Our special guest this week merited a special show because he is modern day great, a World Number 1 since the turn of the millennium, who these days can be found mostly at his own academy and on tour, guiding the fortunes of Spanish youngster Carlos Alcaraz.

In a wide-ranging chat with Juan Carlos Ferrero over the line, he was extremely generous with his time and In part two of our chat, coming soon as a separate podcast, we spoke about his own career, memories, rivals, even regrets. that’s all to come.

In this Part 1 we hear all about the young man he’s coaching whose game and temperament have already won comparisons with Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

An incredibly honest chat with Martin Stepanek, coach of Borna Coric, which touched on working with one of the game’s finest young players who perhaps lost his way a bit form and fitness wise last year. We also hear from two men at opposite ends of the age spectrum - 18-year-old Italian Next Gen Champion Jannick Sinner and German veteran, he of the wonderful rolling single-hander, Philipp Kohlschreiber.

An incredibly honest chat with Martin Stepanek, coach of Borna Coric, which touched on working with one of the game’s finest young players who perhaps lost his way a bit form and fitness wise last year. We also hear from two men at opposite ends of the age spectrum - 18-year-old Italian Next Gen Champion Jannick Sinner and German veteran, he of the wonderful rolling single-hander, Philipp Kohlschreiber.

We get the lowdown on a top 10 player, from one of the leading coaches on tour Liam Smith. Liam joined us to talk about many things including developing a top 10 player, setting goals, working with men and women and with his new online coaching platform recently launched, we also talked confidence, focus, technique and tactics.

We get the lowdown on a top 10 player, from one of the leading coaches on tour Liam Smith. Liam joined us to talk about many things including developing a top 10 player, setting goals, working with men and women and with his new online coaching platform recently launched, we also talked confidence, focus, technique and tactics.

Two-time Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year winner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi will not allow Pakistan's daily workers to be forgotten during this pandemic. Through his foundation Stop War Start Tennis, Qureshi committed to financially supporting ration bags for thousands of families that have been unable to work and earn their daily sustenance. Each ration bag consists of flour, rice, oil, grains, tea, milk and sanitary products, and can feed a family of five. As we hear in this interview, Qureshi got out in the field himself, making deliveries to those families.

Two-time Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year winner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi will not allow Pakistan's daily workers to be forgotten during this pandemic. Through his foundation Stop War Start Tennis, Qureshi committed to financially supporting ration bags for thousands of families that have been unable to work and earn their daily sustenance. Each ration bag consists of flour, rice, oil, grains, tea, milk and sanitary products, and can feed a family of five. As we hear in this interview, Qureshi got out in the field himself, making deliveries to those families.

Swede, Freddie Rosengren has coached some of the game’s greats including his countrymen Magnus Norman, Jonas Bjorkman and Robin Soderling, but he’s recently turned his attention to 23-year-old Russian Karen Khachnov who breached the world’s top 10 for the first time in 2019. In this extended chat, we spoke about that new coaching relationship, life on tour, what he’s learnt over the years and how he’s coping in these strange times of lockdown.

Swede, Freddie Rosengren has coached some of the game’s greats including his countrymen Magnus Norman, Jonas Bjorkman and Robin Soderling, but he’s recently turned his attention to 23-year-old Russian Karen Khachnov who breached the world’s top 10 for the first time in 2019. In this extended chat, we spoke about that new coaching relationship, life on tour, what he’s learnt over the years and how he’s coping in these strange times of lockdown.

Sam Querrey joins us to talk about the cancellation of some of his favourite tournaments including Indian Wells, Miami and Wimbledon, how he’s keeping one of the game’s great serves ticking over in these times of lockdown, his work on the ATP Player Council and most importantly about life as a new dad.

We also hear from two players who started the year in great form: Canada’s Vasek Pospisil talks about his injury comeback and Tennys Sandgren looks back on an incredible Australian Open.