The First Serve

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

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 grea...

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

Jordan Thompson chats to Brett Phillips after conquering Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard for a fifth straight time to open his Italian Open campaign. 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 catching up with Aussie duo Catherine Aulia (University of Tennessee) and Edward Winter (Pepperdine University) 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 pla...

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

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

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 ten...

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. Le...

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

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. 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 catching up with Aussie duo Tom Garrett (Jones College) and Violet Apisah (Keiser University - NAIA) 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...

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

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

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 controvers...

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

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

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

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

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. 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 catching up with Aussie trio Eric Padgham (University of Arizona), Lachlan Brain (University of North Alabama) and Darcy Nicholls (Samford University) 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 academ...

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) 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 coa...

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

Senior writer at www.thefirstserve.com.au Christian Montegan joins Brett Phillips to wrap up all the tennis news of the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips catches up with Barcelona Open Tournament Director and former world number four David Ferrer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices