WEBVTT - Anisimova, Bencic, Andreeva: who's next to win a Slam? Serena's mysterious move 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:06.800 Hello, Welcome to that Tennis twenty nine days till Summer 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:09.760 of Tennis kicks off down under here in Australia. Next up, 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:12.560 Breakthrough Stars, who is best poised to win her maiden 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.319 Grand Slam in twenty twenty six and the winner is 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:18.680 the players and coaches in contention for the ATP Awards. 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:21.480 All that is ahead with me Zavian Mueller bark and 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:23.720 back from her latest trip around the Sun. Happy birthday, 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:26.440 Bryce Stewart, Thanks good good, Okay, that was a bit 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:30.760 cold across the desk WTA coach and soon to be daddy, 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:32.080 Oh Luke Saville. 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:34.320 Daddy, Oh what we'll call you now? 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:38.120 It's not weird interesting, but the real headline I'm over it. 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:42.680 Making her in person debut on the Pod is Ossie 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:46.200 Doubles Number one. Ellen Prez, thank you, wow, Bo. 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:46.960 This is a moment. 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:50.240 Yeah, it is a moment for me. Especially's having fun. 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:53.120 I am having fun. She's really having fun. 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.080 Luck looks scared with that no novel's really chilled out 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:57.600 and happy. I like this one. 0:00:58.040 --> 0:00:59.880 This is a big deal. Ellen joined the show. 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:02.160 We've been trying for months. 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:05.280 Yeah, we've got a little taste of your presence when 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:07.680 you're over at Cincy. You died in That was pretty cool. 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:11.199 But tell me, guys, what is your highlight of the season. 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:13.840 Things are kind of wrapping up before things get heated 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:15.960 up in Melbourne and around Australia. 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.280 I think mine I was having to think, and I 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.080 come back to Wimbledon. You know, Dasher and I were 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.959 there this year, and just like the last round of 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:28.559 qualities there, for some reason, there's just I mean obviously 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:31.960 brings about great memories for me I qualified three times there, 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:33.760 but I mean we're on the other side of the world, 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.000 and the camaraderie with the Australians I just love. So 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:39.080 I think everyone gets out, gets behind the Aussies and 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:41.800 even this year is a great contingent of TA staff 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:43.760 and even just players that are in the main or 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:45.800 coming out to Roehampton getting around each other. For some 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:50.160 reason that just epitomizes the Aussie culture in my opinion. 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:52.240 So that was probably my nice little humble brag there. 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:54.680 Time I thought you're going to talk about how you 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:56.520 got Dasher pregnant on tour, well. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.040 I suggest suggested that what about the conception. 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:01.160 Already gone to Instagram. 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:04.400 It's the best Instagram video. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:06.800 So if you want to know where babies are made, 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:07.760 just check out. 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:08.400 D on Tour. 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:11.079 Yeah, what about you, all of you. 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.640 I probably have a few highlights actually, I mean, if 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.240 we're talking tennis, I think it started off in Abi 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:18.919 Dhabi playing with Elene Ostapenko. 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:22.120 I think that in itself was very different, a fun experience. 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:22.480 Actually. 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.200 I think she's a bit of a hoot once you 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.000 get to her Instagram. 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.680 Oh you know, I've seen some of the things. I've 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:30.880 seen some of the things she's been posting. 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:35.560 There's there's one item got my on pair of broken shoelaces. Really, 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:37.240 but it's the sort of thing that I feel like 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:37.920 she might go up. 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:39.640 I've been laughing at some of the Twitter stuff about 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.600 it coming back to an empty house and stuff like that. 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:45.840 I think that was Yeah, no, I was about to 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:47.440 bring him up, but he didn't even let me bring 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:47.680 you up. 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:48.160 I was about to. 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:50.720 Say Luke was my coach that week and that was 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:51.679 the start of something big. 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.359 But also at the end I didn't really get us finals. 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:57.840 Yeah no, no, that was the start of it. So 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.960 that was a great week. And then obviously going back 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.760 with Storm Storm Hunter again, we got back on the 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.880 court over the clay swing. We did a semis in Rome. 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.400 So yeah, just getting back out there with her. I 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:12.519 think she's a great person, great friend. You know, it's 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:14.800 not even about the tenors. Sometimes it's about having you know, 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:18.079 a friend on tour, someone to do things with, the camaraderie. 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:19.919 So it was great to reunite with her. 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.560 And I think lastly, just like Billy Jenkin Cup, you know, 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.040 finishing off the year in Hobart, what a fun time. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.120 The group of girls we had are just amazing. Everyone 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:32.480 really supports one another. It was a great vibe, great atmosphere. 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.520 Also playing again with Storm and just getting back into 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.640 the world group. I think that was important for us, 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.920 and we set ourselves a task to do that, and yeah, 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:41.880 the way we kind of you know carried ourselves and 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:43.360 did it was yeah, we're really proud. 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:44.440 So it was a great answer as. 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:48.320 It should be. It was amazing we did and she 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:49.840 was like just a very proud mom. 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.840 She set the tone. She was great to have as captain. 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.360 But she made it known like girls, this is my 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.560 first time doing it, don't mess it up. 0:03:58.880 --> 0:03:59.400 I love it. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:01.880 Bit of inspiration. Not wrong with that. So from a 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:10.440 little question to a the question so the big question 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.040 this week. We trialed this last week and it was 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:13.840 actually quite interesting. So I want to put it to 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.400 the group. Everyone, get your nominations in which WTA player 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.200 will win their maiden Grand Slam title in twenty twenty six. 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:22.840 So let's put some names out there first and then 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:24.880 we can drill into the y. I thought i'd go first, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.640 so I was very scientific in this. I basically looked 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.360 at the top ten and started at number one, checked 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:32.560 if they won the Grand slams. 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:34.840 Nope, too, I think it was less scientific. 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.839 No, this, that's that was my whole there. Actually, yeah, 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:39.960 I thought it was quite clever but also efficient. 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:42.400 That's the most work you've ever done. 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.480 Yeah, not just here, but just in general. 