Black Spin Global: The Podcast

Coco Gauff gets stopped by Karolina Muchova after the pair go the distance in a brilliant semi-final. Gauff manages her presser afterwards with class and leaves Wimbledon trending upwards in the rankings and with the belief that she can win the title in the future. In news away from SW19, Félix Auger-Aliassime parts ways with long-time coach Frédéric Fontang and Victoria Mboko withdraws from next...

Coco Gauff is through to her first Wimbledon semi-final. Félix Auger-Aliassime plays his part in a Centre Court epic. Naomi Osaka’s run comes to an end at the hands of Karolina Muchova and Jasmine Paolini gets stopped by in-form Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk. Subscribe, like, rate and review the podcast on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Follow on Instagram, Twitter and Threads (all @BlackSpinGlo...

Félix Auger-Aliassime, Jasmine Paolini, Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka are all through to the quarter-finals at SW19 and all have a chance of going all the way. Subscribe, like, rate and review the podcast on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Follow on Instagram, Twitter and Threads (all @BlackSpinGlobal) for daily updates. You can also visit blackspinglobal.com for articles, past podcast episode...

Uche Amako joins to go through the Wimbledon 2026 draw, where Serena Williams is competing in both singles and doubles. Naomi Osaka and Madison Keys are in grass-court finals days before action gets under way at SW19 (episode was recorded before both the Bad Homburg and Eastbourne finals). On the men’s side, top-10 seeds Félix Auger-Aliassime and Ben Shelton look well placed to make deep runs, as...

Friend of the pod Christopher Eubanks joins to talk about week one of grass-court season – Robin Montgomery enters the winner’s circle for the first time, Ben Shelton secures a third crown of the year and Serena Williams aka The GOAT fittingly makes a winning return on the doubles court at Queen’s (episode was recorded before Wimbledon wildcards were announced). We also look back at this year’s Fr...

Before giving ATP 500 winners Ben Shelton (Munich) and Arthur Fils (Barcelona) their flowers, we look back at the Miami Open where Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova completed the Sunshine Double and Coco Gauff made the singles final for the first time. There is also Stuttgart chat following our visit to the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and before we wrap we look at the Madrid Open draw, share so...

February is over but we thank God for Melanin March and welcome in Indian Wells! Before that though, we shout out Austin doubles champion and singles runner-up Taylor Townsend, Acapulco finalist Frances Tiafoe and Mérida semi-finalist Jasmine Paolini. In the Californian desert, Coco Gauff, Paolini, Victoria Mboko, Madison Keys and Naomi Osaka are among the 32 seeds in the women's draw. While Ben S...

Victoria Mboko (Doha runner-up), Ben Shelton (Dallas champion) and Félix Auger-Aliassime (Rotterdam finalist) contribute to a fruitful February! Arthur Fils reaches an ATP 500 final in his third tournament back. Coco Gauff plays herself into form in Dubai – we gotta stop the Mboko comparisons. Moïse Kouame continues to impress at Challenger level. (Apologies for Lucy's internet messing up the list...

Congratulations are in order for Elena Rybakina and Carlos Alcaraz, the respective women’s and men’s Australian Open singles champions. We also shout out Coco Gauff and Ben Shelton for reaching the quarter-finals, Thea Frodin for reaching the semis in juniors and Ntungamili Raguin for making Grand Slam history for Botswana. Send your voice message here! https://blackspinglobal.com/#:~:text=Join%20...

Lucy and Eugene go through the happenings from an action-packed first week where Naomi Osaka shook the table, Alycia Parks showed heart, debutant Victoria Mboko amazed and top-10 seeds Ben Shelton and Coco Gauff won the matches they were supposed to. Send your voice message here! https://blackspinglobal.com/#:~:text=Join%20the%20conversation Don't forget to rate, review and share on Apple Podcasts...

The first Grand Slam of 2026 is here, and so are we with our preview pod! Defending Australian Open champion Madison Keys, Coco Gauff and debutant Victoria Mboko are in contention in the women’s draw, while Féllix Auger-Aliassime, Ben Shelton and the retiring Gaël Monfils will be looking to disrupt the order on the men’s side. P.S.: We mistakenly forgot to mention Gabriel Diallo, who's facing Zver...

Week one of the 2026 season is in the books but before we get into the action on the court – including Coco Gauff taking down Iga Swiatek in straight sets – we talk coaching news, player YouTube channels, generational beef and Australian Open wildcard recipient Venus Williams. Don't forget to rate, review and share on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Audioboom.  For daily tennis updates:  Instagram: ht...

