Day 6 Wimbledon Recap w/ Danny Sapsford Talking About Playing Pete Sampras at SW19!

Day 6 Wimbledon Recap w/ Danny Sapsford Talking About Playing Pete Sampras at SW19!

From Control the Controllables by Dan Kiernan

July 4, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 293

About this episode

The episode recaps Day 6 of Wimbledon 2026, featuring guest Danny Sapsford discussing his experience playing against Pete Sampras.

Day 6 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus. Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19. In this episode: Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy): a day of women's upsets and a British wildcard writing history on Court 18 Iga Świątek out to Alexandra Eala 7-6, 6-2 , the first Filipino ever into the second week of a Grand Slam Rybakina beaten by Elise Mertens 7-6, 6-1 on a poor day at the office, with only 42% of first serves in play Amanda Anisimova out to Madison Keys 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 , last year's finalist gone Arthur Fery beats Zizou Bergs 2-6, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 in four and a half hours to become only the sixth British male in the last 40 years to reach Week 2 at Wimbledon TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Alexandra Eala , seven years at the Rafa Nadal Academy, her body and mind built for the biggest stage Danny Sapsford joins the show on his 1999 Wimbledon run through pre-qualifying, qualifying, and into the third round to face Pete Sampras on Court One…

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Host: Dan Kiernan

Guest: Danny Sapsford

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Organizations: Rafa Nadal Academy, LTA, Bright Ideas for Tennis

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