Beyond the Baseline Podcast: Sascha Bajin

On this week's episode, host Jon Wertheim talks with Sascha Bajin on coaching Caroline Wozniacki, Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, and more.
Beyond the Baseline Podcast: Sascha Bajin
Beyond the Baseline Podcast: Sascha Bajin /

On the Beyond the Baseline Podcast, Sports Illustrated executive editor, Tennis Channel commentator and host Jon Wertheim takes fans between the lines with tennis commentary and exclusive interviews with the top players and newsmakers on the ATP and WTA tours.

On this week's episode, Wertheim talks with Sascha Bajin from Florida. On the podcast, Bajin confirms that he will continue working with Caroline Wozniacki through the end of the 2017 season and he explains what his job actually entails and what defines a hitting partner. Wertheim and Bajin also talk about how he became a coach, including how he met Serena Williams and ended up being hired as her hitting coach, his playing background, the difference between working with WTA and ATP players and more. After working with Wozniacki, Serena, Victoria Azarenka and Sloane Stephens, Bajin also discusses how personalities play a role in how he coaches a player. He also recalls the time Serena "catfished" him by creating a woman named Heidi to trick him. 

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​Also on the podcast, Bajin also talks about what the "rule" is for when a coach switches players—is there an unspoken code about coaches sharing tendencies of former players with a new 

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Check back next week for another episode of Beyond the Baseline.


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JON WERTHEIM

Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and has been part of the full-time SI writing staff since 1997, largely focusing on the tennis beat , sports business and social issues, and enterprise journalism. In addition to his work at SI, he is a correspondent for "60 Minutes" and a commentator for The Tennis Channel. He has authored 11 books and has been honored with two Emmys, numerous writing and investigative journalism awards, and the Eugene Scott Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wertheim is a longtime member of the New York Bar Association (retired), the International Tennis Writers Association and the Writers Guild of America. He has a bachelor's in history from Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in New York City with his wife, who is a divorce mediator and adjunct law professor. They have two children.