Wimbledon DAY 1 Recap w/ Wimbledon Champion, Lloyd Glasspool

Episode 289: Wimbledon DAY 1 Recap w/ Wimbledon Champion, Lloyd Glasspool

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Dan Kiernan (00:01)

Hello and a big, a big welcome to Control the Controllables. Episode one of our live Wimbledon series brought to you by Novellus. And this is the series where we're going to bring you, we're going to bring you analysis from inside the grounds. We're going to bring you different segments. We've got the major moments, the TennisAthlete player of the day, and our Wimbledon stories with our special guest.

 

and we'll have a quick fire round and then we're going to finish every day with Dear Dan and the Dear Dan part of the show. Anyone that is from the UK, you would have heard of Dear Deidre and that's what that part of the show is going to be about. Your chance to ask your questions, get your questions in and we will get involved in that. Our special guest today is current Wimbledon champion.

 

men's doubles champion, Lloyd Glasspool. And what better way to start the live show than having Lloyd Glasspool coming on and yeah, hearing about his Wimbledon 2025 and getting his reaction to day one here at Wimbledon. You know, we've got lots of things to talk about and to start us off, I guess the major moments brought to us by SotoTennis Academy 

today here at Wimbledon. 

 

We've had, guess, unfortunately, the major moments are really around British players. Know, British tennis players is where most of this is gonna be about today. And not for the right reasons. know, we're not having a whole lot of success as British players right now. And obviously the big, big news, Emma Radacanu has pulled out. If you'd listen to our…

 

preview show a couple of days ago I did predict this happening having the Emirati car news was kind of public knowledge that she was struggling we've now found out that she's got a stress fracture and she's unable to play which is obviously massively unfortunate Lloyd's come on too early Lloyd come back on in five minutes young man this is the live live shows we get we see first guest he's so eager to come on he's already on on the screen he was given the very clear…

 

They're very clear detail of when to come on, but that's great to see that he's eager. But Emma Radacanu out of the event in such a shame when she started to find some form. And then the big news, I think we'd all hoped we were going to see Jack Draper against Taylor Fritz tomorrow here at Wimbledon, but Jack has pulled out. You we played four matches last week in Eastbourne. Like I it was predicted on our preview show that he just hasn't shown that ability to go back to back, matches, tournaments for quite a while now. 

 

So in Jack's own words, he's devastated to share that I've had to withdraw from my first round match due to recurrence of my arm injury. There's been a lot of painful moments in the last 12 months, but this is definitely the absolute worst as there's no greater honor for a British player than playing at Wimbledon. And Dušan Lajović takes his place to play Taylor Fritz tomorrow. Jack Draper with coach, 

 

Sir Andy Murray by his side and James Trotman, you know, starting to show that he's got the form. I think we're all waiting for him to be one of the absolute best top players in the world, which he proved a couple of years ago. And unfortunately, he's not going to get to play. We then also, we've had Cameron Norrie, all British players so far have lost. I think there's still a couple of matches going on, but Cameron Norrie lost to Michael Zheng…

 

the US qualifier college college player knew that was going to be a tough match spoke to comes parents this morning actually who were so lovely. And it was a bit like I said to them, it feels a bit like cams playing cam, but a lefty against the righty to people that have had incredible US college careers. And yeah, Zheng's really stepped up in the in the long, long fifth set tiebreak and Oliver Tarvet who qualified he did…

 

put up a great effort but lost 7-5 in the fourth set to Rinderknech, the 25th seed. Felix Gill against the much talked about Rafael Jodar, the 23rd seed lost in straight sets was a break up in the third. Max Basing making his Grand Slam debut and Kieran Vorster spoke about him on the preview. Lost his match 6-3, 6-0, 6-0, didn't see a lot of it but obviously difficult, difficult first experience.

