Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast coming to you on the eve of the first grand slam of the 2026 season.

The press conferences are all done. The soon to be out of date predictions

have all been made. All that's left is crowded house, Roger Federer, and one more sleep until it

all gets underway. Yes, this is our Australian Open hype show, which means of course we have

the return of David Law, David. Yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready. That hype stuff. Not that it needs it, because it looks

bloody good without me anyway. And we have, of course, for a hype show, a very special guest,

your friend of mine, big with dads. It's Pamela Howard Shriver. Yes, she's back.

Let's see if I can still string a sentence or two together.

Thanks for having me.

Big with that, Pam, regardless of how many sentences you can string together, I reckon.

Matt?

I'm here. I haven't got a name tag on like Pam has.

I'm enjoying looking at that.

Pam, you're bringing Shriver resets to the masses. Yeah, the reset. I'm morphing before your eyes into a mindset performance coach,

which is something near and dear to my heart, as you guys know, the last few years,

and I'm really grateful to be partnering again with yonex a racket

i played with the last 10 years in my career they make the best frame in the business and they

want to support their players and any resource i can give in my 47 years of pro tennis experience

i'm ready to give it whether you're trying to prevent burnout whether you're trying to manage your

skills mid-match so that you can still breathe and have clarity of thought. This is my, I think it's my last pivot. I'd never say last, but it's kind of a cool one. I'm really enjoying it. Never say never again, Pam. That's a James Bond title. Never say never. Isn't that a James Bond title?

That's right, yeah. Well, that's a good segue.

Done well there, haven't I? Matt's mindset will never be anything but positive after yesterday. Still running high, Matt.

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