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<v Speaker 1>Right, it's we're straight in now, we're life from Wimbledon again.

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<v Speaker 1>Day two of us being face to face, skin to

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<v Speaker 1>skin contact is what we're getting right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Very important team bonding.

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<v Speaker 1>So we are one day away from your match, but

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<v Speaker 1>you've just told me maybe not one day.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's a Wednesday Thursday start.

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<v Speaker 3>It's always been a Wednesdale Thursday start, depending on results

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<v Speaker 3>because there's a lot of singles guys in the double

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<v Speaker 3>straw and just trying to work out the schedule. So

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<v Speaker 3>I could be waiting till eight thirty nine tonight to

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<v Speaker 3>find out if I'm playing tomorrow or not, which is

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<v Speaker 3>great fun.

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<v Speaker 1>But Billy Harris, your partner played yesterday and came through

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<v Speaker 1>the first round of the singles, didn't he.

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<v Speaker 4>You've spoken to.

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<v Speaker 2>Him, I have, Yeah, I'm hitting with him in a

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<v Speaker 2>bit actually.

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<v Speaker 1>And he must be. He played well, didn't he.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I think he got the job done, very very convincing me.

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<v Speaker 3>So that was that was good.

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<v Speaker 1>And as we speak now, Bublic is on and he's

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<v Speaker 1>your part of your doubles opponents tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>What kind of alternatives and permutations could happen there?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean he could.

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<v Speaker 3>He's assessed all at the moment, he could lose this

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<v Speaker 3>match and decide he doesn't want to hang around for

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<v Speaker 3>doubles and pull out, and then we'll play an alternate pair.

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<v Speaker 3>Chabali's yet to play as well, Kabali Chibally. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know how you pronounce it. If there's any Italians, please

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<v Speaker 3>let me know in the comments. So, yeah, it really

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<v Speaker 3>depends if I do play tomorrow. Obviously, Billy will play

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<v Speaker 3>a singles first, so it won't be till later. They

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<v Speaker 3>never put a doubles on before a singles if the

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<v Speaker 3>same players involved. But it's a wasting game and there's

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of people in the same position, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>there's yeah, the singles players kind of playing on different days,

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<v Speaker 3>so it just you just have to be patient and wait.

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<v Speaker 3>And as you can imagine, my phone's full of people

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<v Speaker 3>asking when I'm playing and what caught among Yes, so

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, right, And actually you'll know the same

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<v Speaker 3>time as I do, and the schedule gets released on

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<v Speaker 3>the web and then I'll get an email half an hour.

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<v Speaker 4>Later, right, great, so great.

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<v Speaker 3>Anyone who's wondering. Yeah, there's a big archive of my WhatsApps.

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<v Speaker 3>At the moment, I'm ignoring people check the woe with

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<v Speaker 3>a website.

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<v Speaker 1>How hard is that for you in terms of like

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<v Speaker 1>preparation Mentally, It's fine.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I speak to the people that i'm you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I speak to all through the year. I follow my

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<v Speaker 3>progress and then I do have a look at the

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<v Speaker 3>archives and if it's you know, someone who needs to know,

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<v Speaker 3>then I'll reply.

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<v Speaker 2>But if it's you know, it's tough.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, my coach said yesterday, I put your phone away,

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<v Speaker 3>like we're here to play tennis.

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<v Speaker 1>But for you to prepare for a match for tomorrow. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>do you have like a match day preparation? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have something that you go through and yeah, the match

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't happen.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean tonight now I'm just yeah, hitting gor

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<v Speaker 3>so I'm playing some doubles practice points later and then yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I will wait to see if I'm playing tomorrow. And

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<v Speaker 3>then you put your match warm up, so you hit

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<v Speaker 3>for half an hour five minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Get your body loose.

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<v Speaker 3>If we play Thursday, I'll do another double session tomorrow

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<v Speaker 3>and same thing on Thursday. You have to be quite flexible,

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<v Speaker 3>especially around these big tournaments. I mean the ATPs are

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<v Speaker 3>they've got a lot more to do. With than you know,

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<v Speaker 3>when you turn up a challenge of the sixteen pairs

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<v Speaker 3>and you know you're going to play Tuesday, Wednesday and

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<v Speaker 3>very likely Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 4>And is Billy are you practicing with Billy today?

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<v Speaker 2>I am having a practice set.

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<v Speaker 4>Here or rains Park here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, when you use Billy's name, you get what you want.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm surprised when no on center actually go and kick

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<v Speaker 3>yannikoff in a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>No singles guys obviously have.

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<v Speaker 3>Priorities here, priority here as they're still in the tournament,

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<v Speaker 3>so they get to book courts.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so are you first or one of the outside courts?

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<v Speaker 2>No, they don't.

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<v Speaker 3>So from saturday's the last chance you can hit on

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<v Speaker 3>the match court here. Sunday they prepare them and everything's

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<v Speaker 3>Arangue or range Park. But you know, as you get

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<v Speaker 3>further into this tournament, there's less and less at rains Park.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, I mean, it's just seems so tough from like

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<v Speaker 1>the outsider's point of view that you have to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of get like a you're on Amber alert and then

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<v Speaker 1>you just get the buzz of oh, we're on five hours.

