February 2, 2023 • 28 mins
The Australian Open may be over, but The AO Show rolls on with a new episode every week! This episode, we rewind to the first week of AO 2023 and relive some of the biggest stories: Nick Kyrgios' withdrawal, Andy Murray's heroics, Seb Korda's giant-killing run, Jelena Ostapenko's battle with Coco Gauff, plus take a virtual fan's tour of Melbourne Park, meet our AO Junior Reporters, and discover the tennis dreams of some of the players.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The time for talking is over.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The match clock showing four hours and twelve minutes.
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About that.
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We're gonna coming up the lines like those what's away.
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Speaker 2 (00:30):
Hello everyone and welcome to the AO Show Rewind with
me John Houvenars taking you back through some of the
big moments from Australian Open twenty twenty three. I hope
you've all had a chance to catch your breath after
a fortnight of thrills, spills and spine hills, and today
on the show we get to relive some of those
great moments from Week one of the tournament. Here's what's
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coming up. Bombshells, Nikos pulled out of the Australian Orphan.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Surely disappointed, boilovers.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
And box office beauties.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Back that way way, Oh, that was a test tonight.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Week one had it all, so why not experience it
again on The AO Show Rewind. It was the bombshell
that no one saw coming, the withdrawal of Australia's top
player from his home slam before he'd even struck a ball.
Let's rewind to Day one and Nick Curios's announcement the
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withdrawal of local hope Nick Curios has sent shockwaves through
Melbourne Park on a dramatic opening day of the Australian Open.
And as we record this, Nick Curios has just stepped
out of the main press room. Our reporter Josh Martin
witnessed that press conference. Josh, what did you find out
and what was the mood in there?
Speaker 5 (01:49):
Well, it was complete shock in the room. It sounds
like Nick has been dealing with a knee injury for
the last few weeks. A routine MRI showed up as
cyst in his meniscus from a small tear. They've been
trying everything to get him back on the court over
the last couple of weeks. They drained assist last week,
They've done pain injections to try to get him to
a level week could actually compete. Didn't pull up well
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from Friday nights exhibition match with Djokovic, and ultimately it
doesn't seem like he'll be able to play seven matches
and get to a final, which Nick isn't content with.
So that will seem out of the Open, which is
a big blow for the tournament and a big blow
for the Aussies.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
It always goes back to the last Grands that I
played was the US Open, and obviously extremely hard. I
was extremely hard on myself after that loss in the quarterfinals,
obviously thinking that I could win it from there on,
and obviously just had OZ Open was on the back
of my mind from that day forth, as soon as
I got off the court against Katchenov, and I always
wanted to just do everything right and train right, tick
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every box and just be ready for the OZ Open.
And obviously this coming around is just bad timing. But
that's life, you know. Injuries are part of the sport.
I guess I can draw some you know, inspiration from
someone like the Nasty who's had a bunch of injuries
and has bounced back. So look, I'm not doubting that
I'll be back to my full strength and playing the
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tennis I was playing prior to this event. So yeah,
I'm devastated. Obviously, it's like it's my home tournament. I've
had some great memories. So obviously last year winning the
title in doubles and playing the best tennis of my
life probably and then going into one of going to
into this event is one of the favorites.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
It's brutal.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
Well.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
The first day of the OS Open has seen thousands
of fans flock through the gates here at Melbourne Park,
first time in three years without crowd caps. Our producer
Josh Martin was among them. They're at the opening of
the gates to give us a taste of the AO
from a fans perspective.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
This we'm off the tram and we're walking into the
Gardens Square entrance.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Now not to get holders in the middle.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Fourth guys Dun Square is absolute teeming with people. Tennis
still half an hour away. Head over to the AO
Tennis Club where I think I can have a bit
of a hit myself. So what am I looking at
right now?
Speaker 7 (04:14):
Yes, so this is our Padell court. Now, it's a
sport that's kind of like a cross between tennis and squash.
So you'll notice that it's a slightly smaller tennis court
on the astro turf and there's glass walls and a cage.
Now they are in play as well, so that's the
squash component. It's really fun. You have a paddle and
like a racket, it doesn't have streets and you bash
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the ball around this square, and you can play off
the walls as well, so maybe a little less running,
maybe a little bit more running, depending on how you play,
but it's a bunch of fun.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
And if you don't hit your forehand quite as hard
as the playing field a little bit more level here, it's.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
A little bit more level, you've got an extra chance
to hit it after it comes off the wall. So
for beginners, it's a lot we're going to pick up
than tennis. You're not running around because it's a smaller court.
They're fun for the whole and if you haven't played
tennis at all, easy to pick up, So come down
and grab a paddle.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
I think I might curving around up the ramp and
onto rod labor Terrace. There's already a queue almost around
the corner for both the AO shop and the Holo
rap Loran AO shop. That's where you can get those
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player towels that everybody loves so much. It's like trying
to get into a nightclub. At the moment over the hill,
I think this is where I want to be if
I'm not sitting in the stands. Grand Slam Oval, enormous
green expanse, futuristic little patio, it's like a mini fed square.
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It's already filling up. Probably want to get spot soon.
We're on land of great cultural significance here in Melbourne
Park and there are murals throughout celebrating that done by
proud Goodna. You're to your to Man Dixon and Patten.
You've got a gorgeous one here down on Grand Slam Oval.
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Two eagles and two hunters walking on over now and
I can already hear the crowds getting rowdy close to
the People's Court John Cane Arena. Is this your first
Australian Open?
Speaker 8 (06:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (06:22):
It is.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
What do you think so far?
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Oh it's great.
Speaker 6 (06:25):
Yeah, I'm here.
Speaker 7 (06:26):
It's very busy, the lots of people everywhere, and everyone
seems pretty excited.
