He has won the USPTA national coach of the year seven times and trained five number-one-ranked players. This is my podcast with Rick Macci. Podcast with Rick Macci I am sure these names ring a bell: Â Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. These are just a few of the tennis starts that Rick Macci has worked with. He is even featured in the movie King Richard, about Richard Williams, the father of the Williams sisters. We sat down over Zoom to talk about Rick’s spectacular coaching career and what’s in store in the future. We …
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For this episode of the Tennisnerd podcast, I do an interview with Will Hamilton, one of the co-founders of Fuzzy Yellow Balls. Interview with Will Hamilton Will Hamilton was one of the first tennis content creators on YouTube alongside his Fuzzy Yellow Balls co-founder and has since created and sold loads of instructional tennis content with stars like the Bryan Brothers and Martina Navratilova. This podcast went all over the place, from YouTube CPM levels to why Alcaraz’s drop shot strategy should be copied (according to data). You might have seen Fuzzy Yellow Balls sponsoring some Tennisnerd YouTube videos. I …
If you like racquet reviews, you must know Chris from Tennis Warehouse. He is a legend in the game. Here is my podcast with Chris Edwards. Podcast with Chris Edwards I have done a podcast with Chris Edwards before, but that was part of a group discussing racquets for Tennis Warehouse. But the first time I had the chance to sit down and talk to him properly was during my second visit to the HEADquarters in Kennelbach, where we both took part in the Tennis Warehouse HEAD Gravity Super Review. I wasn’t shocked to see we had a lot in …
When I studied journalism in Washington, D.C., 20 years ago, I never thought people would like to interview me. But here is an interview with Tennisnerd. An Interview with Tennisnerd First of all, thanks to Phil from Tweener Head, who reached out and conducted this interview. It was a nice and enjoyable conversation, and if you want to help Tweener Head to 5k subscribers, make sure to check out their YouTube channel. I have embedded the video of our conversation below and published it on my podcast. ? More Tennisnerd! If you can’t get enough of interviews with Tennisnerd, I …
Henrik Wallensten and I sit down and do another racquet talk session on the podcast. We discuss the Pro Staffs, Radicals, bags, and more. Racquet talk with Henrik Wallensten I have known Henrik for many years, and he regularly contributes reviews and articles to Tennisnerd and the Swedish Tennis Magazine. We have done a number of podcasts together over the years to talk about racquets, and I will now label these episodes Racquet Talk. This is where we compare experiences with recent play tests. In this episode, we talk about the exciting specs of the new Wilson Pro Staffs V14, …
This is quite provocative (like most headlines on the Internet), but it came up during the latest episode of the podcast. Why not doubles? Why not doubles? The question is very open and unspecific. But it can encapsulate many valid points. Dennis Timar and I wondered why some players don’t go all in on doubles instead of struggling in singles. Two names that came up are Fabio Fognini and Jack Sock. Fabio and Jack seem to have the best times in their singles careers behind them, but they are also great doubles players. Sock is arguably one of the best …
Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka got the two singles titles at the 2023 Australian Open. In the Tennisnerd podcast we say, Congrats Novak and Aryna! Congrats Novak and Aryna! Djokovic winning his 10th Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam was not a difficult prediction. We got it right in our Australian Open 2023 predictions, but we didn’t quite predict that Aryna Sabalenka would win her first Grand Slam down under. However, she has one of the biggest games on the WTA Tour, so it’s not entirely surprising. It felt a bit too predictable when you look back on the first …
Upcoming Volkl Racquet Reviews
I have some upcoming Volkl racquet reviews. But before those, please listen to my podcast with Volkl promotions manager, Nick Mitchell. Upcoming Volkl Racquet Reviews I haven’t reviewed a Volkl racquet in a while and that’s why I’m excited about these upcoming Volkl racquet reviews involving the Volkl V8 Pro, the Volkl C10 Evo and the Volkl V1 Evo. I will also be testing some Volkl strings in these racquets. But before I can publish these reviews, I want you to listen to my recent podcast with Volkl promotions manager, Nick Mitchell. Nick is an ex-pro player who used to …
After seeing him come back in two 5-set matches in the first two rounds, you can’t help but wonder: Will Andy Murray win the Australian Open? Will Andy Murray win the Australian Open? This headline might age badly if he loses his next match to Bautista-Agut. But you still have to applaud and respect the lion of a fighter that Andy Murray is. In 2020 he was at the Australian Open to retire from professional tennis due to a hip injury. But with a new hip, he has fought himself back into enough form to defeat players like Matteo Berrettini …
The Legend of the HEAD Ti.S6
Henrik Wallensten is in testing mode and has been trying the new Wilson Shift, the Babolat Pure Drive 98 and…drumroll…the HEAD Ti.S6. The legend of the HEAD Ti.S6 You have probably seen a HEAD Ti.S6 somewhere where you play tennis. It’s become an icon in veteran tennis. Why? Because with its insanely user-friendly specs, you get a light racquet with lots of power that is still relatively comfortable (especially when strung with a synthetic gut strung). So why have Henrik bought a HEAD Ti.S6 to try? Well, you have to listen to the podcast to find that out. We also …