August 26, 2024 • 6 mins
Craig Gabriel joins the show out of New York for the US Open.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We're going to turn our attention to tennis and it
(00:03):
is the US Open. We're going to hit over to
New York and catch up with Craig Gabriel Craig. The
first thing I've notice I spoke to Jim Dolan yesterday
was how many Australians are in the field.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well, there are all up twenty men and women in
the respective draws and it's a record for the Australians.
So many of the women came through qualifying. It was
very impressive and it was great to see. But I mean,
the Australian men are dominating the rankings at the moment.
They're up along with the French and the Italians and
(00:35):
the US for the most number of players and the
men's top one hundred, so things are looking really good.
And Alexi Popperin had that massive win in Montreal just
a couple of weeks ago, winning the biggest title of
his career, a Master's one thousand, which is normally won
by the likes of karlaf Al Karaz and Novak Djokovic.
(00:56):
But that was impressive. In fact that Alexi is on
and hopefully you know he's going to He's seated for
the first time at a major. So yeah, it's it's
been very positive for the Aussies.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It's always interesting. I think we're in a transition time
when it comes to you, especially the mean side of
the game, with the big names dropping out, names that
were so used to for many years. How would you
how would you rate currently the way the means games?
Is it just a case at the moment we don't
have the same profile as probably the past.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I think you've got to give it a little time,
and you know, we've been so spoilt by the likes
of Rafa, Roger Novak, Andy dominating and stan Vavrinka as well.
But I think men's tennis is in a very very
healthy state for the future. When you look at Carlos
al karaz Janik sinner Hold, the runa is still around.
I mean, you've had a bit of a dip, but
(01:49):
he's too good a player to be, you know, not
be back in the top ten at some stage soon.
You know, matter Berrettini, who's who's starting to find some
form again after going through a number of injuries. And
then there's also still that guard of Stefana sits a pass,
Daniel Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, and I think it's in a
(02:13):
wonderful situation. I think, you know, people also forget that
things go in cycles, and and you know, I so
clearly remember when the likes of Johnny Mack and Boris
and Yvonne Lendel and Stephan Edward were fading, were phasing
out of the sport. People say, oh, what's going to happen. Now,
then there was this kid named Andrea Agassi and Pete
(02:34):
Sampras and Jim Courier, Michael Chang, and now then Roger
came through, et cetera. So I think it's it's pretty exciting.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yeah, you did right, And I've been around. I'm old
enough to remember that transition as they go through, and
the woman's side of it, Lulu San, We've got our
Kiwi there who's obviously doing very well, and you know,
nothing like having your own to be able to peak
your excitement when it comes to a tournament.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I'll look absolutely as far as Lulu Siln is considered
to be, call her in New Zealand, or we call
her the United Nations.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Now after successful, we climb her without a doubt.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, exactly right, exactly right. But look, she did really
well on the weekend, reaching the finaland Monterey lost to
Linda Noskova, who's a very very good young Czech player.
But that's a great run for for Lulu coming into
the US Open, and it's a good follow on from
her performances at Wimbledon, where she reached the quarter finals.
(03:29):
That was an impressive certainly a majorly impressive run coming
through the qualifying rounds to achieve that. And yeah, look,
even if she doesn't perform as she did at Wimbledon
here at the US Open, I think the experience for her,
because she's still so young, this is all still new
for her, will stand her in good stead for the
(03:52):
years to come. But I think she should get through
a couple of rounds at the very least. And it's
tremendous for New Zealand tennis and for women's tanis to
see somebody like her performing.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I think it's really important because we need, you know,
we need to have it in the headlines and we
need to have us bose profile and it's really important,
and you know, we've missed it for a while, to
be honest, Craig, we've missed having that sort of person
there or albeit as you said, maybe from a different
journey to fly the flag, because that's what does peau
our interest. We've just seen it with golf obviously Lydia Coe.
Now golf is in every headline around the country.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Yeah. Absolutely. I mean New Zealand has had a reasonable
number of good players in the past. I mean the
last one for the US Open and the maindra was
a Marina Irakovich. But then on the men's side, and
then there was Belinda Cordwall as well from from before
Marina Marina's time and on the men's side, and Julie Richardson.
(04:48):
I keep remembering these names. And on the men's side,
you know it was Chris Lewis and before him, Arnie
Parrin and you know a number of players, the Simpsons,
and so you've got to get those players in the
in the public eye, and then young kids will say, well, gosh,
let's let's give this a shot, and you know, there's
(05:12):
there's it's to have numbers is really important, you know.
So fingers crossed, what Lulu did at Wimbledon is going
to spur on some other young kids in New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Absolutely certainly, right, what about the conditions for the next
couple of weeks coming out. What does it look like.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yeah, but at the moment it's bright and sunny, but
they are expecting some storms later on today and maybe
into the early evening. Then it should be dried and
a couple of bouts of drizzle late maybe on the weekend,
but I think it's Wednesday Thursday. It's supposed to get
(05:52):
into the thirties in our language or in their local language,
into the nineties. Yes, so yeah, as long as it's
not muggy, and New York can get really muggy.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh well, hopefully you have a great couple of weeks.
But also hopefully if you come back through Auckland, we
can make it a bit more hospitable for you.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
No, I'm not coming back to Auckland. I've got to
go to Valencia after the ill.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You know. Wrap the batteries up nice and safe and
hopefully they lead you in. Appreciate your time this morning, Craig.
