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The Behind the Racquet Pod is the best glimpse you can get in to the ins and outs of professional tennis, told by its players, and voiced by Noah Rubin, and his podcast partner Mike Cation.

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    • 4.6 • 109 Ratings

The Behind the Racquet Pod is the best glimpse you can get in to the ins and outs of professional tennis, told by its players, and voiced by Noah Rubin, and his podcast partner Mike Cation.

    Behind the Racquet with ATP Player Council Member Miguel Angel Reyes Varela

    Behind the Racquet with ATP Player Council Member Miguel Angel Reyes Varela

    Miguel is now 36 years of age, and remains very much in the discussions at the slams as a top 75 doubles player. The former Texas Longhorn talks about his long career as a doubles specialist, what made that decision for him, and how he views the long history of Mexican tennis.
    We also get in to some of the ATP Player Council politics, namely how doubles gets more eyes (and money), where the ATP is on a domestic abuse policy, and whether Latin America will be getting a Masters Series event.
    More next week!
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    • 46 min
    Behind the Racquet with Jill Craybas

    Behind the Racquet with Jill Craybas

    Jill Craybas had an incredible playing career, as a top 40 player in both singles in doubles, a WTA singles title, 5 doubles titles. She's most well known for a win over Serena at Wimbledon in 2002. Since her career ended in 2013, she's become a fantastic commentator at the Slams, as well as for both the ATP and WTA. This week, she'll be one of the courtside reporters for TennisTV.
    We chat about her playing career, and how she's brought her inquisitive nature to her reporting and commentary work!
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    • 42 min
    Behind the Racquet with Eliot Spizzirri

    Behind the Racquet with Eliot Spizzirri

    First, apologies for some of Mike's audio issues in this one. Unfortunately, the wifi in his hotel this past weekend caused a few issues so we're going to ignore the fact that he sounds worse than normal, which is saying a lot.
    Here are Eliot's deets:
    Age: 22
    Rank: ATP 721, ITA (College) #1
    Hometown: Greenwich, Connecticut
    2023 Collegiate Player of the Year, finishing #1 in singles, #2 in doubles
    He will definitely hop in as a Challenger level player quickly once he turns pro at the end of the year.
    More coming up next week! Also, happy birthday to the lil fella.
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    • 34 min
    Behind the Racquet with Aleks Kovacevic

    Behind the Racquet with Aleks Kovacevic

    Aleks Kovacevic sat down with Mike before the Dallas Open to discuss finally hitting top 100 after his run through qualies and in to the 2nd round of the Australian Open. At the time of publish, Kova is back outside of the top 100, at 102, after losing some points from the Cleveland Challenger title one year ago. But hitting 85 was just one step on his journey. He's a University of Illinois graduate, his game is gorgeous, and he's got a new coach to help him get to that next level.
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    • 51 min
    Behind the Racquet with Robert Galloway

    Behind the Racquet with Robert Galloway

    31-year-old Robert Galloway is a top 50 doubles player from South Carolina. His path took him a different route than most. He was at the peak in the 12s, stepped away from the game, and found his way back as a college star at Wofford University. As a doubles specialist straight out of college, it's a long, hard road to the top 50. Robby G takes us through his journey, with some detours as we discuss the Australian Open, the Zverev player council issue, and much more!
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    • 32 min
    Year 6; Episode 1. Noah Finally Returns; An AO Recap; What to do with Zverev

    Year 6; Episode 1. Noah Finally Returns; An AO Recap; What to do with Zverev

    Only a month in to the year, we get back after it. Lots to get to, here's a rundown.
    Open- Mike's AO
    12:00- Noah Returns to Professional Tennis
    28:35- Australian Open Recap; We're in Good Hands
    43:50- Quick outlandish predictions from Mike and Noah; Ethan Quinn and Tommy Paul
    48:00- Sascha Zverev
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    • 1 hr 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
109 Ratings

109 Ratings

Val from Philly ,

New tennis fan - love this pod

I found this pod after watching AO 2024 (first time following tennis tournament). I think you guys are great - especially for American inside perspective. Please keep going!

Financial Samurai ,

Great podcast!

Love the behind the scenes and stuff. - Sam, Author of Buy This, Not That

WalkinToAkron ,

Good Podcast

I enjoy Mike Cation’s interviews with players from the Challenger Tour.

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