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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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01:16:54

Ben Haran - Find Your Mentor

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2021/10/12

Ben Haran is one of the leading tennis coaches in Great Britain.He is the Head Coach at Reeds Tennis Academy in Surrey, where for the past 17 years he´s guided dozens of young players to national and international level.A former player himself, Ben left home at 10-year-old to join the Slater Squad, based at Reeds School. There, he grew up training with fellow Brits Tim Henman & Jamie Delgado.Ben has recently worked with James Ward & Dan Evans and was mentored by legendary Australian coach

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01:37:24

Matt Little - Andy Murray´s S&C Coach

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2021/10/05

Matt Little is one of the world´s most renowned S&C Coaches.He´s worked with Andy Murray for the past 14 years, through the highs and lows of 3 Grand Slam titles, 2 Olympic gold medals, a Davis Cup win and career-threatening injuries.Matt was by Murray´s side through two hip surgeries, his gruelling recovery and inspiring return to tennis.He´s just released a new book, The Way of the Tortoise: Why You Have to Take the Slow Lane to Get Ahead.In today´s episode, Matt chats to CTC Host Dan Kiernan

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01:28:38

Ryan Jones - What it Takes

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2021/09/28

Ryan Jones is a British Coach who has been working on the ATP/ITF tour for the past 10 years.Ryan has taken Borna Coric and Kyle Edmund into the ATP top 100 and is well on the way to the same result with young British hope Jack Draper.You may have seen Jack take the first set off World Number one Novak Djokovic in his Wimbledon debut this summer.Ryan comes from a strong tennis pedigree, as the son of Alan Jones. Alan famously coached Jo Durie to the top 5 in the world back in the 1980´s. All three

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01:17:31

Alastair Filmer - Developing a US Open Champion

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2021/09/21

Up until the 2021 US Open, Alastair Filmer was known as one of Great Britain´s leading performance coaches.He´s now more commonly referred to as Emma Raducanu´s former coach. The 18-year-old has been in the spotlight since she stormed to the women´s title as a qualifier earlier this month.Alistair coached Emma between the ages of 11 - 14, guiding her to her first ITF title at 13, and 3rd place at the U14 Orange Bowl. He was Head of Performance at Bromley Tennis Centre for 7 years, before moving to

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01:12:33

Alexa Guarachi - High Standards, Low Expectations

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2021/09/20

In this bonus episode, we speak to Alexa Guarachi who is currently World Number 12 in Womens´doubles.Alexa has just reached the Semi-Final of the Women´s Doubles at the US Open with partner Desirae Krawczyk. The pair previously reached the final at Roland Garros in 2020.The daughter of an American mother and a Chilean Father, the 30-year-old has represented Chile since 2015. She has 5 WTA and 20 ITF Doubles titles to her name and is currently coached by GB´s Craig Veal.Listen to Alexa speak to CTC

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01:12:36

Joe Salisbury - Double US Open Champion!

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2021/09/14

It´s not been a bad few weeks for GB´s Joe Salisbury. In fact, it´s not been a bad year!The 29-year-old completed a US Open double at the weekend, winning the Men´s Doubles with partner Rajeev Ram on Friday, followed by the Mixed Doubles title with Desirae Krawczyk the next day.Joe has now reached 5 Grand Slam doubles finals in 2021, winning 3 of them. He´s now world number 4 and a 4-time Grand Slam Champion.In this episode, Joe talks to CTC Host Dan Kiernan about his amazing fortnight at Flushing

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01:10:57

Facundo Lugones - Find a Way

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2021/09/07

Facundo Lugones has been Cameron Norrie´s coach since 2017.The pair played together on the Mens Tennis Team at Texas Christian University for 12 months, before Facu became a Graduate Coach for the team.The 28-year-old Argentinian has guided Norrie to 3 ATP Challenger Tour titles, and 2 ATP Tour Doubles Titles. In June, Norrie reached the final at Queens, before winning his first ATP title in July in Los Cabos, breaking into the top 30 for the first time.In this episode, CTC Host Dan Kiernan chats to

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01:02:51

Episode 130: Craig Tiley - Leading from the Front

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2021/08/29

If you watched any of the 2021 Australian Open in January, you wouldn´t have missed Craig Tiley.The Director of the Aussie Open was on our screens throughout the tournament as he dealt with tennis players and officials in hotel quarantine for 14 days, and a local lockdown in Melbourne.In this episode, Craig talks to CTC Host Dan Kiernan about the difficulties of running a Grand Slam during the pandemic, and shares all the latest of what the 2022 Australian Open will look like.Craig also looks back

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01:13:19

Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champions 2021

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2021/08/12

We´ve kept you waiting for this episode, but it´s worth the wait!Listen to our review of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with this year´s Mixed Doubles Champions Neal Skupski & Desirae Krawczyk.Neil has recently reached a career high of 14 in the world in doubles. The Brit teamed up with Desirae for the first time at Wimbledon, fresh off the back of her French Open Mixed doubles title with GB´s Joe Salisbury.Also joining the review is Desirae´s coach Craig Veal. They chat to CTC host Dan

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01:21:13

Maik Burlage - Smart Tennis

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2021/07/13

Maik Burlage is a former professional tennis player, and now the founder and CEO of Wingfield.The 30-year-old German played professionally for nearly 3 years, before moving into Coaching and then tech innovation. He set up Wingfield with the aim to bring affordable smart match and performance analysis to the wider tennis community.Wingfield´s technology gives players the opportunity to receive instant video and data from their practise session or match at their local club.The data, like your first

