Game, Set and Match Podcast

Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown and Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Simon Rea present Game Set and Match, our tennis podcast. This week the boys wrap up the ATP Finals which saw a breakthrough triumph for Germany's Alexander Zverev, stunning world number one Novak Djokovic in the final. 'Sascha' as he is known is still 21 and has been talked about as a future Grand Slam champion for a couple of years. Perhaps 2019 will be the year, remember Roger Federer was 21 when he broke through to win his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2003.

Matt and Simon reflect on a tennis season that saw four different women's Grand Slam champions with the biggest story the US Open final won by Naomi Osaka in controversial circumstances over Serena Williams. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic with two kept youngsters at bay yet again in the men's Grand Slams. Will it be a similar story in 2019? Matt and Simon also discuss another fantastic year for Kiwi doubles player Michael Venus and look ahead to the Auckland Caro Bowl Championship final on Friday night between Karaka and Blockhouse Bay which will be streamed live on nzherald.co.nz

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Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown and Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Simon Rea present the Game Set and Match tennis podcast. This week the boys reflect on the WTA Finals in Singapore which saw an unlikely champion in Ukraine's Elina Svitolina. We hear from Svitolina and the boys discuss Caroline Wozniacki's Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis revealed after her exit from the tournament. The men's tour saw a couple of major milestones with Roger Federer capturing his 99th career title in his home town of Basel in Switzerland and Kevin Anderson won in Vienna to confirm his spot in the field for the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Matt and Simon chat about who they think will grab the final two places in the elite eight man field.

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This week on the Game Set and Match tennis podcast Radio Sport commentator Matt Brown chats and Tennis NZ High Performance manager Simon Rea reflect on the Shanghai Masters where Novak Djokovic has confirmed he's the best player on the planet by some distance at the moment.
Matt catches up with 19 year old Kiwi Ajeet Rai who won his first ITF Futures tournament in Thailand at the weekend and we congratulate Kiwi doubles star Michael Venus and his fiancee Sally on the birth of their first child in London. Venus made it back for the birth just in time after losing in the quarter finals at the Shanghai Masters.

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This week on the Game Set and Match tennis podcast Radio Sport commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis NZ Zealand High Performance Manager Simon Rea.

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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 Simon Rea review the second edition of the Laver Cup, a Ryder Cup style tournament between Team Europe and Team World in Chicago. The players seemed to buy into the concept, nearly 100 thousand fans attended the three days but does it have a long term future in the tennis calendar.
We also chat about the latest news involving Kiwis around the world and here at home with the Otago Open held over the weekend.

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This week on the Game Set and Match podcast Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis New Zealand High Performance Manager Simon Rea in Korea to review New Zealand's Davis Cup defeat in Gimcheon.

They reflect on a disappointing result punctuated by some good individual performances including a debut for 19-year-old Ajeet Rai in the doubles.

Rai chats to Matt about his Davis Cup experience and Matt and Simon ponder whether the time has come to promote singles specialists to Davis Cup tennis, rather than relying on top doubles player Michael Venus to play the singles. Matt also wraps up the Davis Cup World Group semi finals.

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One of the more dramatic US tennis Open's has come to an end in New York.
On this edition of the Game Set and Match podcast Radio Sport commentator Matt Brown is joined by New Zealand's Fed Cup captain Neil Carter to analyse the women's final controversy involving Serena Williams.
Matt and Neil offer some strong opinions about Serena's antics and accusations lamenting the fact Naomi Osaka's incredible achievement got overshadowed.
With Novak Djokovic winning the men's title to get to 14 Grand Slams can he catch Rafael Nadal on 17 and perhaps even Roger Federer's 20 Grand Slam titles and is the women's game with eight different winners in the past eight Grand Slams in a better state than the men's game with Federer winning three, Nadal three and Djokovic three of the past nine slams.
We look ahead to New Zealand's Davis Cup tie against South Korea this week in Gimcheon and here from 19 year old Kiwi Ajeet Rai. Kiwi Erin Routliffe caught up with Matt while on a month long training block in Auckland before heading off with Neil later this week for a series of tournaments across the Tasman.

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One of the more dramatic US tennis Open’s has come to an end in New York. On this edition of the Game Set and Match podcast Radio Sport commentator Matt Brown is joined by New Zealand’s Fed Cup captain Neil Carter to analyse the women’s final controversy involving Serena Williams. Matt and Neil offer some strong opinions about Serena’s antics and accusations lamenting the fact Naomi Osaka’s incredible achievement got overshadowed.
With Novak Djokovic winning the men’s title to get to 14 Grand Slams can he catch Rafael Nadal on 17 and perhaps even Roger Federer’s 20 Grand Slam titles and is the women’s game with eight different winners in the past eight Grand Slams in a better state than the men’s game with Federer winning 3, Nadal 3 and Djokovic 3 of the past eight slams. We look ahead to New Zealand’s Davis Cup tie against South Korea this week in Gimcheon and here from 19 year old Kiwi Ajeet Rai. Kiwi Erin Routliffe caught up with Matt while on a month long training block in Auckland before heading off with Neil later this week for a series of tournaments across the Tasman.

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One the eve of the year’s final Grand Slam the US Open, Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Kiwi doubles player Marcus Daniell in New York to look to preview the tournament.
Marcus gives his dark horses for the men’s and women’s singles and rates his chances and that of fellow Kiwi doubles players Michael Venus and Artem Sitak in the doubles.
The boys talk about some of the key matchups in the early rounds including former champion Stan Wawrinka against 8th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the opening match on centre court tomorrow morning NZT

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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 Simon Rea reflect on Novak Djokovic's extraordinary achievement, becoming the first player to win all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles.
His victory over Roger Federer in the Cincinnati Masters final has installed Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal as US Open favourites next week.
Matt and Simon also discuss the WTA final where Kiki Bertens shocked world number one Simona Halep.
Matt caught up with Australian great Pat Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon champion who has some strong views on the radical changes made to the Davis Cup from next year. We also wrap the Kiwis results from around the world over the past week, including a first ITF title for 22 year old Rhett Purcell.

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