 

And then on the women's side, Harriet Dart, great effort against Jelena Ostapenko, losing 6-4 in the third set. And then Mika Stoilalevich, tough draw, lost straight sets to Belinda Bencic. Mingge Xu, won a set against Daria Kasatkina but went down. Hannah Klugman again, tough draw. Krejčíková former Wimbledon champion, lost 1-4. And then Alicia Dudley, against Alicia Parks, lost. Now we do have Pinnington Jones and Fran Jones still on…

 

court right now, are the only hopes. But that is a big, big story, I guess, coming out of Wimbledon. Freddie Nielsen spoke on the preview show and said he felt this was going to be the year of the Brits. Well, that hasn't shown so far, you know, and obviously time can change. Tomorrow we've got Jacob Fearnley off of Fery, Jan Choinski, Toby Samuel, Billy Harris, all playing on the men's side.

 

And then you've got Katie Boulter and Katie Swan. So no doubt the media is gonna have an absolute field day on that. But to see so many names and so many players on the grass-courts winning matches, I don't think it's been a bad grass-court season by any stretch of the imagination. And let's see, maybe someone can get a bit of a run going. And then I guess our second moment of the day, Jannik Sinner. Up until this week.

 

10 five set matches he's played in his career and has only won one of them. So I think when we all saw him go two sets to one down against Keck Manovich today, I think the thought was like, out. But fair play, he on Xena dug his heels in three hours 30 minutes, managed to win six three in the fifth set. He did have a fall, lost his footing, changing directions, know, did look a little bit of a worry at first.

 

You know, I think people will comment on the, the, all white shoes or the all white tire at Wimbledon turned red with the blood. Um, but yeah, it's that kind of slippy grass courts first day of Wimbledon. We often get that, but he's, he's come through in five sets. Um, as it currently stands, Novak Djokovic is, let me just quickly check. I know you just, we've gone a set all and Novak Djokovic as it currently stands is actually three all in that set.

 

The other matches have come off,  Pinnington Jones has come off with bad light. So the last match of the day Novak Djokovic on centre court. He's in a battle with Wu from China. And then before we bring Lloyd in, we have to talk about our TennisAthlete player of the day now. TennisAthlete is, age appropriate research back, strength and conditioning programs and proven essence coaches. And it's absolutely a platform that I would recommend physical development. 

 

If you head over to SotoTennis.com forward slash tennis athlete, I had to the link in the description of the episode if you want more information on that and our player TennisAthlete player of the day has to be Michael Zheng. I've been qualifying for his first Wimbledon, know, fresh out of college was at Columbia University for him to go, you know, 144 in the world to be Cameron Norrie in the UK at Wimbledon in five sets.

 

21 aces but just come up with big shot after big shot in the final set tiebreak and I think we've got absolutely tip our hat to Michael Zheng as our player of the day. He said after the match it definitely wasn't easy at times I just do my best not to show it was definitely a little bit frustrating when I've been serving so well and I got a couple of chances to break and I hadn't really had during the match and then Cam very much talking about how surprised he handled his game you know he liked his forehand.

 

using Cam's kind of low flat backhand to his forehand, but he seemed to quite like it on the grass, which I think Cam had obviously done his homework and thought maybe that was a way that he was gonna get at him, which didn't quite happen on the day, but that is tennis. we'll have lots more matches to come tomorrow. And if Lloyd's doing his job, Lloyd will be joining us in the next 30 seconds or so.

 

And yeah, just a little bit about Lloyd, you know, Lloyd Glasspool, someone who I've been fortunate to be around his world for quite a long time now, know, age 10, 11. Started coaching him in Birmingham, great Claire Williamson was, you know, coaching him in his very young junior years and did an amazing job. And here he is joining us on time this time. Lloyd Glasspool, how are doing?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (09:33)

yeah, you guys do.

 

Dan Kiernan (09:35)

You were eager, I like it. Our first guest on our live show, you know, you've got the PDF, but you just wanted to be part of it so much you came on seven minutes early.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (09:47)

Yeah, I thought that was gonna be like a little waiting room job, but then I reread your messages and it did say you're gonna be live straight away, so my bad.

