The Most Influential Black Tennis Players (Top 10) | Black Lives Matter #34

06/06/20 • 42 min

A very important podcast supporting the black lives matter movement. As a tribute JG and Ben discuss their top 10 most influential black tennis players throughout history, showcasing some of the briliant achievments black players have made in tennis.

We also touch on the recent tragic death of George Floyd in America and how everyone, including tennis players are doing their part in the fight for justice and a change in society.

You can donate to the UK gofundme page here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund

0:30 Current racism problem

3:56 Black lives matter

5:00 Tennis players action

13:14 Arthur Ashe

13:04 Serena Williams

17:12 Yannick Noah

18:45 Althea Gibson

22:10 Venus Williams

24:17 Jo Wilfried Tsonga

27:36 Gael Monfils

29:49 Coco Gauff

34:03 Naomi Osaka

35:27 players who arent speaking out on BLM

37:26 Frances Tiafoe

Our thoughts go out to George Floyd's family and friends.

Thanks for watching, stay safe everyone

#BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #Tennis

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We also touch on the recent tragic death of George Floyd in America and how everyone, including tennis players are doing their part in the fight for justice and a change in society.

You can donate to the UK gofundme page here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund

0:30 Current racism problem

3:56 Black lives matter

5:00 Tennis players action

13:14 Arthur Ashe

13:04 Serena Williams

17:12 Yannick Noah

18:45 Althea Gibson

22:10 Venus Williams

24:17 Jo Wilfried Tsonga

27:36 Gael Monfils

29:49 Coco Gauff

34:03 Naomi Osaka

35:27 players who arent speaking out on BLM

37:26 Frances Tiafoe

Our thoughts go out to George Floyd's family and friends.

Thanks for watching, stay safe everyone

#BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #Tennis

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India's #1 Women's Tennis Player | Ankita Raina #33

In this tennis podcast we have the pleasure of speaking with India's number one women's tennis player Ankita Raina!

We speak with her about her time in quarantine in India and the things she has been doing to pass the time. We chat about her life on the WTA tour, her incredible 2020 season that ended abruptly and leading India to their first ever Fed Cup Playoffs.

0:21 Quarantine in India

6:51 Meditation

9:47 Life on tour

16:03 Winning 2 tournaments in 2020

19:33 Playing on different surfaces

21:49 Any tournaments coming soon?

23:13 Indian Tennis Tournaments & Funding

27:33 Fed Cup Wins

30:29 Favourite Players

33:57 Double with Sania Mirza

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In this unique episode JG & Ben speak with top Serbian tennis player Danilo Petrovic.

He speaks in depth about the problems behind lower ranked tennis tournaments and tennis prize money, with the ATP's failure to promote the majority of it's players.

He tells us about his friendship with Novak Djokovic and the Serbian ATP Cup team.

0:29 Recovery & Quarantine

8:58 Money in Tennis

19:32 Promoting Players

23:31 Why is no one watching tennis?

32:11 Growing up playing tennis

40:50 Serbian Tennis

44:32 Career highlights

53:29 Novak Djokovic

57:08 Favourite Player

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