The ATP Tennis Radio Podcast

The week US Open Radio commentator Brian Clark previews the US Open and introduces a special interview with American player, Tennys Sandgren who describes what it's like to be living in the US Open bubble as well as talks about what it's like to face Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in big match-ups.

Ahead of the US Open, ATP Tennis Radio presenters Gigi Salmon and Naomi Cavaday spoke about the Bryan Brothers decision to retire. In this special podcast, we also bring you a chat that reporter Seb Lauzier conducted with the Bryans father, Wayne, in the 2018 Cincinnati Masters event.

In the build up to the US Open and before that, the Western & Southern Open, also being played in New York, we spoke with world number Matteo Berrettini. Matteo was battling an injury and only played two matches this year before lockdown, but he’s back, fit and raring to go.

Vasek Pospisil joins us to talk about the tour getting back underway, his new job during lockdown co-presenting the ATP/WTA Tennis United show alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands, his other role on the ATP Player Council and a new revolutionary business venture he’s also been getting off the ground.

ATP Tennis Radio commentators Jill Craybas, who’s currently in Missouri USA, Naomi Cavaday in London and Peter Marcato, locked down in Melbourne, Australia, join us to discuss the return of the tour and to look ahead to our live ball-by-ball radio coverage, starting with the Western & Southern Open, usually in Cincinnati, but this year, part of the US Open bubble.

It’s a decidedly Eastern European flavour to this week’s ATP Tennis Radio Podcast with tennis greats Marat Safin, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mikhail Youzhny and Novak Djokovic starring, plus we hear from a former Russian now playing under the flag of Kazakhstan, Mikhail Kukushkin and we speak to Serbian youngster Miomir Kecmanovic who’s been spending lockdown training at the IMG Academy in Florida. Final...

Hailing from South Africa, sometimes to be found in South Korea, Neville Godwin joined us to talk about coaching one of the most promising players on tour, Hyeon Chung. In this wide-ranging chat we touched on his coaching philosophy, his time previously with fellow South African Kevin Anderson, Chung’s biggest achievements so far, including a Grand Slam semi-final and his time out through injury.

Former World Number 2 and French Open finalist, Magnus Norman joins us for a chat. Magnus is also now the coach of Stan Wawrinka and we spoke all about Stan and the Grand Slam successes he’s had while they’ve been together, their relationship on and off the court and the Magnus Norman coaching philosophy, but we started with round 2 of the ATP Coaches Programme, basically an incredible auction of...

We're joined by a man with 6 ATP tour titles to his name and two tantalising Grand Slam finals. He’s reached a career-high world number 5, from South Africa now at home in the United States, this is of course, Kevin Anderson. Kevin joined us on the line and we touched on all of that and more, including an injury-plagued 18 months or so and to start with, whether lock down had at least given him a...

Milos Raonic speak to ATP Tennis Radio presenter Seb Lauzier about a number of topics including returning to competitive play in August, getting the balance between fitness and tennis practice right during lockdown, his early life and moving to Canada, his breakthrough year in 2011, his Wimbledon final in 2016, reaching a career-high number 3 in the rankings and his future goals.

We focus on some of the stars of NextGen tennis - past, present and possibly future - all set for big things once the action gets back underway in August. The first of the grand slams we have to look forward to is the US Open and we feature a young Russian who made the quarter finals as a teenager at Flushing Meadows. Back from his recent injury problems, Andrey Rublev was on the tear with two tit...

Former US Open Champion Marin Cilic joins Seb Lauzier to look back over his career highs and lows as well as discussing the work he's been doing with his foundation during lockdown. They speak about getting into tennis at an early age, memories of his first tour win and title, winning the US Open and reaching the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open, plus his other career highs including two Queens...

The current coach of Stan Wawrinka and Karolina Pliskova talks about a number of subjects, including working with his current charges, coaching the likes of Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov and what's he's learnt from fellow coaches Magnus Norman and Ivan Lendl. He also talks about the best and worst advice he's ever given a player, growing up with Andy Murray at the Sanchez-Casal Academy, life awa...

World Number 3 Dominic Thiem on his biggest achievements, the best tennis he’s ever played, who he considers his biggest rivals, growing up in Austria, developing his game and the player he’s become today under the guidance of Nicolas Massu.

At what would have been the halfway stage of Roland Garros we’re with two of France’s senior statesman and most mercurial talents in Gael Monfils and Benoit Paire, as well as two of their brightest prospects in Ugo Humbert and Corentin Moutet. We also hear from talented Canadian, Felix Auger Aliassime and Andy Murray compares notes with Manchester United and England’s Marcus Rashford, courtesy of...

In part two of our exclusive chat with the one and only Juan Carlos Ferrero we re-join that chat just at the point where Seb Lauzier asks Juan Carlos about his own career – a career that took him to world number 1 via a Grand slam title and a few big losses in major finals along the way as well. It’s a fascinating insight from a former champion of Roland Garros and, as such, we started with what h...

Our special guest this week merited a special show because he is modern day great, a World Number 1 since the turn of the millennium, who these days can be found mostly at his own academy and on tour, guiding the fortunes of Spanish youngster Carlos Alcaraz. In a wide-ranging chat with Juan Carlos Ferrero over the line, he was extremely generous with his time and In part two of our chat, coming so...

An incredibly honest chat with Martin Stepanek, coach of Borna Coric, which touched on working with one of the game’s finest young players who perhaps lost his way a bit form and fitness wise last year. We also hear from two men at opposite ends of the age spectrum - 18-year-old Italian Next Gen Champion Jannick Sinner and German veteran, he of the wonderful rolling single-hander, Philipp Kohlschr...

We get the lowdown on a top 10 player, from one of the leading coaches on tour Liam Smith. Liam joined us to talk about many things including developing a top 10 player, setting goals, working with men and women and with his new online coaching platform recently launched, we also talked confidence, focus, technique and tactics.

Two-time Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year winner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi will not allow Pakistan's daily workers to be forgotten during this pandemic. Through his foundation Stop War Start Tennis, Qureshi committed to financially supporting ration bags for thousands of families that have been unable to work and earn their daily sustenance. Each ration bag consists of flour, rice, oil, grains, tea...

Swede, Freddie Rosengren has coached some of the game’s greats including his countrymen Magnus Norman, Jonas Bjorkman and Robin Soderling, but he’s recently turned his attention to 23-year-old Russian Karen Khachnov who breached the world’s top 10 for the first time in 2019. In this extended chat, we spoke about that new coaching relationship, life on tour, what he’s learnt over the years and how...

Sam Querrey joins us to talk about the cancellation of some of his favourite tournaments including Indian Wells, Miami and Wimbledon, how he’s keeping one of the game’s great serves ticking over in these times of lockdown, his work on the ATP Player Council and most importantly about life as a new dad. We also hear from two players who started the year in great form: Canada’s Vasek Pospisil talks...

Mutua Madrid Open Tournament Director, Feliciano Lopez talks about the Virtual Pro, the innovative tournament in which some of the best tennis players in the world will square off from their homes from 27 to 30 April in a Manolo Santana Stadium that has been recreated in exquisite detail in the Tennis World Tour video game (Nacon Gaming). In the discussion Feliciano speaks about the player field i...

Exclusive interviews with former Australian Open Champion, Thomas Johansson and father-to-be, Mike Bryan, as well as player features with David Goffin and Dusan Lajovic.

In this special programme, ATP Chairman, Andrea Gaudenzi joins ATP Tennis Radio Podcast host Seb Lauzier to discuss his vision for the game, as well as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Tour. Throughout the interview they discuss topics such as player relief, rankings, working with tournaments and other governing bodies and how the media landscape is changing. Gaudenzi also discusses how...