Media persona Sophie Monk is the newest star to admit she is a tennis fan in our Superstar Match collection.
Melbourne, Australia, 10 October 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Sophie Monk is an Australia media persona.
She is an everyday on The Hundred with Andy Lee and hosts Love Island Australia on the 9 Community.
Her previous tv credit embody internet hosting Magnificence and the Geek, starring on The Bachelorette, judging on Australia’s Acquired Expertise and successful The Superstar Apprentice Australia.
She has additionally featured in Hollywood movies, together with Date Film and Click on, and been a radio presenter.
Monk first shot to prominence in 2000, successful the primary season of Popstars Australia to type Bardot. The group topped the music charts in Australia, earlier than Monk loved additional success as a solo artist.
In our Superstar Match collection, Monk reveals she has a newfound respect for tennis …
Inform us about your tennis expertise. Do you play?
Nicely, I really was once excellent at Wii Tennis (on Nintendo), so I assumed ‘oh my gosh, I’m going to be a champion’. I went and acquired an outfit so I may play, then I couldn’t hit one ball in. They make it look simple.
What are your earliest tennis recollections?
Again within the day I assumed Anna Kournikova was so cool. I bear in mind she wore a pink tennis skirt on the quilt of one thing and she or he was holding the racquet like a guitar. She was simply so sizzling.
Are you able to recall the primary skilled tennis match you noticed dwell?
It was final 12 months on the Australian Open. I went to the ladies’s ultimate (between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina) and that was the primary time ever. It was superb to look at. I received emotional and cried on the finish.
What made you are feeling emotional?
I believe it was simply the environment. You might really feel the vitality of how a lot the gamers have been placing into it and their focus. It was so intense.
Sophie Monk makes an attempt to catch a ball within the crowd through the Australian Open 2023 ultimate. Image: Tennis Australia
What makes the Australian Open an amazing occasion to attend?
It’s simply superior and such a cool factor to be part of. I really feel like nobody will get bored watching tennis, even if you happen to don’t know a lot about it. I get pleasure from their outfits too. The ladies have the cutest outfits.
You’ve met plenty of the top-ranked gamers whereas filming The Hundred with Andy Lee on the Australian Open. Do you have got any favorite gamers?
I fairly like Andy Murray, he’s received a extremely good sense of humour. Nick Kyrgios was fairly humorous too, he’s actually assured and appears actually cool.
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