Mert Ertunga joins the podcast this week as we kick start our Roland Garros special series. In this week's episode we travel back in time and review the men's edition of the 1991 French open. We talk about Jim Courier's maiden major win over fellow american Andre Agassi. Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker and Ivan Lendl get worthy mentions as they were the top 3 ranked players during that time. The episode is created with lot of details surrounding that time and it's players with no knowledge of the future. Please tune in!

Javier Palengue works as a global consultant in the corporate world. At heart Palenque is a tennis fan first. In this episode he shares his vision on how tennis can work post Covid19. In an extension to the Mark Jefferey conversation - Matt Zemek and Karen Helf drive this conversation to explore fiscal topics which are essential to the health of tennis. Does tennis need a bigger audience? Does tennis a commissioner? You may have heard these notions prior but Palenque comes out with new suggestions on these and many more topics. Tune in to learn more.

Mark Jeffrey is a long time fan of tennis. He sits down with Karen Helf to address some of the big issues surrounding our sport. He has concerns whether tennis has the structure to bounce back post covid. He talks about the Power of seven, the upcoming tennis summit and more importantly how can we all help to preserve tennis. The conversation is an extension to Karen Helf's conversations with John Bolan and Sofia Shapatava. Tune in to hear Mark Jeffery's insights.

This weeks guest are Karen Helf, Sofia Shapatava and her coach Tim Schultz. Shapatava is from Georgia and turned pro in 2004. In a professional career spanning 16 years and running, her highest ranking in singles is 186. Shapatava and Schultz open up about the realities of lower ranked players and their daily lives not the ITF tour. In a chat as candid as any you learn so much about the discrepancies between the WTA and the ITF tours from the paid hotels, cab rides and even practice balls that set apart the two tours. Shapatava and Schultz also weigh in on current important topics like Dominic Thiem’s stand on not sharing his funds for the lower ranked players to the virtual Madrid open. The conversation is driven by Karen Helf and Matt Zemek.

In follow up to her written analysis on www.tennisaccent.com on the current financial strain most lower ranked tennis players face, Karen Helf sheds light on these very issues on the audio platform. Matt Zemek interviews Karen helf and John Bolan in an exclusive discussion in what will be a series of discussion on the same topic with various guests from the tennis industry.

Interview with Mohamed Safwat of Egypt

Brianna Foust of the Tennis with an Accent was there at the Charleston all access players hour - this segment has interviews of Wozniacki and Sevastova.

Radio show week of Nov 3

Johansson by Saqib

Radio show for October 13 - where Matt and Saqib talk abut the rise of Daniel Medvedev and Nikoloz Basilashvili along with other ATP and WTA stories of the Asian Swing. Also talk about the power teams of eastern conference in the NBA.