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It's a special edition of the show, as Andrew Burton is guest hosting and welcomes Mark Petchey back to Tennis with an Accent. 

Petchey is one of the better commentators in the sport today. This conversation is an attempt to address the many possibilities world of tennis is facing because of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Petchey and Burton unpack the many challenges the sport had to begin with and now these challenges seem more daunting than ever ; be it the economic structure of the lower tier tournaments or the inequality in the overall financial well being of the players. 

The conversation also moves to the hypothetical proposal if both tours will ever come together when the normalcy resumes. 

A must listen for all tennis fans on "Tennis with an Accent."

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Full Ep: Andrew Burton with Mark Petchy 4 22 20

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Tennis with an Accent welcomes 2020 Australian Open Doubles champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury to the show. 

Salisbury is making his debut on the show while the American Ram is making his 4th appearance. The conversation is a must listen for tennis fans as lot of top flight doubles nuances are uncovered. 

Salisbury also weighs in on how the partnership came together. The duo also share a collegiate tennis background and we uncover how their paths have been to get to the point of winning a major.

Popularity of doubles is getting some air time on this edition of "Tennis with an Accent!"

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Full Ep: Australian Men's Doubles champs Rav/Salisbury

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Former world number 2 and French open finalist Magnus Norman of Sweden is the podcast guest this week. 

Norman is also known as the man who converted Stan Wawrinka from a promising talented player to a great player. Under Norman’s watch Wawrinka has amassed a hall of fame career in which he has won three major titles by beating the likes of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal en-route. 

Norman gets candid about lot of things here from his open stance forehand, to rise of Wawrinka under his watch. He also weighs in on who he thinks has the most upside from the new talent on the tour?

A lot of insight unpacked by the former world number two whose career was shortened by a hip injury in 2002.

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Full Ep: Fomer #2 player in world Magnus Norman 4 7 20

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This weeks guest is ATP player Robin Haase of Netherlands. Haase currently tries to rebuild his ranking as  he has been ranked as high as 33 on the ATP rank charts in 2017. He has won two career titles and has had wins over Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem and Alexandr Zverev. Haase gets candid in this podcast on various topics like ATP player council, Dutch tennis, his toughest opponent among big three and the revamped Davis cup among other topics. 

Haase also weighs in on popularity of ATP past the big three phase. A lot of detail unpacked by Robin Haase. This is a must listen for any tennis fan.

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Full Ep: Robin Haase of ATP Tour  3 30 20

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In this week’s episode former top 10 player Tim Mayotte returns to the podcast to discuss the current status of American men’s players. The conversation is an extension of an earlier episode in many ways as movement and techniques take centerstage as we discuss the American men. 

Mayotte also speaks about various topics from the many complexities of the ATP tour Calendar to the underused strategies on court and to the ATP council position he ran for last year.

In the second segment Matt Zemek and Saqib Ali talk about the sudden announcement from French Open management as they have declared a new date for the event this year. 

This is typical tennis chaos and TWAA weighs on the onset of this news.


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Full Ep Tim Mayotte and reaction to Roland Garros delay

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Freelance journalist Ravi Ubha returns to the show to discuss the career of Maria Sharapova. Ubha has been covering professional tennis by wearing different hats like writing for outlets like CNN and doing play by play commentary on TV. He describes the various career graphs of Sharapova from winning the French open to becoming global superstar. 

He also unpacks how testing positive for Meldonium will impact the legacy of the Russian. Last but not the least where does Sharapova rank among the best players pantheon? Tune in to learn more of Ubha’s analysis.

Second segment includes long time Russian tennis coach Boris Sobkin - who weighs in on the complex career of the Russian. We believed that a career like Sharapova needed more than one voice from the business of tennis to fully analyze the many facets of her complex journey.

Hear it all on "Tennis with an Accent!"

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Full EP: Ravi Ubha and Boris Sobkin  3 4 20

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Tennis With An Accent contributor Briana Foust [@4TheTennis] joins Matt Zemek on this week's TWAA Podcast. 

Briana discusses the Dubai WTA final between Simona Halep and Elena Rybakina, exploring the emergence of Rybakina this season and the quality of Halep, who won a thriller to capture the Dubai championship.

Bri also looks at the return of Kim Clijsters to the WTA Tour after an absence of more than seven years. She discusses some storylines before the tour moves to Indian Wells. Bri and Matt both discuss the practice of seeding players at various tournaments, and they react to Roger Federer's injury, which will keep the Swiss superstar sidelined through the French Open. 

All that plus a special announcement about Bri's spring schedule and Tennis With An Accent's early-April plans, on the new TWAA Podcast, presented by Red Circle!

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(Full Ep) Briana Foust talks WTA tour 2 28 20

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Carl Bialik of the Thirty Love podcast joins the show this week as the guest analyst. Bialik is a known voice on tennis twitter through his association with podcasting and tennis writing. New York Open was the central theme that Bialik helped explore for this edition of the podcast. 

He addressed few possible factors that can be associated with the lack of crowds at the New York Open - which wrapped up its third edition this past Sunday. Conversation also focussed on possible lack of star power of American male players to the tournament’s location in Long Island. And for second week in a row mercurial Frenchman Gael Monfils finds his way into the mentions as was a winner in back to back weeks.

Matt Zemek joins Saqib Ali in the second segment of the show where the biggest comeback story in tennis for sometime is discussed. Yes - the return of Kim Clijsters. Zemek shares his first impressions of the Belgian star who returned to a tennis court after an absence of more than seven years.

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Full Ep: Carl Bialik on New York Open  2 20 20

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On a brand new "Tennis with an Accent," this weeks guest is Damian Kust. Kust is a freelance tennis writer from Poland, who is currently contributing for Last word on Tennis website. His coverage and commentary focusses on ATP Challenger tour along with the main tour. On this episode Kust talks about the many facets of the challenger tour - where the level of competition is not much different than the main tour. 
Conversation unpacks the success of Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland who is one the brightest talents in the sport along with the likes of Brandon Nakashima. Also mentioned are the last weeks winners -  Jiri Vesely, Gael Monfils and Mohammed Safwat.

Matt Zemek joins Saqib Ali in the second segment of the podcast to talk about the resurgence of Vasek Pospisil. Zemek also weighs in on Serena Williams loss in Fed Cup last week.

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(Full Ep) ATP tour with Damian Kust  2 13 20

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To recap the first major of the season, Skip Schwarzman is the guest. He is @tennisskip1515 on Twitter. 

Skip breaks down the championship matches for both draws. He weighs in on the ability of Novak Djokovic to keep drawing upon his best tennis when the going gets tough in the biggest of tennis matches. Where does this win of Djokovic rank among his amazing feats? Tune in to listen! 

The conversation spends a good amount of time on the progress and development of Dominic Thiem as an elite hard court player. Other top men like Nadal, Zverev, Medvedev and Federer get graded in this episode for their performance during the fortnight. 

The first part of the podcast focusses on the maiden triumph of young American Sofia Kenin who defied many a tennis pundit to be the last women standing. Kenin's stellar run in Melbourne has forced her name in the mix of WTA’s young group of players who have all had success at the majors. 

Garbine Muguruza gets a deserved mention as well for her

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(Full Ep) Australian Open recap/Skip Schwarzman  2 5 20

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The Tennis With An Accent Podcast, sponsored by Australia's Stats Insider, looks back at Week 1 of the 2020 Australian Open while briefly looking ahead to Week 2 in Melbourne Park. Andrew Burton, an in-house contributor and analyst for Tennis With An Accent, joins Saqib and Matt to discuss the men's and women's tournaments in Australia. 

Serena Williams lost. Ons Jabeur of Tunisia made the quarterfinals. Garbine Muguruza and Stan Wawrinka have come alive. The Big 3 are all still in the tournament, as Novak Djokovic remains the clear favorite on the men's side The big winners, the noticeable losers, and the matches not yet played -- they're all part of this mid-tournament discussion as the Australian Open heads toward its final, defining moments. 

That's the new Tennis With An Accent Podcast, sponsored by Australia's Stats Insider, at www.statsinsider.com.au.

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Australian Open Mid-Tourney show 1 28 20

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The 2020 Australian Open is about to get underway this weekend and Matt Zemek and Saqib Ali are back with a preview now that the draws are out for the Men and Women.

Also, Nick Splitter joins the show to talk about the new features at the Stats Insider website has for in match stats and win probabilities for the first major. 

The main feature interview  includes Tennis with an Accent’s Mert Ertunga breaking down both the ladies and mens draws on the eve of this important first major  tournament of the season.

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2020 Australian Open Men's and Women's draw preview

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Happy New Year and welcome to the debut of the show with the first major of the year within sight.

Listen as Julie Zhou talks to Matt Zemek in the first segment, as she gives a fan’s travel guide for Australian Open. It is a must listen for anyone who is making their first trip to Melbourne Park and it has lot of relevant information for returning fans as well.

Second half of the podcast has Saqib Ali joining Matt to weigh in on the first installment of the ATP Cup, Andy Murray’s withdrawal from the Australian swing is also discussed.


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(Full Ep) Australian Open Fan Guide  1 6 20

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It's the latest edition of the worldwide Tennis Podcast.

The guest is Rohan Bopanna. Bopping has been one of the premiere doubles players from India reaching as high as world number three in the ATP rankings. He has also reached the US open finals in 2010. Bopanna opens up about the challenges tennis faces in India, his academy, little coverage on Indian players on tv from ATP and grand slam action. 

He further dives in on topics such as live on tour, how he plans his schedule, tennis off season and his Coffee business. Its a must listen for any tennis fan.

Hear it all on "Tennis with an Accent."


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Tennis Accent with Rohan Bopanna 12 19 19

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TWAA contributor Skip Schwarzman was in Madrid for the first installment of the revamped Davis Cup. He shared some candid first impressions with Matt Zemek in this episode of the podcast. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 11-25-19

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Andrew Burton of TWAA joins me to review the NItto ATP Finals. The conversation centers on the two finalists Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem. How the two have come into their own and how consequential this performance will be in terms of the next season. Andrew also reviews the seasons of the big three members of the ATP. Matt joins the podcast to relive the career of recent retiree Tomas Berdych. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 11-19-19

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Mert Ertunga of TWAA is back on the show. In this episode Mert and Saqib talk about the evolution of the ATP year end finals. Mert discusses how important this event was on the tennis calendar back in the late 70’s and throughout the 80’s and 90’s. The conversation tackles the challenges of playing 5 set matches in this event where the opposition has been top shelf for all players. Other topics discussed are the best Indoor player of all times, best year end championship matches to the current set of players who will take the court on Sunday at the O2 arena in London.

Part 2 of the conversation has Matt Zemek weigh in on Ash Barty’s win in the WTA finale. Matt also drives home the point how the tennis administrative bodies have to make better decisions on court surfaces.

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(Full Ep) with Mert Ertunga and Matt Zemek 11 7 19

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Swedish writer Erik Jonsson is the podcast guest this week. Erik writes for the website @tennisportalen and has been covering the Stockholm open for them for last two years. The conversation focussed on Dominic Thiem’s rise as a hard court player after the Austrian added the Vienna Indoor event to his title collection of 2019. Young Italian Jannik Sinner also made the mentions in Erik’s tennis analysis. A lot more unpacked in this first segment of the pod including the gradual rise of the Mikael Ymer of Sweden. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 10-31-19

