The First Serve

Welcome to the first episode of The Masters Zone for 2026, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world.

In this edition, a wrap of the MT1000 on the Gold Coast to start the year, the latest world rankings, current World number four Andy Brothers, founder of Tennis Asia and feature guest the one and only Patrick McEnroe.

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

16 year old Mustafa Ege Sik has been the story of the last 48 hours, reported in The Age that Tennis Australia is in a tug of war with the Turkish Federation about his future allegiance. Your reaction in the Mailbag

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

Richard Tattershaw, Global Marketing Director - Sports Group joins The Firsrt Serve Live to talk through the world's oldest tennis court surface manufacturer Laykold celebrating 100 years of inventing and reinventing tennis courts.

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

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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

Co Host of our Junior Journey Podcast Beti Sekulovski on 'The First Serve Live introducing you to Athletes Pavilion - follow on Facebook and Instagram

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

Brett Phillips is back with another big show honouring the champions of the past week, Beti Sekulovski in studio introducing the Athletes Pavillion, Aussie stocktake on tour plus the AGE story on Mustafa Ege Sik, 16 year old Turkish player who Tennis Australia are in a tug of war with the Turkish Federation to secure plus the strong reaction from the tennis community, Laykold, the world's oldest tennis court surface manufacturer celebrating 100 years and the latest College news with Lachlan Puyol from Play USA Tennis Pathways plus plenty more.

Learn more about your...

Michael Logarzo and Beti Sekulovski are back for Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans.

They open 2026 reflecting back on the AO Junior Finals and their key observations tying in their thoughts on player development here in AUS.

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

Commentator Jade Culph from BeIn Sports chats to Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live about the latest week in Brisbane featuring an ATP Challenger and ITF W75.

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

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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

Emily Chesterman from Tennis Victoria wraps up another big Country Week held in Shepparton.

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

A timeline is given as to when current Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley will be announced as the new USTA CEO.

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

Brett Phillips is back with another big show covering the world of tennis. On the menu - Craig Tiley USTA Announcement timeline, Award winning tennis journalist Linda Pearce, Honour roll of champions for the week, Tennis Victoria Country Week wrap, Aussie pro tour wrap with Jade Culph from BeIn Sports, Lachlan Puyol with our Aussies in College segment and much more.

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

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 1 for 2026 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 first episode of 2026, Lachlan chats to Melbourne's Julian Blainey who is in his freshman year at Weatherford College in Texas.

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

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update.

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

On The First Serve Live, Aussie Tom Fancutt spoke about his return to tennis from his ban, taking out the PTT-UTR Gold Coast event

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

The First Serve Live took a look at the Fair Work case going on between Tennis Officials Australia and Tennis Australia.

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

BeIn Sports Commentator Val Febbo joined The First Serve Live to wrap the ATP CH / ITF W75 in Brisbane.

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

The First Serve Live Host Brett Phillips catches up with ESPN's Lautaro Miranda Nunez in Buenos Aires for the ATP 250 and a general chat about South American tennis

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

The First Serve Live on SEN Host Brett Phillips catches up with Petar Jovic (remember the tweener in the AO 1 Point Slam) at the annual TV Country Week in Shepparton.

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

The First Serve Live on Monday on SEN pondering the future of Craig Tiley.

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

The First Serve Live on SEN host Brett Phillips looks back on Australia's loss to Ecuador in the Davis Cup

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

Brett Phillips is back with Episode 2 of The First Serve Live which aired on Monday 9th February on SEN.

On the menu; the future of Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley, Australia's shock Davis Cup loss to Ecuador, the honour roll of champions on tour for the week, former Aussie player turned coach Marinko Matosevic's tell all interview after being investigated by the ITIA. ESPN's Lautaro Miranda Nunez in Buenos Aires on Sth American tennis, Lachlan Puyol is back with the Aussies in College latest and the latest in the Tennis Officials Australia vs. Tennis Australia case before...

Former Australian player turned coach Marinko Matosevic has been under investigation by the International Tennis Integrity Agency since 2024 centred on a prohibited method he used in 2018.

He has taken the decision to walk away from fighting his case and cease all communication with the agency and wanted to tell his story in full as to why.

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

AO Commentator Val Febbo wraps the Australian Open Junior Boys singles final

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

AO Commentator Beti Sekulovsi gives her wrap of the Australian Open Junior Girls singles final.

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

Shane Liyanage, heading up Game Analytics for Team Sabalenka and High Performance coach Clemens Wagner joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live on SEN to discuss Oreco acquiring Data Driven Sports Analytics and what it means for the future of this space in tennis.

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

Lachlan Puyol joined Brett Phillips on Monday Night for our first weekly college segment for the year on The First Serve Live on SEN.

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

The First Serve Live is back for its 18th year on the SEN Radio Network with Brett Phillips in the chair live each Monday Night. The first show post AO 2026 was full of great calls/texts and Brett's reflections on a whole range of topics in Australian tennis and abroad plus a feature chat with Shane Liyanage (Team Sabalenka) and Clemens Wagner (coaching Claire Liu) re Data Analytics and our college segment with Lachlan Puyol.

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

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode eight 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.

This final edition of 2025 edition comes to you from the final padel event of the year at Docklands in Melbourne, as the guys also look ahead to a big January of Padel events in Australia and reveal more and more new clubs opening around Australia.

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

Welcome to the fifth episode of The Masters Zone, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world.

In the final edition for 2025, Tim travelled to Hong Kong (MT 700) speaking with Hong Kong tournament director Terence Lau, players Frans Grimberger from Denmark, Pascal Feydeo and Philippe Gely from France and Sulev Alajoe from Estonia and also made the trip to Yarrawonga (MT 700) in Victoria chatting with Tennis Australia official Mike Evans and players Stu McCurdy and Kim Summerill.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Welcome to Episode 8 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 leading Australian historian Richard Naughton who goes inside the history of the Australian Open.

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

Chris Kachel jumped on 'The First Serve Live' to let everyone know of a tribute luncheon coming up to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Mark Edmonson being the last home Aussie mens grand slam champion.

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

Each week on The First Serve, we present The State of Play, going inside the Australian tennis landscape and what our future looks like on the world stage. For our final show of 2025 included is a chat with 19 year old Jarrod Joyce who has an ATP Ranking having earned two ATP points, but has decided to leave tennis for football. He shares his story.

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

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news, featuring Aussie Sam Simmonds whohas committed to Saint Mary’s College of California in the Spring

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

Learn more about your ad...

Brett Phillips is back for the final show of 2025 from Bolonga following an unbelievable Davis Cup win for Italy.

A look back at the year on the road that started in Buenos Aires, ending in Bologna, where thefirstserve.com.au's Christian Montegan joins Brett to take a close look at the Davis Cup week. The State of Play is back with feature guest 19 year old Jarrod Joyce who has turned his back on tennis for footy. Part 2 of our chat with Carol Lee, creating history from the Northern Mariana Islands. Lachlan Puyol with the latest Aussie college...

Part 2 of 23 year old Carol Lee creating history from the Northern Mariana Islands has had a breakout year on tour. She joined Brett Phillips on 'The First Serve Live'

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

www.thefirstserve.com.au Senior Writer Christian Montegan joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to wrap up the Davis Cup week in Bologna.

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

It has been a big year on the road for The First Serve, following and covering the tour. Relive a compilation of the best of 'The First Serve Live' heard each Monday Night on SEN with Brett Phillips.

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

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode eight for 2025 with hosts Tim Connelly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open and Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM. 

Tim and Heath are at the ITF Wheelchair Masters in China as they record just prior to Heath competing in the doubles final. They are joined by Heath's long time coach Marco Percy.

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

ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi spoke to the media at the ATP Finals in Turin also to The First Serve Live about the big topics in tennis.

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