Tennis with an Accent

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Tennis with an Accent is a podcast on tennis. Where we bring weekly conversations on all things tennis

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Coaching Diary of Brad Stine

03.16.2023

Coach Brad Stine is the podcast guest this week. Saqib caught up with Brad while the later was driving home from the Indian Wells tournament. Stine is the current coach of Tommy Paul. He has been coaching top level professionals ...

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03.16.2023 Coaching Diary of Brad Stine Coach Brad Stine is the podcast guest this week. Saqib caught up with Brad while the later was driving home from the Indian Wells tournament. Stine is the current coach of Tommy Paul. He has been coaching top level professionals ...
02.23.2023 Nick Lester on Sinner, FAA and Tier 2 of the ATP Players Tennis TV commentator Nick Lester returns as the podcast guest this week to talk about the talent pool of the ATP. This conversation is aimed at some of the prime talents of the men's game that are looking to join ...
02.14.2023 Tim Mayotte on the Resurgence of American Men's Tennis Former top ten player Tim Mayotte returns to the podcast to discuss the resurgence of the men's game in America. Currently there are 15 American men in the top 100 of the ATP rankings. This depth of the talent pool ...
02.07.2023 Macedonian Billie Jean King Cup Captain - Dimitar Labudovic Dimitar Labudovic is the podcast guest this week. Labudovic is the Billie Jean King Cup captain for Macedonia. He is also the full time coach of Lina Gjorcheska - who is the best player to come out of Macedonia. In ...
01.30.2023 Aus Open Recap With Mert Mert Ertunga joins host Matt Zemek to break down the championship weekend of Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic. Mert took time off from his coaching duties to talk about the breakout performance of Sabalenka and the potential grand slam season ...
01.14.2023 Australian Open Talking Points Matt Zemek is back on the podcast and joins Saqib Ali to kick off the 2023 season as we look ahead to the years first major. The episode takes a closer look at some of the leading names in both ...
12.30.2022 Throwback Episode - ATP in the 90's In the season's final episode we take a deep dive into the memory lane and relive the ATP decade of the 90's. This decade had a star studded cast of proven players like Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg who ...
12.17.2022 Graf vs Seles - Rivalry Revisited Steffi Graf vs Monica Seles is arguably one of the greatest rivalries in all of tennis. We revisit this iconic rivalry on the latest edition of the podcast with senior tennis writer Richard Evans and coach Mert Ertunga joining the ...
12.07.2022 Coaching Universe of Roger Rasheed In this episode of the podcast host Saqib Ali gets a chance to speak with Aussie Roger Rasheed - arguably one of the most sort after names in the coaching business. Rasheed gets candid in this chat as he looks ...
12.06.2022 Coaching Universe of Roger Rasheed In this episode of the podcast host Saqib Ali gets a chance to speak with Aussie Roger Rasheed - arguably one of the most sort after names in the coaching business. Rasheed gets candid in this chat as he looks ...
11.29.2022 Coach Goldfine on Roddick, Korda, Shelton and more USTA development coach Dean Goldfine is the podcast guest this week. Goldfine is a well established coach whose former charges include the likes of Mary Joe Fernandez, Andy Roddick and Todd Martin. As part of the USTA player development program ...
11.29.2022 Coach Goldfine on Roddick, Korda, Shelton and more. USTA development coach Dean Goldfine is the podcast guest this week. Goldfine is a well established coach whose former charges include the likes of Mary Joe Fernandez, Andy Roddick and Todd Martin. As part of the USTA player development program ...
11.22.2022 ATP Finals Review with Andrew Burton and Nick Nemeroff Novak Djokovic has won his 6th ATP finals trophy - tying Roger Federer for the most year end titles. In this episode we recap the ATP finals with in house contributors Andrew Burton and Nick Nemeroff. The conversation centers around ...
11.14.2022 Woodforde On Davis Cup Reforms and the Turin Field Davis Cup chairman and doubles legend Mark Woodforde returns to the show to talk about the end of the season on men's tour with two showcase events on the horizon - ATP finals and the Davis Cup finals. Woodforde shares ...
11.09.2022 Mert Ertunga Reviews WTA Finals and Holger Rune's Remarkable Rise Coach Mert Ertunga returns to the podcast to review the WTA finals and the impressive rise through the ranks of Holger Rune. Mert joins host Matt Zemek as the duo unpacks the larger season ending moments for Caroline Garcia and ...
10.29.2022 Jeff Sackmann on Tennis Abstract and his 128 Project Jeff Sackmann the founder of the Tennis Abstract website is the podcast guest. Thanks to Jeff tennis conversations around the world are heavy on relative stats about the game. In this episode Jeff gets candid about his journey exploring the ...
10.19.2022 The Gruskin Files Alex Gruskin of Cracked Racquets podcast joins the show as the guest voice. Gruskin leads the pack of new voices in the tennis podcasting ecosystem. His preparation and knowledge of the sport shines through his questions. He has a body ...
10.06.2022 Rajeev Ram Reflects on Success and Choices of the Doubles Tour Rajeev Ram is having a career year on the ATP doubles tour. He won his first clay court masters 1000 in Monte Carlo, successfully defended his US Open title with Joe Salisbury and became the oldest world number one in ...
09.29.2022 Federer Retirement Special - Episode 2 In the closing act of our Roger Federer tribute and analysis Matt Zemek is joined by in house contributor Andrew Burton. Both men were colleagues at the Peter Bodo's Tennis world blog in the late 2000's. They recall upon lot ...
09.21.2022 Federer Retirement Special - Episode 1 As Roger Federer walks into the tennis books forever this coming Friday we at tennis with an accent have two special episodes ready for your consumption. In the opening act Mert Ertunga returns to the podcast to join host Saqib ...
09.10.2022 Bri recalls the iconic ride of being a Serena fan Brianna Foust returns to the podcast to pay homage to the great Serena Williams. She joins Matt Zemek to unpack her recollections of Serena and the impact she had on the sport and its fans all over the globe. This ...
08.26.2022 George Ofman recalls US Open and Tennis Memories Chicago Radio personality George Ofman joins Matt Zemek to relive some of his tennis memories from Chicago and US Open. Ofman is a host of the popular podcast - Tell me a story I don't know. Ofman recalls his first ...
07.23.2022 The Big Four Dominance at Wimbledon Novak Djokovic has won his 7th title at Wimbledon two weeks ago - which means for the 19th straight year the title has been been won by members of the "Big Four". Andrew Burton joins host Saqib Ali to look ...
06.26.2022 The Championships Preview with Andrew Burton and Mert Ertunga Andrew Burton and Mert Ertunga join the podcast this week to look ahead at Wimbledon. The duo broke down both draws and flagged potential good matches and made predictions. Andrew on Twitter -https://twitter.com/burtonad Mert on Twitter -https://twitter.com/MertovsTDesk Saqib on Twitter ...
06.19.2022 Flink and Woodforde Reminisce Splendours in the Grass In a Wimbledon special episode hall of famers Steve Flink and Mark Woodforde join host Saqib Ali to relive some of the great practitioners of men's lawn tennis. The duo elaborates this conversation through the prism of some of the ...
06.07.2022 Nadal and Swiatek Reign Supreme Another edition of Roland Garros is in the books. For the 14th time in last 18 years Rafael Nadal is the last man standing. Iga Swiatek continued her amazing winning ways on the WTA side of the draw. Andrew Burton(https://twitter.com/burtonad) ...
05.10.2022 He comin! Andrew Burton joins Matt Zemek on this episode to talk about Carlos Alcaraz's arrival to the big league of tennis. Alcaraz won his second masters 1000 title of the season and announced himself as one of the big favorites for ...
04.07.2022 From Miami to Clay with Skip Schwarzman TWAA regular contributor Skip Schwarzman joins the podcast to recap the Miami Open and to launch the clay conversation. He joins Saqib and Matt and gives his take on Carlos Alcaraz's meteoric rise up the ranks. The group also looks ...
03.28.2022 Leading men of ATP through the 70's and 80's In a throwback episode of the podcast we take a look into the big talking points of ATP in the decades of 70's and 80's. Making sense of this conversation are hall of famer Steve Flink and tennis coach Mert ...
03.23.2022 Barty Retires Ash Barty has stunned the tennis world by announcing her retirement from the game at age twenty five. This is such a rare occurrence in professional sports when a dominant athlete who has age on their side calls time on ...
03.03.2022 Gill Gross on Podcasting and the ATP Power Rankings heading into Indian Wells Tennis channel anchor Gill Gross is the podcast guest this week as we explore his tennis and podcasting journey. Gross opens up about his ambitions to be a sports broadcaster and how his path shaped up towards his youtube show ...
02.15.2022 The Del Potro Episode Juan Martin Del Potro called time on his career. This episode is a look back at the career of Del Porto and we can't help but reminisce what could have been the case had he had a surgery free career. ...
02.03.2022 Nadal wins 21st major and Barty breaks Aussie drought Rafael Nadal won his 21st major in Melbourne last sunday which makes him as the most successful men's champion in grand slams. He has broken the three way tie of 20 majors with arch rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. ...
