The First Serve

The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow S03 E03

Wed, 13 May 2026 02:25:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for season three with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) once again joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie.

This third edition of 2026 has all the latest news from Australia to Abroad and the continued growth of clubs opening downunder.

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The First Serve - UTR-PTT Melbourne Wrap - 11.5.26

Tue, 12 May 2026 06:14:00 -0000

Kale Nairn from UTR Sports provides The First Serve Live with a wrap of the latest week on the UTR Pro Circuit in Australia, which was at Hume Tennis and Community Centre in Melbourne chatting to winners Kayla McPhee and Jeremy Beale.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 11.05.26

Tue, 12 May 2026 02:39:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update

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The First Serve - TV State Grade R2 - 11.05.26

Tue, 12 May 2026 02:36:00 -0000

A wrap of Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 2, including a chat with Will Ma from North Ringwood Tennis Club

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The First Serve - Tim Jolley TA - 11.5.26

Mon, 11 May 2026 21:54:00 -0000

Tim Jolley - Head of the Performance at Tennis Australia in an expanded chat on The First Serve Live about the pro-pathway space in Australian tennis.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 11-05-2026

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:48:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big edition of The First Serve in the middle of the Italian Open, plus feature guest - Tim Jolley, Head of the Performance team at Tennis Australia in an expanded chat, Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 2 and a whole lot more.

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The First Serve - The Grind S04 E03

Fri, 08 May 2026 21:34:00 -0000

Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode three of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt.

In this edition, Ally and Tom catch up with a grand slam doubles champion, a career high World No 4 in Women's doubles, who has transitioned more to singles, experiencing the ITF Tour in grinding hard to build her ranking. A great chat with Japan's Ena Shibahara.

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The First Serve - The Push - S03 E02

Wed, 06 May 2026 07:49:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode two for 2026 with hosts Tim Connelly - Tennis Director of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM. Also joined by their new regular co host Lucy Shuker, Great Britain's No 1 ranked female player.

This second ep of the year, talks about the latest news around the tour globally, the recent Asian swing where Herath competed, the growth of womens wheelchair tennis and future participation in the sport

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The First Serve - TA's big CEO decision - 04.05.26

Mon, 04 May 2026 23:10:00 -0000

Brett Phillips opens The First Serve Live regarding the intrigue as to who Tennis Australia will replace Craig Tiley with.

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The First Serve - TV State Grade R1 - 04.05.26

Mon, 04 May 2026 23:03:00 -0000

A wrap of Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 1, including a chat with Ruby Ward from Beaumaris Lawn Tennis Club.

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The First Serve - Candy Reid (Madrid) - 04.05.26

Mon, 04 May 2026 22:55:00 -0000

Tennis Commentator Candy Reid wraps up the Madrid Open on 'The First Serve Live'

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The First Serve - College Segment - 04.05.26

Mon, 04 May 2026 22:51:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update

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The First Serve - Full Show - 04-05-2026

Mon, 04 May 2026 12:13:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show, recapping a massive fortnight in Madrid at 1000 level with wins to Jannik Sinner and Marta Kostyuk. Commentator Candy Reid shares her insights. The big decision for Tennis Australia on who will be the next CEO is touched on, Round 1 of Tennis VIC State Grade with special guest Ruby Ward from Beaumaris Lawn TC, the latest Aussies in College news with Lachlan Puyol and lots of other Aussie results and news from the last week.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 27.04.26

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:20:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update, but this chat was focused on a big week of commentary from Patrick McEnroe beamoaning the lack of Americans in college tennis right now.

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The First Serve - TV State Grade Preview - 27.4.26

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:16:00 -0000

On The First Serve Live, Brett Phillips was joined by reigning champions Kooyong LTC - Zoe Llewellyn on the women's side and David Bidmeade on the men's side to preview the upcoming Tennis Victoria State Grade Season.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 27-04-2026

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:15:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show in the middle of the Madrid Open, plus all the other big results/news from around the world of tennis, the Mailbag returns, catching up with Tennis Victoria State Grade defending champions Kooyong LTC on the eve of a new season, and our college segment with Lachlan Puyol around his take on Patrick McEnroe beamoning the lack of Americans in college tennis currently. Plus lots more.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S03 E03

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:00:00 -0000

Michael Logarzo and Beti Sekulovski are back for Episode 3 of Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans.

This edition focuses on the Australian Claycourt 12/14's Nationals recently held in Canberra where Michael was coaching and Beti was commentating for beIn Sports and includes their astute observations and you will hear chats with parents and coaches with some fascinating insights.

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The First Serve - Play USA S04 E03

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:38:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 3 for 2026 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators.

In this third episode of 2026, Lachlan chats to Aussie Lily Taylor from Queensland who is in her Sophomore year at Arizona State University

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The First Serve - Luke Topp - 20.4.26

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:29:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is joined by Luke Topp going inside the GLTA (Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance and its world tour including sanctioned events in Australia and how tennis can learn from its set up, plus his experiences coaching in Australia and exposure to the ITF Circuit. Very interesting chat.

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The First Serve - Aussie Wheelchair success - 20.4.26

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:51:00 -0000

Tim Connolly Manager of Wheelchair Hub Hume Tennis and Community Centre and coach joins Brett Phillips on 'The First Serve Live' to update the latest success for 16 year old star from Melbourne Jin Woodman.

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The First Serve - UTR-PTT Melbourne Wrap - 20.4.26

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:41:00 -0000

Kale Nairn provides 'The First Serve' Live' with an update of the latest week of UTR-PTT action that took place at Hume Tennis and Community Centre in Melbourne chatting to winners Ava Beck and Scott Jones

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The First Serve - College Segment - 20.04.26

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:36:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 20.04.26

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:56:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is joined in studio on 'The First Serve Live' by coaches Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo post the Australian Claycourt 12's/14's National Championships as part of an overall discussion about the future of Australian tennis.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 20-04-2026

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:13:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show:

* Honour Roll of ATP/WTA Champions

* The State of Play going inside Australian tennis on the back of the 12/14's Nationals in Canberra

* Luke Topp - GLTA (glta.net)

* PTT-UTR Wrap - Hume Tennis Centre

* Aussies in College Lastest with Lachlan Puyol

* Tim Connolly updates us on a great week for young Aussie wheelchair star Jin Woodman

* plus lots more

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S03 EP02

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:33:00 -0000

Tennis in QLD is back for its third season with host Adon Kronk from KT Academy on the Sunshine Coast.

In this second episode of the year he chats one on one with with Gareth Keating, a lifetime in tennis from playing competitively, to a long career at Tennis Gear to his current role as manager of the Queensland Tennis Centre and starting up Padel Queensland.

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The First Serve - The Grind S04 E02

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:47:00 -0000

Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode two of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt.

Recorded in Timaru in the beautiful South Island of New Zealand in March where they were playing the ITF M25/W35 tournament, they are joined by Kiwi Ajeet Rai, detailing his tennis journey in a ripper chat that everyone who loves tennis will enjoy listening to.

Growing up in NZ, the pride of playing Davis Cup for his nation, transitioning from singles to doubles, lessons learned, and some great tales from life on tour. Sit back and enjoy a great chat.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 13.04.26

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:58:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - Daniel Jovanovski - 13.04.26

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:55:00 -0000

18 year old Aussie Daniel Jovanovski has won the biggest junior title of his career the J300 in Malaysia. The Melburnian is the No.1 ranked Aussie in the ITF Boys rankings and he joined The First Serve Live for a chat.

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The First Serve - Alex Bell (Sports Dietitian) 13.04.26

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:49:00 -0000

Alex Bell grew up on the grass courts of Yarrawonga, played College tennis, still plays pennant tennis and is an accredited sports dietitian, who joined The First Serve Live to talk about the importance of nutrition to tennis performance and starting the right nutrition from young through elite.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 13-04-2026

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:06:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show asking the question of who the hell is going to step up and dethrone Alcaraz and Sinner after their latest final in Monte Carlo. Michael Logarzo previews the Australian Claycourt Nationals, Alex Bell Sports Dietician is in the studio, also a chat with No 1 Australian ranked boy Daniel Jovanovski, our College segment with Lachlan Puyol and a whole lot more.

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Team AUS Fail to Qualify BJK Cup finals

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:43:00 -0000

For the 2nd year running Australia have failed to qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, taken down by Great Britain 3-1 at home in their qualifier.

Hear from captain Sam Stosur, 17 year old Emerson Jones on debut who got Australia's sole win over Katie Swan and doubles pair Ellen Perez and Storm Hunter reflect on their loss to Burrage/Dart which gave GB victory.

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Team GB - Into the 2026 BJK Cup Finals

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:35:00 -0000

Underdogs on paper Great Britain have conquered the big trip to Melbourne to take down Australia 3-1 and book their spot in the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Hear from captain Anne Keothavong, doubles pair Jodie Burrage and Harriet Dart who secured victory on Day 2 and 17 year old rising star Mika Stosavljevic who was the star on Day 1 on debut taking down Aussie No 1. Talia Gibson to start the tie.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow S03 E02

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:43:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for season three with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) once again joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie.

This second edition of 2026 takes a look inside all the big tournaments around Australia played in the last month and looks ahead to the World Junior Championships, Open World Championships Teams event and Masters World Championship Teams event.

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The First Serve - The Push - S03 E01

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:55:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode one for 2026 with hosts Tim Connelly - Tennis Director of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM.

This first ep of the year, discusses recent developments in wheelchair tennis and includes a special appearance by 16 year old Jin Woodman, who is currently ranked number 5 in quad wheelchair tennis. They discuss Jin's experience playing integrated events in Adelaide, his upcoming tournaments in Korea and Japan and his approach to playing against top ranked players. Heath shared insights about Jin's unpredictable playing style and talent.

The conversation also covered Jin's first full season on the professional tour, his adjustment to travelling independantly and his advice for younger players entering the sport.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 06.04.26

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:51:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 06-04-2026

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:52:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show, saluting the tour winners, looking ahead to Monte Carlo, going inside Australia's Billie Jean King Cup team ahead of its tie vs. Great Britain, the Mailbag returns and the latest college news plus lots more.

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The First Serve - The Masters Zone S02 E02

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:26:00 -0000

Welcome to the second episode of The Masters Zone for 2026, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world.

In this edition, Mike Evans President of Tennis Seniors Australia on the cancellation of the World Championships and the latest from the MT1000/700 at Kooyong, feature guest is Isabelle Gemmel from Australia playing on the Masters Tour, but also wearing other tennis hats and a spotlight on Leisa Kaye.

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The First Serve - Save a Melbourne Club - 30.03.26

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:04:00 -0000

Shane Scrutton and Lisa Hartnett from Tennis Coaches Australia joined The First Serve Live to chat about preserving a Tennis Club in Melbourne's East. - Mitcham Tennis Club. You can offer your support by emailing the Whitehorse Councilors.

You can EMAIL a quick letter to the following councillors

expressing the importance of the tennis club to the community, and for future generations.

Cr Ben Stennett Ben.Stennett@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Kirsten Langford kirsten.langford@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Kieran Simpson Kieran.Simpson@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Daniel Griffiths daniel.griffiths@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Blair Barker blair.barker@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Hayley Weller hayley.weller@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Jason Martin jason.martin@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Peter John Allan peter.allan@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Prue Cutts prue.cutts@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Jarrod Gunn jarrod.gunn@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cr Andrew Davenport andrew.davenport@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

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The First Serve - College Segment - 30-03.26

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:06:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - Pavle Marinkov - 30.03.26

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:04:00 -0000

20 year old Aussie Pavle Marinkov won his first ITF Pro Singles title over the weekend - the M15 Swan Hill def Colin Sinclair (NMI) in the final 7-6, 6-2. Pavle. He joined Brett Phillips on 'The First Serve Live'

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The First Serve - Full Show - 30-03-2026

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:38:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show recapping Miami and Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka taking out the Sunshine Double. 20 year old Aussie Pavle Marinkov joins the show after winning his first ITF Pro Singles title, thefirstserve.com.au feature writer Sean A'Hearn goes inside his piece; A year on: Omar Jasika and tennis' escalating online abuse problem. Lisa Harnett and Shane Scrutton from Tennis Coaches Australia chat through the issue of the closure of tennis clubs in Melbourne, Lachlan Puyol is back with your weekly College segment and the Mailbag returns.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 23.2.26

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:49:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - 7M Tennis Centre in AUS - 23.2.26

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:47:00 -0000

John Newtown is the Owner and Project Lead of Newtowns Tennis (www.newtonstennis.com.au) a privately funded elite tennis centre he is trying to build in Queensland. He joined The First Serve Live to share his story.

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The First Serve - Phil Sekulic - 23.2.26

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:37:00 -0000

22 year old Aussie Phil Sekulic has won back to back ITF M25 singles title in India (Kolkata and Mumbai). He joined The First Serve Live for a chat.

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The First Serve - Mailbag Segment - 23.2.26

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:34:00 -0000

The First Serve Mailbag is available to everyone to contact us to share your views on tennis (good, bad or indifferent) included on The First Serve Live on SEN each week. You can email thefirstservesen@gmail.com anytime.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 23-03-2026

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:14:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show in the middle of the ATP/WTA 1000 Miami Open as Talia Gibson continues to be the standout Aussie, The Mailbag is back, Owner and Project Lead John Newtown from Newtowns Tennis tells us about a 7 million dollar Tennis Facility trying to be built in QLD, 22 year old Phil Sekulic on the back of back to back ITF singles titles joins the show, Lachlan Puyol brings you all the College News and lots more tennis news.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S03 E02

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 07:11:00 -0000

Michael Logarzo and Beti Sekulovski are back for Episode 2 of Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans.

