WEBVTT - The Sit-Down with Sam Stosur

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<v Speaker 1>Hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of the sit Down.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Matt Troloe from oz opn dot com and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>joined this week by my colleague Give Christie, managing editor

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<v Speaker 1>of Australian Tennis magazine.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you hey, Matt, It's great to be here with

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<v Speaker 2>you today.

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<v Speaker 1>And who have we got on the show this week?

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<v Speaker 2>So this week we have a legend of Australian tennis

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<v Speaker 2>joining us in an absolute treat, Sam Stozer, who is

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<v Speaker 2>coming off a great week in her debut as Australia's

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<v Speaker 2>Billy Jean King Cup captain.

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<v Speaker 1>She's kind of the woman at the hour, which makes

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<v Speaker 1>it perfect. So let's have a listen.

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<v Speaker 2>Sam, Welcome to the sit Down. It's great to be

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<v Speaker 2>talking to you today.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you very much for having me Sam.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought we'd start with a few questions around Australian tennis.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that you've sort of taken an informal role

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<v Speaker 2>guiding some of the Aussie women over the last couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years as your career wound down. Firstly, what inspired

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<v Speaker 2>that and how does it feel to be doing that

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<v Speaker 2>more formally now?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, I mean I guess now being in the

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<v Speaker 4>position I mean it is more of a formal captain

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<v Speaker 4>coaching mentoring sort of gig.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, certainly as my career was.

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<v Speaker 4>Going on, I mean I always loved tennis anyway in general,

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<v Speaker 4>and would always like the amount of conversations I'd have

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<v Speaker 4>with different coaches and my coaches and people you know

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<v Speaker 4>about Australian tennis. It was always, you know, a really passion,

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<v Speaker 4>a big passion for me. So as I felt like,

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<v Speaker 4>all right, I can start doing some of that and

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<v Speaker 4>giving some of you know, myself, and you you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the later on I played, I guess you sort of

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<v Speaker 4>become a little less selfish and self centered about what

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<v Speaker 4>you need to do and all that sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>But I just, yeah, I've always taken interest. So I

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<v Speaker 4>think our players here there's such a great group of

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<v Speaker 4>people and they try and they give it everything to try,

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<v Speaker 4>and you know, whether it's one percent more that of

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<v Speaker 4>information or help or whatever it may be to make

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<v Speaker 4>them that a bit better. I love that prospect now.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, being in this role, it's really exciting. I

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<v Speaker 4>was pumped to, you know, get the NOD and now

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<v Speaker 4>be able to do it in a proper capacity.

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<v Speaker 2>What's pleasing you the most about Australian women's tennis right now.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I think the fact that we've got such a

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<v Speaker 4>big group of players, six or seven of them in

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<v Speaker 4>the top one fifty, one sixty. Obviously we want as

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<v Speaker 4>many in the top hundred as we possibly can, but

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<v Speaker 4>if you're not going to be in one hundred, you

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<v Speaker 4>want them as close to as possible, and we do

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<v Speaker 4>have a group that are really knocking on the door. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 4>Arena made it late last year. She's been hanging in

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<v Speaker 4>there just in recent recent weeks. But you know, it

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<v Speaker 4>only takes one extra win in a slightly bigger tournament,

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<v Speaker 4>or you know, you know, you catch a break somewhere

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<v Speaker 4>and then you get yourself in there, You get into

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<v Speaker 4>the main drawer of another event, you win some matches

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<v Speaker 4>and then boom you're off.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, they're in a.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a tough position to be in right now because

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<v Speaker 4>it's hard to play on all right, am I on

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<v Speaker 4>the WTA Tour, I'm on the challenge of Pro circuit Tour.

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<v Speaker 4>You sort of in this in and out phase a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit, but you know, full belief in them that

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<v Speaker 4>they're going to be able to make that transition. And

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<v Speaker 4>then once we can do that hopefully, you know, not

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<v Speaker 4>putting pressure on, but hopefully in months to come, we

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<v Speaker 4>can see that group transition from outside of one hundred

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<v Speaker 4>to inside and then hopefully beyond.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to ask you to put your WTA hat

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<v Speaker 1>on now, Sam. This is the week of the clay

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<v Speaker 1>court event in Stuttgart, which I think has been consistently

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<v Speaker 1>voted by the players as like the best five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>or their favorite five hundred on tour. You played there

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of times and had quite a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>success at it. I just wanted to find out from you, like, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what is it like to play that, what makes it

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<v Speaker 1>so great? And why was it always one that was

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<v Speaker 1>on your schedule so much? Well, once I actually went there,

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<v Speaker 1>it was always on my schedule, but I kind of

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<v Speaker 1>didn't go there for a while because it was the

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<v Speaker 1>first event sort of on the European clay court season,

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<v Speaker 1>and being in Australia, I would have just been to

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<v Speaker 1>the Middle East, play all through the US for five weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>come home, and so I always wanted to have like

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<v Speaker 1>a week or two at home before you go again.

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<v Speaker 1>So I sort of avoided Stuttgart for the early part.

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<v Speaker 4>Of my career, and then once I got myself into

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<v Speaker 4>the main drawer, I guess played and thought, oh gosh,

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<v Speaker 4>what have I been doing?

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<v Speaker 3>I love this tournament.

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<v Speaker 4>That was a real mistake. But I think the arenas spectacular.

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<v Speaker 4>They get really great crowds, you know, the hospitality, the food.

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<v Speaker 4>We would eat in the main hospitality area with all

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<v Speaker 4>the big sponsors and corporates and stuff, so if you

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<v Speaker 4>wanted to fill at Steak for lunch you could and whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>So it was just all laid on, really done well.

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<v Speaker 4>And the court I genuinely loved. I was like, if

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<v Speaker 4>I could ever build a tennis court at my house,

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<v Speaker 4>I would put the indoor clay court from Stikgart in there.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, it was just always a great week.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I chatted to you last year as like

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<v Speaker 1>a clay court, and you told me about the Stiokgut

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<v Speaker 1>clay and I can't remember exactly what you said, but

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<v Speaker 1>it sounded interesting. You said about the way the court

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<v Speaker 1>is constructed, and it almost yeah, maybe you can tell

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<v Speaker 1>our listeners like, yeah, because it's not a typical or

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<v Speaker 1>traditional clay court, is.

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<v Speaker 4>It, No, Because well, one it's indoors, So because it's indoors,

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<v Speaker 4>they've done. There's something in the clay, whether it's a

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<v Speaker 4>special top of oil or something that they've created, so

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<v Speaker 4>that doesn't get dusty and it doesn't dry out too much,

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<v Speaker 4>so you don't water it, but it keeps its consistency.

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<v Speaker 4>I guess, you know, outdoor clay, when it gets really hot,

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<v Speaker 4>it can get really dry, wind blows, it's all gone.

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<v Speaker 3>Then you've only got the base layer.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, the base I don't know what the base

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<v Speaker 4>is made out of, but it's rock solid, harder than

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<v Speaker 4>they compact all the clay on top. And yeah, it's yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>really unique because it's not too many. I guess it's

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<v Speaker 4>like building a roof on win wooden Center court. There's

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<v Speaker 4>more to it than just putting a roof on top

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<v Speaker 4>and think that the grass is going to be fine.

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<v Speaker 4>It's you know, the humidity and everything else plays apart.

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<v Speaker 4>So however they've done it, Yeah, has worked often. If

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<v Speaker 4>you did well in Stiftgut, you would do well at

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<v Speaker 4>rolling garros Is. But the clay sounds quite different to

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<v Speaker 4>a traditional like outdoor clay court. So like, was it

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<v Speaker 4>good preparation at the start of your clay court season

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<v Speaker 4>to kind of get you going because your ultimate goal

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<v Speaker 4>is always rolling gars the clay season. So like, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>like was it did it serve its purpose in that way?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>I think so? I think.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean it's a pretty true court. Obviously, there's no

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<v Speaker 4>elements outside, there's no win there's no sun, there's no

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<v Speaker 4>rain to deal with. Often even like on the clay,

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<v Speaker 4>you'll play in light rain or drizzle sometimes. So I

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<v Speaker 4>think from that respect, you kind of it's a nice

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<v Speaker 4>week to start your season in. I mean the tournament

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<v Speaker 4>to get into you'll be top twenty six, twenty eight,

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<v Speaker 4>thirty depending on the year.

