WEBVTT - The Sit-Down with Olivia Gadecki 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:04.800 Hello and welcome to the sit Down. I'm Viv Christian, 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:07.600 managing editor of Australian Tennis magazine. 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:10.160 And I'm Matt Trolope, a writer for oz open dot Com. Viv, 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:12.760 why are we sitting down with Olivia Gadeki this week? 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:16.320 Well, Matt, it's been an incredible season for Live and 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:18.959 it's also been an incredible month for her. She is 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:24.000 fresh off reaching a first WTA final in Guadalajara, and 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.960 now she's not only a top one hundred player but 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:28.680 also Australia's. 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:28.920 Number one woman. 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:31.400 Yeah, like a whole lot of milestones have all come 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:33.720 together for her at once, and in the space of 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:36.160 a week, she's almost half her ranking. She was around 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:38.479 one point fifty in the world and now she's knocking 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:40.159 on the door of the top eighty and I think 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:42.880 she was really surprised about it, and it also completely 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:46.199 changes the trajectory of her season. So let's hear what 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:51.880 she had to say. Olivia Gadeki, thank you so much 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:54.600 for joining us on the sit down today. Where in 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:56.000 the world do we find you at the moment? 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:58.560 Thank you? Yeah, thanks so much for having me. 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:06.040 I'm actually here in Oklahoma, Stillwater, OSU visiting my little brother. 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:08.640 He just started college a couple of weeks ago, so 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:11.960 I thought i'd come visit and spend a bit of 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:12.600 time with him. 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:15.000 What's that like the college experience? I guess you would 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:16.440 have only been there for a day or so, But 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.240 I mean, have you done the US college UNI thing before? 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:21.800 No? I haven't, actually, And this is like my first 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.520 time coming to a college in a way too, so 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.720 it's all very new to me. And it's a pretty 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:31.280 cool environment. I went and saw the center and it's 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.240 like amazing facilities. And yeah, he's in very good hands, 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:35.720 my brother. 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:38.920 That's good to hear now. Obviously, one of the main 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.720 reasons we're talking to you today is because of your 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.160 performance in Guadalajara. You made the final there of the 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.880 WTA five hundred there and like an incredible week that 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.840 you started in qualifying to get to your first WTA final. 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.240 What clicked? 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.200 Why did it all work so well there on such 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:55.840 a big stage. 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.640 Yeah, that's sort of a million dollar question in a way. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:03.080 I don't know. I think I spent two a week. 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:05.800 Before that five hundred tournament. They're playing a one two five, 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.560 and you know, I played. I've been playing quite a 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.240 bit this year, and I don't know, I was really 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:15.960 feeling myself out there. I really enjoyed the conditions and 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.560 everything about Mexico that week, and I don't know, I 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.200 was playing some great tennis and I just took every 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.440 opportunity as it came, and each day it was a 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:26.639 chance to you know, get out. 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:31.280 There, compete, enjoy it. And yeah, it came good. 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.960 In the end, It certainly did. And one thing that 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.640 was so interesting about your run after you qualified was 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.000 like the caliber of players you kept facing in the 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:44.160 main draw. So you beat Sloan Stevens, Daniel Collins, Martina Trevis, 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.320 and Camilla Azoria, Like these all big names on the 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.040 WTA Tours, So how did it feel to face them 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:50.760 and beat them? 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:52.480 Yeah, for sure. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:54.600 I mean they're probably one of the biggest names, like 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:58.160 you said, on tour, so to be able to get 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:02.760 quite a few great wins was amazing for my confidence. 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.640 And a lot of the time I was just taking 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.239 one match at a time. I didn't know who I 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.960 was facing next or anything. So I think that I 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.760 really enjoyed that. I just like I said before, it 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.960 just took every match as it came and really enjoyed 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:18.880 competing and. 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:21.320 Yeah, especially at. 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:23.880 That level, because I feel like I've been in that 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:27.400 one fifty mark where you're in qualiues of these events, 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.400 but you don't really get to play such well. I'm 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.680 like the players you play a great but as in 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.720 this sort of level, you don't really get that too often. 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.400 So to play back to back and you know, get 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:40.040 through those. 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.800 It was it was quite a you know, big confidence 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:43.600 booster in a way. 