“Talking Tennis Southern Style” wraps a five-year run with our traditional year-end highlight episode. In 2024, we interviewed a wide variety of tennis players, media, providers and organizers. Included are tennis pro Arianne Hartono, TV star Andrew Krasny, Atlanta media icon Karen Graham, USTA League innovator John Embree, Red Ball Tennis organizer Amy Brandon, along with Atlanta Open luminary Patricia Jensen. We include a final goodbye from Executive Producer and USTA Southern staffer Ron Cioffi. Thanks and big shoutout to host Sam Crenshaw and audio producer Kyle Blackburn and to Ernie James and the Marketing & Communications Committee members!
In the Inoue-Nery fight, the undisputed Japanese super bantamweight champion displayed the full range of his exceptional boxing skills to improve to 27-0.
In today’s all-WTA episode, the Ball Boys give you a play-by-play of their trip to the San Diego Open, where they mistake a seat usher for Usher, witness the triumphant return of Sofia Kenin and get booed by one of their favorites. And don’t miss Mycon or Youcon, a game where Paul and Billy pit the icons of the WTA against each other to find out who’s the gayest and greatest icon of them all. Venus, Serena, or someone else? Listen and find out!
Alden and Roger discuss the final stages of the 2023 US Open and assign superlatives to the last grand slam of the year?!
Rick Macci, born on December 7, 1954, is an accomplished American tennis coach and former player. Renowned as a United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Master Professional, he has been honored as the USPTA national coach of the year seven times, boasting an impressive coaching record that includes guiding five tennis luminaries to the number one ranking: Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. Rick's outstanding contributions to tennis were recognized in 2010 when he was inducted into the USPTA Florida Hall of Fame and again in 2017 when he became the youngest inductee into the USPTA Hall of Fame. Hailing from Greenville, Ohio, Rick's journey from his early years at Wright State University to his transformative impact on the sport has solidified his legacy as a tennis coaching legend.Connect with Rick on Twitter.You can explore more of Hernan's work on his website, https://www.hernanchousa.com/.The music enriching our show is the creative work of Sebastian Klauer. You can reach him at klauersebas@gmail.com.
We've reached the conclusion of the 2023 US Open, and the Tennis Bets Live crew has you covered for men's semifinal Friday. Listen to our experts preview the best wagers on Novak Djokovic vs. Ben Shelton, and list their favorite plays as Carlos Alcaraz does battle with Daniil Medvedev. And the crew previews and predicts an outstanding women's final match that will feature Coco Gauff & soon-to-be world #1 Aryna Sabalenka.
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In this US Open Update for 2023, Aidan and Erik give their takes on the upsets, remaining players, and storylines for the Open so far. Be sure to check back next week for another episode.
Kim Clijsters returns to look at the rise of Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic breaks another record, and anticipation grows ahead of Alcaraz v Zverev. Plus - Duncan catches up with Djokovic, Gauff & Muchova.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Moroccan player Younes El Aynaoui speaks to Jill Craybas about his career, coaching french player Hugo Gaston and his hopes for the future.
In this episode, I’m discussing about the quarterfinals lined up from ATP and WTA. My player of the week- Ben Shelton. Rankings after the mid week. Enjoy listening.