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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the sitdown. I'm viv Christie, managing

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Speaker 1: editor of Australian Tennis magazine, and.

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Speaker 2: I'm Metrolope, a writer and editor for oz open dot com.

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Speaker 1: And Matt. Why are we sitting down this week with

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Speaker 1: Katie balta well View?

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Speaker 2: First of all, I was sad this week not to

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Speaker 2: be joined by you for this chat, but you were

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Speaker 2: getting a much deserved break after a huge summer of

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Speaker 2: tennis in January. But we were lucky enough to be

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Speaker 2: joined by Katie in Merida. She joined us on a

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Speaker 2: video call where she's competing this week, and yeah, fantastic

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Speaker 2: timing to catch up with her, given that not long

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Speaker 2: ago she won the WTA title in Ostrava to get

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Speaker 2: back inside the top one hundred and she looks on

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Speaker 2: course trending back towards that top twenty five ranking that

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Speaker 2: she held I think just over a year ago.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and isn't that a fantastic start to her new

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Speaker 1: coaching partnership with Michael Joyce and Matt. You touched on

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Speaker 1: such a wide variety of subjects, from British tennis to

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Speaker 1: her time spent with Royalty and her Ozzie connection. Of course,

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Speaker 1: through Alex.

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Speaker 2: Dimino, Katie Bolter. Great to see you. Thank you very

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Speaker 2: much for joining us today on the sit Down podcast.

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Speaker 3: How are You No Worries? Thank you so much for

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Speaker 3: having me.

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Speaker 4: I am currently a little jet lagged and exhausted, but

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Speaker 4: I'm very happy to be here and on the faith

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Speaker 2: Where in the world do we find you? Why are

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Speaker 4: I am currently in Marinda getting ready for my first

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Speaker 2: I wanted to say, first of all, congratulations on what's

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Speaker 2: been a great start to the year for you. Because

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Speaker 2: you're WTA title in Ostrava the other week. How did

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it's funny because I feel like last

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Speaker 3: It just gives me such a good feeling to see

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Speaker 4: So it felt extra special, and yeah, it was a

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Speaker 2: You've actually now played five WTA level finals and you've

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Speaker 2: won four of them, which is an excellent record. And

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Speaker 3: I think it's a really yeah.

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Speaker 4: So for me, I find that by the time I

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Speaker 4: I just wasn't really sure what like my true identity

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Speaker 4: give myself many moments last year. I went tournament as

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Speaker 4: But at the same time, I think it really did

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Speaker 4: I may have ended up in tennis places because of

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Speaker 2: Sometimes we definitely do want to get into the new

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Speaker 4: So I have a lot of found that played tennis.

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Speaker 4: I think my whole entire mom's side, they absolutely love it.

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Speaker 3: My family. Yeah, that's how I started.

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Speaker 3: She is, she is the goat.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you can't compare her to anyone, and someone like

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Speaker 4: Serena I actually have played against. I met her, God,

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Speaker 4: I met her ages ago. I played her in Hotman

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Speaker 4: scared probably the wrong word. I think I was just starstruck.

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Speaker 4: I was starstruck. I was like, this woman is, she

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Speaker 3: But it was definitely it was. It was difficult.

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Speaker 4: the point that I just loved working with Billiana so

445
00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,880
Speaker 4: much that we went full to and yeah, I mean

446
00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,000
Speaker 4: she she helped me kind of get to one of

447
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,000
Speaker 4: my well, my career high ranking and we went through

448
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000
Speaker 4: many milestones together.

449
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,800
Speaker 3: But it felt really good having a female coach.

450
00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,040
Speaker 4: Obviously there's not many more, you know, many out there,

451
00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,160
Speaker 4: and it was actually, you know before that the only

452
00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,040
Speaker 4: female coach I would have had was my mum so

453
00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,480
Speaker 4: and she was probably one of the first people to

454
00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,720
Speaker 4: bring me into tennis. So it felt very familiar. And yeah,

455
00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,720
Speaker 4: I really did I really did like it.

