WEBVTT - The Sit-Down with Daria & Luke Saville 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.120 Hello, and welcome to the Sitdown. I'm Viv Christie, managing 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:07.160 editor of Australian Tennis magazine, and. 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:09.920 I'm Mattrolope, a writer for oz open dot com now 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:12.399 Viv for this week's episode. Unfortunately, I was a little 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:15.200 unwell and couldn't join you in the studio. I was 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:17.240 on screen though for this interview. Tell us what it 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:20.200 was like to actually be in studio with Daria and 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:20.800 Luke Savill. 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.279 Well, it was fabulous, Matt. There was so much fun 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.440 and energy spending time with Dasha and Luke, who were 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:31.280 actually doing their first official interview as a couple, and 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:33.599 I think we got a really strong sense of how 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:36.919 they click as a couple, but particularly how they've supported 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:38.919 each other throughout their tennis careers. 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:40.680 For sure, And speaking of how they click for the 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:42.360 listeners who won't have seen them, they rocked up in 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:44.320 almost matching outfits. They we're both in a shade of 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:46.880 pink or purple, so we loved their coordinated approach to 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:49.159 the interview and you started it off by asking them 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.599 the most important question about their dog, who's almost as 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:55.600 famous as them. 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:59.400 Luke and Dasher, thank you for joining us today on 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:00.880 the sit down at great to have you here in 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:01.360 the studio. 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.080 Thank you. This is a very nice studio by the way. 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.120 Yeah, we call it pot labor Arena. 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.240 Oh, I love it. This is so smart. 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:13.960 What's of great interviews happening here, including this one? I'm sure, 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:17.720 But let's start with the most important question. Where is 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:21.280 Tofu right now? Who is looking after Tofu? 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.000 Dash's mum back in back in the house. But I'm 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:28.360 sure he's probably pretty sad and disappointed that he's not here. 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.600 He's he always waves goodbye to us when we go 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:34.480 to work, and it's it's quite a funny, quite a 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:35.040 funny sight. 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:37.920 You must you must love catching up with Tofu when 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:38.360 you're home. 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:44.080 Yeah, yeah, definitely. I probably prioritize him over anyone. So 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.880 if any of my friends are listening to this, and 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:50.320 I may be sometimes canceled some of my some of 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.800 our okchaps, that's probably because I wanted to just sit 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:55.880 on the couch with him. 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.280 In all seriousness, it does seem like it's kind of 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:03.560 a rare break for both of you being home together. 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.600 What do you most laugh about being back in Melbourne? 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.800 For me, it's probably just living kind of normal for 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.840 a little bit. It's staying in their own bed, in 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.880 the in the house, waking up, making a coffee on 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.320 our coffee machine, and just sort of hanging out with 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:24.320 Tofu as well. I'm usually up before Dasha, so he 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:26.680 gets up with me as well, and I usually bring 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:28.600 him down and he just falls asleep on the couch. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.200 So I think he just likes knowing that we're home 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.359 and he can sort of see. 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:34.360 His mum and dad. 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:37.000 But also just the training side of it, and I 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.400 mean obviously spending time with one another when we're traveling 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.440 a lot of the time we're on different schedules, so's 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.480 it's nice to sort of live normal and yeah, just 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:49.919 just be in the house and not do a whole 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:50.880 lot for a couple of weeks. 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.680 Right, Oh, what about golf all the golf golfing that 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:56.560 you're doing that as well, But. 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:58.000 That's that's a touchy subject. 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:00.919 I can actually really to that. We have that in 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:04.200 our house too. How many how many weeks would that 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.680 happen when you're of a year? Would that happen when 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:07.400 you're home together? 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:13.880 Honestly, we can probably count them on one hand, right, like, 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:19.560 not that much. Mostly, you know, at the end of 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:24.880 the season, like pre season and then you know, au 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:30.079 this summer, we're still we're at home in the country, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:34.639 but still like you know, playing tournaments, but still feels 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:35.400 like we're at home. 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:37.680 But yeah, not not that often. 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.680 To be fair, speaking of this, like, I'm not sure 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.000 how often it is that you've done joint interviews before. 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.360 Is this Is this something that's regular for you to 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:46.320 in your media careers. 