Day 9 Wimbledon Recap w/ 2023 Wimbledon Winning Coach, Ken Skupski

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.

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