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00:28Last night we had a record crowd
00:29in attendance at the squash australian open 2026 and tonight it should be equally
00:35buzzy for the men's and women's finals so without any further ado let's meet tonight's four finalists
00:41g'day brisbane get ready for the squash australian open join us for an exciting
00:46showcase of skill and drama right here in our beautiful city
01:20so
01:28good evening as the sun sets here in brisbane at the squash australian open 2026
01:33an aussie gold event here on the psa squash tour it's been a fabulous week uh we're into day six
01:40of the tournament now and earlier this evening uh we had auntie katherine fisher the aboriginal elder
01:45she's there right now doing the welcome to country uh which takes place at all sporting events here
01:51in australia so um really nice just to take that in for a moment or two we've also got sarah
01:56fitzgerald
01:57and jenny duncalf in the studio um the scene is set it's been an incredible week and uh just let's
02:03get your first initial thoughts on what's been i think a very successful tournament it certainly has
02:07been a very successful tournament fantastic crowds yesterday um you know the second year it's been
02:12here in brisbane and the weather's held up this year we had a few issues last year but last night
02:17finished after midnight to me that's a sign of really good squash jenny what would you add to that
02:22oh it's just unbelievable the atmosphere last night michael i'm so excited for the finals tonight i
02:27think they're both going to be great matches but also a little bit sad that it's all over tomorrow
02:31we had 1135 in the crowd last night i think due to be a few more tonight but i think
02:37there's a
02:37bernard fanning concert down the road as well i'm not sure if you're a big fan of his music i
02:41didn't
02:41even know who he was do you yeah no aussie boy i know the music don't ask me to name
02:45a song but i know
02:46who he is for sure okay well we will stick it uh here to squash tonight so no more no
02:51more trick
02:51questions here is your order of play for this evening two finals and we'll finish up with the
02:55men's final as always on the tour with paul cole the top seed taking on joel making the number two
03:01seed but first up siva sangari subramaniam of malaysia taking on marina stefanoni the rising star
03:06the number seven seed uh who won a quarter final against the third seed won the semi-final against
03:12the two seed and here she is now in her first gold final on the psa squash draw big night
03:17for her
03:17oh she's had an amazing run and um you know hopefully for her she can keep the momentum
03:22going you know two big matches in a row you know talking to her yesterday she's hyped so
03:27she's going to give it her absolute all today for sure um but siva number one seed she's had a
03:32pretty
03:32steady easy run to the final considering the tournament so she's a she's a good option for a
03:37win there can she pull out three surprises in a row it's a big tough ask but sometimes as i
03:43mentioned
03:43in commentary throughout the week you have those breakthrough events and i really hope that
03:47physically she's going to be good tonight because i've been massively impressed with the american
03:50over the last couple of nights okay let's laser in um on her ranking and her rise up the rankings
03:55she's the current world number 19 playing in her highest world ranking to date and but i guess here
04:00jen the really exciting thing is sort of her pathway out of of college at harvard and her steps
04:06onto the psa tour so maybe just talk us through a bit of those yeah interestingly both finalists
04:10have been to college in america um subramanium at cornell and marina at harvard so i think looking
04:16at the graph that would probably the flatter line and when it kicks up would be when she graduated in
04:21the class of 2024 um with an astrophysics degree which is quite quite impressive and economic so that's
04:28where she can obviously commit full-time to playing the professional events and it's not taken
04:32along to get up to 19 and next week actually she'll go to 15 regardless of the result tonight if
04:38she does
04:38get the win she'd go to 14 so another bit up just explain sort of what it's like as a
04:44player when
04:44you're working your way up through the tour and and big moments like this a gold event great world
04:48ranking points up for grabs and and they will have serious knock-on effects uh well the important thing
04:53is obviously breaking into the milestones of 32 24 16 so for her to get into 15 or maybe even
05:0114 today
05:01you know that's really important for her and obviously she's nipping at the feet of the number one
05:06american olivia weaver so she needs to keep her eyes out so just explain the implications of this
05:10because she she does go to 14 or 15 either way she's going to leapfrog amanda sobe is that right
05:15no it's actually sabrina don't worry okay thank you i think yeah i mean that takes her to number three
05:20in the u.s rankings within psa i don't think she'll view that as a massive issue you know there's
05:27a long
05:27time before la 28 and i think there'll probably be a little bit of chopping and changing i think sabrina's
05:32been playing great this season as well um and they all get on really well it's fantastic to see
05:37four americans within the top 20 especially with the olympics on the horizon but i think stefanoni
