Alison Riske-Amritraj: The long journey to top 20 in the world

Alison Riske-Amritraj is our guest for the seventeenth episode of Baseline Intelligence. Alison reached a career high of 18 in singles and 40 in doubles on the WTA tour. She's won three singles titles and reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon where she beat then world number 1 Ash Barty. We talk: 3:39 How she's maintained her level for over a decade 6:20 The danger or comparing yourself to your peers 8:37 Skipping college for the pro tour 11:11 Never doubting herself 13:58 Being yourself in new/challenging situations 18:26 Why she has success on grass 20:20 Differences between hard courts 21:50 How the surface affects her tactics 23:23 How the score affects her tactics 25:53 The 30 second tempo drill 28:15 Her love for Primanti Brothers sandwiches 29:03 Her favorite place to play 30:16 Her best advice to a junior player ** Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com