokovic's curious return to the Australian Open.

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<v Speaker 1>In a pandemic of strange moments, this one was up there.

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<v Speaker 6>Australia's Immigration minister has counseled Nevakdrokovic's visa for a second time,

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<v Speaker 6>just three days before the world number one player is

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<v Speaker 6>due to play in the Australian Open in or. The

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<v Speaker 6>Australian government says it is on public health grounds, as

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<v Speaker 6>the row over his right to remain in the country

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<v Speaker 6>unvaccinated continues.

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<v Speaker 1>And now the current world number seven has claimed in

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<v Speaker 1>an interview with GQ magazine that he was poisoned while

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<v Speaker 1>he was being held in hoteled attention in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he discovered high levels of lead and mercury

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<v Speaker 1>in his blood upon returning to Serbia after eating the

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<v Speaker 1>food provided to him in Melbourne. Naturally, people had questions,

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<v Speaker 1>but on Friday, Djokovic refused to elaborate.

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<v Speaker 5>I've done that interview many months ago, so I would

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<v Speaker 5>appreciate not talking more in detail about that, as I

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<v Speaker 5>would like to focus on the tennis and why I'm here.

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<v Speaker 1>Novak Djokovic arrives in Australia, this time off the back

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<v Speaker 1>of a Golden Slam. That's when an individual player wins

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<v Speaker 1>all four Grand Slams plus an Olympic gold medal. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a feat only achieved by a handful of other tennis greats,

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<v Speaker 1>including Serena Williams and Andre Agacy. Now, the thirty seven

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<v Speaker 1>year old Serb will attempt to secure a record eleventh

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<v Speaker 1>Australian Open win. Here's will Swanton.

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<v Speaker 4>He is a marvel of unwavering and ongoing desire just

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<v Speaker 4>to keep winning. And that's where it comes from. You

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<v Speaker 4>watch Novak hit a tennis ball, and he doesn't necessarily

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<v Speaker 4>hit the ball any better than one hundred guys out

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<v Speaker 4>there on the practice courts. But you get him into

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<v Speaker 4>a match, and that will to win, and that will

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<v Speaker 4>to prove himself and the love of the battle and

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<v Speaker 4>the mental side of it doesn't seem to be slowing

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<v Speaker 4>up at all. But what is happening is he's starting

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<v Speaker 4>to lose to guys who he would never lose to,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's the first sign that an aging tennis player

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<v Speaker 4>is on the slide. There's not so much the fact

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<v Speaker 4>that he loses to Alcoraz in a Wimbledon final. There's

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<v Speaker 4>early round defeats that kind of popping up. That's a

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<v Speaker 4>funny one. Who's look for the first time that I

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<v Speaker 4>can think of, Novak's the underdog here, the kind of null,

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<v Speaker 4>worldly vecern who's trying to hold off the young punks.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think there'll be a bit of sentimental favoritism

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<v Speaker 4>because for all the pantomime villainy over the years and

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<v Speaker 4>all that kind of thing, I think you have to

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<v Speaker 4>admire someone like that for not resting on his laurels

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<v Speaker 4>and not thinking he's done enough. So I think at

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<v Speaker 4>times he's really tried to win us over. It hasn't

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<v Speaker 4>quite happened, but I think this year, when perhaps he's

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<v Speaker 4>past trying to win us over, I think you probably will.

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<v Speaker 1>Will Swanton is a senior reporter with The Australian and

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