Marina Erakovic's family fled war torn former Yugoslavia when she was a small child, and she grew up in New Zealand where her precocious tennis talent was nurtured. After winning nine titles in a thirteen-year career on the WTA Tour, she is now a business consultant working for PwC in Auckland.
She takes us inside the reality of the professional tennis circuit, comparing her experience with that seen on Break Point, the current Netflix series. We talk about the future of tennis as an entertainment and commercial product, the rise of paddle and pickle ball, Naomi Osaka's role in elevating the conversation around mental health of elite athletes, the post-Serena Williams era, and we question the existing structures of tennis federations against a backdrop of changes in viewing habits and participation rates around the world.