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01:43:48

Dr Jim Loehr - The Hidden Scoreboard

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2021/07/06

Dr Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist.He´s worked with hundreds of top athletes including Olympic Gold medalists and tennis players Jim Courier, Monica Seles & Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.During his career he´s also worked with military Special Forces, Hostage Rescue teams, surgeons and Fortune 500 CEOs to achieve sustained high performance.Listen to Dr Loehr talk to CTC Host Dan Kiernan about:-How he started working with his first tennis player, Tom GulliksonHis time working

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01:04:48

Arthur Fery - Le Wizard

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2021/06/29

In this episode we speak to British youngster Arthur Fery.The 19-year-old came within 1 match of making the main draw at Wimbledon this year, beating former top 40 player Matthew Ebden in the Qualifying at Roehampton.Arthur has recently hit a career high world ranking of 840. He had a successful junior career reaching world junior number 12, and made the semi-finals of the boys doubles at both Wimbledon and the Australian Open. He´s now studying at California´s Stanford University, signing with the

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01:55:03

Brits at Wimbledon Special!

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2021/06/25

We´ve had to wait two years, but we´re now just a few days away from watching the green grass of Wimbledon on our screens!To celebrate the return of SW19, we´ve brought together a group of 10 former and current British Tennis players to talk about the highs and lows of being a British tennis player during the grass court season!And what a line-up it is...Kyle EdmundHarriet DartKatie O´BrienLucie AhlChris WilkinsonDanny SapsfordClaire TaylorLee ChildsLuke MilliganJulie SalmonAll 10 players share

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01:12:56

French Open Review & Wimbledon Preview

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2021/06/22

As the grass court season moves into its second week, our Grand Slam panellists are back!Former Belgium number 1 Xavier Mallise, and GB Coach Mark Hilton join host Dan Kiernan to review the French Open and preview Wimbledon.Hear their thoughts on all the action at Roland Garros, and what the short transition from clay to grass is like for the players.Can Roger lift that Wimbledon trophy one more time? Will Serena be able to clinch her 24th Grand Slam? The panellists give their predictions for the

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01:47:51

Luke Jensen - Choose Confidence

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2021/06/15

If you were a tennis fan in the 80´s and 90´s, you wouldn´t have missed the Jensen Brothers!The original American doubles brothers, Luke & Murphy Jensen were known for their high energy on court, chest bumping and high fives, as well as their long hair and bandanas.Nicknamed the Rock n Roll tennis brothers, they won the mens doubles title at Roland Garros in 1993. Product endorsements poured in and the pair went onto appear on the cover of Rolling Stone and People magazines, increasing global

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01:13:14

Mike Digby - Hitting with the Stars

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2021/06/08

Mike Digby has been a hitting partner to some of the biggest names in tennis.A late-comer to the game, the 23-year-old Brit played tennis to US College level.He´s since travelled to some of the biggest tournaments in the game, practising with and warming up players like Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Simona Halep and Coco Gauff.He´s currently a coach at SotoTennis Academy, and has recently returned from hitting with ATP & WTA players at the Madrid Masters.Not an easy job, it´s often role of the

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53:44

Daria Abramowicz - Person first, player second

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2021/06/02

Naomi Osaka´s withdrawal from the French Open this week has called attention to the mental health of professional tennis players.The world number 2 was fined $15,000 for not taking part in a post-match press conference, and threatened with expulsion if she continued to not talk to the media. She pulled out of the tournament on Monday.In this bonus episode we speak to Daria Abramowicz, the sports psychologist of defending French Open Champion Iga Swiatek.A former competitive sailor for Poland, Daria

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01:08:49

Marcus Daniell - An Impact Greater than Tennis

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2021/06/01

Marcus Daniell is not your ordinary professional tennis player.The 31-year-old from New Zealand has reached as high as 34 in the world in Doubles and has 5 ATP doubles titles to his name, but he´s also known for his work off the court.Since 2015 Marcus has donated a percentage of his earnings to charity, and in December 2020 he launched High Impact Athletes. The organisation channels charitable donations to the most effective evidence-based charities in the word, including extreme poverty,

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01:17:30

French Open Preview

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2021/05/29

With less that 24 hours to go until Roland Garros gets underway in Paris, we´ve brought our panel of former and current pros back together to preview the French Open.Our panellists are:-GB´s Billy Jean King Cup Captain and former British number 1 Anne Keothavong2012 Wimbledon mens doubles champion and former Denmark number 1 Freddie NielsenGB Coach Mark HiltonHear their picks for the mens and women´s title at this years event, as well as their ‘outsiders to watch’.Defending champion Iga Swiatek will

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54:37

Alex Ward - Outside the Comfort Zone

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2021/05/25

Alex Ward is a British tennis coach and former player.He reached a career high ATP ranking of 242, winning 14 Futures titles.Alex was part of the 2010 GB Davis Cup squad and played Wimbledon in 2016 & 2017. He came through Qualifying in 2017, losing to fellow Brit Kyle Edmund in the first round.He retired from professional tennis in 2018, moving into coaching, and has most recently been working with Heather Watson.In this episode you´ll hear Alex talk to Dan about:-[06:46] His move to a Spanish

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