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Speaker 1: Okay, Hi everybody, welcome to the Reneetlips Tennis Podcast. We

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Speaker 1: are bringing you live literally live and in person here

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Speaker 1: with my great friend Andrea Pekovic.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Hi, nice to see you. We are on floor

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Speaker 2: four of the players. It don't win for though, I

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Speaker 2: don't want to bother people who are trying to eat.

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Speaker 2: Actually I wanted to say the players restaurant, but it's

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Speaker 2: kind of players restaurants here at them.

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Speaker 1: If we're on the top floor, we are sitting rather

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Speaker 1: close to the Spanish contingent who are sitting over there.

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Speaker 1: So if you hear the names and the voices in

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Speaker 1: the background, that is who it is. But yeah, anyway,

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Speaker 1: let's get into it. So we started Sunday. I had

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Speaker 1: a lot of rain and so we a lot of

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Speaker 1: matches were canceled. But give me your first thoughts on

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Speaker 1: just overall the start of the tournament.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So let's start with the two matches I did,

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Speaker 2: and then maybe the ones you did. So I did

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Speaker 2: Ankatodoni the qualifier twenty years old against chin Wean Jang.

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Speaker 2: It was a fantastic first set. I mean considering in

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Speaker 2: the second week we will see better matches. But considering

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Speaker 2: it's the first round of a Grand Slam tournament. I

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Speaker 2: thought it was really good tennis. Unka to DONI is

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Speaker 2: playing well. I think she can do really well this year.

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Speaker 2: She had kind of a meteoric rise through the challenges

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Speaker 2: last year and qualified here, qualified in Brisbane, so she's

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Speaker 2: been doing really well. Has won six matches. She's already

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Speaker 2: twenty years old.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So you know, it's funny when you think, okay,

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Speaker 1: it's huge, huge, huge opportunity there right at twenty years

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's cricky. But she's like she can, yes, and

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Speaker 2: alien well, like from another world. I always say that

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Speaker 2: about player like immortals, you know, who do things that

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Speaker 2: normal people can. There from another world, sent to this

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Speaker 2: earth to pleasure us with that tennis.

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Speaker 1: Yes, indeed, and chin.

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Speaker 2: When I thought she looked actually she looked fully in control.

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Speaker 2: She was five three, five four, serving for the.

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Speaker 1: Member down forty love, but she was down three set

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Speaker 2: She was serving for the set five four forty love

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Speaker 2: and then got a little bit tight, just pulled back,

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Speaker 2: and I have to give credit to to Doni because

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Speaker 2: and to Dony just didn't miss. She just went for

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Speaker 2: her shots. Chin went's speed of Groundstokes dropped a little,

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Speaker 2: when is good under pressure? Yeah, she is good.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that she's getting better or do you

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Speaker 2: Like, No, I think she's getting better. I think she's

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Speaker 2: always She was always good in sort of hiding her emotions.

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Speaker 2: I think a lot is going on underneath, but she's

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Speaker 2: it is transferring into what she's actually feeling. Because she

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Speaker 2: Fifteen forty boom through first serfs. Yeah, and then in

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Speaker 2: And then once she found her rhythm, and it has

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Speaker 2: to be said, this was her first match of the season.

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Speaker 2: She pulled out a United Cup did in play since

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So Sabalanca last night?

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Speaker 1: Was How would you describe that? Did you watch the match?

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Speaker 1: Because I thought it was a little patchy. I didn't

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Speaker 1: But you can see just the lack of confidence in her.

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Speaker 1: But to see Sloan, you know, pulling off a shots

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Speaker 1: She's had a lot of matches. So look, she got

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Speaker 1: She had never I thought a three love it was

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Speaker 2: When one question I wanted to ask you because I

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Speaker 2: So what the match I did was the Paula Badosa

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about a couple of matches from today and

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Speaker 1: So I did Coco today? Did you happen to see

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Speaker 1: Same So I think it's a match that Coco.

