This week on the ATP Tennis Podcast…
CARLOS ALCARAZ ON HIS INDIAN WELLS VICTORY AND RETURNING TO WORLD NO. 1 – “It means a lot to me to recover the World No. 1 one is crazy for me, but especially to lift the trophy here means a lot. I said before, I love this tournament and I really enjoy my time here, so for me it’s amazing to complete these ten days like this.”
JANNIK SINNER ON HIS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH – “We’ve put a lot of work in, much more physically than tennis-wise, so many hours in the gym and I’ve also worked on the mentality as well, trying not to have so many problems in my head, so this is a lot of work to do, especially in the next couple of years, this is going to be very important for my future.”
WAYNE FERREIRA ON FRANCES TIAFOE’S NUTRITION – “Frances has had to cut back and he’s actually been doing a good job, but he’s still, in my opinion, not doing as well as he should be on the breakfasts, but he’s not on a specific diet, he’s just trying to eat as well as he can.”
TOMMY PAUL ON THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS COMING THROUGH – “We’re all playing really good tennis and as the year goes on hopefully we’ll keep going up in our rankings and I think there will be more American’s in the Top 20 soon too and I think it’s a really exciting time. Breaking into the Top 20 was a big goal of mine and I’m pumped to have it and now I’m looking to the next one.”
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME ON HOW WINNING HIS FIRST TITLE HAS LED TO MORE – “This year the goal is even higher and I think it comes from just preparing yourself in the right way, scheduling your tournaments and practices and the way that you come into the tournaments not just being happy to win a few matches.”
MIKE BRYAN ON THE MODERN GAME – “It just seems like they are moving like cats into the corner. I remember watching Agassi in 88 here in Indian Wells and it sounded like a shotgun the way he hit it and now everybody is hitting it like that. It’s like super-tennis and to win a Grand Slam is like running seven marathons.”
PLUS – LISTEN OUT FOR AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THE MIKE BRYAN INTERVIEW, THIS COMING WEDNESDAY ON THE PODCAST CHANNEL
– Podcast presented by Seb Lauzier
– Podcast guest Jill Craybas
– Interviews by Seb Lauzier and Jill Craybas
Source Tennis – ATP World Tour
