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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

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...