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‘I knew’: Tsitsipas drops Kyrgios drug bombshell · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian, I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. One of tennis' biggest stars says
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  Speaker 1: Nick Kyrgios' use of cocaine was an open secret on
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  Speaker 1: the tour. Greek player Stephanos Tsitsipas has a long-running beef
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  Speaker 1: with Kyrgios, which spilled over in 2022 when he accused
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  Speaker 1: Kyrgios of being a bully. Asked about Kyrgios' revelation he'd
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  Speaker 1: tested positive for cocaine at a Spanish tournament in June,
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  Speaker 1: Tsitsipas on Tuesday told journalists at the US Open he
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  Speaker 1: wasn't surprised.
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  Speaker 2: I'll just tell you the truth. I knew about all
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  Speaker 2: of this before any announcement was made and when I
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  Speaker 2: saw it on social media, I was like, here we go.
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  Speaker 2: I kind of expected it, to be honest. I knew
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  Speaker 2: those were things that were happening away from the tennis courts.
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  Speaker 2: I will tell you that. So I'm not going to
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  Speaker 2: try and cover up someone that I know the truth for.
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  Speaker 2: I would consider myself a nice person with everyone, but
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  Speaker 2: these were behaviors that I personally heard on the tour
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  Speaker 2: and heard other people in that same environment saying those
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  Speaker 2: sort of things to me. So again, when I saw it,
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  Speaker 2: I was like, well, pretty much expected to be honest.
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  Speaker 2: I am surprised it came so late though.
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  Speaker 1: The International Tennis Integrity Agency has said Kyrgios has been
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  Speaker 1: given a provisional suspension from playing or coaching at any
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  Speaker 1: world tennis event. Kyrgios said on Instagram he'd made a
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  Speaker 1: huge mistake and apologised to his fans. A tribunal will
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  Speaker 1: rule on the length of his suspension, which could be
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  Speaker 1: four years, if he's found to have used cocaine during competition.
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  Speaker 1: Anthony Albanese is pushing back hard against China at a
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  Speaker 1: crucial meeting of regional leaders. The Pacific Islands Forum in
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  Speaker 1: Palau was thrown into chaos when China exploded over Taiwan's inclusion.
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  Speaker 1: and several regional prime ministers suddenly decided they wouldn't attend.
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  Speaker 1: Now China's envoy Tian Bo says there'll be quote consequences
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  Speaker 1: for the inclusion of Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a
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  Speaker 1: rogue province of the one China. Albanese said it's up
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  Speaker 1: to Pacific leaders to decide for themselves what happens in
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  Speaker 1: the region and how closely they want to align with China.
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  Speaker 1: You can check out our full episode on the dirty
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  Speaker 1: geopolitics playing out on this tropical paradise right now by
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  Speaker 1: scrolling back to this morning's episode. Donald Trump's White House
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  Speaker 1: ballroom will resume construction without approval from Congress after the
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  Speaker 1: United States Supreme Court voted in favour of the President's
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  Speaker 1: controversial project. Five of the nine Supreme Court justices said
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  Speaker 1: the administration would be subject to, quote, irreparable harm if
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  Speaker 1: construction of the ballroom couldn't be completed. And they said
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  Speaker 1: the legal argument made by the Historic Preservation Group that
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  Speaker 1: challenged the project doesn't stack up. The east wing of
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  Speaker 1: the White House was demolished in late 2025 to make
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  Speaker 1: room for the new ballroom, which President Trump says is
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  Speaker 1: a necessary addition for hosting state dinners and functions. Check
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