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b'Patrick Mouratoglou, also known as \\u201cThe Coach\\u201d, currently the most influential coach in tennis, sharing his incredible journey with us, starting with his difficulties in his childhood to overcoming them and turning his passion for Tennis first into a business (Academy) and then into a profession (Coach).\\xa0 Amazing stories and incredible learning on multiple levels. \\xa0Best warm up story ever on the Sports Entrepreneurs Podcast. I am certain you will enjoy it. \\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nKey Highlights\\nEarly childhood stories and challenges (from low self esteem and panic attacks) and the lessons from it\\nWinning the fight against his body and mind at the age of 11 \\u2013 (first little victory) \\u2013 lesson, we are the product of our life lessons (have a little win every day)\\nStarted playing tennis at the age of 4, playing 8 hours per day \\u2013 Court was only place where he felt safe and confident\\xa0\\nAge 15, parents \\u201cforced\\u201d him to stop playing against his will \\u2013 another turning point in his life \\u2013 his dream was destroyed\\nAge 17, started psycho therapy for 10 years \\u2013 developed tremendous skills how to read people due to his in-ability to interact with people\\xa0\\nWorking in his father\\u2019s company to learn the trade from the ground up \\u2013 but wasn\\u2019t for him \\u2013 pursued his passion for tennis again\\nGreat life Lessons from his meetings with his parents\\xa0\\nStarting his first academy \\u2013 renting two Courts (for E$ 3 per court per hour) \\u2013 putting flyers on cars \\u2013 after one year 40 \\u201caverage\\u201d players taking lessons\\nNext step \\u2013 approached Bob Brett (at that time Boris Becker\\u2019s coach) to partner with him for the \\u201cBob Brett Academy\\u201d\\nHad two months to put it all together before Bob Brett showed up. Patrick was the \\u201cmanager\\u201d and running the academy, unfortunately, after six years Bob leaves.\\xa0\\nWorst business decision to build a name for someone else and now the \\u201cbrand\\u201d disappears on him \\u2013 luckily his young players stayed on\\nHe decided to put his own name on the \\u201cdoor\\u201d. Only problem was, he was not a Coach (yet). \\xa0\\nFrom that decision onwards, it took him 10 years to win his first Grand Slam as a Coach \\u2013 we unpack that incredible journey\\nMarcos Baghdatis, first prot\\xe9g\\xe9, next lesson (from bad coaching)\\nAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova, just made French Open Final \\xa0\\u2013 16 years old when she joined him, struggling together, great story\\xa0\\nSerene Williams, she was going through a tough moment when they first met, hadn\\u2019t won a Grand Slam for two years and lost in first round in Paris\\xa0\\nCalled him to train in his tennis academy in Paris (at that time he was coaching Grigor Dimitrov) \\u2013 \\u201ctalk to me\\u201d story\\xa0\\nHe showed her what he thought she was doing wrong, working for 3 days and she loved it \\u2013 next meeting in Wimbledon (which she won while Patrick coached her)\\nMassively successful year in 2012, winning Grand Slams, Olympic Gold, etc at the age of 30 \\u2013 and 10 Grand Slams later\\xa0\\nPatrick Mouratoglou Academy \\xa0- from Nice, France to Greece & Dubai (Tennis Centers within top resorts) \\xa0\\nSchooling and sports program \\u2013 200 students, 40 different nationalities \\u2013 also for families, hotel, medical center, seminar area, etc\\xa0\\nUTS \\u2013 Ultimate Tennis Showdown \\u2013 amazing new concept, shorter format, adapted rules, focused on digital audiences, players love it\\xa0\\nPatrick talks us through his vision for UTS and what he thinks is right and wrong with tennis right now \\u2013 must listen for anyone in the business of tennis\\nUTS formula - short, dynamic, immersive and authentic content \\u2013 started in 2020 in height of pandemic \\u2013 coverage across 100 countries, 20 mil viewers, 10 invited players\\xa0\\nRaising US$ 50 million right now, to build a League, 10 events per year in amazing locations across the world \\u2013 like F1 (only same 10 players)\\n\\xa0\\nAbout\\nPatrick Mouratoglou is a French tennis coach and sports commentator of Greek descent. He has been the coach of Serena Williams since June 2012.\\nHe founded the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in 1996 near Paris (later relocated to the outskirts of Nice), and has coached many up-and-coming players, including M'