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<v Speaker 1>It has the best cutoff almost of any tournament in

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<v Speaker 1>the world.

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<v Speaker 4>It's phenomenous, like the week before a Grand Slam, Like

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<v Speaker 4>it's like what used to be, you know, Sydney Week

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<v Speaker 4>or Adelaide sorry, Adelaide Week Eastbourne before Wimbledon, they get

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<v Speaker 4>the highest basically haliberfield they possibly could imagine. So ad

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<v Speaker 4>to get in, you've got to be ranked high. You

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<v Speaker 4>know you're going to be playing quality opponents. So that's

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<v Speaker 4>a great test straight up already, you know the practice

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<v Speaker 4>courts and like I said, just the all round feeling

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<v Speaker 4>of the event is nice.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can do that kind of all.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, easy way in hopefully play well. You know, you

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<v Speaker 4>never know if you're going to win a tournament or not,

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<v Speaker 4>but do well and then it can really set you up.

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<v Speaker 4>And I ended up loving playing there because I love

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<v Speaker 4>playing on clay, So it was an opportunity to play

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<v Speaker 4>like a full play court season and it's pretty short,

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<v Speaker 4>It's not that much longer than the grass now, so

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<v Speaker 4>I wanted every chance possible to be on the surface.

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<v Speaker 1>And you played some amazing players there in your career.

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<v Speaker 1>So you made the final in twenty ten and you

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<v Speaker 1>lost to Justine Enna. You also played a great match

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<v Speaker 1>I think Sora, I'm mentioning your losses, but you played

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<v Speaker 1>Scharup Hoover and it went for like three hours or

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<v Speaker 1>something in the quarterfinals, and I think you went deep

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<v Speaker 1>in another time you played Lee Nah there. But totally

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<v Speaker 1>like these are all Grand Slam champions. What were your

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<v Speaker 1>particular highlights there of the year. Well, I mean definitely

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<v Speaker 1>playing Justine in the final. That was amazing, Like I

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't had heaps and heaps of experience playing someone like her,

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<v Speaker 1>and she obviously with her record at Roland Garross, was

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a joke. So playing her in the final

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<v Speaker 1>and managed to win the second set and was, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I I'd have a chance here, and I ended up

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<v Speaker 1>losing at six to one, but you know, that was

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<v Speaker 1>a great experience. And then, you know what, five weeks later,

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<v Speaker 1>four weeks later, end up playing her at the French

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<v Speaker 1>and beating her.

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<v Speaker 3>In three sets.

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<v Speaker 4>So you know, having had that experience a few weeks before,

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<v Speaker 4>knowing I could match it, you know, absolutely helped me

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<v Speaker 4>then beat her arguably more important tournament in Roland Garross.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, that was great. I mean I won the

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<v Speaker 4>doubles there a couple of times.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, how.

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<v Speaker 2>Much did that impact your love of clay generally or

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<v Speaker 2>your relationship with clay? Oh?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, well, like I said, it was the first

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<v Speaker 4>real red clay court tournament of the season, and I

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<v Speaker 4>would have played in Charleston a number of times on

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<v Speaker 4>the green clay, but it's a little bit different.

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<v Speaker 3>But once, I mean, early on in my career I

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<v Speaker 3>did not like playing on clay whatsoever. It was so

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<v Speaker 3>foreign to me.

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<v Speaker 4>My first junior trip when I was fifteen in the

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<v Speaker 4>eighteenth team, I lost first round every week. It took

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<v Speaker 4>me five years to win a match at Roland Garros,

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<v Speaker 4>whether it was through Juniors or Qualities or majoror whatever

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<v Speaker 4>the case, and I just in anything, singles or doubles,

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<v Speaker 4>I just couldn't get my head around playing on clay.

