On this week's Serve and Volley, we're looking at the latest round of tournaments and the winners and losers for that, a German superstar in the making (or is he?), and wondering whether brattiness gets you anywhere in tennis.

THE BASELINE: ATP and WTA events in Miami, Fognini winning in Monte Carlo, Great Britain returning to the World Group in the Fed Cup.

BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS: What's going wrong for Sascha Zverev? Is he a Grand Slam champion in the making? Or is he failing to fulfil his potential?

COURTING CONTROVERSIES: Who is the biggest wasted talent in the mens and womens' games? 

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Presented by Nick Hilton and Pavel Linshits.

Produced by Nick Hilton.

On this week's Serve and Volley, Pavel Linshits and Nick Hilton are looking back over two weeks of Indian Wells, an ever rising Ukrainian star, and controversy stoked by Nadal's withdrawal

THE BASELINE: What were the big successes and failures at Indian Wells? What does Chris Kermode's ousting as ATP CEO mean for the future of men's tennis?

BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS: This week we're looking at Elina Svitolina. Does she have what it takes to challenge for Grand Slams in 2019?

COURTING CONTROVERSY: With Nadal pulling out of his eagerly awaited match-up with Federer, is there anything that can be done to stop withdrawals from ruining the tennis spectacle?

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Presented by Nick Hilton and Pavel Linshits.

Produced by Nick Hilton.

On this week's Serve and Volley, Nick Hilton and Pavel Linshits are back to discuss the last week in tennis and a couple of juicy controversial subjects.

THE BASELINE: starting with Gael Monfils' win in Rotterdam and taking in Dan Evans' run in Delray Beach and Naomi Osaka's break with coach Sascha Bajin.

BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS: This week we're looking at Nick Kyrgios. One of the games most exciting players or a squandered talent?

COURTING CONTROVERSY: Is the Davis Cup revamp a good or bad thing? Has Gerard Pique ruined tennis?

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Presented by Nick Hilton and Pavel Linshits.

Produced by Nick Hilton.

On this week's Serve and Volley, Nick Hilton and Pavel Linshits are runnings over the big stories from the last week and debating the contentious issue of court surfaces.

THE BASELINE: Bad line-calls in the Fed Cup match between GB and Greece, news from Montpellier, and a look ahead to Rotterdam and Dubai.

BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS: Naomi Osaka: the big new thing in the women's game? What are her strengths and weaknesses? Can she dominate for the rest of the year?

COURTING CONTROVERSY: What's the best surface for tennis? Pavel rails against clay which Nick tries to fight its corner. Does the French Open have the best record of good players being rewarded, or is the wildcard nature of the hardcourt season better?

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Presented by Nick Hilton and Pavel Linshits.

Produced by Nick Hilton.

On this week's Serve and Volley, Nick and Pavel are looking back at the 2019 AO, ahead at the rise of a new Greek star, and debating the conclusion to Grand Slam matches.

THE BASELINE: Was the 2019 Australian Open a good tournament? What does the dominance of Nadal and Djokovic say? Is Tsitsipas the NextGen on the charge? How good was the Osaka/Kvitova final? And will Osaka and Djokovic dominate 2019?

BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS: Stefanos Tsitsipas, the next big star? What do we think of his game? And his personality?!

COURTING CONTROVERSY: Should Grand Slams be introducing final set tie-breaks? Should the slams be uniform? What has the tie-break changes meant for Doubles? Is the game veering towards too much of a populist format?

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Presented by Nick Hilton and Pavel Linshits.

Produced by Nick Hilton.