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:46.880 Definitely not. 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:54.160 It's probably maybe a first yeah, but then I'll be interesting. 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.160 I hope you guys don't stitch us up with any 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.360 hard hitting questions or anything like that. But no, it's 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.880 I mean, it's good to even spend time together, even 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:03.680 if it's an interview. 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.200 How often do you get asked about each other in 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.800 interviews if you don't do them together? Is that something 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:10.480 that comes up a lot? 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:12.200 Maybe a little bit. 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:16.600 Yeah, I definitely get asked a lot about Tofu. 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.600 And then and then Loup probably second. 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:22.760 What about you Luke to come up in yours? 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:23.960 Yeah, quite a bit. 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.839 It's quite a common question how much we see each other, 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.440 And it's a very difficult question to answer because from 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:35.120 every year, you know, it really varies on how much 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.120 we see each other in the different tournaments we play, 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.760 but it probably, yeah, it varies from probably fifteen to 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.080 twenty five weeks something like that. So but to be honest, 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:47.440 we've been dating for so many years, and especially early 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.320 days in juniors, we weren't seeing much of each other 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:52.680 at all, So it's just sort of it just comes 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:56.760 with the business. And I think that we both know 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.840 what it takes to play professional tennis and a lot 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:03.080 of that is travel, so we both get it and 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:05.720 I think it actually really works well when we can 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.240 bounce ideas off each other and when we have to 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:09.239 do long stints away. 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.120 It's just part of the business. 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.440 When was the first meeting between the two of you? 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:14.560 Was Was it in Australia? 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:16.800 I think it was Junior Davis Cup in. 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:22.400 Mexico, Mexico, okay, and then a lot of just Facebook 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:24.120 messaging to be fair okay. 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:27.080 And what year was that Junior Davis Cup Fair Cup. 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.960 I think we were sixteen, so two thousand and nine 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:30.440 O ten. 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:34.840 Yeah, So yeah, Dasha was obviously playing for Russia at 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.719 the time, and I think we both won, both won 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:41.440 the events, and yeah, there might have been a player's 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:45.560 party and slash disco there and that's where I showed 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:51.360 my great moves to Dasha clearly. Clearly I'm joking, but yeah, 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.960 from there it was a little bit of messaging and 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.320 obviously quite early days we were young, but yeah, sort 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:58.440 of loossom from there. 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.599 How often did you get to meet up at sort 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:03.479 of that early in those junior. 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:06.320 Days, Not much at all. I think we've. 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:10.680 There was a time where we didn't see each other 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:15.480 for a year, like literally standing open juniors, and then 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:20.080 the following year something like that. But we just kept 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:27.080 in touch. And but yeah, I think when I turned eighteen, 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.880 that's when I moved to Australia, so that made things 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.800 a lot easier. And then, you know, to be fair, 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:38.120 when I came to Australia, I've just done my ACL 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.120 so then that meant that I was kind of staying 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.600 in Melbourne and that's when we probably spent the most 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:50.560 of our time together. And then until Luke started, you know, 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:56.320 traveling and playing tournaments. But then that's when you know, 0:06:56.400 --> 0:07:03.360 this whole us trying to schedule our tournaments together started 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:04.719 and we're still going. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.680 It's a fantastic story. And I guess because the two 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:10.720 countries where you're from are so far apart, like they're 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:12.840 on opposite parts of the world. Dashing you said, yeah, 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:14.880 you came here when you were eighteen. How grateful were 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.520 you that tennis, you know, allowed you to meet Luke 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.400 and then it's kind of created it maybe a different 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:22.000 path to you that you might not have known, Like 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:23.520 did you know you would end up in Australia and 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:25.239 be a citizen here when you were younger? 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:33.720 Probably not when I started tennis, but when I started traveling, 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:38.680 I really liked Australia and I was like, oh my god, 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:40.360 this is like I could live here. 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.760 And yeah. 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:47.200 Then I came back a few years later to play 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:52.680 like challenges ATFS twenty fives and I told my dad. 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.040 I was like, I'm going to Australia because you know 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.960 it's the cuts were weaker, so I would definitely be 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:04.560 in main draw of those tournaments. And he's like, oh, 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:09.400 aren't you dating like a boy there? And I'm like, well, yeah, 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:10.040 that too. 