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US Open 2026 preview. Dan is joined by Freddie Nielsen, Denmark Davis Cup Captain and 2012 Wimbledon doubles champion, Candy Reid live in New Yorks, and first-time guest Johnny Delgado, coach and podcaster.

In this episode:

• Are both the men’s and women’s draw wide open?
• Qinwen Zheng, Paris Olympic champion, coming through qualifying despite elbow surgery
• Stan Wawrinka getting a wildcard at the last minute and why the panel loves it
• Alcaraz, will he even make it to the court on day one and how far can he realistically go
• Men's and women's dark horse picks and winner predictions
• The Djokovic debate: can he recover match after match at nearly 40 and go deep in a slam?
• Debate around the future of doubles tennis

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You've drilled the technique. You've done the fitness. And still, in the match or the tiebreak, when you have chances to close out, something else takes over. That's not a skill you're missing. It's something that's never actually been measured, until now.

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Ingrid Neel

Ingrid Neel was one of the most decorated US juniors of her generation, winning every Little Mo age group, a 10-and-under world championship in France, and the deciding match in the NCAA finals. Then came a slipped disc in Tokyo, wrist surgery, two and a half years away from the sport, and a ranking that dropped to zero.

A year on, she made the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, which was her best-ever Grand Slam result. On the court she loves most.

This episode is one of the most honest and warm conversations we've had on Control the Controllables. Ingrid speaks about injury, identity, friendship, family and what it really means to keep going when you've lost your relevance, your ranking and your answer to the question of who you are without the sport.

In this episode:

• Wimbledon quarterfinalist, reflecting on her best ever Grand Slam result a year after wrist surgery
• Being present at Wimbledon and the US Open while injured and not competing, and why it helped
• How she genuinely celebrated others' success while struggling herself
• Can you have true, real friendships in an individual sport and still be the ultimate competitor?
• The back injury that nearly ended her season in Tokyo, and how she won the tournament anyway
• The wrist surgery that made her question whether she'd ever play again
• Growing up in Minnesota, the Bollettieri Academy and Nick giving her open access
• Being a prodigy, winning every Little Mo age group and a 10-and-under world title in France
• Did the values her parents instilled help her, or hold her back?
• Self-worth, identity and who you are when the ranking says inactive
• Choosing to represent Estonia and the story of the grandmother she is named after
• The Quickfire Round

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Reaction to the 2026 US Open Mixed Doubles event. Was it a success?

About Control the Controllables US Open Live

Dan Kiernan and a different special guest across the US Open fortnight, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds. Live on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.

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Day 1 of the Control the Controllables US Open Live series, recorded in New York City. Brought to you by Novellus.

Live across the US Open fortnight with tennis icons, coaches, players and special guests joining Dan from inside the grounds at Flushing Meadows.

In this episode:

• Will Boucek joins Dan live from New York
• The US Open Mixed Doubles new format - what changed, why, and whether it belongs at a Grand Slam
• 1st round picks and predictions across the full Mixed Doubles draw
• Doubles specialists vs singles stars and what it means for the sport
• Roger Federer on site at Flushing Meadows
• Dan's open coaching offer to Riley Opelka

About Control the Controllables US Open Live

Dan Kiernan and a different special guest across the US Open fortnight, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds. Live on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.

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Meet our panellists:

1. Denmark's Davis Cup Captain and 2012 Wimbledon Doubles Champion, Freddie Nielsen - currently coaching August Holmgren, who is in the final round of qualifying as we record.
2. GB Coach Calvin Betton who is currently working with Henry Patten & Harri Heliövaara.
3. Top S&C Coach Kieron Vorster who has worked with Liam Broady, Dan Evans, Tim Henman and Wayne Ferreira.
4. Sports broadcaster and former CNN anchor Candy Reid, Tennessee Vols alumna and one of the great voices of tennis.

The ATP is proposing to reshape men's doubles from 2028. Halved draws. Halved prize money. Doubles specialists effectively pushed out of the sport. In this episode, Dan takes on the proposals in a full debate segment, then reviews the fortnight at Wimbledon 2026 that has just wrapped up. Recorded after the Wimbledon Live series ended.

THE MAIN DEBATE: Should the ATP be allowed to kill men's doubles?

• The 2028 proposal in detail: doubles draws halved at Masters 1000s, prize money split shifted from 80-20 to 90-10 in favour of singles, Challenger Tour entry handed to singles players ahead of doubles specialists.

Our panelist discuss these proposals in depth.

In the Wimbledon 2026 Review:

• Sinner defends his title, 5th career Grand Slam, only 10th man in the Open Era to defend Wimbledon
• Linda Nosková becomes the youngest women's champion since Kvitova in 2011, in the first all-Czech final in the Open Era
• Arthur Fery's historic wildcard SF run, the deepest British men's Wimbledon run since Cameron Norrie in 2022
• Djokovic equals Federer's all-time record of 105 Wimbledon match wins
• Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid win their 7th Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title
• The 3 Czech Wimbledon women's champions in the last four years: Vondrousova (2023), Krejcikova (2024), and now Nosková (2026)
• The women's draw wide open: 10 different champions in 10 years, the longest streak in Wimbledon history

Timestamps

• 05:21 -Inside Sinner's fifth Slam: why he wins even when he's not at his best, and Vozzi breaks down his movement
• 09:06 - Arthur Fery's fairytale run: turning heroic losses into gritty wins, and what his future really looks like
• 16:36 - A new Alexander Zverev? How Roland Garros changed him, and dissecting that stunning first set of the final
• 22:14 - Djokovic at 39: the chase for 25, why his body can't do back-to-back matches anymore, and the Sinner semi
• 27:53 - Nosková's astonishing comeback from 6-2, 5-2 down, plus the truth about her "friendship" with Muchová
• 36:20 - The Doubles Debate Begins

About Control the Controllables

Hosted by Dan Kiernan, Director of SotoTennis Academy and coach to top ATP and WTA doubles players. Control the Controllables was voted x3 Best Tennis Podcast.

Day 11 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus.

Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19.

In this episode:

• Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy): the first-ever all-Czech Wimbledon women's singles final in the Open Era is set
• Karolína Muchova beats Coco Gauff 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(12-10) after saving a match point at 9-8 in the tiebreak, in 2h35m in 33 degree heat on Centre Court
• Linda Noskova beats Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam final
• The 10th different women's Wimbledon champion in 10 years is already guaranteed, the longest run in the tournament's history
• The men's doubles final is set: Heliovaara and Patten [1] vs Arévalo and Pavić [6], a repeat of last month's Queen's final
• TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Linda Noskova
• Mixed doubles winners Marcelo Arevalo and Jelena Ostapenko
• Gordon Reid joins the show, 7-time Wimbledon champion (1 singles, 6 doubles) and 30-time Grand Slam winner across singles and doubles in wheelchair tennis
• Gordon on winning the inaugural Wimbledon men's wheelchair singles title in 2016
• Gordon on preparing for that inaugural final the day after playing two matches, and the calm of relying on his usual routines
• The Wimbledon Quickfire with Gordon Reid

Dear Dan: how Dan's team Dabrowski and Stefani are feeling going into their Court 1 semi-final

Tomorrow on the show: Day 12 delivers the men's singles semi-finals: Djokovic vs Sinner and Arthur Fery vs Alexander Zverev, plus Gaby Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani in their women's doubles semi-final on Court 1 at 1pm.

About Control the Controllables Wimbledon Live

Dan Kiernan and a different special guest every night, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds at Wimbledon. Wimbledon champions, tennis icons, players, coaches and analysts join across the fortnight. Live every evening at 9pm UK on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.

Send your Dear Dan questions via Instagram @ctc.podcast or email info@sototennis.com.

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Day 10 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus.

Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19.

In this episode:

• Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy): Arthur Fery makes British tennis history and the semi-final line-up is confirmed
• Fery beats Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 7-6, 6-0 on Centre Court, only the 5th British man to reach a Wimbledon SF in the Open Era and only the second wildcard since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
• Alexander Zverev's straight-set dismantling of Taylor Fritz, and whether the French Open champion has now truly clicked into the next gear
• First-time Wimbledon semi-finalists Marta Kostyuk and Linda Noskova into the women's SFs, both under 25 and both playing career-best tennis
• Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool's title defence ends 6-2, 7-6 to Arévalo and Pavić, with Cash broken twice on serve
• A very personal Dan moment: Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani, the team Dan is coaching, into the women's doubles semi-finals with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win
• TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Arthur Fery, the third time this fortnight, for the physical resilience of putting together the deepest British men's Wimbledon run in years
• Lee Childs joins the show on his 2003 Wimbledon run and playing 17-year-old Rafael Nadal in the second round on Court 13
• The Wimbledon Quickfire with Lee Childs
• Dear Dan: how much time coaches actually spend watching other players' matches during a Slam, and how to strike the balance between focus and enjoyment in a Grand Slam quarter-final

Tomorrow on the show: Day 11 delivers Fery vs Zverev in the semi-finals, plus Djokovic vs Sinner on Centre Court, plus the doubles semi-finals across the men's, women's and mixed draws.

About Control the Controllables Wimbledon Live

Dan Kiernan and a different special guest every night, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds at Wimbledon. Wimbledon champions, tennis icons, players, coaches and analysts join across the fortnight. Live every evening at 9pm UK on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.

Send your Dear Dan questions via Instagram @ctc.podcast or email info@sototennis.com.

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Day 9 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus.

Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19.

In this episode:

• Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy)
• Sinner into his 10th Grand Slam semi-final at 24, one of only 5 players since 2000 to reach 10 men's singles semis at the majors before turning 25 alongside Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Alcaraz
• Sinner beats Struff to extend his Wimbledon winning streak to 12 and reach the semi-finals of his title defence
• Coco Gauff into her first Wimbledon semi-final with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Jessica Pegula, who was playing her first ever Centre Court match
• Karolina Muchova through past Naomi Osaka, setting up a Gauff vs Muchova semi-final and a chance for Gauff to extend her 6-1 head-to-head record
• TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Coco Gauff
• Patten and Heliovaara win their third consecutive 7-6 in the third
• Ken Skupski joins the show on coaching his younger brother Neal to the 2023 Wimbledon men's doubles title
• Ken on the emotional control it takes to sit in the box and be the calm face his brother needed on the biggest day of his career
• The Wimbledon Quickfire with Ken Skupski
• Dear Dan: the process of a coach and pro player starting to work together, and what a dream recovery day at a Grand Slam actually looks like

Tomorrow on the show: Day 10 delivers the men's semi-finals, plus Dabrowski and Stefani in their women's doubles quarter-final on Court 2.

About Control the Controllables Wimbledon Live

Dan Kiernan and a different special guest every night, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds at Wimbledon. Wimbledon champions, tennis icons, players, coaches and analysts join across the fortnight. Live every evening at 9pm UK on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.

Send your Dear Dan questions via Instagram @ctc.podcast or email info@sototennis.com.

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