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:45.360 So anyway, keep going. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.960 By the time we got down to number four, Anisimova 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.920 piqued my interest her year so far. She made the 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.080 second round at the Australian Open, fourth round at Rolling Garross, 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:57.280 but in the final for both Wimbledon and US Open. 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:02.640 So pretty good run so far. But you are in agreement. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.880 I am an agreement. Actually, that's who I would also pick. 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.320 And I actually have some substance. 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.880 Live rankings. 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.400 Who's he didn't actually realize she was next in line 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:18.560 ranking wise, it hadn't won one. But I think there's 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.200 a reason why she's that ranking. I think she had 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.520 a great year, you know, making back to back finals. 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:27.160 I think it's kind of really cool to see how 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.320 she bounced back from the finals loss that she had 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.960 against Eger. There was such a you know, convincing scoreline. 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.400 I think it shows you know, you're human, you get nervous, 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:36.960 but it shows that, you know, after that, she was 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.440 very fearless and she didn't let that bother her and 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:40.679 affect any of her results. 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.159 And I think she had very consistent. 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:44.480 Results, beat some of the top players for the rest 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.120 of the year in finals, in riad, I know she 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.880 had some really good wins as well. But she's always 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:51.520 been a great junior, you know. I think she got 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:54.279 to like world number two. She's won US Open Juniors 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.599 finals of Roland Garross, and she's done it all across 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:02.359 different surfaces. So I think her aim is very aggressive. 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:04.320 I think her back end is by far the best 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.800 on tour. Scary, scary good anyone that's played her. That's 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:09.800 the first thing they mentioned. They're just like, don't give 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:13.400 her a backhand, and just she looks very composed and 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:14.920 in a good place. I don't know if you ever 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.240 follow like her Instagram and stuff like that, but she 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.240 has a good group of family and friends and well 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.480 outside the tennis world, and I think that's important. I 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:25.240 think she doesn't get too wrapped up in, you know, 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.719 all the other stuff. I think she grounds herself, resets 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.600 really well, and makes it all about tennis when she's there. 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.400 And I think that's important, like having a great team, 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:35.480 great people around you. 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:36.080 And enjoying it. 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:38.440 So obviously she took the break she needed from tennis. 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.080 She's come back and she's really ready. She looks fresh, 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:41.720 and I think I. 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:44.240 Think she probably realizes now that taking that break was 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:45.080 the right thing to do. 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:45.880 You've got to. 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.080 Right, absolutely, And I think a few people looked back 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:49.080 and be like, why would you stop? 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:49.719 You would you know? 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.279 So good and this and that, and now we all 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:54.040 look stupid. We're like, well, maybe we should do it. 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:55.360 Amanda is doing much better. 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:56.880 That's the way to do it. 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.200 It's a holiday, Yeah, what about you, LCK Without. 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:05.160 Question, So mine is Belinda Bencic, I currently ranked eleven, 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:09.800 started the year at drum roll for twenty one, so 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:16.760 incredible year. By benchicchim Oh. That's for twenty and I think, 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.760 you know, obviously coming back with a fresher new perspective 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.280 as a mother. I think that's really sort of you know, 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.800 she seems to really be enjoying her tennis and her 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:29.440 time on tour. Incredible resume Korea high ranking of four 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:33.120 in February twenty twenty. She's made fifteen meal usd and 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:36.680 prize money. Not too bad. Olympic gold medalers from Tokyo 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.280 won the feed Cup in twenty twenty two, and best 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:43.400 Lam results are semis this year at Wimby and semis 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.200 of the US Open in twenty nineteen. So I think 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.360 she's as Ellen said as well, you know, I think 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.080 she's been also a great junior. I think she cracked 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.560 the top one hundred when she's seventeen, so I think 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:58.480 she's coming back. She's looking dangerous. I think Ellen can 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:00.840 quote me here, but she's better on the faster surfaces, 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:03.680 so I'm not too surprised that her best results are 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:07.320 US Open and Wimbledon. So she's one definitely on my radar, 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:09.600 and I think she'll be coming to this train openers. 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.760 Definitely one of the one of the players to beat. 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:12.720 She's a mum. 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.559 Well are you in the back of your mind going hey, Dash, 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.800 secret weapon? After March you could be back in there. 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.160 Yeah, it was maybe part of my agenda for sure 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:29.440 to choose that coaching moment was so now. Even actually 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.280 in Abu Dhabi started the year when we saw bench 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.320 it she won the singles there and you know, she 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:40.360 had her baby there, her husband and just looked very settled. 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.480 And I think that's cool to see. And hopefully Dasha 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.040 and I can follow on their footsteps. 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:53.040 Yeah, absolutely, pressure Dash can get back on the court. Yeah, 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:53.600 what about you? 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:57.280 Birthday by well, everyone knows how much I love mir 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.240 and River really really love her. 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.680 She reached fourth round at the AO. 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:07.520 She reached the Roland Garris quarterfinal, quarify On final at Wimbledon, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.880 and also third round at US Open. She reached her 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:16.679 career high number five in Duely after winning the Dubai tournament, 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:21.120 which she was the youngest to win titled at the 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:25.440 age of seventeen. She's now eighteen, so she's really really young. 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:29.800 She's obviously coached by Conchita Martinez that we all love, 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:33.320 and their relationships amazing and I really would love to 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:35.400 see her win one. Whether or not she will, I 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.280 feel like she's on the precipice making it. 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:40.400 I'll be honest. She was my first pick. 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.040 Oh did you change that? 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:44.720 And I give Belinda a bit of a shout out, 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:48.040 but I've been a huge fan of Mira. I think 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.000 she's one of the brightest prospects that we have in 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.480 Tenna's full stop. So I think she's She's so good 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:58.640 on every surface, very versatile, all core game, and I 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.720 think she's handling the big moment it's better and better. 