ATP Tennis Radio Podcast

Barry Cowan speaks to Facundo Lagones, coach of British tennis player, Cameron Norrie. In this conversation they speak about training regimes, fitness and Norries hopes for the future.

This week Seb Lauzier introduces the podcast from Rio where he’s been working for the TV operation all week, but we also air interviews with players who’ve been competing at the three other ATP events this past week. We hear from Carlos Alcaraz, Matteo Berrettini, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jo Wilfried-Tsonga, Karen Khachanov and Marcelo Arevalo. Interviews by Seb Lauzier, Paul King and Mike Cation. F...

With another title under his belt in 2022, five titles in 2021 an a first appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals at the end of last year, what does Christian Ruud, father of top 10 player Casper, make of his son's development?

Seb Lauzier presents the podcast from Rio, Brazil this week in the build up to the second ATP 500 of the year and the first on clay where Juan Martin Del Potro had been given a wild card and was due to play had all gone well. Unfortunately that hasn’t happened and to get the South American take on the former US Open champion, we hear from Brazilian sports journalist Alex Cossenza. As the Rio Open...

Felix Auger-Aliassime's coach Frédéric Fontang talks about working with the young Canadian, bringing Toni Nadal in as a consultant and the values and ethos that surrounds the team, plus we also find out about the coach himself. Interview by Candy Reid.

Seb Lauzier presents this week’s programme and a week on from the Australian Open, hears from doubles legend, John Peers. Peers talks about his new partnership with Filip Polasek, how Australian’s have dealt with travel during Covid and his Olympic Bronze Medal alongside Ash Barty. We also get a stringing masterclass and to celebrate his first ATP Tour final, we hear from Finnish player, Emil Ruus...

Back on the regular tour and with an event in Pune, India taking place this week, Jill Craybas spoke to a tennis legend from that region, doubles player Rohan Bopanna. In this wide-ranging conversation the duo discuss the current state of the game in India, doubles tactics, advice from his coach, Scott Davidoff, how Rohan continues to play at the age of 41 and his interests off court, including ru...

Candy Reid sat down at the Australian Open with British doubles player Joe Salisbury to ask how he manages to dart about the court in such sweltering heat.

Japan's Taro Daniel speaks to Jill Craybas about his globe-trotting existence as a young boy growing up, his tennis journey, the 2020 Olympic in Tokyo, his hopes for the future and life away from the court. This is the full-length version of the interview that was in the most recent ATP podcast.

Presenter Peter Marcato is joined by former player, Jill Craybas and AO Radio commentators Chris Bowers and Candy Reid to look back on the first week of action at the 2022 Australian Open as well as introduce interviews and features with Maxime Cressy, Taro Daniel, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Bruno Soares.

German doubles player Andres Mies speaks to Chirs Bowers about his time out through injury, the disappointment of missing the 2020 Olympics in Beijing, his inspirations growing up and his hopes for the future.

We hear from Ecudorian player Emilio Gomez who came through qualifying at the Australian Open before losing out to Croatian Marin Cilic in Round 1. In this chat conducted by former player Jill Craybas, we find out about Gomez's pride at representing his country in the Davis Cup, qualifying for his first Grand Slam event at the age of 28, his route through US College Tennis and what he's learnt thr...

Recorded on Sunday afternoon in Melbourne, presenter Peter Marcato is joined by Novak Djokovic biographer and Head of AO Radio, Chris Bowers, former player, Jill Craybas and BBC commentator, Gigi Salmon to give their own unique views ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year. During the course of the programme they set the scene from Melbourne Park, discuss the main stories on and off court, disse...

Talking to Barry Cowan, Craig O'Shannessy, wildly regarded as a world leader in teaching and analyzing tennis strategy, speaks about working with Novak Djokovic, coaching Australian Alexei Popyrin, how young Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz will be the next big thing in tennis and the latest trends in the game and what the data is showing.

Recorded before the finals in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, broadcaster Peter Marcato, who has been commentating on the 250 event in Adelaide sat down over zoom with former player, Jill Craybas who’s been working on the event in Melbourne, to discuss all of the various talking points ahead of the Australian Open. We also hear from surprise Melbourne finalist, Maxime Cressy.

Aleksandar Vukic opens up to Jill Craybas about the difficulties with being an Australian tennis player on the road an not being able to travel back to his home country due to the issues around Covid. He also speak about his families struggles in war-torn Montenegro and going to college in America.

Commentator Peter Marcato presents the first ATP Podcast of 2022 from Melbourne, Australia, as we gear up for a busy month of tennis. As well as setting the scene ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year, we also bring you an exclusive New Year strength and conditioning masterclass from one of the best in the business, Wolfgang Oswald, who works with the likes of Taylor Fritz, Reilly Op...

Apostolos Tsitsipas, coach and father of Stefanos talks to Jill Craybas about the importance of family, the duel roles he plays in his son' s life, dealing with stress and pressure and the importance of smiling. This conversation was recorded before the Nitto ATP finals in Turiin, so didn't touch on Stefanos' recent elbow injury, but did speak about his run at Roland Garros, the Olympics and his a...

In the final podcast of the year, Chris Bowers and the ATP Tennis Radio team bring you a bit of festive fun, as commentators Gigi Salmon, Barry Cowan, Jill Craybas and Seb Lauzier go head-to-head against Peter Marcato, Brian Clark, Miles Maclagan and Lucie Ahl to see who will be crowned quiz champions of 2021.

Legendary doubles coach Louis Cayer speaks about the best player he's ever coached, who he thinks is the best doubles player he's ever encountered and who's the best team, plus he also give some insight into what he works on with the British players he coaches and he also throws in some tips for club players.

Welcome to another podcast and this week, although the tennis news out of the UK has been up and down, we are sticking with the Brits. There’s been good news for Andy Murray, the former world number one has scored a morale boosting win against old rival Rafael Nadal at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. Great also to see Nadal back in action. We’ll hear from Andy later in the pro...

In this phenomenal conversation, Jill Craybas sits down with former British player and coach, turned commentator, Mark Petchey to discuss what he's learnt during his time in the game. From working with the likes of Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu and Maria Sakkari, to his views on US college tennis, finding mentors and why he thinks the only success he's had is as a coach, this interview is packed full...

Even in the off-season we’re still globe-trotting! We’re with a South African, a Brit and an Italian coaching a Finn, but with the groups and match schedule announced this week for the ATP Cup on the 1st to 9th January in Sydney, where better to start than with an Aussie and one very likely to be take his place in the home team. Mike Cation recently caught up with a doubles specialist Luke Saville...

Hubert Hurkacz's coach, Craig Boynton sits down with Jill Craybas to talk about working with the young Pole as well as subjects like on-court coaching, nutrition, rest and recovery and what he's learnt from the players he's coached in the past.

This week we are in the camps of five men who between them have 48 ATP tour titles and they have a bit in common. They’re all over 30, they’re all still going strong and they’ve all had to contend with some serious injuries over the past few years. Over the next 30 minutes or so we’ll hear from Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic and David Goffin, we’re with Grigor Dimitrov’s coach Dante Bottini and we star...