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<v Speaker 3>I couldn't move.

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<v Speaker 4>And then eventually I guess learned about my style of

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<v Speaker 4>tennis and realized, oh, I should be able to play

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<v Speaker 4>on this. It could actually work and enhance what I

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<v Speaker 4>do naturally well. And once I could kind of get

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<v Speaker 4>my head around the sliding and the movement and everything else,

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<v Speaker 4>it became my favorite surface. And like, looking back now,

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<v Speaker 4>I wish I'd had a bit more insight to that

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<v Speaker 4>when I was younger, to be able to adapt earlier

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<v Speaker 4>in my career than what I did. But certainly, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>a full clay court season was a high priority for

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<v Speaker 4>me once I understood how I could play on it,

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<v Speaker 4>and and yeah, I mean like ultimately the goal was

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<v Speaker 4>to try and win Roland Garros, and I fell just short,

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<v Speaker 4>but it was Yeah, that was always one of the

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<v Speaker 4>best times of the season for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us about the European clay court season and how

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<v Speaker 2>it's different to tennis in Australia.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I mean it's I don't know, like claycourt tennis.

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<v Speaker 4>I love watching claycott tennis. I think the again points

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<v Speaker 4>are longer. You can kind of see the tactics playing

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<v Speaker 4>out the construction of points. It's not always easy to

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<v Speaker 4>you know, hit winners early on in points, so you've

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<v Speaker 4>got to be willing to grind a little bit open

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<v Speaker 4>up the court, you know, kind of. I guess a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of people might be surprised how many points actually

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<v Speaker 4>finish up at net on clay because you see someone

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<v Speaker 4>you know pulled out wide and the racket faces open,

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<v Speaker 4>you've got time to knock off a volley. But I

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<v Speaker 4>just love the tactics and like the cat and mouse

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<v Speaker 4>type play that the clay creates, and you know, even

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<v Speaker 4>like doing some commentary last year commentating for Roll and Garro,

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<v Speaker 4>So I was like, oh, that's what I laughed watching

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<v Speaker 4>it again with you know, a purpose of commentary.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it is a style and the way that

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<v Speaker 4>I love to watch tennis.

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<v Speaker 2>And what was it about your game that brought out

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<v Speaker 2>your best on clay?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, definitely my heavy top spin on my forehand. I

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<v Speaker 4>was able to use that as a real weapon because

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<v Speaker 4>clay is a little bit slower so the balls might

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<v Speaker 4>be quick through the air, but obviously landing on the

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<v Speaker 4>clay in the dirt, it kind of holds up on

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<v Speaker 4>the bounce. So I had time to run around my

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<v Speaker 4>backhand a little bit more and use my off forehand,

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<v Speaker 4>which was my favorite shot because I hit it with

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<v Speaker 4>heavy spin and a bit higher over than net. Typically

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<v Speaker 4>it's quite bouncy, so I could put the ball in

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<v Speaker 4>difficult positions for my opponents. And then yeah, being able

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<v Speaker 4>to use my kick surv it was great on that

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<v Speaker 4>surface again, being able to get the height you know

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<v Speaker 4>already a kicker doesn't bounce I guess like a typical

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<v Speaker 4>sort of top spin bounce or a flatter bounce, so

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<v Speaker 4>you could like, you know, it might hit a little

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<v Speaker 4>funny spot on the court. You get that extra a

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<v Speaker 4>little hot, which was always good. So I guess my

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<v Speaker 4>two best shots my kicker on my forehand. That's what

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<v Speaker 4>you want to be able to use on that surface,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's what I had naturally, and then I was

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<v Speaker 4>able to kind of use that even more so on

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<v Speaker 4>the clay rather than a hardcore.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you miss competing at this time of the year, You.

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<v Speaker 4>Know what last year it was with the first year

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<v Speaker 4>I wasn't playing. Watching Roland Garrels was kind of the

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<v Speaker 4>first time I was like, oh, it'd be nice to

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<v Speaker 4>be there.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, it'd be nice to have a hit on the clay.

