Katie Spellman - PR Consultant to Halep & Kvitova

This week we are joined by Katie Spellman, who is an independent PR consultant to two of the most successful players in women's tennis - Simona Halep & Petra Kvitova!Katie also does some work with tournaments & has previous experience working as part of the WTA as well as woking in journalism.We talk:What her role involvesHow she got into tennisWorking through the pandemicAustralian OpenBest of 5We also talk about the Peng Shuai situation in China, which is particularly relevant at the moment. There is obviously a huge media element to that story so it was great to be able to get Katie's perspective on it!Let us know what you think!Leave us a review on iTunes 📱Episode Chapters1:32 - What a PR consultant does7:56 - Schedule around grand slams14:00 - How Covid has changed how she works19:21 - Working as part of the Australian Open26:17 - Best of 5Find us on Social Media:Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennisPodcastYouTube: Functional Tennis PodcastTwitter: twitter.com/functennisWebsite: www.FunctionalTennis.comFacebook: Facebook.com/FunctionalTennisOfficialHave you seen the Functional Tennis Saber?Check it out here and don't miss the video of Stan Wawrinka crushing the ballFind us on Social Media:Instagram: Instagram.com/FunctionalTennisYouTube: Functional Tennis PodcastTwitter: twitter.com/functennisWebsite: www.FunctionalTennis.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy