Robbie Koenig - "Tennis Nearer the Gods"

The legendary South African commentator, Robbie Koenig is this week's podcast guest 🇿🇦

Robbie is a former player and coach who now finds himself in the commentary box  🎤 He is well known in the tennis world for his coverage of some of the best moments in the sport 💪

We talk:

• Quarantine in Australia
• His professional tennis career
• The transition to commentary
• How he comes up with his iconic one-liners
• Traveling on the tennis tour 

There are even a few Netflix movie/documentary suggestions in the episode 😃

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Episode Chapters

6:59 - Quarantine in Australia

10:14 - Historical match analysis

12:27 - Playing professional tennis

25:27 - How he got into commentary

28:30 - Legendary commentary lines!

34:14 - Playing Andy Murray in Doubles

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