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you until eight o'clock tonight. The year's first tennis major
is in the books. You're twenty twenty five Australian Open
champions Jarick Sinner and Madison Keys. The first one widely predicted,
the second one not so much. We're going to review
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The Australian Tennis Open, dun and dusted. Yanick Center is
men's singles champion for the second straight years. A second yeah,
straight sets win for Janick Sinner over Alexander Zverev. Medicine
Keys winning the women's title in three sets against top
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seed Arena Sablenka the previous night. Let's bring in former
tennis professional, now commentator and analyst and director of the
Lavy Tennis Academy, Sebastian Leavy is with us. Sebastian, let's
start with the men's final last night, Janick Center and
straight see it's six three seven six six three. It
all looks very comfortable when you write it down. Did
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he ever look troubled to you last night?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Look, there was definitely some moments, especially in that second
sets four all in the tie break and so they've
got a net cord which really just fell his way,
so that was quite fortunate. But look, I think he's
definitely been the strongest player throughout the whole tournament. He's
showed that he's well and truly number one in the world.
There were a few moments obviously where there potentially had
a few opportunities, but based on that three set score line,
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it was pretty one sided.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Across the tournament. What has been most impressive for you
about Jannick Center.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
I think firstly, I've got the chance to see him
live play live a few times over there. I think
number one what stands out is just how calm he
is between points. Obviously there's some incredible points, but after
the point he just goes to us, how Will resets, refocuses,
and just goes back to work. And I think you
know that compounding pressure on his opponent of every time
there's a obviously there's unbelievable tennis, but there's someone who's
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playing unbelievable tennis in front of you and then they're
just ready to go again. It just really gets to
their opponents. And then secondly, I'd say the way he's
able to hold the baseline, the way he's able to
take the ball early and just create effortless power as
really impressive. And I think just again in a best
of five set match, for someone to beat him, they've
got to do that for three sets, and that's just
really difficult.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
That mental sort of it's so interesting to me, you know,
because if you were playing him, for example, and you
know you're broken or something like that, or you thought
you're on top, you look across the net and he
just looks completely unconcerned by and all. That must be
pretty hard to take if you're a opponent.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. I mean when he played
Ben Sheldon, he got off to a little bit of
a shaky start, didn't play that well at the start,
but just managed to hang in their save set points,
was down a break early, but just kept doing his job,
you know, and he doesn't make really any unforced errors,
and it just again, it just compounds on the opponent
and they are the ones who have got to come
up with the shots. It just puts a little bit
more pressure on them to do a little bit extra
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with the ball. And you know, again he's there. Was
just incredible quality at the moment and pretty hard to
see him losing on hardcourt and at the stage.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, and you talk about hard court. The first player
Sincenovak Djokovic in twenty sixteen to win three success of
hard court Grand slams Ossie Open last year, US opened,
last year, Ossie opened this year. He's only twenty three.
What might he go on to achieve?
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Well, I look at this stage, it looks like it's
pretty much him and Alcaz who are really leading the
pack at the moment. There's a few young guns who
are coming up. Jel Fonseca from Brazil is pretty impressive,
but he's probably still a few years away from really peaking.
So I think I think Center and Alcarez would probably
have a pretty good run at the majority of the
slams over the next four to five years. What he's
able to achieve will depend on a lot of things. Obviously,
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he's working with Darren Cahill, but that relationship will come
to an end at the end of this year, so
he'll has to find something new. You know, Tenneth's individual sports,
so as soon as there's a little personal problem or
a little injury, sometimes it slops quickly. But the way
he looks and the way he takes care of his
body and the level of professionalism, it looks like he
could definitely be reaching double digit slams within the next
couple of years. For a few years rather yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
He hasn't made a final of either the French Open
or Wimbledon semi finals. Last year at the French and
in twenty twenty three at Wimbledon, and what does he
have to do to translate his hard court success onto
the clay and the grass.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Yeah, well again, at the moment, his biggest strength is
really his movement and able to hold the baseline on
a clay court. Obviously it's a little bit slipped through
the ball, bounce, attle bit higher, so it's not as
easy to hold that baseline the way he does on
a hard court. Having said that, the way he strikes
the ball is incredible, so I don't think there'll have
too much trouble translating it to a clay court. I'd
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say probably this year, if not this year, next year,
and then for Wimbledon. Again it's a little bit. It's
a little bit of a lottery sometimes in terms of
there's only two or three tournaments to get ready. You've
got to really peak and if you have a deep
run at French Open, you really don't have any time
to recover and get ready for winm Wolden. But again
I think he's there, looked, you could see he's coming
a little bit more to the net. His service phenomenal,
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so I don't think he'd faced a break point actually
in the whole final, So you know, if he serves
like not on any surface, he'll be dangerous, and I
think it's only a matter of time utill we see
him list one of those two Grand Flams too.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
What about Alexander Zverev. That's thirty six major tournaments now
his third final. He's made finals at the Australian, the
French and the US Open now, but he's never won one.
Do you think he.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Will look I think I think his window is definitely
closing again. With the strengths that Alcarez and Sinner have
at the moment, it looks like they're only getting better.
I think Zev was probably probably doing the right decisions.
He's starting to be a little bit more aggressive, he's
taking the ball a little bit earlier coming to the net,
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But I just think at the stage he probably still
doesn't yet have quite enough aggression in his game to
really win Grand Flams. Obviously, he's been very close, and
I wouldn't be surprised if it if it happens in
the next couple of years. But he's definitely got to
keep improving his game because the way that those good
for just developing is pretty insane, and he's going to
have to make some changes quickly in his game if
he's going to have to win one of those soon.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
And just before we moved from the Mens, no that
Djokovic retired and has semi against the Verev after one set.
Twenty four major titles, who's looking for twenty five and
twenty five? The Aussie Open felt like his best chance
of that? Might twenty four be his final number?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
I would say no, it could be, but just the
way that Djokovic is always just redefining himself and the
way he's able to improve even at his age is
really incredible. Obviously, he picked up an injury against Alpras,
he still managed to win that match, had to pull
out against rev So he's definitely up there in the
best few players of the world. If he will win
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one or not, I think it will come down to
a lot of different little circumstances, but I definitely think
he still has a tennis to do it. I'd say
US Open he'll have a good, pretty good shout and
potentially Wimbledon as well. I don't think it will be
likely on the clay, but I think he still has
you know, four or five Grand Flames left and he
definitely could take one out.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Let's look at the women's singles Madison Keys and her
forty sixth attempt. We'll talk about zavere f thirty six,
forty six tournaments and now she's finally won one, beating
world number one Arena Sabolenka, double defending champion. She also
got past Egis Fiontek, the second seed in the semis.
What did you make of Madison Keys run to the title.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Honestly, it was really incredible. And then she obviously went
down around in Auckland, which was a bit of a
bummer for her hair, bit of a bummer for us
not to see a bit more of her, But then
went on to win and Adelaide, and then when obviously
seven matches in a row at does the Open and
she beat some quality players. She did it in big
three set battles. I think the match against Egos ran
Tek was probably one of the best matches of the tournament.
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And then to come through again clutch against Seberlinka in
the final, it's really inspiring because obviously, you know, she
was always a young gun, she was always coming up.
Didn't quite manage to get her against Sloan Stephens quite
a while ago. Now, but just kept on going, stayed hungary,
kept making progress, and she's finally got it and I
think it's very well deserved.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
And so will that mean a bit of a damn
bursting for her? Can that happen?
Speaker 5 (10:16):
That?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
You know, takes your age just to win one, but
once you do, you've got the belief that you can,
and you might, you know, you might see who win
a couple more.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
I think it's possible. I think Schwantek and so Blanka
at the moment have been have been really dominating. I
think Coco Goths probably is probably about there as well.
Having said that, obviously, Madison Keith has got a huge
game and she's able to beat anyone on any given day,
so I think it wouldn't surprise me she got another
one or two. But I think also the level that
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those other women are playing at the moment are probably
generally slightly higher than her. But I think a lot
of things aligned for her. But look, I hope she
goes on to win a few more because she's got
an incredible game and the way she closed out that
match was phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
And just a word on Lulu Son who after terrific
twenty twenty four has not had the start to twenty
twenty five she was after either in Auckland or in Melbourne.
But we shouldn't we shouldn't worry about that. That might
just be a moment in time for her. She's still
got plenty of time.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
She's got plenty of time, and I think I think
that year often you go through a little transition years,
and last year she obviously burst through on the scene.
