Baseline Exchanges

Baseline Exchanges host Andrew Raeburn, former GB Fed Cup doubles player Anna Smith and coach and analyst Craig Viner discuss the first week and a half of Wimbledon 2021.

Ahead of Wimbledon, Andrew, Craig and Anna are joined by Marcus Willis, John Parry and Nicole Melichar, who lifts the lid on what it’s like to be the centre of attention on Centre Court.

Following Naomi Osaka's withdrawal from the 2021 French Open, the 'Baseline Exchanges' team chat with WTA Sports psychologist Chantal Duarte & BBC sports journalist Ros Satar about tennis, the media and mental health.

Andrew Raeburn, Craig Viner and Anna Smith talk to veteran sports broadcaster John Inverdale, presenter of ITV’s coverage of the French Open. Meanwhile, analyst Mike James talks about working with French Open champion Iga Świątek and the secrets of her success.

Andrew, Anna & Craig discuss the tennis media landscape with Caitlin Thompson, Co-founder at Racquet, & Tim Farthing, Co-owner of Tennishead, and the media's role in shaping tennis' future.

In our regular feature, tennis analyst Mike James talks about Madrid, altitude and how players need to adapt.

In Episode 14 of the 'Baseline Exchanges' podcast, Andrew, Anna & Craig chat to the world-renowned journalist, author, speaker and Executive Producer John Carlin and Tennis Analyst Mike James about all things Rafael Nadal.

In this weeks episode, Andrew and Craig welcome a new member to the 'Baseline Exchanges' team, former Great Britain Fed Cup player and WTA Doubles champion Anna Smith. They also sit down with Alistair Higham, formally the LTA 'Head of Coach Education' and now the author of two best-selling books on 'momentum' in sport.

Andrew and Craig chat to the Founder & President of EcoAthletes, and Founder of GreenSportsBlog, the leading blog at the intersection of Green & Sports, Lew Blaustein.

Andrew and Craig sit down with Dr Dario Novak, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Zagreb and Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University.

In this week's podcast, Andrew and Craig chat to Mike James, Founder & CEO of Sportiii Analytics, about the use and value of data-driven analytics in tennis.