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TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Talking Roger Federer’s (Obvious) Tennis Hall of Fame NodClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "This is in the modern era of tennis, Open era of tennis. Francoise Durer, Conchita Martinez, Yana Novotna, Gabriella Sabatini, so Savetlana with two singles titles, two major singles titles and her ranking, her doubles prowess, etc, I think she gets the nod, but just not this year. So International Tennis hall of fame induction ceremony August 2026 pay very close attention to where when the tickets go on sale so you can get that and all you Roger Federer fans out there."
2025-11-1914 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | What Racquet Sport Killed Elvis Presley?!?Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "You know, in 1973, that's kind of where the, the height of racquetball popularity in the United States, et cetera. And in 1975 he had his own personal racquetball court built at Graceland for a cost of $250,000. Prior to that, Elvis would just play and pick up games at Memphis State University or the YMCA in Memphis. I mean, can you imagine me at the ymca and you're playing racquetball and then who comes on the court after you're finished playing but Elvis Presley?"
2025-11-1410 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | White House Construction Takes Out President’s Tennis CourtClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "So you know, these guys were not only heroes on the tennis court, but heroes in battle and war and serving their country. So Robert Wren was a three time U.S. open champion and then Bill Larned, he was a, you know, top American player at the time, but hadn't won any big titles, any major titles at the time. But after the Spanish American War, he went on to win seven U.S. singles titles in Newport, Rhode Island."
2025-10-2412 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | A Dream Tennis Final… And Tennis IN A DreamClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "I match point against Andy Roddick on Andy on Arthur Ashe Stadium. And I'm waiting for whatever delay this is and I'm talking to people in the front row and they're like encouraging me to finish it off and so forth. And you know, then I start thinking like, okay, I have to win one more point and then what am I going to say in the post match press conference?"
2025-10-1413 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Laver Cup - The All Star Game of tennis?!??Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "You know, when you play, you play, you know, they're obviously wanting to win. You know, there's different formats and it's the same thing with doubles head to head. You know, you play, you know, the ATP event in Dallas and it's no ad scoring with a match tiebreaker for a third versus if you're playing in the US Open when it's do sad scoring and it's you play at a full set and those both count on your head to head."
2025-09-2215 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Team USA Davis Cup Loss To Czechia ReviewClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "But anyway, he lost. Lahechka won that match to tie it up at 2 2. So the decisive match was now Mencik, who had, you know, an hour and or so, two hours or so rest after the doubles and he was scheduled to play Francis Tiafoe. Now Captains can substitute 10 minutes before the match time for the singles matches on that last day for the fifth match."
2025-09-1414 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Talking Davis Cup In Delray Beach, FloridaClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "Here it is, one week, not even one week after the end of the US Open, five days after the end of the US Open. And we got Davis cup action going on around the world. And I'm sure my listeners are more Interested in the USA vs Czechia Davis cup match. Friday and Saturday, maybe Sunday if it rains. Match at the Delray Beach Tennis center. Really looked to be super blockbuster heading into the US Open this, this tie."
2025-09-1214 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Carlos Alcaraz - Jannik Sinner US Open Final RecapClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "But you know, if these guys are playing in every Grand Slam final going forward, you know, it's going to get a little boring. So, so really hope that some players can step up Zvera, Jack Draper, Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz and challenge these guys to make some more interest, a little more variety. Speaking of variety, let's have a little bit more variety in the top of men's tennis too."
2025-09-0814 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Aryna Sabalenka - Glory’s Last Shot at the 2025 US OpenClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And he and I were playing a league tennis match at the Moorings Club in Vero beach. And we were playing against a team who guys were really good. And I didn't play great. I didn't hit one winner in the entire match. I remember that. And Mike And I lost 6060. And he was devastated, devastated that he lost 6060."
2025-09-0712 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Don’t Listen To This Podcast!!!!Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "I mean, I just love those great stories of up and coming players on the outer courts and those stories that they have, which you can read, you know, that I, that I wrote about on WorldTennisMagazine.com and, and boy, the doubles was exciting this year. I mean, you know, there was all these blowout matches over Labor Day weekend in the stadiums, you know, just kind of an aberration there. But the doubles was just captivating."
2025-09-0412 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | The USTA’s Great U.S. Open Schedule Change You May Not Have Noticed YouClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "So let me explain. I've also written about this on world tennis magazine.com but what has happened in the past was the USTA started the men's and women's doubles tournaments on the first, basically the first Wednesday of the tournament, right? Like not even when the first round of the singles is over and they play first round doubles matches on that Wednesday and then Thursday and then, and then Friday they play second round matches, you know, etc."
2025-09-0214 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | The Most Exciting U.S. Open Match That Almost Nobody Saw!!Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "And he's going to be, you know, drinking a Victoria Bitter, saying, you know. Yeah, I remember at match point, you know, when the US Open doubles and I had a bunny of an overhead on Match Point that put it right in the net. Can you believe it? Oh, boy, it was the worst shot I ever hit in professional tennis. How was that Australian accent? So, anyway, just riveting match, riveting match there on court five."
2025-09-0114 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Marcus Willis, Wimbledon Cinderella Man, Finds Some U.S. Open MagicClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "Was the last player accepted into Wimbledon's pre qualifying tournament, which is a 16 player tournament, just to get into the qualifying at Wimbledon. He won that. Got into Wimbledon qualifying, won three matches there, including two future stars, Andre Rublev and Daniel Medvedev in the last two rounds of qualifying. Then got into the main draw of Wimbledon, which is crazy enough as it is."
2025-08-3113 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Live From The Althea Gibson "Court of Champions" PlaqueClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "But today is August 29th and it was exactly 75 years ago today in which Althea Gibson played one of her most famous matches and one of the most famous matches in the history of the tournament. But the match actually wasn't completed. But I wrote about this on WorldTennisMagazine.com where this was the day after she made her famous debut in her first round match. Her color barrier breaking first round win over Barbara Knapp of Great Britain in the first round 6262 victory. And for the second round she drew Wimbledon."
2025-08-2908 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Althea Gibson’s Not So Grand Barrier-Breaking MatchClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "Gibson pointed out that people criticized the US Lawn Tennis association, the modern day US Tennis association, for assigning her historic match to Court 14 which is the farthest court removed from the clubhouse within the small, with the smallest capacity for accommodating spectators. And Gibson wrote in I always wanted to be somebody."
2025-08-2811 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Some Epic US Open Moments Happen On Outer CourtsClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "You know one of the things that I found really exciting about the first week of the Open and most people who are tennis aficionados will agree is that you know, you have life changing, career changing matches going on on the outer courts. Sure it's great to go on the stadium courts and see the top stars and win their, you know, hopefully win their routine first round ho hum matches."
2025-08-2614 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | New U.S. Open Merchandise Brand Is Born - The Honey DeuceClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And the matches on the outer courts, you know, there wasn't that kind of like outer courts, you know, energy, you know, 7, 8, 9, you know, 10 o'. Clock. I mean obviously that's also a, a result of, you know, how good the matches are and how long they are and how exact, how, how exciting they are, etc. But anyway, that, that was a little getting used to."
2025-08-2514 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | What The USTA Is Doing New To The US Open ScheduleClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "You know, as I mentioned, the first ever night session at the USCA National Tennis Center, 1978, you had Bjorn Borg beat Bob Hewitt 6062, and then you had Tracy Austin beat Trish Bostrom 6061. How would you feel if you bought a night ticket for that night and you got to see the, the losing player win three total games in two matches, not, you know, putting doubles as the second match. That's kind of a, a bygone era."
2025-08-2413 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Some Bryan Brothers Fun Ribbing On Their Hall of Fame DayClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "That's a, that's a hell of a Hall of Fame class. So we're gonna celebrate, we're not only gonna celebrate the amazing career of Bob and Mike Bryan, but we're gonna poke a little fun at them, too. So, I mean, the greatest doubles team of all time, two of the greatest guys of all time, too, and part of the greatest tennis family of all time, too, Wayne and Kathy Bryant."
2025-08-2314 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | The U.S. Open’s New NuanceClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And, and then you have the, the, the, the start of the main draw on Sunday. And let's not forget the qualifying rounds that are going on and that tennis is just incredible. I was out for, I'm out every day for the Qualys because I love the Qualys. But the level of tennis out there that I saw yesterday, I mean, it was just astonishing."
2025-08-2214 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | U.S. Open Mixed Doubles - The Verdict Is In!!Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "A great script to the final because sure enough, they're playing in the final. Two of the most high profile singles players in the tournament, IGA Schweitek, six time major champion, just fresh off winning the Wimbledon singles title. And Casper Rude, three time major final runner up, including the US Open runner up a few years ago losing to Carlos Alcaraz. That was the final singles players versus doubles players."
2025-08-2112 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | The One Thing Wrong With The US Open Mixed Doubles DebutClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "In the Grand Slam mixed doubles matches. And then you use those rankings for a, you know, double specialist entry into the tournament, you know, or potentially have a wild card tournament where maybe you have, you know, the day before you have, you know, eight teams play for one spot, you know, for, to, to, to, to get into the draw. So."
2025-08-2014 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Zohran Mamdani at US Open TennisClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And you can read that column that I wrote on WorldTennis Magazine.com so, you know, if you're planning a trip to the US Open as well, you gotta include part of the Qualys as well. The US Open starts on a Sunday this year. The qualifying ends on a Thursday."
2025-08-1909 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | U.S. Davis Cup Team Selected For Delray Beach Clash With CzechiaClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "They had Lorenzo Sonigo and Lorenzo Mussetti playing singles, but Rajiv Ram was left off that team. And. And the doubles team for the United States in that tie was Jack Sock and Tommy Paul, who lost the decisive match to Fabio fenini and Simone Balele, 6 4, 6 4, to give the Italians the 21 lead after Francis TFO had lost to Senego, but Fritz had beaten Mussetti to tie the match at 1 1. And then the US lost the doubles."
2025-08-1410 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Talking Venus Williams and U.S. Open Wild CardsClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "So interesting story there, which you can read about or you can listen about on my podcast from yesterday. You can also read about it on WorldTennis magazine.com the French Tennis Federation wild cards goes to Valentin Royer and the Australian wild card goes to Tristan School Kate, which is part of that reciprocal agreement. So qualifying wild cards."
2025-08-1313 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Talking Darwin Blanch And James Blake US Open Wild CardsClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "So back in the day, when I was working at the usta, what I would traditionally do on that Sunday of the Kalamazoo finals, I'd come to the office and I would call the tournament desk for Kalamazoo and then San Jose and get reports on the final and then interview the player that would win the National Boys 18s and Girls 18s Championships and do a little story, do a press release, send it out that night, you know, informing, you know, the tennis media and the public about this young...
2025-08-1212 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Venus Williams Inspires In Washington, DC… US Open Next?Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "You can see this match and this tournament portrayed in the movie King Richard, which is kind of interesting that it's not quite exactly how it happened, but you know, they have it as an outdoor tournament, but this was an indoor tournament in Oakland. But it's really interesting because Rick Macy talks about how he was sitting with Bud Collins when Arancha was. I'm sorry, when Venus was up on arancha set in 3:1."
2025-07-2315 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Underarm Serve Lessons From UTR Event in Vero BeachClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "I serve at underhand serve, you know, at least a couple times every time I play. And then I thought of a great idea. So I went to this USDA pro circuit event in Melbourne, Florida, in Indian Harbor Beach, Florida. I think it was a 35k tournament. And I saw Madison Brangle, who was former top 40 player, she retired. Now she's coming back on the tour. She's actually playing in US Open qualifying with her protected ranking of 114."
2025-07-1909 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Motivations For Novak Djokovic To Continue His CareerClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "We want to show you the respect that you deserve as the goat in men's tennis. So anyway, Randy Walker Ennis Publisher, Tennis Public Podcast over and out."
2025-07-1213 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Roger Federer and Andy Roddick’s Wimbledon RivalryClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And of course, if you want to read about all all the greatest tennis matches of all time, pick up Steve Flink's book the Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time. You can get these books@newchaptermedia.com or hit me up on X Twitter Ennispublisher. So enjoy Wimbledon. Just wanted to talk a little bit about this great and fun and interesting rivalry between Andy Roddick and Roger Federer. And enjoy Wimbledon. Follow me on social media, Ennispublisher on Instagram and Twitter X."
2025-07-0411 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | A British Cinderella Among Wimbledon’s Tennis RoyaltyClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "How am I going to get this name right? Vit Hoot Huntandin. Read the article on WorldTennisMagazine.com to see the spelling of the player's name. From Japan won that final by a score of 6060. So that's showing you certainly how good of a player or how good he's been playing. And he didn't Lose his set all week. Then the next week there was another event at University of San Diego and Oliver got to the semifinals, had to retire after winning the first set against Trevor."