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.320 How old were you when you first came to Australia. 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:15.560 Can you remember your first trip? 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:22.280 I think either fifteen or sixteen. I was still playing juniors. 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.240 And on the flip side, Luke, have you been, because 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.480 obviously Dasha licks you have you been to Russia much. 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:29.400 Can you speak any of the language. 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:30.600 I definitely can't. 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:34.320 We've tried, but I just can't pick it up for 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:34.960 the life of me. 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.600 It's it's very difficult. 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.120 And I've been once to Russia and Dasha wasn't there, actually, 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.400 But I went to Moscow and Saint Petersburg and was 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:48.200 absolutely blown away with just the cities themselves and the 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:49.480 architecture and the food. 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:53.800 And Dasha's dad was there, and I met a dog, and. 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:55.839 Yeah, I s met my grandama as well. 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:59.440 I met Dasha's grandma and he walked me around the 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.520 park that USh sort of grew up around, and we 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:05.800 went and had some cinnamon doughnuts that Dasha loves as well. 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:07.800 So, but where were you, Dasha? 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:09.000 I was injured. 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:13.120 So it was also during like COVID year, so I 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.600 was recovering from achilles. 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:17.160 Injury. 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:21.040 Yeah, so these days, do you train together often or 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:22.000 hit together often? 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:25.880 We actually do a little bit. Luke helps me out. 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:32.040 It's probably more beneficial to me than it is to Luke. 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:36.720 But then again, I think I make enough balls and 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.319 pretty consistent. Sometimes looks like, wow, you really don't miss 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:44.960 that much, And I think we make it work. But 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:50.800 definitely wouldn't play too many points. I don't think it'll 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.000 be very interesting for Luke to be fair. 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.080 Does it feel like work or does it feel like 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:57.360 fun when you're hitting together. 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:01.240 Yeah, we tried to make it work like otherwise it's 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:03.640 a bit of yeah, a bit of waste of time. 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:04.400 And then. 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:09.600 Actually during COVID in lockdown, we kind of had to 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:15.560 hit together because the you know, of their restrictions, that 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.840 was getting a bit difficult. 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:19.680 I think, Yeah, there was. 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:21.880 A little bit of tension on court, it's fair to say, 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.560 but that was probably just the times as well. We 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:28.520 were staying the house twenty four to seven together and 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:30.720 then going out with our one little bit of freedom 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.160 for the day, and then we'd practice with each other. 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.240 So it's it's probably a little bit like the mixed doubles. 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.640 We go out there and we aim to really enjoy 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:42.120 it and not take it too seriously, but ultimately it 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:48.120 always gets competitive and possibly a little argumentative. But I'd 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.880 say in the last last six months, maybe years, the 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:52.000 hitting has been a lot better. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.000 We tend to enjoy it a lot more and make 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:56.440 it work. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.400 And yeah, I mean, obviously I'm a little bit biased, 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:02.080 but I think is one of the best out of 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:05.480 the hand there is. She barely misses the ball and 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.120 just like a ball machine. So it's very impressive. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.360 Who is the better coach among you. 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:18.960 Probably Luke, I would say. I think Luke is a 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:22.960 lot more patient. I can be a little bit too direct, 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:28.120 but some I guess it depends who you ask. Maybe 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:35.439 some people like it avoid direct, But I think I 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:39.440 listened to you if you you know, like even on 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:43.960 court when we're practiced together, we'll have our coaches there, 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:50.439 but you know, we would still chat, and I think 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:51.400 we do listen. 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:51.640 To each other. 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.040 Yeah, I think you don't speak a lot about tennis, 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.320 but when you do, it's really spot on. 0:11:57.559 --> 0:11:58.240 It's really good. 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:02.800 And obviously your tennis mind is great, your tennis ps 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:04.480 IQ out on the court and all that. 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.080 But yeah, you obviously don't. 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.240 I think you try and you almost escape from tennis 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:11.600 a little bit, but when you actually do it, it's 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:15.199 great information. So one day, if you decide to coach, 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:19.240 you probably have to work on the delivery and being 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.839 a little bit softer. Maybe it depends on how your coach, 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.560 but if they can take that and you can work 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.079 on that part, I think you could be a great coach. 