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Rajeev Ram joins me for the first time in 2025. He's coming off a Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati with new partner, Nikola Mektić. Rajeev shares insights on building team chemistry in doubles partnerships. He offers a nuanced perspective on the singles vs doubles player debate and provides practical advice on net play strategy, return tips, and career longevity. We also discussed: Fishes Building team chemistry quickly in a new partnership Explains his "two-by-four" analogy for effective net play as server's partner Could Sinner beat two doubles players by himself? Insights on return positioning and taking away specific serve patterns Plans for the rest of 2025 Details recovery strategies and skill maintenance as a 41-year-old professional We also get to some of your questions from Twitter/X and Instagram at the end. Rajeev always has thoughtful answers and great tips for club-doubles players so I know you'll enjoy this one. Learn more about Rajeev & follow: ATP Profile Wikipedia Instagram Twitter/X ----- ACCESS YOUR MEMBERSHIP Sign Into Your Member Account Access Your Member Dashboard

Rajeev Ram joins me for the first time in 2025. He's coming off a Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati with new partner, Nikola Mektić. Rajeev shares insights on building team chemistry in doubles partnerships. He offers a nuanced perspective on the singles vs doubles player debate and provides practical advice on net play strategy, return tips, and career longevity. We also discussed: Fishes Building team chemistry quickly in a new partnership Explains his "two-by-four" analogy for effective net play as server's partner Could Sinner beat two doubles players by himself? Insights on return positioning and taking away specific serve patterns Plans for the rest of 2025 Details recovery strategies and skill maintenance as a 41-year-old professional We also get to some of your questions from Twitter/X and Instagram at the end. Rajeev always has thoughtful answers and great tips for club-doubles players so I know you'll enjoy this one. Learn more about Rajeev & follow: ATP Profile Wikipedia Instagram Twitter/X ----- **Join the #1 Doubles Strategy Newsletter for Club Tennis Players** New doubles strategy lessons weekly straight to your inbox **Become a Tennis Tribe Member** Tennis Tribe Members get access to premium video lessons, a monthly member-only webinar, doubles strategy Ebooks & Courses, exclusive discounts on tennis gear, and more. Learn More & Sign Up Here **Other Free Doubles Content** Serve Strategy Cheatsheet Return Strategy Cheatsheet Serve Strategy 101 - Video Course

Robert Stark and co-host Francis Nally (Pilleater) talk to Rajeev Ram about the Indian diaspora, caste, HBD, theology, and America’s identity crisis. Rajeev is a 2nd generation Indian American of a Tamil Brahmin background. He is originally from Arizona, worked in tech in the Bay Area, and now resides in a small town in Tennessee. Rajeev’s values include, openness, pluralism, creativity, fraternal comradery, localism, and freedom of association, and he is allied with some aspects of the Right now. Subscribe to his substack, The Cactus Brahmin Testimonials and follow him on X/Twitter . Topics:Rajeev’s political journeyRajeev’s friendship with the podcaster Walt Bismarck Why syncretic politics makes senseThe HBD implications of the Indian caste systemRobert’s new religion that fuses Theosophy with HBDHow Brahmin vs Vaishya archetypes play out in the WestEconomic niches among various Indian subgroupsDifferences between North and South IndiansPre vs post-1990 Indian immigrants, and how the latter tends to view America as an economic zoneIs the brain drain from India to the US ending?Rajeev’s thoughts on growing anti-Indian animusWhether White Americans will become more tribal in the futureAmerica’s future of multi-polar enclavism, with parallels to IndiaWhether an immigration moratorium would delay balkanization and maintain civic nationalismWhether enclavism would be difficult for assimilated minorities like RajeevEmbracing a Freudian approach to politics This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertstark.substack.com/subscribe

