The First Serve
The First Serve is your HOME OF TENNIS. Featuring an all year round dedicated weekly two hour 'live' tennis program, the only one of its kind on commercial radio in Australia that is also podcast right here, supported by themed podcasts, a strong online/social media presence and print content via our website - Check out our home at www.thefirstserve.com.au. Heading up The First Serve coverage is leading tennis commentator Brett Phillips. Brett is host of our dedicated two-hour weekly radio show and leading commentator at all the Grand Slams & on the ground at the key tennis...
The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 14: Jannik Sinner is a mental giant
Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through the final day at Wimbledon.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 13: Iga is an all time great
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.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 12: Here we go again
Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through the two mens semifinals, as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner reached the final.
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The First Serve - Live Daily Wimbledon Wrap - Day 11: Rinky's miracle run continues, Anisimova downs the no.1, Swiatek Clinic
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.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 10: Sensational semis are set
Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss all the day 10 singles action, plus the Aussie junior results, and predict the 2025 Wimbledon finalists.
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The First Serve - The Grind S03 E06
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.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 9: Special guest Jedd Zetzer
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.
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The First Serve - Paul McNamee - 07-07-2025
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.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap: Day 8, Djokovic downs Demon, Sinner escapes but for long?
Brett Phillips and Connor Joyce wrap up all the Day 8 action at Wimbledon.
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The First Serve - Full Show - 07-07-2025
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 Pa...
The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 7: Thompson explains his retirement to Fritz
Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss the fourth-round match between Jordan Thompson and Taylor Fritz and Thommo's retirement.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 6: Demon and Djokovic talk round four showdown
Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips talk through day 6 and preview Alex de Minaur vs Novak Djokovic, with thoughts from each.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 5: Thommo continues career best Wimbledon run
Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips discuss all the action from day 5 at Wimbledon, plus Jordan Thompson's thoughts after his round three victory.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 4: Demon, Kasatkina advance amid drama
Connor Joyce and Brett Phillips take you through all the headlines from day four at the Championships.
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The First Serve - Play USA S03 E06
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
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 3: Thomo Ticker
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.
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 2: 4 Aussies Advances, Seeds Fall in Historic Fashion
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.
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The First Serve - Full Show - 30-06-2025
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
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The First Serve - Live Wimbledon Daily Wrap - Day 1: Thompson does it AGAIN, Men's seeds tumble
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.
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The First Serve - Beyond the Tramlines S01 E03
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.
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The First Serve - The Push - S02 E04
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.
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The First Serve - Qualified - Alex Bolt into Wimbledon Main Draw
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.
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The First Serve - Qualified - Talia Gibson into Wimbledon Main Draw
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.
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The First Serve - Qualified - James McCabe into Wimbledon Main Draw
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)
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The First Serve - Qualified - Priscilla Hon into Wimbledon Main Draw
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.
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The First Serve - Padel Pow Wow - S02 E03
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.
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The First Serve - Priscilla Hon Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2
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
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The First Serve - Alex Bolt Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2
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
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The First Serve - Emerson Jones Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2
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.
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The First Serve - Talia Gibson Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2
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.
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The First Serve - James McCabe Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2
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.
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The First Serve - Li Tu Wimbledon Qualifying Round 2
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.
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The First Serve - Tennis Victoria State Grade Wrap - 23-06-2025
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
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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 22 - 23-06-2025
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 playusatennispathways@gmail.com
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The First Serve - Frances Soyer Tournament Director - 23-06-2025
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.
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The First Serve - Darren Sturgess CEO of Tennis Tasmania - 23-06-2025
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.
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The First Serve - Full Show - 23-06-2025
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...
The First Serve - The Junior Journey - S02 E05
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.
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The First Serve - Play USA Tennis Pathways College Segment 21 - 16-06-2025
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 playusatennispathways@gmail.com
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The First Serve - TV State Grade Round 6 Wrap - 16-06-2025
Sean A'Hearn wraps up Round 6 of the Tennis Victoria State Grade season with a special guest.
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