The First Serve

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. 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 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. Play USA Tennis Pathways supports athletes who want to go down the college pathway, assisting players to get recruited to a college that me...

Sean A'Hearn wraps the latest Tennis Victoria State Grade action including special guest Miranda Poile from Grace Park Hawthorn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kale Nairn with special guest Stefan Storch review the latest PTT-UTR Australia round in Brisbane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

At Wimbledon, Brett Phillips sat down with British Broadcaster Marcus Buckland who co wrote Roger Taylor - The Official Autobiography, the man who saved Wimbledon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 s...

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through the final day at Wimbledon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through the two mens semifinals, as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner reached the final. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss all the day 10 singles action, plus the Aussie junior results, and predict the 2025 Wimbledon finalists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 j...

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

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

Brett Phillips and Connor Joyce wrap up all the Day 8 action at Wimbledon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 tenn...