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Jose Higueras is a former player from Spain who won 16 tour titles and reached the semi finals of Roland Garros in 1982. He has worn many hats in his tennis life from coaching to running player development programs for the USTA. His coaching alliances include work with Pete Sampras, Michael Chang and Roger Federer among others. Jose spoke about all these topics that have accumulated to his tennis journey. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 10-22-19

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TWAA contributor Brianna Foust is the guest as we discuss the asian swing on both tours. Conversation covers the return of Murray to singles action and the battle for the number one ranking between Nadal and Djokovic. The WTA has started looking at the possibility of three bankable stars in the future something that has been missing for sometime. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 10-12-19

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This week&#39;s guest is Craig Boynton - coach of Stevie Johnson and Hubert Hurkacz and former coach of John Isner. Boynton talks about how the coaching playbook has changed over the course of his years on the pro circuit. He also weighs in on the mindset to coach against the biggest names in tennis while providing other insights on the professional coaching. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 10-2-19

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Freelance tennis writer and broadcaster Ravi Ubha returns to the podcast. Ravi relives the US hard court summer and explains how some of the results made sense at the US open. He also weighs in on some of the defining moments of the open outside of the eventual winners. Finally capping off the conversation Ravi looks at the ATP rankings and breaks down the chances of some of the leading players who could appear in the season ending finale in London. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 9-18-19

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Saqib Ali and Matt Zemek review the US Open with Andrew Burton and Mert Ertunga. They tackle the longevity of Nadal, rise of Medvedev on the eve of turning of the decade. Bianca Andreescu, Serena Williams, Belinda Bencic and Taylor Townsend are the talking points from the women’s edition of the 2019 US Open. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 9-10-19

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Karen Williams of <a href="http://overheadspin.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">overheadspin.blogspot.com</a> talks about the Osaka Gauff moment, Taylor Townsend’s rise to prominence at the home slam and her takeaways from the women’s side of the US open. A lot of detail unpacked about the WTA action. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 9-5-19

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Matt Zemek and Saqib Ali break down the US Open which just got underway. Matt first talks with Roswarne. Then Saqib talks with Mark Knowles. Knowles is a former world number one doubles player who has won three major doubles titles. He has also coached the likes of Mardy Fish and Milos Roanic and now works as an analyst on the tennis channel. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 8-27-19

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Saqib Ali talks with TWAA contributor Mert Ertunga. Mert talks about players who can challenge on ATP side of the competition outside of the big three. He further elaborates on practice sessions, importance of transition game to excel at the Open and experience to play 5 setters. On the WTA side the field is slightly more open and the list of contenders is slightly broader the top group of contenders includes 4 players Halep, Barty, Osaka and Serena Williams Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 8-21-19

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Tim Mayotte returns to the podcast as he talks about bringing professional tennis back to the Boston area. Tim’s academy is managing and hosting the inaugaral Thoreau Open. The conversation also touches upon the ATP politics, US Open wild cards and playing conditions. The second half of the conversation is with Mike Mcintyre - the co host of the Tennis Canada podcast. Mike reviews his local tournament the Rogers cup with rich details on Bianca Andreescu, Eugine Bouchard and Felix Auger Aliassime. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 8-14-19

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On the latest edition of "Tennis with an Accent," host Saqib Ali has special guests.

First, Ramone Sluiter - coach of Kiki Bertens and former ATP player talks about the changes in the game on the pro level. He also viewed the player council topics from a former players lens and most importantly spoke at length about her charge Kiki Bertens and her ascent up the ranks. 

Next, Sofia Kenin - the upcoming American tennis player talks to tennis with an accent about her impressive year so far where her rank and total wins for the season are heading in the right direction. 

Enjoy the latest coverage on conversation of the game, worldwide with "Tennis with an Accent!"

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Tennis Accent  8 9 19

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Karen Pestaina of Tennis Panorama is the guest as she gives an in-depth analysis on visiting the US open experience. Then Saqib Ali and Matt Zemek talk about the Zverev Lendl split and exchanging notes on the Power rankings of leading men and women as they head into the summer hard court swing on respective tours. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 7-30-19 w/ Karen Pestaina

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Saqib Ali and Matt Zemek talk about weeks after where some players chose to play a mini clay schedule instead of coming over to US for the opening of the hard court season. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 7-24-19

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Squib Ali talks with professional Doubles Player Rajeev Ram. Then Saqib and Matt Zemek break down all what we saw at Wimbledon. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 7-16-19 w/ Rajeev Ram

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Matt Zemek and Saqib Ali break down the latest action from Wimbledon plus part 2 of the Pat Cash Interview. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 7-06-19 w/ Pat Cash Pt 2

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Saqib Ali and Matt Zemek return as Wimbledon is officially underway. Saqib talks with 1987 Wimbledon champ Pat Cash in part one of a two part interview. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 7-02-19 w/ Pat Cash Part 1

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TWAA contributor Andrew Burton joins Saqib Ali and Matt Zemek to give a preview of Wimbledon Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 6-25-19 Wimbledon Preview

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Saqib Ali and Matt Zemeck discuss the rise of Matteo Berrettini and Felix Auger-Aliassime. The two upstarts have recorded significant results this year as they are both top 15 in the race to London with a slight exception - they have won 1 match at the majors between them.  Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 6-18-19

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Saqib Ali chats with HOF tennis writer Steve Flink looking back at the results from Roland Garros and ahead to Wimbledon. Then Matt Zemek joins Saqib to close the show. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 6-12-19

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Matt Zemek and Saqib Ali give in depth break down from all the action from Roland Garros as we head down the home stretch. Saqib also talks with Nick Nermeroff. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent 6-5-19

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Matt Zemek and Saqib Ali give in depth break down from all the action from Roland Garros. Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations'>https://redcircle.com/tennis-with-an-accent/donations</a>

Tennis Accent - 5-29-19

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Darren Cahill of ESPN joins the Tennis With An Accent Podcast.

Darren Cahill is widely regarded as one of the foremost tennis analysts anywhere on the planet. He coached tennis greats Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, and Simona Halep, in addition to working with various other players through an Adidas training and development program. Cahill is a former ATP tennis player who reached the 1988 U.S. Open semifinals, losing to Mats Wilander. Cahill attained a career-high No. 22 world ranking.

In this episode, Darren Cahill discusses his experiences as a player, coach and broadcaster, while also analyzing the 2019 French Open before the release of the draw. Cahill shares stories behind the scenes from a decades-long career in tennis through various vantage points. In a conversation with Saqib Ali, Cahill engages in personal storytelling while also explaining various aspects of tennis competition and tennis politics which fans don't get to see on the surface. Cahill lends his expertise to a wide-ranging series of topics. This is a must-listen for any die-hard tennis fan.

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Tennis Accent- Darren Cahill 5 22 19

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On the latest edition of "Tennis with an Accent," hosts Saqib Ali and Matt Zemek take a look back at the clay court action in Madrid last weekend, and begin to look ahead to the second major of the year, the French Open.

They are joined this week by Mert Ertunga, former Turkish men's professional star and contributor to TennisAccent.com, for his insight on the recent clay court action.

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Tennis Accent   5 15 19

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This week on Tennis With An Accent, Saqib Ali is joined by Louisa Thomas, a published author and contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, where she has written about tennis for several years. She had written about tennis at Grantland since 2011 before the website closed down.

She and Saqib discuss WTA World No. 1 Naomi Osaka, whom she recently interviewed for Vogue Magazine,  and the other players she likes to write about. Ms. Thomas speaks about magazine-based tennis writing, as a reality which is separate from deadline-based instant analysis or on-site reportage. Thomas also talks about women’s tennis as a source of empowerment for women, and on the complexities of today’s younger tennis personalities and the need to not lump all players into the same group.

