ATP Cup - Yes or No?
A new decade, a new tennis season, and the new ATP Cup. In our first episode of 2020, Catherine Whitaker and Matt Roberts discuss what they've made of the first few days of the tournament, how it compares to the revamped Davis Cup, whether it's what tennis needs, and some of the notable results so far. There's also a look at some of the main stories from the off season and a preview of the new WTA season.*** KICKSTARTER ***Thanks to everyone who has backed us so far. If you enjoy the show and want to help us reach our crowdfunding goal for 2020, you can support The Tennis Podcast here - http://po.st/TP_Kickstarter2020*** NEWSLETTER ***Sign up to get our news, predictions and Matt’s Stat. Daily at the Grand Slams and weekly throughout the rest of the year - http://po.st/TTP_Newsletter*** SOCIAL MEDIA ***Instagram - http://po.st/TTP_InstagramTwitter - http://po.st/TTP_TwitterFacebook - http://po.st/TTP_Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6 Jan 20201h 6min
Marcos Baghdatis Interview
Our final episode of 2019 is a big interview with Marcos Baghdatis (details below). In the meantime, our Kickstarter continues to run, and we will be back in the first week of January to preview the new season. Thanks to everyone who has supported us throughout the year. To back The Tennis Podcast in 2020 - http://po.st/TP_Kickstarter2020*** BAGHDATIS INTERVIEW ***Marcos Baghdatis opens up to David Law on a range of topics, including:Australian Open final run in 2006Idolising Andre AgassiInjury problemsLeaving home aged 14 to pursue tennisFinding happiness in lifeSmashing four racquets in a rowHis toughest opponentWhat makes Stefanos Tsitsipas specialHow he wants to give back to the sport *** NEWSLETTER ***Sign up to get our news, predictions and Matt’s Stat. Daily at the Grand Slams and weekly throughout the rest of the year - http://po.st/TTP_Newsletter *** SOCIAL MEDIA ***Instagram - http://po.st/TTP_InstagramTwitter - http://po.st/TTP_TwitterFacebook - http://po.st/TTP_Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16 Dec 201948min
2019 Awards Show
Shortly after our live show at The Queen’s Club, Catherine, David and Matt recorded the final regular edition of The Tennis Podcast in 2019 to reflect on the night and hand out our awards for the season. The categories were:· Player of the year (08:32)· Team of the year (13:18)· Match of the year (18:35)· Disappointment of the year (21:57)· Story of the year (26:46)· Did that really happen moment of the year (34:08)· Tennis shoots itself in the foot moment of the year (39:26)· Moment I watched on repeat of the year (43:13)More than 130 editions of The Tennis Podcast have been produced throughout 2019, including daily editions at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, Fever-Tree Championships, US Open, WTA Finals, ATP Finals, Fed Cup Final and Davis Cup Finals.*** KICKSTARTER ***We need your help to keep The Tennis Podcast going and growing in 2020.Thank you to everyone who has backed our Kickstarter since its launch last week. We are blown away by the response.If you would like to support us - http://po.st/TP_Kickstarter2020 *** BOOK ***This episode has been sponsored by a tennis book called More To Gain That Just The Game which has been written by pod listener Dave Courteen. For more information, or to buy a copy, visit https://www.moretogain.co.uk/ or http://po.st/MoreToGai_Amazon *** NEWSLETTER ***Sign up to get our news, predictions and Matt’s Stat. Daily at the Grand Slams and weekly throughout the rest of the year - http://po.st/TTP_Newsletter *** SOCIAL MEDIA ***Instagram - http://po.st/TTP_InstagramTwitter - http://po.st/TTP_TwitterFacebook - http://po.st/TTP_Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9 Dec 201956min
The Tennis Podcast - Looking Back, Looking Forwards
Why do we like podcasting? What were our highlights of producing 130 of them in 2019? And why are we crowdfunding again?We - Catherine, David and Matt - get together over a beer to tell you on a special mini-pod. Our campaign to crowdfund The Tennis Podcast in 2020 is now live. If you would like to support us, please access the link below. Thank you.Support The Tennis Podcast - http://po.st/TP_Kickstarter2020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2 Dec 201924min
Davis Cup Finals Day 7 - Spain Wins; Pique's Perspective; Haggerty Grilled; Clarey's View
Davis Cup Finals Day 7 - Nadal, Bautista Agut Win For Spain; Pique Perspective; Haggerty Grilled; Chris Clarey View Rafael Nadal did what Rafael Nadal does - perform heroically, and win for himself and his nation.What Roberto Bautista Agut did was arguably even more impressive - suiting up for Spain just three days after his father had died, and putting his nation 1-0 up.Catherine Whitaker, David Law, and Matt Roberts on the ground come together to review another extraordinary couple of days.We hear from Gerard Pique, the superstar footballer who is now running the Davis Cup, Matt grills ITF President David Haggerty about the first edition of the new event and what is to come, and he gets the ever-fascinating views of Christopher Clarey, the Tennis Correspondent for the New York Times. The Tennis Podcast was produced weekly throughout the year in 2019, and daily at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, Queen’s, US Open, WTA Finals, ATP Finals, Fed Cup Final and the Davis Cup finals. More than 120 editions of the podcast have been published over the course of the year. We will launch our campaign to crowdfund The Tennis Podcast in 2020 on Monday December 2nd. If you would like a reminder set to you when we launch, sign up below.Support The Tennis Podcast - http://po.st/SupportTheTennisPodcast***LINKS***Newsletter - Weekly predictions, Matt’s Stat and Memory Lane are coming your way if you sign up free, here - http://po.st/TTP_NewsletterLeave us an iTunes review please! http://po.st/TTP_iTunesSend us an Email - https://www.thetennispodcast.net/contact***SOCIAL MEDIA***Twitter - http://po.st/TTP_TwitterInstagram - http://po.st/TTP_Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
25 Nov 20191h 25min
Davis Cup Finals Day 6 - Superman Nadal vs. GB, Canada and the world
Rafael Nadal is the closest thing in tennis to Superman. And on Saturday, he continued to take on the world, beating Great Britain almost single-handedly and setting up a final against Canada.The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, with Matt Roberts. It is produced daily during all of the Grand Slams, the WTA and ATP Finals, and the Fed and Davis Cups, in association with Telegraph Sport.***LINKS***Support The Tennis Podcast - Help keep The Tennis Podcast going and growing. Sign up for a reminder about our 2020 crowdfunding campaign on December 2nd, when we launch -http://po.st/SupportTheTennisPodcastNewsletter - Weekly predictions, Matt’s Stat and Memory Lane are coming your way if you sign up free, here - http://po.st/TTP_NewsletterLeave us an iTunes review please! http://po.st/TTP_iTunesSend us an Email - https://www.thetennispodcast.net/contact***SOCIAL MEDIA***Twitter - http://po.st/TTP_TwitterInstagram - http://po.st/TTP_Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24 Nov 201943min
Davis Cup Finals Day 5 - This Is What We Came For. This Is What We Want.
This is the day that Gerard Pique would have been dreaming about when he invested in the Davis Cup and turned it into a single week finals with 18 teams.Despair for Serbia, joy for Russia, Spain and Great Britain, with some of the most emotional scenes of the year, on and off the court.Afterwards, Catherine Whitaker (Amazon Prime tv presenter), David Law (BBC Radio commentator), and Matt Roberts got together as usual to share their experiences of a spellbinding day.We hear the best (or worst, depending on viewpoint) of Serbia's press conference after the loss to Russia.Serbia had held three match point, and their players were inconsolable.All of the other matches and storylines are discussed in the 5th of our daily shows from the Davis Cup finals. We are daily during all of the Grand Slams, the WTA and ATP Finals, and the Fed and Davis Cups, produced in association with Telegraph Sport.***LINKS***:Davis Cup Finals tickets code - Get 15% off, on us, by going to DavisCupFinals.com and putting in the code TTPDavisCupFinals.Tennis Podcast Live - If you would like to enter the ballot for tickets to Tennis Podcast Live at The Queen's Club in London on Monday 2nd December (6.30pm), send in your details here - tennispodcastevents@gmail.com. Tickets will cost £20 each.Newsletter - Weekly predictions, Matt’s Stat and Memory Lane are coming your way if you sign up free, here - http://po.st/TTP_NewsletterSupport The Tennis Podcast - Help keep The Tennis Podcast going and growing. Sign up for a reminder about our 2020 crowdfunding campaign on December 2nd, when we launch - http://po.st/SupportTheTennisPodcastLeave us an iTunes review please! http://po.st/TTP_iTunesSend us an Email - https://www.thetennispodcast.net/contact***SOCIAL MEDIA***:Twitter - http://po.st/TTP_Twitter Instagram - http://po.st/TTP_Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 Nov 201945min
Davis Cup Finals Day 4 - Matt Meets Novak; Canada Makes Semis
Early night for Matt Roberts, who got to bed at 2am after running out of the Magic Box before it shut. Once home, he told us why Nick Kyrgios didn't play for Australia against Canada, what it was like hanging out with the Canadian ultras, and what he asked Novak Djokovic. Matt, Catherine Whitaker and David Law reviewed the rest of the day in Madrid. The Tennis Podcast is produced weekly throughout the year, daily during the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA and ATP Finals, and the Fed Cup and Davis Cup finals.***LINKS***:Davis Cup Finals tickets code - Get 15% off, on us, by going to DavisCupFinals.com and putting in the code TTPDavisCupFinals.Tennis Podcast Live - If you would like to enter the ballot for tickets to Tennis Podcast Live at The Queen's Club in London on Monday 2nd December (6.30pm), send in your details here - tennispodcastevents@gmail.com. Tickets will cost £20 each.Newsletter - Weekly predictions, Matt’s Stat and Memory Lane are coming your way if you sign up free, here - http://po.st/TTP_NewsletterSupport The Tennis Podcast - Help keep The Tennis Podcast going and growing. Sign up for a reminder about our 2020 crowdfunding campaign on December 2nd, when we launch - http://po.st/SupportTheTennisPodcastLeave us an iTunes review please! http://po.st/TTP_iTunesSend us an Email - https://www.thetennispodcast.net/contact***SOCIAL MEDIA***:Twitter - http://po.st/TTP_Twitter Instagram - http://po.st/TTP_Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
22 Nov 201937min
