Behind the Racquet with Aleks Kovacevic

02/13/24 • 51 min

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.

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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!

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Behind the Racquet with Eliot Spizzirri

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.

Here are Eliot's deets:

Age: 22

Rank: ATP 721, ITA (College) #1

Hometown: Greenwich, Connecticut

2023 Collegiate Player of the Year, finishing #1 in singles, #2 in doubles

He will definitely hop in as a Challenger level player quickly once he turns pro at the end of the year.

More coming up next week! Also, happy birthday to the lil fella.

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