We all know how financially demanding it is for players to get started in professional tennis.

In today´s episode, we speak to British tennis player and Youtuber Felix Mischker who´s found a different way to fund his pro career.

Felix was a junior when his Dad started a YouTube channel about him and his brother Lucian´s tennis. He now documents his life on tour to more than 230,000 subscribers!

The content he produces for his channel Tennis Brothers, not only helps support his career, but is inspiring the younger generation of players, and giving him some pretty awesome experiences.

Episode Highlights:-

• Felix tells us about the birth of Tennis Brothers
• How he balances content creation and his training/travel.
• His non-negotiables for aspiring tennis players
• Felix discusses the future of tennis and content creation
• How he deals with the pressure of public expectations
• What it´s like to play and film with top pro players like Tsitipas, Rune, Thiem and more!

Check out Felix´s YouTube channel Tennis Brothers and subscribe to Control the Controllables while you´re there!

In this episode, we´ve brought our Grand Slam panel back together to review all the action from the 2025 Australian Open!

Host Dan Kiernan is joined by Davis Cup captain Freddie Nielsen and top S&C Coach Kieran Vorster to discuss the key performances and memorable moments from Melbourne Park, including Jannik Sinner's dominance, Madison Keys' unexpected victory and the Danielle Collins fund!

They also analyse Novak Djokovic's return to form and the implications of Andy Murray's coaching role, and there´s a little bit of tennis trivia too!

The panel also discuss:-

• The emergence of young talents in the men´s game.
• The importance of team chemistry on success.
• The significance of stability and continuity in a players team.
• The role of characters in the sport.
• The dynamics of women's tennis
• The panel give us their predictions for the mens and womens game for 2025 and the potential matchups to look forward to.

Let us know what you thought of the first Grand Slam of 2025 and anything you would like to hear Dan discuss on the podcast this year!

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Our CTC LIVE series is back for the Australian Open, rounding up all the action from Dan's first-hand experience in Melbourne!

In this episode, Dan discusses the latest matches, such as Zverev v Tommy Paul, Baddosa reaching her 1st Grand Slam semi-final as well as both doubles teams of Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus and Erin Routliffe both reach doubles semi-finals!

Dan shares insights on surprising tournament outcomes, the emergence of young talents, predictions for the doubles events and answers questions from our listeners!

Also talking about Iga Świątek being unfazed by her drug ban and dominating her opponents, dropping only 11 games total on the way to the AO quarter-final.

This is the place to get a quick summary of the events at the Australian Open from a coach's perspective.

These shorter episodes aim to provide a round-up of the Australian Open action in Melbourne with Dan Kiernan, coach of doubles pairs Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe and Michael Venus and Nikola Mektić!

Make sure to check out the Australian Open PREVIEW FULL EPISODE out on all podcast platforms!

Chapters

00:00 Welcome to the Australian Open Round Up

05:56 Surprises and Highlights of the Tournament

11:51 Young Talents and Future Stars

17:35 Iga's Journey and Being Unfazed by the Controversy

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