Speaker 6 (06:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (06:31):
I'm just about to go into John Kane to see
Francis Tifo, so I'm excited for that.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
First up, it's the fifteenth seed Italian Yannick Sinner up
against the United Kingdom's Kyle Edmonds.
Speaker 9 (06:43):
Please welcome once again from late Britain.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Kyle ed.
Speaker 9 (06:49):
Please look from.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Italy Ianick.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Walking out, seeing all the screens, people hurrying between arenas.
It really hits you how much tennis is happening right now.
Round one is staggeringly huge and I think I'm in heaven.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Undoubtedly, one of the most staggering performances of the Australian
Open came from a man who only reached the third round.
But Andy Murray's exploits in his first round clash against
Mateo Berrattini saw head's turn, eyebrows rays and jaws drop.
Let trewhine to day two.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Three years ago.
Speaker 6 (07:37):
No, he was here.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
He was in tears in his press coverins he called
his camer was over. He was preparing to retire. Now
he has a victory. He could only have dreamed of that.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Write me off at your own peril. That's the message
Andy Murray has sent to the tennis world today after
outlasting the Tao Berettini in a vintage five set victory.
Maray was irresistible in the first two sets, breaking the
Italian's revered serve in the opening games of both, but
Berrettini found a foothold in the third, which he won
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and was then able to level the match in a
gripping fourth set tie break. Fittingly, the deciding set also
went to a super tie break, and there Maurra raced
to a five nierl lead with some scintillating groundstrokes. From there,
he held Berretini at arm's length to win six '
three six three four to six six seven seven six
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in just under five hours.
Speaker 10 (08:34):
I mean, I'll be feeling this this evening and tomorrow,
but right now, I'm just unbelievably happy, very proud of myself.
I've put a lot of work into the last last
few months with my team who are here, yeah, to
get me the opportunity to perform on stadiums like this
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and matches like this against players like Matteo, and they
paid off tonight.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Our reporter Josh Martin was right in the thick of
the action as the gobsmacked crowds spilled out a rod
Labor Arena.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
What did you think of that match?
Speaker 11 (09:09):
Yes, I've ever seen absolutely.
Speaker 9 (09:11):
It's what's incredible.
Speaker 12 (09:13):
We come from really far far away and it was madness.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Eddy Worth nearly five hours up there tired watching it,
so I don't know how they did it, but it
was incredible. One of the best first round matches you
probably have seen.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Cracking game, Amazon, baiting my nails off, bit Tyran, trying
for you, Tylan Murray's performance is extraordinary given that four
years ago here at the Australian Open, a chronic hit
problem had forced him to the brink of retirement at
thirty one years of age. But the now thirty five
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year old with hips of steel and an iron will,
has plenty to get out of bed.
Speaker 13 (09:52):
For I still don'tbelieve that I can play matches late
today and beat the best players in the biggest tournaments.
You know, it's not as easy as it was sort
of six seven years ago, when you know I was
probably in a better place physically and then you know,
the peak of my career. But you know, I've had
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some difficult years with you know, with injury and stuff
and coming back from that. But you know, I do
based on what's happened, like in my a lot of
the practices that I've had with the top players, Like
I've still been doing really well in practices with them,
and although I haven't had as many wins on the
court against them, like I just I feel like there's
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still great tennis left in me.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
One of the more adorable things that the Australian Open
is when our junior reporters are on the pulse, holding
their own amid the hundreds of season grown up reporters
and writers also covering the event, and this year we
were happy to have twelve year old Flynn and his
younger brother Mitch as our AO junior reporters. Letter wind
to day three.
Speaker 14 (11:01):
We're here under Rodover Arena and we're seeing some really
great players like Alex Mukich, one of the AUSO stars
just walked past, and Andre Rublev.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Just before, and Daniel lidbe Yes.
Speaker 14 (11:13):
So we're about to follow the Nasty Kock and arkisas
he completes his media commitments for today, like press conferences
and interviews. I can't wait for it. What about you?
Speaker 15 (11:21):
This is great.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
Him.
Speaker 14 (11:30):
So you've had a few injuries over the past few years,
but recently you came and beat Andre Rublev. How does
it feel to be back and playing at such a
high level after what you've been through?
Speaker 6 (11:42):
Thanks for the question, Flynn. Now it feels good mate.
Speaker 11 (11:46):
So you won the Australian Open doubles title last year.
Do you think you can back it up this year?
Speaker 6 (11:53):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
This is so cool.
Speaker 14 (12:01):
Sanasis getting his headshots done in now we've just been
in the press conference.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
This is crazy, I know.
Speaker 14 (12:08):
So many people in around in one.
Speaker 16 (12:11):
Maybe twenty people.
Speaker 14 (12:20):
He's the Nasi have a great tournament.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Two days after his berettiny stunner, Andy Murray was back
at it again against the Nazi cockin Archus, although by
the time he had finished it was almost three days
later thanks to the second longest match in AO history.
Let's rewind to day four or five.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Match point Murray second serve either the backhanded cockin Arcus.
It lands on the baseline Cockonauger's with another big coin
pouring up the line from Murray full strets Cockonager's a
slice backhand defensive. Murray goes with an off four and
Coconaka is a big backhand back at the back of.
Speaker 12 (13:04):
Andy Barry the prize.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
How does he keep doing this? Here's a legend of
the sports. For the eleventh time in his career he
has cut back crop two sets of up down. He
continues to create his own history.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Andy Murray has produced one of the finest victories of
his career, overcoming Fanasi Kockanarchus in one of the greatest
battles in Australian Open history to reach the third round,
lasting five and three quarter hours. It was the second
longest match in the tournament's history, just eight minutes shy
of the famous twenty twelve men's final, and the longest
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match in Murray's seventeen year career. Kochanarkus looked on song early,
breaking Murray in the fifth game to take the first
set six ' four. The second went to a tiebreak,
but all so went the way of the Australian, who
looked a cut above his opponent with the two sets
to love lead. But the atmosphere changed midway through the
third set when Kochanachus was given a time violation on serve.
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He conceded a break and lost the set in a
tie break. When Murray captured the fourth set six '
three deep into a fifth hour, out came the record books.
Ahead of a final set showdown between the local Hope
and the Pride of Britain. The pair went toe to
toe in a gripping, deciding set on Margaret Corderina, which
had never before witnessed a match of such proportions. Murray
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squandered multiple break points in the seventh game as the
Ossie refused to go away. Then finally came the crucial
break of serve in the eleventh game, and the scott
went on to win an all time classic that will
be talked about for decades to come. At just after
four o'clock in the morning, Murray finished the job four
to six, sixty seven seven six six three in five.
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Unbelievable that I managed to turn that round to nasty
was playing, I mean, serving, unbelievable, hitting his fore and huge,
and I don't know how I managed to get through it.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I did.
Speaker 10 (15:11):
I did start playing better as the match went on,
And yeah, I have a big heart. Yeah, I just
rely on that experience and that drive and that fight
and my love of the game and competing and my
respect for this event and the competition. And that's why
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I kept going. Yeah, I mean, I've always loved competing.
I've always worn my heart and my sleeve and shown
my emotions when I played, and I've been criticized a
lot for it, you know, over the years, But that's
who I am.
Speaker 9 (15:48):
I think with Andy, what he has is an incredible
fighting spirit and amazing resilience. You know that when things
are going against him, you know, the tougher the shot is,
the tougher the score line is the further back you
our more seems to fuel him the challenge. He sort
of really gets off on the challenge of the impossible.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
A man who made significant strides at AO twenty three
was Sebastian Quarter, who foreseeably could have gone even deeper
than the quarter finals if not for a wrist injury
that brought his barnstorming run to a sudden halt. Earlier
in week one, he caused one of the upsets of
the tournament when he took down two time finalists Daniel
Medvedev in straight sets to reach the fourth round. Let's
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rewind today six. Erson Kaderus joins me. Now Erson, he's
a very watchable player and a very likable personality.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
Definitely always very friendly when you see him in the hallways.
And maybe it's his surroundings to keep him so humble.
His dads a former Australian Open champion and Andre Agassi,
the tennis grade who's his mentor. He's twenty two, but
he knows exactly what he wants and he said to
me that this success here doesn't come as a surprise.
Speaker 16 (17:04):
I always know how or always think how how good
of a tennis player I can be.
Speaker 6 (17:08):
It.
Speaker 16 (17:09):
You know, it's just about you know, kind of building
a body, going through the process, working on a few
things are in there, new coaches, you know, and just
you know, always kind of trusting the process. As as
cliche as it sounds, you know, just going after it
every day, positive attitude, and yeah, just trusting it.
Speaker 6 (17:28):
There was a nice moment before the match when you
walk through the hallway of champions. Can you describe what
you thought?
Speaker 16 (17:36):
Yeah, I played once in the junior finals. They put
us on Rod Labor, So I kind of walked out
on court and saw my dad there and and now
kind of just gave a fist bump to my dad's
and and Andre's black billboard whatever whatever it is. Yeah,
they've they're very special to me. My dad especially kind
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of want to do the things that he did when
his career, and then obviously having kind of mentor like
andres very special me and he's kind of brought me
in kind of like family in a way and kind
of just give him first bumps. Know, maybe they could
get their back ends a little bit during the match.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
It was really cool.
Speaker 16 (18:14):
It was a great moment from him.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Like anyone, tennis players have dreams, things they wish for
or things they can't get out of their mind even
when they're sleeping. So we asked Felix Augia aliasim Elena Rabaikner,
Holga runer On, Jebur seb Quarter, Karen Hutchinov, Daniel Medvedev
and Anette Contivate to tell us their dreams or their
dream matchups.
Speaker 8 (18:41):
I can't remember when exactly, but it did have a
dream one time I was I was in the win
Women finals.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
I think it was playing Novak. Actually I hope I
was winning.
Speaker 8 (18:51):
Hopefully.
Speaker 12 (18:52):
I will say that I would love to play maybe
with the Ashabarsi again, because we had really nice much
last year here and it was tough matches against her,
and I think I can put as a dream to
play one day against her again.
Speaker 17 (19:10):
I'm dreaming off Grandstam finals, and right now I'm dreaming
of the final against Novaka in Australian Open. I'll choose
Grasp since I played good there, and maybe one balloon
like the tournament, and maybe I'll be playing Eminem. I'm
sure I would win, not in a rapping thing, but
in tennis match.
Speaker 8 (19:30):
It's my field for sure.
Speaker 16 (19:32):
My dad in Australia. I think that'd be insane. But
I also had. One of my dream was to play
a doll at the French Open on Chatienna. I got
that dream kind of checked off last year in twenty twenty.
So I'll probably say my dad in Australia.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
I would play against at that time my favorite player,
marat Safin in US Open. That would be nice experience.
You know where he was, I was winning his first lamp,
beating Sampress in the final, you know, destroying everyone. So
I would love to play against his best version at
that time.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
I would say playing Maratzaffen in Australia Open final Rod Labor.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
It's just the only thing I don't know if it
was Rod.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Labor or you know already when he played the final
against Leyton.
Speaker 8 (20:22):
So I would like to play this match. This could
be a lot of fun.
Speaker 11 (20:25):
I would actually love to play some of my friends,
maybe Ons or Maria. Would be amazing to play in
front of my home crowd. I think that would It's
a very realistic dream. I think we'll make it happen
one day.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Ever since she burst onto the scene at Wimbledon at
age fifteen in twenty nineteen, Coco gov has been a
Grand Slam player to watch in twenty twenty, she reached
the fourth round in Melbourne and last year was runner
up at Roland Garross. So when she met twenty seventeen
French champion Yolena Ostapenko in the fourth round this year's AO,
there was plenty of reason to pay attention. Let's rewind
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to day seven.