05:42will just be concentrating on improving her game against every player not her american sort of rivals
05:48is australia as a country looking at somewhere like the usa and the program that they've developed
05:53over there sort of that hub in philadelphia where we were for the us open are they looking at that
05:58as
05:58a template that they might be able to to replicate themselves to develop and nurture new talent i know
06:02you're sort of both still linked very closely to the game here in oz well we had um the aies
06:06program
06:07back in my day that's when it started it's still going today you know jen's our national coach here
06:12along with stewart boswell so we do have a hub of players here on the gold coast and um you
06:18know at
06:18carrara so you know we're doing our best with our players to get them up there and but you know
06:23america
06:24has obviously fantastic venues and we need more of those here too and and spread out across the
06:28country we're a big country and we need more more hubs really okay well marina stefanoni i managed to
06:34catch up with her this morning for a nice little walk along the river so marina it's the morning of
06:39the final we're going to take a little walk and talk along the riverside here in brisbane how are you
06:43feeling feeling pretty good got a few hours of sleep uh it's not often i play this many matches in
06:49tournament so i'm just super excited to get into a fourth one today you've already been out on
06:55court today so what have you been running through in your build-up to this match against civa this
06:59evening yeah i pretty much just hit all my shots i was soloing i asked carlos yesterday who's my
07:04practice partner because i never i don't know i haven't been in a massive final before and he's
07:09like oh you're just soloing or you're alone unless you find someone so like all right fair enough
07:12what can you do in those moments i guess you're sort of um are you sort of dress rehearsing
07:16things in your mind are you um doing some of that positive reinforcement we know you had your
07:20notebook out last night so what messages have you given yourself this evening yeah i was just
07:26trying to play like i've played the last two three matches i'm uh just really enjoying the squash and
07:31trying to play my shots when they come when i have opportunities and be fearless about it
07:35um i know civa will be on it tonight um she's probably pretty fresh as well she's only had two
07:40matches
07:40in yeah so i'm i'm super excited to take a crack at it it's your first gold tier event finals
07:46so big moment for you and what's the feeling like back at home you must have called a few
07:51friends and family and and shared the news with them and must be a real buzz around the usa right
07:56now yeah a lot of people were super excited i received a lot of messages didn't quite get back
08:00to everybody but um definitely my team and my family so i was yeah super excited and i think they're
08:05just excited to see how i can back it up today um and yeah this is my biggest final by
08:10far i i made the
08:11i won a copper event around this time last year um but they had no silver final a bronze final
08:18but yeah this is takes takes the cake for sure a real great opportunity for you this evening
08:23um what i'd like to know obviously it's a great opportunity to get to know you a bit better
08:27um a why did you get into squash and b what are your ambitions moving forward so how did it
08:32all start
08:33for you why squash i got it i used to play soccer uh or football as most people call it
08:38and then
08:39i would score a lot of goals and um i was young i was like 9 10 11 years old
08:44and they'd take me off
08:45the field after x number of goals and um my dad and i were both very competitive and he was
08:50he was not
08:51happy about that he wanted me to just be able to shine athletically in whatever i was doing with no
08:56restrictions so he had played squash before for fun um so had my mom so i tried squash and then
09:03less than a year later i won the u11 nationals so i was it was clearly something i was good
09:08at
09:09and i enjoyed it i enjoyed all sports really so um but yeah i definitely credit my dad and my
09:14mom
09:14for getting me into it and still just 23 so this real great opportunity now to potentially qualify
09:19for the la 28 olympics and it's a long journey a long timeline until we get there but and that's
09:25presumably on your radar and part of your ambition yeah definitely but like i've said in other
09:29interviews i'm i'm really just trying to focus on the pro circuit right now and then if the olympics
09:35comes like if i'm playing well enough which i mean i'm playing quite well right now so um yeah
09:40i'd be super excited to go to the olympics it's in the back of my mind but it's not a
09:43uh a forefront
09:44leading thought so okay in the short term best of luck tonight it's been great to chat with you
09:48thank you all right give us some tens yes i'm really excited for you it's far too excited i really
09:53enjoyed that walk along the river it's a lovely part of the world uh marina stefanone getting going in
09:58the women's final at half past the hour against siva sangari subramaniam um it's just been an
10:04incredible week the location has really played a part as well and i sense the players are very
10:08relaxed and it's a tournament that they love i think they do uh obviously the hotel and is so
10:13close to the court so it's really easy for them to get to practice they can look after themselves