2025-07-0107 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | US Open Collegiate Wild Card Event ChatClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And you know, the usta, you know, rightly, in my opinion, you know, said, hey, we need to give these to Americans, especially developing American players. I mean, there's a big arms race in tennis, you know, as far as number of players in the top hundred winning the Davis cup, winning the Fed cup, winning the Olympics, etc. And you know, so got to give it to American players."
2025-06-2614 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | When The Wimbledon Trophy Was At Stake During The Queens Club FinalClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And this is just one of the more peculiar circumstances and incidences in tennis history and well worth you buying the book the Wimbledon Final that Never was. Of course I published it and promoting it. So anyway, but just a really you know, 1931 Wimbledon, I mean it was a completely different era."
2025-06-1909 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Wimbledon Movie Inspired The 2025 US Open Golf ChampionClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "The other thing I wanted to talk about, you know, just another really inspiring story from the weekend is Tatiana Maria from Germany. The slice four handing 37 year old won the title at Queen's Club, the WTA 500 level tournament, WTA women's tennis, returning to the Queen's Club for the first time since 1973. And Tatiana Maria, who loves the grass, she was a former Wimbledon semifinalist and she won the title, defeating Amanda Anisimova 6 3, 6 4."
2025-06-1606 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Comparing US Open Golf vs. US Open TennisClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And one thing, it was great that Paul McGinley on the golf Channel on their great show live from, you know, after every round of a major championship. Paul McGinley, Vero beach resident. Vero Beach, Florida resident at the Windsor Club."
2025-06-1311 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Davis Cup In Delray Beach! Where A Country-Western Singer’s Star Was BornClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "Hey there, Randy Walker. Welcome to the Tennis Publisher podcast here on the Swell Podcast Network. This is a mini podcast. It's 15 minutes or less because who has time to listen to 90 minute podcasts? So anyway, today I want to talk about Davis Cup. Remember, Davis cup used to be the biggest event in tennis, even bigger than the Grand Slams. The reason the Grand Slams are the Grand Slams are because of Davis cup, the four major tennis nations."
2025-06-1112 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Rehashing Carlos Alcaraz - Jannik Sinner Roland Garros Final HistoryClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "Then in 1934 Gottfried von Kramm of Germany defeated Jack Crawford 647-936-7563, von Kraum saving one match point in the fourth set at 54 with an overhead smash from the baseline. And then in 1962, I'm sorry and then getting ahead of myself, Gaston Gaudio defeated Guillermo Coria and the score was 063-664-6186, saving two match points at 56 in the fifth set match point first was on the add side, a backhand hit wide and his second match point was a forehand wide in the final."
2025-06-0808 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Tennis Player Banned For Life By The USTAClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And I post the excerpt that Mark wrote about this famous incident regarding Earl Kochhl playing Gardner Malloy in the fourth round of the US Championships modern day US Open at Forest Hills on the stadium court. And I'll read the the excerpt from Mark Young's book Trojan Tennis. He says he writes, a passionate competitor. Kochl was known to have a fierce temper during a round of 16 match at the US Championships in 1951 against Gardner Molloy."
2025-06-0505 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Before Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer… When They Didn’t Count Major Singles WinsClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "So, you know, you can read that in that story that I wrote on WorldTennisMagazine.com which is titled From Bill Tilda to Novak Djokovic A History of the All Time Men's Major Victory Record. So definitely pick up my book on this day in tennis history, full of gems. Every day you learn something every day in tennis and you remember something, everything. And you remember something every day in tennis. So anyway, this is my Swell podcast."
2025-06-0414 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Who Is Chatrier And Why Did Andre Agassi Call Him A Bozo?Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "And I guarantee you when you have this book, you're going to become so much smarter at tennis in an easy way because you could just read a chapter a day on the anniversary and you could actually never put the book down. You could always read it 365 days a year and when the year is up, you just read it again. So the other thing is the Bud Collins History of Tennis that is also just full of information."
