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PODCAST

Black Spin Global: The Podcast

Black Spin Global: The Podcast

Hosts Eugene and Lucy talk all things black tennis. Black Spin Global: The Podcast is a show that shines a light on the black players on the WTA and ATP tours. #BlackSpinGlobal

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38:24

Day 3 at Wimbledon

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2023/07/06

Sloane Stephens, Frances Tiafoe, Madison Keys, Ben Shelton and Christopher Eubanks all bagged impressive wins to book second-round spots. While George Loffhagen, Jasmine Paolini and Heather Watson put in decent efforts before falling at the first hurdle. Interview snippets from Stephens, Shelton and Eubanks pressers included.

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33:38

Day 1 at Wimbledon

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2023/07/03

Alycia Parks v Anna-Lena Friedsam American looked impressive – first serve was firing and net-play was super clean which frustrated Friedsam who was visibly rattled towards the closing stages of the match. Parks has Ana Bogdan next who upset 15th seed Liudmila Samsonova. Michael Mmoh v (11) Felix Auger-Aliassime Massive win for lucky loser Mmoh who played an incredible match against a hampered but solid FAA who actually hit more winners during the tight four-set contest. Mmoh plays German

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51:15

Wimbledon Draw '23

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2023/07/02

Lucy and Eugene – with accreditations around necks (allow us) – dissect the draws and recap events on the grass these past few weeks at Queen’s, Birmingham and Eastbourne. Venus Williams, the five-time champion, starts against fellow wildcard Elina Svitolina in one of the standout first-round matchups. Coco Gauff, seeded seventh, faces fellow American Sofia Kenin in another opening-round belter. Madison Keys, the 25th seed who had a brilliant week in Eastbourne, starts against British wildcard

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97:13

We In The Hood, Baby

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2023/06/22

Friend of the pod Tumaini Carayol joins us in the studio for another fun episode. We share our Wimbledon accreditation news – yes, Black Spin Global will be at The Championships this year as media! Roland Garros men's "demi-finals" day was a lot of fun (courtesy of Rodney Rapson aka The Plug). Find out how we got on in Paris (and why Lucy calls it "The Ghetto") where Novak Djokovic made history after winning his 23rd Grand Slam. Tumaini also brilliantly articulates why Djokovic and Serena Williams

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70:24

Same Year New Us

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2023/05/14

Lucy and Eugene – in full 4K-colour-glory, for the very first time (head over to our YouTube channel)– talk all things clay-court season so far and much more. We get into Frances Tiafoe bagging his second ATP Tour title after an epic weekend in Houston. Alycia Parks reaching the third round in Madrid under the guidance of her father and coach Michael Parks. We shine a light on Elias Ymer, the first Swede to be invited to Harvard Business School, who had a good week in Marrakech after coming

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76:38

Since We've Been Gone

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2023/04/06

Lucy and Eugene talk about what they’ve been up to, including applying for Wimbledon 2023 accreditation, interviewing Erick Mathelier (Furi Sports co-founder) and also touch on Wimbledon’s decision to lift the ban on Russian and Belarusian players. Alycia Parks’ stunned in Lyon beat top seed Caroline Garcia in the final to claim her biggest title to date (WTA 250). Since then she’s been experimenting with her set-up – was working with Jarmere Jenkins during the Sunshine Double as well as strength

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72:11

Bye-Bye Aus Open

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2023/02/05

Lucy and Eugene say good riddance to the 2023 Australian Open but not before giving props to maiden Grand Slam winner Aryna Sabalenka and 10-time AO champion Novak Djokovic. We discuss Ben Shelton's dream debut – the 20-year-old reached the quarter-finals and showed his match-toughness coming through a couple of five-setters. Shelton is now a top 50 player – No 44 in the current rankings. Michael Mmoh, who was hours away from leaving the country, reached the third round and recorded the biggest

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93:55

Tuned Into 2023 With Myles David

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2023/01/20

Lucy and Eugene, joined by Myles David, get to know the Tuned Into Tennis founder a bit better as he shares his early memories of the sport and tells us why he started the platform. We share our thoughts on Naomi Osaka's amazing pregnancy news (Lucy suspected it). The four-time Grand Slam champion says she plans to return to action in 2024 and we cannot wait to see her back. Dive into all the action of 2023 so far and talk Australian Open draws.... Coco Gauff secured the ASB Classic title in

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89:18

2022 Season Review With Tumaini

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/12/14

Lucy and Eugene, joined by friend of the pod Tumaini Carayol, recap the epic 2022 season. We share our favourite Black Spin Global moments – including getting accreditation for grass-court events (courtesy of the LTA), our Eastbourne experience made extra special thanks to Jarmere Jenkins on Serena Williams's return (where Lucy got her journalism game on) and our day at Wimbledon. Retirement talk after legends Serena, Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all called time on their incredible

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40:06

All American With Jordaan

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/10/31

We recently caught up with friend of the pod Jordaan Sanford. Jordaan’s been super busy working as a body double for one of the lead actresses in the television drama series ‘All American: Homecoming’ on The CW. As well as putting her groundstrokes to good use, the Baylor University alum and ardent storyteller also serves as a technical advisor on the show. She breaks it all down for us. We also talk about her important role at the USTA Foundation where she’s been tasked to help grow their social

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49:10

Team World

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/10/06

Frances Tiafoe and Felix Auger-Aliassime picked up pivotal wins to secure the title for Team World for the first time in five attempts! The match everyone was anticipating was the Friday night doubles with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal taking on Tiafoe and Jack Sock. The Americans got the win for Team World and Tiafoe was subjected to racist abuse on social media afterwards which was completely out of line! On the Sunday, Auger-Aliassime dispatched the Novak Djokovic in straight sets to put Team

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66:59

The Big Foe Open

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/09/23

The final Grand Slam of the year did not disappoint. Frances Tiafoe made a historic run (Lucy has all the stats) to the semi-finals where he lost to eventual champion and world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz in five exhilarating sets. Big Foe, now a top 20 player for the first time, chalked off impressive wins against 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal and Andrey Rublev en route and had the NBA and former First Lady Michelle Obama cheering him on. Coco Gauff reached the last eight in New York for the first

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86:16

Love In Tennis Link-Up

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/08/30

Charrisha Watkins, founder of Love In Tennis and now friend of the pod, links up with us for a collaborative episode. We talk college tennis at Gettysburg College; Tipsy Tennis and favourite drinks; favourite Grand Slams and much more. As we were last on just after Wimbledon, we catch up with everything that has happened since then, paying particular attention to Serena Williams announcing her “evolution” away from tennis in that beautiful Vogue essay. We share our thoughts on the GOAT and the

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91:42

Wimby 2022 Review

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/07/24

Lucy and Eugene are joined by friend of the pod Tumaini Carayol aka The Mentor. This episode is all about Wimbledon 2022! We celebrate girls’ doubles champion Angella Okutoyi who put Kenyan tennis on the map after becoming the first Grand Slam winner from the country. We also talk about the women’s and men’s finals, paying particular attention to Tunisia's Ons Jabeur and what her run means to Africa and the Arab world. From a Black Spin Global perspective, icons Serena and Venus Williams

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63:41

The GOAT Is Back

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/06/26

Serena Williams is back! We had the honour of watching her return to action – with Ons Jabeur – at Eastbourne from her players’ box courtesy of our guy Jarmere Jenkins. We’re still buzzing! Black Spin Global was media accredited for Eastbourne, too. We talk about our experiences – Lucy casually asking Serena and Jabeur quality questions in press – and who we got to see while we were there – Mikael Ymer, Paul Jubb, Heather Watson, Jay Clarke, Frances Tiafoe and Madison Keys among others. We also

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28:03

Live From Queen's With Tumaini

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/06/19

Black Spin Global was officially accredited for this year's cinch Championships. Friend of the pod Tumaini Carayol joins for this quick episode recorded on day 3 in the Queen's Club press room. Eugene had the pleasure of seeing Brit Paul Jubb get two top 100 wins in qualifying and put up a good fight in a first-round defeat to Botic van de Zandschulp – spoke to Jubb in press afterwards. Also met Frances Tiafoe for the first time in person which was special. The American was involved in a high

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68:43

"N***** Really In Paris"

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/06/12

Black tennis really shined in Paris this year (hence the title of this episode). We review a historic French Open for 18-year-old singles and doubles runner-up Coco Gauff. Our girl Taylor Townsend, a doubles semi-finalist, did her thing with Madison Keys. As did Sloane Stephens, who reached the quarter-finals and played beautifully in one of her favourite cities. We also talk about Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s emotional and well-deserved send-off; reveal why we think Felix Auger-Aliassime – the only

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61:15

A Lot of Chaos

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/05/27

We recap our Instagram Live chat with the wonderful Taylor Townsend and her coach John Williams – shout out to The Plug Rodney Rapson for setting it up. We also congratulate Mr and Mrs Monfils who are expecting their first child and give our opinion on the Wimbledon ranking points row. There is also a clay-court review, including Frances Tiafoe making the final in Estoril and Coco Gauff, now working with Diego Moyano, beating Angelique Kerber in Rome. Naomi Osaka continues to secure the bag after

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61:00

"What does 'short-term' mean?"

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/04/15

The gang is back! We gave our flowers to 25-year-old Ash Barty who surprisingly announced her retirement. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is also calling it a day after this year's French Open. We also get into Patrick Mouratoglou's new "short-term" coaching arrangement with Simona Halep and ponder whether or not Serena Williams will be at Wimbledon this year. There is also Miami Open talk – where our girl Naomi Osaka reached the final – Charleston, Felix Auger-Aliassime in Marrakesh, Frances Tiafoe reaching

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81:53

Is It Really "Tennis Paradise"?!

Black Spin Global: The Podcast ·

2022/03/20

We're back with our first-ever visual pod! We started off by celebrating our second pod-anniversary and then our recent trophy winners: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Sloane Stephens and Coco Gauff. After a couple of shoutouts to players doing their thing on and off court, we had a long talk about Indian Wells, paying particular attention to that Naomi Osaka-Stephens first round and the unfortunate heckling incident during Osaka’s second-round match. Don’t forget to subscribe & leave us a rating and

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