10:18they're not relying on anyone else and that that makes a real difference to how you feel
10:22and you're not stressing about getting to the courts not having to hit a bus at a certain
10:26time exactly and you know be there too early you just get there in your own time and then they
10:31can
10:31look after themselves easily getting meals before or after the matches some good coffee shops and some
10:36good burger bars yeah she loves the burger but i was just going to say i really enjoyed watching marina
10:40sort of revel in this atmosphere she's not massively outward sort of emotionally but she's really
10:46competitive as you mentioned in the interview with you and she's really been a crowd favorite
10:52now her opponent this evening is siva sangari subramaniam a gold event final for her she's the
10:59number six here in the world she's also the top seed at this event but she's been here before
11:06it's the courage the bravery over and over again that she possesses to just
11:18it's been absolutely unbelievable so impressive
11:25the squash of her life
11:30i have to say the complete squash clear how she's commanded this court
11:55is
12:00yes winner of the london classic back in april of 2024 where she took out shabini and a best of
12:06three
12:06in the quarter final she then went on to beat nela hillis and then hany real hamami and best the
12:11fives
12:11in the semis and then the finals that was a great run for her to pick up her first gold
12:15level events on
12:16the psa squash tour that's an unbelievable run and that is something that she should be hanging on to and
12:21using that as a as just a positive mindset and you know things like that i guess this gives you
12:27strength
12:27to take it into a match today and she is the favorite and obviously that that's the reason why
12:32yeah you can see she can beat the best players in the world but the thing for me watching that
12:36win
12:36in london from afar was that sometimes you forget that siva had a life-threatening car accident in 2022
12:43and that was less than two years after that so it was such a sort of special moment for her
12:49to come
12:49through some ridiculous matches the semi-final was 94 minutes and then to take out our current one
12:54one hannier in the final it was just amazing to watch so the question is how is she going to
12:59get
12:59those wins again but tonight would start the process again there's a real story there isn't
13:04there with with siva sangari super morning because she could also be the first person ever to qualify
13:08for the olympic games la28 at the asian games which i think are just 188 days away that that's awesome
13:15and you know malaysian as well she's following in the footsteps and nicole david who always said she'd
13:21give up all her world titles to go to the olympics so um you know siva can do that for
13:25malaysia that's
13:26that's a great achievement is that where the players these days place the priority of the olympics is it
13:31right up at the very top of things still like becoming world number one becoming world champion
13:35more important well you obviously want to do all of all of the above um for me i think the
13:41olympics
13:42is obviously the pinnacle but do well at the olympics you have to improve your game day to day
13:47so it's about the work you put day to day which is going to give you world titles as well
13:51along that
13:51track okay well the fans are starting to pour in for this evening's final matches uh the live squash
13:57gets going at half past the hour but yesterday was also a star-studied affair with the players
14:03competing hard and fast and also dame susan devoy in the house and fits you managed to have a little
14:09chat with her a reminder of your men's and women's finals pool cortex on joel making later this evening
14:14but first up seva sangari subramaniam against marina stefanoni and let's hear what dame susan devoy had to
14:20say hi i'm here with dame susan devoy of new zealand um four times world open champion and eight times
14:28british open champion great to have you here in brisbane watching the australian open championships
14:32how does it feel to be here oh it's fantastic you know i've just been watching the new zealand open
14:36a bit of a contrast we had an indoor theater in christchurch and then you've got an outdoor arena
14:41um yeah i've been suitably impressed i think it's a really fantastic venue and atmosphere it's been cool
14:48and obviously to have the new zealand open and followed on by the australian open it's great having
14:53these events back on tour and combined again like it used to be in our day yeah i think you
14:58know
14:58it's hard not to be nostalgic but we do need to have a big presence in the southern hemisphere and
15:03have a really good circuit which should include asia um because not just for the players to come
15:09down and for the people to see this great squash but for our own players to be able to have
15:13that
15:14exposure i suppose to international competition i mean you'll know sarah we lived in we live in the
15:19tippadeans how often did we have to travel away but then there was a very distinct northern hemisphere
15:24circuit and a southern hemisphere circuit it'd be great to have that back on the thing again and so
15:29i just want to say thanks to all the players that have come down under because it's been absolutely
15:32fantastic now today was the psa hall of fame and you believe it or not i understand you'd never met
