Aussies Abroad: The reality of life on tour for a tennis pro outside the top 100

Thank you so much for your time, Lee.

No worries.

Thanks for having me.

Gee, it's pretty chaotic in terms of the schedule at the moment.

Just walk us through how long it took you to get back to Australia today and, yeah, what's coming up in the next couple of weeks.

Yeah, so I flew from Austin, Texas.

So my last tournament was in Austin, which was, you know, a bit of a home tournament because I've recently sort of got a bit of a base there, which has been awesome.

And so, yeah, you know, I had to fly to LA.

You know, the flight was at 2.30 in Austin to LA and then had a four or five hour layover in LA and then flew from LA to Brisbane, which is about a 14 hour flight.

And then got in at 5am.

And then my flight to Tamworth is at 12.15.

So that's how I was there at Brisbane Airport, which I'm currently speaking to you from.

And yeah, my flight leaves in an hour to Tamworth where I'm playing the next tournament.

So yeah.

Uh, yeah, you know, I'll, uh, kind of have to land, um, and then the tournament starts in two, three days.

So I also have to land and then start, you know, moving a little bit.

Um, don't know if I'll hit the courts today, but at least I'll have to sort of get a jog in or something in, um, to try and get acclimatized and get the body going.

It's amazing.

It's almost the unflattering aspect of the lifestyle, isn't it? I think you've played now five tournaments in three weeks and you've got obviously another one coming up.

So that's a massive schedule for someone who's flying with the family as well and just playing tennis as much as you can.

Can you, I guess, tell us and explain to us how it all comes together? Like, are you arranging for yourself to get to these tournaments? How does your week by week progression kind of look?

Yeah, for sure.

You know, I think tennis is...

It's pretty mad.

It's pretty mad in a way.