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:02.319 I think got the right mental. 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.600 It was probably probably the one thing that, yeah, maybe 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.960 later in Slam, she was a little inexperienced, little immature. 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.800 I mean she's seventeen eighteen, so it's incredible what she's doing. 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:14.200 And I think she's going to be poised to definitely 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:15.760 win her first Slam very very soon. 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:18.080 Well, they were our thoughts on this week's Big Question. 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.680 What is your answer to the big question? Which WTA 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:24.480 player will reach their first ever Grand Slam title next year? 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:26.000 Hit us up in the comments, let us know on 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:30.320 the Instagram wherever you like. On with the show. First up, 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:32.520 what's caught your eye? And we're going to start with 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.840 our first time on the panel, Ellen, I'll caught your 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:36.400 eye this week. 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:38.560 I think it'd be hard to say it didn't catch 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:44.559 anyone's eyes. Serena Williams re entering the ITIA doping protocol 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:48.280 I think yeah, a few Twitter fans managed to spot 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.880 that and bring it up, and obviously Ben rothenberg A 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.480 tweeted about it. But yeah, Serena came back with that 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:59.079 she's not coming back and that this is wildfire and crazy, 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:00.679 which I don't know. 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:01.600 I'm not sold. 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.840 I mean, I mean, Ben, the I New at Times 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:08.280 journalist did say what we're all thinking, why did you 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:08.800 do it? Then? 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.360 Yeah, And that's a great question because I can tell 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.360 you when you're on the you know, doping protocols, it's 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.920 not fun. You know, unless she likes a nice six 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:20.320 am wake up and enjoys giving blood and having someone 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:23.600 watch her pee, I wouldn't know why you would enter. 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.480 That's thine, Are you going to have fa? 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:32.640 Yeah? Yeah, maybe she needs that extra insurance, like Venus mentioned, true, 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:33.640 he's pretty strapped. 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:35.560 Yeah, So I don't know. 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.560 I think there's an element that she watched maybe Venus 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:40.720 come back, and I don't know if there's a little 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:44.440 last go with them playing together or something. But yeah, 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.560 I've definitely heard the rumors of her coming back. Who 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:48.760 knows if it's true. I just think you don't re 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:52.000 enter the protocol unless you plan on coming back. It's 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:56.160 pretty much that's how it is. So stay tuned. 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.520 How would someone have found out that she's read it's 0:11:59.559 --> 0:11:59.959 public back? 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:02.280 Yeah, you can just go to the I's. 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.240 Just sitting there watching looking. 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:08.240 Yeah, people are Actually there's some interesting Twitter fans out there. 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.280 There's people that are checking that every day. Really, you 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:13.000 can find out the most crazy stuff on Twitter. You 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:14.360 just gonna stay tuned. 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.920 Follow the right people. Yeah, So Serena, let's say, let's 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.839 play Devil's Advocate hypothetic or whatever. But if she did, 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:25.560 if Serena did come back into play, would she do well? 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.200 How do you think it would go? Like? Take you know, 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.360 the excitement out of it? Is she going to be 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:32.880 the Serena that we know and love or is it 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:34.520 a bit of a fools Errand? 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.040 I think Serena is Serena. I think she's going to 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:38.800 be amazing. 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.840 In general, it's the big question mark is always fitness 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.320 and movement, and that was the question mark around Venus 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.760 but she surprised us. Her level was good and she 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.280 was still beating a lot of players on this comeback. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.160 I don't think Serena does anything half asked, let's put 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:54.640 it that way. So if she's going to come back, 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:56.240 she's not going to want to lose to someone one 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.160 hundred in the world and not be ready. And obviously 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.280 she's a looking fits. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:04.720 She can still kick through a brick door. 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:09.000 Yeah, she's yeah, definitely a different arena from when she 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:09.560 was on tour. 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:09.800 Yeah. 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:10.959 I mean maybe she litoks like. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.520 She's been getting ready for something, doesn't she I just 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:17.120 met Gala or something, But maybe it's tennis, maybe it's both. 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:19.440 Yeah, maybe she will lose a bit of power with 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.840 the different physique, But yeah, I definitely think if she 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:24.640 comes back, you don't want to draw her. 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:28.400 She'll definitely get a lot of opportunities and wild cards. 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:32.080 Why't she tournament directors falling out? 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.160 The only thing that you said, Ellen was just probably 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:38.680 backing up matches in that physical side is probably the 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.160 question in order to build her ranking up. But she's 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:44.000 going to get that many opportunities at big events. If 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.240 you win a few matches at those big events, big points, 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.760 So maybe she can work her way back up that way. 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:51.320 I just don't see it as a long term comeback 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:53.960 or it's just going to be picking events here and 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.080 there that suit he Maybe that's how I feel if 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:56.400 it is. 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.560 But three, it's award season in the tennis world. Next 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.560 week we've got the new can Medal for Australian Tennis. 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:03.120 What else is on? 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.800 Well, the ATP Awards are presented this coming week. 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:07.640 That's exciting. 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.120 A couple of awards we already know that have been won, like. 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:14.480 Number one the award and they are number one. 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.800 The doubles number one Lloyd Glasspool. 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.920 But some of the categories, well, the first category we 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.880 can have a chat is the breakth Through of the Year, 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:24.880 which is voted on by the ATP. 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:25.400 Number one club. 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:26.040 Am I in there? 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:31.800 No, it's Jack Draper, von Seca, Mensic and Vashio. 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.920 Okay, good little group. Who's going to win that? 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:40.160 I mean, I think it's obviously the higher you are, 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.000 the less you can obviously move up, and those me 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:47.440 more than if you're further out. But I feel like Vaschero, 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.400 that's really sort of catching my eye. 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.240 But is that a flash in the pan? 