She didn't really have much pressure on her shoulders, coming
from about two hundred in the world to almost top fifty,
so that's a pretty that's a pretty quick work up
the latter. Having said that, now the pressure's on her
to perform. The eyes on her. She hasn't really played
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a match prior to Auckland before I think it was
August match before that, so you know, it takes time
to find it rhythm. She's obviously a very aggressive player,
needs to find her strength and needs to find a
bit of a hot streak. But I definitely think, you know,
we'll be seeing her plenty in the next few years,
but maybe this year will be a little bit tougher
for her, just to really reinstate herself as one of
the top fifty players. In the world.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Sebastian really appreciate your analysis this evening. Thanks so much
for joining us.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Thank you my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Great to Tetia, Sebastian. Thanks indeed, Sebastian Levy there, former
pro coach, analyst, commentator, director of the Lavvy Tennis Academy,
talking about the just completed Australian Open nine nineteen rather
past seven. But keen to know from you her youth
will be the strongest challenger for Yarnick Singer. Tennis fans
(12:23):
have been watching the last couple of monks and watching
for a while. Who appeals to you as the as
the challenger to him, the guy most likely in the
men's side to rarely challenge him over the next little while.
Alexander Zverev just, I mean, history is only one part
of it, obviously, but he hasn't been able to win
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a major in thirty six appearances at them. I know
medicine keys got hers after forty five unsuccessful attempts. Her
forty sixth was the one that I guess saw the
damn burst for her. But I feel like if Alexander
Zverev was going to win one, he would have won
one by now. Then you look at the others. Zverev
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was the second seed. You look at the other seeded players,
Carlos el Karez. I think he's won four majors, so
he feels like the most likely, doesn't he He's won
the French winmbledon a couple of times. The US has
never won the Australian Open and knocked out in the
quarter finals here, But it feels like al Karaz is
the one to challenge Sinner most strongly. Taylor, Fritz Kasparud,
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Novak Jokovic, let's not forget him. And just on the
subject of Novak, can you see him winning another one
O one hundred and eighty ten eighty? Is twenty four
going to be the final number for Novak Djokovic? Or
actually might there be one more perhaps in his future
which would lift him to all time first twenty five
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majors Danil Medvedev, Alex de Mineuver. Then you're getting down
into players who really you can't see lenging Sinner unless
they have a big up swing and the way they play,
even Alex de Mineure and that was at the quarterfinal
against Sinner, just taking apart, not even in the same
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galaxy as Janick Sinner that night, with a Australian crowd
behind him and some good form coming in. No match
for Sinner just seems like the gap between Yanick Sinner
and the rest at the moment, with the possible exception
of al Karaz although he lost to Djokovic, didn't he
and Zverev maybe if he can, as I say, find
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something else, It just seems like the gap is bigger
than it's been for a long time. We've been spoilt
with Djokovic and Federer and Nadal and Andy Murray over
the last couple of decades. But are we entering a
time where Sinner is out on his own and wins
the majority of the major tournaments he plays in. He's
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only twenty three, for goodness psych twenty three years old,
but I thought I thought he was older. I'm gonna
check that today twenty three. I guess the thing he
has to do is to win on other surfaces. He's
won three matches all on hard courts, two at the
Aussie Open, one at the US Open. It's three in
(15:27):
a row on hard courts. Is he targeting? I lived
in performance on clay and on grass.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
Of course, it's on hard court, I feel more comfortable. No,
I think that's that we can see. But I take
it as a positive because on the other surfaces, I
still have to improve. I have to see how it works,
and I'm gonna put a lot of energy in that now,
trying to find the right ways and hopefully to go
firls in the other Grand Slams. As I always say,
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I'm still young, and I think I have time to adjust,
especially on grass court, because I've never played the juniors.
I suppose kind of new when I arrived to the tour,
and it's exactly that what I like now. The difficulty
is trying to understand where where I can improve, and
hopefully I can show that when this season arrives.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
That Janick center, what about Alexander Zverev sinner just too
good for him at the moment.
Speaker 7 (16:16):
Jannick gets better than me at the moment. It's it's
as simple as that. I think I serve better than
Yannick and everything else he does better. At the end
of the day, he deserves to wins. He's the best
player in hard courts right now, and it's as simple
as that.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Historically, though Zverev has a four to three match winning
record over Janick Cinner, So how is he able to
beat him previously?
Speaker 7 (16:40):
He serves better, he returns better, he hits his foreign better,
hits his back and better, he moves better, he volleys better.
I mean, there's nothing that he doesn't do better right now.
Before I remember those matches. Before, I always felt like,
once I was getting on top of the rally, I
was winning most of those rallies. Now it's it's like
he Yeah, he's like prime Novak. It's so difficult to
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go through him. So yeah, I think he's just all
around them, much better tennis player than he was back then.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
So how does Janick Senner then, in the mind of
Alexander Zveriev, compare to the likes of Djokovic. In Nadal,
he's very.
Speaker 7 (17:16):
Very similar to Novak when he was at his best.
They barely miss, like barely miss, and they make you
feel like you have to overhit all the time to
have a chance in a rally against them, And it's very,
very difficult to win a point from the back of
the court against them. Against Novak and him move obviously tremendous.
They're constantly on the baseline. They don't give you any
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space they don't give you any time right now. Too
good for me. Again, I'll do everything I can to
be able to compete with them and to lift a trophy,
but today was not nowhere near good enough.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
And finally from Alexander Zverie, in the Postmas interview on court,
he questioned if he would ever win a major? Is
that how he feels.
Speaker 7 (17:58):
I think it's very difficult to give an on court
speech after you lose a Grand Slow Final. I'm doing
everything I can. I'm working as hard as I ever did.
I think I'm doing all the right things off court.
I think I'm practicing the right things. But I lost
in straight Saturday. So those are facts. I mean, that
is a fact. I lost to Yannick and straight Saturday.
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So I don't want to end my career as the
best player of all time to never win a Grand Slam,
that's for sure, and I'll keep doing everything I can
to to lift one of those trophies.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
And finally, just back to Janick Sinner, who, in the
midst of all of this success on the court, has
the drug taste, the filed drugs taste, the appeal the
Court of Arbitration for Sport here and coming up all
hanging over him. So how proud is he be able
to keep on winning even with that in the back
of his mind?
Speaker 6 (18:48):
Very proud. I mean, it's actually tough to describe because
it's you know, many many things happen off the court,
what you maybe don't know. You know, I always try
to when I go on the court, even if sometimes
it's very difficult to block these kind of things. That
a big part. You know, I have my team and
the people who are close to me, who trust me,
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and then that for me is even more important because
I can talk with them very openly with them, and
that's it. I mean, when I go on court, I
try to focus on the match. I know the match
can be three, four, five hours, but that's the gap
of the day where I have to be very focused.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Here you go, Yanick Sinup, world number one, unbeaten in
twenty one matches and the first place since Novak Djokovic
in twenty sixteen to win three consecutive hard court majors.
So what might he go on to achieve? I guess
we wait and see. We also await the developments around
that failed drugs test and the Court of Arbitration for
sport appeal coming up in April. Just on seven twenty seven,
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updating you from Eden Parks out of Oval Kennard's High
Community Oval to give it its correct name. Auckland Hearts
one sixty for five batting first against the Wellington Blaze.
The Blaze ninety one for five, so Auckland closing in
on victory. The Blaze needs seven of twenty three balls.
That's a very very big ask, very big ask for Wellington,
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so it looks as though Walkland will get the one
up there. Earlier today it was the reverse, the Wellington
Firebirds beating the Auckland Aces in the early game to
keep their hopes alive of being involved in the playoffs
for the T twenty competition. Our super Smash which come
up at the Basemin Reserve on the weekend. When we
come back, we'll shift our attention across the football and
(20:32):
Coach of the Football Ferns or Interim Coach of the
Football Ferns Michael Maine joining us to talk about the
upcoming series against Costa Rica.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
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Speaker 2 (20:48):
Me Fast seven. The Football Ferns our women's football side
will be in action for the first time in twenty
twenty five. Next month, they'll meet Costa Rica in two matches.
These will be their first outings since the Paris Olympics
back in July. So it's been a week while between
between matches for our football firm. It's the upcoming games Sunday,
the twenty third of February one o'clock New Zealand time
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and then Wednesday, the twenty sixth of feb at eleven
o'clock New Zealand time, both played in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Interim Football Ferns coach is Michael Maine, who joins us now. Michael,
thanks for your time this evening on sports Talk. When
will you announce your squad for these matches?
Speaker 8 (21:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (21:29):
Thanks having me final, So we'll look to announce this
probably the end of this week, maybe start of the
following week. We're just working through some of the final
thoughts around the squad and what we want to I
guess or how we want to bag the game in
Costa Rica. So ye're not too far away. We're really
excited about the opportunity ahead of us. So we've got
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a few days to just to a give boxes and
tea discussions and then it will be out pretty shortly.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
What has been front of mind for you when you're
putting the squad together.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
Well, yeah, I think front of mine, And this is
something that I guess is my role while I have
it is we've got to make sure that we're hitting
the ground and performing. I think a big part of
I guess what we want to try to do early
in this cycle is just make sure that we're really
building for twenty seven. Now that might be me taking
(22:26):
it through and it might not, so I guess I'm
sitting the challenge of making sure we're building some depth
in this teas and competition in this team. So I
think there's a there's a rare opportunity here to I guess,
showcase some plays that maybe have been in the squad
previously and some that may be new to the squad
as well as obviously leaning on the experience that we've
(22:47):
we've currently got. I think it's just about maybe we're
setting up as well as we can go into twenty seven,
so we.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
May see some new faces, some players in the squad
who haven't featured for New Zealand before it.
Speaker 9 (23:00):
Yeah, potentially, I think I think there's a couple of
plays there that are we having discussions with and my
co staff and technical staff are looking close to it.
We've got to look and see it a couple more days,
just to let a few games play out. And I guess,
you see, we're playing, and I think the good thing
is is just making sure it real good I guess
out of across the squad and the way we want
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to play. So yeah, there could be some opportunities that
players it comes to the squads for the first time,
and like I said, there's opportunities possible for players that
have been around the squad previously but maybe haven't taken
part with the last couple of big clinical events. But
the whole point of it is just to make sure
that we've got real competition going for because I think
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everybody we want to see this team, you know, regionable
teacher that has and get results on the pitch, and
we're hipping for the team. That's that's what we should
be doing.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
I think Malia Steinmetz has an a cl which he's
recovering from, but apart from her, are the other seventeen
players you had with you at the Olympics all available?
Speaker 9 (24:05):
Yeah? Good quick, there's Yeah. Obviously Malaya's are real swallow.
She's a big piece of this team and great character
and great great on the pitch for us. So obviously
we're tracking her progress really closely, but she's a while away.
There there's a couple. There's a couple sort of I
(24:25):
guess in the group that we're having a checker the
last days they were just around. You know, again, we're
players rats and and I think for us is just
making sure we've got players that can go acrosst Rica
hid the ground running we're physically and a good place
is super important to the way I want to I
(24:46):
guess progress with this team. So yeah, without going into
probably all the names, is normal sort of wear and
tear and niggle that you get from a season. And
then there's a couple that we're just tracking that have
probably just before Christmas, that have have picked up a
little injuries that we just want to make sure we're
doing the right thing for the player.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
Can you get some up that Alie Riley, I know
she picked up an injury back end of last year.
Has she has she retired? What's her situation?
Speaker 9 (25:15):
No, not, as far as I know. I've been touched
with Ali obviously since the Olympics, she's obviously really focused
on returning and returning strongly to play. So again, we're
just staying in contact that piece sort of as she
moves through that piece and tries to get back on
(25:35):
the pitch and get playing again. Obviously since the end
of the season, she's she did a lot going on,
and yeah, again, she's one that we'll just stay in
contact with and sort of make sure that she's progressing
how she needs.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
And an elite She was in gold for you in
all three games at the Olympics. She's now without a
club though having departed Aston Villa. Will she still be
in contention even though she doesn't have a club currently.
Speaker 9 (26:04):
Yeah, So Anna's one. Yeah again, she she was on
the injury list as she departed that club and that's
something we're just working through at the moment as well.
So again, been in many conversations there prior to Christmas
and as a couple of days ago. So she's one
that's probably more at the moment, one of those ones
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on that injury list. That I'm just sort of tracking
and making sure we make good decisions for her. And
obviously she's she's got a little bit of work ahead
of it to figure out her next steps in terms
of club and returns to play, so we've got a
bit of a plan in place there. So yeah, again,
international footballs are interesting on this, wouldn't know in particular
with you know, number of players that kind of between
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seasons always always tricky. But I think that's where my
I guess my technical team's been doing a really good
job just to mushal that our players are still still
doing the work and if their quarter poin's coming to
this tour.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
And we had the news in the last couple of
weeks that Maya Hahn has committed to New Zealand. She's
been in the human system for the last little while
playing club football over there and playing well, being in
and around some of the German sides, but she's committed
to New Zealand. Is she on your radar for the squad?
Speaker 9 (27:18):
Yeah, it'll have had some really good conversation with my
I am lucky enough to work with her women in Uruguay.
After multiple sort of conversations with her, her desired to
come back to represent in New Zealand was high on
her agenda, so be a really positive thing for us
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prior to Christmas. And then yeah, look, she's she's definitely
in the conversation for this tour. I think what she
can bring this team in terms of the I guess,
the way she likes to play and what she likes
to get on the ball. She's she's mobile, like she's
playing in a very good league. So yeah, it would
be silly for me not to I guess consider immediately
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at the start of this this news cycle. So again,
she's one that's definitely in conversations for Costa Rica.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
All right, good to hear. We know the Wellington Phoenix
women are playing a league football Auckland FC about to
join well next season will join the women's competition. How
much of a boost will that be to the game here?
Another professional pathway for female footballers here in New Zealand.
Speaker 9 (28:28):
That's it. The role of a point of betting close
to the next setup down with Paul. So yeah, I've
been there a handful of times this season. I read
for sort of multi day visits I look forward to
kind of hopeful you've been able to do that in
progress that with Aukland as well. I think for us
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in the country, this is one of our competitor advantage
that we can which so closely with our two professional
clubs and really you know, like to see how that
plans as we've been together with the football firms, because
there's no yeah, there's no A lot of our players
can through the system now are going to go through
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those two clubs before they either step in the first
team there or they progress overseas like that's it's just
part of how it's going to look going forward. So
I think for us, the smartest thing we can do
is get super aligned on the types of players that
are being developed through those systems how we can support them.
But also the shew a lot of I guess the
(29:31):
knowledge we get from international football and matures of that
seed down really really well. So yeah, that's been a
big piece of my work for the last three months
probably is align in that pathway ecosystem and making sure
that it all makes sense as part of the I
guess the wider campaign plan for twenty seven brilliant.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
You're still interim coach. When are they going to give
you the job full time?
Speaker 9 (29:53):
Yeah, yeah, look, I'm you know, I'm waiting and ready
for whenever he's going a foot with the side, it's
time to press go on that process. Like look, I've
been with this team now for over two years and
whilst it was I guess a different way to come
into the role. Yeah. Look, I feel like while I'm
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holding it at the moment and I guess the outcomes I
want this will be one hundred me in terms of
how I approached this and what I want to do
with a squad. So look, I can only do the
job that I think everybody in the country wants us
to do, and that's make sure this team's progressing. I'm
sure it's performing well and scoring goals. And yeah, whenever
on the football decide to hit the green light on
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that and progress this process, I'll be ready to go.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Well, I guess it took a while for Darren Baseley
to go from interim to head, so maybe it's the
same thing coming your way. Michael. Hey, all the best
for the upcoming games against Costa Rica. Look forward to
the squad coming out the next week. Well, thanks for
taking the time for a chat.
Speaker 9 (30:53):
I appreciate it, Pinney anytime. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Thank you mate. That's Michael Maine, interim head coach of
the Football Funs soon to be your hope head coach.
It's a rather unusual situation, Michael Maine, if you and
I'm not aware of the background of this, was an
assistant coach for a couple of years to Yetka Climkov.
I'm not going to re litigate all of the Yetka
(31:16):
Climkova saga, but of course she left the post. Didn't
take the team to the Olympics. Michael Mayne did that
and did a fairly serviceable job against some tough opponents
with a team that he didn't really select. It was
kind of handed to him. It was a very difficult situation.
Not that the squad I don't think would have been
too different, but the fact remains he almost inherited a
(31:38):
team with not a lot of notice really and did
a pretty good job. So they haven't played since the Olympics.
They haven't yet announced a time frame for the appointment
of a new permanent head coach of the Football Ferns.
In the meantime, it's as though Michael Mayne just carries
on until he's told otherwise. Similar situation, as I say
(31:59):
to when Darren Baisley took the reins and that was
in an interim capacity after Danny Hay left. Darren Basley
at the team for quite a while before he was
confirmed as as permanent head coach. So maybe the same
thing's going to happen to Michael Maine. Regardless, he'll take
them to Costa Rica next month for these two matches
twenty third of feb twenty sixth of Feb because to
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see if there are some new faces in there, some
new new names, a bit of fresh blood. Next World
Cup of Courses in twenty twenty seven. So it's like
a long way away and is, but it'll be something
that I'm sure Michael Maine will be thinking about when
he puts that squad together. Auckland have beaten Wellington and
the Women's Super Smash by forty five runs, so well
done to Auckland. They've kept their playoff hopes alive in
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the Super Smash a comprehensive when there over Wellington at
Kennard's High Community Oval. Pretty tight actually in the Super
Smash with three games to go, Canterbury against Northern Districts tomorrow,
CD against Auckland on Wednesday Wellington against Northern on Thursday.