Feature Guest for this episode is Dr Julia Walsh - a trailblazer in Australian Sport - a powerhouse coach, academic and presenter. Julia is transforming how coaches lead. It is a great chat delving into the player, the coach and the parent.

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The First Serve - Peter Johnstone - 16.3.26

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:56:00 -0000

Long time tennis administrator Peter Johnstone has been mentioned as a possible replacement in the TD role at Tennis Australia, having worked at Tennis Australia, WTA and under his own banner as a Tournament Director through the world. He joined the First Serve Live to chat about the future of Australian tennis.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 16.3.26

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:50:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 16-03-2026

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:16:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Indian Wells wrapping up a big two weeks in the desert, also the latest update regarding the future of Australian tennis post the Craig Tiley era, with long time tennis administrator and former player Peter Johnstone a special guest, our weekly college update and a whole lot more to tune into.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow S03 E01

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:24:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for season three with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) once again joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie.

This first edition of 2026 looks at where Australia is ranking around the world, plus a tournament wrap and special guest joining the guys, the 'mayor of Perth Diego Gonzalez Castillo to talk the WA scene.

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The First Serve - The Grind S04 E01

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:50:00 -0000

Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for 2026, 'The Grind' with a change to the hosting set up. Regular Co-Host Ally Osborne is back, joined this year by fellow pro Tom Fancutt, who returns to the tour after 12 months out.

This first episode of 2026 is recorded from Launceston, where both were playing the Australian Pro Tour just recently. This is must listening all year to really appreciate life on tour for a large part of the tennis ecosystem.

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The First Serve - Play USA S04 E02

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:53:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 2 for 2026 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators.

In this second episode of 2026, Lachlan chats to David Mullins, CEO of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and Ned Simpson from the Ocean Grove, Vic who is in his Freshman Year at Meridian Community College in Mississippi

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S03 EP01

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:44:00 -0000

Tennis in QLD is back for its third season with host Adon Kronk from KT Academy on the Sunshine Coast.

On this episode he chats one on one with with Jimmy Rapkins - Competitive Pathways Manager from Tennis QLD.

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The First Serve - Talia Gibson R4 Indian Wells

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:14:00 -0000

From Qualifying to the QF's of her first WTA 1000 main draw, courtsey of her first top 10 win defeating 7th seed Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. What a week it continues to be for Aussie 21 year old Talia Gibson.

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The First Serve - Rinky Hijikata R3 Indian Wells

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:01:00 -0000

The biggest win of the Aussies career. First top 10 scalp in his 13th attempt defeating 10th seed Alexander Bublik from a set down to reach the 4th round of Indian Wells from qualifying and a match up with Britain's Cameron Norrie (27th seed) Also jumps back inside the top 100 at 96 live.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 9.3.26

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:24:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update, but this segment is a bit different.

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The First Serve - Bob Moran - 9.3.26

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:19:00 -0000

Bob Moran is the Tournament Director of the WTA 500 Charleston and ATP/WTA 1000 Cincinnati. He joined The First Serve Live to talk through Charleston offering a record unprecedented 2.5 million in prizemoney this year and the bigger picture of the sport.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 09-03-2026

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:10:00 -0000

Brett Phillips presents this weeks show from Indian Wells where the Aussies are making their mark, in particular 21 year old Talia Gibson from qualifying to the 4th round. A one on one chat, plus the Aussie and tournament recap so far, the Mailbag returns, Craig Tiley in his new guise as USTA CEO, wrap of the Launceston International on the AUS Pro Tour, The Masters MT 1000/700 at Kooyong Latest, Bob Moran (Tournament Director of WTA 500 Charleston and ATP/WTA 1000 Cincinnati tournaments) and the latest big College news in the US with the White House involved.

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The First Serve - Talia Gibson R3 Indian Wells

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:02:00 -0000

Talia Gibson is continuing to have the best week of her tennis life, reaching the 4th round of Indian Wells after taking down 17th seed Clara Tauson in 3 sets, jumping from 112-85 in the rankings. Next she will Italian 7th seed Jasmine Paolini.

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The First Serve - Rinky Hijikata R2 Indian Wells

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:57:00 -0000

Rinky Hijikata has pulled off a great come from behind win to continue his journey into R3 at Indian Wells, taking down 20th seed Luciano Darderi of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur R2 Indian Wells

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 04:02:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur kicked off his Indian Wells campaign with a hard fought come from behind three set win over American Sebastian Korda to set up a R3 showdown with Brit Cam Norrie.

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The First Serve - Ajla Tomljanovic R2 Indian Wells

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:33:00 -0000

Ajla Tomljanovic in just over an hour dismantled 30th seed Xinyu Wang to move into R3 of Indian Wells, her 4th win in her last 5 matches.

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The First Serve - Talia Gibson Top 100 Indian Wells R2

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:12:00 -0000

21 year old Talia Gibson has done it - into the top 100 for the first time in the live rankings after her best win on tour taking down World Number 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round of Indian Wells. Next she will face 17th seed Clara Tauson.

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The First Serve - Rinky Hijikata R1 Indian Wells

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:25:00 -0000

Rinky Hijikata overcame fellow qualifier Italian Francesco Maestrelli 7-6, 6-4 to push into Round 2 at Indian Wells

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The First Serve - Storm Hunter R1 Indian Wells

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:06:00 -0000

What a week it has been for Storm Hunter, winning the doubles title in Austin on Sunday, racing to get to Indian Wells by Monday, gets two qualifying wins on Monday and Tuesday and today comes from a set down to defeat Poland's Magdalena Frech to book a spot in the 2nd round of Indian Wells to play 12th seed Belinda Bencic.

She has risen from 426-199 live in singles so far this year.

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The First Serve - Talia Gibson R1 Indian Wells

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:30:00 -0000

First 1000 main draw win has Aussie Talia Gibson right on the cusp of the top 100 (101 Live) after taking down World Number 38 Ann Li 6-3, 7-5 in Indian Wells.

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The First Serve - Ajla Tomljanovic R1 Indian Wells

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:45:00 -0000

3rd win from her last four starts. The Aussie sets up a 2nd round match with China's Xinyu Wang (30) in Indian Wells

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The First Serve - Kimberly Birrell - R1 Indian Wells

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:42:00 -0000

The best performed Aussie woman of the year so far gets a 9th main draw win at tour level in 2026 defeating Oskana Selekhmeteva 6-1, 6-4 to set up another clash with Canadian 10th seed Victoria Mboko.

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The First Serve - Adam Walton R1 Indian Wells

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:38:00 -0000

Third time is the charm for the Aussie who was 0-2 against the Frenchman who gets his 2nd main draw win of 2026 to set up a 2nd round match up at Indian Wells against 25th seed Learner Tien.

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The First Serve - Craig Tiley Departure - 2.3.26

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:42:00 -0000

The First Serve Live Host Brett Phillips opens the show, after it was made official the departure of Craig Tiley from Tennis Australia

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The First Serve - College Segment - 2.3.26

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:39:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The Firsty Serve - Mailbag - 2.3.26

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:33:00 -0000

The First Serve Live each Monday always gets some interesting emails into the mailbag. You can send to thefirstservesen@gmail.com. Here is this weeks.

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The First Serve - Ally Osborne/Tom Fancutt - 2.3.26

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:30:00 -0000

Jumping on The First Serve Live was Aussie pros Ally Osborne and Tom Fancutt joining from Launceston where the Australian Pro Tour is this week to also preview our podcast 'The Grind' for 2026.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 02-03-2026

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:21:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big episode of the show including Craig Tiley's official departure from TA, the honour roll of champions, Ally Osborne and Tom Fancutt join the show from Launceston where the Australian Pro Tour is to preview the return of 'The Grind' , The First Serve Mailbag about the concerns around player development and the latest college news of the week with Lachlan Puyol plus all the other tennis news of the week.

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The First Serve - The Masters Zone S02 E01

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:09:00 -0000

Welcome to the first episode of The Masters Zone for 2026, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world.

In this edition, a wrap of the MT1000 on the Gold Coast to start the year, the latest world rankings, current World number four Andy Brothers, founder of Tennis Asia and feature guest the one and only Patrick McEnroe.

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The First Serve - Mustafa Ege Sik (TUR or AUS) - 23.2.26

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:03:00 -0000

16 year old Mustafa Ege Sik has been the story of the last 48 hours, reported in The Age that Tennis Australia is in a tug of war with the Turkish Federation about his future allegiance. Your reaction in the Mailbag

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The First Serve - Laykold 100 years - 23.2.26

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:57:00 -0000

Richard Tattershaw, Global Marketing Director - Sports Group joins The Firsrt Serve Live to talk through the world's oldest tennis court surface manufacturer Laykold celebrating 100 years of inventing and reinventing tennis courts.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 23.2.26

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:51:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - Athletes Pavilion - 23.2.26

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:49:00 -0000

Co Host of our Junior Journey Podcast Beti Sekulovski on 'The First Serve Live introducing you to Athletes Pavilion - follow on Facebook and Instagram

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The First Serve - Full Show - 23.2.2026

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:11:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show honouring the champions of the past week, Beti Sekulovski in studio introducing the Athletes Pavillion, Aussie stocktake on tour plus the AGE story on Mustafa Ege Sik, 16 year old Turkish player who Tennis Australia are in a tug of war with the Turkish Federation to secure plus the strong reaction from the tennis community, Laykold, the world's oldest tennis court surface manufacturer celebrating 100 years and the latest College news with Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis Pathways plus plenty more.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S03 E01

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:26:00 -0000

Michael Logarzo and Beti Sekulovski are back for Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans.

They open 2026 reflecting back on the AO Junior Finals and their key observations tying in their thoughts on player development here in AUS.

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The First Serve - AUS Pro Tour Wrap - 16.2.26

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:55:00 -0000

Commentator Jade Culph from BeIn Sports chats to Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live about the latest week in Brisbane featuring an ATP Challenger and ITF W75.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 16.2.26

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:47:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - Tennis VIC Country Week - 16.2.26

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:45:00 -0000

Emily Chesterman from Tennis Victoria wraps up another big Country Week held in Shepparton.

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The First Serve - Craig Tiley USTA - 16.2.26

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:36:00 -0000

A timeline is given as to when current Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley will be announced as the new USTA CEO.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 16.2.2026

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:44:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show covering the world of tennis. On the menu - Craig Tiley USTA Announcement timeline, Award winning tennis journalist Linda Pearce, Honour roll of champions for the week, Tennis Victoria Country Week wrap, Aussie pro tour wrap with Jade Culph from BeIn Sports, Lachlan Puyol with our Aussies in College segment and much more.

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The First Serve - Play USA S04 E1

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:02:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 1 for 2026 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators.

In this first episode of 2026, Lachlan chats to Melbourne's Julian Blainey who is in his freshman year at Weatherford College in Texas.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 9.2.26

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:02:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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The First Serve - PTT-UTR Gold Coast - 9.2.26

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:58:00 -0000

On The First Serve Live, Aussie Tom Fancutt spoke about his return to tennis from his ban, taking out the PTT-UTR Gold Coast event

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The First Serve - TOA vs. Tennis Australia - 9.2.26

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:56:00 -0000

The First Serve Live took a look at the Fair Work case going on between Tennis Officials Australia and Tennis Australia.

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The First Serve - AUS Pro Tour Brisbane Wrap - 9.2.26

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:45:00 -0000

BeIn Sports Commentator Val Febbo joined The First Serve Live to wrap the ATP CH / ITF W75 in Brisbane.

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The First Serve - Lautaro Miranda Nunez - 9.2.26

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:45:00 -0000

The First Serve Live Host Brett Phillips catches up with ESPN's Lautaro Miranda Nunez in Buenos Aires for the ATP 250 and a general chat about South American tennis

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The First Serve - Tennis VIC Country Week - 9.2.26

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:44:00 -0000

The First Serve Live on SEN Host Brett Phillips catches up with Petar Jovic (remember the tweener in the AO 1 Point Slam) at the annual TV Country Week in Shepparton.

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The First Serve - Aussies Davis Cup Loss - 9.2.26

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:44:00 -0000

The First Serve Live on SEN host Brett Phillips looks back on Australia's loss to Ecuador in the Davis Cup

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The First Serve - Craig Tiley Future - 9.2.26

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:44:00 -0000

The First Serve Live on Monday on SEN pondering the future of Craig Tiley.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 9.2.2026

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:03:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with Episode 2 of The First Serve Live which aired on Monday 9th February on SEN.

On the menu; the future of Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley, Australia's shock Davis Cup loss to Ecuador, the honour roll of champions on tour for the week, former Aussie player turned coach Marinko Matosevic's tell all interview after being investigated by the ITIA. ESPN's Lautaro Miranda Nunez in Buenos Aires on Sth American tennis, Lachlan Puyol is back with the Aussies in College latest and the latest in the Tennis Officials Australia vs. Tennis Australia case before the Fair Work Commission.

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EXCLUSIVE: ONE ON ONE WITH MARINKO MATOSEVIC

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:41:00 -0000

Former Australian player turned coach Marinko Matosevic has been under investigation by the International Tennis Integrity Agency since 2024 centred on a prohibited method he used in 2018.

He has taken the decision to walk away from fighting his case and cease all communication with the agency and wanted to tell his story in full as to why.

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The First Serve - AO Junior Girls Final Wrap - 2.2.26

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:07:00 -0000

AO Commentator Beti Sekulovsi gives her wrap of the Australian Open Junior Girls singles final.