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:57.520 Sorry, it could be, but it's still it's still happened 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:01.920 this year from two and seventy six in into Korehi 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:05.680 of thirty winning Shanghai. That was just an incredible storyline 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:10.400 playing his cousin Rindannesh in the final, and so I 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:12.480 think that's you know, he was you know, he's twenty 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.960 six years old. He's been grinding away and the challenges 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.120 for quite some time, but he's always had that huge game, 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:18.800 so you kind of felt you could get it together, 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:21.760 get a little bit of structure around him, maybe he 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.720 could get it going. So for me, Vatro wins that. 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:26.520 Well on that metric. I mean Drape has got no 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.960 shut right, I went from eighteen to four. 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:33.280 Well, who, I don't know whether Drape has been able 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.320 to play enough this year because of been Yeah, I 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:35.680 don't know. 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.680 He just stopped breaking his leg and start breaking through basically. 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:42.840 Pretty much guy I Reckon it's yeah, probably the other ones. 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:46.840 Fonseca, Yeah, I was thinking he's broken through a media sense. 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:50.520 Exactly outside one hundred to twenty five, and he's got 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.560 the charisma, he's got the profile as well, So I 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:57.880 think maybe Fonseca as well. And incredible player, so talented now. 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:58.480 That'd be a good award. 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:00.440 All right, what else we've got, bro, We have the 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:07.320 Stefan Edinburgh Sportsmanship Award and the nominees one no Carlos Akarez, 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.800 Felix Grigor Dimitrov. 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.320 And Caspar Grigor. I mean there's a name that hasn't 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:15.720 been kind of he's a good sports Oh he's brilliant, 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:17.600 but he just you know, he's a bit of a 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.560 statesman of tennis. You know, he's getting long in the tooth. 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:21.720 I love that he's still there. 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.040 Yeah, all right, he's taking this one out. I reckon 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:25.200 Felix audio ALII. 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.720 Yeah, with the year he's had, I think. I mean, 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.400 he's an amazing person, really nice guy. I remember I 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.640 did an event with him in Adelaide and he straight 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:35.480 up came up to me and asked me questions and 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:36.160 got me involved. 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:37.600 And I was like, oh, that's really nice. Like you 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:38.360 don't have to do that. 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:38.960 You don't know me. 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.400 I'm kind of a nobody, so like that was really sweet. 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.080 But I don't know something about Carlos. That guy is 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:46.440 just so humble. 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:46.640 So sweet. 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:50.080 I feel like he carries the top of the sport 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.400 so well. It's hard to go past him. But I 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:54.600 would love to see Felix gettered. 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:57.680 Yeah. I find with Carlos, aside from his crappy haircut, 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:01.520 like he's just got such a he's almost like a toddler, 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.240 Like he sees the world as like everything's good. 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:06.080 Yeah, he can't be the happy. 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:08.679 Yeah, it's just like how are you so happy? Be angry? 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:09.760 What he's angry? 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:15.080 He's happy Like he basically says, you know, his goal 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:18.159 or ambitions to entertain court, And I think that's just 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:22.760 think it's incredible because it takes the result, I guess 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:24.639 away from his mentality and he's just out there to 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:26.360 have fun and obviously win. 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:29.080 But that allows him to play his opponent. 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.280 Yeah, it allows him to play that game style and 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:33.399 just play the Tennessee he wants to play. 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:36.439 Who he's going with? Do you think? Are you the 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.040 same as Allen Carlos. 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.399 I'll go Casper. Just an all round four great blokes 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.119 there for me. Caspar, I think he never puts a 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:46.840 foot roll near to the other three, to be fair, 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:48.840 But I'll go with Casper. Yeah. 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:50.600 It'd be a good night out of the pub with them, 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:51.720 be very fun chat. 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:53.520 Yeah, that's a good group of guys to hang out 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:53.639 with that. 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:55.520 Actually, all right, last one, brave, what have we got 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.120 coach of the year this one. 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:03.440 No, we've got Benjamin bealerat which is Vachero's coach. 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:04.480 Kai who. 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:12.639 S Kim at the moment, Sorry. 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:17.560 Darren k Hill with Simone Vagnzi. I probably said that wrong. 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.000 We'll leave it. We'll leave it the way it was. 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:25.920 You can hear what the producer said. Juan Carlos Ferrero 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:32.080 and Samuel Lopez, Frederick Fontange and Brian Shelton. So some 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:36.399 of them if you don't know, it's Vashero's coach, Sinner's coach, 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:41.040 Arkraz's coach, Felix's coach. Hopefully you got Shelton's coach is 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:47.800 his dad, and I want ka Hill to win with Kile. 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:53.480 Hill, they took Sinner from one to two a. 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:59.080 Breakthrough. Look they went down. 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:01.679 Darren, you're good coach, but but this you can do 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:02.119 better than that. 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.280 The number is increased by one hundred percent, but that 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:13.199 is killing. Yeah. Yeah, the loads, I mean yeah, no 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.600 shared prizes. No, I reckon the father son duo. 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:20.760 Brian brianan. 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:25.879 Wow, okay, how is your breakfast meaning? Momsis all right? No, 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.119 that's good. Well, there's a few other awards aren't there. 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:31.639 There's the Arthur Ascherman Tearing Award, there's Fan Favorites for 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:35.240 the singers and doubles Tournament of the Year. Unfortunately Grand 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:37.600 Slams are not eligible, so you know the AO would 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:38.160 clearly win. 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:42.120 I'm sure Brisbane, Adela is the top A. 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:43.760 TP Cincinnati this year. 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:45.800 Yeah, you look very happy. 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:48.399 They're going to be hard to beat. The facilities and 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:49.800 upgrades were insane. 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:54.240 We're not winning, no, but we're not even competing now 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:57.000 my turn. I would love to claim this is an 0:19:57.040 --> 0:20:00.480 original thought of something that I'm like, wow, that's really cool. 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:03.040 But Ellen was sending some ideas to our producer John 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:05.720 about her career and I'm like, oh, that's really fun. 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:07.320 I want to steal that one. So thanks for that. 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:11.360 But Alexandra olia Nikova has broken into the WTA top 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:13.120 one hundred, which is, you know, a great feat. She's 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:16.399 now world number ninety five. But what I'm more interested 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:19.280 about is back in twenty twenty one, she actually sold 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:21.160 I like that, you're nodding like I'm telling you something. 