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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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01:18:23

French Open 2025 Preview

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2025/05/25

As the 2025 French Open gets underway today, we´ve brought our Grand Slam panellists together to discuss everything we can expect from the next two weeks at Roland Garros.Can Alcaraz become the new King of Clay after Nadal´s retirement? Will Iga Swiatek win her 4th title in a row in Paris? With so many American men in the draw, will we see our first US Men´s Champion since Agassi in 1999?Our panellists join Dan to chat through these questions, their picks for the title and dark horses to watch out

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01:14:06

Ethan Quinn on the Challenges of Rising up the ATP...

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2025/05/16

In today´s episode we speak to Ethan Quinn, a young up and coming American player who´s edging closer to breaking into the top 100 in the world. The 21-year-old from California is a former number 1 US junior, and in 2023 won the NCAA men´s singles title in his Freshman year at the University of Georgia. He decided to go pro that summer.Ethan shares how he´s navigating the challenges of the professional circuit, how fellow American Tommy Paul has helped him and what it´s like playing against some of

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01:13:30

LTA President Sandi Proctor on Mini Tennis,...

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2025/05/09

In today´s episode, Dan speaks to the President of the LTA, Sandi Procter.Sandi shares her journey from a PE coach to a leading figure in British tennis. She was instrumental in introducing the now world-wide mini tennis red, orange and green system, as well as the LTA´s Tennis Leaders programme. Sandi also discusses the importance of empowering women in tennis and the need for adaptability in coaching. Sandi is a brilliant example of where the sport of tennis can take you, and how you can inspire

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01:30:55

Jules Rojer - Multiple Grand Slam Champion

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2025/05/02

Jules Rojer is the definition of a warrior on the ATP Tour.A doubles specialist from the small Caribbean island of Curaco, Rojer´s tennis career has already spanned more than 20 years, winning 37 doubles titles and 4 Grand Slams along the way. Rojer has been as high as world number 3 in doubles. He won his first Men’s doubles Grand Slam at the age of 35 at Wimbledon, and his 3rd aged 41 in Paris in 2021. In today´s episode he shares his story that has led to this point.Jules tells us about:-The

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01:22:02

Adam Blicher: Getting to know ourselves, rather than...

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2025/04/17

In today´s episode, Dan is joined by friend and former colleague at SotoTennis Academy, Adam Blicher.Adam shares his journey through tennis coaching, health challenges, and the release of his book 'Winning Words'. He reflects on the importance of managing expectations in tennis, the role of parents and coaches, and the impact of his battle with cancer on his perspective. Adam emphasises the need for balance in ambition and the significance of understanding yourself in the coaching profession. This

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01:16:31

Doubes Special with Will Boucek

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2025/03/27

Our 250th episode of Control the Controllables is here and it’s a special episode all about doubles!Dan is joined by doubles analyst, founder of Tennis Tribe and the Doubles Only podcast host, Will Boucek. With this episode also being a collaboration episode over both podcasts!In this conversation, Dan Kiernan and Will discuss the current state and future of doubles in tennis. They explore the origins of their passion for doubles, the challenges it faces, and the innovative experiences that could

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01:11:42

Coach Conor Casey: Combining Coaching and Comedy

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2025/03/05

Coach Conor Casey is aninfluencer with over 85,000 Instagram followers, known for his hilarious and relatable tennis content. His comedic clips have taken the tennis world by storm - if you play or follow the sport, you’ve probably seen (and laughed at) his videos!A former US college player originally from Canada, Conor is a tennis coach who sees content as a powerful tool for growing the sport.In this episode, we cover:Junior and College Tennis– Conor shares his love for college tennis, his

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01:09:10

CTC Real - Addressing the Sinner Ban, Mixed Doubles...

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2025/02/18

In today´s episode we´re bringing you the 3rd edition of our CTC Real series, delving into the real side of tennis.Host Dan Kiernan discusses the biggest stories in tennis in the past week including:- Janik Sinner's controversial 3-month ban for dopingThe changes to the mixed doubles event at the US Open Stefan Vukov´s (former long-term coach to Elina Rybakina) suspension from the WTA tour.ATP Doubles Coach Calvin Betton joins Dan to give his take on what the new mixed doubles format at Flushing

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01:08:29

Felix Mischker (Tennis Brothers): Can you Fund a Pro...

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2025/02/05

We all know how financially demanding it is for players to get started in professional tennis.In today´s episode, we speak to British tennis player and Youtuber Felix Mischker who´s found a different way to fund his pro career.Felix was a junior when his Dad started a YouTube channel about him and his brother Lucian´s tennis. He now documents his life on tour to more than 230,000 subscribers!The content he produces for his channel Tennis Brothers, not only helps support his career, but is inspiring

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01:24:04

Australian Open 2025 Review

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2025/01/29

In this episode, we´ve brought our Grand Slam panel back together to review all the action from the 2025 Australian Open!Host Dan Kiernan is joined by Davis Cup captain Freddie Nielsen and top S&C Coach Kieran Vorster to discuss the key performances and memorable moments from Melbourne Park, including Jannik Sinner's dominance, Madison Keys' unexpected victory and the Danielle Collins fund!They also analyse Novak Djokovic's return to form and the implications of Andy Murray's coaching role, and

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24:04

Day 5 Australian Open LIVE Round Up! Breaking Down...

