Baseline Exchanges

By: Baseline Exchanges
  • Summary

  • Baseline Exchanges discusses topics on and off the court from across the tennis spectrum, including men’s, women’s and wheelchair tennis. Providing an engaging accompaniment to Baseline Tennis' videos, Baseline Exchanges adds lively analysis to the narratives. Using the videos as a starting point, our regular team and expert guests take the stories forward by adding further context, background and opinion during absorbing conversation and debate.
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Episodes
  • 19: Wimbledon 2021: In Pursuit Of Greatness
    Jul 7 2021
    Baseline Exchanges host Andrew Raeburn, former GB Fed Cup doubles player Anna Smith and coach and analyst Craig Viner discuss the first week and a half of Wimbledon 2021.   They review their pre-tournament predictions – which produced mixed success – and digest the first-week fates of Serena Williams, Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas.   Anna praises the impact and potential of British teenager Emma Raducanu while Craig talks about how it felt to be among the fans again on the SW19 show courts.
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    43 mins
  • 18: Centre Stage At Wimbledon /w Marcus Willis, John Parry & Nicole Melichar
    Jun 22 2021
    Ahead of Wimbledon, Andrew, Craig and Anna are joined by Marcus Willis, John Parry and Nicole Melichar, who lifts the lid on what it’s like to be the centre of attention on Centre Court.   Marcus Willis talks about his famous encounter with Roger Federer in 2016 and the two current top-10 names he beat in qualifying to get there.   Former umpire John Parry, now 82, reminisces about his long career in the chair, which included taking charge of eight Wimbledon finals – most notably the 1987 women’s singles final between Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf, and the 1989 men’s singles final.   And Nicole Melichar recalls her run to lifting the 2018 mixed-doubles title, being inspired by her Grandmother, and closing out proceedings on Centre Court.   Also, Craig and Anna predict who might emerge triumphant at the end of the fortnight – and we reveal how the tournament only exists because of a broken piece of maintenance equipment.
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    57 mins
  • 17: Tennis, Media & Mental Health /w Chantal Duarte & Ros Satar
    Jun 8 2021
    Following Naomi Osaka's withdrawal from the 2021 French Open, the 'Baseline Exchanges' team chat with WTA Sports psychologist Chantal Duarte & BBC sports journalist Ros Satar about tennis, the media and mental health.

    We also catch up with tennis strategist Mike James on 'Week One' of Roland Garros and how his work differs during a Grand Slam compared to the regular weeks of the tour.

    Subjects include: 
    • The stresses on tennis players. 
    • The WTA mental health team working on the tour to support players.
    • The work of journalists at tennis events.
    • The inner workings of tennis press conferences.

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    52 mins

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