The Tennis Players Show

I got a chance to speak one-on-one with Martin Damm after his 7-5, 6-3 win over world No. 7 Daniil Medvedev. 
We discuss how past matches helped him to prepare for this one, and how confidence helped play a role in the win. 

I got a chance to chat with Mees Rottgering after his first round win over world No. 70 Jan Choinski. 
We talk about his win, the progression he's made over the past few months and what the plan is moving forward (spoilers: he's taking things one day at a time, as he should.) 

Chloe Hunt from World Tennis Magazine and I spoke with Cruz Hewitt briefly after his win over Sebastian Gorzny. 
We discuss the match as well as his upcoming match against Arthur Fery. 

I had a chance to speak with Martin Damm after his win over Abdullah Shelbayh in the first round of the Winston Salem Open. 
He spoke about perseverance through adversity as well as his upcoming match with world No. 7 Danil Medvedev. 
 

TCU's Cooper Woestendick joins the show from Fort Worth, where he is currently preparing for his junior season for the Horned Frogs. 
We discuss growing up in Kansas, spending a lot of time in Florida training at the USTA center, as well as his first two seasons playing in college, helping the team to a Championship appearance in his freshman year and a Final Four appearance in his sophomore season. 
Woestendick finished last year ranked No. 43 in the country with a 14-4 record in singles and 19-6 in doubles. 
He is also an Australian Open Boys doubles champion with partner Max Exsted (USC). 

University of Oklahoma's Zoie Epps joins the show to discuss her transfer back home to Norman after playing three years at Louisiana Tech. 
Epps finished last season as the Conference USA Player of the Year, going 18-1 in dual matches, she also didn't drop a set for the final two and a half months of the 2025-2026 season. 
Epps also recorded the most singles wins of any DI women's player in the country during the 2024-25 season going 37-5.
She now joins a University of Oklahoma team with National Championship aspirations. 

University of Florida's Jana Hossam joins the show to discuss her transfer to Gainesville as well as her tennis journey, coming from Alexandria, Egypt to the states to play college tennis. 
Hossam played No. 1 last year for the USC Trojans where she finished the year ranked No. 25 in the country, earning All-American and All Big-Ten First Team honors, accumulating eight wins over top-100 ranked opponents, seven of which were ranked in the top 50. She now joins a Florida Gators team that has big aspirations this coming spring in their quest and a deep run in May. 

Ole' Miss' Riley Crowder joins the show from the UTR PTT Summer Slam Finale in Tallahassee! 
We discuss her very successful freshman season for the Rebels as well as her experiences playing collegiate tennis in Oxford and her goals as she enters her sophomore season.
Crowder went 23-6 last year for the team as a freshman, going 11-0 at the No. 4 spot. 
 

Florida State's Azariah Rusher joins the show from the UTR PTT Summer Slam Tallahassee event at FSU. 
We discuss his evolution as a player and person, growing up in New Hampshire before traveling the world playing tennis and then moving to Delray Beach in Florida and deciding to play college tennis for the Seminoles. 
We also talk about his growth on social media where he interacts with other tennis players and promotes the sport on a bigger platform. 
Rusher played 3 and 4 last year for the Seminoles and is heading into his senior year. 

University of Texas' Carmen Herea joined the show to discuss the 2025-2026 season, her summer playing pro tennis, and to tell some stories about her experiences representing her home country of Romania in the Billie Jean King Cup. Herea finished this past season ranked No. 3 in the country, while reaching a career high of No. 1 along the way. She went 24-8 playing #1 for the Longhorns and accumulated 14 ranked wins in that span, in addition to getting to the finals of the ITA All Americans and the quarterfinals of the NCAA Individual Championships this past fall.