Speaker 11 (21:14):
Seven into the quarterfinals, she goes and Ostapenko, the seventeenth
seed goes through.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
Coco Goff exits pre tournament fancy Coco Goff has joined
the seeds exodus after former French Open champion Yolena Ostapenko
blitzed the seventh seed in straight sets. Gough came undone
in the face of Ostapenko's aggressive style of play, with
the Latvian blasting nine more winners than her opponent. She
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came up clutch in pressure moments too, converting all three
of her break points and saving seven of the eight
that she faced. Josh Martin joins me now and Josh.
She had the pleasure of speaking with Elena after her win.
Speaker 5 (21:56):
Yees So it was her best AO result ever, her
best result in a hard Slam ever, but most importantly,
it's also the first time that she's made a quarter
final since Wimbledon twenty eighteen, just after a French Open success,
and she told me how much she's changed since then.
Speaker 15 (22:12):
I'm probably more mature now because I needed a couple
of years to get used to the French Open win,
because the life completely changed and everybody expected so much
from you and attention from everywhere. So now I feel
like I'm more mature, and I'm playing well this week
and hopefully I can keep it up, and of course
it feels great to be here.
Speaker 5 (22:31):
Do you think that burden of that early success has
now lifted.
Speaker 15 (22:35):
Yeah, I feel like I really have nothing to lose
time just trying to enjoy myself more on the court,
and I was working a lot in pre seasons, so
I think it pays off.
Speaker 5 (22:47):
What kind of work were you doing in that pre season, Yeah, I.
Speaker 15 (22:51):
Was working more on my consistency on everything, just feeling
my shots, movement, fitness level, a lot of things, and
of course it gives me kind of confidence. But it's
always hard to come back after like two months with
not playing matches, so you really need a little bit
of time to get used to the playing matches.
Speaker 5 (23:12):
You're dominating with that aggressive style that you're known for.
How do you think that's going to hold up against
someone like Rebecca the next round, who's known for her
big serve. Do you think you can still work like
that hitting those aggressive winners.
Speaker 15 (23:25):
Of course, she's a good player and it's going to
be a tough match. But I feel like I just
have to focus more on myself and just to play
aggressive and make it hard for her.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
And today you came out really in the clutch. She
converted three of your break points, all three of your
break points, and you saved seven of eight. What's helping
you mentally on the court at the moment.
Speaker 15 (23:48):
I'm just trying to enjoy myself more and just to
focus on the game and try to not see or
hear anything outside the court, just to be in the
game and try to be as sistant as possible.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Match point Sitzipas Sir to the fourhand a cent a
cross call back that way, Winter.
Speaker 6 (24:10):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
That was a test tonight, but Stefanos stands tall a
five seve win over Yanick Sinner.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Stefanos Sitsipass has tightened his Australian Open stranglehold on Janick
Sinner to reach the last eight, but not without a
significant challenge In a rematch of last year's quarter final.
The Greek third seed was in control for the opening
two sets, dominating first serve points, but Sinner responded positively
in the third set, particularly on return. With ten break
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point opportunities. He converted just one, but it was enough
to take the set, and he replicated the pattern in
the fourth, sending the match to a gripping decider. The
battle was fierce until the sixth game, when Sitzipas opened
up two break points. He converted the second thanks to
a loose Sinner foehand out wide, and he maintained the
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margin on the way to a six four sixty four
three six four six six ' three win.
Speaker 8 (25:06):
I mean, what a great night, a.
Speaker 16 (25:11):
Ripper, as we say here, that was.
Speaker 8 (25:14):
Super I had an unbelievable bond and on the other
side of the court today playing incredible Dennis. On the
third and fourth set.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Defeated and dejected, Sinner slumped back down the walk of champions,
ruining twenty two missed breakpoint opportunities.
Speaker 16 (25:29):
A couple of missus. He is a missus and the
match has changed quite fast.
Speaker 8 (25:36):
Than after it was throing well, and and that's it.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
I'm joined now by ersin Kaderis and Stefanos. Is a
quirky character, isn't he?
Speaker 6 (25:44):
Oh yeah, he definitely is. I mean, he always provides
the entertainment in the interviews that he does. He works
with the fans a lot. He loved the attention that
he's getting. And Rod Laver was there watching today, which
I know he has a lot of respect for Rod Laver.
So a special match for him and a big battle.
The Stephanus came into our studio and he was absolutely
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knackerd as you can imagine after a four hour battle.
Speaker 8 (26:08):
Today was obviously longer than any other match that I've
played in the last three matches that I did, and
it was very physical. It was a long match with
a lot of rallies, with a lot of intensity. If
you can call it that as a you can refer
to it as a dip. I don't know, but it
was definitely. You know, it could have been different, for sure.
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If it happens, it happens. You just have to learn
how to survive it, that's all.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
Hey, it was so cool to see Rod Labor watching
a match today as well. Do you ever think back
at like what it must have been like for these
guys back in the day with the wooden rackets, and
they were by themselves, Like I don't think they had
physios and everything.
Speaker 8 (26:48):
Yes, I have thought about it a lot. I haven't
had the chance to ask Rod, even though I've been
around him a little bit in some of the events.
But I'm sure very different lifestyle to what it is now.
And of course professional one one could see, but not
as professional as it is these days. So definitely have
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a lot of respect for these type of players because
they played with equipment that was heavy, as as heavy
as a camera, and you know, playing with the wooden rack.
