The Double Bagel Tennis Podcast

Rick Macci is a USPTA Master Professional and seven-time USPTA national coach of the year, he has coached five world number one ranked players: Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, and Venus and Serena Williams. We also talk about the other player he has worked with such as Sofia Kenin and Mary Pierce. We go in-depth about his personal relationship with Donald Trump as well. We also talk about the "King Richard" movie, the film about young Serena Williams and Venus Williams coached by their father Richard.

Toni Nadal, speaking at the Rafa Nadal Academy, reminisced the days of coaching a young Rafa Nadal- teaching him discipline, respect, and perseverance. We talked in-depth about why Nadal prefers to play against Roger Federer rather than Novak Djokovic, and the painful defeats in 2009 Roland Garros to Robin Soderling and the 2012 Australian Open defeat to Novak Djokovic.

In 1983, New Zealand tennis legend Chris Lewis reached the Wimbledon Gentlemen's singles final where he played John McEnroe. To date, he is still the last New Zealander to reach the singles final of any Grand Slam tournament. We talked at length about his memories of Wimbledon 1983, his friendships with legends like Bjorn Borg and Ivan Lendl, the ultimate sacrifices he had to make to play professional tennis, his fond memories of Vitas Gerulaitis, and much more.

Paul Annacone rejoins The Double Bagel this week as we chat about his experiences in coaching Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Sloane Stephens, and currently Taylor Fritz.

Up and coming Belgian tennis star Zizou Bergs is the guest for this episode. We talk about his upbringing, his breakthrough in Antwerp last year, winning two Challenger titles last month, his journey of being a professional tennis player, and more!