ATP Tennis Radio Podcast

Young American player Emilio Nava speaks to Chris Bowers about what he learnt from playing Andy Murray at the US Open, the importance of staying free of injury, his decision to train in Spain, the development of his powerful forehand, having sporty parents and his desire to qualifying for the end of year Intesa Sanpaolo NextGen ATP Finals in Milan.

ALCARAZ ON HIS LOVE OF PLAYING DROP SHOTS - ‘It’s natural for me, I always hit drop shots when I was a kid, I would say too many drop shots when I was a kid, so in training I’m trying not to hit drop shots, just to hit other shots and when I’m training the sets and stuff when I’m break point down, I’m trying to play the set without the drop shot’. ALCARAZ ON HIS DEVELOPING RIVALRY WITH J...

American doubles player Nick Monroe speaks about the ageing process, keeping fit, life on tour and getting into commentary

At the halfway stage of the 2022 US Open, presenter Chris Bowers sits down with former WTA player Jill Craybas and US Open Radio commentator Brian Clark to look back on the stories from week one and introduce interviews with Matteo Berrettini, Emilio Nava, Brandon Holt, Carlos Alcaraz and Andrey Rublev, whilst the team at ATP Uncovered ask a number of players about their favourite parts of New Yor...

Speaking at a recent ATP Tour event with players playing table tennis in the background, Holger Rune's coach Lars Christensen talked to Candy Reid about starting out as a circus artist, his love of travel and how he's developing upcoming star Holger Rune.

DANIIL MEDVEDEV ON HIS DESIRE TO WIN - ‘I enjoy competition in general and if it’s an online computer game or racing against my friends, when there is competition one-on-one I always want to beat my opponent and many times it’s going to be by finding his weak spot’.  NICK KYRGIOS ON HIS EXPLOSIVE SERVE - ‘I feel like I wasn’t able to hit 220 consistently over the past few years...

Tommy Paul's coach Brad Stine speaks about what he's learnt working with the young American as well as in the past with Jim Courier and working alongside the legendary coach José Higueras.

BORNA CORIC ON WINNING THE CINCINNATI MASTERS TITLE  - ‘I’m still not aware of it obviously. It was a very tough match, at the beginning I was not playing very well, but I started to serve better, I started to play much, much better and I was fighting very hard and in the second set I think I played the best set of the whole year’. STEFANOS TSITSIPAS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPIN...

Stan Wawrinka's coach Dani Vallverdu speaks to Chris Bowers about what it's taking to get Stan back to a level where he's competitive after a lengthy time out through injury.

PABLO CARRENO BUSTA ON HIS FIRST MASTERS 1000 TITLE - ‘It’s very important to be positive all of the time. It’s not my best season this year, I lost some matches that in other years I probably wouldn’t have lost, but I just continue to keep believing in my team, in myself and on my game’. DAN EVANS ON DEALING WITH LOSING - ‘When I was younger I used to waste a few days dealing with...

Former Danish player Kenneth Carlsen speaks about what he learnt during his own career and how he's used those learnings to help fellow Danes, Caroline Wozniacki, Holger Rune and Clara Tauson.

Recorded before the Citi Open Final in Washington, commentator Brian Clark met with former player Jill Craybas to look back over what's happened in the American capital this week and how it will inform what's left to come on the US Hard Court swing.

NICK KYRGIOS ON HIS WIN IN WASHINGTON - ‘It’s just very emotional for me to see where I was that last year to now it’s just an incredible transformation, but I just came up with a great energy and I knew I had experience on my side today. I love this court, I’ve played so many matches here and I’m just really proud of myself’. ALEX DE MINAUR ON THE CAMARADERIE AMONGST AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS ...

Taylor Fritz's coach Michael Russell speaks to Candy Reid about the young American's progression

It's a US Hard Court Swing Special including chats with the following... MICHAEL RUSSELL ON TAYLOR FRITZ  - ’It’s managing the ups and downs and not getting too high or too low. Taylor won Indian Wells which was incredible the way he played so well and it’s understanding that this is your level, that you do belong as a top ten player and you can be there and compete for Grand Slam titles and...

Dutch doubles star Matwe Middelkoop sat down with Candy Reid to discuss tennis, business and how he likes to live his life to the full.

Mansour Bahrami is a former professional player, now regarded as one of the biggest entertainers on the travelling tennis circuit, wowing crowds around the world with his improvised shots and showmanship in invitational events. In this profile, Chris Bowers sits down with the Iranian to discuss many topics including his route into tennis, how he managed to get dual French nationality since 1989, h...

International Tennis Hall of Fame CEO and former player Todd Martin joins Chris Bowers for a chat about the history of tennis, the Hall of Fame's relevance in today's game and how inductee's are awarded a place.

A special version of the podcast coming from the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island and featuring... LLEYTON HEWITT ON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME - ‘As a kid in Australia I’d wake up in the middle of the night to dream of playing on the courts that these guys would play on and now to be actually sitting alongside them in the Hall of Fame o...

Romain Sichez and Armand D'Harcourt speak to Candy Reid about Maxime Cressy's choice to play serve-and-volley and also his mental preparation both on and off court.

On this week's show... JOHN NEWCOMBE ON NICK KYRGIOS - ‘I can’t speak for a lot of the other guys, but the ones I do talk to reasonably regularly, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Tony Roche and all that, we all think his tennis is great, never criticise his tennis at all, but it’s just sometimes when he hasn’t behaved great on the court, we’ve felt that not only has he let himself down but the ima...

Having retired from the game earlier this year, Chris Bowers sat down with Kevin Anderson's former coaches Neville Godwin and Brad Stine to talk about the big serving South African's achievements including seven tour titles, a career-high number five ranking, and reaching the US Open and Wimbledon finals.

Former world number 21 Gilles Muller speaks to Candy Reid about his career which included famously beating Rafael Nadal over five sets at Wimbledon

Dutch wheelchair tennis star Diede de Groot speaks to Candy Reid about her multiple Wimbledon titles, how she manages her body, the ability to continue to thrive as the sport evolves and her desire to see the game continue to grow.

-Podcast discussion by Chris Bowers, Peter Marcato and Jill Craybas -Interviews by Candy Reid, Jill Craybas and Ursin Caderas -Feature by ATP Uncovered NICK KYRGIOS ON HOW HE VIEWS TENNIS  - ‘Obviously I’m not taking it too serious and the rest of the tour, every single day, everything they do is for tennis and for me, I just want to go out there and have fun, entertain and sometimes it’...