The First Serve

Chris O'Connell in one his finest performances takes down Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aussie Aleksandar Vukic is through to the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 Toronto, Canada after taking down former world number eight and 31st seed Cam Norrie of GB - 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-3. 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 again with Derek Pham - Oklahoma State University and David Hodge - Coach of Team Australia at the FISU World University Ganes in Germany 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, contact Lachlan Puyol at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean A'Hearn wraps the latest Tennis Victoria State Grade action including special guest Chanchai Sookton-Eng from Fawkner Tennis Club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Washington DC 500 Volunteer Manager Jennifer Gregg spoke to The First Serve Live on the ground, going behind the scenes at the tournament and what it takes to put it together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We featured Mark Ein, Chair of the ATP/WTA 500 Washington tournament on The First Serve Live talking to the assembled media on the ground starting off with the facilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode four of 2025 with hosts Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) and Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they chat the most recent results on the Australian Padel Tour, news on the Aussie Crocs upcoming and the latest on more clubs opening up around Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips wraps up a big week spent at the ATP/WTA 500 in Washington and an Aussie win to Alex de Minaur, also going behind the scenes with Chair of the tournament Mark Ein and volunteer manager Jennifer Gregg. The honour roll from the other events played, news of the week off court, the latest from Round 11 of Tennis Victoria State Grade with Sean A'Hearn with special guest Chanchai Sookton Eng from Fawkner and our weekly college segment with Lachlan Puyol reflecting on the World University games with Derek Pham - Oklahoma State University and David Hodge - Coach of Team Australia at the FISU World University Ganes in Germany Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex de Minaur makes it three consecutive wins to advance to the semi finals of the ATP 500 Washington after a 6-4, 6-4 victory over American Brandon Nakashima. He will face French lucky loser Corentin Moutet for a place in the final who took down Daniil Medvedev. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 4 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. Feature guest for this episode is Aussie Donna Kelso, a trailblazer in the women's officiating space in tennis. Currently a WTA Supervisor, but we trace her journey all the way back to being a chair umpire and before that about how she entered the sport. A great insightful chat to a crucial behind the scenes role in this vast global sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex de Minaur in the hottest conditions of the week so far has advanced to his 51st tour level Quarter Final with a 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-4 win over Czech Jiri Lehecka at the ATP 500 Washington. Hear his inner thoughts on the match and his game overall as he keep working on the things to improve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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, contact Lachlan Puyol at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 with the latest Tennis Victoria State Grade wrap, Kale Nairn wraps the latest PTT UTR event in Brisbane and Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis Pathways with the latest college news featuring Jeremy Jin and Ashley Fisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the training environment and a winners mindset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 stocktake) you will hear . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 journey as well as the Player and Tournament of the month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 tennis, Sean A'Hearn with a wrap of Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 9, Lachlan Puyol with our weekly college segment with guests Oliver Good - Head Men’s Coach at Idaho State University on the rise of Patrik Trhav (USA)- Jack McCarthy - Transferring to The University of Southern California after graduating from Cornell University plus the other tennis news and results of the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss the fourth-round match between Jordan Thompson and Taylor Fritz and Thommo's retirement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through day 6 and preview Alex de Minaur vs Novak Djokovic, with thoughts from each. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss all the action from day 5 at Wimbledon, plus Jordan Thompson's thoughts after his round three victory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips take you through all the headlines from day four at the Championships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 6 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 sixth episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie Jordan Szabo, Head Women's Coach at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear from Jordan Thompson after his epic five-set victory, before Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips recap Thomo's incredible effort, plus all the Aussie doubles action and global singles results on day three at Wimbledon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips are back from the media centre balcony at the All England Club to review another incredible day of tennis, where four Aussies progressed and a whole lot of big names exited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Wimbledon on Day 1, plus the honour roll of the last week headlined by Aussie Maya Joint, an insight into the backstory of Aussie qualifier James McCabe, a sit down chat with British broadcaster Marcus Buckland who has co written the autobiography of former British player Roger Taylor, all the news back in Australia with a wrap of the 15's Team Championships on the Gold Coast, Tennis Victoria State Grade R8, and our weekly college segment wth Lachlan Puyol with special guest Julian Blainey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips on the grounds in London discuss all the Aussie and global talking points from Day 1 at Wimbledon, with insight from our only Australian winner, Jordan Thompson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 3 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. Feature guest for this episode is Robbie Koenig, former player and coach, who is best know as one of if not the best tennis commentator over the past 20 years. A great insight into his story on and off the court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for epside four for 2025 with hosts Tim Connolly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM. Special guest for this episode is GB's Andy Lapthorne to talk about his amazing wheelchair tennis journey where he has recently been honoured with an MBE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

32 year old Aussie Alex Bolt will feature in his fourth Wimbledon main draw after a comprehensive straight sets win over Spain's Martin Landaluce 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in final round qualifying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 year old Talia Gibson has won through to her first Wimbledon Main Draw defeating tenth seed Argentine Solana Sierra 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 year old Aussie James McCabe appearing in Wimbledon qualifying for the first time is now onto the main draw after defeating fifith seed Marcelo Barrios Vera 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 7-6(7) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices