PODCAST - Alcaraz, Ruud, Harris, Cerundolo, Isner, Salisbury, Ram & much more

Seb Lauzier presents another packed show at the conclusion of the Miami Open, including interviews and features with...CARLOS ALCARAZ - ‘At the beginning of the season my goals were to break the top 15, so I’m reaching my goals so soon. I want to be able to end the year in the top 10, qualify for the ATP Finals as well and also win a Masters 1000 or win as much titles as I can. Good goals this season'CASPER RUUD - ’The clay is coming soon and these conditions are tough, but when you stay here for a long time I think that you feel very fit, so having a good two or three weeks here. I can only see positives with it’.LLOYD HARRIS - On coach Xavier Malisse ‘It’s incredible how laid back the X-man actually is and then you see how he used to be out on court. He was a fierce competitor and he’s definitely got me to get more emotions out on court in the positive manner'FRANCISCO CERUNDOLO - ‘I think here (Tour) everyone plays great, the level is higher, the intensity, but the hunger that there is in Challenger and the will there is to win I think is more than here'JOHN ISNER - On keeping himself fit - ’The treatment’s very important to me I’ve always liked to lift a lot of weights, but I mix my training up quite a bit. I do yoga, I do pilates, I do Soul Cycle, I really, really enjoy the working out aspect of my job, way more than the practice court'JOE SALISBURY - On becomming World Number 1 - ‘It’s not something as I had a goal to reach the number one spot personally, for me it’s all about the team, doubles is a team sport and for me I feel a bit bad that I am number one and Rajeev is number two’.RAJEEV RAM - On Joe Salisbury - ‘He’s an incredible athlete, he’s such a quick and explosive player and then he’s a big guy, he serves well and probably the most important thing, he’s a nice guy'FEATURE ON MANAGING THE PLAYER AROUND MATCH TIME - Quotes taken mainly from the World Tennis Conference and featuring Rainer Schuettler, plus the views of Cam Norrie’s coach Facundo Lagones, recorded recently for the podcast.Rainer Schüttler - ’The number one goal for every tennis player should be to try to be as physically fit as possible. For me it was the key to know that I’d prepared really well’Facundo Lagones - On Cam Norrie - ‘During the pandemic he was running 10-20k a day and he got real fit, real skinny and it was good for him, so that’s why in three sets he’s pretty tough to beat, he’s probably never going to lose a match because of physicality’.Frédéric Fontang - ‘We have the chance with Felix (Auger-Aliassime) to work with Toni Nadal for one year now as a consultant and you can feel in the Nadal family that humility is everywhere'Andrés Gómez - ‘You go on a lose another, lose another, but you need to start seeing the feel that you are going to start feeling on your shots and the improvements you’re going to have and then one day everything falls in place and you make your move'