Episodes

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…
Feb. 9, 2021

Episode 98: Tom Hill - Return on Investment

Tom Hill, aged 25 and from the UK is the coach to WTA 22nd in the world Maria Sakarri. How you may ask? We unlock this and so much more with stories from his hitting partner days, his IMG Academy days, his time coaching Dani…
Feb. 5, 2021

Episode 97: Australian Open 2021 Preview

As we near the start of the first Grand Slam of 2021, we´ve brought together a panel of former and current pros to preview the Australian Open. Listen to Dan discuss all the latest from Melbourne with todays guests:- GB´s Bi…
Feb. 2, 2021

Episode 96: David Walsh - Pursuit of the truth

David Walsh is the Chief Sports Writer at the Sunday Times. He is famously known for his successful pursuit of justice with cyclist Lance Armstrong and his doping charges. David continued to track the truth down despite Arms…
Jan. 26, 2021

Episode 95: Mark Petchey - The man who views tennis through many lenses

Mark Petchey is a former top 100 ATP player and former British Number 1. He went on the be the Head of Men’s Tennis at the LTA before coaching Andy Murray as he transitioned from 350 to top 50 ATP. Mark´s last 15 years have …
Jan. 22, 2021

Episode 94: Skupski Brothers - Together again!

The Skupski brothers are back playing together on the ATP Tour 2021 after a couple of years apart. Neal Skupski has spent the last few years with fellow Brit Jamie Murray, while Ken Skupski has paired up many times with Sant…
Jan. 20, 2021

Episode 93: Daria Kasatkina - Tik Tok..It won’t be long till she is back at the top!

Daria Kasatkina has been talked about as one of the biggest up and coming stars on the WTA Tour. A final in Indian Wells and back to back Quarter Finals at the French Open and Wimbledon moved her into the top 10 aged 21. The…
Jan. 19, 2021

Episode 92: Justin Gimelstob - My Way

Welcome to our first episode of 2021! Justin Gimelstob is a polarising figure in the world of tennis. His career has included winning Grand Slams, coaching John Isner into the Worlds Top 10m, commentating, Media Companies, a…
Dec. 31, 2020

Episode 91: 2020 Review

This podcast is a review of Control the Controllables in 2020. CTC Host Dan Kiernan is joined by Vicki to discuss their favourites episodes from the year, their learnings and what you can expect for 2021 from the podcast. Ca…
Dec. 30, 2020

Episode 90: Oli Golding - The different ‘stages’ of Tennis Life

Oli Golding is a US Open Junior Singles Champion. As well as being World junior number 2, Oli was a childhood star on the stage, including the West End and he now works at Santander Bank. In this episode we discuss the chall…
Dec. 27, 2020

Episode 89: Xavier Malisse - The X Man!

Xavier Malisse is a former top 20 ATP player from Belgium. He made the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2002, and had wins over Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray during his career. In this episode, Xavie…
Dec. 23, 2020

Episode 88: John Morris - ‘Show me the money’

John Morris is a sports agent who currently works at the LJ Sports Group with Ivan Ljubicic. He was Nick Kygrios’s agent for 10 years and shares many stories from the tour, as well as valuable insights and dos and don´ts for…
Dec. 19, 2020

Episode 87: Jodie Burrage - On the rise

Young British player Jodie Burrage is already 250 WTA. She has been through 3 major surgeries, but has developed a maturity and resilience from this that puts her in a great place. In this episode Jodie discusses how that mi…
Dec. 16, 2020

Episode 86: Jez Green - Building a body of a champion

Jez Green has been working as a top physical conditioning specialist for more than 20 years on the ATP & WTA Tour. During this time he´s worked with Tomas Berdych, the USTA, and Harvard University, but he´s best known for hi…
Dec. 12, 2020

Episode 85: Wayne Ferreira - Iron Man

Wayne Ferreria is a former World Number 6 in singles and 9 in doubles. He has had an incredible tennis career, which saw wins over 3 generations of greats of the game including Bjorn Borg, Roger Sampras and Roger Federer, wi…
Dec. 9, 2020

Episode 84: Lloyd Glasspool - I did it my way!

Lloyd Glasspool is a former NCAA champion and is currently 150 ATP Doubles. He has partnered Dan Evans, Jamie Murray and Andy Murray in recent months. His journey from quiet teen to pro player who is also studying his MBA is…
Dec. 5, 2020

Episode 83: Steve Davies & Matt Allen - Into the Dragon’s Den

Steve Davies and Matt Allen are the Directors of Active Away. Both had strong tennis coaching careers at clubs and with the LTA made the decision to set up their own business running Tennis Holidays. At the start, business w…
Dec. 2, 2020

Episode 82: Allistair McCaw - Champion Minded

Allistair McCaw has dedicated his life to high performance through working with world class athletes including Xavier Malisse and Kevin Anderson on the fitness side of their game. This has evolved into mindset training and n…
Nov. 28, 2020

Episode 81: Nick Weal - LTA Head of Coach Education and Development

Nick Weal has spent the last 35 years as a Grand Slam Player, Grand Slam Coach and GB Davis Cup Coach and is now in charge of the LTA Coach Education. In this episode of Control the Controllables, he shares his experiences, …
Nov. 26, 2020

Episode 80: James Auckland - Pro to Parks

James Auckland is a former British Number 1 Doubles Player with a highest ATP Ranking of 57. Listen to him talk to Dan about his journey and how key failures led to the passion and fire to drive and ‘prove people wrong’. Thi…
Nov. 21, 2020

Episode 79: Anne Keothavong - A full circle to the Copper Box

Anne Keothavong is the GB Billie Jean King Cup Captain, and former British number 1. She reached a high of 48 in the world WTA during her career. Anne shares her story, from the big impact of her parents and upbringing, to t…
Nov. 18, 2020

Episode 78: Iain Bates - LTA Head Of Women’s Tennis

Iain Bates has gone from promising British junior to University lecturer, to Team GB Manager in the Olympics. He is now LTA Head of Women’s Tennis. An impressive journey which Iain discusses with CTC Host Dan Kiernan. By his…
Nov. 14, 2020

Episode 77: Dave Sammel - Mindset College

Dave Sammel was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has spent the past 30 years as a coach in the UK working with some of the best players in GB. He is currently Liam Broady´s coach. Dave has strong views and c…
Nov. 11, 2020

Episode 76: Fabio Molle - Functional Tennis

Fabio Mole set up Functional Tennis in 2016 and it’s now one of the biggest online tennis platforms out there. Fabio talks through his journey from the astro courts in Ireland to his fast food business, to selling Christmas …