Craig Kardon has lived an amazing life in tennis. He popped up onto the scene in 1990 when he was with Martina Navratilova when she won Wimbledon and parlayed that gig into a 30 year career. He coached the Hall of Famers Davenport, Raymond, and Pierce, as well as Xavier Malisse and Coco Vandeweghe. He is now a behind the scenes mover and shaker as well as a broadcaster on Tennis Channel.

We had a fun and action packed chat, covering everything from the quality of the Sunshine Double tournaments to the resurgence of Daniil Medvedev. He talked about his time with Martina, how Billie Jean King impacted his coaching style. Craig was cool and he imparted a lot of interesting knowledge throughout the chat.

Recorded 3.21 Released 3.23

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Hailey Baptiste is 24 years old and the world #42. Fresh off of a month in Australia followed by making her first semi in Abu Dhabi, she joined me from her apartment in Delray Beach, just days before she is to leave for Palm Desert.

We ran thru the 5 set format with big time swagger. We discussed her surprise dismissal of her coach, the quality of her tennis to start the season, and then hit all of the hot button topics of the day- the difficulty of the schedule, the Destiny Aiava retirement memo, and the return of the Williams sisters to name a few. Hailey was extremely forthcoming and painted a fascinating picture of what her life is like on tour.

Recorded 2.24 Released 2.26

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The Washingtonian scribe Ben Rothenberg filed over 20 stories from Australia over the course of his 3 weeks in the media center at Melbourne Park. He got home a day or 2 ago and joined me for a banger hour of power chat about the 2026 Australian Open. We discussed :

the demise of the Washington Post

the joy of going to Australia in January

the one point slam

the Turkish and Filipino Diaspora Phenomenon

Fonseca and so many others not ready to play

Fils returns after the major, odd.

Impressions of the Wawrinka swan song

Monfils

Svitolina

Anisimova

Jovic's great run, beat paolini

Zverev loses to Carlitos

Novak beats Sinner

Rybakina's redemption and domination.

Osaka drama

Serena

PTPA

All in all, a successful kickoff to the season

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