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.640 And then obviously entering the final, that's a new experience 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.680 for you. And we know the Guadalajara Guadalajara tournament, it's 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.680 so well attended, it's a great center court, so like, yeah, 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:54.680 walking out for your first W two final at that 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.720 level probably what five six thousand people in the stands 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.200 and this opportunity, like, what what was that experience like? 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:02.600 And how did you handle it? 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:03.400 It was amazing. 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:07.560 I mean, I was so lucky to be to have 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.800 been you know, welcome so warmly. I felt like I 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.000 had the crowd sort of behind me a lot of 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.799 the time, which was really nice. And I mean towards 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.320 the end of the week, I think, you know, you 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:23.160 really try and seek those little sort of one percenters 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:25.599 that might get you over the line. And although I 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.800 didn't win that final, I just felt like I had 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:33.040 a lot of energy and backing behind me, which, like 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:38.599 I said, makes a big, you know impact, And I 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.479 thought I played great, like great tennis, and I just 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.320 felt like I didn't quite execute as well as I 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:48.080 had the last you know, a few matches. But credit 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.880 to Magdalena, like she played, she played amazing and she's 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:56.120 had such a great sort of year so far, so yeah, 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:56.760 credit to her. 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.400 Were you nervous for the final? 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:00.960 Oh? Yeah, I was sick to my stomach. 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:05.599 Yeah, and I was alone that week, so I was 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:06.520 trying to figure out. 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.320 Ways to sort of deal with those nerves. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.640 And I hadn't like obviously I've felt nervous before, but 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.479 that was like I just felt like that was another level, 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:17.760 and you know, it was a good sign. 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:18.359 You know. 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:22.280 It's those those sort of moments you trained for and 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.880 it's quite hard to replicate. So to have that, you know, 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:30.120 feeling and and to know that I came out there 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.720 and played some great tennis and with that sort of feeling, 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.800 so I it's a it's a feeling that I know 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:41.960 that I can sort of, yeah, just get used to annoying. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:43.479 Yeah. 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:46.719 Do you think, Olivia, that your experience or your success 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:50.400 in doubles has helped you in singles and and on? 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:52.159 I guess a big occasion like that. 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.160 Oh yeah, I can definitely say that, you know, all 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.480 those doubles matches tournaments that I've played has made a 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.320 massive difference for my singles game. 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:04.560 Yeah. 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.320 I'm so glad that I've you know, given doubles a 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.000 good shot and been able to play in some really 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:14.719 big tournaments which I hadn't done prior years. 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.640 And in terms of your game, you have such a 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:22.080 sort of a beautiful, well rounded all court style. How 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:23.039 did you develop that? 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:25.000 Oh? Thank you. 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.920 I remember when I was quite young, I was maybe 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:33.840 around twelve, I was twelve thirteen, I was working with 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:38.560 Adam Carey, and I remember saying to him, oh, I 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.520 would love to become a Servolia like. 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:42.800 That sort of player one day. 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:48.840 And so, I don't know, with him, we practiced, you know, transition, 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:52.800 my transition game so much so I'd say Adam Carey 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.600 was the one that, you know, helped with that side 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.880 of my game. And I'm so thankful because I love 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:02.480 playing like that, really enjoy playing tennis. You know, when 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.640 there's you know, quite a few things that I can 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.360 sort of do when if things aren't going well or 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:10.200 if I need to change things. I feel like I've 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.520 gotten all courts sort of game, which is which is great. 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.880 I feel servant volley is are a bit of a 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:19.520 rarity in today's game. Was there anyone that kind of 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:20.200 inspired that? 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:27.720 Not really, I'd say no, I just I just wanted 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:28.360 to be different. 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.120 But I've realized that the serve and volley game is 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:37.800 quite quite physical, and it's very important to have a 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:38.640 base game too. 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:42.000 So as as much as I wanted to be serve volley, 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.760 I also need to work on the other things, of course. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.160 And you are now sitting at a career high ranking 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:51.240 of world number eighty one. How does that sound? And 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.000 you know, just how does it feel to have made 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:54.120 your top one hundred, tiboo? 