456
00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,359
Speaker 2: And as you alluded to earlier, you've had a coaching

457
00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,040
Speaker 2: personnel change. You see, You've started working with Michael Joyce.

458
00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,960
Speaker 2: He is famous for working with Sharapova and also Jess

459
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,560
Speaker 2: Pagoula and a lot of other top WTA players. So

460
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Speaker 2: what perspective has he brought to your game? I guess

461
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,399
Speaker 2: now in the second, second, or third month of working with.

462
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Speaker 4: Him, Yeah, I think. Look, I mean, I think a

463
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,359
Speaker 4: sense of calm is probably the biggest thing that I

464
00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:57,440
Speaker 4: found working with him. I think he is very experienced.

465
00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,480
Speaker 4: I always said to myself that I felt like I

466
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,600
Speaker 4: could get my ranking back up. Obviously, having dropped down

467
00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,399
Speaker 4: the rankings end of last year, it was obviously a

468
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,200
Speaker 4: goal to get myself back to a good place again,

469
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,440
Speaker 4: and that was my first goal and above anything else.

470
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,440
Speaker 4: But then my second goal was when I do get

471
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,360
Speaker 4: to that point, I wanted someone.

472
00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:16,040
Speaker 3: That could take me further.

473
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,480
Speaker 4: I wanted someone that had been in that position before,

474
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,239
Speaker 4: winning slams and doing well in the bigger weeks, and

475
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,960
Speaker 4: I think that was a huge reason why I wanted

476
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,720
Speaker 4: to speak to him. Obviously, the timing happened to be

477
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,639
Speaker 4: that they that he'd finished with the player that he

478
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,760
Speaker 4: was working with and they'd split.

479
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,920
Speaker 3: So it was it was just a timing thing. I

480
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,800
Speaker 3: think that really kind of worked.

481
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,399
Speaker 4: I'd seen him around a lot and I felt like

482
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Speaker 4: I liked his kind of aura, and you know, I

483
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,080
Speaker 4: thought he was a good guy, so I really wanted

484
00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,159
Speaker 4: to try it and see what he was like in

485
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,000
Speaker 4: the team. But I think for me, it's nice to

486
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,320
Speaker 4: have a sense ofcom and someone that you feel like

487
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,320
Speaker 4: believes in you and has, you know, paid the game himself,

488
00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,360
Speaker 4: so he knows what he's kind of looking to improve

489
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,520
Speaker 4: and looking to do as a player. I always find

490
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,720
Speaker 4: that really interesting to hear those things. And yeah, I

491
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,359
Speaker 4: think he has a really good way of coreaching. So

492
00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,680
Speaker 4: I'm in Trine drows is still very early on. It's

493
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,359
Speaker 4: working so far, and we'll see how we go.

494
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely very promising. Signs early back to when you

495
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,159
Speaker 2: cracked the top twenty five. That actually was quite historic

496
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 2: for British tennis that we went back and had a

497
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,000
Speaker 2: look and you were just I'm not sure if you

498
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,679
Speaker 2: know this, but you were only the fourth British woman

499
00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,359
Speaker 2: in like the last forty years to do that. So

500
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,200
Speaker 2: there was Joe Jury in the eighties and then there

501
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:38,320
Speaker 2: was Joe Conta, Emma Rajakanu and you. So how meaningful

502
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 2: was that to yeah, join I think, I guess, yeah,

503
00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,160
Speaker 2: some like great British names doing something that not many

504
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:44,560
Speaker 2: have done.

505
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I.

506
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a really cool stay. I didn't know that,

507
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:51,240
Speaker 3: so that's fun.

508
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,920
Speaker 2: We love a stat Yeah, we love.

509
00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:54,640
Speaker 3: A stat exactly.

