WEBVTT - The Sit-Down with Marta Kostyuk

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<v Speaker 1>Hi everyone, and welcome to the AO Show and another

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<v Speaker 1>episode of the sit Down. I'm Vic Christi of Australian

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<v Speaker 1>Tennis Magazine and it's great to be joined by my

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<v Speaker 1>colleague Mattrolope of oz open dot Com. Great to be

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<v Speaker 1>chatting tennis with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Again, Matt.

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<v Speaker 3>It's good to be back Viv for the second edition

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<v Speaker 3>of the sit Down. If listeners didn't hear, last week,

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<v Speaker 3>we debuted this new podcast stream, which features interviews and

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<v Speaker 3>in depth chats with people in the tennis industry. We

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<v Speaker 3>featured an interview that Nick mccavil did with Yanick Sinner

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<v Speaker 3>during his title run at the Australian Open, which is

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<v Speaker 3>a really good listen. I'd encourage everyone to go back

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<v Speaker 3>and check that out. And this week we're back with

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<v Speaker 3>another interesting guest. Who have we got on this week?

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<v Speaker 1>Today we actually talked to Marta Kostyuk. So Marta caught

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<v Speaker 1>up with Andrea Petkovich in January at a great time

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<v Speaker 1>in her.

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<v Speaker 3>Career, Absolutely a great time because she's had an incredible

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<v Speaker 3>start to twenty twenty four and after this chat she's

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<v Speaker 3>gone on to continue that form. Got her first top

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<v Speaker 3>five win in San Diego. She went on to make

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<v Speaker 3>the semi finals of Indian Wells. She's on the brink

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<v Speaker 3>of the top twenty five. It's all kind of coming

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<v Speaker 3>together for her. And what I loved about this chat

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<v Speaker 3>is that she kind of goes into the weeds of

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<v Speaker 3>what have been the ingredients behind her rise and how

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<v Speaker 3>she's gotten to this point and how she's trending in

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<v Speaker 3>the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, everything is trending out for Marta, really, and let's

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<v Speaker 1>hear what she has to say.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, don Marta into the quarterfinals for the first time,

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<v Speaker 2>and what a performance it was. I saw a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of variety. You want, twenty one out of twenty nine

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<v Speaker 2>points at the net? Yes, not that at all. Are

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<v Speaker 2>those the things you worked on in the off season?

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<v Speaker 2>What are the things you implemented to get to your

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<v Speaker 2>quarterfinals for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think there is anything specific that we worked on,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, like, Okay, let's work on this specific shot.

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<v Speaker 4>But I think it was just more the you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I used to have like very chaotic game. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>I could do a lot of things, but they were

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<v Speaker 4>never really in the proper order. So I think we've

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<v Speaker 4>been working more more like having how do I say, it's.

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<v Speaker 2>More structure, Yeah, more.

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<v Speaker 4>Structure, yeah in my game, So yeah, it's you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it makes me feel more I forgot English. Sorry, it

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<v Speaker 4>makes a.

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<v Speaker 2>Big day for the first time.

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<v Speaker 4>It makes me feel more like confident on the court,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, like on important points. I know that I

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<v Speaker 4>will not just decide something that I've never done in

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<v Speaker 4>my life. So yeah, I think this is the main work. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice, And you are a very expressive player. I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I have to know the score. I

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<v Speaker 2>take a look at you, and I know whether it's

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<v Speaker 2>going well or whether it's not going well. How do

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<v Speaker 2>you channel these emotions that you have to play your

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<v Speaker 2>best tennis?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I don't like to be very expressive, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>but there are just you know, sometimes I'm better, but

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<v Speaker 4>sometimes it's really I wish it would be better. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't know. I think, like naturally, I'm very emotional person

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<v Speaker 4>and very open and open minded, and it's not always easy,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, to be calm and how do they say it,

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<v Speaker 4>like very stable and like you also, yeah, I just

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<v Speaker 4>I try to accept myself, you know, because I don't

