Behind-the-scenes of the "Buzziest" event in sports with US Open with producer Michael Fiur

Andy Roddick talks with Michael Fiur, legendary producer for the US Open, to walk through his experience in shaping the US Open into the incredible event that it is today. Fiur has worked with a laundry list of iconic artists from Rhianna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, Brittany Spears, and so many more! Stay tuned through the episode to hear stories about the Arthur Ashe Stadium before it had screens, production nightmares, and turning down Taylor Swift!
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[@AdaMD319]

Love the pod, but please ask guests not to use their AirPods for audio. This guest has good content but his audio quality is brutal. Like if you agree!

[@Max_Cherry]

Starting to feel like a podcast for US Open promotion. Still entertaining and a likeable guest.

[@davidhunternyc1]

The Serena retirement ceremony felt forced and over the top. I hated it. Tennis players aren't heroes. Serena didn't save the world. She retired as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. Give her a classy send-off.

[@TanNguyen510]

And she’s American. Hence why she was celebrated at the US Open.

[@trippwraze1509]

Tennis fans obsession with “class” will never not be insufferable

[@fabianstockwin952]

Enough of life is monotonous, why not have some over the top events. We won't see another Serena Williams for a long time I suspect.

[@GaryK-c6h]

Loved the behind the scenes discussions and how excited Andy gets in reliving and/or discovering things even he didn't know was happening. Great work team!

[@Dctosd]

Brian might be the 1st out gay male player, but he's no longer the only one. Jan Michael Gambill has a husband.

[@ChristineLeemans]

I'm with you Andy... Absolutely love Phil Collins ❤!!! #legend!! Thanks you for this podcast

[@andrewash9318]

So informative! I now fully understand why tennis on television has become , and live large-scale sports in general are just this side of intolerable. Don’t care about celebrities. Don’t want to listen to music during the event. Don’t care about players’ reaction shots when the point is over. Don’t want to see endless shots of the players’ boxes. Don’t want to see close ups of the players’ faces when they serve. Cringe at every on-court interview. All of this is a series of distractions, designed to market the game to people who just don’t know or care anything about it. Orchestrated by a man whose sole focus is “entertainment,” with the actual tennis just an afterthought, a pretext for all the really “good stuff.” I want to see the actual tennis, enhanced by all available technology, and commentary that helps me understand the game better. Instead, during the point, all we get is the same overhead view from 60 years ago that shows nothing more than the players’ position on the court and the direction of the ball. Andy! You’ve said so many times that you hate this too! Why didn’t you grill him about this? I’m concerned about you Andy. I’m afraid that all the time you’re spending with Wertheim is starting to dumb you down.

[@TanNguyen510]

I respect a man who can admit when he made a mistake. (Turning down Taylor swift is crazy but I get it)

[@trippwraze1509]

Love how this episode just turned into a nostalgia trip for Andy

[@tenniswithandy]

This is very inspirational. I can’t imagine all the details that go into planning such a spectacular event.

[@manuelrossi3861]

First!