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<v Speaker 1>Friday twenty second, evening barbecue at mine? You about.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not?

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<v Speaker 1>No? Oh all right, no, that's all right, because I

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<v Speaker 1>just think it would be good good to Right Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>twenty third, there's a country fair at mine. Morris dancing

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<v Speaker 1>still awakend.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be tempted to come back for that, but no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I think so.

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<v Speaker 1>Just wife and kids are out. On Sunday the twenty fourth.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got some blankets and popcorn. Do you want to

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<v Speaker 1>just sit under there with me and watch Colombo on repeat?

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<v Speaker 2>I'd love to, but I'm not available on my friend?

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<v Speaker 1>What are you up to? Then?

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<v Speaker 3>I am slipping over the channel and playing round and Garross.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go on the screen playing the French Open

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six, Marcus Willis. I mean, you're just so

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<v Speaker 1>cool man. So look, I've got loads of big dumb questions.

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<v Speaker 1>The quick one is this is just a quick chat.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to get proper in depth and all that.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously we've reviewed the singles competition at the French

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<v Speaker 1>Open this year already, so we know exactly what's going

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. You're playing the French Open quick WhatsApp. We

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<v Speaker 1>had ten days ago. You said, you don't think you're

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<v Speaker 1>getting in.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought we'd just mess out.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there was there a few, a couple of surprises,

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<v Speaker 3>and at night before the entry, I had myself at

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<v Speaker 3>fifty seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Well we don't all but a few of us make

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<v Speaker 2>this and try.

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<v Speaker 3>And work out, well we're going to come basically yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>that sounds dodgy.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's fifth. You know, I like I like this

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<v Speaker 1>as nice as the next amount, but clearly not as

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<v Speaker 1>much as you. So you've got Yeah, you talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the fifty seven that is I mean you are. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a bit if you look at the drawer online, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a big black line with Tanasi Kokhanak is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>just sneaking in above it, Rejieve Ram and then you

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<v Speaker 1>and Yaka Paul are third from bottom of there. That

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<v Speaker 1>means you are in the main drawer. It means you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be playing your fourth Grand Slam in a row.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you find out that you're going to play

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<v Speaker 1>the French Open.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all done.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it was Wednesday at noon is when it closed.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, everyone that's going to definitely get in. Everyone

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<v Speaker 3>top one thirty will enter early, pretty early, and then

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<v Speaker 3>anything from up until whatever the cut is, you don't

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<v Speaker 3>really know. So you know, from the morning, from ten

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<v Speaker 3>to eleven am there are a couple of teams entered,

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<v Speaker 3>and then you know, from eleven thirty eleven forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Five, that's when traffic starts happening because people don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to enter too early, and then.

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<v Speaker 3>Other players have enough time to work out what they

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<v Speaker 3>need to beat and then kind of swap around with

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<v Speaker 3>whoever it takes to get in. So if you do

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<v Speaker 3>it with two minutes to go, that's not really enough

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<v Speaker 3>time for people to completely scrap their plans.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, technically they could, but you know we did.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, Yakov did ossily open with thirty seconds to spare,

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<v Speaker 3>So I think we were four minutes before this time

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<v Speaker 3>because it looked like the guys we thought we're going

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<v Speaker 3>to sign didn't, and a couple of guys that we

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<v Speaker 3>thought were going to be above signed behind.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Regieve Ram, for instance, is ranked.

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<v Speaker 3>Fifty in the world, so I thought for sure he'd

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<v Speaker 3>find someone higher to guarantee himself in. I mean, he

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<v Speaker 3>did get in the end, but he played with someone

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<v Speaker 3>outside the top hundred, so Ben Kittay. But yeah, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 3>one else that ranking has taken a risk, so I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't see that coming. I thought Ram would be enter

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<v Speaker 3>with someone ranked higher. There was a singles team that

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<v Speaker 3>didn't sign that Will rumoured to be signing, So that's

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<v Speaker 3>why I put myself at fifty seven on the nose.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you know Dar Dairy often, you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't think he's missed slam in the last two three years.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't sign, So.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, with about you know, ten seconds to go, I

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<v Speaker 3>had to look and we were fifty five and I thought, right,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, we should be okay unless you know someone

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<v Speaker 3>to sign. The last ten seconds three pairs I thought

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<v Speaker 3>would be good. And then you know, the list came out, surprised,

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<v Speaker 3>surprisingly quick. It was done by so six seven pm

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<v Speaker 3>the same day, whereas Australia was twenty four hours or so.

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<v Speaker 2>So you've got to wait for confirmation.

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<v Speaker 3>So the list disappears, and then you find me on

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<v Speaker 3>the acceptance list any time up to twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes more historically it's been more before, but.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, it's it's it's quite a weird way. You

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<v Speaker 3>don't know for a while, like factually, but well I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're top fifty, you do okay, So that, as

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<v Speaker 1>I said, this is just a quick touch in because

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of people invested in the Marcus with

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<v Speaker 1>this journey. If I'm being honest, what does it mean

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<v Speaker 1>to you emotionally to be in this Grand Slam?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh golly, I mean.

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't really I've just been kind of letting close

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<v Speaker 3>people know and looking at flights and airbnbs and trying

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<v Speaker 3>to get stuff sorted. I hasn't really sunk in yet

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<v Speaker 3>because you know, I am in the middle of a tournament,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, I'm focusing on you know, what time

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<v Speaker 3>we're getting trans spot tomorrow, what time I'm practicing, and

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<v Speaker 3>what time I'm handling my rackets and and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's it's it's just been really crazy. I suppose.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been really crazy, but you know, I've worked really hard.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's it's really nice. I mean I didn't think

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<v Speaker 3>this time last year, you know, when I was about to,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, go and play the grass season, I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>think you're going to play you know, four slams in

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<v Speaker 3>a right. So yeah, it's it's it's really nice. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean I've Yeah, it's it's not been easy. It really

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<v Speaker 3>hasn't been easy, So I'm happy.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm happy for people that have kind of supported me

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<v Speaker 2>and stuck by me as well. It's nice for them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're really excited.

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<v Speaker 3>So but for me, at the moment, it's it's head down,

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<v Speaker 3>sort this tournament out. Yeah, it's It's one of those

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<v Speaker 3>I might feel more excited when I'm there or after

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<v Speaker 3>it's done, or I look back on it, but at the.

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<v Speaker 2>Moment, it's like, Okay, I've got a match tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 3>I really want to go to Paris and perform well

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, win as many match as I can.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, no, it's a bit weird, isn't it. It's

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<v Speaker 3>crazy if you think about it that way, where I

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<v Speaker 3>was and where I am in quite a short space

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<v Speaker 3>of time.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, for me as well, I mean, what do

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<v Speaker 1>I know, never played to anywhere near your level. The

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<v Speaker 1>what I can say is that if I watch Crystal

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<v Speaker 1>Palace win an FA Cup, if something happens monumental, even

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<v Speaker 1>at my level of sport, I actually find it quite emotional,

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<v Speaker 1>like kind of teary, like a frog in my throat

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<v Speaker 1>kind of thing. When you're I mean, it's not unexpected

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<v Speaker 1>that you'd be at the French. But when you work

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<v Speaker 1>out your list of fifty five, you might be kind

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<v Speaker 1>of confident that that's going to happen. And then when

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<v Speaker 1>you get the nudge saying you're in. Is it? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it a teary moment? Is it a punch in the

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<v Speaker 1>air moment? Is it a I'm not sure what spinning

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<v Speaker 1>around on, like how Homer Simpson used to spin round

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<v Speaker 1>on his head on the floor. Is it that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of thing? What is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yesterday?

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<v Speaker 3>Yesterday, we're on the practice cort because we were warming

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<v Speaker 3>up for my match, so Yak about to do the

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<v Speaker 3>entry and I quickly checked at you know, fifty eight

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<v Speaker 3>and fifty nine. But you know, I was hitting balls

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<v Speaker 3>at that stage. It was quite weird.

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<v Speaker 2>But no, I mean from there, I mean I was.

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<v Speaker 3>I started warming up and eating balls and I was

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<v Speaker 3>just really happy, you know, just just really happy. And

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<v Speaker 3>when I'm played a pretty good match, like stress free,

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<v Speaker 3>just yeah, it's a nice feeling. It's a nice feeling.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's strange. It's it's a nice feeling. It's strange.

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<v Speaker 3>It's you know, you told me years ago i'd be

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<v Speaker 3>playing for all four flam That's.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't honestly didn't think it was possible. I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>know how how good I was because I've never been

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<v Speaker 3>this ranking. I've never I was never topped two o nine.

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<v Speaker 3>I've never really persevered so much in my life with

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<v Speaker 3>any But it's easier now than it was, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>when I was playing all those futures and ye sleeping

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<v Speaker 3>on hammocks and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's nicer, but I guess more intense.

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<v Speaker 3>You're playing you first round, you're playing Jebbins and hoh

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<v Speaker 3>a good pert.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't get to ease your way into anything anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm playing the best players in the world a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of the time, which is cool in itself, but you

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<v Speaker 3>don't really have time to enjoy thinking about things that

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<v Speaker 3>I want to improve as well. So it's very quick.

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<v Speaker 3>It's very it seems seems like it's going very fast.

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<v Speaker 3>I want it to slow down a bit so I

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<v Speaker 3>can appreciate a little more.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things that we talk about quite a

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<v Speaker 1>bit is the sacrifice that you make, and people from

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<v Speaker 1>the outside think it's all private jets and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>financial advice of someone at Coots and stuff. But hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast kind of opened the door on it and

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<v Speaker 1>peeked him behind a curtain of what a real liferofessional

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<v Speaker 1>tennis player is. Does this make it worthwhile? And I

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<v Speaker 1>mean weeks away from the family and the sacrifice of

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<v Speaker 1>losing your bloody baggage and going to Arizona and losing

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<v Speaker 1>in the first round missing a volley, there's loads of

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<v Speaker 1>it's not bad with good, but there's loads of a

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<v Speaker 1>little bumps in the road when you get into a

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<v Speaker 1>slam and when you're going to make your French Open

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<v Speaker 1>debut in your mid thirties. Is all of that justified

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<v Speaker 1>for you?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? There is.

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of felt that, you know, although it's been difficult,

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<v Speaker 3>and yeah, it's been a bit hectic, and yeah it's

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<v Speaker 3>it's you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, for me it is, and I hope for my

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<v Speaker 2>family is as well, you know, it's it's it's their

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<v Speaker 2>sacrifice as well.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Yeah, it's been Look, it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Been really hard.

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<v Speaker 3>And playing at the biggest four thrunts in the world

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<v Speaker 3>back to back is incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't ask as much more. I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>go and go and play well.

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<v Speaker 3>But again, I'm much better at you're doing my best

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<v Speaker 3>and if I don't play well, just kind of getting

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<v Speaker 3>on with it now and keeping my head down, not

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<v Speaker 3>dwelling on stuff too much, which is good and bad.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I kind of like bounce off stuff, and

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<v Speaker 3>if I do really well, I'm not as happy as

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<v Speaker 3>I used to be.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know the downside, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't get too down on myself anymore, and it's I

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<v Speaker 3>guess it's a better place to be.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's it's crazy when you say it like that.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, thirty five years old and I've only now

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<v Speaker 3>but you know, I retired, I was done. I was

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<v Speaker 3>never going to hit play another professional shot again at

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<v Speaker 3>one stage. So it's just all a bit bonkers when

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<v Speaker 3>I when I go back enough in time, But it's happening, Dave.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm here, I'm gonna.

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<v Speaker 3>Turn up as prepared as I can and and there

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<v Speaker 3>we go.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's it's it's happening.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, like I'm invested in in this with you, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know it's a chance meeting at a tennis club.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how we've met each other. And I felt along

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<v Speaker 1>the way like I remember ten years ago when you

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<v Speaker 1>the match the Wimbledon, and I remember saying to you,

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<v Speaker 1>like I know someone who can sort you out something

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<v Speaker 1>in Belgium? Was it you went and played a tiebreak

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<v Speaker 1>thing there?

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<v Speaker 2>And I right turns, yeah, yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>In Vienna, yeah yeah, And I remember that, oh Vienna,

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<v Speaker 1>that was it? Yeah, And I remember like saying that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know this guy for media and whatever. And since

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<v Speaker 1>then I've been heavily invested in you just as a person, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you race, I think you're a great bloke.

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<v Speaker 1>And when we start this podcast and we're talking and

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully it gives people an insight into what you're actually

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<v Speaker 1>I can you know that you see it just me

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<v Speaker 1>asking that question to you then and you answering it.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually felt quite emotional then, man.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah me too. It's it's strange, isn't it. We go

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<v Speaker 2>back quite well.

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<v Speaker 1>Even just talking there, right, I got I got something

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's just me weird because it's been hard as well,

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<v Speaker 2>There's been some really really.

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<v Speaker 3>Tough moments between and it's like, I don't know, I

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<v Speaker 3>never want to get too carried away or I always

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<v Speaker 3>want to try and be humble and grateful, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>Of me wants to scream and shout and be really pumped.

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<v Speaker 3>And then.

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<v Speaker 2>Another part of me is.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, well, you've been given this as well. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I've worked hard, but you know I've had luck on

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<v Speaker 3>my side. We were last into Assie Open, I got

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<v Speaker 3>to play on Rod Labor.

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<v Speaker 2>It's I mean, I Drew feder a second round at you.

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<v Speaker 2>I've had some really high luck as well. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>really weird moments, really weird.

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<v Speaker 3>But cool moments. And yeah, yeah, it's it's tough. I've

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<v Speaker 3>not really thought about it recently. I kind of let

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<v Speaker 3>that Jenny Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I got in and then we just get on with

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<v Speaker 2>our day because it's busy. And then yeah, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's it's tough because I want to, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>let people know, but I don't want to. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I've still got to get on my today and my

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<v Speaker 3>tomorrow and it's hard sometimes, right.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really hard. But you're the coolest person I know, man.

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<v Speaker 1>When when the when you I text you and said

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening and you said you're in And we've got

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<v Speaker 1>a little WhatsApp group for the guys in on this

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<v Speaker 1>told some people as well at my tennis club. So

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<v Speaker 1>you're not telling some people, well I tell some people

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<v Speaker 1>at the and this club because you know they all

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<v Speaker 1>know you. And yeah, it's it's unreal and this is

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<v Speaker 1>just a little you know, your in tournament now. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is a quick chat about it. Next week when

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<v Speaker 1>we release the podcast, and obviously there'll be podcasting during

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<v Speaker 1>it like we did for the Aussie Open, we can

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<v Speaker 1>talk more about the draw, the logistics where you're stay

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<v Speaker 1>in your practice, hopefully speak to Yakub as well, and

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<v Speaker 1>the finances like what does it mean for you financially

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<v Speaker 1>and everything else. So me and speaking for the listeners

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<v Speaker 1>and the viewers, we're stoked, bro.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 1>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>It's yeah, it's rather cool. I'm trying to play it

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<v Speaker 2>cool right now. This is my is my cool face?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah more than I did, all right? AU what.

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