The First Serve

Brett Phillips was back with another big show in the middle of the ATP/WTA 1000's in Montreal and Toronto. John Millman was a special guest around the hot topic of player development in Australia. Nicholas Scott from 135 Tennis Analytics joined us from the US, our Tennis Victoria segment was back with Olivia Ryan from Grace Park part of a Round 12 recap, PTT-UTR latest from Brisbane, and a chat with Aussie trio Novak Palombo, Sebastian Lavorato and Christopher Manton who finished in third place at the World Tennis 14&U World Junior Finals.

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Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode Six of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt.

In this edition, Ally and Tom catch up with Brazilian pro Ingrid Martins for a fascinating chat about her life on tour and catch up on what has transpired for them both on tour in the last month plus their look back at the newly adopted AO Qualifing Wildcard Playoff held in Brisbane the last three weeks.

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This sixth edition of Padel Pow Wow for 2026 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie, discusses the August-September calendar coming up, including the special Padel Invitational at Sydney Opera House and special guest is Aussie Crocs player Tim Lanyon.

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On The First Serve Live on Monday Night, on the back of 17 year old Cruz Hewitt's breakthrough week in Washington, winning his first ATP Tour match, we received a letter into the show in and around his journey compared to other young Aussies.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show, Alex de Minaur and Cruz Hewitt are on the menu with your feedback, wildcards are on the agenda, the Honour Roll, your letters for the new Tennis Australia CEO Andrew Abdo plus lots of tennis news from another big week in tennis.

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Welcome to the fifth 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 Tim has the latest news/tournament updates regarding the ITF Masters Tour, and feature guest is Thai Born Australian Varatchaya 'Pias' Wongteanchai, former WTA Player, now taking up Masters tennis, thanks to www.cremoniniclay.com.au

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On The First Serve Live, Brett Phillips is joined by Mark Ein, Tournament Owner of the Mubadala DC Open (the only combined ATP/WTA 500 on tour)

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The First Serve Live Host Brett Phillips reinforced his view on Grand Slam Wildcards.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show with the usual ATP/WTA Honour Roll of the week. Plus a look inside the Italian tennis development system with our Junior Journey Podcast host Michael Logarzo, Wildcards Editorial, Your letters to the new TA CEO Andrew Abdo, TV State Grade Round 10 with special guest Alana Parnaby from MCC Glen Iris Valley and Tournament Owner of the ATP/WTA 500 in Washington DC Mark Ein on the eve of the main draw starting and more tennis news through the show.

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On The First Serve Live, Australian Coach Michael Logarzo and co-host of our Junior Journey Podcast reacts with his takeaways on the back of the interview the JJ Podcast did with Donato Campagnoli about the much revered Italian Tennis development system.

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It was another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade action. Special guest on The First Serve Live was Alana Parnaby from MCC Glen Iris Valley TC.

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The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode four for 2026 with hosts Tim Connelly - Tennis Director of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne & Victorian Wheelchair Open, Lucy Shuker, Great Britain's No 1 ranked female player and current No 1 Australian quad player Jin Woodman, sitting in for Heath Davidson OAM.

This fourth ep of the year, is broadcast from the player balcony in the 2nd week of Wimbledon reflecting on the Summer of Wheelchair tennis in the UK and the Wimbledon experience... A great listen.

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Episode 6 of Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' is here talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans.

Your Co Hosts Michael Logarzo and Beti Sekulovski are joined by Donato Campagnoli, one of the leading educators behind Italy's internationally acclaimed player development system. A consultant to the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation (FITP) for more than 20 years, he is an internationally respected coach educator and speaker helping share the philosophy behind Sistema Italia and Italy's rise to the forefront of world tennis.

Checkout - www.hellstennis.com

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It was another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade action, return after a couple of weeks off. Special guest on The First Serve Live was Ken Cavrak from second placed Regent Royals to talk through their season thus far and to also share his tennis journey

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show with the ATP/WTA Honour Roll of the week. Saluting Bernard Tomic, winning his most significant tournament in eight years, our Head Extreme Giveaway winner is announced, special guest in our Tennis Victoria State Grade Wrap is Ken Cavrak from the second placed Regent Royals, the National Tennis Academy in Brisbane is discussed, plus highlighting an article by Javier Palenque - 'The World Cup Final -and the lessons American Tennis Refuses to Learn' plus lots more.

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In this fifth episode of the year host Adon Kronk from KT Academy on the Sunshine Coast, has the latest news from across the state with Jimmy Rapkins from Tennis QLD, chats one on one with Central Queensland's own Jake Alchin, coaching at Sheldon College in Brisbane and chats to author and KT Academy coach Shane Gordon of a new book 'Think like a young Champion'

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Lachlan Puyol is back with S4, E6 of Play USA thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways. Lachlan catches up with Ryan Mounce, Head Men's and Women's Coach at North West Community College in North West Missisippi.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show wrapping up Wimbledon 2026, plus all the tennis news going around.

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This fifth edition of Padel Pow Wow for 2026 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie, discusses all the activity going on within the Australian Calendar, more new clubs opening up, the focus on juniors for the future with Australia set to field teams in the Junior World Championships and plenty of results updated.

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Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode Five of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt.

