Control the Controllables

Day 10 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus.
Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19.
In this episode:
Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy): Arthur Fery makes British tennis history and the semi-final line-up is confirmed
Fery beats Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 7-6, 6-0 on Centre Court, only the 5th British man to reach a Wimbledon SF in the Open Era and only the second wildcard since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
Alexander Zverev's straight-set dismantling of Taylor Fritz, and whether the French Open champion has now truly clicked into the next gear
First-time Wimbledon semi-finalists Marta Kostyuk and Linda Noskova into the women's SFs, both under 25 and both playing career-best tennis
Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool's title defence ends 6-2, 7-6 to Arévalo and Pavić, with Cash broken twice on serve
A very personal Dan moment: Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani, the team Dan is coaching, into the women's doubles semi-finals with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win
TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Arthur Fery, the third time this fortnight, for the physical resilience of putting together the deepest British men's Wimbledon run in years
Lee Childs joins the show on his 2003 Wimbledon run and playing 17-year-old Rafael Nadal in the second round on Court 13
The Wimbledon Quickfire with Lee Childs
Dear Dan: how much time coaches actually spend watching other players' matches during a Slam, and how to strike the balance between focus and enjoyment in a Grand Slam quarter-final

Tomorrow on the show: Day 11 delivers Fery vs Zverev in the semi-finals, plus Djokovic vs Sinner on Centre Court, plus the doubles semi-finals across the men's, women's and mixed draws.
About Control the Controllables Wimbledon Live
Dan Kiernan and a different special guest every night, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds at Wimbledon. Wimbledon champions, tennis icons, players, coaches and analysts join across the fortnight. Live every evening at 9pm UK on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.
Send your Dear Dan questions via Instagram @ctc.podcast or email info@sototennis.com.
Brought to you by Novellus.
Major Moments segment brought to you by SotoTennis Academy. Visit sototennis.com.
Player of the Day brought to you by TennisAthlete, age-appropriate, research-backed strength and conditioning programmes from proven S&C coaches. The platform Dan recommends for physical development. Visit sototennis.com/tennisathlete.

Day 9 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus.
Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19.
In this episode:
Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy)
Sinner into his 10th Grand Slam semi-final at 24, one of only 5 players since 2000 to reach 10 men's singles semis at the majors before turning 25 alongside Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Alcaraz
Sinner beats Struff to extend his Wimbledon winning streak to 12 and reach the semi-finals of his title defence
Coco Gauff into her first Wimbledon semi-final with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Jessica Pegula, who was playing her first ever Centre Court match
Karolina Muchova through past Naomi Osaka, setting up a Gauff vs Muchova semi-final and a chance for Gauff to extend her 6-1 head-to-head record
TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Coco Gauff
Patten and Heliovaara win their third consecutive 7-6 in the third
Ken Skupski joins the show on coaching his younger brother Neal to the 2023 Wimbledon men's doubles title
Ken on the emotional control it takes to sit in the box and be the calm face his brother needed on the biggest day of his career
The Wimbledon Quickfire with Ken Skupski
Dear Dan: the process of a coach and pro player starting to work together, and what a dream recovery day at a Grand Slam actually looks like

Tomorrow on the show: Day 10 delivers the men's semi-finals, plus Dabrowski and Stefani in their women's doubles quarter-final on Court 2.
About Control the Controllables Wimbledon Live
Dan Kiernan and a different special guest every night, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds at Wimbledon. Wimbledon champions, tennis icons, players, coaches and analysts join across the fortnight. Live every evening at 9pm UK on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.
Send your Dear Dan questions via Instagram @ctc.podcast or email info@sototennis.com.
Brought to you by Novellus.
Major Moments segment brought to you by SotoTennis Academy. Visit sototennis.com.
Player of the Day brought to you by TennisAthlete, age-appropriate, research-backed strength and conditioning programmes from proven S&C coaches. The platform Dan recommends for physical development. Visit sototennis.com/tennisathlete.

Day 8 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus.
Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19.
In this episode:
Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy): Arthur Fery does it again, from two sets to one and a break down to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals
Taylor Fritz cruises past Alexander Bublik
The women's draw guaranteed to produce the 10th different champion in 10 years,
Paolini won through 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 over Alexandra Eala
TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Arthur Fery
A big day in the men's doubles: Cash and Glasspool through in three, Arévalo and Pavić beat Rojer and Winegar, Krajicek and Middelkoop through the QFs, Skupski and Harrison out to the alternates
Martin Lee joins the show, the 1995 Wimbledon boys' doubles champion with James Trotman, on the day that made front-page news ahead of Sampras beating Becker in the men's final
Martin on Boris Becker's speech that night, when he said out loud he didn't know what was going on on Court One but it sounded "a lot more exciting than this court"
The Wimbledon Quickfire with Martin Lee
Dear Dan: Mertens' upset of Rybakina and whether she's the real threat now, and how the men's doubles game has evolved since Dan's playing days

Tomorrow on the show: Day 9 brings the first men's quarter-finals of the fortnight, plus the Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani women's doubles action Dan is coaching on Court 12 at 1 pm 7th July so make sure to tune in to watch!
About Control the Controllables Wimbledon Live
Dan Kiernan and a different special guest every night, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds at Wimbledon. Wimbledon champions, tennis icons, players, coaches and analysts join across the fortnight. Live every evening at 9pm UK on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.
Send your Dear Dan questions via Instagram @ctc.podcast or email info@sototennis.com.
Brought to you by Novellus.
Major Moments segment brought to you by SotoTennis Academy. Visit sototennis.com.
Player of the Day brought to you by TennisAthlete, age-appropriate, research-backed strength and conditioning programmes from proven S&C coaches. The platform Dan recommends for physical development. Visit sototennis.com/tennisathlete.