Our 2025 season wrap-up episode is here. Friend of the pod Tumaini Carayol joins us to go through some of the news that broke since we were last on – Christopher Eubanks announcing his retirement and Jannik Sinner winning in Turin again. We look back at the Grand Slams and share our highlights from each one. There were some memorable matches as well as moments at all of them, but it feels like the...

WTA Finals delivered some entertaining matches – especially Amanda Anisimova vs Iga Swiatek – but it was Elena Rybakina who went unbeaten in Riyadh, seeing off world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final and collecting a $5.2m cheque.  The final unfortunately made the news for the wrong reasons after Rybakina refused to take a picture with WTA CEO Portia Archer during the trophy ceremony. We discuss....

Victoria Mboko, the Queen of Canadian Tennis, closed out 2025 in style winning her second title of the year in Hong Kong. The 19-year-old Canadian saw off Filipina Alexandra Eala and countrywoman Leylah Fernandez en route. Mboko, who started the year ranked 333 in the world, is now at a career high 18. The WTA Finals are well under way in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Defending champion Coco Gauff fell to...

This is another celebratory episode in response to Coco Gauff’s incredible run to the Wuhan title. “Big Coco, never the little one” won all of her matches in straight sets at the WTA 1000. It’s the American’s second crown of the year following her French Open triumph earlier this season. The 21-year-old world No 3 now has 11 singles titles to her name, including two majors and three WTA 1000s (and...

We are back after a post US Open break!  Italy go back-to-back at Billie Jean King Cup with Jasmine Paolini leading the charge. Félix Auger-Aliassime ties the knot in Morocco, Gaël Monfils shares his retirement plans, Team World win Laver Cup. Plus, Beijing chat and the latest from Shanghai. Don't forget to rate, review and share on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Audioboom.  For daily tennis updates:...

Naomi Osaka fell short to an impressive and in-form Amanda Anisimova in a very entertaining semi-final which followed a three-set thriller between defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula. Osaka made a bright start but was pipped by the eighth seed who was able to hold her nerve and maintain her level in the deciding set. Take nothing away from Osaka, who has had a superb fortnight an...

Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova are through to the women’s doubles final after dominant performances in the last eight against Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez and then another straight-sets victory against Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova in the semi-finals. They will play third seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe in the final after the Canadian-New Zealand duo took out se...

Taylor Townsend pushed two-time Grand Slam champion Barbora Krejickova close in an epic three-set battle on Louis Armstrong. The American had eight match points but was unable to convert. The doubles world No 1 still has unfinished business in New York with doubles partner Katerina Siniakova. Felix Auger-Aliassime is looking more and more like the top 10 player he was back in 2022. The 25th seed t...

Coco Gauff beat Magdelena Frech 6-2, 6-3 in the first match on Arthur Ashe. The third seed, who said she “felt a lot lighter going on court”, put up some good numbers against Frech. Stat sheet made for nice reading for the 2023 champion, too. Was nearly perfect at the net 10/11, won 71% of points on first serve and only hit four double faults (one in the first and three in the second). Naomi Osaka...

Taylor Townsend picked up from where she left off against Jelena Ostapenko, this time seeing off world No 5 Mirra Andreeva inside a busy Arthur Ashe stadium. Townsend was an example of staying in the moment, recovering from an early break down in the first set and seemingly going on to cruise in set two. The doubles world No 1’s stardom continues to rise. Now to the defeats, Jasmine Paolini fell t...

In a match that had three sets written all over it coming in, Naomi Osaka beat Hailey Baptiste in straights – 6-3, 6-1. The American made a nervy start and was unable to force her way into the match as a result of Osaka’s level which was ultimately too good. We asked about her tactics. Gabriel Diallo lost out in three close sets to Jaume Munar. The Canadian 31st seed was unable to take control lik...

Ahead of Hailey Baptiste vs. Naomi Osaka, the match of the day at the US Open, we sat down with Coach Franklin Tiafoe. He shares his story, how he got into coaching, his work with Eric Hechtman, what it’s like being a young Black coach, what makes Hailey such a great player, and more. Make sure to tune in for the match today, second on Louis Armstrong! Don't forget to rate, review and share on App...

Only one place to start, Court 11 that was packed for Taylor Townsend’s upset-victory over (25)Jelena Ostapenko. The Latvian took the L badly and resorted to some pretty derogatory insults, accusing Townsend of having “no class” and “no education”. Townsend handled the situation superbly, both on court and in press afterwards. To think all that happened on HBCU Live Day, that was brilliantly ackno...