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Gigi Salmon looks back over the Nitto ATP Finals with the help of former pros, Miles Maclagan, Naomi Cavaday and Barry Cowan, plus we hear exclusive interviews with Carlos Moya and Tim Henman and doubles legend Mark Woodforde causes mischief in the ATP Tennis Radio commentary box

What a week in the French capital and one to remember with a first-time Masters 1000 winner in the American Jack Sock, fairytale runs for others and a week and highs and lows for Rafael Nadal, confirmed as year-end number one day, only to withdraw injured the next. Our eight for London are confirmed, the NextGen ATP Finals are around the corner, which means a lot to talk about on the latest edition of the ATP Tennis Radio Podcast. In addition to presenters Gigi Salmon and Miles Maclagan tackling the issues of the week, we also hear from Filip Krajinovic and coach, Petar Popovic, French wildcard sensation Julien Benneteau, Rafael Nadal, David Goffin and Kyle Edmund's coach Fredrick Rosengren.

This week on ATP Tennis Radio we round up events in Basel and Vienna and hear from Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro, Pablo Carreno Busta, David Goffin and Marin Cilic, plus as we build-up to the Rolex Paris Masters, we hear from Tournament Director, Guy Forget.

With Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem having already qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals in London, presenter Seb Lauzier takes a look at those hoping to book their tickets as the Race to London intensifies. We hear from the men who are nearly there, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Croatian, Marin Cilic, those who are following closely behind in David Goffin and Pablo Carreno Busta and those with an outside chance of qualification including, Sam Querry, Kevin Anderson and Juan Martin del Potro.

This week's ATP Tennis Radio podcast comes from Shanghai as Roger Federer makes it title number five for the season. Presenters Gigi Salmon and Arvind Parmar discuss events on the court and reporter Matt Brown meets up with Dominic Thiem's coach, Joakim Nystrom, young Russian Next Gen star, Andrey Rublev and China's teen sensation, Wu Yibing. We also hear from John McEnroe, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, courtesy of tennis impersonator, Josh Berry.

It's a victory for David Goffin in Tokyo, while Rafa reigns supreme in Beijing. Barry Millns and Naomi Cavaday discuss the latest events on the Asian swing and look ahead to the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

It's now over 28 years since a fresh-faced Michael Chang became the first player of Asian origin to win a Grand Slam, that at the 1989 French Open and while Li Na has claimed two slams since then the closest any man has come since is Kei Nishikori’s runner-up spot at the 2014 US Open. Nishikori remains the continent’s preeminent player and will take up his challenge when he returns from injury in 2018, but in the meantime his absence is allowing others to forge growing reputations and during this programme we’ll hear from a number of them as the Asian swing gets underway with 500s in Beijing and Tokyo leading up to the latest masters 1000 event, the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

This week’s ATP Tennis Radio Podcast focuses on the doubles game and the Race to London. Presenter Gigi Salmon introduces interviews and features with race leaders Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, New Zealander Michael Venus, US Open champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, legendary doubles team, Bob and Mike Bryan, Jamie Murray, Mark Knowles, Rohan Bopanna, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, London hopefuls Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram and Alexander Zverev, who speaks about playing with his brother, Mischa. The ATP Tennis Radio podcast is available on iTunes, TuneIn and the ATP World Tour website.

As the countdown clock passes 50 days to go and with crucial qualification points still on offer, this week’s ATP Tennis Radio Podcast focuses on the Race to Milan, the NextGen Finals. Presenter Gigi Salmon introduces interviews and feature with Alexander Zverev, Denis Shapovalov, Karen Khachanov, Frances Tiafoe, Andrey Rublev, Borna Coric and young Italian hopeful, Matteo Berrettini and we also bring you interviews with Jimmy Arias and Sam Gore on the state of American tennis and Ross Hutchings and Chris Kermode give the ATP perspective. The ATP Tennis Radio podcast is available on iTunes, TuneIn and the ATP World Tour website.

As Rafael Nadal wins the final Grand Slam of the year at Flushing Meadows, presenter Gigi Salmon is joined by tennis commentators David Law and Courtney Nguyen to look back over the fortnight and to discuss what it all means for the rest of the season building up to the Nitto ATP Finals at London’s O2 Arena in November. As well as speaking to the guests, we also hear about what Carlos Moya has been working on with the new US Open champion, Kevin Anderson’s wife, Kelsey, gives us an insiders guide to life on the road, we bring you ATP World Tour Uncovered’s feature with Pablo Carreno Busta and hear from one-half of the victorious doubles team at the US Open, John-Julien Rojer.

