The Tennis Podcast: Amelie Mauresmo effect noticeable as Lucas Pouille reaches Australian Open semi-finals

One of the only male players in the top 100 with a female coach is into the Australian Open semi-finals. Lucas Pouille, coached by Amelie Mauresmo, beat Milos Raonic on Wednesday to reach the final four in Melbourne, and Tennis Podcast presenters Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport, Amazon Prime) and David Law (BBC 5 Live, BT Sport) believe Mauresmo’s input has been significant.

How has Mauresmo created a positive off-court environment for Pouille? And what has she brought to his game tactically?

Elsewhere, the big story on Wednesday was Serena’s defeat from 5-1 up in the deciding set against Karolina Pliskova. Law and Whitaker analyse what happened.

In what way is Pliskova’s new coaching set-up helping her? How much was Serena’s ankle injury to blame for her final-set capitulation? And how much of a missed opportunity was this for Serena in her quest to win a 24th Grand Slam?

There’s also discussion about Nishikori’s injury-enforced retirement against Djokovic, another impressive win for Naomi Osaka, and predictions for Rafael Nadal v Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The Tennis Podcast will be produced daily throughout the Australian Open, and at all the Grand Slams in 2019. It is produced in association with The Telegraph.

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• The Tennis Podcast will be produced daily throughout the Australian Open. It is produced in association with The Telegraph