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Tennis Accent archive show 6

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Tennis With An Accent covers the global reality of tennis in various accents, and today’s accent is thoroughly Indian. Podcast host Saqib Ali, who grew up in India, talks to the venerable Indian tennis journalist Rohit Brijnath, who writes for The Straits Times in Singapore, at straitstimes.com.

Brijnath has covered the Australian Open for the past 15 years and has covered multiple Wimbledons and French Opens in earlier years. He has traveled the world many times over, giving Indian tennis fans his signature perspective on the great tennis players of various generations. He engages Saqib in a rolling, free-flowing conversation stuffed with names. It is a comfort-food show for any Indian tennis fan who remembers the 1980s.

Saqib and Rohit relive the days of the South Club in Calcutta and the Indian experience of lawn tennis. Saqib reminisces about the five-minute tennis capsules on the news at 7:05 and 8:05 p.m. Rohit recalls his days at Sports World Magazine, which preceded his current tenure at The Straits Times.

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Tennis Accent archive show 5

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On this edition of the Tennis With An Accent Podcast, Saqib Ali chats with tennis strategy analyst Craig O’Shannessy.

During their half hour conversation, Saqib talks with Craig about how he got involved in tennis, his thought process in breaking down the game, his work with Novak Djokovic, projections on who could win the US Open this year and so much more.

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Tennis Accent archive show 4

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Novak Djokovic is the king of men’s tennis after his victory at the Australian Open, and few people do a better job of covering Novak Djokovic than Saša Ozmo of SportKlub in Serbia. Tennis With An Accent welcomes Saša back to our podcast. 

Saša speaks with Saqib Ali about Djokovic and various other ATP topics in this show. Saša originally joined the TWAA podcast last June during Roland Garros. A lot has changed since then — for Djokovic and the ATP Tour as a whole. It is a great time to gain fresh insights on Djokovic during another ascendant period in a luminous and iconic career.

The conversation starts with a few brief notes about topics other than Djokovic and his Australian Open championship. Saša discusses Serbia’s win in the preliminary round of the new Davis Cup (informally known as the Pique Cup). What will this event look like? What are the important questions the Pique Cup must address in order to establish itself as a respected and durable event in the larger framework of global tennis? How do the questions surrounding the Pique Cup relate to the ATP Cup which will debut in 2020?



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Tennis Accent Archive Show 3

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Do you remember television “crossover” episodes when two shows would merge into one during the same week? This week’s Tennis With An Accent Podcast is very much about tennis, but it is also a crossover episode with another Radio Influence podcast.

Jim Fannin is a longtime tennis coach who currently works as a consultant to athletes across numerous sports. He is also the host of his own Radio Influence podcast, The Jim Fannin Show. He has a website of accumulated books and instructional CDs at JimFannin.com. This week, Jim is the featured guest at Tennis With An Accent.



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Tennis Accent Archive Show 2

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Saqib Ali interviews the two-time Roland Garros finalist, former Stockholm tournament director, and present-day tennis entrepreneur Robin Soderlingabout a range of topics. It’s a conversation that die-hard tennis fans will greatly enjoy.

Soderling carries special significance in the hearts of modern-day tennis fans, due to his place in history as a player who authored two of the most significant upsets in the sport: his 2009 Roland Garros win over Rafael Nadal and his 2010 Roland Garros victory over Roger Federer. The former made Soderling one of only two men to beat Nadal at the French Open (Novak Djokovic is the other). The latter triumph broke Federer’s streak of 23 straight major-tournament semifinal appearances, one of the iconic records in modern tennis. 

He gained a deserved reputation as a player who stood up to the Big 3 and played them without fear. This is why many fans greatly enjoyed what he brought to ATP tennis. It is also why his premature retirement due to health reasons in 2015 — he played his last tour match in 2011 — was so devastating for the global tennis community.



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Tennis Accent Archive show 1

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