01.11.2022 The Aussie View on the Djokovic Saga James Rosewarne(https://twitter.com/jamesrokewarne) and Vijay Arumugam(https://twitter.com/vijayarumugam) join the show this week to give the Aussie perspective on the Djokovic saga. Rosewarne is the managing editor of the https://www.statsinsider.com.au/ site and Arumugam is a known presence on cricket twitter. Both are NSW ...
12.28.2021 The Boris Becker Fan Episode The hunter becomes the hunted as Saqib Ali and Mert Ertunga swap places for this episode of the pod. Mert steps in as the host for the pod as he interviews Saqib on his Boris Becker fandom. It's an off ...
12.17.2021 Blair Henley and the art of the on court interview Blair Henley is the podcast guest this week at Tennis with an Accent. I call her the voice of the tennis stadiums. She has been involved in tennis all her life and we explored her journey in the sport. The ...
12.03.2021 YEC review and the Peng Shuai Situation In this episode Matt and Saqib review the respective wins of Muguruza and Zverev at the Year end championships in Mexico and Italy. We also make a relative deeper dive into the fact whether winning these YEC historically have been ...
11.11.2021 Damian Kust on the participants of the Nextgen ATP Finals Freelance tennis writer Damian Kust(@damiankust on Twitter)returns to the podcast to discuss the field of the NextGen ATP Finals in Milan. Kust is a tennis hipster who follows the ITF and the challenger tours throughout the year. He sheds some ...
10.07.2021 Tennis returns to Indian Wells after more than two years In this episode Matt and Saqib preview the Indian Wells 2021 edition. A lot has happened in the tennis world since Indian wells was played last. This episode covers the big stories coming into the event on both sides of ...
09.15.2021 US Open review with Mark Woodforde Doubles legend Mark Woodforde returns to TWAA to review the US Open championships. We look back at the tournament where Daniil Medvedev stopped the historic bid of world number one Novak Djokovic for the Grand slam and the unprecedented run ...
09.07.2021 Jaime Yzaga relives the Sampras upset from US Open 1994 Former top 20 player Jaime Yzaga of Peru joins the podcast this week to recall his amazing win over Pete Sampras from US Open 1994. Yzaga was a solid ATP pro in his day who had wins over Boris Becker, ...
08.28.2021 US Open Preview with Mert Ertunga Mert Ertunga is back on TWAA to preview a slam. He joins Matt Zemek and Saqib Ali to look ahead for the US Open fortnight. The conversation centers around Osaka, Barty and Djokovic for the respective draws.
08.13.2021 Dr. Craig Cypher talks about mental health in sports Dr. Craig Cypher -- @DoctorCypher on Twitter -- is a clinical and sport psychologist. He is a certified mental performance consultant who works in the University of Rochester's fitness and science department. He joins Tennis With An Accent to provide ...
07.17.2021 Nico Lapentti Podcast Former world number six Nico Lapentti of Ecuador is the podcast guest. Lapentti now covers tennis for ESPN and remains involved in the sport. The conversation was rich in nostalgia and dates back to the "New balls please" campaign of ...
06.26.2021 Ravi Ubha previews The Championships Noted writer and commentator Ravi Ubha(@raviubha on twitter) returns to the podcast to help unpack the draws for the 2021 edition of The Championships.
06.21.2021 The Prajwal Hegde files Prajwal Hegde has been covering tennis for more than two decades. In this episode of TWAA she recalls upon how her tennis media journey started through the Mid-Day newspaper. Hegde has been seen as part of the first generation of ...
06.16.2021 Djokovic completes second set of career slam and Krejcikova gets on the board Matt Zemek and Saqib Ali review the championship weekend at Roland Garros as Novak Djokovic and Barbora Krejcikova reigned supreme. Djokovic won his 19th career major and also completed the second set of career grand slam. Krejcikova completed the rare ...
06.08.2021 Steve Flink looks forward to business end of RG21 Hall of famer Steve Flink joins the show this week to talk about the ongoing French Open. Flink looks forward to some highly anticipated matchups like Danil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas and the potential meeting between Rafael Nadal and Novak ...
05.21.2021 Andres Gomez looks ahead to Roland Garros Former French Open champion Andres Gomez returns to the podcast to talk about the men's edition of the upcoming Roland Garros. Gomez feels Rafael Nadal can be challenged this year and he weighs in on the chances of Novak Djokovic, ...
05.17.2021 Another #10 for Nadal Matt and Saqib look at the Rome results where Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek were victorious. Do these results have a bigger implication for Roland Garros? Matt describes the chaotic nature of WTA draws and why it is not possible ...