It is probably the most difficult thing ever I've tried
to link with it. The face is so small. If
you don't hear it, if you don't hear it right,
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you're out. So you're better. You have to practice constantly
to get it right.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
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The time for talking is over.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The match clock showing four hours and twelve minutes.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
It all love, zim jam.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
About that.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
We're gonna coming up the lines like those what's away.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Look at then over it's ferncious.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
That is a rape on a doubt said it was called.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Hello everyone and welcome to the AO Show Rewind with
me John Houvenars taking you back through some of the
big moments from Australian Open twenty twenty three. I hope
you've all had a chance to catch your breath after
a fortnight of thrills, spills and spine hills, and today
on the show we get to relive some of those
great moments from Week one of the tournament. Here's what's
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coming up. Bombshells, Nikos pulled out of the Australian Orphan.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Surely disappointed, boilovers.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
And box office beauties.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Back that way way, Oh, that was a test tonight.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Week one had it all, so why not experience it
again on The AO Show Rewind. It was the bombshell
that no one saw coming, the withdrawal of Australia's top
player from his home slam before he'd even struck a ball.
Let's rewind to Day one and Nick Curios's announcement the
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withdrawal of local hope Nick Curios has sent shockwaves through
Melbourne Park on a dramatic opening day of the Australian Open.
And as we record this, Nick Curios has just stepped
out of the main press room. Our reporter Josh Martin
witnessed that press conference. Josh, what did you find out
and what was the mood in there?
Speaker 5 (01:49):
Well, it was complete shock in the room. It sounds
like Nick has been dealing with a knee injury for
the last few weeks. A routine MRI showed up as
cyst in his meniscus from a small tear. They've been
trying everything to get him back on the court over
the last couple of weeks. They drained assist last week,
They've done pain injections to try to get him to
a level week could actually compete. Didn't pull up well
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from Friday nights exhibition match with Djokovic, and ultimately it
doesn't seem like he'll be able to play seven matches
and get to a final, which Nick isn't content with.
So that will seem out of the Open, which is
a big blow for the tournament and a big blow
for the Aussies.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
It always goes back to the last Grands that I
played was the US Open, and obviously extremely hard. I
was extremely hard on myself after that loss in the quarterfinals,
obviously thinking that I could win it from there on,
and obviously just had OZ Open was on the back
of my mind from that day forth, as soon as
I got off the court against Katchenov, and I always
wanted to just do everything right and train right, tick
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every box and just be ready for the OZ Open.
And obviously this coming around is just bad timing. But
that's life, you know. Injuries are part of the sport.
I guess I can draw some you know, inspiration from
someone like the Nasty who's had a bunch of injuries
and has bounced back. So look, I'm not doubting that
I'll be back to my full strength and playing the
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tennis I was playing prior to this event. So yeah,
I'm devastated. Obviously, it's like it's my home tournament. I've
had some great memories. So obviously last year winning the
title in doubles and playing the best tennis of my
life probably and then going into one of going to
into this event is one of the favorites.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
It's brutal.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
Well.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
The first day of the OS Open has seen thousands
of fans flock through the gates here at Melbourne Park,
first time in three years without crowd caps. Our producer
Josh Martin was among them. They're at the opening of
the gates to give us a taste of the AO
from a fans perspective.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
This we'm off the tram and we're walking into the
Gardens Square entrance.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Now not to get holders in the middle.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Fourth guys Dun Square is absolute teeming with people. Tennis
still half an hour away. Head over to the AO
Tennis Club where I think I can have a bit
of a hit myself. So what am I looking at
right now?
Speaker 7 (04:14):
Yes, so this is our Padell court. Now, it's a
sport that's kind of like a cross between tennis and squash.
So you'll notice that it's a slightly smaller tennis court
on the astro turf and there's glass walls and a cage.
Now they are in play as well, so that's the
squash component. It's really fun. You have a paddle and
like a racket, it doesn't have streets and you bash
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the ball around this square, and you can play off
the walls as well, so maybe a little less running,
maybe a little bit more running, depending on how you play,
but it's a bunch of fun.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
And if you don't hit your forehand quite as hard
as the playing field a little bit more level here, it's.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
A little bit more level, you've got an extra chance
to hit it after it comes off the wall. So
for beginners, it's a lot we're going to pick up
than tennis. You're not running around because it's a smaller court.
They're fun for the whole and if you haven't played
tennis at all, easy to pick up, So come down
and grab a paddle.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
I think I might curving around up the ramp and
onto rod labor Terrace. There's already a queue almost around
the corner for both the AO shop and the Holo
rap Loran AO shop. That's where you can get those
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player towels that everybody loves so much. It's like trying
to get into a nightclub. At the moment over the hill,
I think this is where I want to be if
I'm not sitting in the stands. Grand Slam Oval, enormous
green expanse, futuristic little patio, it's like a mini fed square.
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It's already filling up. Probably want to get spot soon.
We're on land of great cultural significance here in Melbourne
Park and there are murals throughout celebrating that done by
proud Goodna. You're to your to Man Dixon and Patten.
You've got a gorgeous one here down on Grand Slam Oval.
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Two eagles and two hunters walking on over now and
I can already hear the crowds getting rowdy close to
the People's Court John Cane Arena. Is this your first
Australian Open?
Speaker 8 (06:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (06:22):
It is.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
What do you think so far?
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Oh it's great.
Speaker 6 (06:25):
Yeah, I'm here.
Speaker 7 (06:26):
It's very busy, the lots of people everywhere, and everyone
seems pretty excited.
Speaker 6 (06:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (06:31):
I'm just about to go into John Kane to see
Francis Tifo, so I'm excited for that.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
First up, it's the fifteenth seed Italian Yannick Sinner up
against the United Kingdom's Kyle Edmonds.
Speaker 9 (06:43):
Please welcome once again from late Britain.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Kyle ed.
