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Speaker 1: Podcasting Now, the rising star of the Australian Open really

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Speaker 1: caught the hearts and minds, the spirits of the people

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Speaker 1: watching this bloke. He looks like an absolute legend on

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Speaker 1: and off the court, and if you've been following.

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Speaker 2: This show, you'll know that we.

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Speaker 1: Were very attentive to something he said after his first

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Speaker 1: round match.

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Speaker 3: Are you sponsored or is that an outfit out of

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Speaker 3: your choice?

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Speaker 4: It came out specially. I went to Chadstone, bought some

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Speaker 4: six dollar t's and went to work.

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Speaker 1: Tanasi Kokonaka has got six dollars came out T shirt.

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Speaker 1: It's been out of the game for so long, wasn't

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Speaker 1: sponsored at all, so I had to get his own

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Speaker 1: kid would so you and I had the genius idea

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Speaker 1: of trying to get around him.

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Speaker 3: Put a phone call into a T shirt manufacturer. Jesus,

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Speaker 3: I've had two hundred and fifty T shirts manufactured today.

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Speaker 3: What does the T shirt say? Firstly, you and I

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Speaker 3: are talking about this off here. No, No, it's just

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Speaker 3: a non edge chat.

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Speaker 1: There's a pot of Tanasi, yeah, and then there's you

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Speaker 1: and me, and it's there's number one Cocks supporters.

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Speaker 2: Hey, John's on the show.

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Speaker 5: Right now.

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Speaker 2: To Nasi cokain Arcides.

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Speaker 1: Our next guest became the global ambassador for KMART and

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Speaker 1: he wasn't even trying at tennis as he's been smashing

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Speaker 1: the competition left, right and center, along with the men's

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Speaker 1: T shirt section in Game Art. His Australian Open journey

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Speaker 1: is over now, but he's still a brushing icon.

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Speaker 2: Please welcome to the show the Cock himself.

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Speaker 3: To Nasi cocin Arkiesday, we'll top.

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Speaker 2: Them, mate, Pleasure to have you on the show.

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Speaker 1: Woods and I I mean you can't see this, but

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Speaker 1: we're both wearing our number one Cock.

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Speaker 2: Supporter T shirts.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, just so you know, we got another two

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Speaker 1: hundred and forty eight of them.

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Speaker 6: Floating around and we'll get to the business opportunity in

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Speaker 6: a second. To Naci, we probably should mention the amazing

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Speaker 6: story that is you. I mean, this Australian opened, the

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Speaker 6: victories that you had, you know, after a really.

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Speaker 7: Long and grueling time with injury and stuff. Can you

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Speaker 7: talk us through, mate, just how difficult the last what

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Speaker 7: eighteen to twenty four months has been for you.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, it's obviously been a pretty rocky sort of

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Speaker 4: last couple of years since I kind of broke onto

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Speaker 4: the scene. I've kind of gained momentum. Then something happened

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Speaker 4: when it'll bit injury or illness.

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Speaker 5: So.

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Speaker 4: Mate, yeah startup. Last year after the pre season I

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Speaker 4: found out, so yeah, that literally wiped me out. A

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Speaker 4: week before Ossie opened, something didn't feel right and then yeah,

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Speaker 4: I was watching watching the a tob Cup and I

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Speaker 4: was he opened from hospital, which was no fun at all.

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Speaker 7: Oh, so it's a nasty Were there ever moments there

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Speaker 7: where you thought I'm going to give up, Like you know,

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Speaker 7: I'm not going to get it, the body won't get right.

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Speaker 4: I've had many of them over the years, and it

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Speaker 4: was more than just just tours. It was legitimate thoughts

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Speaker 4: because I'm like, I know what my tennis can do,

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Speaker 4: but if I can't play even to eighty five ninety

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Speaker 4: percent of myself, Like these guys are that good, but

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Speaker 4: you have to be ready and you have to be

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Speaker 4: able to go.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, well look, it's a testament to your character

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Speaker 1: that you've stuck at it. Honestly, you could see how

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Speaker 1: emotional you were after a couple of your victories there.

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Speaker 1: Particul in the first round looked like, you know, finally

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Speaker 1: a sense of the fact that you could do it,

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Speaker 1: which was just awesome to watch.

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Speaker 2: We're about to talk about the.

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Speaker 1: Number one cock Supporter T shirts which we've made for you,

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Speaker 1: and I'll just weave that back in at the back

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Speaker 1: of your mind there.

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Speaker 2: But you got a d M from the fed Express.

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Speaker 4: He jumped on. No, I'm not saying he jumped on,

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Speaker 4: but we bendwagon supporter.

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Speaker 8: Is he Where were you twelve months ago? Fed Express?

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Speaker 4: He definitely hasn't jumped on. But we've actually we've we've

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Speaker 4: had a bit of a history. He invited me to

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Speaker 4: Dubai a few years back to train and then I'll

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Speaker 4: just scrolling through as you do. Yeah, and I saw

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Speaker 4: one from a blue Tig. I was a hang on second, wow,

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Speaker 4: I was like that, that can't be right. And then

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Speaker 4: I looked down. I was like, oh shit, wow. And

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Speaker 4: then and then he called me by my nickname, which

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Speaker 4: he always calls me up. He's the only one in

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Speaker 4: the world that calls me that in the name, which

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Speaker 4: is like Anasa. I don't know why he does it,

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Speaker 4: but he does. And that's actually from him, not his

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Speaker 4: agency or anything.

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Speaker 1: So quickly TANASI just yes or no answer, were you

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Speaker 1: expecting a message from Novak Djokovic as well.