2025-06-0209 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Ethan Quinn Has A History Of Narrowly Escaping DefeatClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "In the third to Bowyer, and Bowyer served for the match and and then it went to a third set tiebreaker, and then Ethan was able to win the third set tiebreaker. So, you know, Ethan just has this mental toughness and this boldness in playing from when his back is against the wall, and it produces amazing tennis. And I talked to Ethan after that match against Boyer at Delray beach, and I asked him, you know, what kind of."
2025-05-3012 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | When Althea Gibson Broke Her Bra While Playing Roland Garros… And She Was Almost Defaulted Because Of It!!!Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "And this is a very interesting and funny circumstance, an embarrassing circumstance that happened to Althea on center court there at Roland Garros in the semifinals, where Althea was playing against another British player, Angela Buxton, who she also played doubles with. And, you know, very interesting circumstance in that. In that semifinal match, she broke her bra in the middle of the. In the middle of the match."
2025-05-2805 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Stan Wawrinka’s Future & Oldest Ever ATP Ranked Singles PlayersClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "We're getting some good stats coming back, a lot more than I expected. So that's why I keep doing these. So anyway, if I have something interesting to say, I'll share it. So anyway, Randy Walker at Tennis Publisher over and out."
2025-05-2710 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Rafael Nadal Roland Garros Ceremony… And A Funny Nadal MemoryClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And Andy did squeak out the first set tiebreaker, eight points to six to take to win the first set. This was after the, the first match of the, of the, of the, of the series was Marty Fish playing against Carlos Moya. And Carlos Moya won that, you know, expectedly on clay over Marty. So spainleb one zero. Andy won the first set tiebreaker, eight six. Rafa won the second set, six two. And it really went down to the third set tiebreaker."
2025-05-2512 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Ideas For A Better NCAA Tennis Tournament FormatClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "When I run my USTA Men's 15K Pro Circuit event in Vero beach floor the Marty Fish Children's Foundation Tennis Championships, I get grief from the officials if I just want to play 16 singles matches in one day. But can you imagine 64? So anyway, so then you alternate men's and women's first round matches on those first, those first two days and just stretch it out."
2025-05-1911 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Michael Chang’s Daughter, Lindsay Davenport’s Son Playing Simultaneously In Pro Events At USTA National CampusClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "So anyway, that's something you don't see every day is hall of Famers, children playing at the same tournament on adjacent courts at the same time. So pretty unique opportunity or pretty unique occurrence there in the tennis world. So keep your eyes on Jagger Leach and Lonnie Chang in the years to come and we hope they can scale the heights of pro tennis just like their parents. So anyway, this is my swell podcast. Follow me on social media. Ennispublisher on Twitter x and on Instagram."
2025-05-1807 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Sinner Beating Ruud Wasn’t The Match of the Day… This March WasClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "And he's going to be on the ATP Singles rankings coming up here soon after his effort in Pensacola. So, Randy Walker at Tennis publisher on my Swell podcast, over and out."
2025-05-1505 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Oldest, Youngest ATP-Ranked Singles PlayersClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "We're talking about matches in Pensacola, Florida and Orlando, Florida where we almost had the oldest ranked player in the ATP Singles rankings and the what would have been the youngest player in the ATP singles rankings, each winning matches and each clinching those distinctions in matches on the USTA Pro Circuit ITF World Tennis Tour. So first let's talk about ryan Haviland who's 44 years old in Pensacola, Florida. Ryan was a top American junior college player."
2025-05-1505 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Mardy Fish In 2025 US Open QualifyingClick here to reply to @tennispublisher "So you'll be able to see him at Lake Tahoe this coming summer where he'll go head to head with Steph Curry in a rematch of their famous final round from two years ago when Steph Curry made eagle on the final hole to nip and beat Marty despite a heckler heckling Marty in mid swing on his 18th hole tee shot. So anyway, hope you enjoyed this swell. You can follow me on social media Ennispublisher, and thank you for listening."
2025-05-1304 min
TennisPublisher@tennispublisher | Roger Federer Moving To Florida?Click here to reply to @tennispublisher "Off the top of my head it is Ellsworth Vines who was a former great all time player hall of Famer from the 1930s, was actually a very accomplished player, finished in the top 10 at the Masters, but he played in the US Open golf and also in the US Nationals. It was not the US Open until 1968. He played in both."
2025-05-1203 min
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2025-05-1200 min