Joe

The Australian Open is upon us.

The first Grand Slam of the year.

Things are cranking into gear.

And on today's show, we're going to chat to Greg Rosetzky.

Most of you, I'm sure, know Greg Rosetzky if you're a tennis fan at all.

He was very much to the fore of the game.

Mid-90s, early 2000s.

It was an interesting time, actually, pre the Big Four.

You had Pete Sampras with his 14 Grand Slams and...

Agassi with his eight, the likes of Leighton Hewitt and Ivo Nisovic, Tim Henman, Bars Becker, the tail end of Jimmy Connors.

At his peak, Brzezinski got up to number four in the world, was very close to making world number one, number four in the world, never managed to win a Grand Slam.

The closest he came was in 97.

He was 24 years of age and he reached the US Open final.

He was beaten 3-1 by Pat Rafter.

Both of them real serve and volley types doing their thing on the hard courts at Flushing Meadows.

Canadian born.

Rosetzky famously represented Great Britain, where he lives to this day.

And yeah, with tennis season starting up, he seemed like a good time to talk to a tennis guest.

I appreciate Craig Rosetzky might seem a touch random, by the way.

It's funny how these things come about.