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

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 b...

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 R...

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

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

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

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. Learn more...

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

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. Learn more abou...

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

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 Co...

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 Coll...

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 an...

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

bein Sports Commentator Val Febbo, wraps up the past week of the Australian Pro Tour in Darwin featuring the ITF35. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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...

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

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 structur...

With the Australian Pro Tour spending the fortnight in Darwin, Tennis NT CEO Tania Tandora joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 Ta...

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...

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 cu...

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