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.959 I do think sometimes, you know, I would like to 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:36.679 be someone's mentor mentor like a young. 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:39.000 Junior. 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:45.199 Yeah, especially a female. Yeah, that'd be something I would 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:50.400 want to do, even like while still playing. 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.800 Do you think that's kind of part of the Australian 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:56.880 tennis culture as well. It seems like there's a really 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.400 great environment of everyone supporting each other. 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:01.400 Yeah. Absolutely. 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:04.520 I mean I can speak for myself with a lot 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.120 of the boys that I travel with, a lot of 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:10.240 my great mates, and I think it's a really tight 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:13.200 knit group of us. And you know, even when we're 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:15.319 over in Asia or in the States or Europe, wherever 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:17.600 it might be, and we don't have a coach, you'll 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.000 see probably one or two ossies out there supporting, And 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:21.839 even if they're playing the same day, they just want 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:23.720 to get out there and they know you don't have 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:27.040 a coach there or anyone in your team, but they'll 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.719 be out there supporting. I think that's just I think 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.200 from a young age we've had to do that because 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:36.520 you know, we're so remote and yeah, we sort of 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:39.560 feel like it's almost us against the world a little bit. So, Yeah, 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.960 it's always been a great group and for that it 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:45.080 makes you really proud to be Australian when you're over 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.440 there and you see how tight we are and then 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:48.959 some other countries is not so tight. 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:53.040 Yeah, for sure. Back to your relationship, it seems like 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.840 tennis obviously comes up a lot. Do you ever have 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.840 days where you sort of don't talk about tennis or 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:00.920 make an effort to not make it about tennis? 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:04.280 Probably not, let's face it to be fair, It's not 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.920 like we talk about it all the time, but there 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:10.120 will be something every day that we will say. 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:13.400 Oh did you see did you see this result? Or 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:14.199 did you. 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:19.400 See this drama or blah blah blah, So something comes up. 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:20.320 Yeah. 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.720 Probably the only time we wouldn't talk about it at 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.040 all in the off season where there's no tournament. 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:26.320 Yeap. 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:27.640 Yeah. 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.280 I think it's just such a big part of our 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.680 life that if we actively try and avoid it, we're 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:33.800 probably thinking about it more. 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:34.160 Yeah. 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.840 So yeah, we try and switch off, but ultimately, yeah, 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.840 like Dasha said, we speak about it in the end. 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:43.480 What's it like when you're watching each other, Oh, I'm 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:48.400 a nervous wreck or really yeah, I can sympathize for 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.440 all the coaches and love ones out there because it 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:52.360 is much harder. 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:54.880 I don't know about much harder, but it's definitely harder 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:59.080 than playing. You just you care so much. Obviously, you're 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:02.360 so invested and can't control the outcome. And I've gotten 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:06.280 better of late of just sitting back and just telling myself, well, 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.720 whatever happens, happens. Like she's doing her best, that she's 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:13.360 doing her best. I know that for a fact, And yeah, 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:14.640 that's all you can really ask for at the end 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:16.680 of the day, because I know when I'm out there playing, 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:20.840 she's feeling the same. I'm doing my best, and sort 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.000 of what can you do? You can support and whatnot. 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.800 But it's it's brutal. 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.680 It's brutal because you feel like so helpless and you 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:33.960 feel like we know each other so much, like we 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:37.160 feel like, oh, we should say something, but you really shouldn't. 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.760 Like sometimes it's really hard. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:45.440 Not to like be a coach, but you're actually there 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:50.160 just to support each other, not coach each other. Unless 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:56.840 we specifically asked each other, hey, like can you can 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:00.280 you have that role and be the coach? Because Luke, 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:08.720 you've probably been my on like traveling coach twice maybe 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:15.320 actually both times in Canada one time during Toronto and 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.920 one time in Granby, and that's when they actually made finals. 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:20.560 Yeah, I was just about to say, wasn't that a 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:24.920 great result for you? Yeah, formulas working. Did you enjoy 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:25.440 that side of it? 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.320 LP, Yeah, I did. 