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:23.720 You're like, yeah, this is my freakin' idea. Anyway, back 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:25.920 in twenty twenty one, she actually sold off a bit 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:29.359 of real estate, and that real estate was her upper arm. 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:34.240 In exchange, that person who bought it for five grand 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:37.359 is allowed at some stage to tattoo whatever they want 0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:40.600 onto that. Hopefully a professional tato artist does it, and 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:43.200 they have tattooed it. No, it's still empty, isn't it. 0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:44.080 I think it's empty. 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:46.880 Yeah. Yeah. And now that she's in the top one hundred, 0:20:47.320 --> 0:20:49.320 does that And she was an NFT like back in 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:52.000 the day, everyone's selling weird pictures of monkeys and all 0:20:52.040 --> 0:20:53.639 that sort of stuff. But she's like, boom, I'm going 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:55.720 to make some quick cash sell off my upper arm. 0:20:56.040 --> 0:20:58.439 But now she's the top hundred, does that real estate 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:01.320 become more valuable? Is there going to be a mad 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:03.920 rush to try and buy her upper arm? I think 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:05.800 it's it's kind of like going it's a little bit 0:21:06.280 --> 0:21:09.120 creepy in a sense of buying a part of someone. 0:21:09.520 --> 0:21:12.120 It's almost like buying, you know, a steak from a cow, 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:13.560 but the cow is still in the paddock. It's a 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:16.440 bit weird. What do we think for sure? 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:19.520 I mean, she's obviously the first person to do something 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:22.320 like this. I do love that she's working around the 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:24.159 w TA rules. Because you know, you only allowed two 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:28.000 patches on your shirt, but now she's opened up avenue. 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:28.000 For a third. 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:28.800 Wow. 0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:30.520 But yeah, I have read that. 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:32.840 You know she can the person that owns the patch 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:36.480 can resell the patch, so someone can now buy it 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:38.920 off them for a higher price. But yeah, I think 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:41.000 the sad part is she only got five thousand, Like 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:43.679 she's probably looking back now and realizing that's worth a 0:21:43.720 --> 0:21:44.240 lot more. 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:50.680 So this other person could potentially make Yeah, why don't 0:21:50.720 --> 0:21:53.679 we you pitch in as Tennis Australia. 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:57.040 We could we put logo. 0:21:59.080 --> 0:22:02.600 Hot shots Tennis AOGE just a QR code that goes 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:03.359 to the website. 0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:05.440 You'd have your name on there for sure. 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:09.560 Absolute shah. 0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:10.720 Yeah. 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:13.080 But she also went a bit viral recently because she's 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:15.760 she's fun, like she's cool chick, and she actually had 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:18.359 a video of a point. Let's have a look on 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:18.960 her Instagram. 0:22:19.080 --> 0:22:21.399 She has moonball this over the heart of the lights. 0:22:21.960 --> 0:22:27.000 She's slipped, she's down, but she's back again. Coverage another. 0:22:27.280 --> 0:22:30.959 She's buying time big time. She's putting this real high 0:22:31.000 --> 0:22:36.200 and she's on the floor trying to. 0:22:34.680 --> 0:22:36.120 Do with a ball kid. 0:22:36.440 --> 0:22:39.159 Yeah, I mean I think they caught everyone's eye, just 0:22:39.200 --> 0:22:42.240 because how ridiculously high she. 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:42.760 Was hitting the ball. 0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:45.119 I mean, it was moonballing out there, and she was 0:22:45.119 --> 0:22:47.520 about four meters back from the baseline and there was 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:50.600 some drama falling over. But I think that came down 0:22:50.640 --> 0:22:52.480 a little bit to the opponent she was playing. She 0:22:52.520 --> 0:22:55.480 was playing my Sharif who I think she was maybe 0:22:55.520 --> 0:22:57.440 trying to hit through her. But she also just rolls 0:22:57.480 --> 0:22:59.879 balls around, and so I think she was trying to 0:23:00.080 --> 0:23:03.600 play the same game and won up her maybe, yeah, 0:23:03.600 --> 0:23:04.200 But it's interesting. 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:05.199 I haven't seen enough of her. 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:07.880 She's obviously just broken through from eighty five this year 0:23:08.320 --> 0:23:11.600 to top hundred, so she hasn't been around many WTA 0:23:11.640 --> 0:23:13.520 events now, just the back end of the year. There's one, 0:23:13.560 --> 0:23:15.320 two five's, but it will be interesting to see her 0:23:15.320 --> 0:23:17.600 around the tour. And I don't know if you've seen it, 0:23:17.640 --> 0:23:19.600 but her throat has a massive tattoo. 0:23:19.840 --> 0:23:22.000 Bringing the photo up, Johnny, it's now. 0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:24.320 I think she must have gone and tried to remove 0:23:24.320 --> 0:23:28.239 it or something. But six oh wow, it was so 0:23:28.640 --> 0:23:30.160 dark an inker Oh wow. 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:31.760 Yeah, so it. 0:23:31.800 --> 0:23:33.720 Looks like she's been having las to removal that. 0:23:33.880 --> 0:23:35.119 Yeah, she doesn't mind a tattoo. 0:23:35.280 --> 0:23:39.120 Maybe she wants to Selki Crime branding. 0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:41.840 You're in every shot. 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:44.200 Yeah, yeah, much better than I wonder. 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:47.680 Yeah. Well she's trying to knock down the old house 0:23:47.720 --> 0:23:49.600 on the real estate and then just open up the 0:23:49.680 --> 0:23:50.680 land for redevelopment. 0:23:50.840 --> 0:23:52.280 That's it. 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:55.159 Yeah, fascinating player. I'm sure we'll see a bit more 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:58.080 of her. Now she just cracks And I'm now realizing 0:23:58.080 --> 0:23:59.760 why Luke gave me a funny look before, because I 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:02.240 see last one. I'm going to go. But we haven't 0:24:02.240 --> 0:24:03.960 even done you. Yeah, what caught your iley? 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:07.399 Yeah, thanks Dave, just forgetting me mate. Now mine was 0:24:07.560 --> 0:24:10.679 the six A wild cards that were awarded slash Ones 0:24:11.040 --> 0:24:13.439 this past week, and I think we can start with 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:17.040 the Australian Points Race that were awarded over the three 0:24:17.119 --> 0:24:20.359 tournaments Brisbane, Sydney and Playford, which is Adelaide and I 0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:23.200 think great initiative from Tennis Australia. It's basically just goes 0:24:23.200 --> 0:24:25.760 on one merit you win, the win the wild cards 0:24:25.760 --> 0:24:30.040 and they went to James Darkworth, Duck's my very good mate, 0:24:30.040 --> 0:24:33.879 and Emerson Jones, and I think it's just there is 0:24:34.240 --> 0:24:36.439 smiling the big fella. But I just think, you know, 0:24:36.520 --> 0:24:39.919 two players completely different ends of their career. How are 0:24:39.920 --> 0:24:45.000 both equally as impressive Emerson and James Darkworth And you know, 0:24:45.000 --> 0:24:48.200 I think Ducks he lost in the quarters of Brisbane. 0:24:48.400 --> 0:24:49.919 That was a last week for the cut of the 0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:51.920 Train Open, so he missed out at one o five, 0:24:52.520 --> 0:24:56.040 put the head down, won the next week Semis of 0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:59.800 Playford and now is ranked eighty six. So incredible resilience 0:24:59.800 --> 0:25:02.280 from from Ducks. And then Emerson one of our brightest, 0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:05.000 maybe our brightest prospect in Australian tennis right now wins 0:25:05.040 --> 0:25:10.760 Playford current ranking of one hundred and fifty one. Majordan 0:25:10.880 --> 0:25:13.879 she yes, consecutive aos for her started the year at 0:25:13.880 --> 0:25:16.359 three nder and seventy one, so more than half the 0:25:16.520 --> 0:25:19.320 ranking and she's got just a very bright future ahead 0:25:19.320 --> 0:25:22.359 of her. And then over in Asia we had the 0:25:22.480 --> 0:25:26.240 winner of the men's Boo Jan Hiketti here he dropped 0:25:26.240 --> 0:25:29.639 only fifteen games across the event into his fifth major 0:25:29.680 --> 0:25:32.840 in a row. He he just dropped a bunch of points. 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:35.280 He didn't defend his couple of big results in Asia 0:25:35.320 --> 0:25:36.240 from a couple of months ago. 0:25:36.320 --> 0:25:38.119 And he's the China number one, isn't he? 0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:38.520 Yes? 0:25:38.680 --> 0:25:38.840 Yeap? 0:25:39.000 --> 0:25:41.840 Who's you know he's been based cup? I believe very 0:25:41.880 --> 0:25:44.879 good been based in Spain since he was sixteen and 0:25:44.920 --> 0:25:48.440 reached the Kree high sixty four, and Zorena Diaz won 0:25:48.440 --> 0:25:52.920 the women's playoff from Kazakhstan. Been a tough couple of 0:25:53.000 --> 0:25:56.480 years for her, battling injury between twenty twenty two and 0:25:56.480 --> 0:25:59.199 twenty twenty four, but now she's backing into her first 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:03.560 Slam and Raw since AO twenty twenty two, reached a 0:26:03.640 --> 0:26:05.560 Korea high thirty one, So great to see them back 0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:07.920 and then any Yanks and then over in the States, 0:26:07.960 --> 0:26:12.800 Patrick Gibson and Elizabeth Manlick were awarded the reciprocal wild 0:26:12.880 --> 0:26:17.000 cards from the USTA. Patrick Gibson I think he's just 0:26:17.080 --> 0:26:20.199 on the cusp of top hundred and man Lick one 0:26:20.240 --> 0:26:23.800 of the up and coming players as well. So congratulations 0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:24.600 to those six players. 