Episodes
June 10, 2025
French Open 2025 Review with Neal Skupski
What a French Open we were given this year, with what many are calling the greatest final of all time between Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner! In this episode, our Grand Slam panelists break down all the action from Roland Gar...
June 3, 2025
Chris Lewit: Is Spanish tennis on the decline?
Spain has dominated tennis for more than 2 decades, but is their reign finally coming to an end? The country has seen a drop in the number of top 100 players in both the mens and women´s game. In today´s episode we speak to U...
May 25, 2025
French Open 2025 Preview
As the 2025 French Open gets underway today, we´ve brought our Grand Slam panellists together to discuss everything we can expect from the next two weeks at Roland Garros. Can Alcaraz become the new King of Clay after Nadal´s...
May 16, 2025
Ethan Quinn on the Challenges of Rising up the ATP Rankings
In today´s episode, we speak to Ethan Quinn, a young up-and-coming American player who´s edging closer to breaking into the top 100 in the world. The 21-year-old from California is a former number 1 US junior, and in 2023, wo...
May 9, 2025
LTA President Sandi Proctor on Mini Tennis, Developing Young Leaders & the Role of Federations
In today´s episode, Dan speaks to the President of the LTA, Sandi Procter. Sandi shares her journey from a PE coach to a leading figure in British tennis. She was instrumental in introducing the now world-wide mini tennis red...
May 2, 2025
Jules Rojer - Multiple Grand Slam Champion
Jules Rojer is the definition of a warrior on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist from the small Caribbean island of Curaco, Rojer´s tennis career has already spanned more than 20 years, winning 37 doubles titles and 4 Grand S...
April 17, 2025
Adam Blicher: Getting to know ourselves, rather than changing ourselves
In today´s episode, Dan is joined by friend and former colleague at SotoTennis Academy, Adam Blicher. Adam shares his journey through tennis coaching, health challenges, and the release of his book 'Winning Words'. He reflect...
March 27, 2025
Doubles Special with Will Boucek
Our 250th episode of Control the Controllables is here and it’s a special episode all about doubles! Dan is joined by doubles analyst, founder of Tennis Tribe and the Doubles Only podcast host, Will Boucek. With this episode ...
March 5, 2025
Coach Conor Casey: Combining Coaching and Comedy
Coach Conor Casey is an influencer with over 85,000 Instagram followers, known for his hilarious and relatable tennis content. His comedic clips have taken the tennis world by storm - if you play or follow the sport, you’ve p...
Feb. 18, 2025
CTC Real - Addressing the Sinner Ban, Mixed Doubles Changes, Vukov Suspension and More..
In today´s episode we´re bringing you the 3rd edition of our CTC Real series, delving into the real side of tennis. Host Dan Kiernan discusses the biggest stories in tennis in the past week including:- Janik Sinner's controve...
Feb. 5, 2025
Felix Mischker: Can you Fund a Pro Tennis Career Through YouTube?
We all know how financially demanding it is for players to get started in professional tennis. In today´s episode, we speak to British tennis player and Youtuber Felix Mischker who´s found a different way to fund his pro care...
Jan. 29, 2025
Australian Open 2025 Review
In this episode, we´ve brought our Grand Slam panel back together to review all the action from the 2025 Australian Open! Host Dan Kiernan is joined by Davis Cup captain Freddie Nielsen and top S&C Coach Kieran Vorster to dis...
Jan. 21, 2025
Day 5 Australian Open LIVE Round Up! Breaking Down the Slam So Far!
Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open, rounding up all the action from Dan's first-hand experience in Melbourne! In this episode, Dan discusses the latest matches, such as Zverev v Tommy Paul, Baddosa reaching h...
Jan. 17, 2025
Day 4 Australian Open LIVE Round Up. Ft. The Legendary Coach Ian Barclay!
Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open, rounding up all the action from Dan's first-hand experience in Melbourne! In this episode, Dan breaks down the action over the last couple of days from Melbourne. Talking a...
Jan. 15, 2025
Day 3 Australian Open LIVE Round Up. Ft. Ollie Cores talking about the AO practice courts!
Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open, rounding up all the action from Dan's first-hand experience in Melbourne! Today, Dan breaks down the day's action in Melbourne, including Gaby Dabrowski and Erins Routliffe...
Jan. 14, 2025
Day 2 Australian Open LIVE Round Up. Ft. ATP doubles player Marcus Willis!
Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open! Rounding up the action from Dan's first-hand experience in Melbourne! Today Dan is joined by British doubles player Marcus Willis to give his player's perspective of the 20...
Jan. 13, 2025
Day 1 Australian Open LIVE Round Up. Opening Days of the Slam!
Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open! More episodes will be coming throughout the 2 weeks of the opening slam of the year with breakdowns of the behind the scenes of the event, talking points and will be joined...
Jan. 11, 2025
Australian Open 2025 Preview
We´re just a few hours away now from the first Grand Slam of the 2025 tennis calendar. We´ve brought our panel back together to preview what we can expect from the Australian Open. Joining Control the Controllables host Dan K...
Dec. 31, 2024
Year in Review: A Look Back at our Highlights of 2024
With 2024 coming to an end, we´re looking back at some of our favourite moments of the Control the Controllables Podcast. Listen to Host Dan Kiernan and producer Vicki Kiernan share clips from some of the standout stories and...
Dec. 18, 2024
Dan Lobb on his Journey from the Court to Primetime TV
In this week´s episode, we speak to former GB tennis player and TV presenter Dan Lobb. Dan played professionally for 2 years before joining Sky Sports as a presenter and later moving to GMTV. He was Sports Editor on ITV´s rep...
Dec. 11, 2024
CTC Real with Ben Jones & Sarah Borwell
In this week´s episode we have the second edition of our CTC Real series, uncovering and exploring the real side of tennis. Dan discusses two of the biggest stories in tennis the past couple of weeks (and possibly of the year...
Nov. 29, 2024
Jacob Fearnley: From College to Top 100 in 5 months
In today´s episode, GB´s Jacob Fearnley shares his journey to becoming a top 100 ATP player, reflecting on the surreal experience of his recent success. Jacob graduated from Texas Christian University (TCU) in May this year, ...
Nov. 15, 2024
FINAL WTA Finals Riyadh Round Up. Reviewing and Reflecting on the Action in Riyadh.
Our Final LIVE episode on the WTA Finals, reflects on the action in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and talks about the positives and negatives from the tournament and how it was run as well as looking back and Gaby Dabrowski and Erin R...
Nov. 14, 2024
Candy Reid: From the Court to CNN
In today´s episode we speak to broadcaster and former CNN sports anchor Candy Reid. Candy takes us behind the scenes of her inspiring journey from the tennis court to the broadcasting studio, sharing how her early days in the...