\n \n \n \n Your browser does not support the audio element.\n <\/audio>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr><\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Tristan Boyer<\/span><\/td><\/tr>First, unfortunately, Mike's mic shut down in recording, so as the least important person on the pod (Noah and Tristan agree on this)..his voice will sound shaky today.\nTristan Boyer is a 23 year old out of Southern California, ranked 231 in the world. In a few weeks, he'll play in Roland Garros qualifying for the first time in his career, just his second career grand slam appearance (after the US Open Qs last year). Just over one year ago, he was ranked 1500 in the world heading in to the green clay Challengers in the states, and reached the Savannah final to really start his professional career.\nWe talked with Tristan about his more unique training in South American, his departure from Stanford, and what he's focusing on as his career gets underway in earnest.\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 6 May 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> First Quarter Check In with Noah and Mike<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Noah is back from his honeymoon, so we do a catchup on some recent topics\nNamely the potential tour restructure. What does it mean for the Challengers?\nWe get a honeymoon recap from Noah, how to best interact with fans, Danielle Collins, and a resurgent Rafa and what that means.\nMore with Tristan Boyer next week.\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 29 April 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> New Balance Winner's Circle with Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Thanasi Kokkinakis sat down with Mike after winning the Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open, his 6th Challenger Title. We talk about his return to the top 100, and guaranteeing himself a spot in the French Open main draw with a week on an injured foot. He battled tough conditions, tough opponents, and the weight of that main draw throughout the week, and is now headed on his European summer trip.\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 15 April 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with ATP Player Council Member Miguel Angel Reyes Varela<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Miguel is now 36 years of age, and remains very much in the discussions at the slams as a top 75 doubles player. The former Texas Longhorn talks about his long career as a doubles specialist, what made that decision for him, and how he views the long history of Mexican tennis.\nWe also get in to some of the ATP Player Council politics, namely how doubles gets more eyes (and money), where the ATP is on a domestic abuse policy, and whether Latin America will be getting a Masters Series event.\nMore next week!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 12 March 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Jill Craybas<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Jill Craybas had an incredible playing career, as a top 40 player in both singles in doubles, a WTA singles title, 5 doubles titles. She's most well known for a win over Serena at Wimbledon in 2002. Since her career ended in 2013, she's become a fantastic commentator at the Slams, as well as for both the ATP and WTA. This week, she'll be one of the courtside reporters for TennisTV.\nWe chat about her playing career, and how she's brought her inquisitive nature to her reporting and commentary work!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 4 March 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Eliot Spizzirri<\/span><\/td><\/tr>First, apologies for some of Mike's audio issues in this one. Unfortunately, the wifi in his hotel this past weekend caused a few issues so we're going to ignore the fact that he sounds worse than normal, which is saying a lot.\nHere are Eliot's deets:\nAge: 22\nRank: ATP 721, ITA (College) #1\nHometown: Greenwich, Connecticut\n2023 Collegiate Player of the Year, finishing #1 in singles, #2 in doubles\nHe will definitely hop in as a Challenger level player quickly once he turns pro at the end of the year.\nMore coming up next week! Also, happy birthday to the lil fella.\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 21 February 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Aleks Kovacevic<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Aleks Kovacevic sat down with Mike before the Dallas Open to discuss finally hitting top 100 after his run through qualies and in to the 2nd round of the Australian Open. At the time of publish, Kova is back outside of the top 100, at 102, after losing some points from the Cleveland Challenger title one year ago. But hitting 85 was just one step on his journey. He's a University of Illinois graduate, his game is gorgeous, and he's got a new coach to help him get to that next level.\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 13 February 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Robert Galloway<\/span><\/td><\/tr>31-year-old Robert Galloway is a top 50 doubles player from South Carolina. His path took him a different route than most. He was at the peak in the 12s, stepped away from the game, and found his way back as a college star at Wofford University. As a doubles specialist straight out of college, it's a long, hard road to the top 50. Robby G takes us through his journey, with some detours as we discuss the Australian Open, the Zverev player council issue, and much more!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 5 February 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Year 6; Episode 1. Noah Finally Returns; An AO Recap; What to do with Zverev<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Only a month in to the year, we get back after it. Lots to get to, here's a rundown.\nOpen- Mike's AO\n12:00- Noah Returns to Professional Tennis\n28:35- Australian Open Recap; We're in Good Hands\n43:50- Quick outlandish predictions from Mike and Noah; Ethan Quinn and Tommy Paul\n48:00- Sascha Zverev\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 29 January 2024<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Karue Sell<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Karue Sell is a force to be reckoned with. After a successful junior career, and collegiate career, he took a year off, got to about 350 in the world after returning to tennis, stepped away from playing, became Naomi Osaka's hitting partner, founded mytennishq.com with his friend Gui, coached Marcos Giron, and now has restarted his playing career, winning a title in his second tournament back.\nThis week, he joins us to talk about how your perspective changes as a coach, his massive success online and what that means as he resumes his playing career, and what can change to make tennis a smoother ride.\nDon't forget, on Friday, he's competing with Clay Thompson, Bradley Klahn, and Marcos Giron in a exo on mytennishq.com! Watch and subscribe for free!\n\n00:00\n\nIntroduction and Background\n\n03:00\n\nTaking a Break from Tennis\n\n06:00\n\nReturning to Compete\n\n11:00\n\nBalancing Coaching and Playing\n\n13:00\n\nGrowing My Tennis HQ\n\n16:00\n\nChallenges of Creating Content on the Road\n\n20:00\n\nFuture Goals for My Tennis HQ\n\n22:00\n\nPromoting and Growing Tennis at Lower Levels\n\n30:00\n\nUsing Platforms to Grow the Sport\n\n33:00\n\nUpcoming Tournaments and Collaboration\n\n\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 14 December 2023<\/td><\/tr><\/table>1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> 6<\/a> 7<\/a> 8<\/a> 9<\/a> 10<\/a> 11<\/a> 12<\/a> 13<\/a> 14<\/a> 15<\/a> 16<\/a> 17<\/a> 18<\/a> 19<\/a> 20<\/a> 21<\/a> 22<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Behind the Racquet Podcast is the best glimpse you can get in to the ins and outs of professional tennis, told by its players, and voiced by Tennis Star Noah Rubin, and his podcast partner, tennis commentator Mike Cation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/behindtheracquet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/behindtheracquet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/behindtheracquet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behindtheracquet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/behindtheracquet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/behindtheracquet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2686,"href":"https:\/\/behindtheracquet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/2686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/behindtheracquet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}