Behind The Play

Stephen Amritraj is a tennis man through and through. With a pedigree tennis background, Amritraj has played and worked in a number of varied roles within the game. 

Now at UTR, Amritraj discusses the future of tennis and the bubble at the US Open 2020. 

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Atlanta local, Chris Eubanks joins us this week to discuss his tennis journey. From playing U18s and a 13 year old and learning tough lessons on court, to hanging out with his idol Jamie Foxx. Another utterly fascinating and unique story on Behind The Play. 

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Tim Pütz' story of going from junior to pro is unconventional but enthralling. The master of enjoying the moment. You won’t hear anything quite like this. As always, it is a pleasure to talk to Tim. 

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“Nate Pasha is the ultimate team player and leader” Manny Diaz, UGA Men’s Tennis Coach describes his former player. In this episode of Behind The Play we explore the journey of Nate’s tennis career from being introduced in the Boys and Girls club at 7 years old to turning pro after graduating college. 

Nate is natural born hard worker but developed into a leader that his teammates could follow and now is developing his coaching skills to be able to lead the next generation of tennis players. Motivation, inspiration, this lad has got it. 

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Rameez Junaid is one of the Exo-Tennis vets and had a 15+ year career on the ATP tour. Junaid reached 290 in singles and reached a career high of 62 in doubles ranking. 

This week on Behind The Play, Rameez takes us back to the very beginning of his tennis journey and the obstacles that he overcame to attend Auburn University, going pro and traveling the world. Fantastic to have such a brilliant guest on the show. 

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Yannick Hanfmann is currently 143 in the ATP tour rankings and broke the top 100 in 2018. But Yannick’s journey started way before that.

This week on Behind The Play, we discuss what it’s like getting your first ATP point at 16 years old, earning his stripes at University of South California with one of the best ever teams, and clinching the national championships. 

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Katarina Jokic is a Junior at the University of Georgia and is the number 1 college player in the US. The Serbian has worked her way from being 36 in the ITF junior rankings, recovering from a serious knee injury to finding herself playing 1 at Dan Magill Tennis Complex. 

In this conversation we discussed her journey, competing again in a current/post Covid landscape, and what the future may hold after college. 

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Episode 2 is now live! This weeks guest is Wimbledon Finalist Mal Washington. Rodney and Mal discuss why Mal started his foundation, the importance of consistency with your support and that epic Wimbledon semifinal comeback vs Todd Martin.

Welcome to our first vodcast in our new show! Donald Young is our first guest talking with Rodney Rapson about playing in the spotlight at a young age, the role of social media on the game and the influence of race in the game.