Rick Macci

We have some interesting episodes that you must check out if you are a tennis fan.

Rick Macci, one of my, of the favorite interviews we've ever done.

So much to talk about.

The man who built Serena and Venus into who they became.

We're gonna be back here after the final, so we'll see you guys then.

But in the meantime, if you wanna see more s- videos that we have, we had some amazing conversations, one of them with Rick Macci, the man who helped Serena and Venus become who they became.

An absolute amazing conversation with him.

And if you want tennis IQ, we talked to Christophe Rigan, one of the coolest guys on tour, and one of the smartest minds in tennis.

She takes this return of serve so, so early.

And I saw Rick Macci, who worked with Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati.

He said, "If you can get that serve technically good enough, she's gonna be number one, because she's gonna be able to get those first three strikes." So I'm agreeing with everything you're saying, Ashley, but also my point is between the ears for the people who are, like, 20 to one, and also a little bit of tools here and there.

Like, look at a guy like De Minaur, who maximizes lightning-fast speeds, but the mentality is just second to none.

If you're not getting better, you're getting worse.

But regarding that situation, it's a, it was a little complex, uh, because when it ended, you know, uh, Venus got, you know, the twelve million dollar contract from Reebok, okay? And no one helped put more zeros behind that deal than Rick Macci.

You know what I mean? The helium in the balloon.

Uh, and besides, she played that tournament, and Choni played that tournament in Oakland 'cause they changed the age eligibility rule, or we, we wouldn't even have played that tournament.

They- it's a f- it's such a big fa- family story of father improbably raising these two kids under im- almost impoverished conditions in California, the way they grew up, h- how he knew nothing about tennis and read magazines and read World Tennis Magazine, and somehow he got them to the right coaches.

He got them to Rick Macci.

He got them to Paul Cohen.

And th- they became great, great champions.