Candy Reid catches up with young Austrian, Jurij Rodionov

TOMMY PAUL ON THE CAMARADERIE BETWEEN AMERICAN PLAYERS - ‘For me it’s all fun and I think for almost all of us. I mean I think if I was on tour without any Americans, I don’t know how long I’d play the sport, as I have so much more fun by just having them here’. ALEX DE MINAUR ON HIS STRONG 2023 - ‘I’m definitely not taking it all for granted. It’s a pretty good position to be in, but as with everything with life, when you get to a certain spot you want more and so that’s the kind of stage...

Holger Rune's mum Aneke sits down with Jill Craybas to discuss all manner of subjects including growing up in Denmark, his mentality and his desire to become the world's best tennis player.

HUBERT HURKACZ ON VOLLEYING - ‘Definitely it’s important for my game you know because I can serve pretty big and that definitely helps to set up another shot as I can follow to the net, so as long as I can be aggressive from the base line, I can come to the net’. GRIGOR DIMITROV COACH JAMIE DELGADO ON HIS PLAYER - ‘He’s got all the shots and he’s been using his slice well to set up his best shots, but most players play better when they are being pro-active and looking to make things happen a...

Former player Yen-Hsun Lu, known as Rendy Lu on tour, talks to Ursin Caderas about coaching upcoming Chinese star, Zhizhen Zhang.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR MICHAEL LUEVANO ON THE RETURN OF THE SHANGHAI MASTERS - 'Tennis is huge in China, it is the last untapped market. They’ve embraced a new generation of players and now they are more educated, they’re younger, we have the youngest audience demographic on the entire ATP Tour in terms of fans, so we’re going to be the best Masters 1000 event in the world' ATP CHAIRMAN ANDREA GAUDENZI ON TENNIS IN CHINA - ‘China is a very big market and tennis is a global sport, so our...

Jill Craybas meets upcoming Chinese star Zhizhen Zhang.

YOSHIHITO NISHIOKA ON THE BENEFITS OF A HIGHER RANKING - ‘Before I was seeded at Grand Slams I was looking at the draw ceremony and thinking that I didn’t want to play Djokovic or Medvedev and those top players, but now that I’m seeded I don’t have to think about that and then I can focus on my tennis for the first few rounds’. YIBING WU ON MAKING SACRIFICES - ‘In the past two years I’ve only been home once and I didn’t have that much time because I’m now based in Florida. It’s very tough...

Chinese Juncheng 'Jerry' Shang speaks to Jill Craybas about what it's like trying to break through onto the main tour.

Jill Craybas speaks to Chun-Hsin Tseng's coach, Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh about his young player from Taipei and also his coaching philospohy.

This week’s show focusses on the Laver Cup. Chris Bowers is joined by tennis commentator and former WTA player Sam Smith to look back over the event and discuss its place in the tennis calendar. They also introduce a number or interviews and features. Headlines are... TEAM WORLD CAPTAIN JOHN MCENROE  ’This is something that I’ve believed in from the beginning and to me it was like a no-brainer and I worry that our sport doesn’t understand what It has sometimes and I believe the name Rod...

Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki speaks to our reporter Jill Craybas about his time as a young child who first picked up the raquet at the age of three, to his time now trying to break through onto he main tour.

This week Candy Reid interviews legendary tennis coach Rick Macci in a podcast special. Headlines are... RICK MACCI ON COACHING KIDS - ‘It’s all the other things that stick with the kids that help them become a better doctor or lawyer, or treat their kids better or you know, I help kids get better grades or get off drugs or treat people better. To me I don’t just change strokes, I change lives and that’s the best feeling in the world’. RICK MACCI ON WORKING WITH PARENTS - ‘It’s not only...

Jill Craybas sits down with Croatian doubles players Ivan Dodig to talk about the many successes in his career and what he's learnt from over two decades at the top.

JILL CRAYBAS ON MORE HISTORY FOR NOVAK DJOKOVIC - ‘It’s amazing when you start talking about all those numbers because you almost can’t wrap your brain around what he’s achieved. I just feel like every time he steps on the court he’s breaking records and I just don’t know how he finds something consistently deep in himself to do it over and over again, it’s just incredible’. JILL CRAYBAS ON DANIIL MEDVEDEV - ‘He’s had a great tournament. He said on the court that if Djokovic, Nadal and...

Moroccan player Younes El Aynaoui speaks to Jill Craybas about his career, coaching french player Hugo Gaston and his hopes for the future.

The latest ATP Podcast with Chris Bowers and Jill Craybas. The duo look back on the first week of the US Open and ahead to week 2. As well as the studio discussion, there are also interviews and features with some of the home players hoping for a good second week, including... FRANCES TIAFOE ON HIS CAREER GOALS - ’There’s only two things that I’ve really wanted to do in this game and you know that’s to win a Grand Slam and to be top ten in the world and to be halfway done is incredible and...

ATP Podcast reporter Jill Craybas sits down with American J.J. to find out more about the youngster including his hopes and aspirations and thoughts on tennis as an entertainment product.

Presenter Chris Bowers is joined by former WTA player Jill Craybas to look ahead to the US Open and to discuss how the draw will impact certain players progression and whether it’s Djokovic and Alcaraz against the field. As well as the studio discussion, the team also introduce interviews and features with the following... CARLOS ALCARAZ ON WHY HE’S ALWAYS SMILING - ‘I try to enjoy every moment and not only on court. Doing all this kind of stuff is part of your job as well and I try to enjoy...

Former World Number 4 Todd Martin speaks to Jill Craybas about his new role as Tournament Director of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati and Head of Tennis for Beemok Sports and Entertainment. Martin also opens up about what it was like to coach a young 22-year-old Novak Djokovic.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC ON ADAPTING TO HOT CONDITIONS - ‘When it’s really warm on the hard court the heat is absorbed in the surface, so the subjective feeling on the court is 10-20 degrees higher then it is on the outside of the court, so you have to deal with all these different things, but you train for that’. TODD MARTIN ON NOVAK DJOKOVIC’S RELENTLESSNESS - 'Novak has had a couple of long stretches where I don’t think anybody has been more difficult to beat. He defends better than anyone else and...

American Mackenzie McDonald speaks to ATP Podcast reporter Jill Craybas about the lessons he's learnt since breaking through on tour.

JANNIK SINNER ON HIS INSPIRATIONS - ‘I was a skier and I know Lindsey Vonn a little bit and her career showed a lot of hard work, passion and comebacks and I also read the book of Zlatan Ibrahimovic which is also a very good story, but there are so many, LeBron James, I’m not following so much basketball, but it’s so nice’. ALEX DE MINAUR NOTES TO HIS YOUNGER SELF - ‘Take it easy, don’t put a lot of pressure on yourself and enjoy the moment. If you’re playing these tournaments it means you...

Canadian Milos Raonic speak to Chris Bowers about the injuries that kept him away from the game for two years.

TAYLOR FRITZ ON THE REASON FOR HIS CHARGE UP THE RANKINGS - ’My average level has gone up a lot. Before I had to be playing really good for things to come together for me to have a big week or have big wins. Now if I’m mentally turned on, I can beat a lot of players when I’m maybe not even playing my best’. GRIGOR DIMITROV ON HIS RENEWED VIGOUR - ‘I’m enjoying the sport and I’m enjoying what I’m doing and still to be up there among the top players is a great achievement, but I believe the...