A chat with Juan José Vallejo: on tennis writing, the Holy Triad, and much more

It’s a happy time at Tennis and Bagels as Owen gets a chance to talk with his idol: former tennis writer Juan José Vallejo. Juan José tells his remarkable story of being a tennis fan and later a tennis writer, first on Pete Bodo’s TennisWorld, then on The Changeover — which Owen got hooked on in March of this year and hasn’t stopped reading since — and finally for Rolling Stone.After talking about his journey through tennis writing, Juan José shows the unbelievable extent of his tennis expertise through talking about the Big Three, a few NextGen players that never were, the merits of physical vs. mental peaks, and of course the greatest tennis match ever: the 2009 Australian Open semifinal between Nadal and Verdasco.Juan José was incredibly generous with his time, and Owen is still buzzing at getting the chance to have this chat. Here are links to Juan José’s writing (be like Owen. Go down the rabbit hole. And there are 20 pages of his work on The Changeover, all of them worth checking out). Can’t thank him enough for doing this.The Changeover: http://changeovertennis.com/author/juan-jose/… Rolling Stone: https://rollingstone.com/author/juan-jose-vallejo/… Medium: https://medium.com/@JuanJoseVallejoFollow Tennis and Bagels:Twitter @TennisAndBagelsAndre Rolemberg @RolembergAndreVansh Vermani @vanshv2kOwen Lewis @tennisnation (also http://racketblog.com/ )Instagram @tennisandbagelsFacebook/tennisandbagelsFollow TNNS and communicate any bugs and fixes, or just give them a shout out: @downloadtennis--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tennis-and-bagels/messageFavourite this podcast if you like our work :)SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube channel!Follow TENNIS AND BAGELS!Twitter/X: https://x.com/TennisAndBAGELSAndre:Twitter/X - https://x.com/RolembergAndreBlueSky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/andrerolemberg.bsky.socialVansh: https://x.com/vanshv2kOwen (BlueSky Social): https://bsky.app/profile/owensports.bsky.socialSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/tennis-and-bagels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.