All things Tennis are found on this show!

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It&#39;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 &#34;Tennis with an Accent.&#34;

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 &#34;Tennis with an Accent!&#34;

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.

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.

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.


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 &#34;Tennis with an Accent!&#34;

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&#39;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&#39;s injury, which will keep the Swiss superstar sidelined through the French Open. 

All that plus a special announcement about Bri&#39;s spring schedule and Tennis With An Accent&#39;s early-April plans, on the new TWAA Podcast, presented by Red Circle!

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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.

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

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On a brand new &#34;Tennis with an Accent,&#34; 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.

(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&#39;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

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

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The Tennis With An Accent Podcast, sponsored by Australia&#39;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&#39;s and women&#39;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&#39;s side The big winners, the noticeable losers, and the matches not yet played -- they&#39;re all part of this mid-tournament discussion as the Australian Open heads toward its final, defining moments. 

That&#39;s the new Tennis With An Accent Podcast, sponsored by Australia&#39;s Stats Insider, at www.statsinsider.com.au.

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Latest Professional Tennis Podcast

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.

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.


(Full Ep) Australian Open Fan Guide  1 6 20

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It&#39;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 &#34;Tennis with an Accent.&#34;


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.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

Tennis Accent 10-12-19

Everything you need to know each week from the world of Tennis

From the French Open to Wimbledon, from the U.S. Open to the Australian Open, and everything else in between, if it's going on in the world of tennis, hosts Saqib Ali and Matt Zemek are ready to discuss it.

These guys bring their passion for the WTA and the ATP tennis tours every week, and have on some great guests for their insight and analysis, too.

It's the latest news, info and opinions on all things tennis. Join us each week for "Tennis with an Accent."