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.600 Actually, I'm hoping maybe one day it's a route I 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:34.440 could possibly go down. His coaching and I think it's 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:38.200 just all I think just the appreciation of how hard 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.840 tennis is for me over the last few years. That 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:43.840 just shows that probably helps me sort of relax a 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:45.720 bit more and just know that she's doing her best 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:46.920 and whatever happens happens. 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:48.960 But I think, yeah, it worked well. 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.160 I think I did some on court coaching in Toronto 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:53.520 and some of my mates they took some footage of 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.680 that and kind of, yeah, joked about it a little bit. 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:58.240 They thought it was pretty funny me going out and 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.840 coaching Dash and I was my up as well, so 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:04.480 that yeah, that was allowed. 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:08.120 That was a joke amongst the boys. So but yeah, 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:08.439 it was. 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.560 It was good fun and having the responsibility of a player, 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:13.360 I found it very exciting. 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:19.560 We did say that that's probably not something we would do, like, 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.399 you know, have Luke traveling with me. 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:30.720 And coaching me that's not happening. We discussed. 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.400 That sounds very. 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:35.800 Clear, Dasha. It was interesting hearing Luke describe like your 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:38.720 strength strengths as a player, like your consistency and your 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.080 tennis i Q. And it sounds like that you get 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:42.879 a lot out of the practice sessions with Luke. What 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:44.320 are his strengths as a player. 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:49.679 I think Luke's strength is definitely patience and probably his 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:54.439 I would say attitude, like I could never Luke's like 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:58.000 impossible to read. You wouldn't know if he is mad, 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:02.080 if he is Like he doesn't show much emotion, even 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:07.640 like since junior is he doesn't show like negative emotions 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:08.280 at all. 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:10.480 And I think. 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:15.960 That's something I should maybe learn a bit late. Now 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:20.680 I'm like thirty, still still learning. I look at some 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.040 like young players and I'm like, yeah, one day I 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:25.840 want to be like them. 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:27.600 And I'm like ten years older than. 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.480 But it's cool, like we're pretty different me and Luke. 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:38.720 And Luke can also just like push through and like. 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:40.520 Keep grinding, and. 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:46.840 You know, even like with schedules like play many back 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:50.639 to back tournaments where I'm like, okay, I'm out, I 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:51.800 can't do this anymore. 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:54.120 So I guess it's like, yeah, that. 0:18:56.880 --> 0:19:00.920 That mentality you know that you know, I've I can 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:04.000 keep going and what is it like great? 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:05.720 Would you say persistence? 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:08.359 Yeah, yeah, but I mean you've got that as well. 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:10.919 But yeah, I know what you mean. I probably just 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:14.440 I'm just probably silent and just go through it and 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:17.280 probably not for the better, whereas you can sort of 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:19.280 feel like you're maybe dragging the chain a little bit 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:21.520 and a little bit down and you just say no, 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:24.639 I'm done, I'm going home and have a refresh, and 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:28.360 which I think there's strengths to both sides. 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:32.399 I think Luke's like also the most consistent, one of 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:36.080 the most consistent players are probably even like athletes have 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:43.199 ever come across, and are very diligent, and you know, 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:47.800 like on weekends I would be like just chilling doing nothing, 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:52.840 where Luke would still, you know, like do something that 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:56.280 is not just good for a tennis but like good 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:59.760 for his body, like do a recovery, where I sometimes 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:03.720 just yeah, completely like that, I'm done. I just want 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:07.280 to not do anything that is good for me. 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:10.040 I love that. It's kind of the balance though, isn't it. 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:13.040 Yeah, for sure, Luke you alluded to mixed doubles before 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:15.520 and that you know, it can get a bit competitive 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:17.880 when you guys play together, but you have played five 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:20.720 Australian Opens together, so there must be something that keeps 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.160 you guys coming back and entering the mixed doubles draw 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:24.240 and wanting to go on. 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:25.360 There one one. 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:28.800 Matt, Yeah, yeah, we don't have the best record to 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:33.040 be fair, but mad we lost the runner ups start 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:36.600 of this year, but yeah, I think in the moment, yeah, 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:40.040 we're competitive, and maybe straight after, but in reflection, I 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:42.600 think it's still great that, you know, as a couple, 0:20:42.720 --> 0:20:45.200