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<v Speaker 4>So I mean, I mean, obviously it's a Grand Slam,

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<v Speaker 4>and then you know, Wimbledon comes along and then you

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<v Speaker 4>know everything else. So obviously those bigger tournaments always lovely

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<v Speaker 4>to be part of. But yeah, I think it's probably

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<v Speaker 4>that comes around and you're like, oh, I'll just have

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<v Speaker 4>a hit.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's just go have a hit.

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<v Speaker 1>You said something earlier about event actually you worked out

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<v Speaker 1>that your game suits it. Did a coach say to you, Sam,

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<v Speaker 1>you could be great on this episode? Was that just

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<v Speaker 1>a realization you had yourself.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't remember a specific conversation with anyone or anything,

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<v Speaker 4>but absolutely, working with Dave at that point in my career,

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<v Speaker 4>he yeah, he definitely would have kind of whether he

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<v Speaker 4>said it as blatant as that or kind of work

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<v Speaker 4>the practices and things for them me to eventually work

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<v Speaker 4>it out myself. I can't remember exactly how it all

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<v Speaker 4>played out, but yeah, it certainly was. I think a

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<v Speaker 4>big part of working with him that it was like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>these are your best shots. This surface can help you

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<v Speaker 4>create those shots more often and use it to create

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<v Speaker 4>more spein or bounce, whatever it may be, you can

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<v Speaker 4>do well here. And then yeah, you work on your

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<v Speaker 4>movement about it, and you know, put the time in

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<v Speaker 4>and the effort. And I said it plenty of times before,

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<v Speaker 4>Like you get a couple of wins here and there,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, in a more of an comfortable situation, and

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<v Speaker 4>all of a sudden you start believing, oh, it's not

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<v Speaker 4>so uncomfortable anymore. So I think it just took time

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<v Speaker 4>for me to understand my tennis how to use it.

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<v Speaker 4>And then yeah, get over that five year loss of matches.

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<v Speaker 3>On the surface and you're like, oh, this isn't so bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the extreme in going from not being out to

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<v Speaker 1>win a match to it being like your most productive

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<v Speaker 1>and successful surface and favorite. Like, actually listening to you

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<v Speaker 1>talk about it, it sounds like you have quite like

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<v Speaker 1>a romantic relationship with Claye says, Oh, I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the points, Like there's a beauty about Clay

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<v Speaker 1>Contennis that you've seem to really love. It's surprising you've

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<v Speaker 1>ended up there after how your relationship with it.

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<v Speaker 4>So absolutely Yeah, Now if you ask me that when

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<v Speaker 4>I was fifteen or six, you got a big joking fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's been great to talk to you today, Sam.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for your.

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<v Speaker 3>Time, no problem, thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Matt, that was a fascinating interview with Sam. I

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<v Speaker 2>was with the benefit of hindsight. It was really interesting

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<v Speaker 2>to hear her evolution as a clay court player.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah sure. I actually didn't quite know just how much

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<v Speaker 1>she loved it, and I think it was really cool

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<v Speaker 1>to kind of get a bit nerdy with her and

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<v Speaker 1>we got into the construction of a clay court in

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<v Speaker 1>Stuttgart and he heard about her movement patterns and how

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<v Speaker 1>her game suits a surface and how Yeah, as you said,

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<v Speaker 1>that evolution of the game. I love that kind of

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<v Speaker 1>nerdy clay court chat.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, fascinating insights from Sam. And isn't it great that

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<v Speaker 2>she's sort of guiding the next generation of Australian tennis

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<v Speaker 2>as well?

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<v Speaker 1>For sure, Definitely the game's in good hands with her

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<v Speaker 1>at the Helm. Absolutely, we'll be back again next Monday

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<v Speaker 1>and chatting to another legend of Australian tennis in Paul mcnamie.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the meantime you can listen to John and

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

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<v Speaker 2>For how to contact us or in the show notes,

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<v Speaker 2>and please subscribe, rate and review Matt. It's been great

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<v Speaker 2>chatting again.

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<v Speaker 1>Always a pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>Bit bye for nowe yep