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The First Serve - AO Junior Boys Final Wrap - 2.2.26

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:07:00 -0000

AO Commentator Val Febbo wraps the Australian Open Junior Boys singles final

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The First Serve - Game Analytics Segment - 2.2.26

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0000

Shane Liyanage, heading up Game Analytics for Team Sabalenka and High Performance coach Clemens Wagner joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live on SEN to discuss Oreco acquiring Data Driven Sports Analytics and what it means for the future of this space in tennis.

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The First Serve - College Segment - 2.2.26

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:55:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol joined Brett Phillips on Monday Night for our first weekly college segment for the year on The First Serve Live on SEN.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 2.2.2026

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:37:00 -0000

The First Serve Live is back for its 18th year on the SEN Radio Network with Brett Phillips in the chair live each Monday Night. The first show post AO 2026 was full of great calls/texts and Brett's reflections on a whole range of topics in Australian tennis and abroad plus a feature chat with Shane Liyanage (Team Sabalenka) and Clemens Wagner (coaching Claire Liu) re Data Analytics and our college segment with Lachlan Puyol.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow S02 E08

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:11:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode eight of 2025 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) once again joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie.

This final edition of 2025 edition comes to you from the final padel event of the year at Docklands in Melbourne, as the guys also look ahead to a big January of Padel events in Australia and reveal more and more new clubs opening around Australia.

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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E08

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:44:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 8 of our new podcast in 2025, Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis.

Feature guest for this episode is leading Australian historian Richard Naughton who goes inside the history of the Australian Open.

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The First Serve - Mark Edmonson 50 year AO Function - 24-11-2025

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:54:00 -0000

Chris Kachel jumped on 'The First Serve Live' to let everyone know of a tribute luncheon coming up to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Mark Edmonson being the last home Aussie mens grand slam champion.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 24-11-2025

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:17:00 -0000

Each week on The First Serve, we present The State of Play, going inside the Australian tennis landscape and what our future looks like on the world stage. For our final show of 2025 included is a chat with 19 year old Jarrod Joyce who has an ATP Ranking having earned two ATP points, but has decided to leave tennis for football. He shares his story.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 24-11-2025

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:47:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news, featuring Aussie Sam Simmonds whohas committed to Saint Mary’s College of California in the Spring

Play USA Tennis Pathways supports athletes who want to go down the college pathway, assisting players to get recruited to a college that meets their academic and athletic goals. If you are a player, parent, or coach and are interested in the college pathway in the United States, contact Lachlan Puyol at playusatennispathways@gmail.com

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The First Serve - Full Show - 24-11-2025

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:42:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back for the final show of 2025 from Bolonga following an unbelievable Davis Cup win for Italy.

A look back at the year on the road that started in Buenos Aires, ending in Bologna, where thefirstserve.com.au's Christian Montegan joins Brett to take a close look at the Davis Cup week. The State of Play is back with feature guest 19 year old Jarrod Joyce who has turned his back on tennis for footy. Part 2 of our chat with Carol Lee, creating history from the Northern Mariana Islands. Lachlan Puyol with the latest Aussie college news and Chris Kachel tells about a big function coming up to honour Mark Edmonson, the last Aussie man to win the Australian Open.

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The First Serve - Carol Lee Part 2 - 24-11-2025

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:37:00 -0000

Part 2 of 23 year old Carol Lee creating history from the Northern Mariana Islands has had a breakout year on tour. She joined Brett Phillips on 'The First Serve Live'

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The First Serve - Italy Davis Cup Win Wrap - 24-11-2025

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:32:00 -0000

www.thefirstserve.com.au Senior Writer Christian Montegan joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to wrap up the Davis Cup week in Bologna.

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The First Serve - 2025 Highlights on the Road - 24-11-2025

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:26:00 -0000

It has been a big year on the road for The First Serve, following and covering the tour. Relive a compilation of the best of 'The First Serve Live' heard each Monday Night on SEN with Brett Phillips.

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The First Serve - The Push - S02 E08

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:44:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode eight for 2025 with hosts Tim Connelly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM.

Tim and Heath are at the ITF Wheelchair Masters in China as they record just prior to Heath competing in the doubles final. They are joined by Heath's long time coach Marco Percy.

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The First Serve - Andrea Gaudenzi - 17-11-2025

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:27:00 -0000

ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi spoke to the media at the ATP Finals in Turin also to The First Serve Live about the big topics in tennis.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 17-11-2025

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:29:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news, featuring Aussie Jeremy Jin from the University of Florida.

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The First Serve - Carol Lee Part 1 - 17-11-2025

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:23:00 -0000

23 year old Carol Lee creating history from the Northern Mariana Islands has had a breakout year on tour. She joined Brett Phillips on 'The First Serve Live'

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The First Serve - Kooyong Classic Update - 17-11-2025

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:06:00 -0000

The Kooyong Classic will be back for 2026 leading into the Australian Open. Tournament Director Peter Johnstone joined 'The First Serve Live to update the playing field added to Musetti, Khachanov, Bublik and Berrettini for January

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The First Serve - Full Show - 17-11-2025

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:33:00 -0000

Brett Phillps is in Turin presenting this weeks show recapping the ATP Finals and Australia's Billie Jean King Cup win. He also chats to ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi, plus Peter Johnstone from the Kooyong Classic with an updated player field. The State of Play is back, plus a feature chat with Carol Lee and her great rise on the tour this year, making history from the Northern Mariana Islands, plus our college segment and lots more.

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E16

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:33:00 -0000

On this episode of Tennis in QLD, host Adon Kronk chats one on one with Tennis QLD Chairperson Jane Prentice about her role and the bigger picture of overseeing tennis in a state as big as QLD.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E10

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:42:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode ten for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia.

In this episode, feature guest is the very experienced Slovakian coach Vladimir Platenik who has coached some of the biggest names on the WTA Tour who is currently working with a top 10 junior on her journey. A great listen for players, parents and coaches.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 10-11-2025

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:35:00 -0000

Each week on The First Serve, we present The State of Play, going inside the Australian tennis landscape and what our future looks like on the world stage. This week, we reveal a very interesting letter from the inside which might resonate back home.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 10-11-2025

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:17:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news, featuring Lily Taylor: Sophomore at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Lily is from Brisbane.

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The First Serve - DeMinaur Junior Finals Wrap - 10-11-2025

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:07:00 -0000

Tennis Australia's Frances Soyer joined The First Serve Live to wrap up the winner of the 12/14's De Minaur Junior Tour Finals.

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The First Serve - Bader Idrees - 10-11-2025

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:01:00 -0000

On our trip to the WTA Finals in Riyadh, 20 year old Saudi Arabian Bader Idrees (aspiring pro and hitting partner for the players) joined us to take us inside his journey.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 10-11-2025

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:40:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is live in Turin for the ATP Finals after Alex de Minaur's opening day appearance. The full honour roll of champions of the past week, plus going inside his week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the WTA Finals including special guest Bader Idrees, Saudi aspiring pro. The State of Play is back, going inside the Australian tennis landscape with an interesting letter, plus a wrap of the 12/14 De Minaur Junior Tour finals and our weekly college segment.

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E10

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 02:52:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 10 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators.

In this tenth and final episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Nikita Volonski from Sydney who is in his junior year at the University of Tulsa, and Melbourne tennis coach John Paci from POWA Tennis at Eildon Park about his observations of the deficiences of the ITF Tour and how College can bridge that gap.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 03-11-2025

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:49:00 -0000

Each week on The First Serve, we present The State of Play, going inside the Australian tennis landscape and what our future looks like on the world stage. This week, we decided to reflect on an interview we aired three years this week with Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley about the State of Australian tennis.

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E10

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:36:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for a great episode ten of The Grind to round out 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.

In this episode, Ally recaps her 9 months on the road, a look back at the last month on the Australian Pro Tour, and looking ahead to the three events left on the Challenger/ITF Tour in Australia for this year playing for a AO Wildcard and Ally reflects on her time sitting on the ITF Player Panel and the gains made over the last four years.

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The First Serve - 12/14u Australian Junior Tour Finals

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:06:00 -0000

Tennis Australia's Frances Soyer spoke to Brett Phillips about this weeks Australian Junior Tour Finals in Sydney

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 03-11-2025

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:01:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news, featuring Melbourne's Steffi Webb with her announcement signing.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 03-11-2025

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:56:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is live in Saudi Arabia for the WTA Finals with a few tech difficulties, but managed to get this edition to air, including The State of Play - a recap of the TA CEO Craig Tiley interview, three years this week, plus Aaron Klump the first ever coach of Adam Walton, Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment, beIN Sports Commentator Beti Sekulovski recaps the Aussie pro tour in Brisbane over the weekend, plus a recap of the tennis news of the week.

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The First Serve - Aaron Klump - 03-11-2025

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:52:00 -0000

Aaron Klump is the first ever coach of Australian top 100 player Adam Walton, who joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to talk about his journey, also offering up some thoughts about the general state of the game in Australia.

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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E07

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:51:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 7 of our new podcast in 2025, Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis.

Feature guest for this episode is Aussie aspiring pro Sam Dineen from Melbourne who is tackling the college pathway as an entry point to the pro ranks.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Paris R16

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:56:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur has taken down Karen Khachanov in straight sets in just over an our to progress through to the QF's of the Paris Masters and also lock in a spot in the season ending ATP Finals in Turin. Chatting to Brett Phillips post match.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Paris R32

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:57:00 -0000

To open his ATP Masters 1000 Paris campaign, Aussie Number 1 Alex de Minaur has had to overcome talented young Canadian Gabriel Diallo (World Number 41) 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the Round 16, edging closer to securing his spot for Turin. Chatting to Brett Phillips as he stepped off court.

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The First Serve - The Masters Zone S01 E04

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:08:00 -0000

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Masters Zone, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world. Feature guests for this episode are Joerg Pfuhl author of a great book about his journey and experiences playing the ITF Masters Tour and respected Australian coach Matt Gregory about coaching older players, plus a full tournaments wrap up from October.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 27-10-2025

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:27:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with the latest instalment of 'The State of Play' going inside the landscape of Australian tennis with more of your correspondence and a special guest.

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The First Serve - Tim Connelly TCA Hall of Fame

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:55:00 -0000

The First Serve Live chatted to Tim Connelly from Hume Tennis and Community Centre after his recent induction into the Tennis Coaches Australia Hall of Fame.

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The First Serve - ITF M25/W35 Brisbane Wrap

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:42:00 -0000

beIn Sports Commentator Beti Sekulovski gave us the low down on the latest stop on the Australian Pro Tour for the men and women in Brisbane.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 27-10-2025

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:36:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 27-10-2025

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:04:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Paris for the final ATP Masters 1000 for the year, taking a look back at the honour roll for the week, The State of Play returns going inside the Australian tennis landscape, TCA Hall of Famer Tim Connelly jumps on and all the other news of the week.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow S02 E07

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:17:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode seven of 2025 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) once again joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie.

This edition focuses on the FIP (International Padel Federation) Asia Cup where our Aussie men and women both made the semi finals. They did go down to the UAE and Japan (both eventual champions) and then our men claimed the bronze medal defeating Iran in the 3/4 playoff, while our women finished fourth going down to Indonesia in the 3/4 playoff. This edition was recorded just prior to the semi finals.

Also the guys taking a look at the news back home with upcoming tournaments and more clubs opening around Australia.

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The First Serve - The Push - S02 E07

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:40:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode seven for 2025 with hosts Tim Connelly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM.

Tim and Heath reflect back on the US Open and the new Washington tournament lead in and the recent European tour taking in Sardinia and the French Riveria. Also looking ahead to the Australian summer of tennis and the planned integration of wheelchair events into the able bodied calendar and a discussion around the wheelchair junior development space.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 20-10-2025

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:27:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 with the latest news.

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The First Serve - Patrick Mouratoglou - 20-10-2025

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:17:00 -0000

Coach, Businessman, Commentator and founder of UTS (Universal Tennis Showdown) Patrick Mouratoglou joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live with UTS launching in Hong Kong for the first time.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 20-10-2025

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:11:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with the latest instalment of 'The State of Play' going inside the landscape of Australian tennis with more of your correspondence

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The First Serve - Full Show - 20-10-2025

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:03:00 -0000

Brett Phillips brings this weeks show from Vienna for the ATP 500, saluting the honour role of champions over the past week on the ATP/WTA Tours, also looking back at attending the UTS in Hong Kong with a feature chat with founder Patrick Mouratoglou, the State of Play returns, going inside the Australian tennis landscape, our college segment, plus all the other tennis news of the week.

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E15

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 06:49:00 -0000

On this episode of Tennis in QLD, host Adon Kronk chats to a Queenslander who played college tennis in the USA where he also went on to coach and in returning to Australia became National Head coach in WA, then National Women's coach at the NTA in Brisbane. He is currently the Director of Coaching at Tennis Australia.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E09

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:11:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode nine for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia.

In this episode, feature guest is Aussie pro and former junior world number one Daria Saville who shares her junior journey from the experiences gained to the lessons learned. It is a great chat for all players, coaches, parents and tennis fans to listen into.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 13-10-2025

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:49:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with the latest instalment of 'The State of Play' going inside the landscape of Australian tennis with more of your correspondence

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The First Serve - Full Show - 13-10-2025

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 01:32:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show having touched down in Hong Kong from Shanghai for this weeks Universal Tennis Showdown (UTS). Looking back on the unbelievable win by Monaco's Valentin Vacherot at the Shanghai Masters, we reveal more on the Alex de Minaur hip issue, The State of Play is back going inside the Australian Tennis Landscape and our future on the world stage, our regular College segment with Lachlan Puyol, an ITF Darwin wrap plus lots of other tennis news.

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E09

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 9 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators.