In this edition, Ally and Tom catch up for a half way wrap of their respective years on tour and their big rankings spike with the fascinating tales that go with travelling and playing on the ITF/Challenger Tours, plus singing the praises of other Aussies grinding away, and their take on the upcoming ITF events in Brisbane to give Aussies a wildcard into AO qualifying and on the ATP's plan to...

Former Australian tennis great Mark Woodforde joined The First Serve Live to share his views on the ATP's proposal to shrink the doubles draws and prizemoney at their tournaments from 2028.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show in the middle of Wimbledon with leading tennis commentator Nick Lester giving his take on the Championships so far. Australian tennis great Mark Woodforde joins to get his view on the ATP's plans to diminish doubles as part of its 2028 Calendar and beyond. Plenty of other tennis news covered home and abroad.

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Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of 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 second episode of 2026 is Aussie Marc Sophoulis - High performance tennis coach (Melbourne International Tennis School) but also in another sport - AFL.

He was part of the famous Bryan Brothers team when they would compete in Australia and has coached many pros across his career. It is a great journey documented in this edition from an aspiring player to transforming as...

Frances Soyer, Tournament Director of the annual Australian Teams Championships on the Gold Coast joined The First Serve Live to wrap up the 11's and 13's event and looking ahead to the 15's this week.

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Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence joined The First Serve Live in our monthly data chat around the topic ' The validity of the term forced error' and why it is vital to use forced and unforced when developing players.

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It was another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade action. Special guest on The First Serve Live was the captain of the women's team at Royal South Yarra - Neyara Weerawansa to talk through their win over MCC Glen Iris Valley, also sharing her tennis journey

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Injured Australian Jordan Thompson was a feature guest on The First Serve Live with Brett Phillips to discuss a range of topics including his injury status and his thoughts on the future of Australian tennis being one of 11 active Aussie male players who signed a letter sent to Tennis Australia endorsing Sam Groth for a senior leadership position at the governing body.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show with Wimbledon getting underway. Tennis Broadcaster/Journalist Candy Reid is on the ground at SW19. Feature guest this show is injured Aussie Jordan Thompson, Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence is back 'The validity of the term forced error', Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 8 wrap features Royal South Yarra's Captain Neyara Weerawansa and Francis Soyer, Tournament Director of the Australian Teams Championships updates the 11's/13's results of the last week plus all the other tennis news.

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Welcome to the fourth 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 Tim has the latest news regarding the ITF, feature guest is Aussie Morgan Young, competing in the 50+ category, who will be part of the Australian Men's 50's team at the upcoming world champs in Italy, plus a tournament wrap from the last month, thanks to www.cremoniniclay.com.au

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The State of Play goes inside the Australian Tennis Landscape and what the lie of the land looks like and our future on the world stage. Wayne Goldsmith, coaching expert features and Paul Kilderry - Director of Professional Tennis at Tennis Australia.

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Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 7 was played over the weekend, and special guest this week was 18 year old Evan Vasiliadis from MCC-Glen Iris Valley TC.

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The UTR Professional Tennis Tour latest stop was in Sydney in the last week. Kale Nairn from UTR Sports wraps the action, catching up with mens winner Scott Jones.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show as Wimbledon qualifying gets underway, recapping the major winners from the last week. The State of Play, going inside the landscape of Australian tennis, Evan Vasiliadis from MCC Glen Iris Valley - Tennis Victoria State Grade R7, UTR-PTT Sydney wrap with Kale Nairn and lots of other tennis news.

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Episode 5 of Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' is here talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans.

Your Co Hosts Michael Logarzo and Beti Sekulovski are joined by Wayne Goldsmith, International sports coaching expert, who has influenced the coaching, thinking and teaching of some of the world's leading athletes, coaches and teams. This is a great for those on the pathway. A must listen.

Wayne Goldsmith - wayne@moregold.com.au, +61 414 712 074 Mobile/Whats App, Substack - https://waynegoldsmith.substack.com/, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-goldsmith-coaching/

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode three for 2026 with hosts Tim Connelly - Tennis Director of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open, Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM and Lucy Shuker, Great Britain's No 1 ranked female player.

This third ep of the year, catches up with the latest with Heath and Lucy on tour, a look back at the French Open, a look ahead to the British swing including Wimbledon where Lucy has a WC and Heath is an alternate and a fascinating chat...

Ryan Bougie co host of our Padel Pow Wow Podcast joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to wrap the big iPadel 500 tournament held in Melbourne over the weekend.

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Another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade, as Breanna Cerasa from Essendon TC joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live

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Aussie pro Matthew Dellavedova has won three consecutive ITF singles titles. His brother Andy, Director/Coach at Dellavedova Tennis Academy in Wonga Park in Melbourne joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to give some insight into his journey.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show including a tour wrap, Serena Williams comeback, Tennis VIC State Grade R6 with Essendon TC's Breanna Cerasa, Andy Dellavedova, Director of Dellavedova Tennis Academy on his brother Matt's three ITF titles in a row, Ryan Bougie co host of our Padel Pow Wow Podcast to wrap the iPadel 500 tournament in Melbourne plus lots of other tennis news of the week featuring Nick Kyrgios, Charlie Camus and Max Purcell

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Lachlan Puyol is back with S4, E5 of Play USA thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways. Lachlan catches up in person with Brooks Buffington who is the head men’s and women’s coach at Jones College in Mississippi. In this episode, all aspects of Junior College tennis are discussed, including the academic and athletic benefits of the junior college pathway, which is a great stepping stone into a four year collegiate career.

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