Podcast Episodes

Worst Tennis Podcast predictions ever - part 1

Episode 662

This week we are venturing nervously into the archives to dissect and discuss our worst ever predictions.

Part one includes a couple of clangers involving Serena Williams, examples of our overly optim…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Pam Shriver - US Open finalist aged 16, winning Olympic Gold, and partnering Martina Navratilova

Episode 661

Catherine speaks to former world No.3 and 22-time Grand Slam doubles champion Pam Shriver, covering the start of her partnership with Martina Navratilova and their many successes together, her memori…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Federer: WTA/ATP Should Merge - our reaction; John Millman nearly retired, then beat Federer - our interview

Episode 660

We hadn’t planned to record a podcast today, but then Roger Federer tweeted about merging the ATP and WTA, and we were suddenly in emergency podcast territory.

Why has it taken until now, during a glo…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Fed Cup & Monte Carlo Re-Lived: Navratilova’s Homecoming, Muster’s Controversial Comeback

Episode 659

The second instalment of Tennis Re-Lived sees us travel back to the 1980s and 90s.

First, we tell the story of Martina Navratilova’s return to her homeland in 1986 when she represented the USA against…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Perfect tennis dinner companions, will ATP-WTA unity last, and is it ok to support Tennys Sandgren?

Episode 658

We’re back with another Q&A edition of The Tennis Podcast, answering listener questions about our dream tennis dinner party, the Grand Slam credentials of Alex de Minaur and Nick Kyrgios, how long th…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Big 3 downsides, Blue clay, and is Kyrgios on the boat? A listener questions special

Episode 657

In a Q&A edition which goes off in various directions, we cover topics such as the players we wish we had seen live, the downsides of the Big 3 dominance, how the prolonged break to tennis might affe…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

What happens when tennis stops?

Episode 656

Catherine Whitaker and David Law set out to examine the way in which covid-19 is impacting tennis players and events.

Hear from World No.211 Liam Broady on how he’s coping without tennis as well as t…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Miami Re-Lived: Venus vs. Serena 1999; Murray vs. Ferrer 2013

Episode 655

To launch Tennis Re-Lived, Catherine, David and Matt look back on two classic Miami finals, starting with the first ever final between the Williams sisters in 1999. What was most noticeable about Ven…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Wimbledon cancelled; Grass court season shelved - Our reaction

Episode 654

We knew it was coming, and yet it still felt shocking, and it still hurt. 

After Wimbledon announced its 134th edition would not take place, and the rest of the grass court season was abandoned becaus…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Olympics Postponed; Mary Carillo Q&A - Part 2!

Episode 653

We begin this week’s show by discussing the one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and launching Tennis Re-Lived. That's followed by part two of our Q&A with Mary Carillo as she talks more about…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago