This week’s episode is with Laura Robson - former British No 1 tennis player, Olympic medallist, Sky Sports pundit, BBC commentator and the youngest tournament director in tennis.

She talks about her life as a youngster on tour, what it’s like to have your career brutally cut short by injury, experiencing FOMO at the Paris Olympics, and how she pivoted to life on the sidelines with a microphone in hand.

Watch the US Open exclusively live on Sky Sports and streaming service NOW from 26 August.

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Welcome to Off The Bench where journalist Molly McElwee invites extraordinary women athletes, coaches and leader in sport onto the show.

They'll be sharing the stories that have defined their careers, including how they found ways to smash through barriers and succeed regardless.

From difficult injuries, to living life online as an athlete, to finding their way in a male-dominated industry, these incredible women will be sharing what they've learned along the way.

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Team GB climber Molly Thompson-Smith is the next in our series of Olympic and Paralympic stars ahead of Paris 2024.

After missing out on Tokyo three years ago, Molly spoke about reframing that failure as a positive, the injury hurdles she has overcome, climbing's relatively new space in the Olympics and how she navigates a mainly white, male sport as a woman of colour.

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