Game, Set and Match Podcast

Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by New Zealand doubles player Marcus Daniell to present the Game Set and Match tennis podcast.
Marcus is fresh from reaching the final at the ATP tournament in Budapest and starts his campaign in Estoril on Thursday morning. This week we discuss Rafael Nadal's shock defeat to Dominic Thiem in the Barcelona Open semi finals, his second loss on the clay in as many weeks. Is Rafa still the favourite to win a 12th French Open in a few weeks? Marcus gives his few on a number of ATP Tour developments including the players voting out Tour chief Chris Kermode and whether Player Council representative Justin Gimelstob who has been convicted of an assault, should be voted off the council at its meeting in Rome next month. Matt catches up with New Zealand women's champion Valentina Ivanov who has been back in Auckland for a couple of weeks preparing to head to Europe for a series of ITF tournaments.

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This week on the Game Set and Match tennis Podcast Radio Sport commentator Matt Brown and Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Sion Rea wrap up the Fed Cup semifinals. They review the Monte Carlo Masters which saw colourful Italian Fabio Fognini stun the king of clay Rafael Nadal and go on to win his first Masters 1000 title. Matt and Simon share their views on ATP Player Council representative Justin Gimelstob who this week was sentenced to three years probation and 60 days community service for a an assault on a former friend in California. The ATP Player Council will decide in Rome next month whether he retains his position. We also hear from Kiwi doubles player Marcus Daniell who is reunited with his regular partner Wesley Koolhof at the ATP tournament in Budapest while tournament director Karl Budge updates us on developments with Auckland's ASB men's and women's Classics following his return from meetings in the UJS.

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Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis New Zealand High Performance Manager Simon Rea to present the Game Set and Match tennis Podcast. This week we review the Miami Open where Roger Federer reigned supreme in the men's draw and young Australian Ash Barty captured the biggest title of her career in the women's draw.

But the story of the tournament was the run of Canadian teenagers Denis Shapovalov and Felix-Augier Aliassime to the men's semi finals, a week after Bianca Andreescu won the Indian Wells title. Matt catches up with Tennis NZ Performance coach Christophe Lambert who coached Andreescu when he worked at Tennis Canada. Lambert talks about the reason for their unprecedented success and how Tennis New Zealand can learn from it to hopefully produce similar success stories in the future.

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Bianca Andreescu is the talk of the tennis world, the 18 year old Canadian who broke through as a qualifier to reach Auckland's ASB Classic final. She's won the prestigious WTA Premier tournament at Indian Wells. Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown and Tennis NZ High Performance manager Simon Rea present the Game Set and Match podcast and reflect on her phenomenal achievement. We catch up with ASB Classic tournament director Karl Budge on the prospects of luring Andreescu back to Auckland in 2020. We hear from Andreescu and the men's champion Dominic Thiem who stunned Roger Federer in the final. Plus we round up all the action from Kiwis around the world.

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Roger Federer captures his 100th ATP title in Dubai. Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis New Zealand High performance Manager Simon Rea on the Game Set and Match tennis podcast. Simon is backing Federer to go on and catch Jimmy Connors with 108 tour titles before he retires. We also reflect on an incredible week for Aussie Nick Kyrgios who won the ATP title in Acapulco where Kiwi Artem Sitak reached the doubles final while a host of young New Zealand players are in action across the Tasman and also at tournaments in Asia and Mexico this week.

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Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Simon Rea to chat the world of tennis. Kiwi Finn Tearney has claimed his second ITF title in Portugal. Kiwi doubles players Michael Venus, Artem Sitak and Marcus Daniell return to action at big ATP 500 tournaments in Dubai and Acapulco, and we look at the changes to the ITF circuit that has angered players around the world with fewer opportunities for professional players.

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Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis New Zealand High Performance Manager Simon Rea to wrap week one of the ASB Classic and look ahead to the men's tournament starting today. We hear from women's champion Julia Goerges and runner up Bianca Andreescu. Matt chats to Kiwi number one Rubin Statham ahead of his first round match against world number 25 Hyeon Chung. The boys also look ahead to the tournament including a doubles draw featuring 15 of the world's top 30 players, and Matt chats to top Kiwi Michael Venus and his South African partner Raven Klaasen.

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Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis New Zealand High Performance Manager Simon Rea to look ahead to the summer of tennis. The ASB Classic is underway in Auckland with qualifying and the main draw starting Monday afternoon. Matt will be commentating LIVE on Radio Sport with expert comments from Dave Mustard over the next two weeks. We hear from seven times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, Australian Open champion and top seed Caroline Wozniacki and former world number one Victoria Azarenka. Matt also reviews the Kiwi's performance in the singles with Fed Cup captain Neil Carter and catches up with 17 year old Valentina Ivanov.

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17 year old Valentina Ivanov has been crowned national champion at the New Zealand Tennis Championships in Auckland. Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown chats to Valentina and New Zealand Fed Cup captain Neil Carter on this edition of the Game Set and Match podcast wrapping up a very competitive women’s tournament . Matt also chats to Finn Tearney who has won the men’s event to retain his national title

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The end of an era in New Zealand tennis with Kiwi number one Marina Erakovic announcing her retirement from the Sport.

The former world number 39 caught up with Radio Sport tennis commentator on the 'Game Set and Match' podcast to reflect on her career.

Matt and Marina chat about some of her best moments in a career spanning more than a decade. There were some what might have been moments and t hey discuss the state of women's tennis now compared to when Erakovic started.

Marina also discusses her plans for the future and her passion for music.

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