The First Serve

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

This seventh ep of the year, sees Tim and Lucy chatting about Inclusion week and the different activities going on around the world that Federation's use to grow awareness of all ablities sport. Also the importance of sport and how it makes a difference to people who face challengers in their lives.

Also the recent World Team Cup, future tournaments coming up as well as Lucy's plan for growing female Wheelchair tennis participation.

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Episode 9 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 in their final episode of the year talk through their 2026 reflections of what they have learnt from their great cast of guests and players, parents and coaches.

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Aussie reporter Dave Marshall joins Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live from the ATP 250 Almaty Open.

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Cristian Van de Wyngard from Sydney Beach Tennis School joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to talk about the growth of Beach Tennis in Australia and in particuarly the Beach Tennis community he is part of in Sydney.

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Racket Business (which you can subscribe for free to) is the only publication in the USA that holds the USTA's Feet to the Fire.

Founder Rich Neyer joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to chat through topics including Craig Tiley's arrival as CEO of the USTA and the health of the game in America, plus the WTA's financial woes and a look at Padel's influence.

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Tim Connelly - Manager of Hume Tennis and Community Centre - Australia's Wheelchair tennis hub and doubling up coaching 17 year old Aussie star in the Quads Jin Woodman joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live after Jin's 4th WC 500 title of the year in France.

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Well known Melbourne Tennis Coach Peter Dellavedova joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to give some insight into his son Matt's big year on the World Tennis Tour where he has won 9 titles as he climbs the tennis ladder.

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Brett Phillips was back with another big show recapping the Men's and Women's 1000's in Shanghai and Wuhan, plus Peter Dellavedova, father of Aussie Matt who has won 96 matches in 2026 trying to climb the tennis ladder, the coach of 17 year old Aussie Wheelchair star Jin Woodman, Tim Connelly joined us on the back of Jin winning his fourth WC 500 tournament this year, Aussie tennis reporter Dave Marshall live at the ATP 250 Almaty Open in Kazakhstan, Rich Neyer, Founder and Editor of Racket Business, holding the USTA's fee to the fire and Cristian Van De Wygard from Sydney Beach Tennis School.

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Lachlan Puyol is back with S4, E9 of Play USA thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways. Lachlan catches up with Aussie Vincent Gazzini from Melbourne who is his Sophmore Year at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee

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In this eighth episode of the year host Adon Kronk from KT Academy on the Sunshine Coast, chats to Lachlan Puyol from our Play USA College Podcast about the history of Queenslanders who have played college tennis.

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