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NOVAK DJOKOVIC ON BEING WORLD NUMBER ONE - ‘If you’re aiming to be top five, top ten, top fifteen in the world and want to reach a certain level of consistency and that’s your goal, that’s fine but it’s completely different story if that’s your goal and that’s all that interests you and I was never interested in being anything other than number one’.

MARCA TENNIS EDITOR JOAN SOLSONA ON HOW YOU CAN COMPARE CARLOS ALCARAZ TO RAFAEL NADAL - ‘In terms of style of game they are totally different, but of course Alcaraz is only twenty and when Nadal was twenty, he had two or three Grand Slams, so we can compare it in that way. Both of them start winning at a very young age, but you know, Alcaraz sees Nadal no as a rival, but a an idol’.

JANNIK SINNER ON PLAYING IN FRONT OF A HOME CROWN IN TURIN - ‘For sure the crowd is behind me and obviously I will try my best to make them happy and win as many matches as possible, but in a way I have to enjoy the moment, it’s going to be a good moment for me and hopefully it’s going to be a good tournament’.

DANIIL MEDVEDEV ON THE NITTO ATP FINALS BEING A ROUND ROBIN EVENT - ‘You play against the best players in the world, so sure it’s going to be tough for you. The round robin changes, if you lose a match, you get another chance, but when you go into the tournament it's to try to not lose this match’.

ANDREY RUBLEV ON HOW HE’D LIKE TO PLAY BEST OF FIVE SETS AT THE TOUR FINALS - ’There you don’t play that many matches, in total only five matches and if they have like in the Slams one day play, one day not play, best of three sets, I don’t know, best of five I like the feeling, or at least the final’. 

ALEXANDER ZVEREV ON MAKING IT TO TURIN AFTER INJURY - ‘In the beginning I was nowhere near making Turin, I was just thinking about how to win matches and it kind of turned around in the summer for me and from then on it was kind of fun to play tennis matches again’.

HOLGER RUNE ON THE BIGGEST LESSON HE’S LEARNT THIS YEAR - ’Stability in life. To have a team that is there for the right reason and that they are there for you. I feel it is important as a player that you have the people around you that you feel you can always learn from and you respect them one hundred per cent’.

STEFANOS TSITSIPAS ON GIVING A PEP TALK TO A YOUNGER STEFANOS - ’This is going to be a long difficult, but enjoyable journey. Try to love the game as much as you can, just think positively, don’t let negativity drown you and stay on your feet, even if you get punched’.

RAJEEV RAM AND JOE SALISBURY ON THIER INDIFFERENT YEAR - ‘It’s tough to say it’s not a good year when you win a Grand lam, but overall we’ve not been happy with how a lot of it has gone and had we not won the US Open then it would have been a very poor year by our standards’.

SANTIAGO GONZALEZ ON PLAYING ELITE TENNIS AT THE AGE OF FORTY - ‘If you’d have asked me the question two year ago I would have said that forty is a good year to quit but now I’m playing my best tennis, I’m healthy, I have no injuries, I’m enjoying travelling, I’m enjoying playing, I’m enjoying competing, so I would say I have another two or three years at least’. 

GUSTAVO KUERTEN ON WHAT IT’S LIKE TO END THE YEAR AS WORLD NUMBER ONE - ‘It was for sure the best achievement for me as a human being. The passion, the love, the emotion, going to my mother to give her back the hug that brought us the number one sport in the world’.

- Presented by Seb Lauzier

- Interviews by Chris Bowers, Candy Reid, Jill Craybas and Ursin Caderas

- Djokovic, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Sinner and Gustavo Kuerten features by ATP Uncovered

Australian Open doubles finalist Jason Kubler speaks to Candy Reid about a number of topics including how he's changed his mindset and his hopes for the future.

Ash Barty's former coach Craig Tyzzer speaks to Candy Reid about the duo's successful career together and how they are both looking to help the next generation of stars.

Taylor Fritz's coach Michael Russell speaks to Jill Craybas about his amazing tournament victories in Indian Wells and Tokyo 2022 and they also speak about Taylor reaching the world's top 10 for the first time.

American Tommy Paul's coach Brad Stine speaks to Jill Craybas about the young player's development, his injury struggles and hopes for the future.

This week presenter Chris Bowers is joined by former WTA player Jill Craybas and AO Radio commentator Peter Marcato as they look back on the first week of action at the Australian Open and ahead to week two. Headlines are...

PETER MARCATO ON PLAYING TENNIS INTO THE EARLY HOURS - ‘Tennis takes longer to play these days, there’s no doubt that matches are getting longer, but also, do they arrive out onto court on time, the time in-between matches, the bathroom breaks, injury timeouts, it seems to be getting longer and longer, so I think that needs to be taken into account’.

JILL CRAYBAS ON A GREAT FIRST WEEK FOR THE AMERICANS - ‘I think there’s been a United Cup effect in that it’s rubbed off into the first week of the Open. If you just see the way they are all acting together and how they gelled as a group, it got them all into a headspace where they had that confidence and I know I’m leaving a lot of Americans out like JJ Wolf and Tommy Paul, but I mean, it’s just been phenomenal’.

JILL CRAYBAS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE MEN’S GAME - ‘We’ve seen it with the women, how anyone can win it and I feel like that’s starting to happen with the men, you’re seeing so many different guys play so well and get upsets and different names pushing further in slams, which we see in the women’s quite a bit, so I’m excited about both tours right now’.

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YOSHIHITO NISHIOKA ON THE ADVICE HIS MUM GAVE HIM - ‘A couple of years ago my mum told me that I shouldn’t expect to win all matches, but that I can win some matches and have a good time, so now I don’t think too much about winning or losing but instead just play and focus and then maybe I can have a chance to win. So right now I’m just trying to play my best tennis and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just try the next week’.

ROBERT LINDSTEDT ON WINNING THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN DOUBLES - ‘Winning the Australian Open was just relief for me because I had so many opportunities in Wimbledon the year before, so It was just a relief of not losing another one, but actually winning was unbelievable and we really enjoyed it late into the night and the next morning’.

ROBERT LINDSTEDT ON HOW THE DOUBLES GAME CAN GROW - ‘It’s been strong for a very long time, it’s got so much more athletic and physical, you can’t really be lazy anymore, everybody is training like a singles player if I can use that term, but what we can do more is actually getting the opportunity to showcase the sport, to show we’re entertaining and that it’s a beautiful sport’.

- Podcast presented by Chris Bowers

- Podcast guests - AO Radio commentator Peter Marcato & former WTA player Jill Craybas

- Interviews by Jill Craybas

Steve Baldas, CEO of W Sports and Media talent agency and advisory firm speaks to Candy Reid about how they manage the careers of high profile sports stars, including tennis players Lleyton Hewitt, Dan Evans, Jason Kubler and Storm Hunter, as well as media professionals and music performers.

Website - https://www.wsportsandmedia.com.au/

Former WTA Tour Supervisor Yannick Yoshizawa speaks to Jill Craybas about working with his new company, Sense Arena (https://www.sensearena.com). Sense Arena have created virtual reality software to help tennis players train the mind more effectively.