The Country 30/01/26: Hamish McKay talks to Jamie Mackay

McKay on Sport on the Aussie Open and why does Novak cop so much crap?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
McKay on sport with Farmlands for clothing to keep cool,
dry and protected.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
See I'll get in trouble. Farmland's out and naming co
naming sponsor here on the country. Thanks guys, they were
the original sponsors way way back in nineteen ninety four
along with y Suzi. Thanks for coming on board for
twenty twenty six. Okay, Hamish we got there in the end. Look,
have you been enjoying the Australian Open as much as
I have? I watched Sablenka versus fittle Over or whatever

(00:29):
her name was last night. They wouldn't shake hands because
the Ukrainian doesn't want to shake hands with the Belarussian.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
In New Zealand. Of course, you know, I hadn't come
out here for the last couple of years. But I'm yeah, yeah, no.
Love lost theirs and a seven ink a pretty brillickan dominar,
but the cat. How can you not love Australian Open.
It's just that perfect sort of long summer evening, you know.
And look I love it too. I'm also I get
so oh, Jamie, it's so frustrated about Djokovic. To me,

(01:01):
he is by so far the greatest that doesn't matter.
Three time Grand Slam career. Nobody's come close to that,
and he's had to do it in the air of
three of the other great Nadal and Federer and throwing
Andy Murray, who I'm sorry, was pretty damn good on
his day.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
But ang on amos, he's not going to win this
tournament though.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
No, no, no, he's not going to win this tournament.
But that doesn't change the fact that Djokovic of ten
years ago would have walked in with his eyes closed.
And I like Sinner and Altados and the young guy
that he unfortunately had the walkover the Italian But at
his prime, he's still doing tennis a favor by hanging
around with you know, with what with about four hundred

(01:39):
million in earnings. I don't know, he doesn't need to,
but yeah, I just get annoyed at the sniffling as ones,
the kind of ones who made sure that we had
raisor Robinson as an all back coach in the media,
and then they somebody they have a cracket, you know,
they have a crack at Jokovic. Who the hell has
the right to have a crack at him? That's what
I say. He's won a gold medal as well. That
was pretty handy.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, twenty four Grand Slam. Can he make it twenty five?
I wouldn't mind if he did, Hamish, but it's going
to be Alcaraz and Cin all the way to the bank.
Put the house on that one. Hey, Sorry, we ran
away bit at a time. We had a bit of
trouble tracking you down. We'll catch you next week mate.
There we go, Hamish Mackay wrapping the country for today.