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Control the Controllables

Dan Kiernan, Director of SotoTennis Academy in Spain has created a podcast to entertain, educate and energise the tennis community. Hear Dan pick the brains of professional tennis players, coaches, parents, and others involved in High Performance Tennis.

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01:41:35

Wimbledon 2023 Review

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2023/07/21

The 2023 Wimbledon Championships gave us some amazing moments, and a new King and Queen of Centre Court.Carlos Alcaraz became the first man outside of the Big 4 to win the Wimbledon men´s singles title since 2002. Meanwhile the Czech Republic´s Marketa Vondrousova was the first unseeded player to win the women´s title in the Open era.It was a great year for GB tennis too, with 3 British Wimbledon titles, and in today´s episode we speak to two of the Champions! World men´s doubles number 1 Neal

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01:24:47

Dominic Iannotti - Scotland´s World Learning...

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2023/07/17

Dominic Iannotti is a current world No. 3 tennis player. His career has taken him from his home in Prestwick, Scotland to Australia, Ecuador and around Europe representing the Great Britain Learning Disability National Squad. Dominic was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at 4 years old and has been playing elite level tennis since he was 14. Now 25, Dominic has recently been both training and coaching at SotoTennis Academy in Spain. In June he competed at the 2023 Virtus Global Games in France,

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01:34:22

Wimbledon 2023 Preview

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2023/07/02

We´re just a few hours away from the beautiful green grass of Wimbledon being on our screens.It´s our favourite Grand Slam here at Control the Controllables, and we´ve brought back our awesome panellists to chat through what we can expect at SW19 this year! Will Djokovic make it 24 Grand Slam titles? Can Iga win back to back Slams despite not getting past the last 16 here before? Who are the in-form challengers and who should we be looking out for? Our panel also give their inside knowledge of how

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01:11:12

David Hodgetts - From Burnt out Tennis Player to...

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2023/06/29

David Hodgetts´ tennis story is one that many players can relate to. From a talented junior who dedicated his life to becoming a pro tennis player, the rigours of tennis took their toll, and by 19 he´d fallen out of love with the sport and made the decision to stop playing. To help him overcome the feelings of failure and losing his identity, David found a new focus: to build an international coffee shop brand.Fast forward a few years and David sold his Triple Two Coffee business to Cooks Global

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01:53:23

French Open 2023 Review

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2023/06/16

It was another French Open for the history books this year, as Novak Djokovic became the first man to win 23 Grand Slam titles.His win at Roland Garros also means he´s the first man to win each Grand Slam three times.In the women´s, Iga Swiatek lifted the trophy for the third time in four years. But there was also plenty of drama, stories, and inspirational moments in Paris this year. From the French crowd´s booing of Taylor Fritz, Elina Svitolina´s incredible run just 8 months after giving birth,

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01:39:34

Andrew Jarrett - Wimbledon Referee for 14 Years

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2023/06/13

As the clay court season comes to an end, it means we´re just a few weeks away from the next Grand Slam of the year (and our favourite), Wimbledon. 🌱🇬🇧In today´s episode we talk to someone who knows the tournament more than most. Andrew Jarrett was the Referee at Wimbledon for 14 years between 2006 and 2019. A former player from Derby, Andrew represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, and was a coach before becoming a world-renowned referee, and the face we were so used to seeing on the side of

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01:33:22

French Open 2023 Preview

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2023/05/29

The 2023 French Open is underway in Paris, without Rafael Nadal in the draw for the first time in 19 years.Who is going to make the most of his absence to lift the men´s trophy? Will Iga Swiatek defend her womens title? Or could we see Sabalenka win her 2nd Grand Slam of the year?We have a packed panel of coaches and players joining CTC host Dan Kiernan to give their expert opinions on all this and more:-Denmark´s Davis Cup Captain and 2012 Wimbledon Doubles Champion, Freddie NielsenCanadian WTA

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01:16:26

Chris Goldsmith - The Tennis Talker

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2023/05/24

If you´re a tennis fan on Twitter, you´ll probably have come across The Tennis Talker.With more than 350,000 tweets and 14,000 followers to date, Chis Goldsmith, aka the Tennis Talker has become an authority on tennis, particularly amongst British tennis fans.He tweets daily news, views and results from the ATP, WTA and ITF circuits, and is often the first source of tennis news and scores for tennis followers.A big tennis fan himself, little more has been known about Chris..until now! Find out more

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01:49:00

Pat Cash - Wimbledon Men´s Singles Champion 1987

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2023/05/12

In today´s episode we´re talking to 1987 Wimbledon Men´s Singles Champion Pat Cash.Pat is one of the legends of Australian tennis and was a huge fan favourite around the world in the 80´s and 90´s. Known for his black and white chequered headband, he´s widely regarded as one of the greatest serve-and-volley players of all time.Since retiring from pro tennis, Pat has become a respected commentator and analyst, sharing his expert insights with audiences around the world. He talks to us about the highs

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01:00:45

Is Opelka Right - Should Doubles be Scrapped?

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2023/03/24

Today we´re talking doubles, after the debate over whether itshould continue at the professional level reared its ugly head again. American tennis player Reilly Opelka this week suggested tennis should ‘get rid ofdoubles’ in a post on instagram.CTC Host Dan Kiernan is currently at the Miami Open for the "Sunshine Double" and sat down with a few people who´ve experienced both doubles and singles on the tour over the past 20 years:-Former World Number 1 doubles player and 7 time Grand Slam champion

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01:17:19

Dave Miley on How We Can Improve Tennis For Everyone

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2023/03/14

You won´t find many people with more experience in tennis and passion for the sport than Ireland´s Dave Miley.Dave is a former pro tennis player, coach and author who worked at the ITF for 25 years.During that time he helped bring in the mini tennis ball rule change for 10U competition adopted by the ITF and was responsible for the introduction of the combined ranking in Junior Tennis in 2005.Dave is the current Tennis Director of the Kazakhstan Federation and chats to Dan about all of this and

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01:26:11

Australian Open 2023 Review

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2023/02/12

The 2023 Australian Open saw Aryna Sabalenka winning her first Grand Slam, and Novak Djokovic equalling Rafael Nadal´s record of 22 Grand Slam titles.But it will be hard to look back on this year´s event without thinking of Sir Andy Murray´s incredible run in Week 1.Our panel of experts are back to chat to CTC Host Dan Kiernan about all the action in Melbourne...Top tennis commentator and former pro Robbie Koenig gives us an inside look from his two weeks at Melbourne Park.Denmark´s Davis Cup

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01:35:15

Tamara Zidansek - Balance

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2023/01/24

WTA player Tamara Zidansek jumped onto our screens during the 2021 French Open, when as an unseeded player she made it through to the semi-finals at Roland Garros.Since then, the Slovenian has reached a career high of 22 WTA and this week lost in a 3 set battle to WorldNumber 2 Ons Jabeur at the Australian Open.CTC host Dan Kiernan caught up with Tamara just before she started pre-season training last month to chat about her tennis career so far including..How she thinks she deals with losses too

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01:15:37

Australian Open 2023 Preview

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2023/01/15

We´re just a few hours away now from the first Grand Slam of the year! We´ve been studying the draws and have brought our panel back together for today´s episode to preview the 2023 Australian Open.Joining Control the Controllables host Dan Kiernan to discuss the "popcorn-ready" match-ups, the dark horses to look out for and their picks for the titles are:-Denmark´s Davis Cup Captain and 2012 Wimbledon Mens Doubles Champion Freddie Nielsen.Kieron Vorster is Liam Broady´s S&C Coach, and has also

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Henry Patten & Julian Cash - ATP Challenger Record...

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2023/01/10

12 months ago, GB´s Henry Patten and Julian Cash were two of many pro players travelling the world on a shoe-string budget, dreaming of competing at the big events. With rankings outside of the worlds top 600, Grand Slams seemed a long way away.Fast forward to December 2022, and Patten & Cash had the most successful year on the ATP Challenger Tour.. ever! And they only played their first event together in June.With a winning streak that saw the pair win 14 trophies including 10 ATP Challenger

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01:51:02

Robbie Koenig - A Way With Words

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2022/12/27

If you watch a lot of tennis, then you´ll be familiar with the voice of today´s guest. You may have even caught one of his legendary one-liners!Robbie Koenig is a former tennis player from South Africa who is now one of the leading commentators in the sport.Robbie won 5 doubles titles during his pro career, before turning his hand to coaching, then broadcasting.It´s not often we get to hear the views of someone with such experience in so many roles within the sport. Robbie comes from the angle of

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01:15:14

Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliovaara on their Journey...

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2022/11/29

It´s been quite the year for Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliövaara.The GB/Finnish pair began 2022 playing the Challenger circuit, and ended it at the ATP Finals in Turin as the 5th best men´s doubles team in the world.Since January, they´ve won an ATP Title in Hamburg, reached another 6 ATP Finals, and 2 Grand Slam Quarter-finals. It´s seen Lloyd and Harri hit career high rankings of 12 and 11 in the world respectively.We speak to them fresh off the back of their run to the semi-finals of the ATP

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01:42:09

From Wembley to Wimbledon with Henry Winter

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2022/11/08

In today´s episode we´re talking tennis and football with journalist Henry Winter.Henry is currently the Chief Football Writer for the Times. He´s written several books during his career and makes regular appearances as a pundit on TV and radio.Henry chats to us about equality in sport, and the coverage of women´s sports in the media. He gives us his thoughts on the impact of social media on journalism over the past 15 years and why he thinks sport teaches us about life.There´s also some great

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02:00:40

Daria Saville on Injuries, ADHD and Tik Tok!

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2022/10/18

In today´s episode we speak to the tennis queen of tik tok, Daria Saville!Daria is currently recovering from surgery after tearing her ACL during a match against Naomi Osaka at the Pan Pacific Open last month. A former world junior number 1, Daria won the US Open Girls title in 2010, before reaching a career high of 20 in the WTA rankings in 2017.This is her third major injury in the last few years, and in today´s episode Daria opens up about how she stays positive during months of rehab. She also

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01:15:43

Eric Butorac

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2022/10/07

Eric Butorac is the Director Professional of of tennis operations and player relations at the USTA.A former American top 20 doubles player, Eric won 18 ATP doubles titles during his career and reached the final of the Australian Open in 2014. He was half of the famous Stretch and Booty doubles partnership with Jamie Murray.Since retiring from pro tennis, Butorac has also served as assistant tournament director of the combined ATP and WTA 1000-level US Open Series event.In today´s episode he chats to

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