The Third Set with Mike Cation

A difficult topic parsed by Noah and his longtime friend Phillip Simmonds, taking a look at race in the sport of tennis, and how it affects the players and fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lots to catch up on for Noah and Mike, and so they hit the Muzza/Nick instagram live, Reilly Opelka's momentous and page turning interview in Racquet mag, and whether Noah will be hitting at any exos. We also thank our incredibly kind and generous patreon donors, who have helped sustain us, literally and figuratively, the last couple months. You can donate at patreon.com/behindtheracquetpod Learn...

Quick tech note: Mike's recorder went wayward the first few minutes. It restarted a few minutes, the audio is clean about 7 minutes in. Now. This is Mental Health Week for the Behind the Racquet. Join Noah as he explores mental health from a variety of perspectives, with special guests on the Behind the Racquet Instagram live: All times Eastern: Monday 2PM Dr. Jonathan Katz Tuesday 2PM: Sven Groen...

Lots to unpack with Evan King (Career High #181, All-American at the University of Michigan, from Chicago, Illinois) 1) His (editor's note: HORRIBLE) decision to attend Michigan instead of the home state school of Illinois. 2) His willingness to travel the globe in his professional career. 3) What it's been like playing in Florida exhibitions the last two weeks in the midst of the Coronavirus pand...

Three topics to hit today: 1) the whirlwind over the Coco Gauff BTR and Noah's learning moment 2) The odd exhibition tennis down in Florida last weekend 3) The 6 million dollar payments for lower ranked players, and how it's just a bandaid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Limits are getting pushed indeed. For Mike, it's the all too familiar feel of depression that's hit pretty hard. For Noah, it's a level of frustration with the leaders of tennis. Listen, react, and reach out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wide ranging chat with the pride of Carmel, Indiana Rajeev Ram this week. Mike gets to chat all things University of Illinois with one of the legends from the undefeated National Championship team of 2003, and Noah looks ahead with the Australian Open champion about how the sport might be changing due to the pandemic delay. Huge thank you to our patreon supporters this week. We're so thankful for...

Our weekly check in today is essentially therapy time for Mike, while Noah is taking his discussions to a large group of players. Hear what he's discussing with them, and how the guys are handling their time sidelined, and without an income source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two caveats here: 1) As we always want to point out, nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our society. This discussion is meant to look at some of the tennis issues surrounding how the sport is affected by Coronavirus. 2) Noah and Mike had some technical issues that we couldn't quite solve, so we had to record this one over skype, so the audio quality is not what we'd like t...

The caveats are important here. Nothing, in terms of discussing the what ifs of tennis, matters as much as the health of humans, and how we move forward as a society. That being said, Mike and Noah talk a bit this week about how they're personally being impacted, and how the decision making processes by the various entities in the sport are drastically underrepresenting its players. Personal note...

Noah jumps about 25 spots in the rankings after a GREAT week in Indian Wells. Naturally, he's headed to Hawaii. And yes, the coronavirus is weighing heavily on our minds. First, both of us are quite aware that the human toll, in casualties, illnesses, and the like are far more important. But the impact that tennis players outside the top 50 feel, are similar to the impacts that many of our listene...

A couple of things to hit on this week's edition of 15-all: Noah's in to the third round (at the time of recording) at the Indian Wells Challenger He's still seeing some unhappiness amongst is peers. Is he happy? HUGE thank yous to our new patreon sponsors!!! And Mike is starting to panic a bit about the coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lots to discuss with Thai-Son Kwiatkowski on the eve of the stacked Indian Wells Challenger. He won Newport Beach earlier this year after a difficult 2019 mentally. How did he turn it around. Also, he immediately went to Japan after winning that tile, and not for an individual event. Find out why. Thanks for all the support of the podcast since the launch of our new name and patreon last week. We'...

Things are changing for us. We've rebranded as the Behind the Racquet Pod. And what better guest to get to mark the occasion than Ernesto Escobedo, the first person ever to be featured on Behind the Racquet. We talk about his decision to be the first on BTR, what it's meant to be a Mexican-American star, and his unique ability with a football. And don't forget to check out our new patreon page, at...

After a good week at the DBO, Noah is off this week to rest his body, but at a VERY costly price. Plus, Noah and Mike offer their takes on clay court specialists, after Nick Kyrgios' controversial clay court take last weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just hours before Noah's 2020 tour level debut in Delray Beach, we chat about his big weekend qualifying, and why saying "focus" to your player might be the worst thing possible! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noah got a win, his first after a stress reaction in his elbow last year. How does he feel? And can you ACTUALLY silence the haters? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitchell Krueger's road has not always been easy. But a return home, a strong relationship, and a commitment to himself have allowed him to persevere. Hear from DFW's finest in this week's Pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Third volume, and it's got a name. 15 minutes with Noah from the RBC Tennis Championships ahead of his matchup with Aleks Vukic Topics: Agents, and the value of friendships out here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two years after thinking about ending his career, Luke Bambridge now has multiple ATP doubles titles. What are the secrets, and what are the challenges facing him at the higher levels of doubles? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded before the draw, and finding out that she could end the career of Caroline Wozniacki, Kristie Ahn joined the boys to talk about her long history with Noah, how she's coping with the air quality issue in Melbourne, how life has changed since the Open, and her "two things." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Outspoken as always, Noah Rubin takes you through his thoughts on the smoke from the bushfires in Australia. As a reminder, you can donate to several fantastic organizations here, including the Australian Red Cross. Their site is at: https://www.redcross.org.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NEW SEGMENT ALERT! We need help with a name. Each week this season, we'll do 10-15 minutes with Noah, assessing his season, his brain, his body, and see how it changes, morphs, cracks, strengthens...behind the racquet indeed. Give us your name suggestion, and you could win an autographed ball! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon Wertheim doesn't get to go in the weeds too often, but we dragged him in for an extensive interview about media coverage and how it relates to players outside the top 50. We also get a little more in depth in to the idea of improving marketing for players, as well as payments for those outside "the big 4." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite a few technical issues at the outset, this is a full ranging interview with Madison Keys, ranging from her love of Christmas, to shortening the tennis season, to leadership issues for the ATP/WTA, to dealing with the pressures of the tour at a young age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices