a huge sense of excitement and anticipation building here in australia at this ground breaking women s world cup. it s already breaking all kinds of records, more tickets have been sold here than for any other world cup before it. there s been huge merchandise sales, bumper tv viewing figures as well, especially when the mattel the australian team, have been playing, and if excitement levels were high here in here and in using them, the co host, they ve only been intensified as a result of an extraordinary penalty shoot out victory australia enjoyed over france in the quarterfinal at the weekend. there s been comparisons drawn in terms of the viewing figures with that iconic gold medal performance by cathy freeman 23 years ago at the olympics that were held here and now, of course, they face their arch rivals, sporting rivals anyway, england, in this titanic semifinal on wednesday
bumper tv viewing figures especially as the matildas, as the australian team is known, had been playing. if excitement levels were high here they have only been intensified as a result of the extraordinary penalty shoot out victory that australia enjoyed over france in the quarterfinal at the weekend. there have been comparisons drawn in terms of viewing figures with that iconic gold medal performance by cathy freeman some 23 years ago at the olympics that were held here. and now of course they face their arch rivals, sporting rivals, anyway, england in the titanic semifinal on wednesday evening here. australia of course will be confident, they will have a huge wave of support. england are in good form, they will have got confidence about the battling victory against colombia in the quarterfinal, there are memories of the rugby union cup final 20 years ago and a classic ashes series, both
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i hope we win the game and to make score is not so important. important is more to win the game. but of course i will try and give my best. the last english club to win the treble was manchester united back in 1999. now, for the first time in a generation, their arch rivals can emulate them and confirm their status as a true footballing superpower. the french open women s final takes place in around three hours time. world number one and defending champion iga swiatek is chasing herfourth major and a third at roland garros. she s taking on the unseeded czech player karolina muchova, who stunned aryna sabalenka in the semis. a player who can do anything. she can scrape touch, she can also speed up can scrape touch, she can also speed up the game. she plays with that kind of freedom in her movements, and she had seen a great technique. i watched matches, and ifeel like i