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Open Mike Tennis Podcast

4 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

Former World No.10 & French Open Finalist Mikael Pernfors interviews past and current Tennis legends. A great listen for any tennis fans as Mikael digs into what made them successful and how they went about their practice.

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Mikael Pernfors & Swedish Table Tennis Great Jan-Ove Waldner

May 26, 2021 12:08 - 21 minutes - 20 MB

Episode 4 is with the legendary Swedish Table Tennis supremo Jan-Ove Waldner. Jan-Ove, is a Swedish former table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis," and is widely regarded as one of the greatest table tennis players of all time!   Mikael and Jan-Ove discuss topics like:   1. How he got started in table tennis   2. His early career and how he moved into the pros   3. What a typical training week looked like   4. Influence of playing team competitions a...

Mikael Pernfors & American Great Todd Martin

May 02, 2021 10:50 - 39 minutes - 37 MB

Episode 3 is with the legendary American player Todd Martin. Todd reached a world ranking of 4 in singles, won 8 career titles, runner-up in Australian & US Open and Davis Cup winner!    Mikael and Todd discuss things like  1. How he got started in tennis   2. His college career and how he moved into the pros   3. The turning point from being an average player to a top pro  4. Looking back at how he trained and his favourite training partner   5. Remembering his favourite moments in te...

Mikael Pernfors & Swedish Great Joakim "Jocke" Nyström

April 05, 2021 19:42 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

In this episode, Mikael chats to former top 10 player from Joakim “Jocke” Nystrom. The right-handed Swedish player amassed 13 singles titles (18 finals), 8 doubles titles (including Wimbledon 1988 with Mats Wilander), and 3 Davis Cup titles (1984, 1985, 1987)   Joakim was part of the magic generation of great Swedish players in the 1980's and 90's which included Mikael, Andres Jarryd, Jonas Svensson, Stefan Edberg, Mat Wilander to name but a few.   In the interview they discuss:   1) His ...

Mikael Pernfors & Swedish Great Mats Wilander

April 05, 2021 19:14 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

Episode 1 is with the legendary Swedish player Mats Wilander. Mats has won 7 Grand Slam Singles titles, 1 Doubles title and was World #1 in 1988 for 20 weeks.   Mikael and Mats discuss things like:   1. A perfect practice session.  2. What changes he would bring to a typical junior session today.  3. His new exciting 'Wrist band' venture.  4. How he found a way to beat Lendl.  5. Best ever day in his Tennis life.   Enjoy!