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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tamee podcast

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Speaker 1: from News Talks at be Right.

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Speaker 2: Somemma means different things to all of us, but if

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Speaker 2: you love a game of tennis, then some are sure

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Speaker 2: delivers and sometimes it gives us more than just a

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Speaker 2: hard fought match. It can also server up a conversation

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Speaker 2: starter as to how we should behave as both players

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Speaker 2: and the crowd. But wonder the rain made things challenging

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Speaker 2: for the ASP Classic organizers in Auckland. Regardless, it was

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Speaker 2: a great tournament, sold out crowds and some excellent tennis.

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Speaker 2: I've only just started to watch tennis live over the

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Speaker 2: last few years and it's become a summer must do.

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Speaker 2: It is a great sport to watch live, especially at

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Speaker 2: the Minuca Doctor Stadium and Stanley Street because it's such

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Speaker 2: an intimate setting. We're also well behaved here in New Zealand.

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Speaker 2: It takes no prompts for the crowd to go quiet

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Speaker 2: and it can be quite a relief actually when a

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Speaker 2: fan finally gets the courage to yell some encouragement between points.

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Speaker 2: Getting hooked on the ASP Classic is the perfect lead

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Speaker 2: into the Australian Open and a few hours each evening

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Speaker 2: have drifted away while I've been watching the tally watching

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Speaker 2: the tennis on the telly this week. But with over

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Speaker 2: ninety thousand people heading into the arena in Australia on

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Speaker 2: some days, their behavior can be a little rowdier than here.

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Speaker 2: In New Zealand. A lot has been made of US

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Speaker 2: player Danielle Collins's behavior towards a hostile crowd a day

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Speaker 2: or so ago, but really all she did was meet

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Speaker 2: them halfway playing local favorite Destiny Over. The crowd was

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Speaker 2: very obviously behind the Ossie and this led to combative

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Speaker 2: scenes between the crowd and Colins. Collins made the comment

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Speaker 2: postmatch that she thought there were quite a lot of

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Speaker 2: super drunk people who had a hard time controlling themselves,

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Speaker 2: but admitted she loved the energy regardless of which side

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Speaker 2: the crowd was on. During the match, Danielle used that

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Speaker 2: energy is motivation and wasn't afraid to bite back, blowing

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Speaker 2: sarcastic kisses and making a pretty brash speech at the

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Speaker 2: completion of her win, which was the equivalent of giving

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Speaker 2: the middle finger. Was it classy? Nope? Was it the

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Speaker 2: way you'd like your child to behave?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 2: But do you blame her. No, it's not fair to

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Speaker 2: just criticize the player's behavior when she's only matching the crowds.

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Speaker 2: How much abuse would you put up with at work

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Speaker 2: at the workplace? Sure, heckling is part of sport, but

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Speaker 2: it works best when delivered with humor or a light touch,

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Speaker 2: not nastiness. If you were doing all the work and

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Speaker 2: others a firing abuse at you from the sideline, is

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Speaker 2: it really any different to the abhorrent behavior of our

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Speaker 2: online trolls. Good on her for being a self and

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Speaker 2: not taking any you know, crap. Collins has made herself

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Speaker 2: the villain of the tournament, and I doubt she cares.

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Speaker 2: You wouldn't get this from a play a younger player

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Speaker 2: establishing themselves on the circuit. But maybe Collins, who's coming

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Speaker 2: to the end of her career, is doing them a

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Speaker 2: favor by challenging the crowd's behavior. It wouldn't happen here.

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Speaker 2: We're more passive and a little less exciting, but there's

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Speaker 2: nothing wrong with being respectful. I'd much prefer that's the

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Speaker 2: lesson we're passing on to younger generations.

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