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Tina Bianchi and Sandy Lutersz share why they have embraced pickleball as their favourite sport, explain how you can play pickleball with little prior experience, seeing smiles on young and old alike from the moment they pick up a pickleball paddle, their own personal successes on the pickleball court, and following their dreams of setting up their own pickleball centre . The post Pickleball v Ten...

Kate Robinson shares with us her favourite tennis fashions of the recent past, Serena Williams iconic outfits, and casts her discerning eye over the hits and misses in the players’s kits at the 2025 Australian Open. The post Kate Robinson, artist and tennis fan talks tennis fashion appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Soupy JOY presenter delights us with a variety of racquet and tennis themed sports that you never knew existed. Anyone for racquetlon? The post Soupy brings us racquet sports you didn’t know you needed to know about appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos speaks with writer and director Annette Baumeister, about her documentary Playing to Survive: Hitler vs von Cramm about the true story of Baron Gottfried von Cramm, a gay German tennis champion of the 1930s and 1940s. Annette’s film provides a detailed and enthralling account using a combination of archive footage, narration by Pierce Brosnan, animation, and interviews...

Rowen D’Souza is the President of the GLTA , and a global LGBT sanctioning body for tennis tournaments for the LGBT community. The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) recently reviewed its policy about trans inclusion in British tennis. Rowen and host Demetra reflect of what are the wider implications for this decision, how does it compare to Tennis Australia’s policy and what other options are possible...

Lowana Williams joins host Demetra Giannakopoulos to discuss whether women should play 5-set matches in Grand Slams. This question is often raised to be critical of equal pay between men and women at Grand Slams where women play best of 3-sets and men play best of 5-sets. You will be surprised what wider issues of discrimination this simple question actually reflects about women’s sports. The post...

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos speaks with TJ, the President of Hobart Hotties , and Brendon Oliver-Ewen, about creating a safe and welcoming space for LGBTIQ tennis players in Tasmania, Australia. They talk about how both experienced and beginner tennis players show the love of the game and TJ and Bredon tell us what they learn from playing tennis that helps them deal with life. The post Hobart Out...

Soupy, JOY presenter, challenges Demetra on her tennis trivia knowledge. The post Did you know THIS about tennis? appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Dr Catriona Nguyen-Robertson from Science Queeries explains the science of tennis racquets, ball flight and how this knowledge will improve your tennis.   The post The science of tennis appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Dr Sally Ride was the first American woman astronaut. But did you know that her initial career path was to be a professional tennis player? Dr Cartriona Nguyen-Robertson from JOY show Science Queeries tells us about this remarkable woman and her legacy. And yep, she was a science “queerie” too. The post Dr Sally Ride: From aspiring professional tennis player to astronaut appeared first on Hit Me U...

Demetra speaks with Caroline Maes, a journalist, and tennis fan about meeting the French LGBT community, her involvement with the 2018 Paris Gay Games, and why Rafael Nadal is her favourite player. The post Caroline Maes, journalist, shares with us the French LGBT tennis scene appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos interviews Rowen D’Souza, CEO and President of GLTA , which is the international LGBTIQA+ tennis organisation.  Rowen is also the Founder of the Glam Slam, a tennis tournament celebrating the LGBTIQ community at the Australian Open. Rowen explains why the GLTA is important for queer participation in tennis and how it continues to make it inclusive for women and al...

Conrad, Gina and Alaisdair of Out Takes , Joy Radio’s own LGBTIQA+ film and tv review show, share their favourite tennis films. The post Tennis and culture: Out Takes share their favourite tennis films appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Joel King-Mayne is a familiar voice of JOY Radio including QNN , Gossip Gays, Saturday Weekend Breakfast , and Joy Weekly . Joel also loves to play tennis, and shares with us his tennis journey, triumphs, and how tennis can can teach us life lessons. The post Joel King-Mayne shares his tennis journey. appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos speaks with Karolina Czyż from Poland who is on a mission to encourage Polish lesbians to play more tennis and enter tournaments in Poland and through Europe and how through tennis you can meet the love of your life. Gaybledon Championship Tour “morewomen@GLTAtournaments”   FULL TRANSCRIPT: Host: Demetra Giannakopoulos (DG):   We have a very special guest on Hit Me...

Joel King-Mayne shares the goss about who are the loved-up couples of tennis. The post Tennis and culture – The Couples of Tennis appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos talks with Luke from Checkpoint about tennis video games, the difference with e-sports and remembering Wii Tennis. The post Tennis and culture – Tennis video games with Luke from Checkpoint appeared first on Hit Me Up .

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos talks with Ian Pearson-Brown founder of Pride In Tennis , an organisation dedicated to LGBTQ+ inclusion in British Tennis. Ian who is a tennis coach and played tennis from when he was a child, speaks about starting the inclusion road via football (soccer) and how he has come full circle from joining in homophobic chants as a younger man, to standing on a tennis court wi...