SERVING ACES: Conversations with Alexandra Stevenson

Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière in "Serving Aces" talk about Emma Raducanu and her latest attempt at getting her game together to get into the top ten.  At 56 in the world, Raducanu is bringing her game back to tournaments.  Tim Henman says that she can be a top player because she's that good - but he says she has to choose between, technical, physical, and mental.  Wha...

In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière talk tennis and football.  Sabalenka loses to Madison Keys and Alexandra brings up why - Keys switched her racquet in the off season.  Alexandra interviewed Roman Prokes, her long-time racquet guru and he gave her the inside look at the new Keys racquet.  Roman said it gave her two feet more in the court - allowing her n...

In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière talk about the fires in LA, Alexandra's evacuation and her return home.  The second week of the Australian Open is full of strong players moving forward. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière discuss the LA fires and the first week of the Australian Open.  Alexandra was on Pam Shriver's court in Brentwood, teaching her student when a huge plume of smoke rose in the distance from the court.  Alerts came in and a mother called her to tell her she couldn't make the lesson because they had to evacuate Pacific Palisades a...

In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière talk junior tennis, pickle ball, and summer tennis in Australia.  Alexandra traveled as a coach to San Antonio for the Girls 12s Winter Nationals.  Ougi talks about getting to the quarterfinals in a national pickle ball tournament in Canada.  Kareena Cross, number one junior in Southern California, comes on as a guest to...

Alexandra and Hugues discuss the new 2025 tennis season, starting up now in Australia. First up are United Cup, Auckland and Brisbane. Much to look forward to at Brisbane with Djokovic playing singles and doubles with Kygrios. Meanwhile Kygrios has a tough first round match up against the 6 foot 8 Frenchman Perricard... They talk about Colorado's loss to BYU at the Alamo Bowl. Tough, but what a ye...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière talk on an expanded variety of topics including tennis, football, and Taylor Swift.  Alexandra and Ougi discuss Novak bringing in Andy Murray and the proposed look at their coaching experiment.  They talk about the NFL and the 16th week.  In a rare piece of information, Alexandra gives former Cowboys coach and Fox host...

In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière discuss the latest news on Iga Swiatek and her one month drug ban. Alexandra wonders why the drug organizations can't get better rules so that players and the public aren't left shaking their heads at the results?  Alexandra and Ougi celebrate Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes football team for making the Alamo bowl game and just...

Serving Aces with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdiere talk about Andy Murray agreeing to coach Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open - and in this off season.  Alexandra agrees with Ougi that it is a made for the movies moment in their lives.  Ougi talks about Andy's style of game and how he can help Novak.  Alexandra thinks Novak will get 25 - and pass Margaret Court.  They talk new...

Alexandra Stevenson in "Serving Aces" and co-host Hugues Laverdiere discuss Jannik Sinner and his amazing play in Turin during the ATP Tour Finals, which he won.  He will start the year in 2025 as number one.  Alexandra and Ougi talk WTA Finals, BJK Cup, Davis Cup, college football and the NFL. Alexandra and Ougi chime in with their opinions on off court coaching, a rule that is becoming...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdiere break down the Coco Gauff win at the WTA Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  They talk about her grip and her high percentage of returns.  And the 4.8 million dollar prize for winning.  They discuss the comments Jon Wertheim made on a hot mic about Barbara Krejcikova.  He has been suspended for the comments.  Alexandra say...

The women are in Riyadh in all their purple and white splendor.  The Final 8 teams in singles and doubles are playing in a round robin format with two groups - the purple and orange groups of 4 Each.  Sabalenka is still number one but the Finals could change her status.  Gauff and Swiatek are using their coaching change as well as Rybakina - to begin making their games bigger.  Rybakina has brough...

Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdiere discuss a myriad of newsy notes at the top of the podcast including World Series, college football, NFL, Junior tennis players preparing for college scholarships, and professional tennis players branding and marketing themselves to huge dollars.  Alexandra talks about Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, the Williams' sisters leading the marketing bon...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière discuss Rafael Nada;, his retirement, his game, and what he meant to tennis.  Alexandra and Ougi reminisce about his game, his nuances on the tennis court, and his pleasing personality that seemed made for tennis.  Newsy notes brought in Cher in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the World Series with the Yankees and t...

Alexandra Stevenson and Hughes Laverdiere talk changes on the women's tour on "Serving Aces" - where Swiatek, Gauff and Rybakina all dump their coaches.  Swiatek is looking for a foreign coach, she says.  Rybakina doesn't know and Gauff added a grip coach, a relative unknown former college tennis player from Notre Dame in the early 2000s.  Ougi talks about the emotional rules a coach nee...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière discuss WADA going after Jannik Sinner for a possible one to two year ban for using the drug Clostebol - a anabolic steroid spray used by his Physio during treatment.  Sinner failed two tests.  He was allowed to keep playing and cleared of wrong doing by an independent counsel.  He lost money and points from Indian Wel...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière discuss the Laver Cup - Team Europe won - new Captains in Andre Agassi and Yannick Noah - and the end of the year championships on both men and women. Coco Gauff parted ways with Brad Gilbert.  Alexandra thinks Brad will end up back on the men's side - perhaps with Tsitsipas. Ougi and Alexandra discuss how Coco fell of...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière discuss coaching.  They talk about the professional side and the junior side.  Alexandra takes Ougi back through their coaching days. What is the diagram of a coach? What does it take to be a coach? The levels of coaching.  Alexandra gives a shout out to Andy Reid and Bill Belichick - and the second performance from ne...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière discuss the winners of the US Open titles - Jannick Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka.  The Sinner-Fritz match was straight forward because Fritz didn't use his legs or the whole court to force Sinner out of position.  Sinner just kept coming - even in the third when it appeared Fritz was going to give the crowd more energy a...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière talk Round of 16 and quarterfinals at the US Open 2024.  Alexandra talks about the serve and how the person who manages their serve the most will win the US Open.  Ougi and Alexandra talk about the fun rise of Frances Tiafoe.  Ougi talks about the four Grand Slams and why they overshadow any other tennis event during the year....

Alexandra Stevenson and co-host Hugues Laverdière discuss the first round of the US Open.  They talk about the easy matches, and Jannick Sinner's WADA slap of the hand after Indian Wells. Alexandra introduces fun fashion looks to watch for at the US Open.  Nakashima and Ben Shelton get nods from Alexandra and Ougi. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

"Serving Aces" with Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière talk US Open qualifying and hot prospects for the coming weeks.  Alexandra and Ougi discuss Carlos Alcaraz' meltdown with the banging of his racket in Cincinnati.  Alexandra says Djokovic is the smartest player to get the Gold Medal and then not play in any US Open summer events during the Series.  Saving himself for the Flush...

Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière discuss summer tennis and the amazing conclusion of the 2024 Olympics.  Alexandra talks about her trips to junior national tennis events - and the onset of cheating as a normal occurrence among the junior girl players.  The duo talk about the incredible Djokovic getting Gold - and the star of the Olympics, the swimmer, Marchand.  Alexandra discusses what c...

In "Serving Aces" Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière talk Paris Olympics, athletes, controversy - and most importantly, the plight of Coco Gauff and her perceptions about line calls against her.  Alexandra discusses both sides of the controversial call by the chair referee.  Alexandra and Ougi say it's the third time - and the long argument and tears affected Coco's second set.  A...

Alexandra Stevenson and Hugues Laverdière take on the movie star and the tennis star.  They discuss how tennis can cross over in a big way globally to bring about a huge tennis star.  They agree that the men including Alcaraz, Sinner, Shelton, Tiafoe, Paul - have chances to become tennis' cultural phenomenon - but they say that the women are totally lacking in any one person to have a movie star c...