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<v Speaker 4>think at certain point it just doesn't make sense to

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<v Speaker 4>fight yourself, you know, because there are just emotions that

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<v Speaker 4>are going through my head or through me that I

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<v Speaker 4>just cannot not express, cannot hide. And yeah, I think

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<v Speaker 4>I've been spending a lot of energy at times fighting

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<v Speaker 4>myself being the way I'm not. And yeah, of course

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<v Speaker 4>I still have to always look for this balance that

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<v Speaker 4>is not too much. That it doesn't you know, change

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<v Speaker 4>my game, that it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>How do I say it.

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<v Speaker 3>That it?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that it doesn't you know, make me play worse

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<v Speaker 4>in a way. So, but you know we're getting there slowly.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean to the quarterfinals. Now I'm not sure,

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<v Speaker 2>but maybe you got married? Yeah I did? Then, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>there it is, show it off and then you reached

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<v Speaker 2>the quarterfinals. Should you have gotten married before that? No, No,

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<v Speaker 2>it does.

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<v Speaker 4>Honestly. It's like I don't feel like it's too early,

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<v Speaker 4>but you know, I'm very young, and at times I'm like, whoa,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm only twenty one. If if we were married for

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<v Speaker 4>ten years, I will be only thirty one, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's like.

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<v Speaker 4>It was a very good decision. You know, I'm very happy,

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<v Speaker 4>but you know, I don't think I would want to

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<v Speaker 4>do it efore. Yeah, even earlier.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, I hope if anybody has time to check

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<v Speaker 2>on Instagram, there are beautiful photos of you to congratulations.

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<v Speaker 2>Another thing I came across your Instagram is I saw

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<v Speaker 2>you on a surfboard and you had an amazing comment.

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<v Speaker 2>You said, at least she died doing what she loves.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you get, of course Australia's beautiful beaches. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>have time to do some surfing here in Australia or

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<v Speaker 2>were you too busy winning.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't do any surfing in Australia and I don't

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<v Speaker 4>think I will because I'm very scared of the oceans

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<v Speaker 4>of the water. Yeah. So when we were in surfing

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<v Speaker 4>in La, there were sting rays. So my husband saw

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<v Speaker 4>a sting ray and we flew off like from the water.

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<v Speaker 4>But then we came back because we were like, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>we will die, but at least we will die doing

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<v Speaker 4>what we love. And then I tried surfing in Maldives.

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<v Speaker 4>We were we had our honeymoon there and I almost died,

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<v Speaker 4>but really I almost died. Yeah, I the waves were

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<v Speaker 4>bigger than we thought. They were probably like five times

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<v Speaker 4>bigger than in La, and we just, you know, we

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<v Speaker 4>just because it was our second time we were too

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<v Speaker 4>sure of ourselves, you know. And in Maldives there are rocks,

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<v Speaker 4>so where the wave breaks in the rocks and I

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<v Speaker 4>couldn't get out of it. So I was hit by

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<v Speaker 4>a wave twice, like I was right in this curve

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<v Speaker 4>and yeah, I was out of breath. So I almost died.

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<v Speaker 4>So then the next day we went surfing again, of course,

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<v Speaker 4>and I tried again and I managed to get up.

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<v Speaker 4>But it's very I think it's it's very dangerous. So

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<v Speaker 4>you have to pick like times and days where when

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<v Speaker 4>you can do it. But yeah, don't think in Australia.

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<v Speaker 4>Is a lot of sharks here, and yeah, I'm traumatized

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<v Speaker 4>from Maldives already.

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<v Speaker 2>So basically what you're saying, if you want to be

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<v Speaker 2>as successful as Marta Costuok reached the quarter finals, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to get married and then almost die. Yeah. Perfect,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll take that. Yes, thank you very much, thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks viv Mana Costjuoc has achieved way more in her

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<v Speaker 3>life at age twenty one. I'm thirty seven, and I

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<v Speaker 3>it piles into insignificant. So I just listened to her talk.

