The ATP Tennis Radio Podcast

With another title under his belt in 2022, five titles in 2021 an a first appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals at the end of last year, what does Christian Ruud, father of top 10 player Casper, make of his son's development?

Seb Lauzier presents the podcast from Rio, Brazil this week in the build up to the second ATP 500 of the year and the first on clay where Juan Martin Del Potro had been given a wild card and was due to play had all gone well. Unfortunately that hasn’t happened and to get the South American take on the former US Open champion, we hear from Brazilian sports journalist Alex Cossenza.

As the Rio Open gets underway, a year on from having to cancel the event due to Covid, we also hear from Tournament Director Luiz Carvalho and we're with a former number one in the world with a couple of Grand Slams under his belt, 38 year old Marcelo Melo.

Plenty then from Brazil and we also dip into Europe and speak to Andy Murray to assess the start of his 2022.

Felix Auger-Aliassime's coach Frédéric Fontang talks about working with the young Canadian, bringing Toni Nadal in as a consultant and the values and ethos that surrounds the team, plus we also find out about the coach himself.

Interview by Candy Reid.

Seb Lauzier presents this week’s programme and a week on from the Australian Open, hears from doubles legend, John Peers. Peers talks about his new partnership with Filip Polasek, how Australian’s have dealt with travel during Covid and his Olympic Bronze Medal alongside Ash Barty. We also get a stringing masterclass and to celebrate his first ATP Tour final, we hear from Finnish player, Emil Ruusuvuori.

Interviews by Jill Craybas and Candy Reid.

Back on the regular tour and with an event in Pune, India taking place this week, Jill Craybas spoke to a tennis legend from that region, doubles player Rohan Bopanna. In this wide-ranging conversation the duo discuss the current state of the game in India, doubles tactics, advice from his coach, Scott Davidoff, how Rohan continues to play at the age of 41 and his interests off court, including running tennis academies and his own coffee company.

Presenter Peter Marcato is joined by former player Jill Craybas and AO Radio’s Chris Bowers to look back on an epic men’s final between Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev. As well as discussing the Championship match in which Nadal made yet more history, the team also speak about the other players who made it through to the latter stages of the tournament. There's also exclusive interviews with recently crowned Australian of the Year, Dylan Alcott, Doubles finalist, Max Purcell and Australian sporting legend, Pat Rafter.

Interviews by Chris Bowers and Candy Reid. 

Commentary from AO Radio.

Candy Reid sat down at the Australian Open with British doubles player Joe Salisbury to ask how he manages to dart about the court in such sweltering heat.

Japan's Taro Daniel speaks to Jill Craybas about his globe-trotting existence as a young boy growing up, his tennis journey, the 2020 Olympic in Tokyo, his hopes for the future and life away from the court.

This is the full-length version of the interview that was in the most recent ATP podcast.

Japan's Taro Daniel speaks to Jill Craybas about his globe-trotting existence as a young boy growing up, his tennis journey, the 2020 Olympic in Tokyo, his hopes for the future and life away from the court.

This is the full-length version of the interview that was in the most recent ATP podcast.

Presenter Peter Marcato is joined by former player, Jill Craybas and AO Radio commentators Chris Bowers and Candy Reid to look back on the first week of action at the 2022 Australian Open as well as introduce interviews and features with Maxime Cressy, Taro Daniel, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Bruno Soares.