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:26.879 Yeah, so I'm thinking there's a few kind of discretionary 0:26:26.920 --> 0:26:29.240 wildcards still up for grabs, aren't they in Craig Tiley's 0:26:29.280 --> 0:26:32.760 back pocket? Who do you think he should flick them to? Like, 0:26:32.800 --> 0:26:34.840 you know, the people at home, they're going, oh, Nick 0:26:34.920 --> 0:26:37.840 Kirios or someone who you know puts on a bit 0:26:37.880 --> 0:26:40.320 of fun show. But like, do you like what's going on? 0:26:40.400 --> 0:26:41.159 Who's going to get him. 0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:44.080 Well, I think firstly, you've got to look at a 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:46.080 few wild cards that are going to be asked. I 0:26:46.080 --> 0:26:48.480 think as a rank has asked for one. I'm not 0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:51.399 sure if maybe Venus has asked for one, So if 0:26:51.400 --> 0:26:53.720 they steal a couple, that makes it a few more limited. 0:26:53.760 --> 0:26:56.520 But I think on the women's side, someone like Tylie 0:26:56.480 --> 0:26:59.439 Gibson's had an amazing year super young hasn't had that 0:26:59.480 --> 0:27:01.560 many wild I think when they look at a few things, 0:27:01.600 --> 0:27:04.200 obviously age and how many opportunities they've had and a 0:27:04.200 --> 0:27:06.920 little bit of funding and whatnot. And I think she's 0:27:07.040 --> 0:27:09.639 a great recipient, you know, hasn't had that many opportunities 0:27:09.680 --> 0:27:12.080 at AO before and has had an incredible year and 0:27:12.119 --> 0:27:13.680 maybe even one of the next highest ranked. 0:27:13.720 --> 0:27:16.359 So I think for me, that's kind of a no brainer. 0:27:17.680 --> 0:27:19.480 And yeah, I guess it also just depends a little 0:27:19.520 --> 0:27:22.040 bit if Kim kind of finishes. She's currently around the 0:27:22.119 --> 0:27:24.960 ninety six mark and that usually should be fine, but 0:27:25.000 --> 0:27:27.960 there is still some results coming in, so yeah, if 0:27:28.000 --> 0:27:30.359 she was to kind of miss out, maybe that's someone. 0:27:30.119 --> 0:27:30.600 To look at. 0:27:31.600 --> 0:27:36.000 Yeah, great, shout, absolutely, Yeah, any thoughts, Yeah, I agree, 0:27:36.040 --> 0:27:39.119 And then putting your hand on, No, definitely won't be. 0:27:39.680 --> 0:27:41.200 But yeah, I think that's round. I mean, that's like 0:27:41.200 --> 0:27:42.920 a couple of years of private school done for your kid, 0:27:43.000 --> 0:27:43.480 that's true. 0:27:43.600 --> 0:27:44.760 True. 0:27:44.960 --> 0:27:45.120 Yeah. 0:27:46.480 --> 0:27:48.720 Now, I think that the men side pretty interesting because 0:27:48.760 --> 0:27:52.480 we have you know, Chris O'Connell, Jordan Thompson, Ranki Hijikata, 0:27:52.560 --> 0:27:57.040 who have all been incredible players, established top one hundred 0:27:57.040 --> 0:28:02.920 pliers for many years. Now. I think he's out, and 0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:07.399 you know Tom Owen O'Connell had tough years with injury, 0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:09.679 so you know, you're probably looking at those three have 0:28:09.720 --> 0:28:12.919 been great ambassadors for Shannon Tannis in my opinion, and 0:28:12.960 --> 0:28:16.399 then a few of the up and coming players. You know, 0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:19.960 I think James mccabs had a reasonably good year. He's 0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:23.520 sort of knocking around, and a few juniors like that. 0:28:23.640 --> 0:28:29.040 So but obviously Big Kraze's got the he holds the reins. 0:28:29.400 --> 0:28:31.760 But I think those those three boys I mentioned at 0:28:31.760 --> 0:28:34.680 the start will be pretty strong candidates because I don't 0:28:34.680 --> 0:28:36.960 think any of them really needed wild cards for quite 0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:39.320 a few years now, and all three kind of slipped 0:28:39.320 --> 0:28:42.200 out because of injury and rink. He's been doing a 0:28:42.280 --> 0:28:44.120 lot of good stuff in the doubles as well obviously 0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:46.800 final of Wimbledon, middle of the year, and three great 0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:48.320 role models so they would get my. 0:28:48.440 --> 0:28:52.560 Nod content idea. We dressed Craig up as Willy Wonka, 0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:56.600 full high production value, right, and we print out gold 0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:59.880 wild cards and he goes magically to their whoever it is, 0:29:00.080 --> 0:29:03.160 and we shoot it overseas. No, but like they're all, 0:29:03.640 --> 0:29:05.480 that's great, let's go. I want to I want my 0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:06.120 fifth holiday. 0:29:06.600 --> 0:29:10.040 We filmed with Craig Tuesday. 0:29:10.440 --> 0:29:11.760 It was actually hilarious. 0:29:11.840 --> 0:29:12.160 That's good. 0:29:12.160 --> 0:29:15.800 Fun is in a hard heart and I was. 0:29:15.720 --> 0:29:19.800 Playing his long beleagued assistant. It was just back to 0:29:19.800 --> 0:29:22.120 earth anyway, Thank you very much all for playing along 0:29:22.160 --> 0:29:25.040 with out caught your eye seg. We've got lots more 0:29:25.080 --> 0:29:26.719 news to cover off after the break. We'll be back 0:29:26.760 --> 0:29:28.840 in a second with all of that and Breeze Top 0:29:28.840 --> 0:29:31.440 five unmissible things from summer stick around seen in a second. 0:29:35.280 --> 0:29:37.720 Welcome back. So there's a bit of the news to 0:29:37.960 --> 0:29:40.160 discuss bre what's happening in the United Cup world. 0:29:40.280 --> 0:29:43.840 Yeah, well, we've recently announced the captains for some of 0:29:43.880 --> 0:29:49.160 our teams or country teams, and there's quite some fun 0:29:49.240 --> 0:29:51.880 kind of names in there. So stan will Rinka is 0:29:51.920 --> 0:29:54.600 going to be a player captain for Switzerland. 0:29:54.800 --> 0:29:57.360 Okay, so it's just who is the only one who 0:29:57.360 --> 0:29:58.080 can do this job? 0:29:58.520 --> 0:29:59.640 It's me? 0:30:00.040 --> 0:30:00.560 Else can do it? 0:30:00.600 --> 0:30:01.200 Bring me in? 0:30:01.480 --> 0:30:01.800 Why not? 0:30:02.920 --> 0:30:04.479 And then obviously we have Leton here. 0:30:04.520 --> 0:30:07.880 It returns for the fourth straight campaign as home captain, 0:30:07.960 --> 0:30:11.920 which classick we love as OSSI's for his second time 0:30:12.200 --> 0:30:15.200 since twenty twenty three. Tim Henman will be coming back 0:30:15.240 --> 0:30:15.959 for Great Britain. 0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:18.960 We've got a grab I think from our sister podcasts 0:30:18.960 --> 0:30:20.640 and sit down, mister Hammon listen. 0:30:22.280 --> 0:30:24.840 It was atp Cup to begin with a United Kick 0:30:24.920 --> 0:30:29.840 Cup more recently, I just abtolutely loved that event, have 0:30:30.000 --> 0:30:34.400 great fun, you know, working with the British men and women, 0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:39.080 and we had a great team spirit and we played well. 0:30:39.120 --> 0:30:42.680 We we really did play well and it would definitely 0:30:42.920 --> 0:30:47.440 been an event that I'd like to be involved in 0:30:47.440 --> 0:30:48.200 again in the future. 0:30:49.640 --> 0:30:52.960 I hear there's a little bit there's some family of neotism. 0:30:53.080 --> 0:30:53.720 Let's us call it what. 0:30:54.120 --> 0:30:55.320 I don't think it's nepotism. 0:30:55.360 --> 0:30:59.040 I think it's just keeping it in the family, that's yeah, 0:30:59.400 --> 0:31:04.240 what all family things and epotism. Anyway, we've got stefano'capoli. 0:31:05.160 --> 0:31:07.960 I don't know whether you know he's the dad of 0:31:08.360 --> 0:31:12.320 love Koboli, so he will be the captain of Italy. 0:31:13.040 --> 0:31:15.200 We've got Alexander Zverev. 0:31:15.600 --> 0:31:18.680 See I read that thinking, hang on, he's just done 0:31:18.720 --> 0:31:23.320 the same as stan No No. 0:31:22.080 --> 0:31:23.440 Zverev and his dad. 0:31:24.280 --> 0:31:27.880 He's a junior. So that's for team Germany. We have 0:31:28.040 --> 0:31:31.800 Christian Rude, who is the father of Kaspar Rude from Norway. 0:31:31.960 --> 0:31:36.000 Is he a friendlier ghost anywhere? I keep going, I 0:31:36.040 --> 0:31:36.760 don't get it. 0:31:37.640 --> 0:31:40.960 And then we have Petros siss Pass who is the 0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:43.320 brother of why not. 0:31:43.480 --> 0:31:45.120 He's the captain of Greece. 0:31:44.840 --> 0:31:47.840 So do you reckon? Petros is going to be hitting 0:31:47.880 --> 0:31:50.080 it hard and he's going to be telling his brother. 0:31:49.880 --> 0:31:53.160 What to do. I want over and unders of the 0:31:53.200 --> 0:31:57.000 first moment where Steph just barges. 0:31:58.280 --> 0:31:59.160 Do you want that? In seconds? 0:31:59.160 --> 0:32:01.640 I want to says I'm going to say within the 0:32:01.680 --> 0:32:03.240 first two games. That's about the line. 0:32:03.560 --> 0:32:06.520 Walk on during the flag ceremony. It just starts strangling 0:32:06.640 --> 0:32:07.040 about it. 0:32:07.480 --> 0:32:09.920 Yeah, there'll be a bit of tension there, but ye're 0:32:09.920 --> 0:32:14.320 great to see all the lineups and the field looks incredible. 0:32:16.320 --> 0:32:20.160 Tell me something we do well. We have some debut taunts. 0:32:20.760 --> 0:32:24.440 Lucas put from France is the captain. And then we 0:32:24.520 --> 0:32:29.000 have Gabriella Dobroski, who is a double specialist and the 0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:31.560 only female captain on our list, and she will be 0:32:31.640 --> 0:32:32.600 the captain of Canada. 0:32:32.680 --> 0:32:35.360 Yeah that's bread and from my understanding, So the number 0:32:35.360 --> 0:32:37.240 one player do they kind of have to say they 0:32:37.240 --> 0:32:39.200 pick the coach the captain. 0:32:39.240 --> 0:32:41.080 Sorry, the number one is supposed to decide. 0:32:41.200 --> 0:32:44.880 Yeah, there you go. So Felix or Jeroni A. Sidden, Yeah, 0:32:45.280 --> 0:32:46.520 he's a feminist. Chose Gabby. 0:32:46.600 --> 0:32:47.400 Yeah that's great. 0:32:48.280 --> 0:32:49.400 Do you know her at all? 0:32:49.600 --> 0:32:50.520 You know Gabby very well? 0:32:50.600 --> 0:32:50.800 Yeah? 0:32:50.840 --> 0:32:51.040 Yeah. 0:32:51.160 --> 0:32:51.720 Is she cool? 0:32:52.120 --> 0:32:52.880 Yeah, she's cool. 0:32:53.000 --> 0:32:54.719 I mean I think she actually would do a very 0:32:54.720 --> 0:32:57.640 good job in this role. I think she's very organized, 0:32:57.720 --> 0:33:01.200 very structured. Yeah, I mean that's part of the why 0:33:01.200 --> 0:33:03.720 she's very good at doubles. I think she sees the 0:33:03.720 --> 0:33:05.680 game well, so I think she'll bring a great up a. 0:33:05.640 --> 0:33:08.240 Bit more of a team thinker as opposed to a 0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:11.320 single minded it's just me out there, yeah for sure. Yeah. 0:33:11.960 --> 0:33:15.120 We also will be announcing full fields for some of 0:33:15.160 --> 0:33:16.440 our summer events. 