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Speaker 1: You know she did admit after the match, because I

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Speaker 1: when Sophia Kennon won the tournament. Clearly, Coco Cop is

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Speaker 2: the floaters that you don't want to have, they are

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Speaker 2: somehow all in the top half. Just as an example,

435
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Speaker 2: Nori and Bertini are playing each other in the first

436
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Speaker 2: round as unseated players. All these kinds of players are

437
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Speaker 2: kind of in the top half. Nikola Shari playing Yannick

438
00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,479
Speaker 2: Sinner in the first round. So I feel like in

439
00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,280
Speaker 2: that regard art, I think the people in the top

440
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Speaker 2: half will have a lot harder time to get to

441
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Speaker 2: the second week, you know, but then once you are

442
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,760
Speaker 2: in the second week, it's a loaded It's a loaded

443
00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,360
Speaker 2: draw for Alexander z Vera. If you will just rejoice

444
00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,520
Speaker 2: that Taylor Fritz is away from him in the top half.

445
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,600
Speaker 2: I think there was a prayer circle and multiple candles.

446
00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,320
Speaker 2: I don't want to see exactly. And then I mean,

447
00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,639
Speaker 2: this is this is tough. So quarter finals for Novak

448
00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:30,120
Speaker 2: would be Carlos al Charas and then is in.

449
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Speaker 1: The button quarters they're playing each other in the quarters.

450
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Speaker 2: They would play. Yeah, if they get through, they would

451
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Speaker 2: play each other.

452
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Speaker 1: That's a nightmare. I thought that I hadn't looked at

453
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Speaker 1: the draw. Again, I wasn't one hundred percent sure, but

454
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Speaker 1: that's a freaking nightmare.

455
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's the third round mahaj, which is

456
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Speaker 2: not easy. Tell us night. He was playing incredible at

457
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Speaker 2: United Cup, but he had also an incredible maildown. If

458
00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,440
Speaker 2: you haven't seen them, please google it because it was

459
00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:53,840
Speaker 2: a good the.

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Speaker 1: Beautiful, it was all things happen. Yeah, speaking of Mahach

461
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Speaker 1: who now has to play Riley a Pelka. Actually, my god,

462
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,560
Speaker 1: So what about Riley getting through last night?

463
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,920
Speaker 2: Maybe maybe I'll take back the top half is more

464
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,320
Speaker 2: loaded with these floaters because Mahatch and Opelka and Neo Novak.

465
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:09,840
Speaker 2: That's tough.

466
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Speaker 1: That's that's rough. I did see Riley. He's you know,

467
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Speaker 1: he's still kind of having struggles with the back a

468
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,800
Speaker 1: little bit. So we'll see how he recovers. Because he

469
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Speaker 1: finished very late last night, cool conditions. Did you see

470
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Speaker 1: him today? He was taking a day off. He was

471
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Speaker 1: going to do anything because I don't believe he has

472
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Speaker 1: to play.

473
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:26,480
Speaker 2: I think he has two days.

474
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, so look, you know that's he can beat

475
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Speaker 1: anyone as long as he's healthy.

476
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Speaker 2: So I'm supposed to get hot, so that would help him.

477
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Speaker 1: Super hot this week here in Melbourne. I mean it's hot, yeah,

478
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Speaker 1: I mean for people there in Europe right now in

479
00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,080
Speaker 1: New York, this is bloody hot. Yeah, but it's not

480
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Speaker 1: it's not what it could be. Yeah.