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Speaker 4: Uh No, I thought I thought the DMS would be

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Speaker 4: probably pretty dry from his behalf. I was, I was

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Speaker 4: correct there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, nasikkanakas he joins us right now.

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Speaker 2: On the phone, Woody in classic Woody fashion.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure if for this for the show, but

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Speaker 1: Woods thought he jumped on a premium business opportunity here

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Speaker 1: Danasi and he came in the studios.

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Speaker 2: He was like, well, we've got a company together.

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Speaker 1: He used our company credit card to go and make

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Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty T shirts which said number one

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Speaker 1: cock supporters. People can see Instagram is a photo of

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Speaker 1: you and then us in the foreground in a heinous

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Speaker 1: photoshop job.

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Speaker 8: But did that myself? Actually took me four hours, but.

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Speaker 2: It's a lot of teats. Well, he came and he

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Speaker 2: told me.

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Speaker 1: He told me that I've made undred and fifty te's

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Speaker 1: And then I looked up at the score and you

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Speaker 1: were in the battle within the past and I was like, wait,

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Speaker 1: we don't even know if he's going to make it

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Speaker 1: past the third round right now.

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Speaker 2: It's not happening out there. And then you lost it

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Speaker 2: in the fifth for the fourth whichever one it was.

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Speaker 1: And now we're sitting on two hundred and forty eight

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Speaker 1: T shirts.

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Speaker 4: Shaving for next year. We'll be ready here we go.

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Speaker 7: Can we wear the number one Cock Supporters T shirt

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Speaker 7: in a warm up?

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Speaker 5: I would I would have to set with ATP if

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Speaker 5: that's allowed. Okay, although I reckon there's a good chance

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Speaker 5: I get shredded by a lot of people on social

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Speaker 5: media while wearing that's fair.

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Speaker 2: That's fair, that's fair to look up.

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Speaker 7: For the brus you definitely get shredded, but it might

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Speaker 7: be worth it for the dolls because this thing will

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Speaker 7: sell like hotcakes to us next year.

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Speaker 2: We'll just line it up so we can wear these

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Speaker 3: That's a good idea.

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Speaker 2: And then you know, we can organize an army of

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Speaker 2: people to wear these.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, now you know I'm back playing. Get them. It'll

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Speaker 4: be chissed one and we'll get it to gain some traction.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds good. I mean I I think number

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Speaker 1: one Cock Supporters is relatively safe. I think the first

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Speaker 1: draft what he just had we love cock written on

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Speaker 1: the shirt, so thankfully that's changed. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there's a couple of tough ways you could do it,

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Speaker 4: but other words, my coach and his friends had not.

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Speaker 4: My coach wasn't wearing a while he was in my

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Speaker 4: box obviously, but I few of his mates had get

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Speaker 4: on the cock with like a little were like a

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Speaker 8: I love that.

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Speaker 2: That's great.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been a few of them.

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Speaker 2: So Tanasi.

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Speaker 1: It was very tight with Nick Kurios as well, who's

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Speaker 1: obviously been a great mate of yours for years.

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Speaker 2: What's your take on on the way that Nick's handling

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Speaker 2: his time in the spotlight at the moment.

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Speaker 4: I mean, mix just Nick, he's been like that since

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Speaker 4: he was you know, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, is just

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Speaker 4: now obviously has a few more eyes to see it.

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Speaker 4: I couldn't believe some of the stuff he was doing

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Speaker 4: on court, Like he was playing well and he whipped

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Speaker 4: out econom of rereggor walk and I was just laughing,

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Speaker 4: like I've never seen that sort of stuff on the

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Speaker 4: tennis court. It's only him, Like he broke first game

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Speaker 4: of the match, and I've never seen someone get more

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Speaker 4: pumped up. So for me, for me, it was so

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Speaker 4: entertaining to watch. But yeah, me and Nick have gone

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Speaker 4: back a long way. We share a lot of the

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Speaker 4: same interests off court. We we love our NBA. We

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Speaker 4: we talk rubbish to each other pretty much every day,

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Speaker 4: and yeah, we just we just get along.

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Speaker 8: I've got one more question about the off court as well.

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Speaker 7: There, Tanasi, I heard a little rumor that you and

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Speaker 7: Nick are potentially throwing a big party for the end

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Speaker 7: of the Melbourne lockdown.

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Speaker 4: True, we were considering this idea. We actually had a

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Speaker 4: few DJs reach out to us and a couple a

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Speaker 4: few companies that wanted to supply. I've gotta be careful

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Speaker 4: because I've got a few tournaments coming up soon.

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Speaker 2: But if you need a DJ, you know I'm you know,

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Speaker 2: I've been known to spin the wheels of steel. Okay,

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Speaker 2: so just let us know, TANASI, thank you.

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Speaker 8: That sounds like a no, but thank you. Anyway. I'll

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Speaker 8: slip into your dns. We'll talk of yeah, I'll keep.

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Speaker 2: It in the yeah at alls at all?

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Speaker 1: Nowheres at all all right, Man, will be the non

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Speaker 1: We'll be the guys trying not to act too keen,

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Speaker 1: wearing our T shirts with your face on the great

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Speaker 1: to hear from you, mate.

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Speaker 2: Honestly, it's been a pleasure watching you this year at

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Speaker 2: the Aussie Open. Thanks for all your your honesty and

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Speaker 2: your vulnerability. It really was.

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Speaker 1: It was a highlight of the two weeks in all honesty, mate,

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Speaker 1: so good on you for putting it all out there.

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Speaker 1: It's always great to see you here in Australia, so

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining us, bro.

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Speaker 2: Mean, thank you your a legend. Thanks to it's been

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Speaker 2: a pleasure man so much.

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