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Speaker 1: a Master's one thousand, third round of a Grand Slam.

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Speaker 2: Hello and welcome to the sit Down. I'm Vi Christie,

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Speaker 2: Managing editor of Australian Tennis magazine.

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Speaker 3: And I'm Metrolope, a writer and editor for ozopen dot com.

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Speaker 3: And viv why are we sitting down this week with

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Speaker 3: Maya joint Well?

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Speaker 2: This week Maya will spyhead Australia's campaign at the Billy

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Speaker 2: Jenkin Cup playoff in Hobart and yeah, it's a great

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Speaker 2: She'll go back with many happy memories, having reached her

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Speaker 3: And this is actually the second time Mya's appearing on

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Speaker 3: team at the Billy Jenkin Cup in Brisbane, and now

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Speaker 3: seven months on she's caught up with our colleague Jackson

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Speaker 3: Mansell and it's just been amazing to hear how far

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Speaker 3: she's coming that time. So maya welcome back to the

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Speaker 3: sit down and you join us here at pod laver Arena.

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Speaker 5: How does it feel to be in here?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks for having me. It's really nice.

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Speaker 5: Why do we find you in Melbourne?

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Speaker 1: My parents moved back to Melbourne a couple of months ago,

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Speaker 5: How do you like it so far? I know it's

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Speaker 6: I've been told that you watch your first Australian rules

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Speaker 6: Now you know we're here and it's your getting up

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Speaker 5: And what's your go to card game?

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Speaker 3: Wow, that was a really interesting chat five and it's amazing.

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Speaker 3: We've chatted to Mayra a few times now, but I'm

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and she even has her own football team, which

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Speaker 5: Absolutely.

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