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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, hey guys, it's Day two of the

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Speaker 1: Strain Open is done and I'm here with my trustee roommate.

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Speaker 1: Let's just say that now, Andrea Pekovic, we are going

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Speaker 1: to wrap up Day two of the US Train Open.

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Speaker 1: Were what a great day, what unbelievable matches right through

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Speaker 1: to the evening once again past midnight we played sometime.

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Speaker 1: I sat the Austrain Open. But it was hot yesterday

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Speaker 1: and today's going to be even hotter. But let's talk

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Speaker 1: about what happened yesterday. Hipeckedo, Hey, how are you doing?

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Speaker 1: How did you sleep?

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Speaker 2: Great? Not enough? Oh no, you had a long, long night.

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Speaker 2: You did the Garcia or Saka match. That was the

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Speaker 2: popcorn match of the day. Maybe let's get straight into

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Speaker 2: it with that match because it really was the marquet.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what did you think of it?

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Speaker 2: So? I think I don't think Naomi played that well.

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Speaker 2: We talked about it yesterday. You said you were courtside,

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Speaker 2: so you saw how well she's hitting the bar, and

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Speaker 2: I think that's true. You can see I don't want

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Speaker 2: You can see how well she hits the ball. That's

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Speaker 2: always been her forte. I don't think she moved well,

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Speaker 2: and when you play somebody like Garcia, you have to

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Speaker 2: move well. And I don't mean that she was slow.

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Speaker 2: I think she actually moved really well to the corner.

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Speaker 2: She was quick, She looked fit, she looked really good.

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Speaker 2: But the small, little precise steps that you need to

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Speaker 2: and she lost many points when Garcia was able to

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Speaker 2: that's match fitness, right because if you can't run to

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Speaker 2: she was good in that. It's those quick shots that

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Speaker 2: and that's something you get through playing a lot of matches.

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Speaker 2: But I'm really interested to hear your thoughts because I

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I mean,

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Speaker 1: And I'm telling you it was a joke how hard

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Speaker 2: Do you think it was it as fast as last

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Same, Actually, honestly it was honestly could have even

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Speaker 1: That was incredible. No, they were hitting the absolute living

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Speaker 1: But we know that Gussia likes the ball hit hard

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Speaker 1: But I'm sorry Garcia fucking served out of her mind.

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Speaker 2: There was the one of the best service, yes, that

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Speaker 1: The difference is someone's gonna move a little better, right,

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Speaker 2: That was a terrible job. It has to be said.

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Speaker 2: It's a great You know, we're always excited because we

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Speaker 1: It's unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: That's she's she's doing well. She was doing well, We

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Speaker 1: That's what Pamana said. Pam and I said. After the match,

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Speaker 2: And there was a lot of other great matches Cocoa

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Speaker 2: Did you see any of it she played? I saw Corolina, you.

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Speaker 1: about winning Ugly. She's just gotten to the point where,

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Speaker 1: Well, I mean he's still got his dad coaching him.

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Speaker 2: For those who haven't seen the match, Stefano started off serving.

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Speaker 2: If you remember, he normally doesn't pull the right leg

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Speaker 2: just like the looks a bit better. Well yeah, that

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Speaker 1: But but that's just absolutely crazy. But that's just not

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Speaker 1: It was a tough match, but he managed to get through.

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Speaker 2: Let's just talk quickly about what happened on Margaret Court arena.

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Speaker 2: Medvedev went to sit down, and then later on Chabet played.

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Speaker 2: Did you see Medvedev? He had some crazy shots again.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I love the guy. I mean he's

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Speaker 1: It's just you know, and you knew when he lost

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Speaker 1: Yeah, she chose not to come in with a warm

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Speaker 1: Ben Shelton, he looked great yesterday, very hot conditions, conditions

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Speaker 1: Collins eager she don't take place, Sophia can wait to

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Speaker 1: bring all that to you tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us today, and pet Goo and I

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