Interviewing the Pros - Craig Shapiro

Craig Shapiro is a bit of a media icon on the tennis scene. He has been around the tour since the 90s when he traveled as Andre Agassi’s personal racquet tech. He runs an excellent podcast.  He has just returned to New York from the Sunshine Double, so we are going to talk about his experiences there, his career in tennis and much more. Time stamps 00:00 Intro 01:00 How much tennis do you watch? 03:52 How is tennis doing as a sport? 14:31 The origin story 23:14 The Craig Shapiro Podcast 30:23 Interviewing pro tennis players can be tricky 37:05 Summarizing the Sunshine double and looking forward to the clay 54:38 Rafa’s return and clay rulership 1:01:17 Tennis elbow 1:08:07 The State of Tennis