Australian Open

But even Wimbledon is much smaller.

Like it's, it's a, it is a club in a neighborhood, it's tight, right? The Australian Open is, it is at a v- a pretty large like by, by footprint, uh, facility and, and I would say, you know, Roland-Garros is, uh, it's, is somewhere in there in the middle, but they all have a different feel.

And to your point about the back end of the tournaments, like I, I went to the semifinals of women's semifinals Roland-Garros this year.

It's like, it's like this casual walk around, a lot of space.

Same thing Australian Open second week, but the first week of any event feels like a lot.

Um, I say that to say I kinda like that about tennis.

Like I think the US Open, and you're a New Yorker, right? Is the US Open a fair reflection of the energy of New York City?

Let's go.

This player turned pro in 1973 and appeared at the Aussie Open in '73 and '74.

After that, the record books show him of not having played too often, and he pretty much vanishes entirely.

His name is Max Cocks.

I'm gonna say wank.

It's schwank.

Why is he only playing Aussie Open?

Played two Aussies.

And I think that moment for me really, I don't know, you just felt like a lot of my old pain coming back and also my mentoring person that would be like, and I've had those conversations.

I had it with Madison Keys many times and then she won the Australian Open.

I was like, remember all those times, you know? You thought you couldn't win one.

So it's really important that if you have someone in your life that you feel like you want to say something to them to make them feel better, do it.

Duano, just while you're at the Mighty G today, I just want to look back at last week with the NFL, what a great spectacle it was and a great advertisement for Melbourne, especially considering it was played during the day.

And all the events we've got in Melbourne and Victoria, the Australian Open, the tennis, the Grand Prix, the stall gift, the Ripco Pro, Anzac Day.

You know, you've got the NFL now in September, the Grand Final in September, the Spring Racing Carnival, Cox Play.

And then our year finishes with a Boxing Day Test.

That was Desperate Housewives.

I think that was Leighton Hewitt in the final of the Australian Open.

It all lined up for seven that year and the Hawaiian pizzas.

And

And he's seen as this extraordinary administrator here in Australia.

And, you know, the success of the Australian Open is there for all to see.

Extraordinary.

It's an extraordinarily successful tournament.

We have to do these things, you know, with direct exposure, especially middle of the day, things like that.

The goodness knows you watch that because I watched the Australian Open and it looks brutal.

So that sun is really prominent for you all.

So yeah, I mean, we got to protect ourselves from the sun, but we need to be outside.

So it's an area next...

Actually, where they host the Australian Open.

Nice.

And you can go and watch outdoor entertainment venues and all that sort of thing.