About this episode

Albano Olivetti discusses his experiences and insights as a top doubles player, including serve techniques and team dynamics.

Albano Olivetti is the #22-ranked doubles player on the ATP tour. He recently won a grass court title in Halle and owns the record for the 2nd fastest serve of all time. In this brief conversation, we unpack what really wins on fast courts and why he and his partner, Theo Arribage, feel confident right now. Albano shares practical serve and return lessons, plus his perspective on building a doubles partnership that keeps getting better. What they learned from 's-Hertogenbosch that helpe...

People in this episode

Host: Will Boucek

Guest: Albano Olivetti

Topics covered

• doubles tennis
• serve techniques
• team chemistry
• grass court
• clay court
• ATP tour

Keywords

• doubles player
• 160 MPH serve
• grass court title
• team chemistry
• tennis partnership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ATP

Places: Halle, 's-Hertogenbosch

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