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Alison Riske-Amritraj: The long journey to top 20 in the world
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Alison Riske-Amritraj is our guest for the seventeenth episode of Baseline Intelligence. Alison reached a career high of 18 in singles and 40 in doubles on the WTA tour. She's won three singles titles and reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon where she beat then world number 1 Ash Barty.
We talk:
3:39 How she's maintained her level for over a decade
6:20 The danger or comparing yourself to your peers
8:37 Skipping college for the pro tour
11:11 Never doubting herself
13:58 Being yourself in new/challenging situations
18:26 Why she has success on grass
20:20 Differences between hard courts
21:50 How the surface affects her tactics
23:23 How the score affects her tactics
25:53 The 30 second tempo drill
28:15 Her love for Primanti Brothers sandwiches
29:03 Her favorite place to play
30:16 Her best advice to a junior player
** Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com
73 episodes
Manage episode 335388346 series 3298921
Alison Riske-Amritraj is our guest for the seventeenth episode of Baseline Intelligence. Alison reached a career high of 18 in singles and 40 in doubles on the WTA tour. She's won three singles titles and reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon where she beat then world number 1 Ash Barty.
We talk:
3:39 How she's maintained her level for over a decade
6:20 The danger or comparing yourself to your peers
8:37 Skipping college for the pro tour
11:11 Never doubting herself
13:58 Being yourself in new/challenging situations
18:26 Why she has success on grass
20:20 Differences between hard courts
21:50 How the surface affects her tactics
23:23 How the score affects her tactics
25:53 The 30 second tempo drill
28:15 Her love for Primanti Brothers sandwiches
29:03 Her favorite place to play
30:16 Her best advice to a junior player
** Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com
73 episodes
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