In this ninth episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Jake Bucek from Geelong who is in his sophmore year at Copiah Lincoln Community College

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E09

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:40:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for a great episode nine of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode, Ally's travel challenges, young guns Lilli Tagger (Austria) and Emerson Jones (Australia) in focus, feature guest is Burundi trailblazer Sada Nahamina (a great listen) along with player and tournament of the month.

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The First Serve - Inaugural Green Ball Nationals - 06-10-2025

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:11:00 -0000

Tennis Australia Competitive Play Co-ordinator Sean Spralja joined The First Serve Live to wrap up the first ever Green Ball 10u Nationals held in Adelaide.

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The First Serve - ITF W35 Darwin Wrap

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:05:00 -0000

bein Sports Commentator Val Febbo, wraps up the past week of the Australian Pro Tour in Darwin featuring the ITF35.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 06-10-2025

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 22:48:00 -0000

The State of Play is our look at the Australian tennis landscape on a global stage featured on ' The First Serve Live' each week. This week's segment was your continued feedback around the resignation of Paul Vassalo - Director of Talent at Tennis Australia and further correspondence that came into the show.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 06-10-2025

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:49:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Shanghai for the ATP 1000 Shanghai Masters where Aussie No 1 Alex de Minaur is featuring, speaking to Alex. The State of Play (inside the Australian tennis landscape) is back with a lot of feedback coming in post our show last week on the recent departure of Director of Talent Paul Vassalo. We chat Green Ball Nationals - 10u and its debut with TA's Sean Spralja, our college segment with Lachlan Puyol and Kenny Nouchi from Yonex, takes us inside its reach in Japan + lots more in the world of tennis.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Shanghai R2

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 06:50:00 -0000

After a first round bye Alex de Minaur is through to R3 of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai after a 6-4, 6-2 win over Camilo Ugo Carabelli - reflecting on the win, the slow courts and also looking back at his match vs. Jannik Sinner in the semi finals of Beijing earlier in the week.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 29-09-2025

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000

The State of Play is our look at the Australian tennis landscape on a global stage featured on ' The First Serve Live' each week. This week's segment featured a discussion around the resignation of Paul Vassalo - Director of Talent at Tennis Australia and your correspondence that came into the show along with some details from the Gemba Report reviewing Tennis Australia's Competitive Play structure.

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The First Serve - Tania Tandora - 29-09-2025

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:34:00 -0000

With the Australian Pro Tour spending the fortnight in Darwin, Tennis NT CEO Tania Tandora joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live

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The First Serve - Alison Lee - 29-09-2025

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:24:00 -0000

Feature guest on 'The First Serve Live' was ATP Executive Vice President - International Region inc Australia, Asia, Middle East and Africa - Alison Lee, 28 years with the ATP based out of their Sydney office. Brett Phillips sat down with Alison in Tokyo at the Japan Open.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 29-09-2025

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:56:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Tokyo for the ATP 500 Japan Open with special guest Alison Lee - Executive Vice President of the ATP International Region including Asia. A look back on Laver Cup 2025, plus the State of Play (inside the Australian tennis landscape) on the recent departure of Director of Talent Paul Vassalo and what that means plus a chat with Tennis NT CEO Tania Tandora about the Australian Pro Tour returning to the top end......plus lots lots more from a big week in tennis.

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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E06

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 06:30:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 6 of our new podcast in 2025, Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis.

Feature guest for this episode is founder of The First Serve - Brett Phillips, sharing his journey as a long time tennis broadcaster and the evolution of The First Serve as a leading independent tennis content provider based out of Australia.

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The First Serve - The Masters Zone S01 E03

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:25:00 -0000

Welcome to the third episode of the Masters Zone, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world. Feature guests for this episode are ex pro Wayne Pascoe and Stephen Dance who are #1 in the world for M70's doubles joined with Shaun Summers who is organising the first MT100 event in Tasmania along with another ex pro Janne Hedman from Sweden, who is currently coaching in Germany.

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The First Serve - Team Europe Laver Cup

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 02:55:00 -0000

Listen in to Team Europe - Yannik Noah (c), Tomas Machac, Flavio Cobolli, Jakub Mensik, Tim Henman (vc), Casper Ruud, Holger Rune, Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz ahead of Laver Cup 2025.

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The First Serve - Pat Rafter Laver Cup

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:46:00 -0000

Aussie tennis legend Pat Rafter is the new assistant team captain of Team World for this years Laver Cup. He catches up with our Brett Phillips in San Francisco.

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The First Serve - Joao Fonseca Laver Cup

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:39:00 -0000

18 year old Brazilian Joao Fonseca is the youngest ever to play in the Laver Cup. He caught up with our Brett Phillips in San Francisco.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow S02 E06

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:05:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode six of 2025 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) once again joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie. The latest results of the past month, Aussie Crocs upcoming tour including the great Pat Rafter, the continued growth of clubs around Australia and noise reducing balls a thing of the future.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 15-09-2025

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:56:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show dissecting Australia's Davis Cup exit and the future of Lleyton Hewitt. All the results from around Australia and the globe, the State of Play in AUS and our weekly college segment. Plenty to take in.

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E14

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 10:43:00 -0000

On this episode of Tennis in QLD, host Adon Kronk is joined by feature guest, long time coach Bruce Rayner from Bruce Rayner Pro Tennis in Maryborough, central QLD.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E08

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:31:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode eight for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia.

In this episode, the theme is 'Know the Level' - Observations from the best 14's juniors in the world at Le Petits (Tarbs) one of the most prestigious 14/u European tournaments you can play.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 08-09-2025

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:49:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show from New York wrapping up the 2025 US Open with the insights of Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka. Plenty of discussion around Alex de Minaur's QF run, outside of New York all the news and results back in OZ and around the world plus our regular college segment with Lachlan Puyol.

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E08

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 23:21:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 8 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators.

In this eighth episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Eddie Winter from Adelaide who is in his junior year at Pepperdine University in California and Derek Pham from Perth who is in his Sophomore year at Oaklahoma State University.

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E08

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 03:33:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for a great episode eight of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode some US mixed doubles reflections, US Open main draw Challenger success stories, Tom Fancutt's ITIA ban, special guest is former Aussie Pro now coach Andrew Harris, along with the player and tournament of the month.

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The First Serve - Tennis Victoria State Grade Grand Finals - 01-09-2025

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:14:00 -0000

Sean A'Hearn wraps up the Tennis Victoria State Grade Final action from the weekend won by Kooyong on the women's and men's side, with special guests Jasmine Starr and David Bidmeade/Tom Patton

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 01-09-2025

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:11:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 with special guests Eddie Winter - Junior at Pepperdine University in California and Derek Pham - Sophmore at Oklahoma State.

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The First Serve - UTR-PTT Gold Coast Week 2 Wrap - 01-09-2025

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:04:00 -0000

Kale Nairn joins 'The First Serve Live' to recap the Week 2 UTR-PTT event on the Gold Coast chatting to winners Scott Jones and Kaylah McPhee

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The First Serve - Full Show - 01-09-2025

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 21:07:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show from New York after Week 1 of the US Open with a reliable Aussie presence in Alex de Minaur still in the draw. Away from all the latest US Open news, all the news back in OZ, 'The State of Play' a full recap of the UTR-PTT round on the Gold Coast, a Grand Final recap of Tennis Victoria State Grade, our regular college segment and anything else in tennis in between.

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The First Serve - The Push - S02 E06

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:54:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode six for 2025 with hosts Tim Connelly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM.

Tim and Heath are in Washington at an ITF lead in event to the US Open Wheelchair Championships next week.

Special guest is Gabby Hesse, Head of Wheelchair and Adaptive Tennis at JTCC (Junior Tennis Champions Centre)

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur US Open R2

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:11:00 -0000

Back to Back straight sets victories for the Aussie Number one Alex de Minaur def Japan's Shintaro Mochizuki 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to move into Round 3 of US Open and a match up with Germany's Daniel Altmaier.

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The First Serve - Daria Kasatkina US Open R2

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:09:00 -0000

Daria Kasatkina was down for the count and on a flight out of New York rallying from 1-4 down in the final set to covercome good friend Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 4-5, 7-5 to book her place in the third round of the US Open.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 25-08-2025

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:25:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 with special guest Lachlan Brain - University of North Alabama.

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The First Serve - Tennis Victoria State Grade Semi Finals - 25-08-2025

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:18:00 -0000

Sean A'Hearn wraps up Tennis Victoria State Grade Semi Final action from the weekend, chatting to the two mens winners - Fawkner - Chanchai Sookton Eng and Kooyong's David Bidmeade.

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The First Serve - UTR-PTT Gold Coast Wrap

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:12:00 -0000

Kale Nairn joins 'The First Serve Live' to recap the latest UTR-PTT event on the Gold Coast chatting to winners Naomi McKenzie and Zane Stevens

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The First Serve - Wayne Ferreira - 25-08-2025

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:04:00 -0000

Former Pro and two time Australian Open semi finalist Wayne Ferreira, as of right now the coach of Alexei Popyrin was a special on 'The First Serve Live'

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The First Serve - Dan Faber (ITHOF) CEO - 25-08-2024

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:59:00 -0000

International Tennis Hall of Fame CEO joined The First Serve Live ahead of the induction of Maria Sharapova and Bob/Mike Bryan.

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The First Serve - The Masters Zone S01 E02

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:36:00 -0000

Welcome to the second episode of the Masters Zone, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world. Feature guests for this episode are Aussie David Rogers, just back from competing for Australia at the world championships in Portugal, fellow Aussie Helen Worland from a women's perspective and French-American player Mylene Martin from an international perspective.

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The First Serve - Priscilla Hon US Open R2

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:33:00 -0000

Priscilla Hon is the first Aussie through to Round 3 of the US Open. First time to this stage of a major and taking down top 20 player in Liudmila Samsonova in the process - 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 which edges her close to the top 100 for the first time at 105 in the live rankings. You will hear about her secret weapon 'Eric'.

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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E05

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:09:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 5 of our new podcast in 2025, Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis.

Feature guest for this episode is British tennis journalist, commentator, historian and author Chris Bowers. A magnificent chat with a man who has lived and worked through some of the greatest eras in the sport. Put the headphones in and enjoy.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 25-08-2025

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:46:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is live in New York City for the start of the US Open (a Sunday start) with a recap of the Aussies hearing from Jordan Thompson and Rinky Hijikata and the Daniil Medvedev blow up. Feature Guest is the coach of Alexei Popyrin - Wayne Ferreira, plus Brett's trip to the International Tennis Hall of Fame Induction of Maria Sharapova and the Bryan Brothers and guest CEO - Faber, plus a Tennis Victoria State Grade wrap, UTR-PTT action on the Gold Coast, the return of The State of Play and our weekly college segment with Lachlan Puyol.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow S02 E05

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:19:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode five of 2025 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie discussing what makes a padel club thrive.

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The First Serve - The State of Play - 18-08-2025

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:18:00 -0000

The State of Play, chatting the performance space/pathway structure in Australian tennis. The landscape as it stands with an eye to the future as a Grand Slam nation with a rich tennis history. A regular each Monday Night at 9pm AEST.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 18-08-2025

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:05:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 with special guest Amy Stevens who spent four years at Vanderbilt University and on the weekend won her first ITF pro singles title.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 11-08-2025

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:00:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 with special guests: Josh Cooper from Melbourne - Transferring to Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi for his Sophomore Year and John Paci - Melbourne Tennis Coach at POWA Tennis at Eildon Park TC

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The First Serve - Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 14 - 18-08-2025

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:58:00 -0000

Sean A'Hearn wraps up Tennis Victoria State Grade R14, the final round before finals with special guest Emilia Richter who represents Heatherdale TC.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 18-08-2025

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:40:00 -0000

Brett Phillips comes to you from Cincinnati ahead of the Monday singles finals featuring Alcaraz/Sinner and Paolini/Swiatek. All the news of the week on and off the court wrapped up. Launching the State of Play a regular segment till the end the year looking at the current landscape of Australian tennis on the global stage, plus a wrap of Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 14 and our weekly College segment with Lachlan Puyol with special guest Amy Stevens on the back of winning her first ITF Pro Singles title.

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E13

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:09:00 -0000

On this episode of Tennis in QLD, host Adon Kronk is joined by feature guest the highly credentialed Damon Lucht, Founder of Redline Tennis, sharing their coaching philosophy. Damon has an extensive history of coaching touring professionals to Queensland representatives. He recently was the manager of the Qld team at the national teams event on the Gold Coast.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E07

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:34:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode seven for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia.

In this episode, they chat with Dr Mark Kovacs, internationally renowned Sports Science and Human Performance expert discussing are junior players fitter now than in the past, what is a good training schedule and the importance of athletic development early, consistency and competitiveness in training and using data productively.

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The First Serve - Pete Holtermann - 11-08-2025

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:34:00 -0000

Head of PR at the ATP/WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open Pete Holtermann sits down with Brett Phillips to discuss the 260 million dollar refurbishment of the site for the 2025 edition and looking back at the history of the tournament.

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The First Serve - Peter Johnstone (Kooyong Classic) - 11-08-2025

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:26:00 -0000

Kooyong Classic Tournament Director Peter Johnstone with an update on the events return for January 2026 with some big name players signing on. For Tickets and Hospitality packages head to www.kooyongclassic.com.au

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The First Serve - Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 13 - 11-08-2025

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:21:00 -0000

Sean A'Hearn wraps up the latest Tennis Victoria State Grade Round with special guest Will Ma from North Ringwood Tennis Club.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 11-08-2025

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:51:00 -0000

Brett Phillips brings you this weeks show from the ATP/WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open. You will hear from Aussie duo Adam Walton and Maya Joint one on one advancing to the R32 in a further breakthough week on tour.