510
00:22:55,119 --> 00:23:00,240
Speaker 4: I started my career actually with Djoko being one of

511
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,600
Speaker 4: the leading ladies and I always remember being so inspired

512
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,560
Speaker 4: watching her. And it's funny because she worked with Michael,

513
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,240
Speaker 4: so it's actually probably the first time that I ever

514
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,280
Speaker 4: met Michael was out in toc when he was working

515
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,680
Speaker 4: with Jogo, so it's like it's kind of like a

516
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,960
Speaker 4: full circle thing. It's strange, but yeah, I mean she's

517
00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 4: incredible and what she managed to achieve, and actually she

518
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,960
Speaker 4: was someone that kind of did it quite late as well,

519
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 4: And I think that's kind of resonated with me because

520
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 4: I wasn't, you know, the very first person as sixteen

521
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,199
Speaker 4: years old to come and win three slams. Like I

522
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 4: was never going to be that person. I was kind

523
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 4: of like a ticking time bomb. I needed a bit

524
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,440
Speaker 4: of time to kind of get my groove and then

525
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 4: hopefully do well, you know, like it took me a

526
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:43,760
Speaker 4: bit of time to be a bit later. And I

527
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,119
Speaker 4: think that's the journey in the beauty of tennis, is

528
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 4: that there's no right way or wrong way rights. It's

529
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,520
Speaker 4: just very personal and every persons different. And I happened

530
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,639
Speaker 4: to be someone that took a while. So actually, Joco

531
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,919
Speaker 4: was someone I really watched a lot of because I

532
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,280
Speaker 4: felt like I be very much like her, and she

533
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 4: came through late and then you know, she was top ten,

534
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 4: and yeah, it was so impressive to see her run.

535
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 4: So I always had a lot of admiration for her.

536
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 4: And then obviously going into like Emma and what she did,

537
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, I mean, I don't even have word

538
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,119
Speaker 4: spirit it was. I mean, it was magical. Is no

539
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 4: one like I don't even have words to describe what

540
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,160
Speaker 4: that was. That was just something else that will never

541
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 4: be replicated with tennis. And yeah, what a truly special

542
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,719
Speaker 4: moment that was. So to be a part of those people,

543
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 4: I mean, that's pretty awesome. Obviously I know Joe Jory

544
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,320
Speaker 4: as well. I've been on the court with Joe a

545
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,560
Speaker 4: few times as well, So pretty cool. And yeah, I'm

546
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 4: obviously happy to be a part of that group and

547
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:42,880
Speaker 4: to have made top twenty five.

548
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,200
Speaker 3: I want more, but it was really cool.

549
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:51,320
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, Well there's a group of you trending up now.

550
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,360
Speaker 2: British women's tennis seems to be in a pretty strong

551
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 2: place because obviously Emma's back in the top thirty, You've

552
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,200
Speaker 2: returned to the top one hundred after Ostrava and now

553
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 2: sun A Cartel in the top one hundred. Friend Jones

554
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 2: is on the rise. So there's four of you and

555
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 2: more coming. What's the mood like around British tennis or

556
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,919
Speaker 2: British women's tennis at the moment.

557
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, but if Shannis in general, I feel

558
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 4: like we've been improving for a while. I think it's

559
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 4: like one of those things that we're secretly improving, you know,

560
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 4: we kind of all just get to work and do

561
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 4: what we need to do behind the scenes. And you know,

562
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 4: I also know that there's going to be a lot

563
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,680
Speaker 4: of pressure and a lot of a lot of eyes

564
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 4: on British girls in general, which you know that probably

565
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 4: not as much on some other people around Wimbledon times.

566
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,479
Speaker 4: So there's always going to be a lot of opinions on,

567
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,439
Speaker 4: you know, how well we're doing and how we're not.

568
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,920
Speaker 4: And I think, you know, for me myself, I kind

569
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,040
Speaker 4: of just focus on myself and try and keep myself

570
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 4: in my own little bubble and keep improving and take

571
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:47,880
Speaker 4: care of my own backyard.

572
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 3: I think that's so important.

573
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 4: But I think as a whole, it's so great to

574
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 4: see the girls doing so well.

575
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 3: I've loved seeing son Ay. She is so fun to watch.

576
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 4: I saw her win her first tight and I mean,

577
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 4: I yeah, I mean, I'm so happy for her. She's

578
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 4: a great person, let alone great tennis player, and I

579
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 4: you know, I'm never going to put pressure on her,

580
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,119
Speaker 4: but I genuinely think she's going to be She's going

581
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,439
Speaker 4: to be a really really good tennis byer. She's already

582
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 4: a great one, but I think she's got a lot

583
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 4: of a lot of miles to go, and I.

584
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,240
Speaker 3: Think she's going to get better and better.

585
00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,880
Speaker 4: So yeah, I'm very pleased to see her doing well

586
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 4: and obviously Fran as well.

587
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 3: One incredible story.

588
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:26,119
Speaker 4: That is, I mean, what she is doing is you know,

589
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 4: it's not comparable to anything else. I mean, you know,

590
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 4: with what she has, it's it's, yeah, an inspiration to

591
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,920
Speaker 4: everyone to show people what can be done, and there

592
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 4: literally are no limits. So I'm yeah, it's so great

593
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,360
Speaker 4: to see her doing well and obviously being back where

594
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 4: she belongs, and she'll only get higher. So yeah, I

595
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 4: feel like we're in a great place and we are

596
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,960
Speaker 4: starting to push people and get more and more people

597
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 4: in the top handond and I'm sure there'll be a

598
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 4: few more youngsters coming along soon. Obviously we've got a

599
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 4: great group of girls coming through Hannah, Meeka, mem I mean,

600
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 4: the list is pretty long. So yeah, great to see

601
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 4: that we are really coming through somewhere and yeah, getting

602
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 4: what we deserve. But yeah, obviously we've got to keep

603
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 4: working hard and keep maintaining what we're doing, and I

604
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 4: hope that everyone gets what they deserve.

605
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 3: Well.

606
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,480
Speaker 2: We're taking a particularly keen interest in what's going on

607
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 2: in British women's tennis because Australia play Great Britain in

608
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 2: Billy Drinking Cup in two months time down here in Melbourne. Yes,

609
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 2: and this is obviously a competition you're. Part of your

610
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 2: career story is how well you've performed in Billy Jinking

611
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,679
Speaker 2: Cup for Great Britain. Your record's very positive. Can we

612
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 2: expect to see you down in Melbourne in April.

613
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 3: I'm not going to give my secrets away.

614
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 5: I mean no, I mean look, I mean I am

615
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,200
Speaker 5: very much enemies of Australia right now.

616
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 4: I love you guys, but I'm not giving anything away.

617
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 5: We will have a great team out ready for Australia

618
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 5: no matter what. So we'll be ready regardless of who's

619
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 5: playing and who isn't. So yeah, I mean look, it's

620
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,200
Speaker 5: going to be a super fun tie. We always love

621
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:08,040
Speaker 5: playing Australia.

622
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 4: We have battles with them and no matter what happens, yeah,

623
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:14,479
Speaker 4: it's it'll be a good one.

624
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 3: It'll be a show for sure.

625
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 2: I will get to the Australia connection towards the end.

626
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 2: But I just wanted to ask you one more thing.

627
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,640
Speaker 2: Being a British player and having Wimbledon, which is obviously

628
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 2: off the Slams, it's so unique and historic like having

629
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 2: that as your home Slam. What is that like as

630
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 2: a as a pro tennis player.

631
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 3: Honestly, I can't even describe it to you because I

632
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 3: feel so privileged.

633
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 4: I feel so lucky to be a British player at Wimbledon.

634
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 4: It's it's a presence that you feel when you walk

635
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 4: onto the grounds. And also to know that it's part

636
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 4: of your history, it's part of the country's history. It

637
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 4: kind of adds a level on top of that, which is, yeah,

638
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 4: it's very very special. I mean I never take for

639
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 4: granted walking onto the grounds. I actually train a lot

640
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 4: there myself. I'm lucky enough to be a member there,

641
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 4: so I spend as much as I possibly can every

642
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 4: single day at the center because I just I think

643
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,959
Speaker 4: it just adds a level of I don't even know,

644
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 4: it adds a level of excitement and happiness just to

645
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 4: be there.

646
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 3: It's almost like mental happy place. So yeah, I can't

647
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 3: explain this.

648
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 4: Like to have a full British crab roaring for you

649
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 4: on centre court, that's something that I actually get like

650
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 4: goosebumps and tingles when I think about that. I just yeah,

651
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 4: I mean, obviously there's a few people that have definitely

652
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 4: experienced it, but I mean, yeah, it'll go up there

653
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 4: as some of the best best moments of my life

654
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 4: for sure, being on that court and what an iconic

655
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 4: core is as well. You know, I've I watched so

656
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 4: many matches there from my childhood, so all means that

657
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 4: much more knowing that, you know, I'm lucky enough to

658
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 4: have stepped onto that court and played as well and

659
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 4: actually got some of my best wins there.

660
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 2: And also Wimbledon, there was that famous moment where you

661
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 2: sat with Princess Catherine. I think that was in twenty nineteen.

662
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 2: She might have been watching Harriet play and then she

663
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 2: came and watched you play a couple of days later.

664
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 2: Tell us about that connection, because that's pretty cool.

665
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, that was a really that was quite a surreal

666
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 4: moment because obviously I actually never met her at that

667
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 4: point before, and I got kind of got a phone

668
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 4: call from one of the like the wind Wooden, yeah,

669
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 4: the wim Wooden committee there, and they asked me if

670
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 4: I would like to sit and keep her accompany her

671
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 4: to watch a match. And I actually had had quite

672
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 4: a difficult time with my back that was right before that,

673
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 4: so I'd been struggling. I'd been struggling with my body

674
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 4: and what have you, and I was in quite quite

675
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 4: a tough place and to actually get the opportunity to

676
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 4: do that and to experience something like that was, Yeah,

677
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 4: it was.

678
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 3: It was a moment I remember, that's for sure.

679
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 4: I just remember speaking to her, and you know, just

680
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 4: the way that she was talking about tennis. You could

681
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 4: see the passion that she had, and I think those

682
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 4: are the types of people that you know, you want

683
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 4: to have conversations with because you share so much in common.

684
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 4: But yeah, it felt like a real life moment where

685
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 4: you're like, oh, I'm a princess. I'm literally sitting next

686
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 4: to a princess. So yeah, it was. It was not

687
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 4: an everyday kind of thing, that's for sure. It was

688
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 4: not an everyday thing. And yeah, I just remember how

689
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 4: pretty and stunning she was. I was just like in awe, literally.

690
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 2: That's awesome. I love that story. You alluded to it before.

691
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 2: Obviously you're not enemy number one in Australia, but there

692
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 2: is that connection you have with Australia because of your

693
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 2: relationship with Alex Steamen all. How would with that him

694
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 2: being your fiancee Howard home do you feel when you

695
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,479
Speaker 2: come to Australia given that it's his country.

696
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the last few years have been I

697
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 3: mean I've kind of been able to share.

698
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 4: Share a lot of great memories with Alex in Australia

699
00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 4: because it's.

700
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 3: Where we first met as well, so I feel like we.

701
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 4: Have so many happy places there and then to be

702
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 4: able to share that with everyone. Obviously, last year after

703
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 4: getting engaged, or yet for last getting engaged, I felt

704
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 4: so like indoctrinated by the Australian public. I felt like

705
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 4: everyone was right behind me. I felt I don't know,

706
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,479
Speaker 4: I felt so special. I don't know, it sounds crazy,

707
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 4: but I felt really Yeah, it was so sweet to

708
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 4: kind of see people come out and just because of

709
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 4: my affiliation with him and just to support me, it

710
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 4: meant a lot to me actually, And I see it

711
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 4: as like my second home, which is probably the nicest

712
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 4: thing about it. I get to start my season at

713
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 4: my second home, and I don't take that, you know,

714
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 4: I don't take that for granted at any point, Like,

715
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 4: I love going back there, and obviously it's very special

716
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 4: because of him, And yeah, we've obviously had a couple

717
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 4: of years in a row where we played United Cup

718
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 4: against each other, which was also really difficult, and playing

719
00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 4: against Australia, I always found it really difficult myself, and

720
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 4: you know, against him especially. You know, it was a

721
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 4: very unique situation that I don't think anyone's really been

722
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 4: in before.

723
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 3: So I didn't love that part of it, But the

724
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 3: rest of my time in Australia I have absolutely loved.

725
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 3: So yeah, I do. I do feel like I've been

726
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 3: welcomed above and beyond.

727
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, we love to hear that. Is there anything particularly

728
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,479
Speaker 2: Australian that you love to do? Like we always you know,

729
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 2: there's the cliched one like you eat veggimi and you

730
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 2: like it, or these you know, we have our beach

731
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 2: culture or whatever. Is there anything kind of Australian that

732
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 2: you feel you've really connected with or embraced.

733
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 3: Don't don't even talk to me about reggimi.

734
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 4: I'm never going to be a Veggimi girl, but I'm

735
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,560
Speaker 4: certainly a Timtom girl.

736
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 3: I like, I'm all into them.

737
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 4: Like when I got home, I literally find the Australian

738
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 4: cafes in London just to find Tim Towns.

739
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 3: I have issues, I know, So I have definitely embraced

740
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:55,240
Speaker 3: that side of the culture, the food. I again I

741
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 3: love I love the food.

742
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 4: I'm such a coffee branch averab sick girl, so I

743
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 4: love everything that you have Melbourne Sydney.

744
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like I very much fit right into it.

745
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 3: So yeah, I like that side of it, but honestly

746
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 3: I'm still exploring.

747
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 4: Like I went to Sydney last year for the first

748
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 4: time with Alex, so I actually got to see where

749
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 4: he grew up, which was I actually loved that moment

750
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 4: because I'd never really been there before with him. I'd

751
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 4: been there but like years ago when I was a child,

752
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 4: and I felt like actually him being able to show

753
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 4: me places that meant a lot to him was a

754
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 4: really special special time for me because it meant a lot.

755
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 3: You know, he loves obviously going to the beach and.

756
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 4: Barbecues and all sorts of stuff, so I think it

757
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 4: was it was nice to see what meant a lot

758
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,799
Speaker 4: to him in the Australian culture, and you know, I

759
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,399
Speaker 4: think we're very similar in the way that we tend

760
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 4: to like the same things. So yeah, I absolutely loved

761
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 4: spending time on Australia.

762
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,879
Speaker 2: I wanted to know you made quite It was quite

763
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 2: significant what you did last year where you sat down

764
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 2: with the BBC and discussed the issue of online abuse

765
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 2: that tennis players in Dua. I wondered, what prompted you

766
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 2: to kind of come out and talk about that so

767
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 2: personally and had seen in that time it was almost

768
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,280
Speaker 2: a year ago. Do you think the situation has improved

769
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 2: it all?

770
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think, firstly, I know there's been

771
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 4: a lot more conversations within the British government. I know

772
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 4: for like that's been happening, so that's a really positive outcome.

773
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 4: It at least sparked some sort of train of thought

774
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 4: and conversations, and that was really my main point of

775
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 4: doing it was just to start something and to see

776
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 4: if they could make a bit more of an impact

777
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 4: in that area. I think the reason for me starting

778
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 4: it was based on a few things. I think, you know,

779
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 4: I've been that young girl. Once I've been through it.

780
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 4: I feel lucky enough that I'm not someone.

781
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 3: That takes things to heart very very much.

782
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 4: I know I'm going to probably get a lot of

783
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,720
Speaker 4: abuse and a lot of different things from people.

784
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 3: Actually some praise as well.

785
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 4: I get a lot of praise, which is really sweet,

786
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 4: but on the flip side of it, you get a

787
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 4: lot of abuse. With that and I found that I'm

788
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 4: someone that kind of is like water off a duck's back.

789
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 3: I don't think too much about it, but I also

790
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 3: know that.

791
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 4: There are you know, there are girls out there and

792
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 4: guys who do get influenced by that massively. And I

793
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 4: think I never really had any young siblings growing up.

794
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 3: I had.

795
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 4: I had my brother who was three years older than me,

796
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 4: who was always strong, but he was always very mature

797
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 4: and kind of knew how to handle these things and yeah,

798
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 4: who kind of led the way for me to understand

799
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 4: what was right and wrong. And I think being part

800
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 4: of Alex's family and seeing his younger siblings grow up

801
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 4: a little bit more kind of really made me realize

802
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 4: how big social media can influence people. Not that necessarily

803
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 4: they were, but I think just listening to what they

804
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:59,720
Speaker 4: were talking about, and you know how sometimes they portray

805
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 4: them else and the things that they pick up from

806
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 4: it were really interesting to me. And I felt like

807
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 4: sometimes I see people who can take things massively to heart,

808
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,240
Speaker 4: and I just wanted to try and help the younger

809
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 4: generation who sometimes don't have the influence that I had

810
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 4: of like an older brother or what have you, like

811
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 4: someone to almost like mentor you through it and to

812
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 4: kind of make it a better place for them so

813
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 4: they're not dealing with some of the things that you know,

814
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 4: we all deal with as tannis players, as athletes, as people.

815
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 4: So yeah, if it could try and help reduce that

816
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 4: for some of the players, and then we've got a

817
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 4: lot of young British girls coming up as well, so

818
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 4: you know, if it helps them even one percent and

819
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 4: makes them feel comfortable, that was my That was my

820
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 4: goal with it really.

821
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, and that also speaks, I guess to your perspective.

822
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 2: It does sound quite well rounded, and I wonder what

823
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 2: are some of the things that you like to do

824
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 2: away from the court that give you that disconnection from

825
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 2: tennis and some like I guess mental separation.

826
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I think mandeable separation from the sport is

827
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 4: so so important. It's funny because I was actually talking

828
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 4: to someone about this yesterday where I think it's a

829
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 4: really dangerous sport where you can sometimes combine your personal

830
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 4: life with your tennis life and you kind of live and.

831
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 3: Die by every single loss that you have or even

832
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 3: the win as well. I think there are a.

833
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 4: Lot of figs and blows in tennis, which sometimes you

834
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 4: need to balance out a little bit and stay a

835
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 4: little bit more neutral with of course, you've got to

836
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 4: enjoy the moments, but I think we take things to

837
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 4: heart so much that it can actually find that it

838
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 4: kind of puts you in a place sometimes of quite

839
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 4: a dark place, and you really, you know, it's important

840
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,760
Speaker 4: that you keep yourself out of that. We lose so much,

841
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,400
Speaker 4: so many tennis matches during a year that if you

842
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 4: keep constantly knocking yourself, you can kind of find yourself

843
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 4: in a place you don't want to get to. So yeah,

844
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 4: for me, I try and separate it as much as possible.

845
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 4: Obviously haven't done a very good job of that since

846
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 4: Alex is very much a tennis player, so that side

847
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 4: of things wasn't my biggest did your sport day? Found

848
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 4: myself indoctrinated in tennis even more than I did beforehand.

849
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean.

850
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,399
Speaker 4: I spend I spend a lot of my days at

851
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 4: tennis sports which are off, and so does he watching

852
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 4: tennis and support each other as as we are together,

853
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 4: but we also know where to draw the line right,

854
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 4: so I think, you know, even for example, I had,

855
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 4: you know, one of the weeks off that I had,

856
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 4: he was playing Churin, which obviously is an incredible achievement

857
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 4: in himself. Like tennis wayers, don't you know, people don't

858
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 4: understand that there's only a few tennis players in the

859
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 4: world that get to experience a place like that, and

860
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 4: it's so impressive to have even gotten there, let alone

861
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 4: to be there competing with the best in the world

862
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 4: and be one of the best in the world. So

863
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 4: I obviously was going to support him at that no

864
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 4: matter what. I had a week off and I found

865
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 4: myself there. But naturally for me, I was like, okay, well,

866
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 4: I'm not going to come to practice.

867
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 3: I'm gonna come. I'm gonna support you, I'm gonna watch

868
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 3: your matches.

869
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 4: I'm going to be there doing a few things, you know,

870
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 4: whether it was like admin on my phone or like

871
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 4: I don't know, doing some pilates or something random that

872
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 4: I've have been doing, but just something where I'm like, Okay,

873
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 4: this is actually for me, but I'm here for you

874
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 4: as well. So it's kind of like I try and

875
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 4: find ways to do it. Yeah, you know, Like and

876
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,360
Speaker 4: that can be anything from literally like reading a book

877
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 4: to I don't know, going shocking to going to like

878
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 4: bit from yoga. I love the brick from yoga. I

879
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 4: think it's so good for you. Watching a bit of Netflix.

880
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 4: Anything that's just sort of like disengaging my brain into

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Speaker 4: something else. And yeah, obviously, like after my career, I

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Speaker 4: have many things that I want to achieve.

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Speaker 3: I probably won't go into those today.

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Speaker 4: Look setting a few things up which may kind of

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Speaker 4: get me, you know, to some fun places after I

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Speaker 4: finished with Tervis.

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Speaker 2: And I guess just finally this has been It's been

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Speaker 2: so great to chat to you, Katie, and the year

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Speaker 2: has started so well for you. I wanted to know

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Speaker 2: what would a successful twenty twenty six season look like

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Speaker 2: for you.

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Speaker 4: Well, it's funny, you see that, because I hopefully, I mean,

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Speaker 4: I'm planning for this to happen, but hopefully my twenty

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Speaker 4: twenty six season is going to be the best year

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Speaker 4: of my life. I'm marrying on my other half, so

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Speaker 4: it's going to be, no matter what, the biggest success

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Speaker 4: that I ever have in my life. So that is

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Speaker 4: already my number one. I'm I'm going to have the

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Speaker 4: best year. I'm going to be so happy. I couldn't

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Speaker 4: be more grateful for.

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Speaker 3: What I have. And anything on top of that is

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Speaker 3: a bonus.

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Speaker 4: So I think for me it's about staying healthy, staying

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Speaker 4: happy and just enjoying the tennis and the rest will

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Speaker 4: take care of yourself.

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Speaker 2: I love that answer. Thanks so much, Katie. This was

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Speaker 2: really great to chat out to good luck this week

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Speaker 2: and obviously with the wedding planning as well. That's that's exciting.

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Speaker 2: Going to need it. Thank you, good to chat to you.

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Speaker 2: We'll see you soon.

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Speaker 3: Thanks guys, see ya.

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Speaker 1: Congrats Matt. That was a fantastic interview.

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Speaker 2: Oh thanks if I was really struggle. We got a

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Speaker 2: lot of time with Katie. She was so generous with

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Speaker 2: her time and we're so candid we say that about

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Speaker 2: a lot of our guests, but she really was, like

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Speaker 2: it was really great to kind of work out how

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Speaker 2: she ticks. I thought it was clear that she's an

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Speaker 2: incredibly well rounded individual who although she dedicates herself so

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Speaker 2: wholeheartedly to tennis, she has a great perspective and she

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Speaker 2: realizes there's a life outside of the sport. I thought

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Speaker 2: that was great, and yeah, just really cool to see

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Speaker 2: that she's like, you know, getting on top of her

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Speaker 2: injuries and rediscovering her form and yeah, really excited to

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Speaker 2: see what she does next.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back next Monday with another episode of the

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Speaker 1: sit Down. Please subscribe so all of our interviews landing

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Speaker 2: We'll see you next week five.

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Speaker 1: Look forward to it, Matt