Those are both men's and women's matches. In the women's
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side of things, all six teams are theoretically and with
a chance. In fact, actually no Canterbury have. Now I'm
looking at the men's let me go to the let
me go to the women's, so I don't confuse myself.
We look at the women's table. So Central can't make it.
Otago are at the top on twenty eight, Wellington on
twenty four and Auckland with this win go to eighteen,
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so into third spot. At the moment. The top three
go into the series on the weekend twov three for
the right to play one on the Sunday. So Auckland
currently third, Northern are only two points behind and they
have a game in hand. Canterbury also in sixteen points.
Central gone only six points, so they're just playing for
pride in their last game. As far as the Mennic concerned,
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it's the opposite for Central. They're through. Northern are looking
pretty good as well. Central have twenty four points, Northern
have twenty, Otago eighteen, Auckland sixteen, Wellington sixteen, Canterbury fourteen,
So it's anybody's guests, who's going to go through there?
Marsius Pinety doesn't irk you how well Auckland is you're
doing in their first year while the Knicks have just
(34:09):
been mediocre for so long. I'd be gutted if a
new NRL team came and won it in their first year.
Must first of all, on the mediocre or mediocrity of
the Phoenix. They have made the finals in five out
of the last six seasons. Last season they enjoyed their
best ever season, so I think mediocrity is probably the
wrong word. And to answer your question, no, I'm not
at all irked by Auckland FC's introduction to a league football.
(34:36):
I'm delighted for them. On the contrary, I think any
successful football on the side of the ditch is a
good thing and I think it will lift the Phoenix
as well. Can't wait to see our Wellington Auckland derby
and the women's as well next year. Auckland FC in
the process currently of getting their women's side assembled for
next season. Sixteen away from eight. Let's take a break,
Let's see how I'm not irked by Auckland FC. To
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see where they finished in the Power rankings this week,
Biney's Power rankings coming up next year on Sports.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Talk dadies our rankings.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
Monday Night means Pinety's Power rankings as we rate the best,
the worst, and everything in between. From the Sporting Weekend,
Let's go the Breakers season over.
Speaker 8 (35:23):
The Adelaide thirty six is will cement their start inside
the top six and bring an end to a roller
coaster of a season for the New Zealand Breakers Adelaide
back at five hundred and thirteen and thirteen, they cement
sixth spot on the table and for the Breakers, who
(35:44):
started seven and three sat second at the fever break,
the season has unraveled, it has capitulated and their playoff chances.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
In here Here the Breakers with a nine to win
eighteen lost record so far the season. They'll in their
campaign with a couple of games back at home nine
the All Black Sevens playing off for ninth in tenth
in Perth. It's just little Nsius to.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
Ninety in Floyd and Kenya from the grandstand finish.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
New Zealand take.
Speaker 5 (36:18):
Ninth place here in per nineteen points to twelve over
the Kenyon's feet.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Can we box a me and Mottu A valiant effort,
but going down yesterday morning to Alie Scottney.
Speaker 10 (36:31):
Ninety one or three in favor part than you unified.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
What Superman's away, chuckid Helly Turdy, Yeah, a unanimous decision
lost to Ali Scottney for me and MOTTSU and they're
about for the IBFWBO and Ring Magazine belts. But she
will be back. Seven our super Bowl finalists, we have them.
The Philadelphia Eagles who thrashed the Washington Commander Is fifty
(36:59):
five twenty three in the NFC Championship game.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
There it is.
Speaker 8 (37:05):
Ninety Eagles to super Bowl fifty nine.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
Bo'll play the Kansas City Chiefs, who needed a late
field goal from Harrison Buker to beat the Buffalo Bills
thirty two twenty nine in the AFC Championship Game for the.
Speaker 10 (37:19):
LEADU Butcker from thirty five tax Center now eleven for
eleven in his career in the postseason in the fourth
quarter or overtime that is called clutch.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
So it'll be the Chiefs against the Eagles and super
Bowl fifty nine in Louisiana in two weeks from now.
Six ja Nick Center back to back Australian Open champion.
That's the second center five the Black Fern sevens close
(37:52):
but only silver and Perth taken man crown it.
Speaker 1 (37:58):
Fine sh shit.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
Four t Unwelpton is number four. He's broken one of
athletics New Zealand's oldest national records, running six point five
zero seconds in the sixty meters at the ACT Championships
in Canberra.
Speaker 5 (38:23):
When I heard he dropped the six four to three
and I knew I wasn't too far behind. I knew
the times would be pretty quick, but in my mind
I was like, well, if you ran that quick, it
must have been windy. But to my surprise, the windows
only plus one point six, so everything was totally legal.
So I was over the moon.
Speaker 10 (38:36):
I was.
Speaker 5 (38:36):
I was super stoked.
Speaker 2 (38:37):
It breaks the thirty year old mark of six point
five ninety seconds by Gus and Katia in Barcelona in
nineteen ninety five. Three three is Madison Keys finally finally
winning a tennis May jap at the forty sixth attempt.
Mason Keys, you were a Grassland champion. What incredible tennis
(39:04):
and what a match. Two to's Auckland FC. The Black
Knights back on top. They go marching on again, though
they left it late last night.
Speaker 8 (39:13):
We saw a late chant Brooklyn's Baby Bright It's with
thirty seconds to go, the super sofas done it again
and Auckland's are gonna go home with.
Speaker 2 (39:25):
A three points one one though our snow sporters at
the X Games and Aspen Luca Harrington winning gold in
the met slope style. What's he gonna spin on this
final jump?
Speaker 10 (39:37):
Going jids switch for triple cork sixteen twenty.
Speaker 3 (39:43):
The smile on.
Speaker 10 (39:44):
His face says it all. Welcome to Winter X Games,
Luca Harrington, you are here.
Speaker 2 (39:49):
Yeah, it was only an awton and he also won
silver in the Big Air this morning. And Zoey Sadowski
sinners her eleventh X Games medal and her Sex gold
going for.
Speaker 3 (39:59):
That facts at fourteen forty and she has.
Speaker 10 (40:01):
SA Yes, let's go the first ever true book work
in women's slop style competition. You just watch history, folks.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
Yeah, greatness, Zoe Shadowski senate and Luca Harrington number one tonight.
How do you feel about those power rankings.
Speaker 11 (40:20):
I've got a comment on your erraticness of putting tennis major.
When it's all over the show, I'm still a bit
perplexed as to how how Madison keys sits at three,
but Yennix, in a cruising to another one sits all
the way down at the lowly rank of number six.
Speaker 2 (40:35):
Piney, can you explain, I just like Madison Keys a
bit more, a lot more clearly. Well, fair enoughing all,
did you notice there was no narrative about Aleix Cinerata.
I think we did a chatting about him earlier in
the show. I just put him in there at six
and carried on.
Speaker 11 (40:50):
We know what you think about the drug drugs?
Speaker 2 (40:54):
Okay, I can't possibly comment six and a half to
eight news Talks email from Leon to finish Jason. Now
that Super Bowl set, I'm more than happy to give
you my expert and unbiased opinion on the big game,
now less than two weeks away. Just to heads up,
I'll provide a definitive breakdown, says Leon on both the
Chiefs and the Eagles the day before Super Bowl in
New Orleans. I'll remain impartial and on topic. I promise,
(41:17):
good on you. Leon, A big Chiefs fan, Leon over
in Melbourne looking for his side to complete. I think
what would be an unprecedented three Super Bowl titles in
a row. That's a fortnight today super Bowl in New Orleans.
Thank you for listening into Sports Talk tonight. Marcus Lush
is with you after eight o'clock to take you through
the rest of your Monday evening. Huge thanks to Andy
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
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from that part of the country. Happy birthday. Also to
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Pineeshow producer Andy McDonald. We are here talking sport with
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you until eight o'clock tonight. The year's first tennis major
is in the books. You're twenty twenty five Australian Open
champions Jarick Sinner and Madison Keys. The first one widely predicted,
the second one not so much. We're going to review
the finals and look ahead to the rest of the
tennis year with former tennis professional now commentator and analyst
(01:06):
Sebastian Lavvy. He's along shortly. Also tonight, the football Ferns
will be in action for the first time in twenty
twenty five. Next month, they'll play Costa Rica in two
matches in Costa Rica. It'll be the first time they've
played since the Paris Olympics back in July. Interim Football
Ferns coach Michael Maine along Tonight to discuss squad selections
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and the year ahead. And Monday Night, of course, means
Piney's Power Rankings, rating the best, the worst and everything
else in between. Across a very busy sporting weekend, Live Sport.
