PODCAST - Central And South American Special

THIAGO MONTEIRO ON LIFE ON THE ROAD - ‘It’s totally mental, for example on the clay we have to go from Monte Carlo to Barcelona and then Roland Garros and more because it’s not that cheap or easy to go home and then back again, this logic doesn’t work for us so it’s different from the European players. Sometimes when I tell someone that this is my seventh week straight or ninth week straight, they think I’m crazy’.EDUARDO INFANTINO ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN MENTALITY - ’The key was big coaches and they were looking to the past, not just to the future and this kind of mentality was the key in South America and was the key for the next generation. This is why so many projects have stopped in one moment, when coaches don’t open their eyes and look for another way to practice regarding physical condition, recovery, everything’.DIEGO MOYANO ON WHAT HE LOOKS FOR IN A YOUNG PLAYER - ’To be the best player you can be you need to be a well rounded person and you need to have knowledge of what surrounds you. Even on the tennis side if we live in a bubble, beside that you have to get as close as you can to a normal life, so having friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, whatever makes you happy. If you have the chance to do it go to the galleries, see the fashion and use the tennis to see the other things outside of tennis’.MARCELO AREVALO ON HIS GRAND SLAM VICTORY INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION IN EL SALVADOR - ‘It had a big impact on the kids back at home to believe because tennis is not a popular sport, not only in El Salvador but in the region, in Central America and the Caribbean and I think winning a Slam created hope for all those kids. Tennis is a great sport and if you can impact some people in life and somehow help them, that’s what really gives me joy’.RAFAEL MATOS ON WINNING THE 2023 AUSTRALIAN OPEN MIXED DOUBLES - ‘When I woke up on the morning of the final I was so nervous, but I think it’s really important, when you are nervous you cannot control things, so you have to be nervous and then control what you can do with that and that was one of the keys for us. Now it’s a motivation as since you were a kid you have these goals, so now that it’s happened, you feel more confident to win matches and make money’.DANIEL VALLEJO ON PARAGUAY - ‘The best thing about Paraguay has to be the food probably. Paraguay is pretty nice, especially the people. When you are from another country they treat you nice and that is not something that you see in every country, so that is something that you have to know from Paraguay, that’s for sure'PLUS...SEBASTIAN BAEZ TALKS ABOUT HOW HE LIKES TO TRAVEL WITH ATP UNCOVERED- Podcast presented by Seb Lauzier- Interviews by Jill Craybas and Candy Reid- Baez feature by ATP Uncovered and Kate Flory