PODCAST - 2023 US Open Preview

Presenter Chris Bowers is joined by former WTA player Jill Craybas to look ahead to the US Open and to discuss how the draw will impact certain players progression and whether it’s Djokovic and Alcaraz against the field. As well as the studio discussion, the team also introduce interviews and features with the following...

CARLOS ALCARAZ ON WHY HE’S ALWAYS SMILING - ‘I try to enjoy every moment and not only on court. Doing all this kind of stuff is part of your job as well and I try to enjoy and it’s something that I really wanted as a kid to be here, so it’s time to enjoy, to realise where I am and to have a smile all the time’.

CASPER RUUD ON THE IMPORTANCE ON NOT JUST FOCUSSING ON GRAND SLAMS - ‘After Wimbledon I know this is the second part of the year, it’s time to play well and the race for a lot of things is going to be on, so it’s an exciting and hectic part of the year now with the US Open, Beijing 500, Shanghai 1000, Tokyo 500, Paris 1000, so there’s a lot of points at stake and if you do well you have the chance to climb up the rankings and really finish the year in a strong way’.

MIOMIR KECMANOVIC ON LEARNING FROM NOVAK DJOKOVIC - ‘I just love the way he competes on the court and fights through everything, it’s really inspirational. Physically I admire that he can get to any ball and it doesn’t matter where he is, that thing is going to go in no matter what and then mentally, he’s just so much stronger than everybody. Nothing can get to him and the way he prepares for matches is just on another level’.

- Podcast presenter - Chris Bowers - Podcast guest - Jill Craybas - Interviews by Jill Craybas and Paul King - Miomir Kecmanovic feature by ATP Media