2023 US Open men's doubles champion, Rajeev Ram joins the show for the second time. Rajeev shares his experience winning his third consecutive US Open alongside partner, Joe Salisbury. I asked Rajeev about the 2023 season which has been a bit of a rollercoaster for him and Joe. One of my favorite parts of this episode is when Rajeev explains how his communication with Joe has improved and how he worked on that when he transitioned from singles to doubles earlier in his career. We also discuss his relationship with coach Chris Eaton, Davis Cup, 2024 Olympic plans, and more. Towards the end, Rajeev shares advice for turning matches around, playing well in 10-point tiebreakers, and answers your questions from Instagram. See the shownotes for this episode here: https://www.thetennistribe.com/rajeev-ram-interview/ **Doubles Strategy Course** This video course will teach you the best doubles tactics for serving, returning, rallying, and approaching so that you’ll have a winning plan for every point. 25 Winning Doubles Tactics Video Course: https://the-tennis-tribe.teachable.com/p/25-winning-doubles-tactics **Doubles Ebooks** These guides offer proven advice to improve your doubles strategy. 25 Winning Doubles Tactics: https://www.thetennistribe.com/25-winning-doubles-tactics/ Return Strategy for Doubles: https://www.thetennistribe.com/return-strategy-for-doubles-ebook/ Serve Strategy for Doubles: https://www.thetennistribe.com/serve-strategy-for-doubles-ebook/ Net Play Strategy for Doubles: https://www.thetennistribe.com/net-play-strategy-for-doubles-ebook/ *** Download your free doubles guide to learn how to force errors and get more easy volleys at TheTennisTribe.com/doubles-guide/ . *** Tennis Gear reviews : The best racquets, shoes, bags, & more Read our written doubles lessons here Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for video lessons ----- **Join the #1 Doubles Strategy Newsletter for Club Tennis Players** New doubles strategy lessons weekly straight to your inbox **Become a Tennis Tribe Member** Tennis Tribe Members get access to premium video lessons, a monthly member-only webinar, doubles strategy Ebooks & Courses, exclusive discounts on tennis gear, and more. Learn More & Sign Up Here **Other Free Doubles Content** Serve Strategy Cheatsheet Return Strategy Cheatsheet Serve Strategy 101 - Video Course

In this episode, I talk with ATP doubles player Rajeev Ram. He is number 15 in the world in doubles right now, and last year reached a career-high of number 5. When I catch up with him he is in his hotel room in Australia on a 14-day quarantine. He is one of the players who is not allowed to leave his hotel room at all for fourteen days. We talk about how he manages to train while he is stuck in his hotel room 24/7, and then dive into his career and doubles strategy. We discuss World Team Tennis, how he got started playing tennis, his time in college playing at Illinois, his pro career, July 10, 2009 when he played four ATP matches in one day, before diving into doubles strategy. I ask him: How he game plans before a match. How he and Joe Salisbury make in-match adjustments. What his biggest strength & weakness is on the doubles court. When he likes to use signals vs talking (while serving). and a lot more… Note: Rajeev’s hotel wifi was not great, so you will hear some audio issues. We did our best to edit as much as possible. **Doubles Strategy Course** This video course will teach you the best doubles tactics for serving, returning, rallying, and approaching so that you’ll have a winning plan for every point. 25 Winning Doubles Tactics Video Course: https://the-tennis-tribe.teachable.com/p/25-winning-doubles-tactics **Doubles Ebooks** These guides offer proven advice to improve your doubles strategy. 25 Winning Doubles Tactics: https://www.thetennistribe.com/25-winning-doubles-tactics/ Return Strategy for Doubles: https://www.thetennistribe.com/return-strategy-for-doubles-ebook/ Serve Strategy for Doubles: https://www.thetennistribe.com/serve-strategy-for-doubles-ebook/ Net Play Strategy for Doubles: https://www.thetennistribe.com/net-play-strategy-for-doubles-ebook/ *** Download your free doubles guide to learn how to force errors and get more easy volleys at TheTennisTribe.com/doubles-guide/ . *** Tennis Gear reviews : The best racquets, shoes, bags, & more Read our written doubles lessons here Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for video lessons ----- **Join the #1 Doubles Strategy Newsletter for Club Tennis Players** New doubles strategy lessons weekly straight to your inbox **Become a Tennis Tribe Member** Tennis Tribe Members get access to premium video lessons, a monthly member-only webinar, doubles strategy Ebooks & Courses, exclusive discounts on tennis gear, and more. Learn More & Sign Up Here **Other Free Doubles Content** Serve Strategy Cheatsheet Return Strategy Cheatsheet Serve Strategy 101 - Video Course ----- ACCESS YOUR