While we're on the tonight Women's Super Smash at Eden
Park's Outer Roval, still a sun soaked eden Parks Outer
Oval from what I can see. We'll keep eyes on
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one is what they need. I'll just turn the volume
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The Australian Tennis Open, dun and dusted. Yanick Center is
men's singles champion for the second straight years. A second yeah,
straight sets win for Janick Sinner over Alexander Zverev. Medicine
Keys winning the women's title in three sets against top
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seed Arena Sablenka the previous night. Let's bring in former
tennis professional, now commentator and analyst and director of the
Lavy Tennis Academy, Sebastian Leavy is with us. Sebastian, let's
start with the men's final last night, Janick Center and
straight see it's six three seven six six three. It
all looks very comfortable when you write it down. Did
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he ever look troubled to you last night?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Look, there was definitely some moments, especially in that second
sets four all in the tie break and so they've
got a net cord which really just fell his way,
so that was quite fortunate. But look, I think he's
definitely been the strongest player throughout the whole tournament. He's
showed that he's well and truly number one in the world.
There were a few moments obviously where there potentially had
a few opportunities, but based on that three set score line,
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it was pretty one sided.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Across the tournament. What has been most impressive for you
about Jannick Center.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
I think firstly, I've got the chance to see him
live play live a few times over there. I think
number one what stands out is just how calm he
is between points. Obviously there's some incredible points, but after
the point he just goes to us, how Will resets, refocuses,
and just goes back to work. And I think you
know that compounding pressure on his opponent of every time
there's a obviously there's unbelievable tennis, but there's someone who's
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playing unbelievable tennis in front of you and then they're
just ready to go again. It just really gets to
their opponents. And then secondly, I'd say the way he's
able to hold the baseline, the way he's able to
take the ball early and just create effortless power as
really impressive. And I think just again in a best
of five set match, for someone to beat him, they've
got to do that for three sets, and that's just
really difficult.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
That mental sort of it's so interesting to me, you know,
because if you were playing him, for example, and you
know you're broken or something like that, or you thought
you're on top, you look across the net and he
just looks completely unconcerned by and all. That must be
pretty hard to take if you're a opponent.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. I mean when he played
Ben Sheldon, he got off to a little bit of
a shaky start, didn't play that well at the start,
but just managed to hang in their save set points,
was down a break early, but just kept doing his job,
you know, and he doesn't make really any unforced errors,
and it just again, it just compounds on the opponent
and they are the ones who have got to come
up with the shots. It just puts a little bit
more pressure on them to do a little bit extra
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with the ball. And you know, again he's there. Was
just incredible quality at the moment and pretty hard to
see him losing on hardcourt and at the stage.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, and you talk about hard court. The first player
Sincenovak Djokovic in twenty sixteen to win three success of
hard court Grand slams Ossie Open last year, US opened,
last year, Ossie opened this year. He's only twenty three.
What might he go on to achieve?
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Well, I look at this stage, it looks like it's
pretty much him and Alcaz who are really leading the
pack at the moment. There's a few young guns who
are coming up. Jel Fonseca from Brazil is pretty impressive,
but he's probably still a few years away from really peaking.
So I think I think Center and Alcarez would probably
have a pretty good run at the majority of the
slams over the next four to five years. What he's
able to achieve will depend on a lot of things. Obviously,
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he's working with Darren Cahill, but that relationship will come
to an end at the end of this year, so
he'll has to find something new. You know, Tenneth's individual sports,
so as soon as there's a little personal problem or
a little injury, sometimes it slops quickly. But the way
he looks and the way he takes care of his
body and the level of professionalism, it looks like he
could definitely be reaching double digit slams within the next
couple of years. For a few years rather yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
He hasn't made a final of either the French Open
or Wimbledon semi finals. Last year at the French and
in twenty twenty three at Wimbledon, and what does he
have to do to translate his hard court success onto
the clay and the grass.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Yeah, well again, at the moment, his biggest strength is
really his movement and able to hold the baseline on
a clay court. Obviously it's a little bit slipped through
the ball, bounce, attle bit higher, so it's not as
easy to hold that baseline the way he does on
a hard court. Having said that, the way he strikes
the ball is incredible, so I don't think there'll have
too much trouble translating it to a clay court. I'd
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say probably this year, if not this year, next year,
and then for Wimbledon. Again it's a little bit. It's
a little bit of a lottery sometimes in terms of
there's only two or three tournaments to get ready. You've
got to really peak and if you have a deep
run at French Open, you really don't have any time
to recover and get ready for winm Wolden. But again
I think he's there, looked, you could see he's coming
a little bit more to the net. His service phenomenal,
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so I don't think he'd faced a break point actually
in the whole final, So you know, if he serves
like not on any surface, he'll be dangerous, and I
think it's only a matter of time utill we see
him list one of those two Grand Flams too.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
What about Alexander Zverev. That's thirty six major tournaments now
his third final. He's made finals at the Australian, the
French and the US Open now, but he's never won one.
Do you think he.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Will look I think I think his window is definitely
closing again. With the strengths that Alcarez and Sinner have
at the moment, it looks like they're only getting better.
I think Zev was probably probably doing the right decisions.
He's starting to be a little bit more aggressive, he's
taking the ball a little bit earlier coming to the net,
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But I just think at the stage he probably still
doesn't yet have quite enough aggression in his game to
really win Grand Flams. Obviously, he's been very close, and
I wouldn't be surprised if it if it happens in
the next couple of years. But he's definitely got to
keep improving his game because the way that those good
for just developing is pretty insane, and he's going to
have to make some changes quickly in his game if
he's going to have to win one of those soon.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
And just before we moved from the Mens, no that
Djokovic retired and has semi against the Verev after one set.
Twenty four major titles, who's looking for twenty five and
twenty five? The Aussie Open felt like his best chance
of that? Might twenty four be his final number?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
I would say no, it could be, but just the
way that Djokovic is always just redefining himself and the
way he's able to improve even at his age is
really incredible. Obviously, he picked up an injury against Alpras,
he still managed to win that match, had to pull
out against rev So he's definitely up there in the
best few players of the world. If he will win
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one or not, I think it will come down to
a lot of different little circumstances, but I definitely think
he still has a tennis to do it. I'd say
US Open he'll have a good, pretty good shout and
potentially Wimbledon as well. I don't think it will be
likely on the clay, but I think he still has
you know, four or five Grand Flames left and he
definitely could take one out.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Let's look at the women's singles Madison Keys and her
forty sixth attempt. We'll talk about zavere f thirty six,
forty six tournaments and now she's finally won one, beating
world number one Arena Sabolenka, double defending champion. She also
got past Egis Fiontek, the second seed in the semis.
What did you make of Madison Keys run to the title.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Honestly, it was really incredible. And then she obviously went
down around in Auckland, which was a bit of a
bummer for her hair, bit of a bummer for us
not to see a bit more of her, But then
went on to win and Adelaide, and then when obviously
seven matches in a row at does the Open and
she beat some quality players. She did it in big
three set battles. I think the match against Egos ran
Tek was probably one of the best matches of the tournament.
(09:52):
And then to come through again clutch against Seberlinka in
the final, it's really inspiring because obviously, you know, she
was always a young gun, she was always coming up.
Didn't quite manage to get her against Sloan Stephens quite
a while ago. Now, but just kept on going, stayed hungary,
kept making progress, and she's finally got it and I
think it's very well deserved.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
And so will that mean a bit of a damn
bursting for her? Can that happen?
Speaker 5 (10:16):
That?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
You know, takes your age just to win one, but
once you do, you've got the belief that you can,
and you might, you know, you might see who win
a couple more.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
I think it's possible. I think Schwantek and so Blanka
at the moment have been have been really dominating. I
think Coco Goths probably is probably about there as well.
Having said that, obviously, Madison Keith has got a huge
game and she's able to beat anyone on any given day,
so I think it wouldn't surprise me she got another
one or two. But I think also the level that
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those other women are playing at the moment are probably
generally slightly higher than her. But I think a lot
of things aligned for her. But look, I hope she
goes on to win a few more because she's got
an incredible game and the way she closed out that
match was phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
And just a word on Lulu Son who after terrific
twenty twenty four has not had the start to twenty
twenty five she was after either in Auckland or in Melbourne.