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<v Speaker 3>Well you find you find out the night before and

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<v Speaker 3>you're straight on the phone booking, transport practice speaking to

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<v Speaker 3>your coach, it's like a good twenty minute half in

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<v Speaker 3>our process. Obviously everyone else is trying to bok a

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<v Speaker 3>practice court as well, so you used to get used

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<v Speaker 3>to it. It's it's you have a tick this, you

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<v Speaker 3>get on with it. So yeah, there's there's a million

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<v Speaker 3>and one things to do. But my main focus now

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<v Speaker 3>is just be ready and focus on my tennis.

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<v Speaker 1>I must say, standing opposite you now, you seem very

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<v Speaker 1>relaxed about it, or far more than I would be.

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<v Speaker 4>You're nervous at all.

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<v Speaker 3>No, the nerves will come, you know, as I'm trying

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<v Speaker 3>to get to sleep, which is quite quite helpful. No,

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes the nerve nerves come not before you get to sleep,

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<v Speaker 3>it's healthy, or the morning of your match. If I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not nervous as there's yeah, that's so worry. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you just manage it.

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<v Speaker 4>You just it's taking it easier as you get older.

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<v Speaker 2>No, not necessarily.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes I got really nervous playing an exhibition once in

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<v Speaker 3>the stakes, but shaking before. You just manage it as

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<v Speaker 3>it comes along and go back to the procession and

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<v Speaker 3>kind of hit it out of your system in the match.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, in the pre much warm up, but you

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<v Speaker 3>can start matches like really nervously.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>But earlier this year after Australia, I kept it.

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<v Speaker 3>Broken first game sometimes I hit two double faults in

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<v Speaker 3>the game. That was a period where you know, it

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't ideal. But it's gone now touch wood.

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<v Speaker 4>As you slap, it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>That it happens still the top you know, not the

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<v Speaker 2>top top guys.

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<v Speaker 4>But any rock of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Early yeah, early in his career. It's very a double

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<v Speaker 3>And Marcus Willis as well, you know, those kind of players.

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<v Speaker 4>These guys heroes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so you could have go with practice.

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<v Speaker 4>Is there a theme for the practice for today?

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<v Speaker 3>Just finding our just finding out that the players that

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<v Speaker 3>work where we like to serve on bigger points, who's

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<v Speaker 3>balls what down the middle? I think it's gonna be,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, fairly good with Billy's a singles guy, used

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<v Speaker 3>his strengths, you know, serves really well, really accurately, hits

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<v Speaker 3>really well from the back, so you know we're not

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<v Speaker 3>going to be both rushing the net all time. And

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<v Speaker 3>then I've got to get the balance right between putting

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<v Speaker 3>on my junkie shots and playing normal tennis like a

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<v Speaker 3>normal human. So just finding that balance. But you know,

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<v Speaker 3>he's great to play with. He fights his nuts off

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<v Speaker 3>all the time and he's a good laugh. Likes his

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<v Speaker 3>Weatherspoon's breakfast.

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<v Speaker 2>Breakfast the cheapest, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah? And does the cheap does if.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just scrambled eggs with one hand?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Sure yeah sure cheap over like quality equals the best sometimes.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there's a fine line, isn't it. Yeah, we need

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<v Speaker 3>to come up with a chart, work this out that

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<v Speaker 3>I'm over.

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<v Speaker 2>The smashed a card of with chilei and poached eggs.

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<v Speaker 4>What did you have for lunch today? Players restaurant?

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<v Speaker 2>I had a si E bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not on the weather Swing's menu, cover.

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<v Speaker 4>Chunky chips, and then it is no.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't seen any chips up there.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, my friend just had a Coronation chicken sandwich and

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<v Speaker 3>a packet of crisps.

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<v Speaker 4>Good meal deal, proper meal deal meal taal.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's not three pounds and tell you that.

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<v Speaker 4>And you can't sit down in a restaurant.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it's very busy at the moment and hot. So

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<v Speaker 3>we came to over to a ranging.

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<v Speaker 4>Does it heat change your training? As all your preparation.

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<v Speaker 2>Not really, it's double.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, if you can't train for a couple of

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<v Speaker 3>hours and a bit of heat playing doubles.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's not for you, really, don't Ginger.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, okay, well that's different then I think you get

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<v Speaker 3>Gingers get their own heat rule, you know, after each

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<v Speaker 3>five games they got to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I've heard normal people have one thing. In Ginger's another.

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<v Speaker 2>They're allowed to play with umbrellas on their head.

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<v Speaker 1>So that no mandatory you have to since Brexit, Yeah

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<v Speaker 1>you have to.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I'm making my way sensecord a minute, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have to go like Spider Man along the side

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<v Speaker 1>of the buildings just in case I'm not in the shadows.

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<v Speaker 4>It's one of the it's the Wimbledon.

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<v Speaker 3>Way, and no one can see you that way as well, incognito.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really looking forward to speaking tomorrow on what might

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<v Speaker 1>be the day of the match.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe yeah, yeah, we don't know yet till tonight, so

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<v Speaker 3>it's stay tuned in to find out. Or it could

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<v Speaker 3>be Thursday, sure, yeah, but it might rain tomorrow as well,

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<v Speaker 3>and then it could be we just don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just keep doing and then we've got mixed doubles.

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<v Speaker 4>It's the day before the match.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's just do that. It's always the day before match.

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<v Speaker 4>It's always the day before. Yeah, speak to you tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 4>Bye bye.