481
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Speaker 2: Maybe let's just talk quickly about Ego because I called

482
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Speaker 2: her match right now. I said she played Signa Kova

483
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Speaker 2: so tough first round, and Signacovi had stretches of play

484
00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:56,240
Speaker 2: where she hit as she can winners all over, played

485
00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 2: so well. And what I really liked about Ego was

486
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,399
Speaker 2: she kind of and that wym Fisette talked about this

487
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,679
Speaker 2: during United Cup. We had the chance to chat to

488
00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,240
Speaker 2: him a few times, and he said he wants her

489
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Speaker 2: to panic less when these big hitters come around and

490
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Speaker 2: sort of just give a little shape on the ball,

491
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Speaker 2: stay in the rally and wait for these stretches of

492
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,080
Speaker 2: play of the big hitters to subside. And she did

493
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Speaker 2: well today. There was one moment where Katerina had three

494
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:26,680
Speaker 2: games where she hit seven winners, like incredible, where he

495
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,760
Speaker 2: was on the verge of panicking, but she riled it

496
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Speaker 2: back in and she did so well, and that was

497
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Speaker 2: something that for me as an EGA fan, for all

498
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,439
Speaker 2: EGA fans, was very encouraging. She reversed back to something

499
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Speaker 2: she did when she had her best season. She would

500
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Speaker 2: put a bit more shape on the forehand and trajectory

501
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,280
Speaker 2: to give herself more time and whereas last year sometimes

502
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Speaker 2: she would get into this hitting fits with these big

503
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Speaker 2: hitters that she could not hit and she especially.

504
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Speaker 1: On a fast court. Now she can have hit of

505
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Speaker 1: player on a clay court. Changed direction.

506
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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, but that was so smart of her.

507
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,399
Speaker 1: Who's going on the court. This is what you people

508
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:07,120
Speaker 1: were going to hear.

509
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:13,720
Speaker 2: In women's skirls. Petroma Christiana a nice manch Why don't

510
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:14,399
Speaker 2: we go see it?

511
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Speaker 1: H M.

512
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,920
Speaker 2: And so. So. I thought she did super well there.

513
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,560
Speaker 2: And what was also another very encouraging sign she played

514
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Speaker 2: her best tennis in the most important moments. And we

515
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 2: had moments last year where it wasn't always the case

516
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 2: on the quick surface, and it's going to be fair

517
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,680
Speaker 2: on the slow surfaces. She's the ego that we've always seen.

518
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 2: She has shortened the forehead swing. She's kind of if

519
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 2: you remember, she would go up with the racket face

520
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 2: and then drop it down before she hits it. Now

521
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,159
Speaker 2: she's trying to do the quick rotation, so basically just

522
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 2: turning her shoulders sometimes it's still the most well. I

523
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 2: wish that was the only time anyone has ever compared

524
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Speaker 2: my forehand to ye're welcome.

525
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Speaker 1: Well, no one's going to be comparing my forehand to anyone,

526
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,360
Speaker 1: particularly the world's one of the best places.

527
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 2: Over the world. Well, and they worked on the surf.

528
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,439
Speaker 2: It's a bit more fluid, but Wims did say at

529
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Speaker 2: the United Cup that it's a stepping stone basically, that

530
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Speaker 2: this is a stepping stone to even more fluidity in

531
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Speaker 2: the future hopefully, And she's getting on average hundred seventy

532
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Speaker 2: nine hundred eighty cases, she's.

533
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Speaker 1: Probably the first serve. I'm not concerned about the first

534
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Speaker 1: surf of her. I'm concerned about the second serf. I'm

535
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Speaker 1: concerned about the fact that the second service isn't as

536
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Speaker 1: lethal it could be, and she doesn't get enough kick

537
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,399
Speaker 1: on the bald toss, so well, I want I'm going

538
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 1: to keep my eye on that. It's sort of similar

539
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,360
Speaker 1: to how I feel about Coco because you know, as

540
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 1: the old time has used to say, you're only as

541
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,119
Speaker 1: good as your second serve, and nowadays, guess what that

542
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 1: is true, Because if you have a shit second serve

543
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 1: in men's and women's fantas, you are going to get crushed.

544
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,680
Speaker 1: They are going to crush that second ball. And unless

545
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,080
Speaker 1: you're an incredible mover, you can maybe get away with it.

546
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 1: But still, even if you're a cocoa go or an

547
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: eager shantech, if you don't hit your serve, well, these

548
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 1: girls are going to step up and crush the second serve.

