The First Serve

27 year old Aussie Priscilla Hon in her 7th attempt has qualified for the Wimbledon Main Draw defeating Canada's Victoria Mboko in dramatic fashion 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode three of 2025 with hosts Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) and Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they review the latest on and court in the last month and have a great chat with feature guest Gareth Keating on a life time in tennis and panel, who has just opened up his own padel club in Brisbane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 year old Aussie Priscilla Hon is one win away from her first ever Wimbledon main draw after a 2nd round qualifying win defeating Switzerland's Leonie Kung 6-1, 6-3. Chatting to Brett Phillips post match Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

32 year old Aussie Alex Bolt is through to the final round of Wimbledon qualifying after a 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-2 victory over American tenth seed Eliot Spizzirri. Chatting to Brett Phillips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 year old Aussie Emerson Jones is one win away from playing in her first Wimbledon main draw after defeating Serbia's Lola Radivojevic 6-4, 6-4 in the 2nd round of qualifying. Chatting to Brett Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 year old Aussie Talia Gibson for the 2nd consecutive year is into the final round of Wimbledon qualies, hoping to go one better after a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands. Chatting to Brett Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 year old Sydneysider James McCabe in his first Wimbledon qualifying campaign is into the final round after a straight sets win over Argentine Roman Burruchaga. Chatting to Brett Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 year old Aussie Li Tu is one away from playing in the main draw of Wimbledon for the first time after saving a 2nd set match point and being down 6-9 in the deciding super tie break. He spoke to Brett Phillips post match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A big Round 7 of State Grade action was played over the weekend. Sean A'Hearn wraps and chats to Peninsula Fire's Stefan Storch 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 Sam Dinneen - going to Pratt Community College in August and Stefan Woolley - Sam's Coach and Director of POWA Tennis. 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

The long standing Australian Teams Championships for Australia's junior talent (11's, 13's and 15's) is taking place on the Gold Coast at KDV Sport. Tournament Director Frances Soyer stopped by for a chat after Monday's play had been washed out and what that meant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the back of the news that Hobart's Domain Tennis Centre has been awarded hosting rights for November's Billie Jean King Cup Playoff between Australia, Portugal and Brazil, CEO of Tennis Tasmania Darren Sturgess joined our Rick Fontyn on what it means for his state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is live as Wimbledon Qualifying is getting underway. The Honour Roll of the past week, Tennis Tasmania CEO Darren Sturgess on Hobart chosen to host the BJK Cup Playoffs, News of the week, 16 year old Aussie Tahlia Kokkinis after winning her first pro singles title, the currency markets thanks to Sports fx if your earning money overseas, Frances Soyer, Tournament Director of the Australian Teams Championships on the Gold Coast, Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis Pathways with our weekly college segment and Sean A'Hearn wraps Round 7 of Tennis Victoria State Grade with guest Stefan Storch from Peninsula Fire Tennis Club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode five for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they chat one on one with Aussie Roisin Gilheany who has been down all three training options in the pathway - an academy, a hybrid or regular conventional schooling. A great chat. 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 Aussie Jordan Szabo, in his first season as women's coach at Auburn 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 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 up Round 6 of the Tennis Victoria State Grade season with a special guest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big edition of the show wrapping up the week on tour, providing a Wimbledon briefing, a look into our latest podcast drops, a Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 6 wrap and the latest college news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our latest Tennis in Queensland episode with host Adon Kronk is a one on one chat with Queensland and Australian coaching legend Gary Stickler. Sit back and enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for episode five of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode, a midway recap, also touching on Ally's adventures navigating doubles signing in, in Italy (that's a story worth hearing to give you the full 'grind' perspective of the tours) and the guys chat Lois Boisson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 5 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 fifth episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie duo Jarryd Chaplin, Associate Head Women's Coach at the University of Georgia. and Alex Despoia from Adelaide who has just graduated from Tyler Junior College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips chats to Tournament Chairman Mark Ein of the annual ATP/WTA 500 in Washington DC who was in Paris at the French Open about life as a tournament director. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kale Nairn wraps week 2 of the first Sydney leg for 2025 of the UTR Professional Tennis Tour chatting to mens winner Jeremy Zhang. 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 Aussie Tennika McGiffin, UTR Manager, Player Relations 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

Brett Phillips brings you this weeks show live from Paris on the back of a epic French Open mens final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner and a drama filled womens final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka hearing from all four post match plus all the news of the week at thefirstserve.com.au, the latest college update with Lachlan Puyol and the latest round of the UTR PTT. 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 Ned Simpson - From Ocean Grove. Committed to Meridian Community College (Mississippi) in August 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

All the latest from Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 6 including special guest Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Clarey is an American sports journalist and author who wrote the biography of Roger Federer 'The Master' and has just released 'The Warrior - Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay. He sat down with Brett Phillips at Roland Garros to chat about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode four for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they review they talk about the best form of training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is live from Roland Garros as we turn the page into week 2 with all the latest from the 2nd major of the year hearing from the top players plus a chat with esteemed journalist and author of 'The Warrior - Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay' Christopher Clarey plus Tennis Victoria State Grade R6 - special guest Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra, Kale Nairn wraps up the latest week of the UTR-PTT series played in Sydney and Lachlan Puyol has our weekly college segment with special guest Ned Simpson - From Ocean Grove who has committed to Meridian Community College (Mississippi) in August. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2024, Matt Ebden and John Peers won the Olympic Gold Medal at Roland Garros. Their 8 match win streak in Paris came to an end today in the 3rd round going down in a tight three set battle 7-6, 4-6, 4-6 to British paur Skupski and Salisbury. They reflected with Brett Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World Number 1 Aussie Junior and top seed Emerson Jones is through to the third round of the Roland Garros Junior Girls draw after a three set win over Czech Vendula Valdmannova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Chatting to Brett Phillips straight after the match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 2 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 Alan Stone, former player in the amateur/professional era and post his career to this day one of the longest serving tennis tv commentators and a great story teller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aussie doubles specialist JP Smith and his partner Fernando Romboli have scored a stirring second round win at Roland Garros defeating local pair Mayot/Caxaux 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 in nearly three hours. in front of packed French crowd. The two 36 year olds chatted to Connor Joyce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daria Kasatkina moves into the 4th round of Roland Garros for a fourth time in her career after defeated tenth seed Paula Badosa 6-1, 7-5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode two of 2025 with hosts Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) and Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they review the latest on court in the last month, go through all the steps to start a padel club and compare Australia to the rest of the world in terms of costs and structure of clubs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alexei Popyrin is into the 4th round of a major for the first time after a straight sets win over Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 at Roland Garros to set up a meeting with American Tommy Paul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Newest Aussie Daria Kasatkina is through to the third round of Roland Garros after a straight sets 6-4, 6-2 win over French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean in the final match of the day on Court Suzanne Lenglen that saw her come into press at midnight chatting about the match, the quality of players in the womens draw and looking ahead to her next opponent Paula Badosa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alexei Popyrin is the first Aussie through to Round 3 of Roland Garros with another straights sets win, this time defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. This will be his first time in the Round of 32 in Paris to play Portugal's Nuno Borges. 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 chat with Aussie Jarryd Chaplin, Assiociate Head Coach at University of Georgia. 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

In Tennis Victoria State Grade over the weekend the Keon Park TC women's team had their first ever victory. Eleanor Schuster was a special guest on The First Serve Live, also chatting about her Samoan heritage as she tries to inspire kids in the Oceania region to play tennis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Walton completed all the Aussies competing in Round 1 of Roland Garros on Tuesday with a five set win over German qualifier Maximilian Marterer - 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, just his 2nd main draw win at a major and first in Paris. Chatting with Brett Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our newest Aussie Daria Kasatkina has navigated her way through the first round of Roland Garros defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Number 1 Aussie Alex de Minaur continues his great streak winning first round matches at the majors, accounting for Serbia's Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 to set up a second round meeting with Kazak Alexander Bublik. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show live from Roland Garros, catching up one on one with a big Aussie contingent including Destanee Aiava, Rinky Hijikata, Tristan Schoolkate, Daria Saville, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, James Duckworth, Olivia Gadecki and Aleksandar Vukic plus Chris Mahoney, coach of Maya Joint, our weekly college wrap with Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis pathways and a Tennis Victoria State Grade Wrap with special guest Eleanor Shubster from Keon Park TC. 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 ITA CEO David Mullins, NJCAA National Tournament Director Rob Hill and Aussie Alex Despoia from Adelaide in his sophmore year at Tyler Junior College 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

Plenty of domestic action as we wrap Tennis Victoria State Grade R3 and PTT-UTR at Hume TC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connor Joyce looks back on the first big final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner fighting for the Italian Open trophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is joined by Connor Joyce from the Foro Italico in Rome to reflect on a fortnight at the Italian Open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips touches on some news items of the week including Kooyong, Laver Cup and State of Australian Tennis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show wrapping up a massive fortnight at the Foro Italico for the Italian Open plus all the latest news of the week, Aussies abroad, Tennis VIC State Grade, PTT UTR latest round, Aussies in College update + more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices