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Speaker 1: Welcome to the RAP, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news. Bez,

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Speaker 1: what have we got around the grounds this week?

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Speaker 2: Sam Kerr's fourth ballandor nomination in a row, Lauren Jackson

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Speaker 2: is in and an AFLW match moves to Marvel Stadium

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Speaker 2: after the game sells out in less than twenty four hours.

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Speaker 1: For our key story, we'll discuss Serena's epic retirement announcement.

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Speaker 1: My name is Chloe Dalton. I'm an Olympic gold medalist

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Speaker 1: and I play AFLW for the GWS Giants. Every week

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Speaker 1: on the show, I'm joined by my co host Bez,

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Speaker 1: who has been away for three weeks, which means we

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Speaker 1: have been away for three weeks because she pretty much

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Speaker 1: carries the team irreplaceable.

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Speaker 3: Although I was replaced by Sam Kerr, you.

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Speaker 1: Were replaced by Sam Kerr on one of those weeks.

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Speaker 2: That was an amazing chat to talk us through that

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Speaker 2: give us a little bit of background.

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Speaker 1: It was very, very cool. It was a pretty well

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Speaker 1: wind adventure. Actually, I was in New Zealand for the

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Speaker 1: week and got to chat with Nike about the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to chat to Sam Kerr. Cut the New Zealand trip

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Speaker 1: short flew to Melbourne. It was a short interview, was

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Speaker 1: able to have twenty minutes to sit down and chat

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Speaker 1: with her. She's got a pretty hectic schedule as you

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Speaker 1: could imagine, but just quite incredible. She was exactly how

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Speaker 1: I pictured her to be, just in terms of how

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Speaker 1: laid back she was. But I love that she had

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Speaker 1: this real balance of being very laid back in terms

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Speaker 1: of her body language and her personality. But she's got

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Speaker 1: a real drive and a real fire in her, which

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Speaker 1: is why she's so good at what she does.

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Speaker 2: And I love that she just from listening to it

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Speaker 2: myself as a fan of her not you both both

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Speaker 2: my favorite athletes, not afraid of owning that drive as well.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I loved that. It was very cool. If you

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Speaker 1: haven't listened to that one yet, you can check it

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Speaker 1: out wherever you get your podcasts, wherever you're listening to

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Speaker 1: this one really and we're back every week now with

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Speaker 1: the rap. It was kind of nice to have a

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Speaker 1: few weeks off while you were eating a lot of

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Speaker 1: pasta in Italy.

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Speaker 3: No, I love Italy.

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Speaker 1: Did you go to the pasta place? You went to

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Speaker 1: the pasta place? Or? Out of ten found it nine

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Speaker 1: and a half that's pretty good. I'll tell you that.

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Speaker 2: Only the only the missing half point was because we

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Speaker 2: were early, because we're Australians and we eat lunch at

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Speaker 3: But I was ready for it.

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Speaker 1: I prepared you for months. Let's take a look around

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Speaker 1: the grounds in soccer.

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Speaker 2: The Sam Ker Trophy cabinet, which was discussed one of

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Speaker 2: my favorite parts.

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Speaker 1: You're welcome.

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Speaker 3: The debate looks like it might just continue.

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Speaker 2: After she received her fourth consecutive nomination for the prestigious

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Speaker 2: Ballonet d'Or award, so that twenty players were nominated for

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Speaker 2: this year's Baalan d'Or, which is seen by many to

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Speaker 2: be the award given it to the best footballer on

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Speaker 2: the planet each year. curR is one of just four

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Speaker 2: players to be nominated each time since the women's award

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Speaker 2: when the award was won by Spain captain Alexia Puteas.

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Speaker 2: The winner will be announced at a ceremony on October seventeen,

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Speaker 2: and I reckon Sam might just be adding another trophy

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Speaker 3: Or it was a Mum's under.

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Speaker 1: The Mum's lounge room. Love that she's got to win

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so.

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Speaker 1: Like, I don't know how much more she can do.

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Speaker 2: Well. The other Alexia unfortunately injured herself just before Euros. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: so that is going to probably count against her. Yeah, Okay,

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Speaker 2: but yeah, I think she's definitely a good chance.

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Speaker 1: In basketball. Last week it became official the basketball Goat

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Speaker 1: is back. Forty one year old Lauren Jackson was named

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Speaker 1: in the final squad of twelve for next month's Feeback

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Speaker 1: Women's World Cup in Sydney, almost nine years after retiring

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Speaker 1: due to chronic injury and pain. Can you believe time's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you could see that her mind was still willing,

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Speaker 1: You could also argue women's basketball worldwide. And for her,

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Speaker 1: it was still a cool moment. And she didn't just

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Speaker 2: Nah, she really ripped in for more reports and like

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Speaker 2: you said, got super emotional. What do you think in

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Speaker 2: regards to her teammates? And she's forty one years old,

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Speaker 2: she played in the Sydney Olympics in two thousands.

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Speaker 1: Amazing.

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Speaker 3: I got to watch her.

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Speaker 2: How old I am too, Like some of those teammates

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Speaker 1: Toddlers, some of them might not even have been not

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Speaker 3: Yeah, she's early twenties.

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Speaker 3: Crazy.

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Speaker 2: Anyway, I wanted to get a little bit of feedback

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Speaker 2: from you. As an elite athlete, You're working your tail

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Speaker 2: and someone like Lauren Jackson walks into training.

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Speaker 3: How do you react to that.

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Speaker 1: As in, she could potentially take my spot.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's that's part of the you know, that's something

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Speaker 2: that would go through your mind, wouldn't it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a really good question. And look, if I

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Speaker 1: the WMBL, so I absolutely would not be backing them.

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Speaker 1: But I think that's kind of a scenario where that

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Speaker 1: you can't argue with that you can't argue with even

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Speaker 1: I know we've chatted about this before. What she brings

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Speaker 1: experience perspective, I think is what the Opens have been

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think from everything we've seen obviously from

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: She's ripped in and had a real crack and obviously

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Speaker 2: sounds like she really left it all out there in

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Speaker 3: So credit to her.

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Speaker 1: She's talked about the fact that she's keen to be

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Speaker 1: I feel pretty confident in that She'll be joined by

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Speaker 1: an all star team with WNBA players Beck Allen, Ezzie Magnigore,

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Speaker 1: Steph Talbot, Christy Wallace and Sammy Wick Him all making

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Speaker 1: Tolo and Test Magin, Sarah Blitzervs, Darcy Garbin, Annelie, Meilee

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Speaker 3: Cannot wait.

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Speaker 1: Pretty cool. The World Cup is just around the corner.

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Speaker 1: All games will be played at Kudos Bank Arena and

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Speaker 1: the Key Center in Sydney, out in Home Bush where

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Speaker 1: it's my local hood where we trained for the Giants.

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Speaker 1: So I'll be wandering over to multiple games over there.

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Speaker 1: It'll be played from September twenty second to October the first,

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Speaker 1: and make sure you keep an eye on our socials

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Speaker 1: at the Female Athlete Project because we might have a

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Speaker 1: couple of ticket giveaways.

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Speaker 3: For our followers and our podcasters.

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Speaker 1: Yes. Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: In cricket, just days after Straya's Commwealth Games win, met

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Speaker 2: captain Meg Lanning announced that she would be taking a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, very similar times.

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Speaker 2: Similar announcement, a lot of pressure on athletes in general,

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Speaker 2: And I love that they're in the in the public

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Speaker 3: I need to get my head right.

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Speaker 1: it's a high pressure situation and people are starting to

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Speaker 1: understand the importance of mental health.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, totally agree.

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Speaker 2: There's plenty of Ozzie representation in the hundred, and over

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Speaker 2: the weekend, Beth Moody hit the highest ever score in

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Speaker 2: the competition when she clubbed ninety seven not out from

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Speaker 2: fifty five balls. Mooney, playing for the London Spirit, needed

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Speaker 2: the Trend Rockets, defeated Manchester Originals by forty three runs.

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Speaker 2: It was again just one of those moments in my life,

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Speaker 1: It's pretty cool.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going to Knights, Okay, Janise Parker, Yeah, Loo

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Speaker 2: Mar He's going to score a Patrick every game.

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Speaker 3: Get some Skucky.

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Speaker 1: How cool was that? Sucked in England? Sorry?

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Speaker 2: I was traveling with some English friends and they were

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Speaker 1: Do you want to do? You do your favorite moment,

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Speaker 3: Your favorite moment, friend, mine.

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Speaker 1: Has to be the rugby sevens my teammates. I can't

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Speaker 1: So impressive. And she's pretty from what I can tell,

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Speaker 2: outstanding athlete. Let's take a look at the key story

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Speaker 2: in tennis. Serena Williams are now unced her retirement last week,

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Speaker 2: and in true Serena styles, she has announced her farewell

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Speaker 2: to tennis in the most boss way by a personal

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Speaker 2: essay published in American Vogue. We shared some amazing quotes

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Speaker 2: from the piece on our instapage. If you haven't checked

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Speaker 2: them out, make sure you do. The manner of the

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Speaker 3: It was released in.

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Speaker 2: Vogue and included spectacular photos of her and her daughter

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Speaker 2: contained some really strong messages.

