The First Serve

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Ca...

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 a...

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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...

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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...

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 Wheelc...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

International Tennis Hall of Fame CEO joined The First Serve Live ahead of the induction of Maria Sharapova and Bob/Mike Bryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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...

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'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 spor...

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 T...