 

Dan Kiernan (09:56)

Well, thank you for owning up live, Lloyd. And firstly, a massive congratulations for your marriage a couple of weeks ago. making an honest man out of you. So big congrats to you and Sophia. How does it feel? Has life changed? Has she got you under the thumb completely yet? Or what's happened there?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (10:16)

No, not much has changed. It's pretty good. It's a good feeling. The day was amazing. Obviously, you got to join for a bit, so yeah, it was just before the day I obviously didn't think it'll be that good, but then when it's your day it's it's different for sure.

 

Dan Kiernan (10:33)

It was a big honor to be there. So thank you for having me, but big congrats. And like you say, you're the first of this two weeks to come on. and as I introduced you, the current Wimbledon men's doubles champion, you know, it's not easy to have a current. So how did it feel? How did it feel to walk back through the doors and knowing that only 12 months ago, a little bit less than 12 months ago, you were lifting the trophy?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (11:01)

it was really cool. It was a surreal moment, you know, people sending you pictures of your face up on the wall as you walk through, you know, me seeing it. it's pretty cool. You don't really get used to it. I almost have to every time I walk in, pretend it's not there and not look 'cause I don't want people to think I'm still looking at it. But yeah, it's super cool and I'm not quite ready for it to go down yet.

 

Dan Kiernan (11:24)

And look, know you've got a tournament to prepare for this year, but if I can take you back to that moment almost 12 months ago.

 

Now that you've had that time to reflect on it, know tennis doesn't give us lot of time to reflect because it happens in the next tournament and this, know, before you know it, it's, we're back around. What are your reflections on that tournament as a whole, but specifically, I guess, finals they've taken us through to lifting that trophy.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (11:58)

I mean it's the pinnacle of any British player's dream, right? winning Wimbledon. I think looking back it it was the perfect day, honestly. I wouldn't have done anything better. We had an early final, the weather was gre great. We had the whole evening to an afternoon to see friends and family. I mean it honestly just couldn't have gone any better looking back, I don't think there's a single thing I would change about it.

 

Dan Kiernan (12:28)

And in terms of, you know, lot of people commented on this, you know, I've known you since you were a little boy, so I kind of expected it. I won't mention that the wedding brought out the emotion more than Wimbledon title. I'll leave that for your mom to come on when we get her on the podcast one day. But in terms of the moment happened, you'd won and you just seemed to just, okay.

 

taken in my stride, shook hands and moved on. What was going on inside? Because I think people see you as, some people almost go, why is he not celebrating that? You know, wait all your life to do that and he's not celebrating it. Give us your, I guess, counter to that on why you've that reacted and what was actually going on on the inside.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (13:21)

think it was a mixture of things. It's like a bit yeah, I was playing on the fact that I'm not a big celebrator, you know, and in that moment everyone expects you to celebrate and you don't and it kinda stands out a little more. But there was also a bit of relief in there. It was a long, stressful two weeks, especially after the lead up we'd had. I think there was actually a lot of expectation on us, a lot of expectation on ourselves. Yeah, and just…

 

anyone that knows me, honestly, that's me as a character. I'm not jumping around, loads of emotion either way. And that's just kind of myself, my true self. so yeah, I think it was a mixture of those three things. And yeah, I just wanted to be honest with myself really at in the biggest moments.

 

Dan Kiernan (14:11)

And do you think that ability to stay level like that helps you in a moment where like a Wimbledon final?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (14:20)

Yeah, for sure. I mean the ability to control your emotions, not saying that I do amazingly just 'cause I don't show emotions, helps massively. I think a load of matches are won on emotions. but I would say the ability to stay in the zone and not be too up and down is massive strength, yeah.

 

Dan Kiernan (14:42)

Well, good luck this year. know, if you win again this year, you will be our first guest of 2027's live shows. If people haven't had enough of me by then, or if I haven't had enough of committing to 9pm every night by then. But we do, as part of this segment, we do want to also just ask, and I guess it's quite apt what's happened today. It's probably not the best day of British tennis I've ever had.