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2025/01/21

Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open, rounding up all the action from Dan's first-hand experience in Melbourne!In this episode, Dan discusses the latest matches, such as Zverev v Tommy Paul, Baddosa reaching her 1st Grand Slam semi-final as well as both doubles teams of Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus and Erin Routliffe both reach doubles semi-finals!Dan shares insights on surprising tournament outcomes, the emergence of young talents, predictions for the doubles

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17:32

Day 4 Australian Open LIVE Round Up. Ft. The...

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2025/01/17

Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open, rounding up all the action from Dan's first-hand experience in Melbourne!In this episode, Dan breaks down the action over the last couple of days from Melbourne. Talking about Medvedev and Tiens late night 5 set brawl of a match, Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic's exit of the slam, Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe fighting back to advance to round 3 and so much more that has happened!This is the place to go to get a quick summary of the events at

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37:09

Day 3 Australian Open LIVE Round Up. Ft. Ollie Cores...

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2025/01/15

Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open, rounding up all the action from Dans first-hand experience in Melbourne!Today, Dan breaks down the day's action in Melbourne, including Gaby Dabrowski and Erins Routliffes' battle of a first round, Naomi Osakas looking strong, Jack Draper POWERING through back-to-back five-set thrillers, and much more.As well as being joined by tennis coach Ollie Cores, who has been working at the practice courts at the Australian Open this year, organised courts

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29:24

Day 2 Australian Open LIVE Round Up. Ft. ATP doubles...

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2025/01/14

Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open! Rounding up the action from Dans first had expirence in Melbourne!Today Dan is joined by British doubles player Marcus Willis to give his players persepctive of the 2025 Australian Open and also to talk about having to pull out of the mens doubles event because his doubles partner, No. 52 in the world Cameron Norrie picking up an injury. Each episode LIVE on YouTube by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast' and following our instagram and

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28:28

Day 1 Australian Open LIVE Round Up. Opening Days of...

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2025/01/13

Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open! More episode will be coming throughout the 2 weeks of the opening slam of the year with breakdowns of the behind the scenes of the event, talking points and will be joined by many incredbile guests from the world of tennis!Each episode LIVE on YouTube 11am GMT by searching 'Control the Controllables Podcast'!These are shorter episodes aiming to provide a round up of the Australian Open action in Melbourne with Dan Kiernan, coach of doubles pairs

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01:18:23

Australian Open 2025 Preview

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2025/01/11

We´re just a few hours away now from the first Grand Slam of the 2025 tennis calendar. We´ve brought our panel back together to preview what we can expect from the Australian Open.Joining Control the Controllables host Dan Kiernan to discuss everything from the Djokovic-Murray team-up, Nick Kyrgios´ return to Grand Slam tennis, players to watch and their picks for the titles, are:-Denmark´s Davis Cup Captain and 2012 Wimbledon Mens Doubles ChampionFreddie Nielsen.GB CoachCalvin Bettonwho is

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01:27:33

Year in Review: A Look Back at our Highlights of 2024

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2024/12/31

With 2024 coming to an end, we´re looking back at some of our favourite moments of the Control the Controllables Podcast.Listen to Host Dan Kiernan and producer Vicki Kiernan share clips from some of the standout stories and key learnings from our amazing guests this year.They chat through some of their special moments including hosting our first Live Show in London in April, to daily Lives on YouTube from the WTA finals in Saudi Arabia, and winning the Best Tennis & Rackets Podcast at the

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01:17:03

Dan Lobb on his Journey from the Court to Primetime TV

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2024/12/18

In this week´s episode, we speak to former GB tennis player and TV presenter Dan Lobb.Dan played professionally for 2 years before joining Sky Sports as a presenter and later moving to GMTV. He was Sports Editor on ITV´s replacement breakfast programme Daybreak, before becoming co-presenter of the main show. He has since produced the heartwarming documentary Silver Servers, which tells the story of 4 players in their 80´s and 90´s who are still travelling the world competing in ITF events.Dan

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01:19:17

CTC Real with Ben Jones & Sarah Borwell

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2024/12/11

In this week´s episode we have the second edition of our CTC Real series, uncovering and exploring the real side of tennis.Dan discusses two of the biggest stories in tennis the past couple of weeks (and possibly of the year): Iga Swiatek´s failed doping test and Sir Andy Murray joining Djokovic´s coaching team. He´s joined by GB player Ben Jones who is currently No.214 in the world in doubles, who gives us some interesting stories about what life is really like on the Futures Tour. Ben also

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01:31:02

Jacob Fearnley: From College to Top 100 in 5 months

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2024/11/29

In today´s episode, GB´s Jacob Fearnley shares his journey to becoming a top 100 ATP player, reflecting on the surreal experience of his recent success.Jacob graduated from Texas Christian University (TCU) in May this year, with his team winning the NCAA´s. By October, he was ranked 98 in the world, winning 27 out of 28 ATP Challenger matches along the way.Jacob joins CTC host Dan Kiernan to discuss the challenges and triumphs he´s faced so far in his tennis journey. He shares insights from his

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