Racket Sports Weekly

In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly, Ian sits down with Steve Shpilsky, CEO and founder of Los Angeles Padel Club , to discuss what it takes to build LA’s first premier padel club. Steve shares how his background in...

POP Tennis has been around for more than a century, but it’s now starting to find real momentum. In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly , Ian sits down with Mitch Kutner, President of the International POP Tennis...

This week, I sat down with Claude Okin (CEO and founder) and Joe Siegel (SVP and SMD) from SPORTIME , one of the largest racket sports club operators in the country. We go deep into what it actually takes to run a...

In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly , I sat down with Emiliano Abramzon , co-founder and CEO of Racquet 360 , live from RacquetX . We talked about how Racquet 360 is taking a full-ecosystem approach to growing padel...

In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly, Ian Rapport sits down with tennis journalist Tim Newcomb to discuss the changing world of tennis gear, footwear, apparel, and media. Tim shares how he built his niche covering...

In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly , host Ian Rapport sits down with Callum Beale, Head of Game Expansion at Tennis Australia , to discuss how one of the sport’s leading governing bodies is embracing the rise of...

In this week’s episode of Racket Sports Weekly , host Ian Rapport sits down with Tennis Channel founder and TYPTI creator Steve Bellamy to break down one of the most talked-about new sports in the racket sports...

Pickleball’s rapid growth has reshaped the racket sports landscape with the Association of Pickleball Players (APP) at the center of that expansion. In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly , host Ian Rapport talks with...

Pickleball’s global expansion is accelerating and ⁠ TOPSERIES Pickleball ⁠ wants to play a major role in shaping what comes next. In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly , I sit down with Adel Aref, CEO of TOPSERIES...

On this episode of Racket Sports Weekly , we sit down with Santiago Gomez, Founder & CEO of Padel Haus , to talk about how he’s built the leading premium padel club. We discuss: • Why New York was the perfect launch...

Leading up to the MGM Slam, we caught up with some of the top names in the game for a series of quick conversations. In this episode, hear directly from Tommy Paul, Casper Ruud, João Fonseca, and Lorenzo Musetti as they...

In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly, we sit down with former World No. 8 Diego Schwartzman to discuss his move into the business side of tennis as a partner in INTENNSE , a new team-based league rethinking how the...

In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly, we sit down with Ben Nichols, Founder & CEO of Padel 22 , to break down how padel is being built, branded, and taken mainstream in the U.S. and around the world. Ben shares his...

In this episode of Racket Sports Weekly , we sit down with U.S. Blind Tennis Association President Murray Elbourn to explore how blind and low vision tennis is being built in the United States. A must-listen for anyone...

This week on Racket Sports Weekly , we’re joined by Daniel Quinones and Jeff Contreras, co-founders of ⁠ Pickleball Power Play to break down their new approach to pickleball tournaments that is catching on across the...