549
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,399
Speaker 1: So that is something that we're going to have to

550
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,919
Speaker 1: keep an eye on because on this court it's fast,

551
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: Australia's fast, and it's hot, and the conditions play quick,

552
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,440
Speaker 1: and that's why Sabalanca plays well here. It's why Rubarkina

553
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 1: has done well here and made the finals. So and

554
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 1: even Chinwen goes for the serf, you know, her second

555
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,199
Speaker 1: serve has a bit more pop on it sometimes than

556
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: even eagers. They're pretty similar in a lot of ways.

557
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 2: But it's funny because the so I talked to a

558
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,640
Speaker 2: few I did the week zero as we call it here.

559
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,360
Speaker 2: I did few of the charity matches, just like interviewing

560
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 2: the players, and it's so funny. You interview five players

561
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,640
Speaker 2: and they will tell you five different opinions on the

562
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 2: surfness of the court. And I the first person I

563
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,920
Speaker 2: spoke to was Alex Deminor and he was like, this

564
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,719
Speaker 2: is the slowest rod labor Arena has ever been. And

565
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 2: I'm like walking around telling everybody how slow it is.

566
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Speaker 2: And then I speak to Janick Sinner and Stefano Stizzipas

567
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 2: and both of them go, oh my god, it's so fast.

568
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,320
Speaker 2: We didn't have a we didn't have a single rally.

569
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Speaker 2: We couldn't get over two shots per rally.

570
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Speaker 1: That's interesting.

571
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 2: So it's and then another person said, I can't remember, oh,

572
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,680
Speaker 2: Carlito's he said that it's medium fast. It's like everything goes.

573
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,120
Speaker 2: But you can basically ask four players and you will

574
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Speaker 2: get four different opinions.

575
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Speaker 1: I think the surface looks medium medium to fast. Yeah

576
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 1: it doesn't. It's not medium, it's not it's not definitely

577
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: not medium slow. So I guess we'll see who gets

578
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,040
Speaker 1: through the second week. We'll have a pretty idea, pretty

579
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 1: good idea who's more comfortable on this court. But you know, overall,

580
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Speaker 1: I think sits a past losing that to Michelson. There's

581
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:06,120
Speaker 1: something going on.

582
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,240
Speaker 2: You have he has to.

583
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,399
Speaker 1: I mean, how long before the dad's back in the picture.

584
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,120
Speaker 2: I think I'm giving it one month.

585
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,359
Speaker 1: Well one month, so you think Indian Wells he's going

586
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: to be back there. I think Indian Wells see Papa

587
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: Smurf back in the back in the players box. That'll

588
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 1: be interesting. But he is obviously struggling. But you know, look,

589
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: we are off to a great start here. It is.

590
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 1: The weather is beautiful today. It was crap yesterday. Petco

591
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 1: and I are working out arses off. We're going running

592
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 1: back and forth with everyone. What do you have for

593
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 1: a tremendous amount of Americans in the main draw here?

594
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,160
Speaker 1: I think it was like thirty six or something thirty three. Yeah,

595
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 1: men and women, they have like thirty three players in

596
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: the main draw. That is a phenomenal effort.

597
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 2: We don't even have thirty three players and tennis.

598
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: I mean same with Australia. I mean that's impressive, very

599
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 1: impressive numbers. I have Daniel Collins and calling her later

600
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: on tonight. Yes, the dnimoll is back for another year,

601
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,120
Speaker 1: so we'll see what happens. I don't know, haven't looked

602
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: at the schedule preparation again, Hey, listen, this is how

603
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,239
Speaker 1: real she prey for matches. I don't well, we can

604
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,359
Speaker 1: tell now, but who do you have to know?

605
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:16,400
Speaker 2: I have Carlos interested to see how Carlus plays, so

606
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 2: I've done the charity matches with him and and it

607
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 2: was really interesting. I spoke to Juan Carlos Ferrero as

608
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 2: who I was really scared to talk to. He smells fantastic,

609
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 2: by the way. I nearly fainted when I I had

610
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 2: to like kind of awkwardly squat.