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.560 It's honestly amazing, and I. 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:02.560 Can't quite believe, to be honest, especially because I was 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.560 in that sort of one fifty bracket I thought for 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:06.720 quite a long period. 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.240 I haven't quite digested it just yet. 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:14.720 I don't think it's been an incredible sort of you know, 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:15.680 eight days and. 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:19.960 The fact that I'm yeah, like I said, eighty one 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:21.320 in the world. Is this incredible? 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:24.600 And I just felt like I was in that one 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:30.280 fifty bracket for quite a while and I didn't quite 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.560 know that it could change. I knew it could change 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:34.720 quickly in a week, but I didn't think it would 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:36.600 sort of change that quickly. 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:39.000 So yeah, to be eighty one in. 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:42.120 The world right now is incredible, and I'm just really 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:45.800 excited to keep going, keep working on my game, keep learning, 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:52.000 and yeah, just see how how far I can sort 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:52.240 of go. 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:54.760 Well, I had a follow up question to that, and 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.960 it was about the opportunities that this new ranking opens 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:01.000 up for you because you've actual actually halved your ranking. 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:02.680 You as you said, you were in the one fifties 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.400 and now you're eighty eighty one. Do you know how 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:07.199 that might like impact your schedule or how it might 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:08.120 change going forward. 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.240 Yeah, it's definitely changed my schedule quite a bit. 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.080 I was actually planning on going back to London for 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.480 a couple of weeks and then heading back to the 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.400 States to play seventy fives, and there was a chance 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.840 to play some one two fives and a two point fifty, 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:23.520 but actually I'm. 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.880 Heading to China to play tournaments there. 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:27.720 Which that's cool. 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:32.040 Is quite a schedule. Yeah, schedule changed, So I'm. 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.240 Really excited about that because that was the schedule I 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.560 really wanted to play. But obviously I was sort of planning, Oh, 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.240 I'm not going to be sort of ranked high enough 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.880 to get into those, so I'll just head sort of 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:46.800 the other way. But yeah, after this week, I've yeah, 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:50.120 given myself the opportunity to head to Asia and compete there, 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:51.040 which is very exciting. 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.480 It's awesome going back and kind of preparing for this 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:57.000 interview looking at your activity, it seemed that there was 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.439 in singles like a bit of a spike when grass 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.679 court season started. So and I think, if we've counted correctly, 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.240 your twenty three wins and nine losses since the beginning 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:08.520 of SERBERTU where I think you made the semisor the final. 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:12.199 I just wondered if that's where you felt a change 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.719 or a click happening in your game too, because that 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:17.640 seems to be when the results swung up. 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.480 Yeah, I think you could definitely say that I was. 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:24.880 And also I just love playing on the grass to 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:28.240 be honest, I feel like my game suits suits it 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:31.960 very well, and I was really going into that grass 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:36.640 court season quite you know confidently in a way, I've 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.640 put in a lot of good hours and. 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.679 I just thought, you know, I could really do something 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:44.720 here over these next couple of weeks. 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.880 And yeah, I think it's definitely helped, just you know, 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:49.439 playing a lot of matches. 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:54.160 To this. Yeah, this end and is part of the year. 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:58.520 Yeah, obviously Guadalajara is a massive highlight for you this season. 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:00.000 But I just wondered, if you look back at your 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.120 twenty twenty four season, what are some of the other 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.440 highlights for you that you reckon have been really significant 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:05.080 or stick out. 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:10.280 Oh, there's there's been quite a few. Actually, twenty twenty 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:12.640 four has been a great year so far. 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:15.880 I feel, you know, I played I represented Australia in 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:20.120 the Olympics, which was you know, amazing and I honestly 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.640 didn't think I was going to get that optually so 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:26.760 early in my career, so to do that was incredible. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:31.040 And you know, playing playing all the Slams, Aussie Open, 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.000 I mean, there's not there's. 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.760 That is one of the highlights every year, you know, playing. 