\n \n \n \n Your browser does not support the audio element.\n <\/audio>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr><\/i><\/td> I Guess It's Time to do a Podcast Again?<\/span><\/td><\/tr>We have a lotttttt to get to, so here are some chapter notes:\n0:00 Mike beats Noah in Fantasy\n3:30- Noah catches us up on where he's at tennis wise\n10:30- Who does Noah most want to play\n18:30- The Premiere Tour and why it's likely a disaster\n25:45- Mike is headed to Australia and is dealing with existential dread\n36:09- Mental Health, Constant Pressure, and No Breaks\n41:30- Enjoying the Passage of Time\n\nMore with a Special Guest on Wednesday\/Thursday!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 11 December 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Chats with the Champ: Zachary Svajda, Tiburon and Fairfield, 2023<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Zach moves to ~139 in the rankings with a 10 match winning streak. This is a nice addendum to our full podcast, which is the previous one in your feed!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 16 October 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Zachary Svajda<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Zachary Svajda is 20 years old from Southern California, currently ranked 170 in the world. This fall, he won the Cary Challenger, and this past Sunday, he won the Tiburon Challenger for the second straight year.\nWe talk about his upbringing, his decision to go pro instead of going to college; his strong connections with Roger, Novak, Steve Weissman, and Rick Buchta; and that incredible ball-striking ability.\nHopefully, more coming up from Fairfield this week!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 10 October 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Brian Koppelman<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Brian Koppelman is a DEVOTED tennis fan, but you'll know him best for his involvement as Executive Producer and Showrunner for the Showtime series Billions, writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, and the director of the 30 for 30 episode \"This Is What They Want\", about Jimmy Connors.\nHe sits down with Noah to chat about Billions, his tennis love, and so much more. Mike was unfortunately on air at the time, so he had to feed Noah questions about his literal favorite film, Rounders.\nTomorrow we'll have a quickie with Abdullah Shelbayh, and Freddie Nielsen joins us next week!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 2 October 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> US Open Recap: Coco's Impact, Novak's advantage, and lay off the character assassination.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Lots to hit on this week:\n-Coco's win and its impact in the states\n-Novak remains way beyond the rest\n-Ben gets beat up, and it's completely unnecessary\n-Is the Halep suspension the tip of the iceberg?\n\nMore next week!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 18 September 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Bryan Shelton<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Bryan Shelton is best known at this moment as Ben Shelton's Coach and Father. We chat about Ben's progress, where he can go, how far he's come, and how Bryan and his wife Lisa balanced athletics with \"real life\" for their two kids.\nBryan is the only coach to win NCAA titles on both the men's and women's side, at Georgia Tech (women) and Florida (men). And, yes, a HECK of a player himself, reaching 55 in the world, with two ATP titles.\nI'm really appreciative of Bryan's time, as he likes to keep the focus on his son, as well as his daughter Emma. More from New York next week.\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 3 September 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Did We Just Become Best Friends?<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Lots to catch up on from the last month.\nWhat a week in Cincy, with Coco taking the title, and THAT MATCH.\nWe go in depth on Coco and her impact.\nWe also try to tackle how to shorten the season, and is there a need for a COMPLETE revamp of how we do the rankings?\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 22 August 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Behind the Racquet with Wimbledon Quarterfinalist (!!!) Christopher Eubanks<\/span><\/td><\/tr>The 27 year old Atlanta resident woke up from a well deserved nap to join us on Wednesday night, and go through how his life has changed in the span of 3 weeks with a first ATP title in Mallorca, and a spirited run to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.\nWe go through how he's processing it, the reaction at home in Atlanta, what's changed in his game, and yes, the most remarkable celebrities that reached out.\nLots to cover, so dive in!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 20 July 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Chats with the Champ: Alex Michelsen, Chicago 2023<\/span><\/td><\/tr>The 18-year-old defeated Yuta Shimizu on Sunday in Chicago to win his first Challenger title, and moved inside the top 200 for the first time.\nAlong the way, he also defeated Li Tu, Aleks Kovacevic, Kei Nishikori, and Jerry Shang. Heckuva week.\nChat with Chris Eubanks coming later this week!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 18 July 2023<\/td><\/tr> <\/i><\/td> Wimbledon Weather Warrants a Wrecap<\/span><\/td><\/tr>Legit question, does anyone read this?\nMike and Noah recap Christopher Eubanks' remarkable win in Mallorca, and then launch in to Wimbledon. The weather has been rough, the courts have been slow, and why the heck was Kontaveit not honored properly?\nMike is off to Taylor Swift before the Chicago Challenger. More next week!\n<\/td><\/tr> Posted on 7 July 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}]}}