0:33:16.520 --> 0:33:19.600 Oh, like other tennis events, yes, which on Brisbane International 0:33:19.640 --> 0:33:21.840 also day well, from some exciting news coming up to 0:33:21.840 --> 0:33:24.240 a bit of sad news from the world of tennis. 0:33:24.320 --> 0:33:29.000 Italian tennis legend Nicola Piachin Jelly, aged ninety two, passed away. 0:33:29.320 --> 0:33:31.520 He was a two time Rolling Girls champion and record 0:33:31.560 --> 0:33:34.240 holder for Davis Cup wins one hundred and twenty to 0:33:34.280 --> 0:33:36.720 forty four, which is a pretty epic record to have. 0:33:37.840 --> 0:33:40.880 A lot of tributes were coming from everywhere, from Rafaa 0:33:40.960 --> 0:33:45.560 dal Novat Jokovic, from the top echelons to everybody in between. Yeah, 0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:47.280 a bit of a sad day, but we were very, 0:33:47.400 --> 0:33:50.080 very lucky Nicola. Earlier this year spoke with one of 0:33:50.080 --> 0:33:52.400 our producers, Erson in the Making, Actually the poster behind 0:33:52.440 --> 0:33:55.280 me for was the Rise of Italian Tennis and we 0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:57.040 used that in a recent episode of To Sit Down 0:33:57.080 --> 0:33:59.800 and they were talking about having the Rome Stadium named 0:33:59.800 --> 0:34:01.080 in his honor. Let's have a listen. 0:34:02.440 --> 0:34:04.520 You know, I have this court name on me like 0:34:04.920 --> 0:34:09.440 Roquets in the Mamood and it's not the most important, 0:34:10.200 --> 0:34:13.640 it's not the biggest, that is most beautiful in the world, no. 0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:14.040 Doubt that. 0:34:16.120 --> 0:34:18.640 Quite a loss. But have you played at the stadium 0:34:18.680 --> 0:34:20.120 that's named in his honor? 0:34:20.320 --> 0:34:22.320 I have, Yeah, I've played on that court and it's 0:34:22.520 --> 0:34:24.920 by far the best court on tour. It is so pretty. 0:34:25.640 --> 0:34:28.799 The statues kind of surround the court. Yeah, it is. 0:34:28.840 --> 0:34:30.040 It is one of the nicest courts. 0:34:30.080 --> 0:34:31.960 Well, he'll be so missing, of course, our thoughts go 0:34:32.040 --> 0:34:35.319 to his friends and family over in Italy. Now, Brie, 0:34:36.160 --> 0:34:38.799 shall we move on to the final piece of the week. 0:34:38.840 --> 0:34:40.839 I need to find my numbers because it is time 0:34:41.080 --> 0:34:42.800 to top five. 0:34:43.080 --> 0:34:46.560 Yeah, I'm a bit worried they're boring, but okay, so 0:34:46.640 --> 0:34:48.760 what's the top what all be counting down? We're counting 0:34:48.800 --> 0:34:52.040 down top five admissible things this Australian summer. 0:34:52.200 --> 0:34:55.520 But I've made them for a period. I'm not pregnant. 0:34:55.520 --> 0:35:00.000 It cane. We'll touch and go there for a moment. 0:35:00.280 --> 0:35:04.919 But anyway, I centered it all around the tennis. 0:35:05.160 --> 0:35:08.680 Oh yeah, I'm going to make sense. No, but there's 0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:09.280 some fun stuff. 0:35:09.600 --> 0:35:10.160 I think it's fine. 0:35:10.280 --> 0:35:12.239 Let's see how we go. But I'm going to do 0:35:12.239 --> 0:35:14.839 for Suppose is a tennis podcast. 0:35:14.400 --> 0:35:19.080 Allegedly it's called the Tennis. Yes, exciting news that I'm 0:35:19.080 --> 0:35:20.960 going to debut next week. But we'll get to that 0:35:20.960 --> 0:35:21.400 in a minute. 0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:21.600 Now. 0:35:22.000 --> 0:35:22.440 Five. 0:35:23.360 --> 0:35:28.319 So the first one is AO Live, which is our 0:35:28.400 --> 0:35:30.879 music program during this train open. So we have some 0:35:30.920 --> 0:35:33.880 really great acts that are at the end of the tournament, 0:35:34.320 --> 0:35:35.680 so these ones are. 0:35:35.800 --> 0:35:36.600 Earlier in the week. 0:35:36.680 --> 0:35:42.359 Looks like a menu, Hot Chips, Elderflower pre set, that's 0:35:42.400 --> 0:35:45.160 good in a taco who is playing. 0:35:45.320 --> 0:35:47.879 It's the thirdeenth and sixteenth of January. It's in top 0:35:47.920 --> 0:35:52.480 court and their DJ sets and they're really really great 0:35:52.520 --> 0:35:55.520 acts that were are still quite big, but really do 0:35:55.680 --> 0:36:00.600 talk to your favorite jen Y Hot Chip and the presets. 0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:03.759 Definitely, I've seen them many times before. So that's one I. 0:36:03.680 --> 0:36:06.440 Wanted to call out because there's the great music acts 0:36:06.440 --> 0:36:08.799 at JCA at the end of the tournament, but they're 0:36:08.840 --> 0:36:10.640 these great ones up at top court. 0:36:10.480 --> 0:36:11.600 At the beginning of the tournament. 0:36:11.680 --> 0:36:14.400 So sixty nine bucks a bargain bargain. 0:36:14.080 --> 0:36:16.120 So please go on over and buy a ticket if. 0:36:16.080 --> 0:36:18.040 You all right, number four, what do we got four? 0:36:19.680 --> 0:36:22.640 Well, I'm really excited to see the high line. I've 0:36:22.680 --> 0:36:26.560 got a video here. It's an artist interpretation of what 0:36:26.640 --> 0:36:28.759 the high line will look. But we should be able 0:36:28.840 --> 0:36:33.400 to walk from one court to another above ground. So 0:36:33.600 --> 0:36:35.680 here you can see courtside bar and then you can 0:36:35.760 --> 0:36:38.080 kind of walk over to the other court. 0:36:38.160 --> 0:36:40.240 It reminds me a little bit of like in Jurassic 0:36:40.280 --> 0:36:43.160 Park when they're around the raptor thing and they're like 0:36:43.200 --> 0:36:44.759 looking down, it's gonna be cool. So you can kind 0:36:44.760 --> 0:36:46.560 of get a top down view of the outdoor court, 0:36:46.640 --> 0:36:47.480 so they'll be. 0:36:47.360 --> 0:36:49.400 Able to have all these people over here. You can 0:36:49.440 --> 0:36:52.080 see these courts to the right, and on the other side, 0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:53.400 you're be able to see the courts. 0:36:53.160 --> 0:36:53.880 To the left. 0:36:54.360 --> 0:36:55.480 So there's the bar over there. 0:36:55.480 --> 0:36:57.880 So just get the original bar and this is a 0:36:57.880 --> 0:36:58.160 new bar. 0:36:58.440 --> 0:37:00.839 Yeah, and the original bu's bigger. Yeah. 0:37:01.680 --> 0:37:03.000 And you can walk all the way to the other 0:37:03.040 --> 0:37:03.719 bar from this bar. 0:37:04.000 --> 0:37:05.520 Yeah, and watch. 0:37:08.960 --> 0:37:14.680 Hill get if you ever can't find it during AO. 0:37:15.360 --> 0:37:16.839 I loved being on the bar. 0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:17.840 That's awesome. 0:37:17.880 --> 0:37:22.600 I don't even think some people, but other people I 0:37:22.640 --> 0:37:25.440 reckon I would just mixed doubles. 0:37:25.480 --> 0:37:27.719 I don't think you want to play your singles out there, 0:37:28.160 --> 0:37:30.080 but doubles and mixed doubles. I mean, you can't really 0:37:30.120 --> 0:37:33.799 hear signal or anything like that anymore, but it's from 0:37:33.840 --> 0:37:34.320 your opponent. 0:37:34.480 --> 0:37:36.600 Yeah, so you're both losing that tool. You've got to adapt. 0:37:36.640 --> 0:37:38.680 So like, noises allowed on these. 0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:42.799 Yeah, I think it's within reason. Like if people are 0:37:43.280 --> 0:37:47.680 hooping and hollering and yelling at ca Hill, but you know, 0:37:47.800 --> 0:37:51.279 and don't throw your beer on the corner until they won, 0:37:51.440 --> 0:37:54.080 and they just go nuts. What's number three? 0:37:54.120 --> 0:37:56.760 I'm excited for that United Cup. 0:37:56.960 --> 0:38:00.439 I pulled out a match that I think will be interesting, well, 0:38:00.480 --> 0:38:02.560 a session, a day session in Perth. 0:38:02.920 --> 0:38:05.480 It's on Saturday, third of Jan. And do you know 0:38:05.480 --> 0:38:06.279 why I found. 0:38:06.000 --> 0:38:08.959 It interesting because we've got Busson in there and we've 0:38:08.960 --> 0:38:11.919 got Rinda Kannek I've said that wrong probably and ben 0:38:12.000 --> 0:38:14.840 Chic and we're Rinker and we've got the mixed doubles 0:38:14.840 --> 0:38:17.120 with them. And I thought it was a really fun 0:38:17.440 --> 0:38:21.440 interesting matchup because obviously Boson she did really well being 0:38:21.840 --> 0:38:22.200 was she. 0:38:22.200 --> 0:38:26.240 A wild card or lucky loser? I wrote it down. 0:38:27.680 --> 0:38:32.800 First women's wildcard roller go semifinals since the Open era began. WHOA, 0:38:32.840 --> 0:38:35.400 that's pretty cool, so she's cool. But then Rinder Kannik 0:38:35.640 --> 0:38:39.120 he is a cousin of Vashero and made the singles 0:38:39.360 --> 0:38:42.879 finals at Shanghai with him cool. So I thought they're 0:38:42.920 --> 0:38:45.680 two interesting ones. And obviously we love Benchic and we're 0:38:45.719 --> 0:38:48.320 Rinka playing captain. 0:38:48.760 --> 0:38:51.080 But Rinda Kanick, that's the funnest name to say. 0:38:51.000 --> 0:38:52.840 It is, actually isn't It's part of the reason I 0:38:53.000 --> 0:38:54.480 chose it, but I just thought, you know, this is 0:38:54.560 --> 0:38:57.120 quite a fun matchup and I just wanted to pull 0:38:57.120 --> 0:38:57.520 out one. 0:38:57.400 --> 0:38:57.680 Of the ones. 0:38:57.719 --> 0:39:00.200 But again, one of the best things about United Cup is, 0:39:00.560 --> 0:39:02.319 unlike a lot of tennis events, you get a ticket 0:39:02.320 --> 0:39:03.680 and hope you get a good match. You know exactly 0:39:03.719 --> 0:39:06.520 what you're getting, so get on there and get your tickets. 0:39:06.800 --> 0:39:08.480 So I didn't mean that to be a plug, but 0:39:08.719 --> 0:39:12.400 it was number two. 0:39:13.160 --> 0:39:15.160 Well do you know a lot And this is a 0:39:15.160 --> 0:39:17.200 little bit of an acid the week I suppose as well. 0:39:17.200 --> 0:39:19.600 But we are seeing and you've sent me some stuff 0:39:19.640 --> 0:39:22.680 to day, we're seeing a lot of our member associations 0:39:23.280 --> 0:39:26.360 and just tiny clubs and clubs playing the one point 0:39:26.480 --> 0:39:29.680 Slam so that their players in their group can have 0:39:29.760 --> 0:39:33.160 a chance to hit the Australian one point the IO 0:39:33.280 --> 0:39:37.840 one point Slam here at Rola. Now Tennis Northern Territory 0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:42.120 are our first group to have a final that's coming 0:39:42.160 --> 0:39:45.640 up that will have our first state champion that could 0:39:45.680 --> 0:39:49.239 come down then to play here, and I just think 0:39:49.239 --> 0:39:51.680 it's such a great concept and I love it and 0:39:51.719 --> 0:39:54.640 I've loved watching the Instagram stories from around Australia and 0:39:54.680 --> 0:39:57.279 I can't wait to see what happens with it here. 0:39:57.719 --> 0:40:00.799 Obviously we have our Karas and now Oced playing, and 0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:04.120 we are announcing some other players next week as well. 0:40:04.160 --> 0:40:06.680 And you win a million bucks if you win, Yeah 0:40:06.719 --> 0:40:08.919 you do. You have to win in order to win 0:40:08.960 --> 0:40:09.600 a million dollars. 0:40:09.719 --> 0:40:10.359 Yeah, do you reckon? 