611
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 1: The best smelling team for me.

612
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 2: Okay, well try Carlos. And I was interviewing him and

613
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 2: I was just like awkwardly leaning into had a sniff

614
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 2: of his scent. He's just had surgery on his right

615
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 2: knee as his cottlage repair, and he told me it

616
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 2: was really interesting. They worked on Carlos's concentration and consistency

617
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 2: in the off season, and he said that he just

618
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 2: he's so young and his emotions young. He didn't say

619
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 2: it with these words, but he basically said he's such

620
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 2: a young person still that his thoughts just wander off,

621
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 2: and that's something they've worked on. And I wanted to ask,

622
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 2: how would you work on something like this, but I

623
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 2: only was allowed to questions, And Carlos has changed the serf,

624
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 2: so I wanted to ask about the serf as well.

625
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 2: So I had to pick and so I asked him

626
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 2: about the surf and he said, well, they also similar

627
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 2: as to EGA. He felt like Carlos's service motion was

628
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 2: a bit disjointed. So they also also worked on a fluidity.

629
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 2: You can see it right away. It looks very beautiful actually,

630
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 2: And he said that he felt that Carlos's speed on

631
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 2: serf is okay, it's enough because he has a lot

632
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 2: of different enough, but that the consistency is lacking, and

633
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 2: that's what they've been working on. So this is all.

634
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 2: This is not me this is one Carlos Ferrero's great

635
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 2: smelling guy knee operated words from me from my mouth

636
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 2: to your ear.

637
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: Well, I will say I think that the one thing

638
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: that hurts him, and I may have even discussed it

639
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 1: with you on the pod, is that he doesn't hit

640
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 1: his spots well enough on serve, and there were a

641
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 1: period of time the last few years where he did

642
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: hit it really well. I think that is one era

643
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: that he needs to improve on, which is why he

644
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: doesn't went on hard court like a Sinner does, because

645
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: Janni gets so many free points with his accuracy on

646
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 1: serve and his power on serve, whereas I think Carlos

647
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: doesn't have the power like Yannick. Clearly he's like five

648
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: inches shorter than him, so that makes a big difference.

649
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Speaker 1: And Sinner can get that snap and that accuracy getting

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Speaker 1: the corners. But I think that's an area that he

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Speaker 1: needs to work on, so if he can, so we'll

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Speaker 1: take a look at like as we call it Bolt six,

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Speaker 1: as it's new, it's taken over from Hawkeye. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: be interested to see where Carlos is serving stats, look

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Speaker 1: as far as where he's actually pinpointing the serve. Last

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Speaker 1: year and this year, yeah, because if he's hitting his

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Speaker 1: spots better this year, he will have more success on

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Speaker 1: hard court. He can get away with it on clay

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Speaker 1: because the service is as important. And on grass. I

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Speaker 1: think he gets more confident on grass and he just

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Speaker 1: moves better and looks Kleine sept Quarter sept Quarter, who

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Speaker 1: had a great week last week in Adelaide, so and

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Speaker 1: so do Matti Keys. I just want to give a

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Speaker 1: shout out to those guys, Mattie Keys. I did speak

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Speaker 1: to Jessica Bagoula. I said, wow, man, Maddie played great,

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Speaker 1: and you know what she said, I've never seen her

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Speaker 1: play better tennis in my life. It was like I

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Speaker 1: could do nothing and shout out to jess who made

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Speaker 1: the final, but.

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Speaker 2: Mattie was getting married.

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Speaker 1: Will do to hey, listen, if she can find recommend

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Speaker 1: she can find mary assistency. And we all know that

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Speaker 1: no one hits the ball bigger than Maddie Keys, no

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Speaker 1: one she can hit it in good luck everybody.

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Speaker 2: I'm just always apprehensive about.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, because the big matches, she gets a little

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Speaker 1: anxious or.

