Hi, I'm John Mackenor, and you're listening to the Tennis Podcast.

Well, hello and welcome to the Tennis Podcast episode 41,

and we are looking back on the Master's Tournament in Rome,

which came to a rather bit of a damp squib.

Conclusion, Catherine Whitaker, because we were all looking forward to the big final between

Raphael Nadal and Roger Federer, and there was only four games, one by Roger Federer.

That was a bit of a disappointment, but we've got that tournament to talk about.

We've also got an exclusive interview, an in-depth interview with the great Australian coach Bob

Brett, who coached Boris Becker, Gore and even Isavitch, Nicholas Kiefer, Mario Anchich,

and now Marin Chilich, and he was even asked by Tim Hinman once to be his coach.

He's been really leading the coaching fraternity for the best part of three decades now,

and we speak to him all about his early upbringing, which he was mentored as a ballboy

by the great Harry Hotman, who was the Davis Cup captain of Australia, to 16 Davis Cup victories,

and also he talks us in depth through what it is like to work with Boris Becker.

And Catherine, let me tell you, that is fascinating to hear what Boris Becker was like.

Just after he'd won his second Wimbledon, and eventually lost against Peter Duin in 1987,

and then to take over the reigns of an already hugely established star. Bob Brett is one fascinating

man. He is. It's a great interview. He speaks brilliantly on all the experiences that he's had,

and there's no doubt he's coached some of the biggest characters the games have ever seen.

You know, I love hearing Gore and talk about his years with Bob Brett. He speaks with such

affection, and I see them greet one another, and there's obviously a special relationship there,

and he's now, who was coaching, Marion Chilich, another Gore-Anne, in the mold of Gore-Anne,

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