1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Jason Pine, sports talk host, will be joining you at 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: seven pm tonight, and he joins me, Now. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 2: Good evening, Good evening. 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: Don't you just love an underdog story? I love that 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: moment when someone's life is changed by a game or 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: a match and all of a sudden, all those years 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: poney of sacrifice and physical and mental training and most 8 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: likely a lot of loneliness, it all pays off. 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 3: Absolutely, and Lulu Son, yeah, I had all that. 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: It's what I felt like We've been watching with lusn 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: It's so absolutely, isn't it so good? 12 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 3: And I mean just the circumstances around her win first 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 3: ever appearance on center court, but even to get into 14 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 3: the main draw at Wimbledon is a big thing. She 15 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 3: had to go through three rounds of qualifying, she was 16 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 3: a set down in one of those qualifiers, got through okay, 17 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 3: and now onto center court playing the British tennis darling 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 3: Emma Radakanu, who was obviously, you know, the crowd favorite 19 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 3: and probably the hot favorite ranking wise. She got there 20 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 3: in three sets. I thought it was really cool. Actually, 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 3: even you know though the crowd were clearly wanting Emma 22 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 3: ron Aicardu to win. Once Lulusan had win once you 23 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 3: went back out on court and got a really nice ovation. 24 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,119 Speaker 3: But for her life changing, as you say, to make 25 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 3: the last eight of a major like this, this will 26 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 3: be a major thing in her tennis career. 27 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: We're going to head to Tiano a little bit later 28 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: in the show as well. Of course, we have ticked 29 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: the All Blacks first Test off under Scott Robertson how 30 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: satisfied will he be? I have a funny feeling plany 31 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: that he will have just gone, okay, we've done that 32 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,279 Speaker 1: now and he will just be fully focused on the second. 33 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 3: I tend to agree. I think the first one was 34 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 3: always going to be a little bit unusual, and that 35 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 3: it is the first one, everything was new. They didn't 36 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 3: really know of course. I mean they've been around the 37 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 3: game for a while, these coaches and the players obviously, 38 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 3: but getting the first Test week out of the way 39 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 3: I think was an important box to tick. And now 40 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 3: I think you're right. I think, now now go into it, 41 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 3: it won't be new to them. They've got a frame 42 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 3: of reference around what England bring and around what you 43 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 3: know the All Blacks can do, and we'll need to 44 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 3: do better. So yeah, I think it's almost like a 45 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 3: bit of a weight of their shoulders now, they're not 46 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 3: new to it all and look, I kind of expect 47 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 3: the All Blacks to win again on Saturday night at 48 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 3: Eden Park with a hardly ever lose and probably a 49 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 3: little bit more convincingly to England's chance. I think was 50 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 3: Saturday night in Dunedin. Could be wrong, but I reckon 51 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 3: that All Blacks will be a bit more comfortable now 52 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 3: in their own skins ahead of the second Test. 53 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 2: What's what else is coming up on Sports Talk tonight? 54 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 3: I really want to focus on the tennis git a 55 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 3: chat to Blonder cordwill last keyw to make a quarterfinal 56 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: the Grand Slam back in nineteen eighty nine and also 57 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: ahead of Tennis New Zealand Julie Patterson, what does this 58 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 3: mean for the game? Here? 59 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: Fantastic. Thank you so much, Jason. Jason. We'll be back 60 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: with you at seven pm tonight. 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