The First Serve

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 great chat about her journey in tennis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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

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 tennis in Turkey with our 'The Push' podcast team. Lachlan Puyol presents our weekly College segment chatting to Aussies Catherine Aulia and Eddie Winter and a preview of our Padel Pow Wow Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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, 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

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 controversy, Alex de Minaur in reflection after his round 1 win, thefirstserve.com.au senior writer Christian Montegan with the news of the week, Lachlan Puyol with all the college news of the week and a recap of results back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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

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 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

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

Real de Tennis Club Barcelona established in 1899 Historian Pedro Hernandez joined Brett Phillips from the Barcelona Open to shine a light of one of the great tennis clubs in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips presents this edition of the show from Barcelona, after a week spent at the 57th edition of the ATP 500 won by Holger Rune at the formed in 1899 Real Club de Tennis Barcelona. Club Historian Pedro Hernandez and Tournament Director David Ferrer are special guests. Christian Montegan from www.thefirstserve.com.au is on with all the news of the last week, coach/commentator Beti Sekulovski wrap up the 12/14's nationals in Canberra talking to the winners, Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis Pathways has the latest in college news chatting to Aussie trio Eric Padgham, Lachlan Brain and Darcy Nicholls and we wrap the ATP Challenger Tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex de Minaur continues his good claycourt form into the quarter finals in Barcelona and next is a 4th meeting against Carlos Alcaraz. He chats to Brett Phillips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kale Nairn from Hume catches up with the two winners in the past week of the PTT/UTR tournament at Hume Tennis and Community Centre - Kayla McPhee who defeated Belle Thompson 6-1, 6-0 and Scott Jones who defeated Ethan Cook 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Bassett - Director of a new documentary 'Ballkids' lifting the lid on the unsung heroes of the Australian Open joins us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tournament Director Mark Pead joins us to recap the action so far at Australian 12/14's Claycourt National Championships in Canberra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The First Serve's Dale Roberts was in Brisbane to cover the BJK Cup group featuring Australia, Kazakhstan and Colombia to see who would progress to the finals. You will hear from Maya Joint, Kim Birrell and Elena Rybakina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips brings you this weeks show from Barcelona having just arrived for the ATP 500, fresh off a week in Monte Carlo with plenty of reflections. You will hear from Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin after their impressive runs. Away from Monte Carlo, a BJK Cup wrap with Dale Roberts from Brisbane, Tournament Director Mark Pead at the 12/14 Nationals in Canberra, Scott Bassett - Director of the new BallKilds doco, our college segment with Lachlan Puyol chatting to Aussie pair Amy Stevens and Darcy Nicholls and a wrap of the UTR/PTT tournament held at Hume, hearing from winners Kayla McPhee and Scott Jones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex de Minaur chats after a heartbreaking three set loss to Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 4-6, 6-7 in the semi finals of the Monte Carlo Masters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 3 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 third episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie twins from Adelaide Maddie and Chloe Schwarz in their junior year at Western Carolina University and Stephanie Wooten, Head Mens and Women's coach at Weatherford Junior College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex de Minaur after a big Friday in Monte Carlo making the singles semi finals after a 6-0, 6-0 rout of Grigor Dimitrov and then stepping out to play his doubles QF with Jan-Lennard Struff going down to top seeds Pavic/Arevalo in the match tie break. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alexei Popyrin for the third straight day in Monte Carlo, comes out a winner getting his biggest win of the year taking out fourth seed Caser Ruud. He was a break down in the deciding set snd saved match points to prevail 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to now face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the QF's Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex de Minaur has opened his Monte Carlo campaign with a come from behind win over Czech Tomas Machac 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. He will next play Daniil Medvedev in R16. He spoke to Brett Phillips after the win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alexei Popyrin for the first time this year wins back to back matches to advance to the last 16 in Monte Carlo after defeating Frances Tiafoe from a set down. He catches up with Brett Phillips not long after. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alexei Popyrin chats to Brett Phillips after a spirit lifting three set comeback win to open his Monte Carlo campaign under the watchful eye of new coaching addition Wayne Ferreira. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips chats to Omar Jasika after a big week combining winning the PTT-UTR tournament at Hume Tennis and Community Centre and winning the clutch rubber to give Kooyong Men victory in the Tennis Victoria Premier League Grand Final. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips chats to coach John Paci from POWA Tennis in Melbourne, who is on the road with aspiring player Tom Neylon playing at the 15K ITF in Monastir Tunisia to give us his insights into that entry level of the sport. 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 Catherine Aulia (University of Tennessee), Tom Garrett (Jones College) and Jake Bucek (Copiah-Lincoln Community 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

Brett Phillips chats to Marc Maury, former French athlete and long court announcer most famous at Roland Garros . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips chats to Melanie-Antoinette de Massy - President of the Tennis Federation of Monaco, the Monte Carlo Country Club and the ATP 1000 Monte Carlo Masters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips catches up with British Tennis Journalist and Broadcaster Simon Cambers in Monte Carlo to give us his insights into this iconic setting, plus his take on the PPTA and the top players asking the grand slams for a bigger piece of the revenue pie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips chats to Alex de Minaur, coming off playing the Universal Tennis Showdown (UTS) and ahead of his Monte Carlo campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips chats to Jordan Thompson after his first round win over Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard in Monte Carlo where he is 4-4 against the Frenchman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is in Monte Carlo for this edition of the show for the 118th edition of the ATP 1000 Monte Carlo Masters. Guests include Melanie Antoinette De Massy (President of the tournament, the Monte Carlo Country Club and the Monaco Tennis Federation), former French athlete and long time court announcer Marc Maury, Aussie duo Jan Thompson and Alex de Minaur, Novak Djokovic and British Tennis Journalist Simon Cambers. Away from Monte Carlo, our own Connor Joyce goes inside the ATP 250 in Marrakech where he been the past week, our College segment with Lachlan Puyol featuring Aussie trio Catherine Aulia, Tom Garrett and Jake Bucek and Omar Jasika after completing a big week winning the PTT/UTR at Hume and steering Kooyong home to victory to win the Tennis Victoria Premier League. 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 Elijah Chan and Chloe Schwarz. 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

Tim Connolly, host of our wheelchair podcast - The Push reflects on the latest episode with Dana Mathewson and previews the upcoming UTR PTT events at Hume Tennis and Community Centre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices