Game, Set and Match Podcast

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Game, Set and Match podcast: August 5

Game Set and Match Podcast post Wimbledon

The year's third Grand Slam Wimbledon gets underway at the All England Club Monday night NZT. Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber are the defending singles champions. This week on the Game Set and Match podcast, Radio Sport commentator Matt Brown and Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Simon Rea give their tips for the title. They break down the men's and women's contenders and look at the prospects for the New Zealand doubles players Michael Venus, Artem Sitak and Marcus Daniell. Matt chats to Sitak who captured his 5th ATP title at the weekend and we cross to London to catch up with commentator Chris Bowers who will be covering the Championships for Radio Sport.

Game Set and Match - Who wins Wimbledon titles?

We are a week away from the start of Wimbledon and Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is back with Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Simon Rea to present the Game Set and Match Podcast. A week where Ash Barty has become the new women's world number one and Roger Federer achieved another milestone, winning the Halle ATP tournament for the 10th time. We hear from both Barty and Federer along with New Zealand's Michael Venus who has captured the biggest ATP doubles title of his career outside of the French Open in 2017, winning with Raven Klaasen in Halle and breaking through to the top 10 in the rankings for the first time. We also chat to Artem Sitak who together with Israel's Jonathan Erlich have beaten the French Open doubles champions at the ATP tournament in Antalya in Turkey. Matt and Simon also wrap up New Zealand's campaign at the Fed Cup Asia Oceania Group 2 tournament in Kuala Lumpur.

Game, Set and Match podcast: Wimbledon preview

Rafael Nadal for an incredible 12th time and Ash Barty with her first Grand Slam title are the Roland Garros champions for 2019. Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is in Paris thanks to Emirates Airline and presents the ‘Game Set and Match tennis podcast. Matt is joined by leading tennis strategist Craig O’Shannessy from Brain Game Tennis to break down the men’s singles final won by Nadal in four sets over Dominic Thiem. Australian scribe Leo Schlink discusses the men’s tournament and Ash Barty’s phenomenal run to the women’s title. WTA Tour senior writer Courtney Nguyen wraps up the women’s tournament and the final word goes to veteran Australian broadcaster Craig Gabriel.

Game Set and Match Podcast - French Open wrap

Game Set and Match Podcast French Open preview

There are just two weeks to go to the year's second tennis Grand Slam - the French Open in Paris. World number one Novak Djokovic seems to be timing his run to perfection, capturing his 33rd ATP Masters 1000 title in Madrid while Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens has emerged as a genuine French Open women's contender with her victory in the women's final over defending Roland Garros champion Simona Halep.Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Simon Rea to discuss the events in Madrid, we hear from Djokovic and Bertens and reflect on Rafael Nadal's relative struggles. Yes - the King of Clay has failed to win any of the three clay events he has played this season - Monte Carlo, Barcelona and now Madrid. Is he still the favourite for Roland Garros?Simon and Matt also chat about what some of the leading Kiwis are up to, most notably Erin Routliffe capturing the biggest doubles title of her career in Florida.

Game Set and Match Podcast 13th May

Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by New Zealand doubles player Marcus Daniell to present the Game Set and Match tennis podcast.Marcus is fresh from reaching the final at the ATP tournament in Budapest and starts his campaign in Estoril on Thursday morning. This week we discuss Rafael Nadal's shock defeat to Dominic Thiem in the Barcelona Open semi finals, his second loss on the clay in as many weeks. Is Rafa still the favourite to win a 12th French Open in a few weeks? Marcus gives his few on a number of ATP Tour developments including the players voting out Tour chief Chris Kermode and whether Player Council representative Justin Gimelstob who has been convicted of an assault, should be voted off the council at its meeting in Rome next month. Matt catches up with New Zealand women's champion Valentina Ivanov who has been back in Auckland for a couple of weeks preparing to head to Europe for a series of ITF tournaments.

Game Set and Match podcast - May 1

This week on the Game Set and Match tennis Podcast Radio Sport commentator Matt Brown and Tennis NZ High Performance Manager Sion Rea wrap up the Fed Cup semifinals. They review the Monte Carlo Masters which saw colourful Italian Fabio Fognini stun the king of clay Rafael Nadal and go on to win his first Masters 1000 title. Matt and Simon share their views on ATP Player Council representative Justin Gimelstob who this week was sentenced to three years probation and 60 days community service for a an assault on a former friend in California. The ATP Player Council will decide in Rome next month whether he retains his position. We also hear from Kiwi doubles player Marcus Daniell who is reunited with his regular partner Wesley Koolhof at the ATP tournament in Budapest while tournament director Karl Budge updates us on developments with Auckland's ASB men's and women's Classics following his return from meetings in the UJS.

Game Set and Match podcast April 24

Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis New Zealand High Performance Manager Simon Rea to present the Game Set and Match tennis Podcast. This week we review the Miami Open where Roger Federer reigned supreme in the men's draw and young Australian Ash Barty captured the biggest title of her career in the women's draw.But the story of the tournament was the run of Canadian teenagers Denis Shapovalov and Felix-Augier Aliassime to the men's semi finals, a week after Bianca Andreescu won the Indian Wells title. Matt catches up with Tennis NZ Performance coach Christophe Lambert who coached Andreescu when he worked at Tennis Canada. Lambert talks about the reason for their unprecedented success and how Tennis New Zealand can learn from it to hopefully produce similar success stories in the future.

Game Set and Match Podcast - April 2

Bianca Andreescu is the talk of the tennis world, the 18 year old Canadian who broke through as a qualifier to reach Auckland's ASB Classic final. She's won the prestigious WTA Premier tournament at Indian Wells. Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown and Tennis NZ High Performance manager Simon Rea present the Game Set and Match podcast and reflect on her phenomenal achievement. We catch up with ASB Classic tournament director Karl Budge on the prospects of luring Andreescu back to Auckland in 2020. We hear from Andreescu and the men's champion Dominic Thiem who stunned Roger Federer in the final. Plus we round up all the action from Kiwis around the world.

Game Set and Match March 19

Roger Federer captures his 100th ATP title in Dubai. Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown is joined by Tennis New Zealand High performance Manager Simon Rea on the Game Set and Match tennis podcast. Simon is backing Federer to go on and catch Jimmy Connors with 108 tour titles before he retires. We also reflect on an incredible week for Aussie Nick Kyrgios who won the ATP title in Acapulco where Kiwi Artem Sitak reached the doubles final while a host of young New Zealand players are in action across the Tasman and also at tournaments in Asia and Mexico this week.

Game, Set and Match - March 4

Radio Sport's Matt Brown talks everything in the world of tennis from New Zealand and around the globe.

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