Darren Cahill talks Coaching Jannik Sinner, French Open Final, & more

Served with Andy Roddick

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Society & Culture, Tennis, Sports

4.8 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Andy Roddick and Jon Wertheim are joined by Darren Cahill - former coach of Andre Agassi, Simona Halep, Lleyton Hewitt, and current coach of ATP World No. 1 Jannik Sinner. Andy, Jon, and Darren talk about the French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, what it's like coaching Sinner, and what Andre Agassi’s plan was to beat Andy back in the day. Before the interview, Andy & Jon run through some recent tennis headlines including Tatjana Maria beating Amanda Anisimova at the first WTA Queen's Club event in over 50 years, Emma Raducanu withdrawing from the Berlin Open, and Taylor Fritz beating Alexander Zverev at the Boss Open in Stuttgart. COMMENT BELOW: What's your favorite part of the Darren Cahill interview? What was your favorite grass-court match last week? 🎾 Join the Served Chucker's Club for Exclusive Perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0k_--YLuTNuDvq1Dw4zHmw/join 📩 Sign up for the Served Newsletter here: https://served-news.beehiiv.com/subscribe 📱If you're new to the Served with Andy Roddick, we're happy you're here! Follow us for more:https://www.instagram.com/servedpodcast/https://bsky.app/profile/servedpodcast.bsky.socialhttps://www.tiktok.com/@served_podcast ⏰ Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome to Served 1:05 Tennis Headlines 1:30 Maria beats Anisimova at Queens Club 5:00 Raducanu withdrew from Berlin Open 7:40 Fritz beats Zverev in Stuttgart 10:40 Sinner’s No. 1 Streak Reaches 54 Weeks 12:28 Darren Cahill joins the show 14:40 Cahill’s thoughts on the level of Carlos and Jannik 22:25 Is Jannik Sinner the same behind-the-scenes? 26:00 What was Darren’s message to Sinner after the French Open Final loss? 27:50 Expectations for Sinner going into Rome after doping suspension 32:00 The process of creating Jannik Sinner’s game 37:00 Novak Djokovic’s advice to Sinner 40:30 What did Darren Cahill learn from his father 43:50 Darren’s experience coaching Andre Agassi 48:30 Is Darren Cahill really going to stop coaching at the end of the season?? 50:20 Andy’s thoughts on Darren Cahill 51:37 Closing thoughts Theme music composed, produced, and mixed by Dan Whittemore. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwhit.wav/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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