 

You know, there's a couple of little talking points. know you're heavily involved. LTA have supported you for many years. You you've been a big, part of British tennis and the Davis Cup team. But firstly, maybe just a few words on Emma Raducano and Jack Draper not being able to take to the court.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (15:25)

It's obviously so disappointing. I mean, I know both of them personally. I see them day in, day out, you know, every time I get back from tournaments they've been at base, doing everything they can. They're in all day, you know, training hard, literally doing everything they can, putting all their resources into trying to get on the court and not being able to's a just heartbreaking for everyone involved. But I actually think it was one of my takes that

 

I think it might be smart for Jack to kind of my opinion on it was if you're coming back from a a load injury, so to speak, that gets worse when the load increases. Is it not at this point best to skip the slams which are spikes in load and just get yourself going through the ATPs, through the two sets, three sets maximum, and then you do that for a few months for half a year and then come odds, you're ready to go. If you gotta miss US and Wimbledon, these

 

more than good enough to be top twenty, top ten without slams. so that was just one thing that I thought maybe could be a way to approach it. I know it's obviously so hard to just say, yeah, I'm gonna skip Wimbledon 'cause da da da. But I don't know if that's the path he's gone down, if it was just if it's hurting him again too badly. I hope not. I hope it was precautionary. But yeah, it's it sucks for British tennis, let's be honest.

 

Dan Kiernan (16:49)

I think that's a smart play actually. And then I'd actually love to go to a full podcast on that because I think that's a really smart, good answer. But we are time limited a little bit on this and I don't want to take up all your time, but the press are going to be out for it, right? They're going to be like hounds because they're not going to look at the doubles results. No doubt there's going to be some great doubles results from the Brits as there always is. And I guess the optic isn't good. know, no British winners today.

 

obviously the best chances of going far have pulled out, know, withdrawn, unfortunately with injuries. What's your words on that? Because it felt, we had Freddie Nielsen actually on the preview show the other night, and we had to give a hot take, you know, that was kind of how we ended. I don't know this is where my ego gets ahead of myself, and I say my hot take was I don't think Emma Raducanu or Jack Draper will play the event. 

 

Anyway, I didn't mention that. I'll keep my ego aside. But Freddie said his hot take is he felt this was going to be the year of the Brits. You he was really impressed with what he was seeing through the grass. There was a lot of guys going deep in Eastbourne, Queenies, Queens, you you were kind of seeing a lot of real positive results. I know we still have tomorrow, but how do you feel today's gone from a British perspective of players that have played?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (18:13)

I think we've had brutal draws for the guys that have played today. Rindan Kiernanesh on the grass is not good. Jodar on any surface is not good. I actually watched a bit of Tarvet and I thought I was impressed with what I saw, his mentality, everything that went around it. yeah, like Freddie said, I actually agree with the British tennis is in a really good place right now. so to have the results go the way they did today is unfortunate. Noza was yeah, that's a tough one for him to take. He's great on the grass.

 

He's normally can push for a semi final, something like that, who knows from there. but yeah, I think tomorrow we've got Arthur Arthur Fery playing, a few other guys that are great on the grass, Billy Harris, guys that have really earned their spot as well. You know, they're not just random wild cards that have snuck into qualities or whatever. So I think it will turn around a bit tomorrow.

 

Dan Kiernan (19:07)

And what is the spirit like? think we saw, we saw after COVID, it felt like, you know, all of those kinds of events that's escaping me. don't know why it's escaping me, but the team events that they had, you know, it felt like there was a, there was a collective, there was a coming together. felt

 

Lloyd Glasspool (19:22)

Battle of the Brits.

 

Dan Kiernan (19:23)

like the battle of the Brits. Yeah. You know, which we see, we spoke about on the podcast a lot, like the Italians have that in bucket loads, you know, the Aussies, the Aussies over the years have got it. What's the spirit like? I guess the team spirit.

 

Is that something that has continued to develop with the Battle of the Brits or have people started to go a little bit more their separate ways, which naturally happens in our sport as well?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (19:49)

it's a tough one 'cause Noza and Draper are a little bit they kind of have their big teams and they do their own thing. Noza's separate from the LTA, he's based in Monte Carlo. Jack, you know, he's very focused. there's not loads of banter going on with him around tournaments or training. But there's a big group of younger guys from one hundred down, and I actually think they're you know, the vibe's very good between them. They're all…

 

great guys, they all use each other, they all want to everyone wants each other to do well, which I think is a really important part of it. You know, Jack and Nas included, they want to see everyone do well. People follow each other's results. All the LTA staff are following every time. So I think it's yeah, it's everyone's in a good vibe, a good camp.

 

Dan Kiernan (20:39)

Are you ready for our Wimbledon quickfire round?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (20:43)

I'm ready.

 

Dan Kiernan (20:44)

Now, you're the first one to do it, so if there's some naff questions in there, you'll have to feed back afterwards, and anyone listening needs to feed back as well, and we can change the questions around. This is me not playing the blame game, but Harry, the producer, came up with these questions, so let's see. Let's see how they do.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (21:02)

Yeah.

 

Dan Kiernan (21:03)

What is your first ever memory at Wimbledon when you were younger?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (21:12)

I'm probably gonna say being on Heman Hill. As a kid you get grounds, passes, that's you know, you think that's the pinnacle and yeah, being on Hem and Hill watching tennis.

 

Dan Kiernan (21:23)

When Wimbledon starts and you come back to Britain, what thing do you look forward to the most?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (21:31)

Staying at home.

 

Dan Kiernan (21:36)

It's not like fish and chips or you can't get, no, no, no, it's like a British answer. Roast dinner, fish

 

Lloyd Glasspool (21:41)

huh.

 

Dan Kiernan (21:42)

and chips. Stay in the top.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (21:44)

Staying at home during the tournaments is the biggest thing for me.

 

Dan Kiernan (21:49)

I think I would struggle with that.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (21:51)

No, it's way better. It's you you get a glimpse into the life of football players. It is so much easier than travelling every week, hotels, you go to work, come back, it's amazing.

 

Dan Kiernan (22:03)

What is your favorite ever win at Wimbledon that's not winning the tournament?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (22:10)

Sorry guys, but it's gotta be Harri and Henry in the quarters. Seven six in the third.

 

Dan Kiernan (22:18)

Match points down.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (22:20)

Three of them love forty and six five.

 

Dan Kiernan (22:24)

And what's your favorite ever moment at Wimbledon that's not involving yourself?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (22:34)

Not involving myself as in?

 

Dan Kiernan (22:36)

Yeah, it wasn't you playing, but like a moment of another player or someone that you watched or someone that you felt, you know, like a real moment at Wimbledon. Might be like Nidal Federer 2008 final, you know.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (22:53)

I'm gonna go Roddick, Federer final, the five setter. Can't remember what year,

 

Dan Kiernan (22:59)

Yep.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (22:59)

But it was an absolute epic. It was like it was past six all when they didn't have tie breaks. That one. That was incredible.

 

Dan Kiernan (23:06)

I think I was in the locker room at the end of that match and Rodick didn't have many rackets left in the locker room at the end of that match. That was his—

 

Lloyd Glasspool (23:13)

Imagine.

 

Dan Kiernan (23:14)

—chance. That was his chance. Your favorite British food?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (23:23)

Let's go bangers a mash.

 

Dan Kiernan (23:26)

bangers and mash like it gravy

 

Lloyd Glasspool (23:29)

Yeah, lots of gravy. That's—

 

Dan Kiernan (23:31)

Yeah.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (23:32)

—sausages for those who don't know.

 

Dan Kiernan (23:35)

Yeah. Onion gravy or just normal gravy?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (23:39)

No mukainen.

 

Dan Kiernan (23:40)

Onion gravy, try it. Red onions, cook some red onions in there, put it on top of the mash with the bangers. You'll enjoy it.

 

 Who's the greatest ever woman's grass-court player?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (23:57)

a bit of an out there answer, but Tatjana Maria. She's not, she's not the best ever, but she's very good on grass. I think it's gonna have to be Serena.