But we shouldn't we shouldn't worry about that. That might
just be a moment in time for her. She's still
got plenty of time.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
She's got plenty of time, and I think I think
that year often you go through a little transition years,
and last year she obviously burst through on the scene.
She didn't really have much pressure on her shoulders, coming
from about two hundred in the world to almost top fifty,
so that's a pretty that's a pretty quick work up
the latter. Having said that, now the pressure's on her
to perform. The eyes on her. She hasn't really played
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a match prior to Auckland before I think it was
August match before that, so you know, it takes time
to find it rhythm. She's obviously a very aggressive player,
needs to find her strength and needs to find a
bit of a hot streak. But I definitely think, you know,
we'll be seeing her plenty in the next few years,
but maybe this year will be a little bit tougher
for her, just to really reinstate herself as one of
the top fifty players. In the world.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Sebastian really appreciate your analysis this evening. Thanks so much
for joining us.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Thank you my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Great to Tetia, Sebastian. Thanks indeed, Sebastian Levy there, former
pro coach, analyst, commentator, director of the Lavvy Tennis Academy,
talking about the just completed Australian Open nine nineteen rather
past seven. But keen to know from you her youth
will be the strongest challenger for Yarnick Singer. Tennis fans
(12:23):
have been watching the last couple of monks and watching
for a while. Who appeals to you as the as
the challenger to him, the guy most likely in the
men's side to rarely challenge him over the next little while.
Alexander Zverev just, I mean, history is only one part
of it, obviously, but he hasn't been able to win
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a major in thirty six appearances at them. I know
medicine keys got hers after forty five unsuccessful attempts. Her
forty sixth was the one that I guess saw the
damn burst for her. But I feel like if Alexander
Zverev was going to win one, he would have won
one by now. Then you look at the others. Zverev
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was the second seed. You look at the other seeded players,
Carlos el Karez. I think he's won four majors, so
he feels like the most likely, doesn't he He's won
the French winmbledon a couple of times. The US has
never won the Australian Open and knocked out in the
quarter finals here, But it feels like al Karaz is
the one to challenge Sinner most strongly. Taylor, Fritz Kasparud,
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Novak Jokovic, let's not forget him. And just on the
subject of Novak, can you see him winning another one
O one hundred and eighty ten eighty? Is twenty four
going to be the final number for Novak Djokovic? Or
actually might there be one more perhaps in his future
which would lift him to all time first twenty five
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majors Danil Medvedev, Alex de Mineuver. Then you're getting down
into players who really you can't see lenging Sinner unless
they have a big up swing and the way they play,
even Alex de Mineure and that was at the quarterfinal
against Sinner, just taking apart, not even in the same
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galaxy as Janick Sinner that night, with a Australian crowd
behind him and some good form coming in. No match
for Sinner just seems like the gap between Yanick Sinner
and the rest at the moment, with the possible exception
of al Karaz although he lost to Djokovic, didn't he
and Zverev maybe if he can, as I say, find
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something else, It just seems like the gap is bigger
than it's been for a long time. We've been spoilt
with Djokovic and Federer and Nadal and Andy Murray over
the last couple of decades. But are we entering a
time where Sinner is out on his own and wins
the majority of the major tournaments he plays in. He's
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only twenty three, for goodness psych twenty three years old,
but I thought I thought he was older. I'm gonna
check that today twenty three. I guess the thing he
has to do is to win on other surfaces. He's
won three matches all on hard courts, two at the
Aussie Open, one at the US Open. It's three in
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a row on hard courts. Is he targeting? I lived
in performance on clay and on grass.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
Of course, it's on hard court, I feel more comfortable. No,
I think that's that we can see. But I take
it as a positive because on the other surfaces, I
still have to improve. I have to see how it works,
and I'm gonna put a lot of energy in that now,
trying to find the right ways and hopefully to go
firls in the other Grand Slams. As I always say,
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I'm still young, and I think I have time to adjust,
especially on grass court, because I've never played the juniors.
I suppose kind of new when I arrived to the tour,
and it's exactly that what I like now. The difficulty
is trying to understand where where I can improve, and
hopefully I can show that when this season arrives.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
That Janick center, what about Alexander Zverev sinner just too
good for him at the moment.
Speaker 7 (16:16):
Jannick gets better than me at the moment. It's it's
as simple as that. I think I serve better than
Yannick and everything else he does better. At the end
of the day, he deserves to wins. He's the best
player in hard courts right now, and it's as simple
as that.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Historically, though Zverev has a four to three match winning
record over Janick Cinner, So how is he able to
beat him previously?
Speaker 7 (16:40):
He serves better, he returns better, he hits his foreign better,
hits his back and better, he moves better, he volleys better.
I mean, there's nothing that he doesn't do better right now.
Before I remember those matches. Before, I always felt like,
once I was getting on top of the rally, I
was winning most of those rallies. Now it's it's like
he Yeah, he's like prime Novak. It's so difficult to
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go through him. So yeah, I think he's just all
around them, much better tennis player than he was back then.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
So how does Janick Senner then, in the mind of
Alexander Zveriev, compare to the likes of Djokovic. In Nadal,
he's very.
Speaker 7 (17:16):
Very similar to Novak when he was at his best.
They barely miss, like barely miss, and they make you
feel like you have to overhit all the time to
have a chance in a rally against them, And it's very,
very difficult to win a point from the back of
the court against them. Against Novak and him move obviously tremendous.
They're constantly on the baseline. They don't give you any
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space they don't give you any time right now. Too
good for me. Again, I'll do everything I can to
be able to compete with them and to lift a trophy,
but today was not nowhere near good enough.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
And finally from Alexander Zverie, in the Postmas interview on court,
he questioned if he would ever win a major? Is
that how he feels.
Speaker 7 (17:58):
I think it's very difficult to give an on court
speech after you lose a Grand Slow Final. I'm doing
everything I can. I'm working as hard as I ever did.
I think I'm doing all the right things off court.
I think I'm practicing the right things. But I lost
in straight Saturday. So those are facts. I mean, that
is a fact. I lost to Yannick and straight Saturday.
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So I don't want to end my career as the
best player of all time to never win a Grand Slam,
that's for sure, and I'll keep doing everything I can
to to lift one of those trophies.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
And finally, just back to Janick Sinner, who, in the
midst of all of this success on the court, has
the drug taste, the filed drugs taste, the appeal the
Court of Arbitration for Sport here and coming up all
hanging over him. So how proud is he be able
to keep on winning even with that in the back
of his mind?
Speaker 6 (18:48):
Very proud. I mean, it's actually tough to describe because
it's you know, many many things happen off the court,
what you maybe don't know. You know, I always try
to when I go on the court, even if sometimes
it's very difficult to block these kind of things. That
a big part. You know, I have my team and
the people who are close to me, who trust me,
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and then that for me is even more important because
I can talk with them very openly with them, and
that's it. I mean, when I go on court, I
try to focus on the match. I know the match
can be three, four, five hours, but that's the gap
of the day where I have to be very focused.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Here you go, Yanick Sinup, world number one, unbeaten in
twenty one matches and the first place since Novak Djokovic
in twenty sixteen to win three consecutive hard court majors.
So what might he go on to achieve? I guess
we wait and see. We also await the developments around
that failed drugs test and the Court of Arbitration for
sport appeal coming up in April. Just on seven twenty seven,
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updating you from Eden Parks out of Oval Kennard's High
Community Oval to give it its correct name. Auckland Hearts
one sixty for five batting first against the Wellington Blaze.
The Blaze ninety one for five, so Auckland closing in
on victory. The Blaze needs seven of twenty three balls.
That's a very very big ask, very big ask for Wellington,
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so it looks as though Walkland will get the one
up there. Earlier today it was the reverse, the Wellington
Firebirds beating the Auckland Aces in the early game to
keep their hopes alive of being involved in the playoffs
for the T twenty competition. Our super Smash which come
up at the Basemin Reserve on the weekend. When we
come back, we'll shift our attention across the football and
(20:32):
Coach of the Football Ferns or Interim Coach of the
Football Ferns Michael Maine joining us to talk about the
upcoming series against Costa Rica.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
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Speaker 2 (20:48):
Me Fast seven. The Football Ferns our women's football side
will be in action for the first time in twenty
twenty five. Next month, they'll meet Costa Rica in two matches.
These will be their first outings since the Paris Olympics
back in July. So it's been a week while between
between matches for our football firm. It's the upcoming games Sunday,
the twenty third of February one o'clock New Zealand time
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and then Wednesday, the twenty sixth of feb at eleven
o'clock New Zealand time, both played in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Interim Football Ferns coach is Michael Maine, who joins us now. Michael,
thanks for your time this evening on sports Talk. When
will you announce your squad for these matches?
