Neal & Ken Skupski: Winter Olympics, World #1, AO, & Brotherly Love

About this episode

Neal and Ken Skupski discuss Neal's rise to World #1 in doubles, their experiences at the Australian Open, and the British tennis system.

Neal Skupski is currently ranked #1 in the world in doubles. He won the Australian Open earlier this year, and has made three of the past four major finals. His brother, Ken Skupski, is a former top 50 doubles player who now coaches Neal and his new partner, Christian Harrison. Neal & Ken joined me at the Dallas Open to unpack the Australian Open Title, the new partnership with Christian Harrison, and the British system that has elevated five British players inside the top ten. We dig int...

People in this episode

Host: Will Boucek

Guests: Neal Skupski, Ken Skupski

Topics covered

• Winter Olympics
• World #1
• Australian Open
• Doubles Tennis
• Brotherly Love

Keywords

• Neal Skupski
• Ken Skupski
• Australian Open
• Doubles Tennis
• Christian Harrison

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian Open, Dallas Open, Christian Harrison

Places: Britain

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