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Tennis with an Accent episodes:

Coaching Diary of Brad Stine

Nick Lester on Sinner, FAA and Tier 2 of the ATP Players

Tim Mayotte on the Resurgence of American Men's Tennis

Macedonian Billie Jean King Cup Captain - Dimitar Labudovic

Aus Open Recap With Mert

Australian Open Talking Points

Throwback Episode - ATP in the 90's

Graf vs Seles - Rivalry Revisited

Coaching Universe of Roger Rasheed

Coaching Universe of Roger Rasheed

Coach Goldfine on Roddick, Korda, Shelton and more

Coach Goldfine on Roddick, Korda, Shelton and more.

ATP Finals Review with Andrew Burton and Nick Nemeroff

Woodforde On Davis Cup Reforms and the Turin Field

Mert Ertunga Reviews WTA Finals and Holger Rune's Remarkable Rise

Jeff Sackmann on Tennis Abstract and his 128 Project

The Gruskin Files

Rajeev Ram Reflects on Success and Choices of the Doubles Tour

Federer Retirement Special - Episode 2

Federer Retirement Special - Episode 1

Bri recalls the iconic ride of being a Serena fan

George Ofman recalls US Open and Tennis Memories

The Big Four Dominance at Wimbledon

The Championships Preview with Andrew Burton and Mert Ertunga

Flink and Woodforde Reminisce Splendours in the Grass

Nadal and Swiatek Reign Supreme

He comin!

From Miami to Clay with Skip Schwarzman

Leading men of ATP through the 70's and 80's

Barty Retires

Gill Gross on Podcasting and the ATP Power Rankings heading into Indian Wells

The Del Potro Episode

Nadal wins 21st major and Barty breaks Aussie drought

The Aussie View on the Djokovic Saga

The Boris Becker Fan Episode

Blair Henley and the art of the on court interview

YEC review and the Peng Shuai Situation

Damian Kust on the participants of the Nextgen ATP Finals

Tennis returns to Indian Wells after more than two years

US Open review with Mark Woodforde

Jaime Yzaga relives the Sampras upset from US Open 1994

US Open Preview with Mert Ertunga

Dr. Craig Cypher talks about mental health in sports

Nico Lapentti Podcast

Ravi Ubha previews The Championships

The Prajwal Hegde files

Djokovic completes second set of career slam and Krejcikova gets on the board

Steve Flink looks forward to business end of RG21

Andres Gomez looks ahead to Roland Garros

Another #10 for Nadal