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The AO Show

Tennis Australia

The Sit-Down with Paul McNamee

APR 29, 202420 MIN
The AO Show

The Sit-Down with Paul McNamee

APR 29, 202420 MIN

Description

You'd be hard-pressed to find someone with more passion for tennis than Paul McNamee, a Davis Cup and Wimbledon champion who later became Australian Open tournament director. Atypically for an Australian, McNamee's favourite surface is clay — a love-affair he documents in his book Welcome to the Dance. Matt and Viv sit down with McNamee to discuss the nation's relationship with clay, his favourite clay-courts around the world, and who he most loves watching compete on the surface today.

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Apple Podcasts
Google Podcasts
Spotify 

Host handles:
@Viv_Christie
@MattyAT

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