We go inside the 260 million dollar transformation of the Cincinnati site with head of PR Pete Holtermann, look back on the Canadian swing wrapping up with 'Thursday' finals, 14 year old Aussie Ceressa Jackson from QLD gives her view on the state of play of player development in Australia, on the back of our discussion of Australia not qualifying for the 14's World Junior Finals.

Peter Johnstone - Tournament Director for the returning Kooyong Classic jumps on to tell us about the early signings.

A wrap of Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 13 with Sean A'Hearn with special guest Will Ma and our weekly college segment with Lachlan Puyol joined by Josh Cooper from Melbourne - Transferring to Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi for his Sophomore Year and John Paci - Melbourne Tennis Coach at POWA Tennis at Eildon Park TC

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The First Serve - Adam Walton Cincinnati R2

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:25:00 -0000

Aussie Adam Walton has taken his biggest scalp defeating former world number one and thirteenth seed Daniil Medvedev 6-7(0), 6-4, 6-1 to progress to the R32 at the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Open. Coming in he was 0-11 vs top 50 players and 0-24 sets. Speaking to Brett Phillips

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The First Serve - Maya Joint Cincinnati R2

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 02:26:00 -0000

19 year old Aussie Maya Joint has won back to back WTA 1000 main draw matches for the first time in her career, defeating 18th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in just under three hours in the Cincinnati hot sun.

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E07

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 22:18:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for a great episode seven of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode, Bill Ackman's controveersial doubles appearance in Newport gets a run, wildcards and what to do with them, reaction to the Tara Moore four year ban, feature guest the engaging rising 19 year old American Clervie Ngounoue, along with the player and tournament of the month.

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The First Serve - The Masters Zone - S01 E01

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:20:00 -0000

Welcome to the first episode of the Masters Zone, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world. Feature guest for this episode is John Brunner from Yarrawonga in Victoria who tells his story of taking up tennis and tournament play later in life.

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E07

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:11:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 7 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this seventh episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Jeret Johnson, Head Mens and Womens Coach at Pratt Community College in Kansas and Aussie Jeremy Jin who is about to enter his junior year at the University of Florida.

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The First Serve - PTT-UTR in Brisbane Wrap - 04-08-2025

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:20:00 -0000

Kale Nairn with special guest Elijah Cham review the latest PTT-UTR Australia round in Sydney.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 04-08-2025

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:11:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 with special guest Lily Taylor from Brisbane who plays at Arizona State University entering her Sophomore Year. She also just represented Australia at the FISU World University Games in Germany

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The First Serve - Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 12 - 04-08-2025

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:02:00 -0000

Sean A'Hearn wraps up the latest Tennis Victoria State Grade Round with special guest Amanda McVay from the Beaumaris Lawn Women’s team

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The First Serve - Karl Hale Toronto 1000 TD - 04-08-2025

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:53:00 -0000

Toronto Masters 1000 Tournament Director Karl Hale joined Brett Phillips for a chat on The First Serve Live to go inside the Candian swing.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 04-08-2025

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is live in Toronto for this weeks show at the ATP Masters 1000, featuring Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin through to the QF's. Tournament Director Karl Hale and Eva Harris, Tennis Canada Senior Vice President of Tennis Development and Partnerships go inside the tournament and Canadian tennis. Closer to home in Australia, a discussion of no Australian representation at the 14's under World Junior Finals, an Australian coach being investigated by the ITIA, Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 12 wrap, the latest on the PTT/UTR round in NSW and our regular college segment.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Toronto R16

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:52:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur is into the Toronto Masters 1000 Quarter Finals defeating American Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Speaking to the media with the first question about the incredible point in the third set at 4-4 40-40.

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The First Serve - Alexei Popyrin Toronto R16

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 03:39:00 -0000

Defending champion Alexei Popyrin has come from a set down to move into the quarter finals of the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto defeating Holger Rune 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to set up a clash with Alexander Zverev.

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The First Serve - Alexei Popyrin Toronto R3

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 05:51:00 -0000

Just before 1am Friday Morning, defending champion Alexei Popyrin pulls through to take down tenth seed Daniil Medvedev 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to book a spot in the R16 at the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto, Canada.

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The First Serve - The Push - S02 E05

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for epside five for 2025 with hosts Tim Connolly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM. Special guest for this episode is GB's Lucy Shuker BEM, who last year competed in her 5th Paralympics and acted as the flag bearer. This is a great chat about her life in and out of tennis. You will love it. The trio also chat about the recent announcement of the Wheelchair premier tennis tour that is coming in 2026.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Toronto R2

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:37:00 -0000

Man on a mission. Alex de Minaur (9) backs up his Washington title with a first up win at the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 6-4, 6-2 def Argentine Francisco Comesana. Next he will play fellow Aussie Chris O'Connell

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The First Serve - Chris O'Connell Toronto R2

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 02:08:00 -0000

Chris O'Connell in one his finest performances takes down Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto.

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The First Serve - Aleksandar Vukic Toronto R2

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:25:00 -0000

Aussie Aleksandar Vukic is through to the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto, Canada after taking down former world number eight and 31st seed Cam Norrie of GB - 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-3.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 28-07-2025

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:36:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring a look at the World University Games again with Derek Pham - Oklahoma State University and David Hodge - Coach of Team Australia at the FISU World University Ganes in Germany

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The First Serve - Tennis VIC State Grade Round 11 Wrap - 28-07-2025

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:26:00 -0000

Sean A'Hearn wraps the latest Tennis Victoria State Grade action including special guest Chanchai Sookton-Eng from Fawkner Tennis Club

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The First Serve - Jennifer Gregg Washington 500 - 28-07-2025

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:16:00 -0000

Washington DC 500 Volunteer Manager Jennifer Gregg spoke to The First Serve Live on the ground, going behind the scenes at the tournament and what it takes to put it together.

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The First Serve - Mark Ein ATP/WTA 500 Washington - 28-07-2025

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:10:00 -0000

We featured Mark Ein, Chair of the ATP/WTA 500 Washington tournament on The First Serve Live talking to the assembled media on the ground starting off with the facilities.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow - S02 E04

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:02:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode four of 2025 with hosts Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) and Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they chat the most recent results on the Australian Padel Tour, news on the Aussie Crocs upcoming and the latest on more clubs opening up around Australia.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 28-07-2025

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:54:00 -0000

Brett Phillips wraps up a big week spent at the ATP/WTA 500 in Washington and an Aussie win to Alex de Minaur, also going behind the scenes with Chair of the tournament Mark Ein and volunteer manager Jennifer Gregg. The honour roll from the other events played, news of the week off court, the latest from Round 11 of Tennis Victoria State Grade with Sean A'Hearn with special guest Chanchai Sookton Eng from Fawkner and our weekly college segment with Lachlan Puyol reflecting on the World University games with Derek Pham - Oklahoma State University and David Hodge - Coach of Team Australia at the FISU World University Ganes in Germany

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Washington QF

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:28:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur makes it three consecutive wins to advance to the semi finals of the ATP 500 Washington after a 6-4, 6-4 victory over American Brandon Nakashima. He will face French lucky loser Corentin Moutet for a place in the final who took down Daniil Medvedev.

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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E04

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:09:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 4 of our brand new podcast Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis.

Feature guest for this episode is Aussie Donna Kelso, a trailblazer in the women's officiating space in tennis. Currently a WTA Supervisor, but we trace her journey all the way back to being a chair umpire and before that about how she entered the sport. A great insightful chat to a crucial behind the scenes role in this vast global sport.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Washington R16

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:56:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur in the hottest conditions of the week so far has advanced to his 51st tour level Quarter Final with a 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-4 win over Czech Jiri Lehecka at the ATP 500 Washington. Hear his inner thoughts on the match and his game overall as he keep working on the things to improve.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Washington Round 2

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:46:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur as the 7th seed this week in Washington as the only combined 500 men's and women's event on tour defeats China's Yunchaokete Bu 7-6(5), 6-2 to move into the Round of 16 and a match up with Czech Jiri Lehecka. He chats the match, plus possible US Open mixed doubles for her and Katie Boulter and electronic line calling.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment - 21-07-2025

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:05:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring a look at the World University Games and a chat with Jeremy Jin as well as another Aussie Ashley Fisher, head mens coach at the University of South Florida.

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The First Serve - Tennis VIC State Grade Round 10 Wrap - 21-07-2025

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:58:00 -0000

Sean A'Hearn wraps the latest Tennis Victoria State Grade action including special guest Miranda Poile from Grace Park Hawthorn

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The First Serve - PTT-UTR in Brisbane Wrap - 21-07-2025

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:46:00 -0000

Kale Nairn with special guest Stefan Storch review the latest PTT-UTR Australia round in Brisbane

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The First Serve - 2026 Premier Wheelchair Tour - 21-07-2025

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:40:00 -0000

Co hosts of our dedicated wheelchair podcast 'The Push' Tim Connolly and Heath Davidson joined The First Serve Live to talk about the big development of wheelchair tennis being intergrated into the ATP/WTA calendars in 2026.

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The First Serve - Darren Sturgess CEO Tennis Tasmania

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:24:00 -0000

The Billie Jean King Cup Playoffs in November will feature Australia in a group with Brazil and Portugal to be played at the Domain Tennis Centre in Hobart. CEO of Tennis Tasmania Darren Sturgess joined The First Serve's Rick Fontyn to chat about the announcement.

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The First Serve - Roger Taylor

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:17:00 -0000

At Wimbledon, Brett Phillips sat down with British Broadcaster Marcus Buckland who co wrote Roger Taylor - The Official Autobiography, the man who saved Wimbledon.

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The First Serve - Ceressa Jackson

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:08:00 -0000

On our 14th July 'The First Serve Live' Brett Phillips sat down with 14 year old Queenslander Ceressa Jackson at Wimbledon about her experience playing the 14 and Under Invitational tournament.

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The First Serve - Novak Palombo

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:03:00 -0000

On our 14th July 'The First Serve Live' Brett Phillips sat down with 12 year old Victorian Novak Palombo at Wimbledon about his experience playing the 14 and Under Invitational tournament.

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The First Serve - Aussie Womens Stocktake

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:49:00 -0000

On 'The First Serve Live' 14th July show Brett Phillips and Connor Joyce sat down at Wimbledon to take a mid yer look at our Aussie womens stocks in the now and in the future.

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The First Serve - Aussie Mens Stocktake

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:44:00 -0000

On 'The First Serve Live' 14th July show Brett Phillips and Connor Joyce sat down at Wimbledon to take a mid yer look at our Aussie mens stocks in the now and in the future.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 21-07-2025

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:17:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with anothrer big show live from Washington DC for the only combined ATP/WTA 500 on tour..... Venus Williams returns, Honour roll of the past week, news regarding another ITIA investigation going on concerning an Australian tennis identity, our podcast The Push co hosts Tim Connolly and Heath Davidson react to the new Wheelchair premier tour coming in for 2026, Sean A'Hearn with the latest Tennis Victoria State Grade wrap, Kale Nairn wraps the latest PTT UTR event in Brisbane and Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis Pathways with the latest college news featuring Jeremy Jin and Ashley Fisher.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E06

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:07:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode six for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode, they chat with the highly credentialed Tom Downs, Australian coach based in the USA. Tom has worked with numerous top junior players transitioning into the pros including current world number 34 Peyton Stearns and shared his journey with her, the importance of the training environment and a winners mindset.

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E12

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 06:17:00 -0000

On this episode of Tennis in QLD, host Adon Kronk is joined by Jack Mellish from headquarters to wrap up all the action across the winter period from the Rod Laver lead in and the Queensland championships.

Feature guests is the Sunshine Coasts Pat Flynn from Mentally Tough Tennis, exceptional junior who played the junior grand slams, college tennis and still competes on the open circuit across AUS.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 14-07-2025

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:10:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show wrapping up Wimbledon 2025, all the other major tennis results around the world in the last week around the world and in Australia. The voices of Novak Palombo, Ceressa Jackson (14's Invitational at Wimbledon), Nikata Volonski (PTT UTR mens winner in Brisbane with Kale Nairn) and First Serve head of digital content Connor Joyce (Aussie mens and womens stocktake) you will hear .

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 14: Jannik Sinner is a mental giant

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 01:45:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through the final day at Wimbledon.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 13: Iga is an all time great

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:49:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through the historic women's singles final and touch on the ending of Rinky Hijikata and David Pel's doubles run.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 12: Here we go again

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:18:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through the two mens semifinals, as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner reached the final.

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The First Serve - Live Daily Wimbledon Wrap - Day 11: Rinky's miracle run continues, Anisimova downs the no.1, Swiatek Clinic

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:19:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through all the day 11 action. Hijikata and Pel do it again from match points down. Anisimova and Sabalenka's incredible heavyweight battle. Swiatek's semifinal clinic. The Aussie juniors, and junior-juniors in the 14&U action.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 10: Sensational semis are set

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:02:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss all the day 10 singles action, plus the Aussie junior results, and predict the 2025 Wimbledon finalists.

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E06

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:20:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for episode six of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode, Ally talks Newport and the change from a long standing ATP 250 to a ATP Challenger / WTA 125 event, the latest report out on online abuse, special guest is American pro Hayley Giavara sharing her journey as well as the Player and Tournament of the month.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 9: Special guest Jedd Zetzer

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:18:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips are joined by W Sports and Media Player Agent Jedd Zetzer to talk through the Aussies on tour and more.

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The First Serve - Paul McNamee - 07-07-2025

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:31:00 -0000

Two time Wimbledon champion and former Australian Open CEO Paul McNamee sits down with Brett Phillips at SW19 on 'The First Serve Live' to discuss the bigger picture of tennis going forward.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap: Day 8, Djokovic downs Demon, Sinner escapes but for long?

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 01:43:00 -0000

Brett Phillips and Connor Joyce wrap up all the Day 8 action at Wimbledon.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 07-07-2025

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:56:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Wimbledon ahead of the Alex de Minaur-Novak Djokovic match, chatting to leading tennis analyst Craig O'Shannessy who breaks down the match, leading tennis commentator Candy Reid analysis the Womens 4th round Monday matches, a feature chat with two time Wimbledon champion and former Australian Open CEO Paul McNamee on the bigger picture of tennis, Sean A'Hearn with a wrap of Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 9, Lachlan Puyol with our weekly college segment with guests Oliver Good - Head Men’s Coach at Idaho State University on the rise of Patrik Trhav (USA)- Jack McCarthy - Transferring to The University of Southern California after graduating from Cornell University plus the other tennis news and results of the week.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 7: Thompson explains his retirement to Fritz

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:22:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss the fourth-round match between Jordan Thompson and Taylor Fritz and Thommo's retirement.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 6: Demon and Djokovic talk round four showdown

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:17:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through day 6 and preview Alex de Minaur vs Novak Djokovic, with thoughts from each.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 5: Thommo continues career best Wimbledon run

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:03:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss all the action from day 5 at Wimbledon, plus Jordan Thompson's thoughts after his round three victory.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 4: Demon, Kasatkina advance amid drama

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:16:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips take you through all the headlines from day four at the Championships.

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E06

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:04:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 6 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this sixth episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie Jordan Szabo, Head Women's Coach at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 3: Thomo Ticker

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:26:00 -0000

Hear from Jordan Thompson after his epic five-set victory, before Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips recap Thomo's incredible effort, plus all the Aussie doubles action and global singles results on day three at Wimbledon.

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 2: 4 Aussies Advances, Seeds Fall in Historic Fashion

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:10:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips are back from the media centre balcony at the All England Club to review another incredible day of tennis, where four Aussies progressed and a whole lot of big names exited.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 30-06-2025

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:38:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Wimbledon on Day 1, plus the honour roll of the last week headlined by Aussie Maya Joint, an insight into the backstory of Aussie qualifier James McCabe, a sit down chat with British broadcaster Marcus Buckland who has co written the autobiography of former British player Roger Taylor, all the news back in Australia with a wrap of the 15's Team Championships on the Gold Coast, Tennis Victoria State Grade R8, and our weekly college segment wth Lachlan Puyol with special guest Julian Blainey

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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 1: Thompson does it AGAIN, Men's seeds tumble

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:03:00 -0000

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips on the grounds in London discuss all the Aussie and global talking points from Day 1 at Wimbledon, with insight from our only Australian winner, Jordan Thompson.

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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E03

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:13:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 3 of our brand new podcast Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis.

Feature guest for this episode is Robbie Koenig, former player and coach, who is best know as one of if not the best tennis commentator over the past 20 years. A great insight into his story on and off the court.

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The First Serve - The Push - S02 E04

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 06:13:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for epside four for 2025 with hosts Tim Connolly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM. Special guest for this episode is GB's Andy Lapthorne to talk about his amazing wheelchair tennis journey where he has recently been honoured with an MBE.

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The First Serve - Qualified - Alex Bolt into Wimbledon Main Draw

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:17:00 -0000

32 year old Aussie Alex Bolt will feature in his fourth Wimbledon main draw after a comprehensive straight sets win over Spain's Martin Landaluce 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in final round qualifying.

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The First Serve - Qualified - Talia Gibson into Wimbledon Main Draw

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:57:00 -0000

21 year old Talia Gibson has won through to her first Wimbledon Main Draw defeating tenth seed Argentine Solana Sierra 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

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The First Serve - Qualified - James McCabe into Wimbledon Main Draw

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:34:00 -0000

21 year old Aussie James McCabe appearing in Wimbledon qualifying for the first time is now onto the main draw after defeating fifith seed Marcelo Barrios Vera 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 7-6(7)

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The First Serve - Qualified - Priscilla Hon into Wimbledon Main Draw

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:12:00 -0000

27 year old Aussie Priscilla Hon in her 7th attempt has qualified for the Wimbledon Main Draw defeating Canada's Victoria Mboko in dramatic fashion 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow - S02 E03

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:33:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode three of 2025 with hosts Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) and Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they review the latest on and court in the last month and have a great chat with feature guest Gareth Keating on a life time in tennis and panel, who has just opened up his own padel club in Brisbane.

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The First Serve - Priscilla Hon Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:20:00 -0000

27 year old Aussie Priscilla Hon is one win away from her first ever Wimbledon main draw after a 2nd round qualifying win defeating Switzerland's Leonie Kung 6-1, 6-3. Chatting to Brett Phillips post match

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The First Serve - Alex Bolt Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:13:00 -0000

32 year old Aussie Alex Bolt is through to the final round of Wimbledon qualifying after a 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-2 victory over American tenth seed Eliot Spizzirri. Chatting to Brett Phillips

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The First Serve - Emerson Jones Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:59:00 -0000

16 year old Aussie Emerson Jones is one win away from playing in her first Wimbledon main draw after defeating Serbia's Lola Radivojevic 6-4, 6-4 in the 2nd round of qualifying. Chatting to Brett Phillips.

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The First Serve - Talia Gibson Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:43:00 -0000

21 year old Aussie Talia Gibson for the 2nd consecutive year is into the final round of Wimbledon qualies, hoping to go one better after a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands. Chatting to Brett Phillips.

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The First Serve - James McCabe Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:24:00 -0000

21 year old Sydneysider James McCabe in his first Wimbledon qualifying campaign is into the final round after a straight sets win over Argentine Roman Burruchaga. Chatting to Brett Phillips.

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The First Serve - Li Tu Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:03:00 -0000

29 year old Aussie Li Tu is one away from playing in the main draw of Wimbledon for the first time after saving a 2nd set match point and being down 6-9 in the deciding super tie break. He spoke to Brett Phillips post match.

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The First Serve - Tennis Victoria State Grade Wrap - 23-06-2025

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:18:00 -0000

A big Round 7 of State Grade action was played over the weekend. Sean A'Hearn wraps and chats to Peninsula Fire's Stefan Storch

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 22 - 23-06-2025

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:09:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring Sam Dinneen - going to Pratt Community College in August and Stefan Woolley - Sam's Coach and Director of POWA Tennis.

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The First Serve - Frances Soyer Tournament Director - 23-06-2025

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:55:00 -0000

The long standing Australian Teams Championships for Australia's junior talent (11's, 13's and 15's) is taking place on the Gold Coast at KDV Sport. Tournament Director Frances Soyer stopped by for a chat after Monday's play had been washed out and what that meant.

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The First Serve - Darren Sturgess CEO of Tennis Tasmania - 23-06-2025

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:50:00 -0000

On the back of the news that Hobart's Domain Tennis Centre has been awarded hosting rights for November's Billie Jean King Cup Playoff between Australia, Portugal and Brazil, CEO of Tennis Tasmania Darren Sturgess joined our Rick Fontyn on what it means for his state.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 23-06-2025

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:56:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is live as Wimbledon Qualifying is getting underway. The Honour Roll of the past week, Tennis Tasmania CEO Darren Sturgess on Hobart chosen to host the BJK Cup Playoffs, News of the week, 16 year old Aussie Tahlia Kokkinis after winning her first pro singles title, the currency markets thanks to Sports fx if your earning money overseas, Frances Soyer, Tournament Director of the Australian Teams Championships on the Gold Coast, Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis Pathways with our weekly college segment and Sean A'Hearn wraps Round 7 of Tennis Victoria State Grade with guest Stefan Storch from Peninsula Fire Tennis Club

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E05

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:55:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode five for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they chat one on one with Aussie Roisin Gilheany who has been down all three training options in the pathway - an academy, a hybrid or regular conventional schooling. A great chat.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 21 - 16-06-2025

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:52:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring Aussie Jordan Szabo, in his first season as women's coach at Auburn University.

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The First Serve - TV State Grade Round 6 Wrap - 16-06-2025

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:38:00 -0000

Sean A'Hearn wraps up Round 6 of the Tennis Victoria State Grade season with a special guest.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 16-06-2025

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:29:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big edition of the show wrapping up the week on tour, providing a Wimbledon briefing, a look into our latest podcast drops, a Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 6 wrap and the latest college news.

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E11

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 06:24:00 -0000

Our latest Tennis in Queensland episode with host Adon Kronk is a one on one chat with Queensland and Australian coaching legend Gary Stickler. Sit back and enjoy.

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E05

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:45:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for episode five of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode, a midway recap, also touching on Ally's adventures navigating doubles signing in, in Italy (that's a story worth hearing to give you the full 'grind' perspective of the tours) and the guys chat Lois Boisson.

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E05

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:12:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 5 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this fifth episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie duo Jarryd Chaplin, Associate Head Women's Coach at the University of Georgia. and Alex Despoia from Adelaide who has just graduated from Tyler Junior College.

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The First Serve - Mark Ein Washington ATP/WTA 500 - 09-06-2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 19:12:00 -0000

Brett Phillips chats to Tournament Chairman Mark Ein of the annual ATP/WTA 500 in Washington DC who was in Paris at the French Open about life as a tournament director.

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The First Serve - UTR/PTT Wrap from Week 2 Sydney - 09-06-2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 19:04:00 -0000

Kale Nairn wraps week 2 of the first Sydney leg for 2025 of the UTR Professional Tennis Tour chatting to mens winner Jeremy Zhang.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 20 - 09-06-2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:53:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring Aussie Tennika McGiffin, UTR Manager, Player Relations

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The First Serve - Full Show - 09-06-2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:57:00 -0000

Brett Phillips brings you this weeks show live from Paris on the back of a epic French Open mens final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner and a drama filled womens final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka hearing from all four post match plus all the news of the week at thefirstserve.com.au, the latest college update with Lachlan Puyol and the latest round of the UTR PTT.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 19 - 02-06-2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:56:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring Ned Simpson - From Ocean Grove. Committed to Meridian Community College (Mississippi) in August

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The First Serve - Tennis Vic State Grade Round 6 - 02-06-2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:54:00 -0000

All the latest from Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 6 including special guest Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra.

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The First Serve - Author Christopher Clarey - 02-06-2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:52:00 -0000

Christopher Clarey is an American sports journalist and author who wrote the biography of Roger Federer 'The Master' and has just released 'The Warrior - Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay. He sat down with Brett Phillips at Roland Garros to chat about it.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E04

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:50:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode four for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they review they talk about the best form of training.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 02-06-2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:49:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is live from Roland Garros as we turn the page into week 2 with all the latest from the 2nd major of the year hearing from the top players plus a chat with esteemed journalist and author of 'The Warrior - Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay' Christopher Clarey plus Tennis Victoria State Grade R6 - special guest Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra, Kale Nairn wraps up the latest week of the UTR-PTT series played in Sydney and Lachlan Puyol has our weekly college segment with special guest Ned Simpson - From Ocean Grove who has committed to Meridian Community College (Mississippi) in August.

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The First Serve - Matt Ebden-John Peers Roland Garros R3

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:07:00 -0000

In 2024, Matt Ebden and John Peers won the Olympic Gold Medal at Roland Garros. Their 8 match win streak in Paris came to an end today in the 3rd round going down in a tight three set battle 7-6, 4-6, 4-6 to British paur Skupski and Salisbury. They reflected with Brett Phillips.

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The First Serve - Emerson Jones Roland Garros Juniors R2

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:32:00 -0000

World Number 1 Aussie Junior and top seed Emerson Jones is through to the third round of the Roland Garros Junior Girls draw after a three set win over Czech Vendula Valdmannova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Chatting to Brett Phillips straight after the match.

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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E02

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:47:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 2 of our brand new podcast Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis.

Feature guest for this episode is Aussie Alan Stone, former player in the amateur/professional era and post his career to this day one of the longest serving tennis tv commentators and a great story teller.

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The First Serve - JP Smith 'Big' Roland Garros R2 Doubles

Sat, 31 May 2025 14:34:00 -0000

Aussie doubles specialist JP Smith and his partner Fernando Romboli have scored a stirring second round win at Roland Garros defeating local pair Mayot/Caxaux 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 in nearly three hours. in front of packed French crowd. The two 36 year olds chatted to Connor Joyce.

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The First Serve - Daria Kasatkina Roland Garros R3

Sat, 31 May 2025 13:43:00 -0000

Daria Kasatkina moves into the 4th round of Roland Garros for a fourth time in her career after defeated tenth seed Paula Badosa 6-1, 7-5.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow - S02 E02

Sat, 31 May 2025 08:24:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode two of 2025 with hosts Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) and Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they review the latest on court in the last month, go through all the steps to start a padel club and compare Australia to the rest of the world in terms of costs and structure of clubs.

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The First Serve - Alexei Popyrin Roland Garros R3

Fri, 30 May 2025 17:18:00 -0000

Alexei Popyrin is into the 4th round of a major for the first time after a straight sets win over Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 at Roland Garros to set up a meeting with American Tommy Paul

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The First Serve - Daria Kasatkina Roland Garros R2

Fri, 30 May 2025 10:08:00 -0000

Newest Aussie Daria Kasatkina is through to the third round of Roland Garros after a straight sets 6-4, 6-2 win over French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean in the final match of the day on Court Suzanne Lenglen that saw her come into press at midnight chatting about the match, the quality of players in the womens draw and looking ahead to her next opponent Paula Badosa.

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The First Serve - Alexei Popyrin Roland Garros R2

Wed, 28 May 2025 13:46:00 -0000

Alexei Popyrin is the first Aussie through to Round 3 of Roland Garros with another straights sets win, this time defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. This will be his first time in the Round of 32 in Paris to play Portugal's Nuno Borges.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 18 - 26-05-2025

Wed, 28 May 2025 05:03:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring a chat with Aussie Jarryd Chaplin, Assiociate Head Coach at University of Georgia.

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The First Serve - Eleanor Schuster - 26-05-2025

Wed, 28 May 2025 04:55:00 -0000

In Tennis Victoria State Grade over the weekend the Keon Park TC women's team had their first ever victory. Eleanor Schuster was a special guest on The First Serve Live, also chatting about her Samoan heritage as she tries to inspire kids in the Oceania region to play tennis.

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The First Serve - Adam Walton Roland Garros R1

Tue, 27 May 2025 18:51:00 -0000

Adam Walton completed all the Aussies competing in Round 1 of Roland Garros on Tuesday with a five set win over German qualifier Maximilian Marterer - 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, just his 2nd main draw win at a major and first in Paris. Chatting with Brett Phillips.

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The First Serve - Daria Kasatkina Roland Garros R1 win

Tue, 27 May 2025 14:25:00 -0000

Our newest Aussie Daria Kasatkina has navigated her way through the first round of Roland Garros defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Roland Garros R1 win

Tue, 27 May 2025 14:17:00 -0000

Number 1 Aussie Alex de Minaur continues his great streak winning first round matches at the majors, accounting for Serbia's Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 to set up a second round meeting with Kazak Alexander Bublik.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 26-05-2025

Tue, 27 May 2025 08:33:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Roland Garros, catching up one on one with a big Aussie contingent including Destanee Aiava, Rinky Hijikata, Tristan Schoolkate, Daria Saville, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, James Duckworth, Olivia Gadecki and Aleksandar Vukic plus Chris Mahoney, coach of Maya Joint, our weekly college wrap with Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis pathways and a Tennis Victoria State Grade Wrap with special guest Eleanor Shubster from Keon Park TC.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 17 - 19-05-2025

Sun, 25 May 2025 02:44:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with ITA CEO David Mullins, NJCAA National Tournament Director Rob Hill and Aussie Alex Despoia from Adelaide in his sophmore year at Tyler Junior College

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The First Serve - State Grade / PTT UTR Wrap

Sun, 25 May 2025 02:15:00 -0000

Plenty of domestic action as we wrap Tennis Victoria State Grade R3 and PTT-UTR at Hume TC

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The First Serve - Alcaraz-Sinner Rome Wrap - 19-05-2025

Sun, 25 May 2025 02:08:00 -0000

Connor Joyce looks back on the first big final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner fighting for the Italian Open trophy.

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The First Serve - Italian Open Reflections - 19-05-2025

Sun, 25 May 2025 02:01:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is joined by Connor Joyce from the Foro Italico in Rome to reflect on a fortnight at the Italian Open.

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The First Serve - News Discussion - 19-05-2025

Sun, 25 May 2025 01:59:00 -0000

Brett Phillips touches on some news items of the week including Kooyong, Laver Cup and State of Australian Tennis

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The First Serve - Full Show - 19-05-2025

Mon, 19 May 2025 18:15:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is back with another big show wrapping up a massive fortnight at the Foro Italico for the Italian Open plus all the latest news of the week, Aussies abroad, Tennis VIC State Grade, PTT UTR latest round, Aussies in College update + more

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E03

Sat, 17 May 2025 05:11:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for episode three of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode, Great Britains Tara Moore and the crazy situation she is going through defending her innocence, player nationality alliegance switching, some broadcast and rankings news and our player and tournament of the month.

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E04

Sat, 17 May 2025 05:03:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for episode four of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode, Ally celebrates her W50 doubles title win, Canadian tennis journalist Steve Boughton from theslicetennis.com features who has covered both tours, a Challenger cash update and our player and tournament of the month.

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E10

Wed, 14 May 2025 07:21:00 -0000

Our latest Tennis in QLD episode with host Adon Kronk chats to Gail Bates, Vice President and Tournament Director of Tennis Seniors QLD, recognised for her outstanding service over 25 years. You can start playing Tennis Seniors at 30. It is a great chat.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 16 - 12-05-2025

Tue, 13 May 2025 07:35:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie duo Catherine Aulia (University of Tennessee) and Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz (University of Texas)

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The First Serve - Andrew Harris - 12-05-2025

Tue, 13 May 2025 06:39:00 -0000

Victorian Andrew Harris who stopped playing around a year ago due to injury immediately stepping into coaching. He chats to The First Serve Live from the Italian Open.

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The First Serve - Amelia Nedarajah - 12-05-2025

Tue, 13 May 2025 06:30:00 -0000

15 year old Amelia Nedarajah playing for North Ringwood TC in Tennis Victoria State Grade joined The First Serve Live to reflect on Round 2 and her tennis journey.

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The First Serve - Tathiana Garbin (Italian Tennis) - 12-05-2025

Tue, 13 May 2025 06:26:00 -0000

Former World Number 22 as a player and current Italian Billie Jean King Cup Captain Tathiana Garbin joined The First Serve Live in Rome to talk about the Italian Open and the success of Italian tennis right now.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 12-05-2025

Tue, 13 May 2025 06:21:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is live from the Foro Italico for the 2nd Monday of the Italian Open with Aussie Alex de Minaur in action and Connor Joyce is courtside with the latest. Former World no 22 and current Italian Billie Jean King Cup captain Tathiana Garbin sits down to talk about the strength of Italian tennis, a full round up of tennis results outside of Rome including Tennis Victoria State Grade with special guest Amelia Nedarajah from North Ringwood. Aussie Pro Andrew Harris joins the show to talk about his transition from playing to coaching and Lachlan Puyol wraps up the latest Aussie college news in the past week.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur into Rome R16

Mon, 12 May 2025 16:26:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur chats to Connor Joyce after his R32 win over Hugo Dellien (LL) 6-4, 6-4 to make it through to a last 16 match up with American Tommy Paul at the ATP Masters 1000 Rome.

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E04

Sun, 11 May 2025 07:46:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 4 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this fourth episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie Darcy Nicholls from Melbourne, who is in his junior year at Samford University in Alabama.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur First Round Rome Win

Sat, 10 May 2025 22:52:00 -0000

Number 1 Aussie Alex de Minaur kicked off his Italian Open campaign with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Italian wildcard Luca Nardi, dealing with a rowdy home crowd with one spectator in particular over stepping the mark. Chatting to Brett Phillips while on the exercise bike in recovery.

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The First Serve - Alexei Popyrin opens Rome with a win

Fri, 09 May 2025 17:04:00 -0000

Brett Phillips and Connor Joyce chat to Alexei Popyrin after he opened his Italian Open campaign with a 6-1, 7-6(4) victory over Spanish qualifier Carlos Taberner to set up a third round meeting with Daniil Medvedev.

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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E01

Thu, 08 May 2025 20:00:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 1 of our brand new podcast Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis.

First guest is Candy Reid, former pro on tour, who went down the college path and then turned to a broadcasting career with CNN, before becoming a leading commentary voice on the ATP/WTA Tours to this day. A great chat about her journey in tennis.

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The First Serve - Aleksandar Vukic First Round Rome win

Thu, 08 May 2025 14:06:00 -0000

Aleksandar Vukic has returned to the winners list on the ATP Tour after a run of outs since his 2nd round win at the Australian Open def Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 7-6, 6-2 in the opening round in Rome. He sat down with Brett Phillips after carrying the momentum of a semi final challenger run in Estoril last week into a Masters 1000.

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The First Serve - Jordan Thompson First Round Rome win

Wed, 07 May 2025 20:24:00 -0000

Jordan Thompson chats to Brett Phillips after conquering Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard for a fifth straight time to open his Italian Open campaign.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 15 - 05-05-2025

Tue, 06 May 2025 13:17:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie duo Catherine Aulia (University of Tennessee) and Edward Winter (Pepperdine University)

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The First Serve - World Team Cup (Wheelchair) - 05-05-2025

Tue, 06 May 2025 13:05:00 -0000

Tim Connelly (Hume Tennis), Heath Davidson OAM and Greg Crump (Wheelchair tennis godather in AUS) preview the Wheelchair World Team Cup in Antalya Turkey on 'The First Serve Live

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The First Serve - Coaching Landscape in AUS - 05-05-2025

Tue, 06 May 2025 12:58:00 -0000

Professional tennis coach Shane Scrutton from Yarra Tennis Coaching in Melbourne who is also Vice President of Tennis Coaches Australia joined Brett Phillips to look at the current coaching landscape in Australia.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 05-05-2025

Mon, 05 May 2025 15:48:00 -0000

Brett Phillips brings this edition of the show to you live from Madrid, wrapping up the ATP/WTA 1000 Madrid Open, plus a full wrap of all the other on court results from around the world and in Australia including Tennis Victoria State Grade with CEO Kim Kachel. Shane Scrutton chats the coaching landscape in Australia from Tennis Coaches Australia, a preview of the World Team Cup in Wheelchair tennis in Turkey with our 'The Push' podcast team. Lachlan Puyol presents our weekly College segment chatting to Aussies Catherine Aulia and Eddie Winter and a preview of our Padel Pow Wow Podcast.

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The First Serve - The Push - S02 E03

Fri, 02 May 2025 09:08:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for epside three for2025 with hosts Tim Connolly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and quad pro Heath Davidson OAM. Special guest for this episode is the legendary Greg Crump in wheelchair circles chatting the Crumpy Cup, a tournament recap, and a World Team Cup Preview.

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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow - S02 E01

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:19:00 -0000

Padel Pow Wow makes it return after kicking off in 2023 and having a hiatus in 2024. Original co host Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) is joined by a new co host Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they discuss everything going on - on/off court in the first four months of 2025.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur into Madrid R16

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:28:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur takes care of Deni Shapovalov for a fifth consecutive time 6-3, 7-6 to move into the Madrid Open R16 - reflecting on the match and having to deal with a chaotic Monday where the whole of the country lost power.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 14 - 28-04-2025

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:53:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie duo Tom Garrett (Jones College) and Violet Apisah (Keiser University - NAIA)

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The First Serve - News Wrap of the Week - 28-04-2025

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:48:00 -0000

News of the week with www.thefirstserve.com.au senior writer Christian Montegan kicking off by talking about Alexander Zverev's doping test story where he was picking up his daughter at the airport after testers had told him a timeslot and came at a different time to picking up his daughter.

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The First Serve - Madrid Open observations + Aussie watch - 28-04-2025

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:42:00 -0000

The First Serve head of Social Media Connor Joyce on the ground in Madrid joined Brett Phillips for some first time observations from the Caja Magica and the Aussie report card friom week 1.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 28-04-2025

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:21:00 -0000

Brett Phillips presents this episode of The First Serve live from Madrid and everything was going beautifully until a quarter of the way through the show when Spain suffered a massive power outage that last about 10 hours. Excuse the line quality a little but we managed to keep the show rolling including Connor Joyce with his obserbvations of the week on the ground. Alexander Zverev ELC controversy, Alex de Minaur in reflection after his round 1 win, thefirstserve.com.au senior writer Christian Montegan with the news of the week, Lachlan Puyol with all the college news of the week and a recap of results back home.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur - Madrid opening win

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:02:00 -0000

Aussie No 1 Alex de Minaur was clinical in opening his Madrid Masters 1000 campaign with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Italian Lorenzo Sonego. Listen in to his match reflection, plus his thoughts on balls, contrasts of clay court tennis, drop shots, his clay court record, electronic line calling and anti doping procedures.

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The First Serve - Daria Kasatkina - First WTA 1000 win as an Aussie

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 07:38:00 -0000

Daria Katakana chats to Brett Phillips after her first round win over American Alycia Parks 6-2, 7-5 at the WTA 1000 Madrid Open.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E03

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:51:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode three for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they review the recent 12/14's National Clay court championships in Canberra, with the narrative of episode one this year - winning vs. development.

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E09

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:09:00 -0000

Our latest Tennis in QLD episode with host Adon Kronk chats to a man with one of the best backhands you have seen in Jack Moore playing a key role at the National Tennis Academy in Brisbane and Ellie and Lauren Buckingham from Gladstone Tennis Association on their travels.

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The First Serve - Maya Joint clay breakthrough in Madrid

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:24:00 -0000

Brett Phillips catches up with Aussie 19 year old Maya Joint after another significanrt step in her young career, qualifying for a 1000 event and winner her first main draw match at that level and also on clay, a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win over Spanish wildcard Carlota Martinez Cirez in Madrid.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 13 - 21-04-2025

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:29:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie trio Eric Padgham (University of Arizona), Lachlan Brain (University of North Alabama) and Darcy Nicholls (Samford University)

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 12 - 14-04-2025

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:25:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie duo Darcy Nicholls (Samford University) and Amy Stevens (Vanderbilt)

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The First Serve - 12/14's Clay Court Nationals Wrap - 21-04-2025

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:23:00 -0000

Coach/Commentator Beti Sekulovski joined The First Serve Live to wrap up the 12/14's Australian Clay Court Nationals in Canberra speaking to the winners.

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The First Serve - News Wrap of the week - 21-04-2025

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:16:00 -0000

Senior writer at www.thefirstserve.com.au Christian Montegan joins Brett Phillips to wrap up all the tennis news of the week.