Always good to chat.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Thank you, No worries, okay,
We're going to turn our attention to tennis and it
(00:03):
is the US Open. We're going to hit over to
New York and catch up with Craig Gabriel Craig. The
first thing I've notice I spoke to Jim Dolan yesterday
was how many Australians are in the field.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well, there are all up twenty men and women in
the respective draws and it's a record for the Australians.
So many of the women came through qualifying. It was
very impressive and it was great to see. But I mean,
the Australian men are dominating the rankings at the moment.
They're up along with the French and the Italians and
(00:35):
the US for the most number of players and the
men's top one hundred, so things are looking really good.
And Alexi Popperin had that massive win in Montreal just
a couple of weeks ago, winning the biggest title of
his career, a Master's one thousand, which is normally won
by the likes of karlaf Al Karaz and Novak Djokovic.
(00:56):
But that was impressive. In fact that Alexi is on
and hopefully you know he's going to He's seated for
the first time at a major. So yeah, it's it's
been very positive for the Aussies.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It's always interesting. I think we're in a transition time
when it comes to you, especially the mean side of
the game, with the big names dropping out, names that
were so used to for many years. How would you
how would you rate currently the way the means games?
Is it just a case at the moment we don't
have the same profile as probably the past.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I think you've got to give it a little time,
and you know, we've been so spoilt by the likes
of Rafa, Roger Novak, Andy dominating and stan Vavrinka as well.
But I think men's tennis is in a very very
healthy state for the future. When you look at Carlos
al karaz Janik sinner Hold, the runa is still around.
I mean, you've had a bit of a dip, but
(01:49):
he's too good a player to be, you know, not
be back in the top ten at some stage soon.
You know, matter Berrettini, who's who's starting to find some
form again after going through a number of injuries. And
then there's also still that guard of Stefana sits a pass,
Daniel Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, and I think it's in a
(02:13):
wonderful situation. I think, you know, people also forget that
things go in cycles, and and you know, I so
clearly remember when the likes of Johnny Mack and Boris
and Yvonne Lendel and Stephan Edward were fading, were phasing
out of the sport. People say, oh, what's going to happen. Now,
then there was this kid named Andrea Agassi and Pete
(02:34):
Sampras and Jim Courier, Michael Chang, and now then Roger
came through, et cetera. So I think it's it's pretty exciting.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yeah, you did right, And I've been around. I'm old
enough to remember that transition as they go through, and
the woman's side of it, Lulu San, We've got our
Kiwi there who's obviously doing very well, and you know,
nothing like having your own to be able to peak
your excitement when it comes to a tournament.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I'll look absolutely as far as Lulu Siln is considered
to be, call her in New Zealand, or we call
her the United Nations.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Now after successful, we climb her without a doubt.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, exactly right, exactly right. But look, she did really
well on the weekend, reaching the finaland Monterey lost to
Linda Noskova, who's a very very good young Czech player.
But that's a great run for for Lulu coming into
the US Open, and it's a good follow on from
her performances at Wimbledon, where she reached the quarter finals.
(03:29):
That was an impressive certainly a majorly impressive run coming
through the qualifying rounds to achieve that. And yeah, look,
even if she doesn't perform as she did at Wimbledon
here at the US Open, I think the experience for her,
because she's still so young, this is all still new
for her, will stand her in good stead for the
(03:52):
years to come. But I think she should get through
a couple of rounds at the very least. And it's
tremendous for New Zealand tennis and for women's tanis to
see somebody like her performing.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I think it's really important because we need, you know,
we need to have it in the headlines and we
need to have us bose profile and it's really important,
and you know, we've missed it for a while, to
be honest, Craig, we've missed having that sort of person
there or albeit as you said, maybe from a different
journey to fly the flag, because that's what does peau
our interest. We've just seen it with golf obviously Lydia Coe.
Now golf is in every headline around the country.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Yeah. Absolutely. I mean New Zealand has had a reasonable
number of good players in the past. I mean the
last one for the US Open and the maindra was
a Marina Irakovich. But then on the men's side, and
then there was Belinda Cordwall as well from from before
Marina Marina's time and on the men's side, and Julie Richardson.
(04:48):
I keep remembering these names. And on the men's side,
you know it was Chris Lewis and before him, Arnie
Parrin and you know a number of players, the Simpsons,
and so you've got to get those players in the
in the public eye, and then young kids will say, well, gosh,
let's let's give this a shot, and you know, there's
(05:12):
there's it's to have numbers is really important, you know.
So fingers crossed, what Lulu did at Wimbledon is going
to spur on some other young kids in New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Absolutely certainly, right, what about the conditions for the next
couple of weeks coming out. What does it look like.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yeah, but at the moment it's bright and sunny, but
they are expecting some storms later on today and maybe
into the early evening. Then it should be dried and
a couple of bouts of drizzle late maybe on the weekend,
but I think it's Wednesday Thursday. It's supposed to get
(05:52):
into the thirties in our language or in their local language,
into the nineties. Yes, so yeah, as long as it's
not muggy, and New York can get really muggy.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh well, hopefully you have a great couple of weeks.
But also hopefully if you come back through Auckland, we
can make it a bit more hospitable for you.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
No, I'm not coming back to Auckland. I've got to
go to Valencia after the ill.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You know. Wrap the batteries up nice and safe and
hopefully they lead you in. Appreciate your time this morning, Craig.
Always good to chat.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Thank you, No worries, okay,
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