Michael Chang remains the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title following his historic triumph at Roland Garros in 1989. But, as he reveals in this episode of The Sit-Down, the Chinese-American often felt more at home on the North American hard courts, where he won titles in Toronto, Indian Wells and Cincinnati — the latter of which where he reached four consecutive finals and won twice. Now 52 years old and living in California, Chang sits down with Viv and Matt to reflect on his incredible...

Alexei Popyrin has scored the biggest title of his career while Jess Pegula has become the first woman since Martina Hingis to go back to back on Canadian soil — Casey Dellacqua and Simon Rea cast a magnifying glass over the champions and who’s looking the goods in Cincinatti. Alex de Minaur is continuing his recovery from his Wimbledon hip injury as he looks to make his mark on the US hardcourt swing. Stefanos Tsitsipas has parted ways with his father Apostolos as coach, teaming up with...

As we bid farewell to the Olympics, we spend time reminiscing with Andre Sa. In an impressive playing career, Sa represented Brazil in four Olympic Games, including at his home nation in 2016. He was also a Wimbledon singles quarterfinalist and a top-20 doubles star. Andre joined The Sit-Down to talk about those dream Olympic experiences, the evolution of team tennis and why the friendships he formed were the biggest rewards of a pro career that continues beyond his time on tour. ...

Tennis at the Paris 2024 Olympics has ended with historic gold medals for Novak Djokovic, Zheng Qinwen and Aussies Matt Ebden and John Peers, plus so many other memorable winners and stories -- Storm Hunter and John Fitzgerald join the podcast to re-live an incredible tennis event at Roland Garros, while looking forward to the North American season. We have now arrived in Canada, with plenty of Aussies winning in Montreal, and Naomi Osaka returning with a victory in Toronto. Plus, Brie...

Mirra Andreeva is one of the stars of the moment: an Olympic silver medallist in doubles at the Paris 2024 Games not long after capturing her first career WTA singles title in Iasi, and now a top-25 player. The 17-year-old sat down with Viv at the recent Wimbledon championships, showcasing her strikingly mature personality and unique perspective on the game. Andreeva discusses her love of all surfaces, comparisons with Martina Hingis, and working with former Wimbledon champion Conchita...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz remain on a collision course to meet in the gold medal match — can Alex Zverev, Casper Ruud or any of the last eight club stand in their way? Tommy Paul is holding together Team USA’s medal hopes following the elimination of Coco Gauff, Danielle Collins and Emma Navarro in all formats. Australian Open finalist Zheng Qinwen faces the toughest battle in women’s tennis in world No.1 Iga Swiatek on clay — Simon Rea and Casey Dellacqua make the cases for how each...

Twenty years on from winning Olympic bronze in singles at the Athens 2004 Games, Alicia Molik reflects on her 'career pinnacle' achievement. She remains the only Australian tennis player to have won an individual medal since the sport returned to the Summer Games in 1988. The then-23-year-old’s performance ignited a fruitful six-month period in which she reached the Australian Open quarterfinals and cracked the WTA top 10. Molik sits down with Matt and Viv to reminisce about life in the...

Jannik Sinner’s withdrawal from the Paris Games due to tonsillitis has opened up the prospect of a gold medal match between Wimbledon finalists Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. Roland Garros champion Iga Swiatek is the firm favourite to replicate her June exploits in the women's singles, but Team USA flag-bearer Coco Gauff is a medal threat in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Casey Dellacqua and Craig Tiley join The AO Show to discuss medal contenders ahead of the all-important draw,...

Australian doubles stars Matt Ebden and Storm Hunter have each appeared on recent episodes of The Sit-Down. Both conversations veered into fascinating areas such as the state of the game in general, the marketing of doubles, how to reach new fans, and the state of Australian tennis. Both veterans of the tour with a passion for seeing tennis be the best it can be, Ebden and Hunter offer fresh insights from their unique perspectives on these issues, which Viv and Matt deliver in this special...

After successfully defending his Wimbledon title, Carlos Alcaraz turns his attention to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games where he’s predicted to medal in the singles and maybe in the doubles with Rafael Nadal; Storm Hunter and Simon Rea analyse Barbora Krejcikova’s game that’s seen her collect her second major singles title, and give insight to how Tennis Australia’s GIG team assists Aussie players and coaches at tournaments, Victoria Rudnikov examines the Alcaraz trajectory and how much more he...

Already a Grand Slam singles champion from 2021 at Roland Garros, new Wimbledon queen Barbora Krejcikova has entered a new echelon with her second major singles title. On the eve of her campaign at the All England Club, Krejcikova sat down with Viv Christie to discuss her journey, which began with her family in Czechia and has so far produced doubles success at majors, Olympic gold, and her famous singles triumph in Paris. Krejcikova had low expectations for Wimbledon following recent battles...

Alex de Minaur’s run has come to a grinding halt, and his Olympic hopes under threat, following a freak hip injury that’s gifted Novak Djokovic a spot in the semifinals against last four debutant Lorenzo Musetti — Viv Christie and Pete Marcato discuss the fallout to the news from the All England Club. Jannik Sinner’s conqueror Daniil Medvedev must battle defending champion Carlos Alcaraz for a spot in the final. AusOpen.com’s Dan Imhoff joins Jon and Brie to discuss all of the big stories...