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<v Speaker 3>She's married, she's achieving all this great stuff, she's barely

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<v Speaker 3>out of university age in Australia. I just think her

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<v Speaker 3>age is such a staggering element about her rise. It

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<v Speaker 3>feels like she's been around for such a long time.

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<v Speaker 3>And then yeah, when she says that, you're kind of like, oh, wow,

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<v Speaker 3>you're just in your formative years.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I mean, I'm not thirty seven. I wish

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<v Speaker 1>I was thirty seven. I'm a little bit older than that.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish i'd achieved half of what Marta has achieved.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean she was only what fourteen when she won

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<v Speaker 1>the Australian Open Girls title in twenty seventeen. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's partly why we forget that she's still so young,

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<v Speaker 1>because she did so much so early in her career.

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<v Speaker 3>Remember that year or two when she used to win

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<v Speaker 3>things and she would backflip because she was doing gymnastics

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<v Speaker 3>or acrobatics. What if she was doing she'd celebrate like

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<v Speaker 3>if titles and junior titles with a backflip, and you

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<v Speaker 3>know it'd be nicely. She brought that back.

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<v Speaker 1>She's so much fun on court, isn't she. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>I loved listening to her say that she used to

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<v Speaker 1>have a very chaotic game, and you know she's trying

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<v Speaker 1>to channel her emotions in a really positive way. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think she's doing all of those things, but I

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<v Speaker 1>also think those are are what makes her so fun.

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<v Speaker 3>It struck me when she described her game as chaotic.

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<v Speaker 3>What a great word to you use in not your

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<v Speaker 3>native language, but also to me the layman watching her

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<v Speaker 3>play her game didn't look chaotic like I mean, she

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<v Speaker 3>was so talented. She had all the shots. I guess

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<v Speaker 3>maybe at that high level though, where you're discerning and

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<v Speaker 3>you know you need to play with patterns and the

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<v Speaker 3>right kind of tactics and things like that, her version

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<v Speaker 3>before she was doing that was chaotic. But she had

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<v Speaker 3>all of the ingredients. I guess she just can't kind

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<v Speaker 3>of put them in the right order. And that's been

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<v Speaker 3>happening a lot under her coach, Sandro Zanievska.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yeah, and she's one of the few players on

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<v Speaker 1>tour to have a women's coach, and she's talked about

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<v Speaker 1>how that really works for her, Like she talks about

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<v Speaker 1>how she communicates, she understands that the way they communicate together,

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<v Speaker 1>and yeah, it seems to be just a really great

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<v Speaker 1>package for her.

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<v Speaker 3>I also loved hearing her being interviewed by Andrea Pekovic.

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<v Speaker 3>She's got a great energy. What an addition to our team.

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<v Speaker 3>She was into the world feed of the Australian Open

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<v Speaker 3>as she was doing on court interviews, and she was

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<v Speaker 3>in the commentary booth and I really enjoyed her insights.

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<v Speaker 3>It must be really cool for a tennis player to

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<v Speaker 3>get interviewed by another pro that understands them. I think

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<v Speaker 3>she helped bring out a lot in costure in that chat.

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<v Speaker 1>I think she really brought out the fun in her

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<v Speaker 1>I loved Andrea's really cheeky question about marriage and she

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<v Speaker 1>should should she have got married earlier?

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<v Speaker 3>I thought that was so much fun and showed up.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm assuming that was a reference to The Ring.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And yeah I hope that everyone did

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<v Speaker 1>check out the Instagram photos because of her wedding because

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<v Speaker 1>they are stunning and she you know, she had her

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<v Speaker 1>dress designed by Wilson.

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<v Speaker 3>And a Cypress location. I think, yeah, my.

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<v Speaker 1>Gosh, what a few months that she's had.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be back next week with another episode of the

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<v Speaker 1>sit Down. In the meantime, John on the Team return

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday with the AO Show Weekly.

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