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Elliott Smith: Sports reporter on Sail GP, the Australian Open, and Auckland FC swinging back into action. · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: It is time for our weekend sport wrap up, and again,
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  Speaker 1: Smith's sports reporter and the voice of rugby here at Newstalks,
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  Speaker 1: joins me. Good morning, Good morning, SALGP thought Auckland looked fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: It did. It looked out standing. Everyone got in behind it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this is the city of sales. The grand
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  Speaker 2: stand was packed out. The racing, the sailing wasn't too bad.
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  Speaker 2: Sating was pretty good as well. I mean it's so quick,
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  Speaker 2: isn't it. Nine ten minute races. I mean that's shorter
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  Speaker 2: than you know, seven's game. You think about those old
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  Speaker 2: America's Cup races where they lasted for three four hours,
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  Speaker 2: and now we're down to ten minutes sort of mini
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  Speaker 2: races on the water. It's a quick concept. You're in
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  Speaker 2: and out. Look. I thought it was. It looked spectacular
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  Speaker 2: on the Auckland waterfront, and you know, bring it on
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  Speaker 2: more of the same. It sounds like they're negotiations to
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  Speaker 2: lock it away for a few more years too.
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  Speaker 1: What was fun about it was you had kind of
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  Speaker 1: a different winner each race.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't kind of set in stone how how it
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  Speaker 1: was all going to turn out.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, and some races I think you had on
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  Speaker 2: the first day. Germany didn't shot up for one of
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  Speaker 2: them because they had to sort something out. And when
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  Speaker 2: you've got four races a ninety minute window, you know
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  Speaker 2: you don't have time to a pair of things. Canada
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  Speaker 2: went in there for a bit yesterday, so and Australia.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it kind of went to the best overall
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  Speaker 2: team over you know, the seven also races we had
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  Speaker 2: over the course of the weekend, so there was some
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  Speaker 2: consistency there. But I mean, it's just quick fight. But
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  Speaker 2: if you don't get the start right in those races,
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  Speaker 2: you're pretty much done for Rn't nine minutes isn't a
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  Speaker 2: long a lot of time to crawl back a dodgy start.
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  Speaker 1: So his only team managed to crawl back quite a
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  Speaker 1: few places, just not quite enough at times. Absolutely, Hey, Ozzie,
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  Speaker 1: Open of courses in full swing.
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  Speaker 2: It is Djokovic. But a controversy last night. Didn't do
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  Speaker 2: that traditional Oncurd interview at the Aussie Open they do
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  Speaker 2: when Jimmy Curry comes and interviewed the players. And basically
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  Speaker 2: this all seems out to Friday night, when one of
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  Speaker 2: the Aussie broadcast is basically had a crack at the
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  Speaker 2: Serbian fans on are They were chanting at him, and
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  Speaker 2: he decided to give it back to them in spades
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  Speaker 2: and told Djokovic, you know, he's not welcome in Australia.
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  Speaker 2: Blah blah blah. Now Djokovic somewhey got back to say,
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  Speaker 2: somehow got back to him. It's all over social media,
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  Speaker 2: so he's refused to do the on court interviews. But
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  Speaker 2: he was very, very good last night. This is a
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  Speaker 2: big match tomorrow night. I suspect it will be Tuesday
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  Speaker 2: night quarter final him versus Carlos Alcarez. Think of that
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  Speaker 2: in the quarter finals in the Grand Slam Fundland itself.
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  Speaker 2: So that's a huge match. But Djokovic and alcare Is
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  Speaker 2: both winning through last night with a tinger controversy as well,
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  Speaker 2: and down one feast playing tonight the ASP Classic. And
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  Speaker 2: how good's he been number four yesterday?
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  Speaker 1: And how delightful was he when he when he won.
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  Speaker 2: Just gorgeous, outstanding, And you know he can barely she
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  Speaker 2: just shuffles along the court. He can barely move, but
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  Speaker 2: here he is taking.
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  Speaker 1: It might move better than you and I as a
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  Speaker 1: professional tennis player, and really quickly. Good to see Auckland
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  Speaker 1: C back and form.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I've been a bit wobbly himn't they but managed
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  Speaker 2: to get that one of the previous leaders in Melbourne City,
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  Speaker 2: you know, three goals in the space about sixteen minutes
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  Speaker 2: in the first spell. Big crowd again Saturday, I was
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  Speaker 2: huge in an Auckland sal GP on one side of
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  Speaker 2: the city. Auckland f C getting a decent old crowd
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  Speaker 2: there and they've got a big, big wig as well
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  Speaker 2: midweek game against Adelaide as well Wednesday night.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you so much, Elliott, appreciate that. Keen to
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  Speaker 1: hear you what you thought about the cell GP. You're
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  Speaker 1: most welcome to text me on ninety two ninety two.
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  Speaker 1: A few people text me yesterday on the Sunday session
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  Speaker 1: to say that actually they found the graphics and things
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  Speaker 1: on the television coverage quite hard to follow. That it
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  Speaker 1: all just you know, it all happened in such a
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  Speaker 1: small space and it was it was all just a
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  Speaker 1: bit clustered and they weren't sure what was going on.
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  Speaker 1: How did you find it? I haven't watched a lot
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  Speaker 1: of sale GP. This was the opportunity for them to
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  Speaker 1: grab me and get me to come back and watch
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  Speaker 1: more and I Think I will ninety two. Ninety two
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