Episodes

Aug. 9, 2022

#171: Ken Skupski on his Retirement from Pro Tennis

Ken Skupski is one of GB´s most successful doubles players. After a career spanning 3 decades, he recently retired from pro tennis playing his last match in the Mens Doubles at Wimbledon. In today´s episode, Ken talks throug…
July 26, 2022

#170: Neville Godwin - It´s about the Player not the Coach

In today´s episode we speak to ATP Coach and former pro player Neville Godwin. Neville reached a career high of 90 in the world in singles and 57 in doubles during his career, and won the US Open Boys Doubles as a junior in …
July 16, 2022

#169: Wimbledon 2022 Review

Wimbledon 2022 was another fantastic event, full of stories and stand out performances. After all the pre-event hype around the ban of Russian and Belarusian players and no ATP/WTA points, the tennis did the talking at SW19.…
July 8, 2022

#168: Ross Hutchins - Inside the ATP

Ross Hutchins is a former top 30 doubles player and the Chief Tour Officer at the ATP. He comes from a strong British tennis stock, as the son of Paul Hutchins, former GB Davis Cup captain and British tennis great. Ross won …
June 28, 2022

#167: Wimbledon 2022 Preview

It´s our favourite time of the year, and Wimbledon 2022 has kicked off with a bang! 9 Brits are already through to Round 2, the most since 1997. This year there are more than 60 former and current US College players in the m…
June 21, 2022

#166: Jack Draper - GB´s Rising Star on the ATP Tour

Jack Draper is one of Great Britain´s hottest up and coming prospects. At 20-years-old he broke into the world´s top 100 ATP rankings in June. It came on the same day that he picked up his first win over a top 20 player, bea…
June 7, 2022

#165: French Open 2022 Review

The 2022 French Open was an historic event. Rafael Nadal won his 14th Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam, as he beat Casper Ruud in the final. Iga Swiatek moved to 35 match wins in a row, and her 2nd French Open title in 3 ye…
June 4, 2022

#164: Cameron Norrie & Facu Lugones - Becoming a Top 10 ATP Player

We first spoke to Cameron Norrie on the Control the Controllables podcast back in August 2020. He was at the US Open and sat at 76 in the ATP rankings. Since then, Cameron has won 4 ATP titles including the Masters 1000 in I…
May 26, 2022

#163: French Open 2022 Preview

The second Grand Slam of the season is underway! Can Iga Swiatek build on her 30-match winning streak to win the French Open for a second time? Will it be Djokovic, Nadal or man of the moment Carlos Alcaraz making it through…
May 17, 2022

#162: Mark ´Beef´ Taylor – Supporting Ash Barty

Mark ¨Beef¨ Taylor is the Head S&C Coach at Tennis Australia based out of Brisbane. He is better known as fitness coach to former WTA world number 1 Ash Barty, before she shocked the tennis world by quitting the game aged 25…
May 10, 2022

#161: Dalma Gálfi – Breaking into the world´s top 100

Dalma Gálfi is a former World junior number 1 and Junior Grand Slam champion. Dalma had a strong start to her Pro career, quickly rising up the WTA rankings to 136 in the world aged just 19. After a challenging 4 years, the …
May 3, 2022

#160: Jofre Porta - Effort is not a Sacrifice

Jofre Porta is one of a handful of tennis coaches who can say they´ve worked with two world number 1 players from a young age. The Spanish coach helped guide Carlos Moya from juniors to top of the ATP rankings, and also work…
April 12, 2022

#159: Josh Sapwell - Tennis Was Easy

At 14, GB tennis player Josh Sapwell was tipped to be the next Andy Murray. Having won National and European events as a junior, he became the U14 Junior World Champion in 2010, winning the prestigious Orange Bowl event in M…
April 5, 2022

#158: Dr Mark Kovacs - The Serve Doctor

In today´s episode we´re unpacking the biomechanics of the serve with Dr Mark Kovacs. Known as the number one serve doctor in the world, Dr Mark Kovacs has held a number of roles in elite sport including performance p hysiol…
March 29, 2022

#157: Dave Pilgrim - Does Tennis need the Betting Industry?

This episode aims to shine a light on a very different area of tennis: betting and gambling. Tennis is one of the most popular sports to bet on, but match fixing is also an ongoing issue. Dave Pilgrim has over 20 years of ex…
March 22, 2022

#156: Matt Reid - Australia´s Unofficial Tennis Mentor

In today´s episode we speak to Australian tennis player Matt Reid. Matt has partnered some of the biggest names in Australian tennis during his career, including Nick Kyrgios, Lleyton Hewitt and Bernard Tomic. He has a caree…
March 15, 2022

#155: Alistair Higham - Match Flow Momentum

“It feels like he´s got the momentum right now¨ “There´s been a big shift in momentum in this set¨ “Everything seems to be going against her¨ We hear phrases like these a lot when we watch tennis, and we can feel them when w…
March 8, 2022

#154: Barbara Schett-Eagle – Game, Schett & Match

Today is International Women´s Day and what better way to mark it than hearing from one of the most recognisable faces and voices in tennis. Barbara Schett-Eagle reached a career high of number 7 in the world in singles and …
March 1, 2022

#153: Ukraine´s Sergiy Stakhovsky on fighting for his country

Just a few weeks ago, Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky was playing the final match of his career at the Australian Open. After nearly 20 years on the tour, the 36-year-old announced his retirement in January, ready …
Feb. 22, 2022

#152: Piotr Sierzputowski – The Modern Day Coach

In today´s episode we speak to Piotr Sierzputowski, the former coach of top 5 WTA player Iga Swiatek. Piotr was Iga´s coach from age 15 to 20, guiding her from top junior to a career high of 4 in the WTA rankings. Iga became…
Feb. 15, 2022

#151: Dan Smethurst - ATP Player to WTA Coach

Dan Smethurst is a British tennis coach and former player who most recently worked with top WTA player Johanna Konta. A talented youngster, Dan was world junior number 29 before playing on the ITF and ATP Challenger Tour, re…
Feb. 8, 2022

#150: Mardy Fish on Living with Anxiety

It´s our 150th episode of Control the Controllables! And for a special episode, we have a special guest as we speak to former US number 1 and current Davis Cup Captain Mardy Fish. Mardy won 14 singles and doubles titles and …
Jan. 31, 2022

#149: Australian Open 2022 Review

We won´t be forgetting the 2022 Australian Open for a while! It´s been one for the history books, with Rafael Nadal winning his 21st Grand Slam thanks to an epic five-set victory over Daniil Medvedev. Ash Barty became the fi…
Jan. 25, 2022

#148: Stanford Evans Boster - One voice, two weapons!

Stanford Evans Boster is a South African who has made USA his home, and American Tennis is lucky to have him. He is the current coach to Junior World Number 4, Victor Lilov who made the final of the Boys Singles at Junior Wi…