Speaker 8 (21:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (21:29):
Thanks having me final, So we'll look to announce this
probably the end of this week, maybe start of the
following week. We're just working through some of the final
thoughts around the squad and what we want to I
guess or how we want to bag the game in
Costa Rica. So ye're not too far away. We're really
excited about the opportunity ahead of us. So we've got
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a few days to just to a give boxes and
tea discussions and then it will be out pretty shortly.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
What has been front of mind for you when you're
putting the squad together.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
Well, yeah, I think front of mine, And this is
something that I guess is my role while I have
it is we've got to make sure that we're hitting
the ground and performing. I think a big part of
I guess what we want to try to do early
in this cycle is just make sure that we're really
building for twenty seven. Now that might be me taking
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it through and it might not, so I guess I'm
sitting the challenge of making sure we're building some depth
in this teas and competition in this team. So I
think there's a there's a rare opportunity here to I guess,
showcase some plays that maybe have been in the squad
previously and some that may be new to the squad
as well as obviously leaning on the experience that we've
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we've currently got. I think it's just about maybe we're
setting up as well as we can go into twenty seven,
so we.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
May see some new faces, some players in the squad
who haven't featured for New Zealand before it.
Speaker 9 (23:00):
Yeah, potentially, I think I think there's a couple of
plays there that are we having discussions with and my
co staff and technical staff are looking close to it.
We've got to look and see it a couple more days,
just to let a few games play out. And I guess,
you see, we're playing, and I think the good thing
is is just making sure it real good I guess
out of across the squad and the way we want
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to play. So yeah, there could be some opportunities that
players it comes to the squads for the first time,
and like I said, there's opportunities possible for players that
have been around the squad previously but maybe haven't taken
part with the last couple of big clinical events. But
the whole point of it is just to make sure
that we've got real competition going for because I think
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everybody we want to see this team, you know, regionable
teacher that has and get results on the pitch, and
we're hipping for the team. That's that's what we should
be doing.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
I think Malia Steinmetz has an a cl which he's
recovering from, but apart from her, are the other seventeen
players you had with you at the Olympics all available?
Speaker 9 (24:05):
Yeah? Good quick, there's Yeah. Obviously Malaya's are real swallow.
She's a big piece of this team and great character
and great great on the pitch for us. So obviously
we're tracking her progress really closely, but she's a while away.
There there's a couple. There's a couple sort of I
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guess in the group that we're having a checker the
last days they were just around. You know, again, we're
players rats and and I think for us is just
making sure we've got players that can go acrosst Rica
hid the ground running we're physically and a good place
is super important to the way I want to I
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guess progress with this team. So yeah, without going into
probably all the names, is normal sort of wear and
tear and niggle that you get from a season. And
then there's a couple that we're just tracking that have
probably just before Christmas, that have have picked up a
little injuries that we just want to make sure we're
doing the right thing for the player.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
Can you get some up that Alie Riley, I know
she picked up an injury back end of last year.
Has she has she retired? What's her situation?
Speaker 9 (25:15):
No, not, as far as I know. I've been touched
with Ali obviously since the Olympics, she's obviously really focused
on returning and returning strongly to play. So again, we're
just staying in contact that piece sort of as she
moves through that piece and tries to get back on
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the pitch and get playing again. Obviously since the end
of the season, she's she did a lot going on,
and yeah, again, she's one that we'll just stay in
contact with and sort of make sure that she's progressing
how she needs.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
And an elite She was in gold for you in
all three games at the Olympics. She's now without a
club though having departed Aston Villa. Will she still be
in contention even though she doesn't have a club currently.
Speaker 9 (26:04):
Yeah, So Anna's one. Yeah again, she she was on
the injury list as she departed that club and that's
something we're just working through at the moment as well.
So again, been in many conversations there prior to Christmas
and as a couple of days ago. So she's one
that's probably more at the moment, one of those ones
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on that injury list. That I'm just sort of tracking
and making sure we make good decisions for her. And
obviously she's she's got a little bit of work ahead
of it to figure out her next steps in terms
of club and returns to play, so we've got a
bit of a plan in place there. So yeah, again,
international footballs are interesting on this, wouldn't know in particular
with you know, number of players that kind of between
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seasons always always tricky. But I think that's where my
I guess my technical team's been doing a really good
job just to mushal that our players are still still
doing the work and if their quarter poin's coming to
this tour.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
And we had the news in the last couple of
weeks that Maya Hahn has committed to New Zealand. She's
been in the human system for the last little while
playing club football over there and playing well, being in
and around some of the German sides, but she's committed
to New Zealand. Is she on your radar for the squad?
Speaker 9 (27:18):
Yeah, it'll have had some really good conversation with my
I am lucky enough to work with her women in Uruguay.
After multiple sort of conversations with her, her desired to
come back to represent in New Zealand was high on
her agenda, so be a really positive thing for us
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prior to Christmas. And then yeah, look, she's she's definitely
in the conversation for this tour. I think what she
can bring this team in terms of the I guess,
the way she likes to play and what she likes
to get on the ball. She's she's mobile, like she's
playing in a very good league. So yeah, it would
be silly for me not to I guess consider immediately
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at the start of this this news cycle. So again,
she's one that's definitely in conversations for Costa Rica.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
All right, good to hear. We know the Wellington Phoenix
women are playing a league football Auckland FC about to
join well next season will join the women's competition. How
much of a boost will that be to the game here?
Another professional pathway for female footballers here in New Zealand.
Speaker 9 (28:28):
That's it. The role of a point of betting close
to the next setup down with Paul. So yeah, I've
been there a handful of times this season. I read
for sort of multi day visits I look forward to
kind of hopeful you've been able to do that in
progress that with Aukland as well. I think for us
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in the country, this is one of our competitor advantage
that we can which so closely with our two professional
clubs and really you know, like to see how that
plans as we've been together with the football firms, because
there's no yeah, there's no A lot of our players
can through the system now are going to go through
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those two clubs before they either step in the first
team there or they progress overseas like that's it's just
part of how it's going to look going forward. So
I think for us, the smartest thing we can do
is get super aligned on the types of players that
are being developed through those systems how we can support them.
But also the shew a lot of I guess the
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knowledge we get from international football and matures of that
seed down really really well. So yeah, that's been a
big piece of my work for the last three months
probably is align in that pathway ecosystem and making sure
that it all makes sense as part of the I
guess the wider campaign plan for twenty seven brilliant.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
You're still interim coach. When are they going to give
you the job full time?
Speaker 9 (29:53):
Yeah, yeah, look, I'm you know, I'm waiting and ready
for whenever he's going a foot with the side, it's
time to press go on that process. Like look, I've
been with this team now for over two years and
whilst it was I guess a different way to come
into the role. Yeah. Look, I feel like while I'm
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holding it at the moment and I guess the outcomes I
want this will be one hundred me in terms of
how I approached this and what I want to do
with a squad. So look, I can only do the
job that I think everybody in the country wants us
to do, and that's make sure this team's progressing. I'm
sure it's performing well and scoring goals. And yeah, whenever
on the football decide to hit the green light on
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that and progress this process, I'll be ready to go.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Well, I guess it took a while for Darren Baseley
to go from interim to head, so maybe it's the
same thing coming your way. Michael. Hey, all the best
for the upcoming games against Costa Rica. Look forward to
the squad coming out the next week. Well, thanks for
taking the time for a chat.
Speaker 9 (30:53):
I appreciate it, Pinney anytime. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Thank you mate. That's Michael Maine, interim head coach of
the Football Funs soon to be your hope head coach.
It's a rather unusual situation, Michael Maine, if you and
I'm not aware of the background of this, was an
assistant coach for a couple of years to Yetka Climkov.
I'm not going to re litigate all of the Yetka
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Climkova saga, but of course she left the post. Didn't
take the team to the Olympics. Michael Mayne did that
and did a fairly serviceable job against some tough opponents
with a team that he didn't really select. It was
kind of handed to him. It was a very difficult situation.
Not that the squad I don't think would have been
too different, but the fact remains he almost inherited a
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team with not a lot of notice really and did
a pretty good job. So they haven't played since the Olympics.
They haven't yet announced a time frame for the appointment
of a new permanent head coach of the Football Ferns.
