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Talking Tennis Southern Style covers tennis in nine Southern states and is hosted by longtime tennis TV & radio personality and sports journalist Sam Crenshaw. The podcast is the official show of USTA Southern, the largest section of the United State Tennis Association and represents 25% of the national members. Connecting you with tennis for kids, teenagers, college students right though adults playing into their 90s in AL, AR, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC and TN.

Jun 16, 2022

Roxanne Aaron and Rex Miller

We celebrate Juneteenth with leading voices in Black tennis. First up is the director of Citizen Ashe. Tennis fan Rex Miller, of Durham, N.C., made a film about the famed athlete-activist Arthur Ashe, which makes its TV debut on CNN June 26 at 9 p.m. ET. He also directed a 2015 film about Althea Gibson, entitled


Jun 6, 2022

USTA's Martin Blackman & Tennis Warehouse's Michelle HeidbrinkIt’s springtime which means the pros are on the red clay of Europe and players are sporting new fashions. Our Grand Slam correspondent, Martin Blackman of the USTA, talks about the top US players during the clay court season. As head of Player Development, he explains juniors on the rise. Michelle Heidbrink reveals...


Jun 2, 2022

Matt Olson and Jorge Andrew

USTA Southern has its first Executive Director & COO in 33 years with the hiring of Matt Olson. With experience working for Southern more than 20 years ago, Olson headed up USTA Atlanta and USTA New England before coming back to Southern this year. He talks about his grassroots experience starting in Macon, Ga. He also...