The First Serve - The Grind S04 E03

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Ena Shibahara, a grand slam doubles champion transitioning to singles on the ITF Tour.

Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode three of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt. In this edition, Ally and Tom catch up with a grand slam doubles champion, a career high World No 4 in Women's doubles, who has transitioned more to singles, experiencing the ITF Tour in grinding hard to build her ranking. A great chat with Japan's Ena Shibahara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Osborne, Tom Fancutt

Guest: Ena Shibahara

Topics covered

• Challenger Tour
• ITF Tour
• tennis
• doubles
• singles
• ranking
• interview

Keywords

• Ena Shibahara
• doubles champion
• ITF Tour
• tennis ranking
• singles
• Challenger Tour
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ITF Tour, Challenger Tour, Japan

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