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In this episode of Kitchen Konversations, Jared Paul and Jason Aspes from The Kitchen sit down with recent Division III tennis champion and recent pickleball convert, Christian Alshon.
Christian is part of the new wave of tennis players coming into the sport and he brings a flair of confidence along with an all-American look that will surely get him noticed. We discuss his college workload/pro journey balance, his NCAA tourney run, his notable wins after only a few months and more!
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EPISODE TRACKLIST
0:00 Intro
1:27 Christian Alshon's journey to Pickleball
2:42 Tennis upbringing
4:20 University of Virginia
6:00 University of Chicago
9:30 Rough start
12:40 Success at U Chicago
13:45 NCAA Tournament run
15:00 Spelling Tufts
17:00 Clinching match
19:20 Meeting Christian
20:10 Christian says Jason is a great player
21:45 How Christian gets into Pickleball
24:25 Amazing run of success
26:20 Playing Ben for Bronze
27:45 Training with Leigh & AL Waters
28:20 Johnny Goldberg doubles partner
29:30 Christian hates sleeves
30:00 Tennis vs Pickleball
32:00 Diadem
33:10 Music tastes
34:34 Sam Querrey and expectations
36:00 Grip talk
38:15 MLP opportunities
39:30 Quarters vs Semesters
44:30 Chicago rec games
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