In the meantime, it's as though Michael Mayne just carries
on until he's told otherwise. Similar situation, as I say
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to when Darren Baisley took the reins and that was
in an interim capacity after Danny Hay left. Darren Basley
at the team for quite a while before he was
confirmed as as permanent head coach. So maybe the same
thing's going to happen to Michael Maine. Regardless, he'll take
them to Costa Rica next month for these two matches
twenty third of feb twenty sixth of Feb because to
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see if there are some new faces in there, some
new new names, a bit of fresh blood. Next World
Cup of Courses in twenty twenty seven. So it's like
a long way away and is, but it'll be something
that I'm sure Michael Maine will be thinking about when
he puts that squad together. Auckland have beaten Wellington and
the Women's Super Smash by forty five runs, so well
done to Auckland. They've kept their playoff hopes alive in
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the Super Smash a comprehensive when there over Wellington at
Kennard's High Community Oval. Pretty tight actually in the Super
Smash with three games to go, Canterbury against Northern Districts tomorrow,
CD against Auckland on Wednesday Wellington against Northern on Thursday.
Those are both men's and women's matches. In the women's
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side of things, all six teams are theoretically and with
a chance. In fact, actually no Canterbury have. Now I'm
looking at the men's let me go to the let
me go to the women's, so I don't confuse myself.
We look at the women's table. So Central can't make it.
Otago are at the top on twenty eight, Wellington on
twenty four and Auckland with this win go to eighteen,
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so into third spot. At the moment. The top three
go into the series on the weekend twov three for
the right to play one on the Sunday. So Auckland
currently third, Northern are only two points behind and they
have a game in hand. Canterbury also in sixteen points.
Central gone only six points, so they're just playing for
pride in their last game. As far as the Mennic concerned,
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it's the opposite for Central. They're through. Northern are looking
pretty good as well. Central have twenty four points, Northern
have twenty, Otago eighteen, Auckland sixteen, Wellington sixteen, Canterbury fourteen,
So it's anybody's guests, who's going to go through there?
Marsius Pinety doesn't irk you how well Auckland is you're
doing in their first year while the Knicks have just
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been mediocre for so long. I'd be gutted if a
new NRL team came and won it in their first year.
Must first of all, on the mediocre or mediocrity of
the Phoenix. They have made the finals in five out
of the last six seasons. Last season they enjoyed their
best ever season, so I think mediocrity is probably the
wrong word. And to answer your question, no, I'm not
at all irked by Auckland FC's introduction to a league football.
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I'm delighted for them. On the contrary, I think any
successful football on the side of the ditch is a
good thing and I think it will lift the Phoenix
as well. Can't wait to see our Wellington Auckland derby
and the women's as well next year. Auckland FC in
the process currently of getting their women's side assembled for
next season. Sixteen away from eight. Let's take a break,
Let's see how I'm not irked by Auckland FC. To
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see where they finished in the Power rankings this week,
Biney's Power rankings coming up next year on Sports.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Talk dadies our rankings.
Speaker 2 (35:13):
Monday Night means Pinety's Power rankings as we rate the best,
the worst, and everything in between. From the Sporting Weekend,
Let's go the Breakers season over.
Speaker 8 (35:23):
The Adelaide thirty six is will cement their start inside
the top six and bring an end to a roller
coaster of a season for the New Zealand Breakers Adelaide
back at five hundred and thirteen and thirteen, they cement
sixth spot on the table and for the Breakers, who
(35:44):
started seven and three sat second at the fever break,
the season has unraveled, it has capitulated and their playoff chances.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
In here Here the Breakers with a nine to win
eighteen lost record so far the season. They'll in their
campaign with a couple of games back at home nine
the All Black Sevens playing off for ninth in tenth
in Perth. It's just little Nsius to.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
Ninety in Floyd and Kenya from the grandstand finish.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
New Zealand take.
Speaker 5 (36:18):
Ninth place here in per nineteen points to twelve over
the Kenyon's feet.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Can we box a me and Mottu A valiant effort,
but going down yesterday morning to Alie Scottney.
Speaker 10 (36:31):
Ninety one or three in favor part than you unified.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
What Superman's away, chuckid Helly Turdy, Yeah, a unanimous decision
lost to Ali Scottney for me and MOTTSU and they're
about for the IBFWBO and Ring Magazine belts. But she
will be back. Seven our super Bowl finalists, we have them.
The Philadelphia Eagles who thrashed the Washington Commander Is fifty
(36:59):
five twenty three in the NFC Championship game.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
There it is.
Speaker 8 (37:05):
Ninety Eagles to super Bowl fifty nine.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
Bo'll play the Kansas City Chiefs, who needed a late
field goal from Harrison Buker to beat the Buffalo Bills
thirty two twenty nine in the AFC Championship Game for the.
Speaker 10 (37:19):
LEADU Butcker from thirty five tax Center now eleven for
eleven in his career in the postseason in the fourth
quarter or overtime that is called clutch.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
So it'll be the Chiefs against the Eagles and super
Bowl fifty nine in Louisiana in two weeks from now.
Six ja Nick Center back to back Australian Open champion.
That's the second center five the Black Fern sevens close
(37:52):
but only silver and Perth taken man crown it.
Speaker 1 (37:58):
Fine sh shit.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
Four t Unwelpton is number four. He's broken one of
athletics New Zealand's oldest national records, running six point five
zero seconds in the sixty meters at the ACT Championships
in Canberra.
Speaker 5 (38:23):
When I heard he dropped the six four to three
and I knew I wasn't too far behind. I knew
the times would be pretty quick, but in my mind
I was like, well, if you ran that quick, it
must have been windy. But to my surprise, the windows
only plus one point six, so everything was totally legal.
So I was over the moon.
Speaker 10 (38:36):
I was.
Speaker 5 (38:36):
I was super stoked.
Speaker 2 (38:37):
It breaks the thirty year old mark of six point
five ninety seconds by Gus and Katia in Barcelona in
nineteen ninety five. Three three is Madison Keys finally finally
winning a tennis May jap at the forty sixth attempt.
Mason Keys, you were a Grassland champion. What incredible tennis
(39:04):
and what a match. Two to's Auckland FC. The Black
Knights back on top. They go marching on again, though
they left it late last night.
Speaker 8 (39:13):
We saw a late chant Brooklyn's Baby Bright It's with
thirty seconds to go, the super sofas done it again
and Auckland's are gonna go home with.
Speaker 2 (39:25):
A three points one one though our snow sporters at
the X Games and Aspen Luca Harrington winning gold in
the met slope style. What's he gonna spin on this
final jump?
Speaker 10 (39:37):
Going jids switch for triple cork sixteen twenty.
Speaker 3 (39:43):
The smile on.
Speaker 10 (39:44):
His face says it all. Welcome to Winter X Games,
Luca Harrington, you are here.
Speaker 2 (39:49):
Yeah, it was only an awton and he also won
silver in the Big Air this morning. And Zoey Sadowski
sinners her eleventh X Games medal and her Sex gold
going for.
Speaker 3 (39:59):
That facts at fourteen forty and she has.
Speaker 10 (40:01):
SA Yes, let's go the first ever true book work
in women's slop style competition. You just watch history, folks.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
Yeah, greatness, Zoe Shadowski senate and Luca Harrington number one tonight.
How do you feel about those power rankings.
Speaker 11 (40:20):
I've got a comment on your erraticness of putting tennis major.
When it's all over the show, I'm still a bit
perplexed as to how how Madison keys sits at three,
but Yennix, in a cruising to another one sits all
the way down at the lowly rank of number six.
Speaker 2 (40:35):
Piney, can you explain, I just like Madison Keys a
bit more, a lot more clearly. Well, fair enoughing all,
did you notice there was no narrative about Aleix Cinerata.
I think we did a chatting about him earlier in
the show. I just put him in there at six
and carried on.
Speaker 11 (40:50):
We know what you think about the drug drugs?
Speaker 2 (40:54):
Okay, I can't possibly comment six and a half to
eight news Talks email from Leon to finish Jason. Now
that Super Bowl set, I'm more than happy to give
you my expert and unbiased opinion on the big game,
now less than two weeks away. Just to heads up,
I'll provide a definitive breakdown, says Leon on both the
Chiefs and the Eagles the day before Super Bowl in
New Orleans. I'll remain impartial and on topic. I promise,
(41:17):
good on you. Leon, A big Chiefs fan, Leon over
in Melbourne looking for his side to complete. I think
what would be an unprecedented three Super Bowl titles in
a row. That's a fortnight today super Bowl in New Orleans.
Thank you for listening into Sports Talk tonight. Marcus Lush
is with you after eight o'clock to take you through
the rest of your Monday evening. Huge thanks to Andy
(41:40):
McDonald as well for producing the show tonight. We're back
on Weekend Sport on Saturday between midday and three, and
Sports Talk returns tomorrow night with Darcy Watergrave for the
rest of the week, actually seven through eight pm here
on news Talks evy have an excellent evening, See you
next time, Fife.
Speaker 1 (41:59):
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