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Speaker 2: Not about that. I'm always apprehensive when they win the

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Speaker 2: mat tournament before it feels like it happened only once

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Speaker 2: that the person who won the tournament before ended up

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Speaker 2: winning the Grand Slam after which was Barbora Krichikova who

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Speaker 2: won stass Book and then the French Open. I don't

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Speaker 2: think I can't remember anybody ever winning the tournament right before.

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Speaker 1: In Australia, we've had it happened in the past. It

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Speaker 1: used to be the tournament in Sydney. Like Alena kim Gleisters,

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Speaker 1: they would win Sydney and I don't know what she is, sure,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what she is. They won Sydney and

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Speaker 1: then they came down in one.

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Speaker 2: But I cannot remember.

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Speaker 1: Well look it up, but listen, our faithful listeners will

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Speaker 1: look that up on them.

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Speaker 2: Yes they were. Oh maybe another little inside because I

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Speaker 2: also got there was this charity week. Was great to

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Speaker 2: speak because they have this new coaches box on the court,

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Speaker 2: so the coaches said closer and so they had this

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Speaker 2: new initiative to bring them also closer into the media space.

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Speaker 2: So I had the chance to speak to them, and

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Speaker 2: I also spoke to Darren which was really interesting. Ok

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Speaker 2: Hill exactly Janick Sentner's coach, and it was really interesting

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Speaker 2: because I was I didn't know what to expect, whether

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Speaker 2: they will actually open up or try and keep some secrets.

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Speaker 2: And Darren was really open as well and said that

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Speaker 2: they basically worked on making Yanick more, make Yanick have

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Speaker 2: more variety. They continued on his net play for him

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Speaker 2: to finish points more often at the net, and they

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Speaker 2: also continued on his serf to have more accuracy and

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Speaker 2: more variety in a surf. They are very happy with

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Speaker 2: how the speed has progressed and now they want him

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Speaker 2: to be able to basically serve his spots and different

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Speaker 2: kind of slices.

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Speaker 1: And spaces and changed the pace on it a little bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and listen, variety and overall as well, probably trying to

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Speaker 1: develop the fourhand drop shot a little bit more because

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Speaker 1: you know, when you hit the ball that big and hard,

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Speaker 1: everyone starts moving backwards. So like Carlos, if you can

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Speaker 1: hit that drop shot, it's certainly affected.

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Speaker 2: All right, guys, we're getting ready for full It's getting loud.

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Speaker 1: Getting louder, it's getting crazier. We love it here in Australia.

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Speaker 1: It's got great matches tonight. There's literally alcaraz Novak, Djokovic

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Speaker 1: and Nick Curious. We'll see what happens with Nick curios here?

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Speaker 1: What is your He's playing on the People's Court John

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Speaker 1: Caine Arena?

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Speaker 2: What is your guest? So I spoke to I spoke

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Speaker 2: to somebody who told me that Nick actually prefers the

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Speaker 2: tougher US in the first round.

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Speaker 1: Did you see us an excuse if he loses? Probably?

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Speaker 2: Oh you think so?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Probably?

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Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, it was just surprised because I don't know

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Speaker 2: exactly who told me, but they were like, you know,

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Speaker 2: he's always waiting for the draw and hoping to get

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Speaker 2: one of the top seats in the first round.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, we'll see how he turns out tonight.

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Speaker 2: But we've got some that you believe that story or

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Speaker 2: you don't.

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Speaker 1: I believe it, but probably for different reasons of why. Okay,

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Speaker 1: but hey, listen, who knows. I don't know. I'm not

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Speaker 1: in Nick's head, and I'm grateful for that, that's for sure. Anyway.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, well listen, it's a quick one and

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Speaker 1: we're happy to bring it to you. Live here, background,

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Speaker 1: noise from the strain and open, beautiful day. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: listening to us, and thanks for staying up late in

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Speaker 1: the US and watching us on ESPN. And throughout the world.

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Speaker 1: Listening to PETCO on the World Feed and we'll talk

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