Zach Mitch    I was in constant pain for two and a half, three years. I was so desperate for any other alternative that could have been rewarding, that it was almost a relief to be given the option of retiring and going to school. I think the interesting thing a lot of people say is, Wow, it

Zach Mitch    Going into the final, I wasn’t sure I felt like the underdog...I think I felt more overlooked. I think that the expectation of myself to do something really great weighed on me heavily. It was tough switching my mentality, being down a set, in the final. But also, I think that’s probably the...

Zach Mitch    Honestly, tennis has been in my life ever since I could remember. Some kids have a lullaby my dad took out the toys and tied tennis balls around the mobile. From the beginning, I always wanted to be a pro. My heroes were Rafa, Roger and Novak. I was always the biggest Rafa guy,

Zach Mitch    Do I feel different now that my ranking’s changed Not really. I know numbers change, but this is all new to me. I’m just trying to let the new experiences sink in and learn from them. I learned a lot of things throughout the three weeks at Wimbledon. I think the major thing is really

Zach Mitch    From the moment I could walk my dad had a racquet in my hand. At two years old he taught me the fundamentals of the game and we grew up doing everything together. My dad growing up was my best friend, a coach, supporter, and father. He was always there for me. Now our toughest

Zach Mitch    I played badminton from the age of six because my mom used to play competitively so I used to go and watch her play after school. Then my badminton coach started doing mini tennis and it came to a point where I’d play tennis with him every Tuesday. I really enjoyed it. In the end,

Zach Mitch    I remember picking up a tennis racket probably when I was around six. My brother was playing, and I remember picking up some balls from him at some local courts in Sydney on the synthetic grass. Ever since then, tennis has been my life. That’s honestly probably the earliest memory I have. My...

Zach Mitch    I have an autoimmune arthritic condition called Ankylosing Spondylitis. I had been going through years of weird pains that would just not go away. Or I’d play a match, and even if it was only an hour and a half match, I would feel like I was just run over by a bus. I ended up getting diagnosed

Zach Mitch    It was my father who introduced me to tennis. We would go to the indoor bubble in Denmark about once a month when I was four. Then we’d see how many times we could get the ball over the net. Our record was , I think. I started practicing with a club when I was

Zach Mitch    At first, I started vlogging just for fun because I like watching those videos. Then, my friend and I were like, Okay, let’s do this and see how it goes. We didn’t really expect people to watch it. We were just doing it for ourselves, but then people started watching and writing a lot of