Day 7 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus.
Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19.
In this episode:
Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy): the world No. 1 out, the defending champion out, and Wimbledon 2026 guaranteed a first-time women's champion
Naomi Osaka beats Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6(2) on Centre Court to reach her first ever Wimbledon quarter-final
Karolina Muchova beats defending champion Barbora Krejcikova 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech thriller
Jessica Pegula fights back from a set down to beat 18-year-old Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Jan-Lennard Struff into his first ever Grand Slam quarter-final at 36, after Hubert Hurkacz retires hurt from two sets to love up
Novak Djokovic through to the quarter-finals in another tough four-setter, closing on major title No. 25
Felix Auger-Aliassime from a set down to beat Davidovich Fokina, on a collision course with Djokovic
TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Naomi Osaka, the physical rebuild after motherhood, back to beating the World No. 1
Jonathan Overend joins the show live from the BBC Radio 5 Live commentary box on Centre Court, mid-Sinner match, as the roof closes above him
Jonathan takes Dan back to 7 July 2013 and the Andy Murray Wimbledon final, from the same seat he's sitting in tonight
Jonathan on the extraordinary 40-love championship point game, why Djokovic might have been the favourite at 40-love, and how Andy Murray closed it out
Dan on watching Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray from the box in the 2012 Australian Open semi-final and the moment he saw belief descend
The Wimbledon Quickfire with Jonathan Overend
Dear Dan: which men's doubles teams look most dangerous heading into the QFs, and which doubles team from history would Dan most love to have coached

Tomorrow on the show: Manic Monday delivers all four men's quarter-finals from the top half of the draw, plus the Fery vs Dimitrov story that has all of British tennis holding its breath.
About Control the Controllables Wimbledon Live
Dan Kiernan and a different special guest every night, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds at Wimbledon. Wimbledon champions, tennis icons, players, coaches and analysts join across the fortnight. Live every evening at 9pm UK on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.
Send your Dear Dan questions via Instagram @ctc.podcast or email info@sototennis.com.
Brought to you by Novellus Finance.
Major Moments segment brought to you by SotoTennis Academy. Visit sototennis.com.
Player of the Day brought to you by TennisAthlete, age-appropriate, research-backed strength and conditioning programmes from proven S&C coaches. The platform Dan recommends for physical development. Visit sototennis.com/tennisathlete.

Day 6 of our Wimbledon 2026 daily live series, recorded inside the grounds. Brought to you by Novellus.
Live every night at 9pm UK across the Wimbledon fortnight, with Wimbledon champions, tennis icons and special guests joining Dan to break down the day's biggest stories from inside the grounds at SW19.
In this episode:
Major Moments (brought to you by SotoTennis Academy): a day of women's upsets and a British wildcard writing history on Court 18
Iga Świątek out to Alexandra Eala 7-6, 6-2, the first Filipino ever into the second week of a Grand Slam
Rybakina beaten by Elise Mertens 7-6, 6-1 on a poor day at the office, with only 42% of first serves in play
Amanda Anisimova out to Madison Keys 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, last year's finalist gone
Arthur Fery beats Zizou Bergs 2-6, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 in four and a half hours to become only the sixth British male in the last 40 years to reach Week 2 at Wimbledon
TennisAthlete Player of the Day: Alexandra Eala, seven years at the Rafa Nadal Academy, her body and mind built for the biggest stage
Danny Sapsford joins the show on his 1999 Wimbledon run through pre-qualifying, qualifying, and into the third round to face Pete Sampras on Court One
Danny on why he decided not to warm up for the biggest match of his life, and what it was like standing across from Sampras' serve for the first time
Danny on retiring at 30 to become an LTA coach, and the charity work through Bright Ideas for Tennis that has raised over £1 million and coached 30,000+ players
The Wimbledon Quickfire with Danny: his memory of standing on Centre Court behind Björn Borg as a kid, his favourite ever champion, and the strawberries and cream question
The Andrew Foster story, the last British wildcard to make Week 2 at Wimbledon in 1993, whom Danny had run into that very day
A special moment on the doubles side: Julian Rojer, 45 years old, five-time Slam doubles champion, into R3 with Theo Winegar in a properly told journeyman story
Dear Dan: the next Grand Slam winner from the current generation, and Dan's favourite moment of Week 1

Tomorrow on the show: Jonathan Overend joins Dan, the broadcaster who commentated on Andy Murray's first Wimbledon title in 2013, ending Britain's 77-year wait for a men's singles champion.
About Control the Controllables Wimbledon Live
Dan Kiernan and a different special guest every night, bringing you analysis from inside the grounds at Wimbledon. Wimbledon champions, tennis icons, players, coaches and analysts join across the fortnight. Live every evening at 9pm UK on the CTC YouTube channel. Episodes drop as podcasts the next morning wherever you get your podcasts.
Send your Dear Dan questions via Instagram @ctc.podcast or email info@sototennis.com.
Brought to you by Novellus.
Major Moments segment brought to you by SotoTennis Academy. Visit sototennis.com.
Player of the Day brought to you by TennisAthlete, age-appropriate, research-backed strength and conditioning programmes from proven S&C coaches. The platform Dan recommends for physical development. Visit sototennis.com/tennisathlete.