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.760 In front of your home crowd and in front of 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.760 friends and family, and yeah, that was definitely a massive 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:49.680 yeahs like good moment and but yeah, I think just 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.079 overall the whole year, you know, you get to travel, compete, 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:58.440 there's a lot of ups and downs, but it's just yeah, 0:11:58.679 --> 0:11:59.600 all quite exciting. 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:02.800 Olivia, I just wanted to ask. I'm sure you've heard 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:07.120 from lots of people since your week Inquaatelage era, but 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:11.160 I was also wondering Ash Party has obviously been, you know, 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:13.679 an influence in your career. I wondered if you could 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:17.640 talk about the inspiration that she provided and whether you're 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.840 still in touch and yeah, just that connection. 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:25.280 Yeah, Ash has been a big part of my career 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.640 so far. She you know, showed me the ropes when 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.560 I was just starting out pretty much, and she really 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.520 gave me a feel for, you know, what it is 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.680 to work hard, to you know, have a have a 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:44.200 good team around you, enjoy enjoy it. You know, it's 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:46.720 a it's a long sort of journey, and it's really 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:53.200 important to enjoy the little things. And and she, yeah, 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:56.720 she's just been there for me whenever I needed some 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:03.400 advice or she she's yeah, just been incredible and I'm 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.040 so so grateful to. 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:06.480 Have someone like her in my corner. 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:11.160 And she she texted me after my week and said 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:14.480 she's very proud of me. And coming from someone like that, 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.960 you know, that really means a lot. Especially, I feel 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.640 like we have quite a lot in common. And to 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:25.120 have someone like that just, yeah, tell you that you know, 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:26.960 they're proud of you, really. 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.040 Means a lot. For sure. 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.840 Who else sort of counts as inspiration to you? And 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:35.360 what does your team look like? 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:39.160 Now? I would say my mom? My, Mom is my 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:40.240 biggest inspiration. 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:44.120 You know, she's without her, I obviously wouldn't be here. 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:47.080 But I obviously wouldn't have this, you know, opportunity. 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:51.440 To to play tennis at such a you know, high 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:55.480 level and without her sacrifice. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:56.079 And. 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:01.000 Yeah, I just feel like I I sort of. 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:06.560 Owe her in a way. But yeah, she her love 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.040 and support means so much to me. And the fact 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:09.640 that I can. 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:14.360 Sort of, you know, say that without you, like I 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.280 wouldn't sort of be here is quite special. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.680 She must be so proud of you, Yeah she is, 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:22.480 which is nice. 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.880 You do come from a family of tennis players. Talk 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.240 about that sort of influence and how that's helped your 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:30.480 journey to this point. 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:36.000 Yeah, So, my five brothers all used to play and 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.680 we all used to you know, hit together. Growing up 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:44.040 because financially, Mum couldn't really afford to, you know, put 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:48.120 get our own sort of private lessons, and we were 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.000 very lucky to have sort of clubs support us in 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.800 a way. But most of the time we hit together, 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:59.360 and you know, we formed a very strong bond, and 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:03.120 even only two of us really play at the moment, 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:07.960 my little brother and I so but the support system 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:13.600 behind us or behind me is incredible. And without my 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:17.600 brothers and my mum's support, I honestly think it would 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.040 be so much harder. 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:21.200 So I'm very grateful to them. 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.320 I have to ask, what's it like growing up in 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:25.920 a family of five brothers? 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:31.520 Oh, it's amazing. I honestly wouldn't want anything else. And 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.760 I feel so special like to be surrounded by such 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:43.160 you know, great you know brothers, and yeah, when I 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:44.880 think about my family, I just feel like it was 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:48.240 just full of love and support, and. 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:52.840 Yeah, I feel very lucky to have that, Olivia. 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:55.960 This is another great result in what has been an 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:59.160 incredible year for Australian tennis. I feel like every week 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:03.680 we're celebrating something that an emerging ossie's doing, a career first, 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.440 a big win. How much like have you drawn any 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:10.040 inspiration from what other Ossies have been doing on tour 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:11.920 and kind of like tapped into a bit of that 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:12.840 momentum yourself. 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:18.200 I would say yes and no. It's a fine line, 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:23.200 I feel in a way, because you know, the amazing 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.760 thing about tennis is we all have our own journeys 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:29.800 and we can sort of write our own stories, and 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:34.240 sometimes we can get a little too fixated on what 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:37.520 everyone's doing. But it's so nice to see that there's 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.320 so many Aussie is doing amazing and it does give 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:44.520 you a sense of belief that you know it's doable 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.560 and you can do it too. But yeah, like I said, 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:48.680 it's sort of a fine line. 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.640 But I think it's amazing what. 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.560 The Australians have been able to do this year, and 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.640 I think we can, you know, keep going, keep doing 0:16:57.680 --> 0:16:59.720 more and better for sure. 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:01.880 And I guess more specifically about the women, because so 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.119 many of the storylines on in Ozzie Tennis have been 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.000 about the men, but in the last couple of months 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.200 it's been the women also doing great stuff. We had 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.800 that amazing result of the US Open where five or 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:14.119 six of them qualified. You're now the number one Aussie. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.080 There's all of these other young players coming through that 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:18.679 are kind of on the cusp of the top one 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.000 hundred as well. So how does it feel to kind 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:23.560 of be part of that group that are emerging through? 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:25.960 Like it seems like a really positive future for Ozzie 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:26.840 women's tennis. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:32.600 Yeah, for sure, We've got quite a few women coming through, 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.760 and especially the young ones. You know, you've got Maya 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:39.480 Joint who's doing amazing, Taylor Preston, and then like you said, 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:43.119 we had those we had six girls qualify for yours Open, 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:44.719 Like that's just incredible. 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:48.919 So yeah, we've got we've got a bright future. And 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:49.760 I hope that. 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:53.560 They know that it's doable and you know, you just 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.960 got to keep doing the right things and working hard 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.159 and giving yourself the chance, and yeah, you never know 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:00.240 what could happen. 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:04.040 So Olivia, we're learning a lot of Australianton's fans are 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:08.359 learning a lot about Olivia the tennis player. What's something 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:11.639 they might not know about Olivia Gdeki the person. 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:13.639 The person. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:16.719 Existential question for you? 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:20.640 Yeah, that's that's one that I might need a little 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:25.800 bit of time to think about actually, But oh it's 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:28.760 that's a tough question because I just feel like my 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:30.480 whole life revolves around tennis. 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:33.720 As sort of sad. 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:37.720 As that sound, but we love the passion. 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.760 Yeah, it's it's a tough one because I just feel 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:45.119 like it takes so much, you know, time and effort, 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:50.840 and it's it's about fine margins and there's not as 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:53.040 much as you want to balance your off court and 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:57.280 on court. I just feel like it's very hard to 0:18:57.280 --> 0:19:00.960 to sort of differentiate differentiate the two because, like I said, 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:08.840 it's fine margins. But I yeah, I honestly actually, I 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:11.960 it's funny because I'm not very good at math, but 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:16.679 I I just enjoy sort of doing it because it's 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:19.440 very black and white, like there's the answer is either 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:23.000 wrong or right. So when I was in Guadalajara, because 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:26.639 I was there for two weeks, I actually bought a 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:28.639 math course, oh. 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:29.600 Well and started. 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:32.520 Yeah, I started doing some math in my free time, 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:37.520 which is quite funny. But yeah, that's probably a little 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:41.840 fun fact, quite random. 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:43.840 Well, there you go. 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:49.320 Just to finish off Olivia, perhaps you could say, I'll 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:51.639 tell us what you're most looking forward to over the 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:54.760 next few weeks, the rest of this season and into 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:55.680 early next year. 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:01.480 What I'm most looking forward to I think for sure, 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:04.119 just you know, hitting the practice. 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.280 Courts and working on my game and then getting out 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:11.520 to Asia and competing and really just trying to continue 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:14.240 with the momentum that I've been able to create right now. 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:18.840 And of course it's been truly amazing. 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:23.000 Because I get to represent Australia again in November, which 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:27.800 is very exciting. I'm so excited to wear the green 0:20:27.840 --> 0:20:29.960 and gold and to be a part of something bigger 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:35.760 than myself again this year is just an incredible opportunity 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:40.000 and I think I'm really that's probably my favorite, you know, 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:44.520 seeing really and really looking forward to that. And then 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:49.760 after that, of course the Aussy summer. I mean, yeah, 0:20:49.840 --> 0:20:51.920