Speaker 9 (06:49):
Please look from.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Italy Ianick.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Walking out, seeing all the screens, people hurrying between arenas.
It really hits you how much tennis is happening right now.
Round one is staggeringly huge and I think I'm in heaven.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Undoubtedly, one of the most staggering performances of the Australian
Open came from a man who only reached the third round.
But Andy Murray's exploits in his first round clash against
Mateo Berrattini saw head's turn, eyebrows rays and jaws drop.
Let trewhine to day two.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Three years ago.
Speaker 6 (07:37):
No, he was here.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
He was in tears in his press coverins he called
his camer was over. He was preparing to retire. Now
he has a victory. He could only have dreamed of that.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Write me off at your own peril. That's the message
Andy Murray has sent to the tennis world today after
outlasting the Tao Berettini in a vintage five set victory.
Maray was irresistible in the first two sets, breaking the
Italian's revered serve in the opening games of both, but
Berrettini found a foothold in the third, which he won
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and was then able to level the match in a
gripping fourth set tie break. Fittingly, the deciding set also
went to a super tie break, and there Maurra raced
to a five nierl lead with some scintillating groundstrokes. From there,
he held Berretini at arm's length to win six '
three six three four to six six seven seven six
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in just under five hours.
Speaker 10 (08:34):
I mean, I'll be feeling this this evening and tomorrow,
but right now, I'm just unbelievably happy, very proud of myself.
I've put a lot of work into the last last
few months with my team who are here, yeah, to
get me the opportunity to perform on stadiums like this
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and matches like this against players like Matteo, and they
paid off tonight.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Our reporter Josh Martin was right in the thick of
the action as the gobsmacked crowds spilled out a rod
Labor Arena.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
What did you think of that match?
Speaker 11 (09:09):
Yes, I've ever seen absolutely.
Speaker 9 (09:11):
It's what's incredible.
Speaker 12 (09:13):
We come from really far far away and it was madness.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Eddy Worth nearly five hours up there tired watching it,
so I don't know how they did it, but it
was incredible. One of the best first round matches you
probably have seen.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Cracking game, Amazon, baiting my nails off, bit Tyran, trying
for you, Tylan Murray's performance is extraordinary given that four
years ago here at the Australian Open, a chronic hit
problem had forced him to the brink of retirement at
thirty one years of age. But the now thirty five
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year old with hips of steel and an iron will,
has plenty to get out of bed.
Speaker 13 (09:52):
For I still don'tbelieve that I can play matches late
today and beat the best players in the biggest tournaments.
You know, it's not as easy as it was sort
of six seven years ago, when you know I was
probably in a better place physically and then you know,
the peak of my career. But you know, I've had
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some difficult years with you know, with injury and stuff
and coming back from that. But you know, I do
based on what's happened, like in my a lot of
the practices that I've had with the top players, Like
I've still been doing really well in practices with them,
and although I haven't had as many wins on the
court against them, like I just I feel like there's
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still great tennis left in me.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
One of the more adorable things that the Australian Open
is when our junior reporters are on the pulse, holding
their own amid the hundreds of season grown up reporters
and writers also covering the event, and this year we
were happy to have twelve year old Flynn and his
younger brother Mitch as our AO junior reporters. Letter wind
to day three.
Speaker 14 (11:01):
We're here under Rodover Arena and we're seeing some really
great players like Alex Mukich, one of the AUSO stars
just walked past, and Andre Rublev.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Just before, and Daniel lidbe Yes.
Speaker 14 (11:13):
So we're about to follow the Nasty Kock and arkisas
he completes his media commitments for today, like press conferences
and interviews. I can't wait for it. What about you?
Speaker 15 (11:21):
This is great.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
Him.
Speaker 14 (11:30):
So you've had a few injuries over the past few years,
but recently you came and beat Andre Rublev. How does
it feel to be back and playing at such a
high level after what you've been through?
Speaker 6 (11:42):
Thanks for the question, Flynn. Now it feels good mate.
Speaker 11 (11:46):
So you won the Australian Open doubles title last year.
Do you think you can back it up this year?
Speaker 6 (11:53):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
This is so cool.
Speaker 14 (12:01):
Sanasis getting his headshots done in now we've just been
in the press conference.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
This is crazy, I know.
Speaker 14 (12:08):
So many people in around in one.
Speaker 16 (12:11):
Maybe twenty people.
Speaker 14 (12:20):
He's the Nasi have a great tournament.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Two days after his berettiny stunner, Andy Murray was back
at it again against the Nazi cockin Archus, although by
the time he had finished it was almost three days
later thanks to the second longest match in AO history.
Let's rewind to day four or five.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Match point Murray second serve either the backhanded cockin Arcus.
It lands on the baseline Cockonauger's with another big coin
pouring up the line from Murray full strets Cockonager's a
slice backhand defensive. Murray goes with an off four and
Coconaka is a big backhand back at the back of.
Speaker 12 (13:04):
Andy Barry the prize.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
How does he keep doing this? Here's a legend of
the sports. For the eleventh time in his career he
has cut back crop two sets of up down. He
continues to create his own history.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Andy Murray has produced one of the finest victories of
his career, overcoming Fanasi Kockanarchus in one of the greatest
battles in Australian Open history to reach the third round,
lasting five and three quarter hours. It was the second
longest match in the tournament's history, just eight minutes shy
of the famous twenty twelve men's final, and the longest
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match in Murray's seventeen year career. Kochanarkus looked on song early,
breaking Murray in the fifth game to take the first
set six ' four. The second went to a tiebreak,
but all so went the way of the Australian, who
looked a cut above his opponent with the two sets
to love lead. But the atmosphere changed midway through the
third set when Kochanachus was given a time violation on serve.
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He conceded a break and lost the set in a
tie break. When Murray captured the fourth set six '
three deep into a fifth hour, out came the record books.
Ahead of a final set showdown between the local Hope
and the Pride of Britain. The pair went toe to
toe in a gripping, deciding set on Margaret Corderina, which
had never before witnessed a match of such proportions. Murray
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squandered multiple break points in the seventh game as the
Ossie refused to go away. Then finally came the crucial
break of serve in the eleventh game, and the scott
went on to win an all time classic that will
be talked about for decades to come. At just after
four o'clock in the morning, Murray finished the job four
to six, sixty seven seven six six three in five.
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Unbelievable that I managed to turn that round to nasty
was playing, I mean, serving, unbelievable, hitting his fore and huge,
and I don't know how I managed to get through it.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I did.
Speaker 10 (15:11):
I did start playing better as the match went on,
And yeah, I have a big heart. Yeah, I just
rely on that experience and that drive and that fight
and my love of the game and competing and my
respect for this event and the competition. And that's why
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I kept going. Yeah, I mean, I've always loved competing.
I've always worn my heart and my sleeve and shown
my emotions when I played, and I've been criticized a
lot for it, you know, over the years, But that's
who I am.
Speaker 9 (15:48):
I think with Andy, what he has is an incredible
fighting spirit and amazing resilience. You know that when things
are going against him, you know, the tougher the shot is,
the tougher the score line is the further back you
our more seems to fuel him the challenge. He sort
of really gets off on the challenge of the impossible.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
A man who made significant strides at AO twenty three
was Sebastian Quarter, who foreseeably could have gone even deeper
than the quarter finals if not for a wrist injury
that brought his barnstorming run to a sudden halt. Earlier
in week one, he caused one of the upsets of
the tournament when he took down two time finalists Daniel
Medvedev in straight sets to reach the fourth round. Let's
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rewind today six. Erson Kaderus joins me. Now Erson, he's
a very watchable player and a very likable personality.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
Definitely always very friendly when you see him in the hallways.
And maybe it's his surroundings to keep him so humble.
His dads a former Australian Open champion and Andre Agassi,
the tennis grade who's his mentor. He's twenty two, but
he knows exactly what he wants and he said to
me that this success here doesn't come as a surprise.
Speaker 16 (17:04):
I always know how or always think how how good
of a tennis player I can be.
Speaker 6 (17:08):
It.
Speaker 16 (17:09):
You know, it's just about you know, kind of building
a body, going through the process, working on a few
things are in there, new coaches, you know, and just
you know, always kind of trusting the process. As as
cliche as it sounds, you know, just going after it
every day, positive attitude, and yeah, just trusting it.
Speaker 6 (17:28):
There was a nice moment before the match when you
walk through the hallway of champions. Can you describe what
you thought?
Speaker 16 (17:36):
Yeah, I played once in the junior finals. They put
us on Rod Labor, So I kind of walked out
on court and saw my dad there and and now
kind of just gave a fist bump to my dad's
and and Andre's black billboard whatever whatever it is. Yeah,
they've they're very special to me. My dad especially kind
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of want to do the things that he did when
his career, and then obviously having kind of mentor like
andres very special me and he's kind of brought me
in kind of like family in a way and kind
of just give him first bumps. Know, maybe they could
get their back ends a little bit during the match.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
It was really cool.
Speaker 16 (18:14):
It was a great moment from him.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Like anyone, tennis players have dreams, things they wish for
or things they can't get out of their mind even
when they're sleeping. So we asked Felix Augia aliasim Elena Rabaikner,
Holga runer On, Jebur seb Quarter, Karen Hutchinov, Daniel Medvedev
and Anette Contivate to tell us their dreams or their
dream matchups.
Speaker 8 (18:41):
I can't remember when exactly, but it did have a
dream one time I was I was in the win
Women finals.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
I think it was playing Novak. Actually I hope I
was winning.
Speaker 8 (18:51):
Hopefully.
Speaker 12 (18:52):
I will say that I would love to play maybe
with the Ashabarsi again, because we had really nice much
last year here and it was tough matches against her,
and I think I can put as a dream to
play one day against her again.
Speaker 17 (19:10):
I'm dreaming off Grandstam finals, and right now I'm dreaming
of the final against Novaka in Australian Open. I'll choose
Grasp since I played good there, and maybe one balloon
like the tournament, and maybe I'll be playing Eminem. I'm
sure I would win, not in a rapping thing, but
in tennis match.
Speaker 8 (19:30):
It's my field for sure.
Speaker 16 (19:32):
My dad in Australia. I think that'd be insane. But
I also had. One of my dream was to play
a doll at the French Open on Chatienna. I got
that dream kind of checked off last year in twenty twenty.
So I'll probably say my dad in Australia.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
I would play against at that time my favorite player,
marat Safin in US Open. That would be nice experience.
You know where he was, I was winning his first lamp,
beating Sampress in the final, you know, destroying everyone. So
I would love to play against his best version at
that time.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
I would say playing Maratzaffen in Australia Open final Rod Labor.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
It's just the only thing I don't know if it
was Rod.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Labor or you know already when he played the final
against Leyton.
Speaker 8 (20:22):
So I would like to play this match. This could
be a lot of fun.
Speaker 11 (20:25):
I would actually love to play some of my friends,
maybe Ons or Maria. Would be amazing to play in
front of my home crowd. I think that would It's
a very realistic dream. I think we'll make it happen
one day.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Ever since she burst onto the scene at Wimbledon at
age fifteen in twenty nineteen, Coco gov has been a
Grand Slam player to watch in twenty twenty, she reached
the fourth round in Melbourne and last year was runner
up at Roland Garross. So when she met twenty seventeen
French champion Yolena Ostapenko in the fourth round this year's AO,
there was plenty of reason to pay attention. Let's rewind
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to day seven.