15:38heather mckay face to face and you did that today i had never spoken to either i'd seen her when
15:44she
15:45was coaching you guys at the ais and at tournaments but i had never had the privilege of actually
15:49speaking to her so i had a bit of a fangirl moment actually and i was i just thought it
15:54was fantastic
15:54and what a absolute legend and and the same with seeing you and liz erving and ronda thorne um you
16:04know we don't have we don't have we have some champions in new zealand but we don't have that
16:07same amount and i just thought it was the most amazing occasion and when heather spoke so much
16:13humility and modesty like jeff but what a bloody oh i'm not allowed to swear what an
16:18absolute legend you know and um weren't you so lucky to have her to coach you you know and to
16:25look up to i think it's just amazing and you know for me and for you i just hope that
16:32new
16:32zealand australia can get back to those heady days where we were the best absolutely i totally agree
16:38thank you susan devoy that's what we want isn't it that's why we've got this gold level event here we
16:44hello lisa aiken good evening um just obviously listening there to dame susan devoy and you know
16:49what great legends we've had in the house all week not just last night i know it's incredibly cool i
16:54mean as a as a female sports player growing up my idol was sarah fitzgerald and before that susan
17:01devoy i've heard all these wonderful stories about her as well so it's incredible to be here to see
17:06them in the flesh and to obviously have the hall of fame as well and hear about all their careers
17:10and
17:10the journey and all the stories that that went with that so it's really cool have you brought your
17:14autograph book i've already got about five of her autographs already on all different things t-shirts
17:19squash balls rackets shoes oh that's cool um sarah you've been very busy as well this week sort of
17:24catching up with with people from from your generation and friends of old yeah i was very
17:30fortunate i caught up with uh liz erving susan devoy and another player that was on tour claire levine so
17:35we had lunch today but of course just being in the room the other day at the psa hall of
17:39fame i got to
17:40see so many people that i know from masters and just queensland squash and and a few others that
17:46got put into the squash australia hall of fame so it was a terrific day really good so pretty big
17:51names on this trophy if we look at the australian open trophy oh there you are fitzy four times 1997
17:582001 2002 2003 which of those four um championships was your your favorite what was the most memorable win
18:05all of them no it's really hard to say uh which one and i'm sitting here obviously trying to
18:12remember each one 1997 was um i just won the worlds and then i followed it up with the australian
18:18open
18:18so i guess you could say that was pretty special it's pretty amazing just to get the name etched on
18:22the cup isn't it some of us don't get anywhere near absolutely no i tried to touch it today and
18:26an
18:27alarm went off i mean some of us can't even get past the first round i've played this tournament once
18:32it was in canberra actually 2010 it was there madeline perry took the title there but it's
18:36fantastic to be in this part of the world and i certainly hope as susan said there and you guys
18:41said i think we can get back and get this scene down here down under thriving again yes here here
18:46and now we've previewed the women's final let's have a little look ahead to the men's final paul
18:50karl taking on joel makin and this should you know be an absolute humdinger between these two
18:56paul the top seed and joel the number two seed uh joel currently the world number six but a win
19:01here
19:01today could take him back up the world rankings yeah battle of the heavyweights isn't it we've
19:05seen these two play in many finals before many matches on the psa sports tour it never disappoints
19:11it's always very physical it's very long and yeah there's a lot at stake when you get into
19:16we're halfway through the season now obviously paul calls in great form but joel makin's looking to
19:20push up and cement himself in that top six we couldn't have a preview show without having a little
19:24bit of olympic chat as well so let's have a look at the continental games this is how players can
19:29qualify for the olympics in la 2028 now paul cole is down in that bottom uh pacific games between the
19:3724th of july and the 8th of august in 2027 he wins that stays in the top 50 he goes
19:44in to the olympic
19:45games so let's just see who else is there and is eligible for those pacific games yeah i mean you
19:50look
19:51at that it's pretty staggering isn't it there's a obviously a big jump between paul call and joseph
19:56white paul call from new zealand joe white he's the highest ranked aussie player currently but just a
20:03important point to make on that you can see other than paul call nobody is ranked inside the top 50
20:08in
20:09the world now to qualify for the olympics you must be inside that top 50 ranking bracket one other point
20:15i
20:15want to make which is significant to this graphic in particular is the average ranking with paul call
20:22in it is around 127 in the world if you add up all those rankings combined um we'll move on
20:28to another
20:28graphic later but just to show the the lack of depth within that oceana situation in that continental
