The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast

The greatest doubles team to ever play, the recently retired Bob and Mike Bryan talked in length about what they are doing to stay busy, and what their perceptions of The Australian Open were. We had a tour de force conversation about their career, and I learned who their most difficult opponent was, as well as some of the most fun they had spending their prize money. The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast is sponsored by Sergio Tacchini Use the Code CRAIG30 at checkout for 30 % off of your order. ARETE COMPLETE is our official towel. Use the code SHAP20 for a 20 % discount. Recorded Feb13, released Feb 21

Happy Valentines Day. Don't forget, Love Means Zero. He blasted onto the tennis scene when he reached the finals of the 1986 French Open, but that's just a small part of his story. Mikael Pernfors path from Malmo, Sweden to 10 in the world is one of the most incredible stories in tennis. We discussed his unusual path extensively, and his perspectives on present day tennis. Recorded 2/8, Released 2/14

Elena Bovina has had a very full and interesting life in tennis. She learned the game in Casablanca, Morocco, where her dad was a diplomat, and then honed her skills in Russia, until at the age of 14 was signed by IMG and brought to the United States. She trained with Bolletierri, and from 2003-2005 was a top 20 player. We discussed her new ventures in tennis, her career in length, and her thoughts about this year's Australian Open. Recorded Feb 6, Released Feb 9

Jaime Cortes played in 11 Davis Cup ties for Colombia, got to 200 in the world, and his story of how he came to be a professional tennis player is absolutely amazing. Now a high performance coach, Jaime most recently was in the Amanda Anisimova camp, and vis a vis his academy works with many players. We had a really fun chat about his unusual journey through tennis, his thoughts on Colombian tennis, and what his time with Anisimova was like. 'Recorded Januray 5, released January 29

As part of our tastemaker series Adrian Bartos, known to most as DJ Stretch Armstrong joined me this week from his home in the storied Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Born and raised in New York City, Stretch explained what it was like to grow up in Manhattan, and how he got into both tennis and Hip Hop. We had an unbelievable chat about the state of affairs in New York City and how his radio show proved to be the most famous in the history of Hip Hop. We discussed a lot of different topics, moving around the spectrum of fashion, music, politics, and of course tennis. It was a tremendous chat. Recorded January 15, released on January 18This episode is brought to you by the legendary Sergio Tacchini, see what they are doing at sergiotacchini.com and use the code CRAIG30 at checkout. ARETE COMPLETE is the official towel of the show, see them at aretecomplete.com and use SHAP20 at checkout

Manuela Maleeva is the first athlete, in any sport, from Bulgaria to have ever earned prize money and she told an incredible and unlikely story of what it was like to come from behind the Iron Curtain in the 80's and make it on the professional tennis tour. She got to 3 in the world and won 19 tournaments, in a career that spanned over a decade in which she was in the top 10 throughout. We talked in length about her political involvement in Bulgaria, her involvement in tennis with her mom and sisters at the Maleeva Club in Sofia, and what it has been like to see Grigor Dimitrov excel.