Speaker 11 (21:14):
Seven into the quarterfinals, she goes and Ostapenko, the seventeenth
seed goes through.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
Coco Goff exits pre tournament fancy Coco Goff has joined
the seeds exodus after former French Open champion Yolena Ostapenko
blitzed the seventh seed in straight sets. Gough came undone
in the face of Ostapenko's aggressive style of play, with
the Latvian blasting nine more winners than her opponent. She
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came up clutch in pressure moments too, converting all three
of her break points and saving seven of the eight
that she faced. Josh Martin joins me now and Josh.
She had the pleasure of speaking with Elena after her win.
Speaker 5 (21:56):
Yees So it was her best AO result ever, her
best result in a hard Slam ever, but most importantly,
it's also the first time that she's made a quarter
final since Wimbledon twenty eighteen, just after a French Open success,
and she told me how much she's changed since then.
Speaker 15 (22:12):
I'm probably more mature now because I needed a couple
of years to get used to the French Open win,
because the life completely changed and everybody expected so much
from you and attention from everywhere. So now I feel
like I'm more mature, and I'm playing well this week
and hopefully I can keep it up, and of course
it feels great to be here.
Speaker 5 (22:31):
Do you think that burden of that early success has
now lifted.
Speaker 15 (22:35):
Yeah, I feel like I really have nothing to lose
time just trying to enjoy myself more on the court,
and I was working a lot in pre seasons, so
I think it pays off.
Speaker 5 (22:47):
What kind of work were you doing in that pre season, Yeah, I.
Speaker 15 (22:51):
Was working more on my consistency on everything, just feeling
my shots, movement, fitness level, a lot of things, and
of course it gives me kind of confidence. But it's
always hard to come back after like two months with
not playing matches, so you really need a little bit
of time to get used to the playing matches.
Speaker 5 (23:12):
You're dominating with that aggressive style that you're known for.
How do you think that's going to hold up against
someone like Rebecca the next round, who's known for her
big serve. Do you think you can still work like
that hitting those aggressive winners.
Speaker 15 (23:25):
Of course, she's a good player and it's going to
be a tough match. But I feel like I just
have to focus more on myself and just to play
aggressive and make it hard for her.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
And today you came out really in the clutch. She
converted three of your break points, all three of your
break points, and you saved seven of eight. What's helping
you mentally on the court at the moment.
Speaker 15 (23:48):
I'm just trying to enjoy myself more and just to
focus on the game and try to not see or
hear anything outside the court, just to be in the
game and try to be as sistant as possible.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Match point Sitzipas Sir to the fourhand a cent a
cross call back that way, Winter.
Speaker 6 (24:10):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
That was a test tonight, but Stefanos stands tall a
five seve win over Yanick Sinner.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Stefanos Sitsipass has tightened his Australian Open stranglehold on Janick
Sinner to reach the last eight, but not without a
significant challenge In a rematch of last year's quarter final.
The Greek third seed was in control for the opening
two sets, dominating first serve points, but Sinner responded positively
in the third set, particularly on return. With ten break
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point opportunities. He converted just one, but it was enough
to take the set, and he replicated the pattern in
the fourth, sending the match to a gripping decider. The
battle was fierce until the sixth game, when Sitzipas opened
up two break points. He converted the second thanks to
a loose Sinner foehand out wide, and he maintained the
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margin on the way to a six four sixty four
three six four six six ' three win.
Speaker 8 (25:06):
I mean, what a great night, a.
Speaker 16 (25:11):
Ripper, as we say here, that was.
Speaker 8 (25:14):
Super I had an unbelievable bond and on the other
side of the court today playing incredible Dennis. On the
third and fourth set.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Defeated and dejected, Sinner slumped back down the walk of champions,
ruining twenty two missed breakpoint opportunities.
Speaker 16 (25:29):
A couple of missus. He is a missus and the
match has changed quite fast.
Speaker 8 (25:36):
Than after it was throing well, and and that's it.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
I'm joined now by ersin Kaderis and Stefanos. Is a
quirky character, isn't he?
Speaker 6 (25:44):
Oh yeah, he definitely is. I mean, he always provides
the entertainment in the interviews that he does. He works
with the fans a lot. He loved the attention that
he's getting. And Rod Laver was there watching today, which
I know he has a lot of respect for Rod Laver.
So a special match for him and a big battle.
The Stephanus came into our studio and he was absolutely
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knackerd as you can imagine after a four hour battle.
Speaker 8 (26:08):
Today was obviously longer than any other match that I've
played in the last three matches that I did, and
it was very physical. It was a long match with
a lot of rallies, with a lot of intensity. If
you can call it that as a you can refer
to it as a dip. I don't know, but it
was definitely. You know, it could have been different, for sure.
(26:30):
If it happens, it happens. You just have to learn
how to survive it, that's all.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
Hey, it was so cool to see Rod Labor watching
a match today as well. Do you ever think back
at like what it must have been like for these
guys back in the day with the wooden rackets, and
they were by themselves, Like I don't think they had
physios and everything.
Speaker 8 (26:48):
Yes, I have thought about it a lot. I haven't
had the chance to ask Rod, even though I've been
around him a little bit in some of the events.
But I'm sure very different lifestyle to what it is now.
And of course professional one one could see, but not
as professional as it is these days. So definitely have
(27:12):
a lot of respect for these type of players because
they played with equipment that was heavy, as as heavy
as a camera, and you know, playing with the wooden rack.
It is probably the most difficult thing ever I've tried
to link with it. The face is so small. If
you don't hear it, if you don't hear it right,
(27:34):
you're out. So you're better. You have to practice constantly
to get it right.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
And that brings us to an end for The AO
Show rewind for week one, but we'll be back same
time next week with the best stories and the biggest
moments from week two. What were your favorite moments. We
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