20:35game so paul call i mean fitzi he looks pretty much secure you would say he very much looks very
20:42secure and uh i would suggest new zealand and all the rest of us will be wrapping him up in
20:48cotton
20:48wool to make sure he makes that event and has no injuries and you know it's really important i
20:53think considering his world ranking that he makes um the olympics and you know all i can say is god
20:59forbid no injury for him and that he wins that event comfortably can't just get in on his world
21:03ranking alone then has to go and win that pacific games that's the big point here well if he does
21:08choose
21:08to play it which he absolutely will no doubt about it unless as we said he's injured if he loses
21:13to
21:14another kiwi for example that kiwi will go no matter what as long as of course they're inside the top
21:2050
21:21so he needs to win which is crazy he's two in the world so nothing like a bit of pressure
21:26is there no
21:27and wrap him up in cotton wool i just hope he stays injury free okay let's take you through some
21:32of
21:32paul cole's strengths and weaknesses with nicole paul cole also known as superman has developed
21:40immaculate straight line hitting he's also incredibly fit and he's got the movement capabilities to back
21:45it up in long matches however sometimes when he feels the pressure he can hit unforced errors
21:51in this match against mustafa sal current world number one paul cole completely dismantles him by
21:57keeping the ball completely glued to the side wall it's very difficult to scrape the ball off of the
22:02side wall technically and so he gave his opponent zero options to play with also it means that his
22:08opponent is dragged all the way into the back of the court and then eventually cole is able to tee
22:13off
22:13and hit a winner into the front left thank you very much nicole yes paul cole the winner in new
22:18zealand just last week he also won the london classic the first gold event of the season uh the qatar
22:24classic and the squash in land katar classic the platinum where he beat mustafa rasal i guess paul
22:29cole is one of the only challenges there that's really putting any pressure on mustafa rasal at
22:32the top of the tree well it seems that way at the moment but you know we've got so many
22:36players that
22:37are pushing and coming up but at the moment i look at paul and physically he looks absolutely fantastic
22:42especially this week while i've been watching him and um you know he's come into the final today
22:49really i guess not pushed that hard so i think he's coming in really quite fresh so i think he's
22:55going to be tough for joel today but um anyway all i can say is i think he looks absolutely
23:00fantastic
23:01ready to go but you don't like a singlet no i'm not a fan of the the singlet and it
23:06might be superman
23:07and whatever but uh no i i'm still a bit traditionalist i like the slaves making could
23:13challenge him though here this evening he's got the physicality to push cole all the way i mean
23:17they've met uh 20 times before and um cole winning 14 of those encounters but certainly joel making could
23:23could cause an upset here yeah he absolutely could he's done it before that means he can do it again
23:28you have to look at how they've come into this final though minutes in the bank and and add that
23:33actually from new zealand and australia now combined joel making has played a significant
23:38number of minutes compared to paul call so paul call is going to be fresh he's got the momentum
23:43he's got the confidence so joel makings get his work out i would say interesting end to joel makings
23:47match last night this was the the last point match match ball and uh you're making that causing a big
23:54sort of skid mark of sweat and mohammed zachari slipping on that in we we um talk us through this
24:01when i
24:01saw that first i thought they're going to play a let he's going to ask for a let why didn't
24:04he
24:05why didn't he ask for a let i think he was absolutely knackered and i think all he could
24:08think about was have i hurt myself get back up what's happening i'm out of breath i don't really
24:14know what's going on i've just lost the point now you're right in thinking a let ball could have should
24:19have perhaps been played it's in the rule that the referee can can stop to play a let if there's
24:23a
24:24mark like that on the floor they deem the court to be not safe and making obviously created that skid
24:29mark
24:29and it's and it's zachariah that's lost his footing in it so which affects him getting to the back of
24:34the court yeah and i would say 10 all in a tie break or love all at the start of
24:38the match a
24:38let ball would be played there fitzy what's your take on that that moment well i'm actually really
24:42surprised he didn't question it because he'd been questioning every other call didn't matter whether
24:47it was a referee decision a ball was up or down whatever so i was i was really surprised that
24:53he
24:53accepted it um but i'm really pleased for joel that he took the win i think he deserved that win
24:58actually i mean great dive to get to the ball as well from joel makin's point of view and that
25:03was
25:03at about 12 15 last night as well so not much recovery time for joel making either and that's
25:08what i'm saying so you've got to take into consideration the freshness of joel he's incredibly
25:13fit he's not superman but yeah we'll see what he's got left in the tank tonight okay let's focus on
25:18joel
