Grand Slams Episodes

June 22, 2021

Episode 124: French Open Review & Wimbledon Preview

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…
June 15, 2021

Episode 123: Luke Jensen - Choose Confidence

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 five…
June 8, 2021

Episode 122: Mike Digby - Hitting with the Stars

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 g…
June 2, 2021

Episode 121: Daria Abramowicz - Person first, player second

Naomi Osaka´s withdrawal from the French Open in May 2021 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 t…
June 1, 2021

Episode 120: Marcus Daniell - An Impact Greater than Tennis

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 of…
May 29, 2021

Episode 119: French Open Preview

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…
May 18, 2021

Episode 117: Paul Annacone - Coaching the Greats

Paul Annacone is one of the world´s leading coaches. He´s worked with some of the greats including Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Tim Henman. Annacone guided Sampras to nine of his 14 Grand Slam Titles, leading to Sports Il…
April 27, 2021

Episode 114: Iga Swiatek - Teenage Grand Slam Champion

Iga Swiatek is the 2020 French Open Champion and a top 5 WTA player. At just 19 years of age, she became the lowest-ranked woman to reach the final at Roland Garros since rankings began. She also became the first Polish tenn…
April 20, 2021

Episode 113: Lewis Burton - "The Model" Tennis Player

Tennis fans will know Lewis Burton as a former British tennis player who reached the final of the Wimbledon boys doubles in 2010. Non-tennis fans will know Lewis as the boyfriend of TV presenter Caroline Flack when she tragi…
April 6, 2021

Episode 110: Tom Gullikson - Captain Gully

If you´re a fan of McEnroe, Borg, Sampras, Agassi or Courier, this is a must-listen episode! Tom Gullikson reached as high as 34 in the world in singles and 4 in doubles. He is a 2-time Grand Slam finalist, winning the Mixed…
March 23, 2021

Episode 108: Holger Rune - No Doubt

Holger Rune has been the World Junior Number 1 for the last 3 years and at age 17 he is already starting to make his move on the ATP Tour. Just last week he reached the Quarter Finals in Santiago, Chile beating World Number …
March 21, 2021

Episode 107: Dom Inglot - Dom the Bomb

Britain´s Dom Inglot has been as high as 18 ATP Doubles, is a Davis Cup Winner, and a Grand Slam Semi-Finalist, but he is much more. He is a smart, articulate man who discusses many topics with Dan including self awareness, …
March 9, 2021

Episode 105: Marcus Willis - From Zero to Hero!

In 2016, British tennis player Marcus Willis rose to fame with one of the most memorable runs to the 2nd round of Wimbledon in the tournament´s history. In just a few weeks the the 25-year-old went from giving up tennis and …
Feb. 24, 2021

Episode 101: Australian Open 2021 Review

In today´s episode we review the 2021 Australian Open with our amazing panellists:- Former top 20 player and Belgian number 1 Xavier Malisse GB Billy Jean King Cup Captain Anne Keothavong GB player Naomi Broady Former Britis…
Feb. 16, 2021

Episode 99: Eleanor Preston - Tiara’s to Tennis

Eleanor Preston is the Director of The Emilia Group which is a PR and Media company in sport, but mainly in tennis. She has years of experience which includes Journalism, Broadcasting, Agent to the late former British number…