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The First Serve - David Ferrer - 21-04-2025

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:13:00 -0000

Brett Phillips catches up with Barcelona Open Tournament Director and former world number four David Ferrer

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The First Serve - Pedro Hernandez - 21-04-2025

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:08:00 -0000

Real de Tennis Club Barcelona established in 1899 Historian Pedro Hernandez joined Brett Phillips from the Barcelona Open to shine a light of one of the great tennis clubs in Europe.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 21-04-2025

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:09:00 -0000

Brett Phillips presents this edition of the show from Barcelona, after a week spent at the 57th edition of the ATP 500 won by Holger Rune at the formed in 1899 Real Club de Tennis Barcelona. Club Historian Pedro Hernandez and Tournament Director David Ferrer are special guests. Christian Montegan from www.thefirstserve.com.au is on with all the news of the last week, coach/commentator Beti Sekulovski wrap up the 12/14's nationals in Canberra talking to the winners, Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis Pathways has the latest in college news chatting to Aussie trio Eric Padgham, Lachlan Brain and Darcy Nicholls and we wrap the ATP Challenger Tour.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur into Barcelona QF's

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:38:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur continues his good claycourt form into the quarter finals in Barcelona and next is a 4th meeting against Carlos Alcaraz. He chats to Brett Phillips

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The First Serve - PTT/UTR Hume Wrap - 14-04-2025

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0000

Kale Nairn from Hume catches up with the two winners in the past week of the PTT/UTR tournament at Hume Tennis and Community Centre - Kayla McPhee who defeated Belle Thompson 6-1, 6-0 and Scott Jones who defeated Ethan Cook 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

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The First Serve - Ballkids Documentary - 14-04-2025

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:44:00 -0000

Scott Bassett - Director of a new documentary 'Ballkids' lifting the lid on the unsung heroes of the Australian Open joins us.

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The First Serve - Mark Pead 12/14's Nationals - 14-04-2025

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:39:00 -0000

Tournament Director Mark Pead joins us to recap the action so far at Australian 12/14's Claycourt National Championships in Canberra.

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The First Serve - BJK Cup Wrap - 14-04-2025

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:36:00 -0000

The First Serve's Dale Roberts was in Brisbane to cover the BJK Cup group featuring Australia, Kazakhstan and Colombia to see who would progress to the finals. You will hear from Maya Joint, Kim Birrell and Elena Rybakina.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 14-04-2025

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:10:00 -0000

Brett Phillips brings you this weeks show from Barcelona having just arrived for the ATP 500, fresh off a week in Monte Carlo with plenty of reflections. You will hear from Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin after their impressive runs. Away from Monte Carlo, a BJK Cup wrap with Dale Roberts from Brisbane, Tournament Director Mark Pead at the 12/14 Nationals in Canberra, Scott Bassett - Director of the new BallKilds doco, our college segment with Lachlan Puyol chatting to Aussie pair Amy Stevens and Darcy Nicholls and a wrap of the UTR/PTT tournament held at Hume, hearing from winners Kayla McPhee and Scott Jones.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur Monte Carlo SF defeat

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 19:04:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur chats after a heartbreaking three set loss to Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 4-6, 6-7 in the semi finals of the Monte Carlo Masters

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E03

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:51:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 3 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this third episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie twins from Adelaide Maddie and Chloe Schwarz in their junior year at Western Carolina University and Stephanie Wooten, Head Mens and Women's coach at Weatherford Junior College.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur into Monte Carlo SF's

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:16:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur after a big Friday in Monte Carlo making the singles semi finals after a 6-0, 6-0 rout of Grigor Dimitrov and then stepping out to play his doubles QF with Jan-Lennard Struff going down to top seeds Pavic/Arevalo in the match tie break.

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The First Serve - Alexei Popyrin into Monte Carlo QF's

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:48:00 -0000

Alexei Popyrin for the third straight day in Monte Carlo, comes out a winner getting his biggest win of the year taking out fourth seed Caser Ruud. He was a break down in the deciding set snd saved match points to prevail 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to now face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the QF's

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur wins in style in MC

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:54:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur has opened his Monte Carlo campaign with a come from behind win over Czech Tomas Machac 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. He will next play Daniil Medvedev in R16. He spoke to Brett Phillips after the win.

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The First Serve - Alexei Popyrin Back to Back in MC

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:21:00 -0000

Alexei Popyrin for the first time this year wins back to back matches to advance to the last 16 in Monte Carlo after defeating Frances Tiafoe from a set down. He catches up with Brett Phillips not long after.

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The First Serve - Alexei Popyrin 'Gritty Monte Carlo win'

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:01:00 -0000

Alexei Popyrin chats to Brett Phillips after a spirit lifting three set comeback win to open his Monte Carlo campaign under the watchful eye of new coaching addition Wayne Ferreira.

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The First Serve - Omar Jasika - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:06:00 -0000

Brett Phillips chats to Omar Jasika after a big week combining winning the PTT-UTR tournament at Hume Tennis and Community Centre and winning the clutch rubber to give Kooyong Men victory in the Tennis Victoria Premier League Grand Final.

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The First Serve - John Paci - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:57:00 -0000

Brett Phillips chats to coach John Paci from POWA Tennis in Melbourne, who is on the road with aspiring player Tom Neylon playing at the 15K ITF in Monastir Tunisia to give us his insights into that entry level of the sport.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 11 - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:46:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie trio Catherine Aulia (University of Tennessee), Tom Garrett (Jones College) and Jake Bucek (Copiah-Lincoln Community College)

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The First Serve - Marc Maury - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:35:00 -0000

Brett Phillips chats to Marc Maury, former French athlete and long court announcer most famous at Roland Garros .

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The First Serve - Melanie-Antoinette de Massy - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:31:00 -0000

Brett Phillips chats to Melanie-Antoinette de Massy - President of the Tennis Federation of Monaco, the Monte Carlo Country Club and the ATP 1000 Monte Carlo Masters.

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The First Serve - Simon Cambers - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:25:00 -0000

Brett Phillips catches up with British Tennis Journalist and Broadcaster Simon Cambers in Monte Carlo to give us his insights into this iconic setting, plus his take on the PPTA and the top players asking the grand slams for a bigger piece of the revenue pie.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:20:00 -0000

Brett Phillips chats to Alex de Minaur, coming off playing the Universal Tennis Showdown (UTS) and ahead of his Monte Carlo campaign.

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The First Serve - Jordan Thompson - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:16:00 -0000

Brett Phillips chats to Jordan Thompson after his first round win over Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard in Monte Carlo where he is 4-4 against the Frenchman.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 07-04-2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 14:43:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is in Monte Carlo for this edition of the show for the 118th edition of the ATP 1000 Monte Carlo Masters. Guests include Melanie Antoinette De Massy (President of the tournament, the Monte Carlo Country Club and the Monaco Tennis Federation), former French athlete and long time court announcer Marc Maury, Aussie duo Jan Thompson and Alex de Minaur, Novak Djokovic and British Tennis Journalist Simon Cambers. Away from Monte Carlo, our own Connor Joyce goes inside the ATP 250 in Marrakech where he been the past week, our College segment with Lachlan Puyol featuring Aussie trio Catherine Aulia, Tom Garrett and Jake Bucek and Omar Jasika after completing a big week winning the PTT/UTR at Hume and steering Kooyong home to victory to win the Tennis Victoria Premier League.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 10 - 31-03-2025

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:12:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie trio Elijah Chan and Chloe Schwarz.

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The First Serve - Tim Connolly - 31-03-2025

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:59:00 -0000

Tim Connolly, host of our wheelchair podcast - The Push reflects on the latest episode with Dana Mathewson and previews the upcoming UTR PTT events at Hume Tennis and Community Centre.

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The First Serve - Chanchai Sookton Eng - 31-03-2025

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:55:00 -0000

Tennis Victoria Premier League Rounds 3-5 Wrap with Chanchai Sookton Eng from Fawkner TC

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The First Serve - James Blake - 31-03-2025

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:52:00 -0000

Miami Open Tourament Director James Blake joined Brett Phillips for a chat.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 31-03-2025

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:27:00 -0000

Brett Phillips once again is in Miami, as the Miami Open wraps up for another year, with Tournament Director James Blake a special guest, Daria Kasatkina is on the agenda, Tennis Victoria Premier League with Chanchai Sookton Eng, UTR/PTT preview with Tim Connolly at Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Lachlan Puyol is back with our college segment with the latest Aussie results.

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The First Serve - The Push - S02 E02

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:18:00 -0000

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for epside two for2025 with hosts Tim Connolly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and quad pro Heath Davidson OAM. Special guest for this episode is Dana Mathewson, the first American to win a grand slam title in wheelchair tennis, who retired in 2024. A great listen.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E02

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:33:00 -0000

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode two for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they discuss the very important role of the parent, fielding questions from parents themselves and lean on the expertise of psychologist Hamish McMaster.

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The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E01

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:28:00 -0000

The Junior Journey is back monthly for 2025 with Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. The two coaches kick off a new year posing the question what is more important in junior tennis - results or development? - Sit back and tune in.

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The First Serve - Adam Walton into the 4th Round in Miami - 24.03.2025

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:51:00 -0000

Tune into Aussie Adam Walton, the beneficiary of being a lucky loser, who is now through to the 4th round of the Miami Open after defeat Coleman Wong (WC) of Hong Kong 7-6, 4-6, 6-4. To now play American Taylor Fritz (3) for a place in the QF's.

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The First Serve - Alex de Minaur into the 4th Round in Miami - 24.03.2025

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:47:00 -0000

Alex de Minaur (10) wears down rising Brazilian star Joao Fonseca to reach the 4th round of the Miami Open 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Now sets up a date with Italian Matteo Berrettini.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 9 - 24-03-2025

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:00:00 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie duo Matt Harper at Virginia Tech and Josh Cooper at East Central Community College

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The First Serve - Scott Windus from Laykold - 24.03.2025

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:56:00 -0000

Aussie Scott Windus is the Development Manager of Laykold, the official court surface supplier of the US Open, also in Miami and this year for the first time acquiring Indian Wells. A fascinating indepth chat.

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The First Serve - Simon Rea, Game Analysis TA - 24.03.2025

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:51:00 -0000

Head of Game Analysis at Tennis Austalia, Simon Rea joins Brett Phillips in Miami to talk about his role.

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The First Serve - Full Show - 24-03-2025

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:29:00 -0000

Brett Phillips is live in Miami at the ATP/WTA 1000 Miami Open, catching up with the Aussies - Alex de Minaur, Jordan Thompson, Adam Walton, Alexei Popyrin, Rinky Hijikata, Tristan Schoolkate and Kimberly Birrell. Other special guests include Simon Rea - Head of Game Analysis at Tennis Australia and Scott Windus - Development Manager of Laykold, official court surface supplier of the Sunshine Double and US Open + more and our college segment with Lachlan Puyol chats to Aussies Matt Harper at Virginia Tech and Josh Cooper at East Central Community College

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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E02

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:35:00 -0000

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 2 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this second episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie James Tobin, Head Men's and Women's Coach at St. Louis University and Aussie student in his senior year at Cornell University Jack McCarthy

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The First Serve - Aussie Wrap Day 4 in Miami - 21.03.2025

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 02:31:00 -0000

Aussie quartet Nick Kygrios, Kimberly Birrell, Rinky Hijikata and Tristan Schoolkate all bowed out in the 2nd round of the Miami Open to seeded players. Kygrios to Karen Khachanov (22) 7-6, 6-0, Birrell to Marta Kostyuk (23) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, Hijikata to Novak Djokovic (4) 6-0, 7-6 and Schoolkate to Felix Auger Aliassime 6-4, 6-4. The latter three sat down with Brett Phillips to dissect their performances.

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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E02

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:51:00 -0000

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for episode two of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode a look into the recent Australian Pro Tour events, a doping discussion, player and tournament of the month and special guest is Czech pro Gabriella Knutson who has a great story to tell

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The First Serve - Tennis in QLD: S01 E08

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 02:16:00 -0000

Our latest Tennis in QLD episode with host Adon Kronk chats to recently retired Calum Puttergill from the sunny coast. The 31 year old had a fascinating journey on court playing 473 singles matches and 376 doubles matches (10 titles) across the ITF/Challenger tours and has now transitioned to coaching. A fascinating chat.

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The First Serve - Jordan Thompson in Miami - 20-03-2025

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:46:00 -0000

Jordan Thompson chats to Brett Phillips after his come from behind win over American Marcos Giron in the opening round of the Miami Open 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Next he plays big serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard who he has defeated in their two previous encounters.

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The First Serve - Tristan Schoolkate in Miami - 19-03-2025

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 01:35:00 -0000

Brett Phillips catches up with Aussie qualifier Tristan Schoolkate after he recorded his first ATP Tour win and first at Masters 1000 level at the Miami Open defeating American Ethan Quinn 6-2, 6-0 to edge closer to the top 100 - at 117 Live.

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The First Serve - Kimberly Birrell in Miami - 19-03-2025

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 01:24:00 -0000

Aussie Number 1 female player Kimberly Birrell joined Brett Phillips in Miami after recording her finest win on the road, a come from behind victory over world number 38 Anastasia Potapova to advance to a 2nd round a match up with world number 29 Marta Kostyuk. Kim pushes up to a career high 60 in the WTA rankings.

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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 8 - 17-03-2025

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:08:11 -0000

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie trio Maddy Schwarz who is at Western Carolina University, Casey Hoole at University of South Carolina and Matthew Burton at the University of Oregon.

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The First Serve - Tennis Victoria Premier League Preview - 17-03-2025

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:00:49 -0000

Aussie pro Jaimee Fourlis joins Brett Phillips to preview the Tennis Victoria Premier League season.

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