Control the Controllables

One of the most successful and emotionally connected player–coach partnerships in modern tennis has come to an end. In this episode, Dan breaks down the split between world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz and his long-term coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, analysing their statements, the timing, the power dynamics, and what it means for the 2026 season — including the ripple effect on rivals like Jannik Sinner....

Christian Harrison’s story isn’t your typical tennis journey. Formerly a top 200 singles player, his career has been repeatedly derailed by surgeries, setbacks, and a foot injury at Wimbledon 2022 that convinced him to walk away from singles altogether. 8 surgeries before age 25 would finish most players. Cristian just adjusted. Now at 31, he’s producing the best tennis of his life on the doubles...

This week we sat down with Jody Maginley , a professional doubles tennis player and co-founder of The Changeover Podcast, one of the fastest-growing shows in tennis. Jody takes us from growing up in Antigua (population ~90k) with limited access to high-level tennis, to navigating US college and chasing points and paychecks on the pro tour. We get into the realities most fans never see; money, logi...

It´s been said for many years that data and performance analytics in tennis is way behind other sports. Not just for improving player performance but also fan engagement. One of the reasons for this is the inconsistency of how the data is presented across our industry. TennisViz is trying to correct that. Today we speak to Tm Corrie who is Head of Performance, Media and Broadcast for TennisViz. Th...

In today´s episode, Dan is joined by sports journalist Candy Reid to chat through all the latest action from semi-finals day of the WTA Finals in Riyadh. This episode was originally aired live on our  Control the Controllables YouTube channel . Listen to Dan & Candy discuss the dynamics of the event, recap matches, preview today´s semi-finals and answer questions from listeners. They also...

In today´s episode Dan is coming to us LIVE from the WTA Finals out in Saudi Arabia. This is a replay of his live stream on our Control the Controllables YouTube channel , where he gave us a round-up all the action from the first 3 days of tennis in Riyadh. Listen to behind-the-scenes insights into the event set-up, and how the top 8 singles players and doubles teams are looking. Dan also recaps o...

Anger, tears, frustration - all junior players have experienced this at some point on a tennis court - but these are not signs of weakness. In this powerful episode, leading sports Psychologist Dr. Callum Gowling explains how emotion can fuel performance when it’s understood, not punished. With decades of experience working with elite players and coaches, Dr. Gowling breaks down the real challenge...

Listen to our very special US Open Review episode brought to you by Novellus, as we are joined by the 2025 Women’s Doubles Champions Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe! The pair who are coached by CTC Host Dan Kiernan, share their journey to their second Grand Slam title, and answer questions from our panellists and listeners. Our panel also look back on the highs and lows of what was a very eventf...

A fortnight on from the much anticipated new mixed doubles format at the US Open, Dan chats to Andrea Vavassori on his win with fellow Italian, Sara Errani As the only specialist doubles team invited to enter, they saw off some of the top singles tennis players in the world to successfully defend their US Open Mixed Doubles title. In this live YouTube episode, Dan is joined by Vavassori to talk ab...

With the US Open getting underway today, we´re bringing you the Live YouTube episode of our US Open 2025 Preview Dan was joined by CTC favourite and Denmark´s Davis Cup Captain Freddie Nielsen to look at what we can expect from the final Grand Slam of 2025. Listen to them break down the best match ups in the draw, give their dark horses to watch out for and potential winners. Plus, how the unique...

The US Open Mixed Doubles has been the talk of tennis the past few days. The new format has been debated for months, and now it´s over, opinion is still divided! Host Dan Kiernan jumps on to today´s CTC Short to recap the event in New York and look at why it has stirred up such strong feelings in the tennis world. With Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori beating Iga Swiatek & Casper Ruud to suces...

In today's episode, we have the Danish star August Holmgren. Straight after his incredible run at Wimbledon, reaching the 3rd round with 2 matches that lasted 5 sets across qualifying and main draw, before playing Alex De Minaur. And directly following Wimbledon, he went on to win his next Challenger tournament in Granby. August attended the University of San Diego and advanced to the NCAA individ...

In today´s episode we speak to American pro tennis player Tristan Boyer. Tristan has a career high ranking of 109 in the world, and played college tennis at Stanford University. He shares his experiences of moving up the rankings as he tries to break the ATP top 100. From playing Futures as a junior, to winning Challenger events after turning pro in February 2023, to playing top players like Tommy...

In today´s episode Dan speaks to 2025 Wimbledon Champions Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash. Glasspool and Cash made history at SW19, becoming the first all-British pair to win the Mens Doubles title since 1936. A week on from lifting their first Grand Slam trophy, they tell us all about their run to the title, how they are feeling and if it has sunk in yet. Episode highlights:- What went through Ll...

Wimbledon 2025 did not disappoint! From early upsets, unexpected runs by qualifiers (and alternates!), to two new Wimbledon champions in Sinner and Swiatek, it´s been an exciting 2 weeks at SW19! And the sun shone throughout! CTC Host Dan Kiernan went live on YouTube to review all of the action with our Grand Slam panellists:- Denmark´s Davis Cup Captain and 2012 Wimbledon Doubles Champion, ...

Our CTC LIVE series is back for Wimbledon 2025! Dan will be rounding up all the action from the Championships, joined by special guests from the world of tennis. Who is winning each final? These are shorter episodes that we´ll bring you throughout the tournament to provide you with insights and a round-up of the biggest talking points of the tournament.   Today, Dan is joined by two CTC fan f...

Our CTC LIVE series is back for Wimbledon 2025! Dan will be rounding up all the action from the Championships, joined by special guests from the world of tennis. These are shorter episodes that we´ll bring you throughout the tournament to provide you with insights and a round-up of the biggest talking points of the tournament.   Today, Dan is joined by Mel South, commentator and former WTA to...

Our CTC LIVE series is back for Wimbledon 2025! Dan will be rounding up all the action from the Championships. Today's episode, we talk about the singles and doubles semi-finals, mixed doubles final and all the action from day 10. We are joined by podcast host, journalist, and former CNN sports anchor Candy Reid. These are shorter episodes that we´ll bring you throughout the tournament to provide...

Our CTC LIVE series is back for Wimbledon 2025! Dan will be rounding up all the action from the Championships. These are shorter episodes that we´ll bring you throughout the tournament to provide you with insights and a round-up of the biggest talking points of the day. Episode Highlights:-   Talking about the heartbreaking moment Grigor Dimitrov had to go off the court due to injury for the...

Our CTC LIVE series is back for Wimbledon 2025! Dan will be rounding up all the action from the Championships, joined by special guests from the world of tennis. These are shorter episodes that we´ll bring you throughout the tournament to provide you with insights and a round-up of the biggest talking points of the tournament.   Today, Dan is joined by Tom Linley, a hitting partner at Wimbled...

Our CTC LIVE series is back for Wimbledon 2025! Dan will be rounding up all the action from the Championships. These are shorter episodes that we´ll bring you throughout the tournament to provide you with insights and a round-up of the biggest talking points of the day. Today, Dan is joined by Erin Routliffe's coach and head coach of Penn State's tennis program, Bruce Lipka. Episode Highlights:- C...

Our CTC LIVE series is back for Wimbledon 2025! Dan will be rounding up all the action from the Championships. These are shorter episodes that we´ll bring you throughout the tournament to give you insights and a round-up of the biggest talking points of the day. In our Day 1 Recap, Dan is joined by the coach of Elmer Moller and Holmgren and Denmark´s Davis Cup captain, Freddie Nielsen. And Top S&a...

Our CTC LIVE series is back for Wimbledon 2025! Dan will be rounding up all the action from the Championships. These are shorter episodes that we´ll bring you throughout the tournament to give you insights and a round-up of the biggest talking points of the day. In our Day 1 Recap, Dan is joined by the coach of Elmer Moller and Holmgren and Denmark´s Davis Cup captain, Freddie Nielsen. Episode Hig...

Our favourite Grand Slam here at Control the Controllables is underway! Our panellists are back to chat through everything we can expect from Wimbledon 2025. Dan went live on YouTube from SW19 for this year´s Wimbledon Preview episode. You can listen to everything they discussed, including which players to watch out for, predictions to pick up the titles and their potential popcorn match-ups. 🍿....

Taro Daniel is an American-Japanese pro tennis player and Olympian who´s reached a career high of 58 in the world. He joins Dan to chat through his tennis journey from his upbringing in Japan, the United States and Spain, to wins over some of the biggest names in the sport including Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Casper Ruud & Ben Shelton. Taro speaks openly about the highs and lows of constantl...