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Speaker 1: Ali, this is Christian O'Connell. Now I'm not back on

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Speaker 1: the show until Monday with Jack and Pat. However, you

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Speaker 1: know what it's like. You go on holiday, you log

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Speaker 1: onto your emails before you get into the office. My

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Speaker 1: inbox is getting smashed by you guys saying pick me,

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Speaker 1: pick me, I can whack the tennis ball into the

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Speaker 1: Kia Arena. What am I talking about? Knock it into

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Speaker 1: the park? A load of you in the final few

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Speaker 1: days of the one and only the world's greatest Grand

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Speaker 1: Slam right here in Melbourne, the Australian Open up for grabs,

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Speaker 1: my friends. Tickets to go to the finals. Yes, the

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Speaker 1: men's and the women's both of them are the finals.

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Speaker 1: All you have to do you get two serves like

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Speaker 1: the pros. Can you whack the tennis ball into the

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Speaker 1: Kia Arena from outside of it? If you can, You're

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Speaker 1: off to the finals. Be the envy of the world.

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Speaker 1: You'll be there courtside at the one and only AO,

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Speaker 1: the Australian Open. So email me tell me why I

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Speaker 1: should pick you. Is wide open, Christian Christian O'Connell dot

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Speaker 1: com dot au. Just some of them I can see

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Speaker 1: right now. Who we got here, Christian, please pick me.

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Speaker 1: My partner and I have four daughters under the age

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Speaker 1: of eleven. You've got daughters, you get it. My mum

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Speaker 1: has moved in with us since August. We've also got

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Speaker 1: a dog in three chickens. I need to get out

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Speaker 1: of the house, Christian, even if it's only for a

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Speaker 1: few minutes, to lose this seth you have to come down.

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Speaker 1: There's this one from Kelly Christian. I want to take

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Speaker 1: part in Knock It into the Park. I was the

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Speaker 1: runner up in the nineteen ninety Under eleven D Special

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Speaker 1: Mixed Doubles competition. Folks, we've got a ringer here, Kelly,

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Speaker 1: the one and only runner up from the nineteen ninety

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Speaker 1: under eleven D Special Mixed Doubles competition. We're in the

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Speaker 1: presence of greatness. I think I've got what it takes.

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Speaker 1: Please pick me. More emails coming in, Christian. I love

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Speaker 1: the sound of this. I love a physical challenge, but

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Speaker 1: also a physics challenge. I have asked chat gpt what

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Speaker 1: would it take for me to win and knock it

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Speaker 1: into the park. Apparently, according to chat Gpt, it would

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Speaker 1: take the weight of the tennis ball fifty six grams.

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Speaker 1: Will require one hundred and fifty seven duels of kinetic energy.

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Speaker 1: Failing that, oh see, I'll just hit it and hope

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Speaker 1: for the best. Rob Come on down, this one's has

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Speaker 1: come in hot right now. From Samantha Christian. I have

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Speaker 1: three generations of tennis players in my family, my dad,

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Speaker 1: my husband, and my son. Samantha are going to rename

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Speaker 1: you all the three g's. You talk about three generations.

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Speaker 1: All we do is talk, eat and sleep. Tennis sum

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Speaker 1: up for us is only the AO and the very

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Speaker 1: sound of the ball bounce gives us goosebumps. Whenever the

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Speaker 1: AO the Australian Open finishes, we all feel as if

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Speaker 1: life has come to a halt. Two weeks of undiluted

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Speaker 1: find has suddenly gone out For the next few days

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Speaker 1: we don't want to do. All three of them have

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Speaker 1: won many trophies during their time. Your son and husband

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Speaker 1: are both knowing to serve well, Samantha. I really hope

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Speaker 1: one of the three g's does this. I already hope

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Speaker 1: you're at the finals. You do need to be there, however,

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Speaker 1: come on down. You're definitely there. Bring your husband and

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Speaker 1: your son as well. The rest of you. My inbocks

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Speaker 1: is wide open email me Christian at Christian O'Connell dot

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Speaker 1: com dot au and get ready. We are back me,

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Speaker 1: Jack and Pats Monday morning. Be there by the way.

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Speaker 1: I hope you will. I had a great Christmas and

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Speaker 1: New Year, and I've missed you