In 1987, Pat Cash joined the most exclusive club in tennis when he defeated Ivan Lendl to win the Wimbledon men's singles title. The Australian legend sat down with Viv at the All England Club during the 2024 Championships to discuss how his achievement 37 years ago changed his life and his tennis career, and how Wimbledon titles are celebrated in the 21st century. AusOpen.comiHeartApple PodcastsSpotify  Host handles:@Viv_Christie@MattyAT@brieparker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina are the women's title favourites in a first week of Wimbledon that’s seen the withdrawal of Aryna Sabalenka and the first-round upset of defending champion Marketa Vondrousova — Storm Hunter returns to the panel to discuss all the big stories including Novak Djokovic’s herculean recovery, Andy Murray’s Wimbledon swan song (in the men's doubles and mixed), and all the stand-out Aussie performances including five-set phenom Thanasi Kokkinakis, plus we check in...

More than two months on from rupturing her Achilles tendon, Storm Hunter is making an encouraging recovery from surgery. The 29-year-old joined Matt on The Sit-Down to discuss her progress and how she's putting her psychology studies into practice as she navigates another challenging chapter to her career. Typically flourishing at this time of the season, Hunter recalls her career highs on grass including her run to the 2023 Wimbledon doubles final. And having watched more tennis than ever,...

Novak Djokovic has hit the grass courts and is firming to take his place in the main draw of Wimbledon, but Andy Murray's plight is shrouded in mystery — Storm Hunter joins the panel to discuss their chances of making it to the start line and preview the men’s and women’s singles championships, we check in with Viv Christie and Todd Woodbridge from Qualifying, Alex de Minaur and Ajla Tomljanovic are set to spearhead a nine-strong Australian contingent for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and...

When Jelena Dokic stunned Martina Hingis in the first round of Wimbledon 1999, the Australian qualifier was catapulted into global stardom. The win came at a tournament where she won 20 of her first 24 matches, and she ultimately peaked at world No.4 in one of the strongest eras the women’s game has seen. Dokic sat down with Matt and Viv to relive those highs, recounting her upset of the Swiss superstar in vivid detail, describing what it was like to face many WTA icons, and how her run to...

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are in a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon with Novak turning to Taylor Fritz for advice on how to fast-track his rehab, Alex de Minaur and Katie Boulter have both won grass-court titles in the lead-up to the Championships — we turn the spotlight on tennis’ golden couple to analyse their symbiotic improvement with the help of GIG analyst Simon Rea, meantime Jordan Thompson and Rinky Hijikata are flying the Aussie flag at Queen’s following Demon’s shock...

Australian doubles star Matt Ebden is hitting new highs deep into his tennis career. As one half of the men’s doubles champions at Wimbledon and the Australian Open, the 36-year-old is now the ATP doubles world No.1, and is targeting more silverware as he heads into his beloved grass-court season. Ebden joins Viv and Matt on The Sit-Down to discuss his long career that just keeps getting better with age. AusOpen.comiHeartApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotify  Host...

As the dust settles on the clay swing, world No.1 Iga Swiatek has another Roland Garros crown and Carlos Alcaraz has completed the ‘Surface Slam’ in just his third major final — Simon Rea breaks down the champions’ performances and casts a magnifying glass over five players of interest in the lead-up to Wimbledon: Jasmine Paolini, Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner, Brie reveals her top 5 thinks you didn’t know about the new men’s world No.1, plus Australian Open...

As the tours pivot from clay to grass, former Queen's Club tournament director Stephen Farrow sits down with Matt and Viv to reveal how he entered the tennis industry and rose to oversee one of the world's most historic events. Now living in Australia in his role as tournament director of the innovative United Cup, the British native recalls some of his most memorable moments across his career in tennis, and envisages an exciting future for the sport. AusOpen.comiHeartApple PodcastsGoogle...

The women’s final of Roland Garros will feature a Grand Slam champion against a first-time major finalist, following Mirra Andreeva’s upset of Aryna Sabalenka and Jasmine Paolini’s ousting of Elena Rybakina — our panel of experts previews the women’s semis and a star-studded men’s last four that includes two major champions (Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz) and two players still yet to taste Grand Slam success (Alex Zverev and Casper Ruud), quarterfinalist Alex de Minaur analyses his...

An unseeded 18-year-old at Roland Garros 1988, Australia's Nicole Bradtke (née Provis) reached the semifinals — her best Grand Slam singles result. The clay-loving Melburnian sits down with Luke Dennehy to reflect on her charmed run 36 years ago that included a quarterfinal win over eventual three-time Roland Garros champion Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, the elusive match point against Natasha Zvereva that cost her a spot in the final, and the telegram she received from the Australian Prime...

Iga Swiatek has fended off fellow four-time major champ Naomi Osaka to keep alive her Roland Garros title defence — Casey Dellacqua and Simon Rea join the panel to discuss a rain-affected first week of competition, the future for Rafael Nadal following his first round exit, Jannik Sinner’s impressive numbers on his comeback from injury, and the two remaining Australians in the singles draw, Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis, plus — in a week that’s heralded the arrival of a new power...

Esteemed French tennis photographer Corinne Dubreuil is back at Roland Garros, capturing the tournament through her lens for the 38th consecutive year. The globe-trotting freelancer sits down with Matt Trollope to explain how Chris Evert became her gateway into the industry, why each of the Slams are so unique to cover, and how her award-winning Rafael Nadal book came to fruition, plus she reveals her all-time favourite photos and players across her dream career. See omnystudio.com/listener...