 

Dan Kiernan (24:11)

I love the Tatjana Maria answer because I think if that question was like, who's the greatest ever compared to how she is on other surfaces?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (24:19)

Yeah, if the whole year was on grass, she would be top five.

 

Dan Kiernan (24:23)

She would. She smoked Putintseva today as well. And the same question on the men's side.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (24:35)

I'm gonna have to go Federer for me.

 

Dan Kiernan (24:42)

It's hard to go against that. If you could have one celebrity watch you play, who would you want it to be?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (24:50)

one celebrity. I think Tom Hardy.

 

Dan Kiernan (24:59)

Why?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (25:02)

I just love all the movies he in he's in, the roles he's in. yeah. I just really think he's a cool guy and love his love his work.

 

Dan Kiernan (25:11)

And best advice that you give to young tennis players to remember when they're playing tennis.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (25:23)

Losing is part of the game. Everyone does it every single week, apart from one person. So get used to losing, don't see it as a failure and yeah, try and learn from it, enjoy it, realise it's not failing, it's just losing that week. You'll get another chance.

 

Dan Kiernan (25:44)

Spot on. And do you have any pre or post-match rituals or superstitions?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (25:53)

I mean lots of routines, ritual superstitions. I do the kind of same shower timing and food needs to be the same kind of for everything. I'd say more routines. I'm not massively superstitious. It would just have I mean the routines are exactly the same for every single match. The warm up, the you know, when I

 

Change my shirt when I put my grass shoes on, all that kind of stuff. But I just say they're normal routines rather than superstitions.

 

Dan Kiernan (26:25)

The rice bowl was just a bunch of crap and stuff just chucked in the bowl. That's the same every day as well, isn't it?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (26:31)

Pretty much.

 

Dan Kiernan (26:34)

pre-amp post and and last question who's gonna win the World Cup?

 

Is it coming home?

 

Lloyd Glasspool (26:48)

It is coming home, yeah. Now we're starting with Saka and Rashford. I like that. I like that setup using the wings.

 

Dan Kiernan (26:57)

Lloyd Glasspool, thank you for being our first guest in 2026 Wimbledon live shows. Good luck from all of us at Control the Controllables, mate, and I will see you on site in the next day or two. Thank you for joining us.

 

Lloyd Glasspool (27:11)

Cheers getting out.

 

Dan Kiernan (27:13)

Top man, thank you. So there we have it, our first guest of 2026, Glasspool. What a way to start, Bringing you a Wimbledon champion on the first episode. And one thing, just to let you guys know, housekeeping probably should have said it earlier. I know that you have got your questions that are coming in on various social media channels, but also please feel free to send in.

 

your messages on the chat. If you're watching this on YouTube, get your questions in as well. We'll try and keep our eye on that as we're going. And you are more than welcome to do that and engage with it. Because our final section of the show is the Dear Dan section. And as I've said in previous shows, hopefully this is gonna be around tennis. I'm here to answer tennis questions.

 

If you do want to come with other questions and you want to, you know, spread your wings a little bit, then try it. You know, maybe I can give you advice on all sorts of things. I'm maybe better at giving other people advice than myself at times. But a couple of questions that we do have coming in here. We got one coming in from Sam Slater. And Sam Slater has come in to let us know what sort of preparation goes into scouting opposing players.

 

Good question Sam, because I think lots in truth and I guess it's the coaches job is to get as much information as they can and you know certainly if I talk about my personal experience I will watch lots of matches and I will have a performance and analytics team that will also get matches brought together. I know nowadays at the top end of the game that's big, everyone's got the data.

 

So all of that information is going into, I guess, your mind, you're taking it all on board, you're dissecting that. And then this is where for me the real skill then comes. It's then what is then going to be shared with the player and how are we going to get that across to truly make a difference. And sometimes, and I've been guilty of it, we have too much information. I would also say it can be around the...

 

timing of when that information is given. One of the things I love about doubles is you're giving different, you're giving the same information but in different ways to the two players because some players will want to receive it in a certain way and some will want to receive it in another way. You know, might need to give video, visual looks in one way. With another player, you might just want to give one or two really clear words and simple things.

 

In general, would like to see that being done the day before. I'm not a big fan of players receiving too much information on the day, on the player that they're playing. You know, on the day, I think it's about you just getting your head into your space, being the best performer for what you do on the tennis court. Within the back of your mind, you've got some, you know, some real simple statements of intent.

 

that you're going to try and put on the court against your player. But I would say more and more now, and the ATP are providing this now with players, there's big scouting areas, all of the matches are on there. The WTA is a little bit behind on that. So anyone listening from the WTA, we need that WTA as well. Only recently, Tennis Insights, Tom Corrie, who was on the podcast, him and his team are providing that now for the doubles players as well from all ATP events.

 

And you've got scouting areas. mean, the detail is absolutely phenomenal. So there's no secrets out there. If you're willing to do the work, which obviously people are that are trying to win the big events, then the information is there. And it's then about dissecting it and using your relationship with your players to be able to bring that through the best. So hopefully that answers the question a little bit. And yeah, but certainly a big part of the sport.

 

One more question because my promise is to not keep these too long and then if you do want your questions being answered please do keep sending them in on all of our social media platforms or you can also send them in as well if you want to info at SotoTennis.com and we got one here from Joy of Sport. Who are some young players to look out for at Wimbledon? Loving the show.

 

Now, I wish I'd seen this question before so I could have prepared, but the one that jumps to my mind immediately actually is Iva Jovic. Iva Jovic is 18 years old, I believe. I know she won a tough match today. It wasn't easy against Jaqueline Cristian. Iva Jovic h is seriously good. She's a lovely girl. She's got the mind of a 30 year old, 35 year old. Her decision making is phenomenal.

 

So not only is her ball striking on both sides phenomenal, but her decision making is so, so good for someone her age. She's someone that's a real one to watch. And I know that we've talked about her before. Another one, and I don't know how she did, but it was my Dark Horse pick. I know she was playing today. Yes, she did win. that's, she won seven five in the third. Bartunkova.  Bartunkova.

 

Sorry if I'm getting that pronunciation wrong. She beat Peyton Stearns today. She was a set and a break up on Sabalenka last week. She's only 20 years old. I think she's very good. And I think she's someone to look out for at Wimbledon. I like how she plays. I like what she's doing on the court. It would be a bit of a cop out to say Coco Gauff. She's still young, but obviously Coco Gauff is a youngster. On the men's side, it's a one that I...

 

Again, I like a lot. think he's very, very good. Buse, I don't know exactly how old he is. He's from Peru. He beat Nava today, 7-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-love. He can seriously play. And I think that absolutely is someone to look out for. It's a little bit of a check out saying Jodar, because we all know him, but he is unbelievably young.

 

And I think he deserves a shout out if we're talking about a young name. So those are a couple. I've given you a couple. Hopefully, hopefully that's enough to put me on the spot. But thank you for your questions. Thank you for the others that I have not got around to, but I will do in the next couple of days. Tomorrow, sure, we have, again, 9 p.m. I'm to try and stick to that promise of 9 p.m. UK time every night.

 

Apologies in advance if there is the odd night where my players are playing or something does come up and we'll still then try and do bring the live show to you because this is then going to go out as podcasts as well. So we want to give you a daily podcast to give you a little bit of a roundup, a little bit of an insight. Please do continue those questions coming in. Tomorrow we have Erin Routliffe, who was the women's finalist in 2024 in the women's doubles.

 

Erin is someone I've had the privilege of working with for a couple of years alongside Gaby Dabrowski. And Erin will be a brilliant guest. So I'm looking forward to hearing her insight to her Wimbledon run of 2024. And then also the amazing stories that we know are gonna happen. We know that they're gonna happen tomorrow. My last update, Novak Djokovic won the third set. So he's now two sets to one up. And let's see if he takes that.

 

and continues along his way. But until next time, thank you for joining us. We're Control the  Controllables brought to you by Novellus and I'm Dan Kiernan. Good night.