WTA Episodes
Jan. 31, 2022
#149: Australian Open 2022 Review
We won´t be forgetting the 2022 Australian Open for a while! It´s been one for the history books, with Rafael Nadal winning his 21st Grand Slam thanks to an epic five-set victory over Daniil Medvedev. Ash Barty became the fi…
Jan. 17, 2022
#147: Australian Open 2022 Preview
With the first Grand Slam of 2022 underway, we´ve brought our panel of former pros back together to preview the Australian Open. What a few weeks it’s been, tennis has been global news with the Novak Djokovic visa saga, and …
Dec. 14, 2021
Episode 145: Sonay Kartal - Focusing on her own path
In this week´s episode we get to know up-and-coming British player Sonay Kartal. Sonay, 20, has had an impressive 2021. After coming back from injury earlier in the year, she won the UK Pro League Masters event. She also won…
Nov. 16, 2021
Episode 142: Francesca Jones - Northern Grit
Francesca Jones is a British tennis player who is currently ranked 153 in the world. Originally from Bradford, the 21-year-old moved to Spain at age 10 to train at the Sanchez Casal Tennis Academy. She reached number 31 in t…
Sept. 20, 2021
Episode 133: Alexa Guarachi - High Standards, Low Expectations
In this bonus episode, we speak to Alexa Guarachi who is currently World Number 12 in Womens´doubles. Alexa has just reached the Semi-Final of the Women´s Doubles at the US Open with partner Desirae Krawczyk. The pair previo…
Aug. 29, 2021
Episode 130: Craig Tiley - Leading from the Front
If you watched any of the 2021 Australian Open in January, you wouldn´t have missed Craig Tiley. The Director of the Aussie Open was on our screens throughout the tournament as he dealt with tennis players and officials in h…
Aug. 12, 2021
Episode 129: Wimbledon 2021 Review
We´ve kept you waiting for this episode, but it´s worth the wait! Listen to our review of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with this year´s Mixed Doubles Champions Neal Skupski & Desirae Krawczyk. Neil has recently reached a…
July 6, 2021
Episode 127: Dr Jim Loehr - The Hidden Scoreboard
Dr Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist. He´s worked with hundreds of top athletes including Olympic Gold medalists and tennis players Jim Courier, Monica Seles & Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. During his career …
June 25, 2021
Episode 125: Brits at Wimbledon Special!
We´ve had to wait two years, but we´re now just a few days away from watching the green grass of Wimbledon on our screens! To celebrate the return of SW19, we´ve brought together a group of 10 former and current British Tenn…
June 22, 2021
Episode 124: French Open Review & Wimbledon Preview
As the grass court season moves into its second week, our Grand Slam panellists are back! Former Belgium number 1 Xavier Mallise, and GB Coach Mark Hilton join host Dan Kiernan to review the French Open and preview Wimbledon…
June 8, 2021
Episode 122: Mike Digby - Hitting with the Stars
Mike Digby has been a hitting partner to some of the biggest names in tennis. A late-comer to the game, the 23-year-old Brit played tennis to US College level. He´s since travelled to some of the biggest tournaments in the g…
June 2, 2021
Episode 121: Daria Abramowicz - Person first, player second
Naomi Osaka´s withdrawal from the French Open in May 2021 called attention to the mental health of professional tennis players. The world number 2 was fined $15,000 for not taking part in a post-match press conference, and t…
May 29, 2021
Episode 119: French Open Preview
With less that 24 hours to go until Roland Garros gets underway in Paris, we´ve brought our panel of former and current pros back together to preview the French Open. Our panellists are:- GB´s Billy Jean King Cup Captain and…
May 4, 2021
Episode 115: Carl Maes - The Professor
Carl Maes is best known as being former world number 1 Kim Clijster´s coach for more than a decade. As a young coach he worked with the top players in Belgium including Xavier Malisse, Olivier Rochus and Justine Henin. He le…
April 27, 2021
Episode 114: Iga Swiatek - Teenage Grand Slam Champion
Iga Swiatek is the 2020 French Open Champion and a top 5 WTA player. At just 19 years of age, she became the lowest-ranked woman to reach the final at Roland Garros since rankings began. She also became the first Polish tenn…