Episodes

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 controversial 3-month ban for doping The changes to the mixed doubles event at the US Open Stefan Vukov´s (former long-term coach to Elina Rybakina) suspension from the WTA tour. ATP Doubles Coach Calvin Betton joins Dan to give his take on what the new mixed doubles format at Flush...

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 career. Felix was a junior when his Dad started a YouTube channel about him and his brother Lucian´s tennis. He now documents his life on tour to more than 230,000 subscribers! The content he produces for his channel Tennis Brothers , not only helps support his career, but is in...

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 discuss the key performances and memorable moments from Melbourne Park, including Jannik Sinner's dominance, Madison Keys' unexpected victory and the Danielle Collins fund! They also analyse Novak Djokovic's return to form and the implications of Andy Murray's coaching role, an...

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 her 1st Grand Slam semi-final as well as both doubles teams of Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus and Erin Routliffe reaching doubles semi-finals! Dan shares insights on surprising tournament outcomes, the emergence of young talents, predictions for the doubl...

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 about Medvedev and Tiens late night 5 set brawl of a match, Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic's exit of the slam, Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe fighting back to advance to round 3 and so much more that has happened! This is the place to go to get a quick summary of the even...

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 Routliffes' battle of a first round, Naomi Osakas looking strong, Jack Draper POWERING through back-to-back five-set thrillers, and much more. As well as being joined by tennis coach Ollie Cores, who has been working at the practice courts at the Australian Open this year, organised ...

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 2025 Australian Open and also to talk about having to pull out of the men's doubles event because his doubles partner, No. 52 in the world Cameron Norrie picked up an injury. Each episode LIVE on YouTube by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast' and following our Instag...

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 by many incredbile guests from the world of tennis! Each episode LIVE on YouTube at 11 am GMT by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast'! These are shorter episodes aiming to provide a round-up of the Australian Open action in Melbourne with Dan Kiernan, coach of doub...

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 Kiernan to discuss everything from the Djokovic-Murray team-up, Nick Kyrgios´ return to Grand Slam tennis, players to watch and their picks for the titles, are:- Denmark´s Davis Cup Captain and 2012 Wimbledon Mens Doubles Champion Freddie Nielsen . GB Coach Calvin Betton who ...

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 key learnings from our amazing guests this year. They chat through some of their special moments including hosting our first Live Show in London in April, to daily Lives on YouTube from the WTA finals in Saudi Arabia, and winning the Best Tennis & Rackets Podcast at the Spo...

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 replacement breakfast programme Daybreak, before becoming co-presenter of the main show. He has since produced the heartwarming documentary Silver Servers, which tells the story of 4 players in their 80´s and 90´s who are still travelling the world competing in ITF events. Dan ...

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): Iga Swiatek´s failed doping test and Sir Andy Murray joining Djokovic´s coaching team. He´s joined by GB player Ben Jones who is currently No.214 in the world in doubles, who gives us some interesting stories about what life is really like on the Futures Tour. Ben also di...

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, with his team winning the NCAA´s. By October, he was ranked 98 in the world, winning 27 out of 28 ATP Challenger matches along the way. Jacob joins CTC host Dan Kiernan to discuss the challenges and triumphs he´s faced so far in his tennis journey. He shares insights from hi...

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 Routliffe's WINNING the WTA Finals. This is the final of the shorter episodes aiming to provide a round-up of the WTA Finals action in Riyadh with the coach of WTA Finals doubles pair Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe! Our FULL episode #240 with former CNN sports anchor Candy...

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 sport, her family's influence, and the balancing act between academics and athletics shaped her. She opens up about the critical role her parents played in her development as a young athlete and how her transition to college sparked a newfound passion for broadcasting. With...

Day 12 and the final LIVE podcast from the WTA Finals in Riyadh. A special edition joined by the CHAMPIONS of the WTA Finals, Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe hours after winning the finals match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! This is the final of the shorter episodes aiming to provide a round-up of the WTA Finals action in Riyadh with the coach of WTA Finals doubles pair Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe! Make sure to check out the Asian Swing Review FULL EPISODE out on all podcast platforms and on ...

Day 11 WTA Finals Riyadh Round Up talking all about the big topics during the Finals. The night before the WTA Finals final for doubles and singles! Joined by elite tennis analysts for players such as Coco Gauff, Holger Rune, Stefanos Tsitsipas and more! Here to break down how Gauff made it to the final and improved her games, the doubles match in the final and much more in detailed analysis to listen out for! You can check out the video format of each of these LIVE podcasts on YouTube by search...

Day 10 WTA Finals Riyadh Round Up talking all about the big topics during the Finals joined by the agent of Andrey Rublev, Alex De Minaur and Daria Kasatkina, John Morris! Live from the ATP Finals in Turin! Watch LIVE at 8 pm GMT DAILY during the WTA Finals on YouTube by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast'! These are shorter episodes aiming to provide a round-up of the WTA Finals action in Riyadh with coach of WTA Finals doubles pair Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe! Make sure to chec...

Day 9 WTA Finals Riyadh Round Up talking all about the big topics during the Finals joined by the sister of Erin Routliffe, Tara Routliffe. Watch LIVE at 8 pm GMT DAILY during the WTA Finals on YouTube by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast'! These are shorter episodes aiming to provide a round-up of the WTA Finals action in Riyadh with the coach of WTA Finals doubles pair Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe! Make sure to check out the Asian Swing Review FULL EPISODE out on all podcast pl...

Day 8 WTA Finals Riyadh Round Up talking all about the big topics during the Finals including Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe's incredible comeback win against Paolini and Errani. This also secures the top of the white group and therefore through to the semi-finals! Watch LIVE at 8 pm GMT DAILY during the WTA Finals on YouTube by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast'! These are shorter episodes aiming to provide a round-up of the WTA Finals action in Riyadh with the coach of WTA Finals...

Day 7 WTA Finals Riyadh Round Up talking all about the big topics during the Finals! Watch LIVE at 8 pm GMT DAILY during the WTA Finals on YouTube by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast'! These are shorter episodes aiming to provide a round-up of the WTA Finals action in Riyadh with the coach of WTA Finals doubles pair Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe! Make sure to check out the Asian Swing Review FULL EPISODE on all podcast platforms and YouTube! In This Episode: Dan discusses the ong...

Day 6 WTA Finals Riyadh Round Up following Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe's 1st win of the WTA Finals! Watch LIVE at 8 pm GMT DAILY during the Finals on YouTube by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast'! These are shorter episodes aiming to provide a round-up of the WTA Finals action in Riyadh with the coach of WTA Finals doubles pair Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe! Joined by fan favourite and former Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion Frederik Nielsen to talk about the WTA Finals so f...

Day 5 of our DAILY Riyadh Round-Up during the WTA Finals and match play has begun! Watch each episode LIVE at 8 pm GMT on YouTube by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast'! These shorter episodes aim to bring DAILY insight into the behind-the-scenes of the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! In This Episode: Dan and former CNN sports broadcaster Candy Reid discuss the ongoing WTA Finals, reviewing the matches from Day 1 of match play, analysing player performances and making predictions f...

Day 4 of our DAILY Riyadh Round-Ups during the WTA Finals! Watch LIVE each day at 8 pm GMT on our YouTube channel 'Control the Controllables Podcast'! These shorter episodes aim to bring DAILY insight into the behind-the-scenes of the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! In this episode: Today's episode is focused on building the ULTIMATE WTA player by analysing various skills and attributes of top players, emphasising the significance of mentality and personality in tennis. Categories include: S...