Inside the US Open Podcast presenter, Nick McCarvel joins Gigi Salmon to look back on week one of the US Open. The discussion ranges from Denis Shapovalov's scintillating form to Federer and Nadal's struggles early on and the unusual look to the bottom half of the draw. Along the way, there are also interviews with Denis Shapovalov, Vasek Pospisil, Kevin Anderson, Sam Querry's coach, Craig Boynton and David Goffin's coach Thierry Van Cleemput. Find us on the Apple iTunes store and on the ATP Website under the 'news' tab.

We preview the US Open with three time US Open doubles champion, Mark Woodforde. We speak about the challengers for the title, hear from Paul Annacone, Jose Higueras, plus doubles contender Bruno Soares. Plus we get Mark's top 5 hard court players and find out what tennis players do in their time off in New York.

We hear from Grigor Dimitrov as he claims his first title at Masters 1000 level beating Nick Kyrgios in the final of the Western and Southern Open. We also speak to Dimitrov's coach, Dani Vallverdu, Mike Russell talks about his charge, American youngster, Frances Tiafoe, Brad Gilbert explains why Alexander Zverev is set to dominate the game and as Rafael Nadal returns to number one in the Emirates ATP Rankings, his peers pay a fitting tribute.

We hear from Alexander Zverev as he reacts to his victory over Roger Federer at the Montreal Masters, plus we take a look back at some of the week's other big stories. Leading Canadian journalist Tom Tebbutt gives us the background info on rising Canadian star, Denis Shapovalov and we bring you an exclusive sit down interview with another NextGen star, Jared Donaldson. And if that wasn't enough, we speak to the greatest Canadian sportsman of all-time, the legendary Wayne Gretzky. Guiding you through the next 30 minutes is Gigi Salmon and Andy Murray's former coach, Miles Maclagan.

Alexander Zverev wins his fourth final out of five in 2017 to continue his momentum right to the very top of the game and we bring you highlights and analysis from his latest victory against South African, Kevin Anderson in the Washington 500 event. We also hear from young Australian, Thanasi Kokkinakis after his runner-up placing in Los Cabos and as we begin the hard court season, American Donald Young and Argentinian, Juan Martin Del Potro talk to us about their preparations and Canadian youngster, Denis Shapovalov discusses the pressures of being a home player this week in the Montreal Masters.

Andy Roddick speaks to us in the week when he added his name to the illustrious list who can call themselves Hall of Famers. We also here from upcoming Russian star Karen Khachanov and discuss the week's big story - Novak Djokovic deciding to call time on his 2017 season due to injury. We start though with the news that lucky loser Leonardo Mayer claimed the Hamburg title against fellow Mayer, Florian and whilst in Germany, also meet up with a home favourite, Philipp Kohlschreiber. This week's show is presented by Tennis Commentator, Barry Millns, whose guest is former British Davis Cup player, Arvind Parmar.

Presenter Seb Lauzier asks Andy Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan to break down the game of Roger Federer and explain what makes the Swiss star so effective. Miles also names his top 5 All-Time Hard Court players and answers listeners questions on a variety of topics. We also hear the feature that the ATP World Tour Uncovered weekly magazine show did with Sascha Zverev and look ahead to the Hamburg 500 event in Germany.

Roger Federer makes history becoming the only man to win eight Wimbledon titles. Podcast host Gigi Salmon speaks to Tennis TV commentators, Nick Lester and Robbie Koenig about this achievement, plus we also hear the views of former British number one, Lucie Ahl and former player turned commentator for the BBC, Jeff Tarango. Reporter Seb Lauzier also speaks to Gilles Muller to find out what's turned the Luxembourg stars form around at such a late stage in his career. The ATP Tennis Radio podcast is part of the new range of audio output from ATP Media. To listen to the 24/7 radio channel, search 'ATP Tennis Radio' on TuneIn or find the news tab on the ATP World Tour website.

At the halfway stage of Wimbledon, presenter Gigi Salmon is joined by Tennis TV commentators Robbie Koenig and Nick Lester to look back over a story-filled opening week. As well as looking at the runners and riders, we also hear from new kid on the block, Alexander Bublik, Pat Cash talks grass court technique 30 years after winning Wimbledon and Jonas Bjorkman looks back over his singles and doubles career in which winning his first Wimbledon doubles title was a career highlight

This week Andy Murray discusses the defence of his Wimbledon title, Rafael Nadal talks about his desire to maintain his form on grass, Nick Kyrgios dissects his game with the help of fellow Aussie, Pat Cash, ATP World Tour Uncovered take an in-depth look at Grigor Dimitrov and also get an exclusive interview with Milos Raonic's new coach, Mark Knowles and coach Paul Annocone tells us why he decided to help Stan Wawrinka at Wimbledon. Presenter Seb Lauzier is joined by Andy Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan, as the pair take a look at the draw and give out their favourite for the title. Join us every week on the Tennis Radio podcast for the latest on the ATP World Tour and during Masters week's when we bring you live commentary on the ATP World Tour website and through TuneIn Radio.