0:40:10.400 --> 0:40:12.319 If you make the final, you're trying to split it 0:40:12.920 --> 0:40:15.480 before you play? The point we're talking about this. 0:40:15.719 --> 0:40:17.239 I wonder if there's a rule against that. 0:40:17.320 --> 0:40:21.000 Does that all the legalities out of it? If you 0:40:21.040 --> 0:40:22.360 can't you negotio? 0:40:22.480 --> 0:40:26.799 Like, hey, you like like Love Island, I would do that? 0:40:27.000 --> 0:40:27.439 Do you reckon? 0:40:27.440 --> 0:40:29.919 You'd way up who you're playing, or like, I don't 0:40:29.960 --> 0:40:31.200 think like anything can happen. 0:40:31.280 --> 0:40:33.400 I know me, I'd mess it up. 0:40:33.440 --> 0:40:37.279 Like what if you just but net and then you cooked, I'm. 0:40:37.160 --> 0:40:37.760 Playing an amateur. 0:40:37.800 --> 0:40:40.479 I'd still take half. I'd be so tight I reckon, 0:40:40.480 --> 0:40:42.120 I would roll over and I'd. 0:40:41.920 --> 0:40:44.719 Be so pissed. So like, yeah, I think I'm splitting it. 0:40:45.160 --> 0:40:46.560 Yeah, I think it's a good idea. 0:40:46.640 --> 0:40:49.480 Yeah, that will be fascinating to watch. But it was 0:40:49.760 --> 0:40:51.920 just a test run this year at the AO, and 0:40:51.960 --> 0:40:54.680 everyone loved it and it was really exciting. Yeah, So yeah, 0:40:55.200 --> 0:40:58.560 with some big bucks on the line. Yeah and yeah, 0:40:58.600 --> 0:41:00.359 and you win a car or something and your club 0:41:00.400 --> 0:41:01.240 gets five grand. 0:41:01.360 --> 0:41:04.359 Yeah, it's like a game show, but it's it's it's 0:41:04.640 --> 0:41:05.280 only fun. 0:41:05.520 --> 0:41:08.719 I love it. Down to Tennis Northern Territory, the. 0:41:08.719 --> 0:41:12.640 Dar Stingrays, love your logo, they're very cool, and the 0:41:12.719 --> 0:41:15.799 Darwin International Tennis Center. Right, So if that's number two, 0:41:16.040 --> 0:41:17.200 what's number one? 0:41:18.080 --> 0:41:21.080 Well, the potential that we might have finally an ourcro 0:41:21.280 --> 0:41:22.160 Center final. 0:41:22.239 --> 0:41:25.240 We were the only Slam in twenty twenty four get one. 0:41:25.440 --> 0:41:26.600 So will we get one? 0:41:27.480 --> 0:41:30.600 Hope? So well yeah, Well because where the seedings, how 0:41:30.600 --> 0:41:33.879 they work, it's the only possible opportunity for them to. 0:41:33.800 --> 0:41:36.759 Blame well they have if they if one of them, 0:41:36.880 --> 0:41:38.359 if we're going to see it, they have to get 0:41:38.360 --> 0:41:38.960 to finals. 0:41:39.120 --> 0:41:41.600 Yeah, but it's not like you know, there's any other 0:41:41.680 --> 0:41:43.640 that's it, that's something, that's that. 0:41:43.800 --> 0:41:44.720 It's that or nothing. 0:41:45.040 --> 0:41:47.880 Because last year it was Novak that took out color. 0:41:49.120 --> 0:41:54.359 Yeah and then that pulled out he did took away 0:41:54.360 --> 0:41:55.520 our dream and then went home. 0:41:56.120 --> 0:42:00.920 But is that Carlos's furthest round is got gotten the 0:42:01.320 --> 0:42:03.080 Open quarterfinals. 0:42:02.440 --> 0:42:03.719 So he's going to be under what it is? 0:42:03.719 --> 0:42:06.840 I think yeah, it's maybe one of those ones. I 0:42:06.840 --> 0:42:08.640 haven't looked into it too much, but after a bit 0:42:08.640 --> 0:42:10.480 of a break, maybe it takes him a little bit 0:42:10.520 --> 0:42:12.880 of time to get going. I was the open obviously 0:42:13.600 --> 0:42:17.600 his you know, sometimes his first tournam another year, So 0:42:17.960 --> 0:42:21.000 maybe maybe. But I think the court surface, everything should 0:42:21.120 --> 0:42:21.880 suit him here. 0:42:22.280 --> 0:42:25.239 But in the weather as well, in his wheelhouse. 0:42:24.719 --> 0:42:26.040 So it might be might be the year. 0:42:26.400 --> 0:42:29.840 Might I suggest he plays Brisbane or something so he's ready? 0:42:30.160 --> 0:42:31.960 Do we really want that final? Don't we just want 0:42:32.040 --> 0:42:32.680 Demon to come? 0:42:32.800 --> 0:42:33.440 Okay? Moving on? 0:42:33.600 --> 0:42:36.239 That's actually that's actually fair. I would do you know 0:42:36.320 --> 0:42:38.440 if I had my ultimate dreamer would be Demon? 0:42:38.800 --> 0:42:39.160 Yeah? 0:42:39.280 --> 0:42:43.040 Yeah in twenty seven no save top me to put 0:42:43.080 --> 0:42:49.359 this in anyway, Yeah, Demon Demon Demon verse Carlos. Yeah, 0:42:49.400 --> 0:42:50.200 that would get that going. 0:42:50.960 --> 0:42:53.919 We need, yeah, sooner to be taken out by someone else. 0:42:54.400 --> 0:42:56.279 Oh wow, okay, snipers, you have a green light. 0:42:56.320 --> 0:42:57.920 I don't want to have to take on both of them. 0:42:58.800 --> 0:42:59.920 Point, that's really hard to do. 0:43:00.120 --> 0:43:01.960 So I think we need to see one of them 0:43:02.000 --> 0:43:05.560 lose earlier in someone else, and then you cruise through 0:43:06.239 --> 0:43:07.719 Demons demable. 0:43:08.040 --> 0:43:08.719 I'd agree with that. 0:43:09.080 --> 0:43:09.200 Ye. 0:43:09.440 --> 0:43:12.200 When he's tuning in craig'sist in his office listening. 0:43:13.080 --> 0:43:16.480 My first thing is listening to it is always is 0:43:17.200 --> 0:43:17.680 good times. 0:43:17.680 --> 0:43:19.600 Well, thank you, brace. That was that was a long 0:43:19.719 --> 0:43:21.600 but I must say, very enjoyable. Top five. 0:43:21.840 --> 0:43:23.160 Okay, well I'm broke. 0:43:23.200 --> 0:43:25.120 Okay, it's trying to be crazy to realize it was long. 0:43:25.280 --> 0:43:28.640 I went on for a while. No, well done, well done, 0:43:28.680 --> 0:43:33.400 my done, thank you. He smashed it, Thank you Hill. Okay. 0:43:33.600 --> 0:43:36.920 So as we finish up this episode of the Tennis 0:43:37.080 --> 0:43:39.160 we ask our panel, what is your ace of the week? 0:43:39.239 --> 0:43:41.200 Something that's happened this week or it's coming up in 0:43:41.280 --> 0:43:44.719 the next seven days that you're most happy about, something 0:43:44.800 --> 0:43:46.520 sparked a bit of joy. What's the rest of the week? 0:43:46.680 --> 0:43:50.080 Start with you, Bree, Well, I had my birthday last week, 0:43:50.719 --> 0:43:54.640 so this week and I'm doing nothing, thank you. I 0:43:54.680 --> 0:43:57.440 had a lot of fun and I'm now tired and 0:43:57.480 --> 0:43:59.080 I've been tired all week, so I'm doing nothing on 0:43:59.120 --> 0:43:59.560 the weekend. 0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:01.960 Great, what we do when we get rest in recovery? 0:44:02.040 --> 0:44:02.320 Yeah? 0:44:02.480 --> 0:44:03.680 Okay, Well, how do your birthday? 0:44:03.719 --> 0:44:04.360 Thank you? 0:44:04.360 --> 0:44:07.920 You don't look four days over forty one takes four 0:44:07.960 --> 0:44:10.879 days Part two birthday, But what's your ace of the week? 0:44:11.440 --> 0:44:13.200 I think kickstarting preseason. 0:44:13.640 --> 0:44:16.239 You know, I've just come back from Bali, just had 0:44:16.239 --> 0:44:18.440 a wedding in wan Gerada over the weekend. 0:44:18.440 --> 0:44:20.000 On you for not going to the mould Dives like 0:44:20.080 --> 0:44:21.200 every other buddy with WS. 0:44:21.560 --> 0:44:22.880 You know what, if I had a free trip to 0:44:22.880 --> 0:44:24.359 the Maldives, I wouldn't say no. 0:44:24.560 --> 0:44:26.759 So I just didn't get that off, you know. 0:44:27.400 --> 0:44:30.120 But yeah, I am excited to get back on court, 0:44:30.480 --> 0:44:32.919 get back into training. I feel like I was eating 0:44:32.920 --> 0:44:34.840 so much food and so much good food in Bali 0:44:34.880 --> 0:44:38.080 that I almost felt guilty that now I'm excited to 0:44:38.080 --> 0:44:38.480 work out. 0:44:38.520 --> 0:44:40.359 So yeah, that's probably my when you wake up here, 0:44:40.400 --> 0:44:42.200 Oh I could go a little Nazi gooring for breakfast. 0:44:42.880 --> 0:44:45.399 No chance eat your avocado. No good on you? 0:44:45.440 --> 0:44:51.160 Look mine is you know, obviously transitioning into coaching. Coaching 0:44:51.719 --> 0:44:55.680 claiers all different levels and ages. And one of my players, 0:44:55.719 --> 0:44:58.320 a twenty four year old, got his first ATP point yesterday. 0:44:58.400 --> 0:45:01.680 Oh that's awesome in Indiana. So I won't embarrass him. 0:45:01.719 --> 0:45:04.879 But we've been working him as a child. Yeah, we've 0:45:04.920 --> 0:45:06.799 been working throughout the year and there was just a 0:45:06.800 --> 0:45:09.040 little bit of satisfaction, like we've done a good job. 0:45:09.080 --> 0:45:11.359 And at the start of the road and I tuned in. 0:45:11.840 --> 0:45:13.480 He was up a set and a break lost. It 0:45:13.480 --> 0:45:15.399 got a little bit tight, maybe, but he finished it off. 0:45:15.440 --> 0:45:16.200 So very proud of him. 0:45:16.239 --> 0:45:16.840 Oh that's awesome. 0:45:16.880 --> 0:45:19.000 It's amazing I've done to both of you. 0:45:20.560 --> 0:45:23.880 As for me, my ace of the week, I am finally, 0:45:24.280 --> 0:45:27.520 after thirty nine years, living out one of my all 0:45:27.560 --> 0:45:31.239 time goals. This afternoon, we're having like a big department 0:45:31.320 --> 0:45:33.239 meeting where we talk about things been. Afterwards, we're going 0:45:33.239 --> 0:45:35.880 to the pub and we're having pub trivia and I'm hosting. 0:45:36.320 --> 0:45:39.120 I get to host my very own pub trivia. Never 0:45:39.120 --> 0:45:41.960 done it, always wanted to do it. I've been laboring 0:45:41.960 --> 0:45:44.719 over these questions. The format, how many rounds? Is their 0:45:44.760 --> 0:45:48.120 picture questions? We get one question here, so I'll give 0:45:48.160 --> 0:45:53.480 you one. What is a group of pandas called so 0:45:53.600 --> 0:45:56.799 like a murder of crows? Heard of this? What is 0:45:56.800 --> 0:46:00.600 a collective term for pandas and ammonium? 0:46:00.680 --> 0:46:01.120 I don't know. 0:46:01.440 --> 0:46:05.799 That's a pretty good Yeah, a cuddle. You're not You're 0:46:05.840 --> 0:46:08.160 not far off in the sense of it doesn't. It's weird. 0:46:08.560 --> 0:46:13.960 It is an embarrassment, an embarrassment of pandas. You get 0:46:14.000 --> 0:46:16.480 you get a free point. So do you guys. Well, 0:46:16.480 --> 0:46:18.719 before we do wrap up next week, we've got the 0:46:18.760 --> 0:46:21.960 new can metal. You're going yes as a plus one? 0:46:21.960 --> 0:46:22.640 Are you're invited? 0:46:23.360 --> 0:46:24.560 It doesn't matter on there. 0:46:24.600 --> 0:46:27.319 It sounds like, well you'll be there. 0:46:27.360 --> 0:46:27.879 I'll be there. 0:46:27.960 --> 0:46:29.880 Absolutely, you'll be there. We're on the same table. 0:46:30.080 --> 0:46:30.600 Yeah. 0:46:30.680 --> 0:46:32.080 I like to have a lot of fun right on 0:46:32.120 --> 0:46:35.080 the front. I'm sure dead center, right at. 0:46:35.000 --> 0:46:38.200 The back, hidden actually behind the curtains. 0:46:39.080 --> 0:46:41.440 You can't keep me quiet, just tucking a drinks back there. 0:46:41.480 --> 0:46:45.000 Absolutely bring the piper this way. Yeah, some great nominees. 0:46:45.000 --> 0:46:47.040 It's going to be pretty exciting. You know, there's some 0:46:47.080 --> 0:46:49.360 clear favorites at the front. But I'm sure we'll have 0:46:49.400 --> 0:46:52.640 a full breakdown next week on the tennis about the nukes. 0:46:53.320 --> 0:46:56.000 For now, like, subscribe, let us know what you want 0:46:56.000 --> 0:46:58.080 to do, follow us on socials. Thanks for listening. Drive 0:46:58.120 --> 0:47:01.560 safe wherever you are, See you later. 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