Tennis With An Accent

Mark Jeffrey is a long time fan of tennis. He sits down with Karen Helf to address some of the big issues surrounding our sport. He has concerns whether tennis has the structure to bounce back post covid. He talks about the Power of seven, the upcoming tennis summit and more importantly how can we all help to preserve tennis. The conversation is an extension to Karen Helf's conversations with John Bolan and Sofia Shapatava. Tune in to hear Mark Jeffery's insights.

This weeks guest are Karen Helf, Sofia Shapatava and her coach Tim Schultz. Shapatava is from Georgia and turned pro in 2004. In a professional career spanning 16 years and running, her highest ranking in singles is 186. Shapatava and Schultz open up about the realities of lower ranked players and their daily lives not the ITF tour. In a chat as candid as any you learn so much about the discrepancies between the WTA and the ITF tours from the paid hotels, cab rides and even practice balls that set apart the two tours. Shapatava and Schultz also weigh in on current important topics like Dominic Thiem’s stand on not sharing his funds for the lower ranked players to the virtual Madrid open. The conversation is driven by Karen Helf and Matt Zemek.

In follow up to her written analysis on www.tennisaccent.com on the current financial strain most lower ranked tennis players face, Karen Helf sheds light on these very issues on the audio platform. Matt Zemek interviews Karen helf and John Bolan in an exclusive discussion in what will be a series of discussion on the same topic with various guests from the tennis industry.

Interview with Mohamed Safwat of Egypt

Brianna Foust of the Tennis with an Accent was there at the Charleston all access players hour - this segment has interviews of Wozniacki and Sevastova.

Radio show week of Nov 3

Johansson by Saqib

Radio show for October 13 - where Matt and Saqib talk abut the rise of Daniel Medvedev and Nikoloz Basilashvili along with other ATP and WTA stories of the Asian Swing. Also talk about the power teams of eastern conference in the NBA.

Tennis analyst Mark Petchey returns to the podcast as he breaks down the Davis Cup changes and some of the narratives surrounding it. He also touches upon issues such as tennis leadership, best of five and the misconceptions around what the fans may want or not. Give a listen.

Omar Rawji of The Daily Hive and Mert Ertunga of Tenis Dunyasi join the conversation as we talk about some of the press room action in Toronto and merge it with the Davis Cup decision.

Radio show for 8/4 as we preview the Montreal Toronto events.

Radio show for week of 7/28. Topics include last weeks winners - Fognini and Cecchinato and the field in Washington. Jane Voigt makes her radio show debut and shares her insights. Sanket Singbal makes his cricket debut to speak about the India England clash.

Indian tennis player Karman Kaur Thandi spoke with tennis with an accent from Nanchang China about her breakthrough week and future goals.

In a brief conversation with former Wimbledon Champion Michael Stich as he gets inducted into tennis hall of fame. Stich talks about his rivalry with Jim Courier, olympic gold with Boris Becker and his heroes.

Radio show on 7/21 - we talk Newport hall of fame tennis and induction criteria with Todd Martin. Also Matt Zemek speaks about NBA and Anand Mamidipudi talks about India vs England Cricket series.

Germany's Mischa Zverev in a very candid reflection on some recent issues surrounding his tennis after a tough loss in Newport.

Andrew Burton and Mert Ertunga join this podcast episode to talk about some of the important stories that came out of the recently concluded Wimbledon

We review the Wimbledon finals for our radio show.

In a fan zone podcast edition Raul and Vinny join the pod and talk about the instant classic Djokovic vs Nadal clash. We also preview the final between Djokovic and Anderson. Roger Federer and race to most major titles also discussed.

Wimbledon and NBA free agency discussed