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Speaker 1: What I love about it is like I often think

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Speaker 1: we want to do an exclusive retirement announcement, and you'd

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Speaker 1: Like you do whatever you want. It's pretty cool. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was really interesting the way that she worded it

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Speaker 1: I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and

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Speaker 1: I have to be at this crossroads. Mic Drop, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's some powerful language.

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Speaker 2: And she also referenced Tom Brady, who is just retired

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Speaker 2: There's many children, and she said, you know, I wish

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Speaker 1: in terms of timing. There's a lot of talk around

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Speaker 1: peak fertility is when your peak physical years are. As

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Speaker 3: I think it was Renee Stubbs.

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Speaker 2: I read an article saying that you know the number

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Speaker 2: of that she knows of tennis athletes that are freezing

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Speaker 1: Ye. So Williams is one twenty three Grand Slam titles,

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Speaker 1: one less than Margaret's Margaret Court's twenty four record. Boo

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Speaker 1: Margaret Court. And although she feels like she has more

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Speaker 1: she said she could pursue her career, but I'm turning

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Speaker 2: So this month's US Open will be her last tournament.

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Speaker 2: And I confirmed, yeah, yeah, right, And after the evolution announcement,

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Speaker 2: I like that that's I think what she'd be called,

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Speaker 2: She's evolving.

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Speaker 3: The evolution.

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Speaker 2: Announced ticket sales went berserve. I love that USTA sold

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Speaker 2: spokesman Chris Widmeyer, those sort of sales represent a spectacular day.

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Speaker 2: In fact, it may be unprecedented. Tennis and the sporting

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Speaker 2: world will miss Serena Williams, and we'll especially miss the

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Speaker 2: way she was unapologetic in every way. She acknowledged not

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Speaker 2: breaking the all time record for Grand slams and the

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Speaker 3: When she wrote, there are.

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Speaker 2: People who say I'm not the goat because I didn't

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Speaker 2: nineteen sixty eight. I'd be lying if I said I

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Speaker 2: didn't want that record. Obviously I do, but day to

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Speaker 2: day I'm really not thinking about her. If I'm in

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Speaker 2: Maybe I thought about it too much and that didn't

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Speaker 2: help the way I see it. I should have had

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Speaker 2: or would have could have. I didn't show up the

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Speaker 2: up twenty three times and that's fine. Actually, it's extraordinary.

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Speaker 2: I love that you are extraordinary, Serna.

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Speaker 1: Let's wrap it up on that, because that's bloody cool.

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Speaker 1: Let's take a look at what to watch in soccer.

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Speaker 1: The young Matildas are in Costa Rica competing in the

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Speaker 1: Under twenties World Cup. Those opened their campaign with a

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Speaker 1: strong three to one win over the hosts before going

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Speaker 1: down too nil to Brazil in their second match. They'll

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Speaker 1: face Spain on Wednesday tomorrow in a must win match

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Speaker 1: to qualify for the quarterfinals. Make sure you cheer the

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Speaker 1: girls on by watching them live and free to air

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Speaker 1: on SBS and SBS on demand and URLW.

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Speaker 2: Round one is here and it kicks off at Comback

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Speaker 2: Stadium on Saturday when Paramount Eels host the Sydney Roosters.

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Speaker 2: The game kicks off at one pm and he's live

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Speaker 2: on foxdelle Ko.

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Speaker 1: In rugby Union, the Wallaroos are back in action preparing

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Speaker 1: for the World Cup later this year. They head to

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Speaker 1: christ Church to face the Black Ferns in the first

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Speaker 1: of a two match series. The matches on Saturday. Kickoff

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Speaker 1: is five pm and you can watch live on Steapy

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Speaker 1: and Sport Go the Wallaroo.

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Speaker 2: The Wallarus in Surfing, The Out and Know and Tahiti

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Speaker 2: Pro is on question Mark. We're in the waiting period,

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Speaker 2: but as Well is coming. So as I said my

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Speaker 2: three weeks ago, if you haven't watched any surfing, get

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Speaker 2: your eyes around this, watch this. You can watch it

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Speaker 2: WSL dot com, the Seven Network and Foxtel.

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Speaker 1: And that's the wrap.

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Speaker 2: Welcome, it's really good to be back. Welcome back jet

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Speaker 2: lad guys. I only got back about twelve hours ago,

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Speaker 2: maybe twenty four.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much. It's lovely to have you back.

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Speaker 1: I missed you a lot while you were gone. Thanks

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Speaker 1: and I'll see you next week.

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Speaker 3: See you next week, friend.

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Speaker 1: Bye,