Episode 89: Xavier Malisse - The X Man!
Dec. 27, 2020
Xavier Malisse is a former top 20 ATP player from Belgium. He made the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2002, and had wins over Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray during his career. In this episode, Xavie…
Episode 85: Wayne Ferreira - Iron Man
Dec. 12, 2020
Wayne Ferreria is a former World Number 6 in singles and 9 in doubles. He has had an incredible tennis career, which saw wins over 3 generations of greats of the game including Bjorn Borg, Roger Sampras and Roger Federer, wi…
Episode 82: Allistair McCaw - Champion Minded
Dec. 2, 2020
Allistair McCaw has dedicated his life to high performance through working with world class athletes including Xavier Malisse and Kevin Anderson on the fitness side of their game. This has evolved into mindset training and n…
Episode 81: Nick Weal - LTA Head of Coach Education and Development
Nov. 28, 2020
Nick Weal has spent the last 35 years as a Grand Slam Player, Grand Slam Coach and GB Davis Cup Coach and is now in charge of the LTA Coach Education. In this episode of Control the Controllables, he shares his experiences, …
Episode 80: James Auckland - Pro to Parks
Nov. 26, 2020
James Auckland is a former British Number 1 Doubles Player with a highest ATP Ranking of 57. Listen to him talk to Dan about his journey and how key failures led to the passion and fire to drive and ‘prove people wrong’. Thi…
Episode 77: Dave Sammel - Mindset College
Nov. 14, 2020
Dave Sammel was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has spent the past 30 years as a coach in the UK working with some of the best players in GB. He is currently Liam Broady´s coach. Dave has strong views and c…
Episode 74: Stephen Huss - Wimbledon Champ
Nov. 4, 2020
Stephen Huss partnered Wesley Moodie to win the Men’s Doubles Championship at Wimbledon in 2005. The pair came through qualifying, beating the 1st 2nd and 3rd seeds en route. Stephen reached a career high of 21 in the world …
Episode 73: Katie Swan - Young experience
Oct. 31, 2020
GB tennis player Katie Swan has been on our screens for many years. As a 15-year-old she made the final of the Junior Australian Girls event, before reaching a career high of 163 in the world in 2018. In June 2021 Katie qual…
Episode 54: Nick Monroe - No stone unturned
Aug. 29, 2020
Nick Monroe has been on the ATP Tour for the past 17 years with a career high of 30 ATP doubles. Nick speaks to us from the US Open Bubble as he prepares to play the event. Nick was a top USTA Junior, US College All-American…
Episode 51: Dan Evans & Mark Hilton - US Open Bubble 2020
Aug. 20, 2020
GB number 1 Dan Evans and his coach Mark Hilton speak to us from New York as they prepare for the US Open 2020. Hear all about the ‘bubble’ at the US Open and how preparation has been going. Enjoying Control the Controllable…
Episode 47: Neil Harman - Close Quarters
Aug. 8, 2020
Neil Harman worked tirelessly for many years for many of the top UK Newspapers in football, and then mainly as a tennis correspondent. An award-winning journalist and author, Neil connected with the top players such as Andy …
Episode 33: Donald Young - Young superstar to seasoned veteran!
July 8, 2020
Donald Young has been on our screens since 2005 when he was World Junior Number 1 aged 15. The American broke into the top 100 ATP at 18-years-old and has a career high of 38. Donald won 3 Grand Slams as a junior and reached…
Episode 31: Barry Cowan - You’ll never walk alone!
July 1, 2020
Former GB Davis Cup Player Barry Cowan discusses his tennis journey which took him from Liverpool to taking Pete Sampras to 5 tough sets at Wimbledon. Since then Barry has moved onto the other side of the camera as a Sky Spo…
Episode 29: James Trotman - Born to Coach!
June 24, 2020
James Trotman was a top 10 player in Europe from an early age who went onto win multiple Junior Grand Slams. He was then struck down with a career-ending illness. Not one to dwell, he put his passion into his coaching and ha…
Episode 28: Aisam Qureshi - Humanity first.. Tennis second!
June 20, 2020
Aisam Qureshi is a tennis player from Pakistan who has made the top 10 ATP Doubles and two Grand Slam finals. He is Pakistan´s most successful singles and doubles player and at age 41, he is still going strong. Aisam has use…