Marina Erakovic: What it's really like to be a tennis pro in NZ
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We talk to Marina about moving to NZ as a six year old from war-torn Yugoslavia, the special treatment she got at high school as a 'minor celebrity', behind the...
show moreShow notes | Marina Erakovic
1.51 Has Marina picked up a racquet to play a game of tennis since retirement?
5.35 What is Marina up to now? The post-tennis journey: further education, medical school, or working in the real world at PwC!
9.24 How Seamus and Steve know Marina and a summary from Will Ward
11.58 The Mad Era: the musical journey of Marina Erakovic
19.25 Instagram v reality and one of the most detailed Wikipedia page’s ever
25.24 A stint as a field reporter on the Crowd Goes Wild and making Andrew Mulligan eat his own words
28.05 Moving to New Zealand as a six-year-old who didn’t speak English
35.04 The rise to no1 tennis player in New Zealand by the age of 15
46.01 Who were Marina’s contemporaries on the world junior tour and the process to becoming a pro?
50.01 Painting a picture of the cost of a professional career: financial and personal
57.41 Marina takes us behind the scenes of life on the tour: meditation, problem solving, and concerts
1.03.11 Mixing with the big names on tour and becoming a player representative on the WTA
1.07.33 Tennis in New Zealand: The Williams sisters come to Auckland, the battle with High Performance Sport NZ, and Marina’s Olympic experience
1.17.19 Advice for upcoming tennis players and Tennis NZ
1.20.24 The physical toll a career on the tennis circuit has taken on Marina
1.26.21 What triggered the return to tennis?
1.28.48 Serving up some topical tennis questions: Novak Djokovic, Peng Shuai, Naomi Osaka
1.35.58 Doubles chat
1.38.28 The transition to normal life from the tennis tour
1.42.18 Last words from Steven, Seamus and Marina
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