25:18making and the continental games for him this will be the europeans if he's going to qualify for los
25:23angeles 2028 it's the third opportunity it will take place between the 16th and 27th of june and
25:29here are the other people that are eligible for those european games now just to remind anyone that
25:34doesn't know great britain made up of england scotland wales and northern ireland that's why
25:37there's secondary flags there next to the gb flag yeah there is and as you can see there's quite a
25:43lot of
25:43those so the strength there coming from this is the toughest isn't it the toughest by far yeah by far
25:49i
25:50going back anyway going back to the point that i made about the average ranking of the oceana
25:54being 127 this average is 15 in the world ranking so the strength and that everybody is inside the
26:02top 30. obviously you've got greg lob in there he's just kind of asterisk there and slightly gray
26:10because we don't know if he'll get his australian passport but we're sort of presuming that yeah
26:15he'll get some some aussi citizenship and and won't be eligible for europe so that's why we're
26:20sort of keeping him in the gray there yes uh so i mean that is that is a tough group
26:25of players
26:25including like victor crowell there at the top he'll be licking his lips but joel macon i mean
26:30there's no guarantee from some of those names muhammad el shibagi mawan el shibagi uh jonah bryant i
26:35mean there's there's a strong field oh the qualifying to get into the olympics is is so tough and when
26:40we
26:40were just talking about you know what paul cole's going to have to go through even though it looks
26:44easy on paper that he should get in he has to be able to turn up and play it and
26:49win it to make sure
26:50he gets his spot and you look at that continental one that is tough and this is you know everyone
26:55wants to spot at the olympics i'll even come back out of retirement if i knew i had a chance
27:01well while you consider that let's have a little look at joel macon's strength and weaknesses i think you
27:06should welshman joel macon is as strong as they come if he wins a tie break he wins the entire
27:13match
27:14he's a confident player he rarely lets a lead go and his fitness and his movement are unparalleled
27:20however sometimes if his opponent figures him out he does not have a plan b to go to
27:25in this match here he plays a terrific rally and he saved several match balls in order to get a
27:32tie break position here he puts in a very hard rally against dioga elias and breaks him mentally
27:37and physically to not only win this game but to go on and win the entire match you can see
27:43just here
27:44how destructive an effect that has on his opponent so joel making the number two seat this week in
27:51australia takes on paul cole the number one seat and we have got our two best players in the final
27:56which is always good to see from a men's perspective so um yeah i mean it's all teed up rather
28:01nicely
28:01it has teed up nicely and i'm i'm looking forward to this but as we were talking about you know
28:06joel's
28:07had a bit of a tougher run than a tougher two weeks getting here it's whether that plays on his
28:13body
28:13in the end and he had a tough match last night i bumped into him at the hotel reception i
28:18said how
28:18did you pull up and he said oh i'm good i'm ready for a three-hour match i'm like okay
28:23so he knows he
28:25knows it could be long and tough and for him to get the win it will be a long match
28:29and even last night
28:30in studio he was just desperate to get back out there wasn't he he's like here we go i'm in
28:33the
28:33final that's he's been just trying to improve that form steadily get the confidence back and tonight's
28:38another chance to prove himself yeah he'd have been full of adrenaline was he when he said that maybe
28:42ask him an hour later i'm not so sure that would have been the question but he's the world's best
28:46at
28:46giving nothing away that's what i will say you know he'll be on there he'll be battling over the
28:50hour over the two hour mark and you'll not know how he's feeling at all okay the house is absolutely
28:55packed remember we had record crowds yesterday here in brisbane for the australian open semi-final
28:59equally busy here tonight for the men's and the women's final just about a minute or so till we're
29:04ready to get the players out onto court so let's get some predictions from you just two names and so
29:09first of all in the men's final paul versus joel who's going to win that one i'm gonna say paul
29:15just
29:15because he's coming fresher okay lisa yeah paul i went for him at the start of the tournament
29:20obviously i was coming from new zealand as well as i actually sat next to him on the flight there
29:24um so i saw the form that he had there he was very untested as well physically so far he's
29:31not
29:31really been tested either so he'll be mentally sharp and he'll be massively uh physically sharp as
29:36well well here's what's up for grabs um whose name is going to be etched on that from the women
29:41who's it going to be siva or marina give us a name siva siva i think okay uh well there
29:46you go
29:46those trophies will be handed out at the very end of the evening and that's our preview preview
29:51show done and dusted we're going to switch over now and get on with the action there on the glass
29:55court so do come back and join us very shortly thanks to fitzy thanks to lisa thanks to jenny
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