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. 25, 2022
#148: Stanford Evans Boster - One voice, two weapons!
Stanford Evans Boster is a South African who has made USA his home, and American Tennis is lucky to have him. He is the current coach to Junior World Number 4, Victor Lilov who made the final of the Boys Singles at Junior Wi…
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. 29, 2021
Episode 146: 2021 Highlights!
In today´s episode, Dan sits down with Vicki to chat through their favourite moments and key learnings from 2021 on Control the Controllables. Listen to some of the most inspirational stories from this years guests, and find…
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…
Dec. 7, 2021
Episode 144: Rohan Bopanna - First-time Grand Slam Champion at 37
Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna has achieved so much in his playing career. A Grand Slam champion, he has also reached multiple Grand Slam finals, and reached number 3 in the world in doubles. On top of this, he is alread…
Nov. 30, 2021
Episode 143: Keith Reynolds - Are we selling the game of tennis the right way?
Keith Reynolds is a British tennis coach who has experienced the sport at all levels. He is the co-owner and founder of The Watchorn Tennis Club in Derbyshire which has produced 29 National Champions. He´s also coached many …
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…
Nov. 9, 2021
Episode 141: Lucie Ahl - No Challenge Too Big
Lucie Ahl is a former British number 1 and WTA 161 singles player. She competed numerous times at Grand Slams and has a 100% record at the Fed Cup representing Great Britain. Life after playing tennis professionally has take…
Nov. 2, 2021
Episode 140: Rajeev Ram - Multiple Grand Slam Champion
Rajeev Ram is a multiple Grand Slam Champion and the current World number 4 mens doubles player. The 37-year-old American has won the Australian Open mixed doubles twice with Barbora Krejčíková. He´s reached 3 Grand Slam men…
Oct. 26, 2021
Episode 139: Jimmy Arias - The forehand that changed tennis
Jimmy Arias is a former world number 5. At the age of 15, he became the youngest person to achieve a world ranking, and went onto win 5 ATP singles titles and the 1981 French Open Mixed Doubles. During his career he has had …
Oct. 19, 2021
Episode 138: Fernando Segal - Tennis is for Life
Fernando Segal is a world-leading coach, tennis development expert and an influential figure in the tennis world. From Argentina, Fernando has more than 40 years experience in coaching. During that time he´s written 11 books…
Oct. 12, 2021
Episode 137: Ben Haran - Find Your Mentor
Ben Haran is one of the leading tennis coaches in Great Britain. He is the Head Coach at Reeds Tennis Academy in Surrey, where for the past 17 years he´s guided dozens of young players to national and international level. A …
Oct. 5, 2021
Episode 136: Matt Little - Andy Murray´s S&C Coach
Matt Little is one of the world´s most renowned S&C Coaches. He´s worked with Andy Murray for the past 14 years, through the highs and lows of 3 Grand Slam titles, 2 Olympic gold medals, a Davis Cup win and career-threatenin…
Sept. 28, 2021
Episode 135: Ryan Jones - What it Takes
Ryan Jones is a British Coach who has been working on the ATP/ITF tour for the past 10 years. Ryan has taken Borna Coric and Kyle Edmund into the ATP top 100 and is well on the way to the same result with young British hope …
Sept. 21, 2021
Episode 134: Alastair Filmer - Developing a US Open Champion
Up until the 2021 US Open, Alastair Filmer was known as one of Great Britain´s leading performance coaches. He´s now more commonly referred to as Emma Raducanu´s former coach. The 18-year-old has been in the spotlight since …
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…
Sept. 14, 2021
Episode 132: Joe Salisbury - Double US Open Champion!
It´s not been a bad few weeks for GB´s Joe Salisbury. In fact, it´s not been a bad year!
The 29-year-old completed a US Open double in September 2021, winning the Men´s Doubles with partner Rajeev Ram on Friday, followed …
Sept. 7, 2021
Episode 131: Facundo Lugones - Find a Way
Facundo Lugones has been Cameron Norrie´s coach since 2017. The pair played together on the Mens Tennis Team at Texas Christian University for 12 months, before Facu became a Graduate Coach for the team. The 28-year-old Arge…
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 13, 2021
Episode 128: Maik Burlage - Smart Tennis
Maik Burlage is a former professional tennis player, and now the founder and CEO of Wingfield. The 30-year-old German played professionally for nearly 3 years, before moving into Coaching and then tech innovation. He set up …
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 29, 2021
Episode 126: Arthur Fery - Le Wizard
In this episode we speak to British youngster Arthur Fery. The 19-year-old came within 1 match of making the main draw at Wimbledon this year, beating former top 40 player Matthew Ebden in the Qualifying at Roehampton. Arthu…