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The First Serve episodes

March 11 The First Serve - Talia Gibson R4 Indian Wells
From Qualifying to the QF's of her first WTA 1000 main draw, courtsey of her first top 10 win defeating 7th seed Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. What a week it continues to be for Aussie 21 year old Talia Gibson.

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5 min
March 10 The First Serve - Rinky Hijikata R3 Indian Wells
The biggest win of the Aussies career. First top 10 scalp in his 13th attempt defeating 10th seed Alexander Bublik from a set down to reach the 4th round of Indian Wells from qualifying and a match up with Britain's Cameron Norrie (27th seed) Also jumps back inside the top 100 at 96 live.

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7 min
March 09 The First Serve - College Segment - 9.3.26
Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update, but this segment is a bit different.

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8 min
March 09 The First Serve - Bob Moran - 9.3.26
Bob Moran is the Tournament Director of the WTA 500 Charleston and ATP/WTA 1000 Cincinnati. He joined The First Serve Live to talk through Charleston offering a record unprecedented 2.5 million in prizemoney this year and the bigger picture of the sport.

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12 min
March 09 The First Serve - Full Show - 09-03-2026
Brett Phillips presents this weeks show from Indian Wells where the Aussies are making their mark, in particular 21 year old Talia Gibson from qualifying to the 4th round. A one on one chat, plus the Aussie and tournament recap so far, the Mailbag returns, Craig Tiley in his new guise as USTA CEO, wrap of the Launceston International on the AUS Pro Tour, The Masters MT 1000/700 at Kooyong Latest, Bob Moran (Tournament Director of WTA 500 Charleston and ATP/WTA 1000 Cincinnati tournaments) and the latest big College news in the US with the White House involved.

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1 hr 24 min
March 09 The First Serve - Talia Gibson R3 Indian Wells
Talia Gibson is continuing to have the best week of her tennis life, reaching the 4th round of Indian Wells after taking down 17th seed Clara Tauson in 3 sets, jumping from 112-85 in the rankings. Next she will Italian 7th seed Jasmine Paolini.

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7 min
March 08 The First Serve - Rinky Hijikata R2 Indian Wells
Rinky Hijikata has pulled off a great come from behind win to continue his journey into R3 at Indian Wells, taking down 20th seed Luciano Darderi of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

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6 min
March 08 The First Serve - Alex de Minaur R2 Indian Wells
Alex de Minaur kicked off his Indian Wells campaign with a hard fought come from behind three set win over American Sebastian Korda to set up a R3 showdown with Brit Cam Norrie.

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9 min
March 07 The First Serve - Ajla Tomljanovic R2 Indian Wells
Ajla Tomljanovic in just over an hour dismantled 30th seed Xinyu Wang to move into R3 of Indian Wells, her 4th win in her last 5 matches.

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6 min
March 07 The First Serve - Talia Gibson Top 100 Indian Wells R2
21 year old Talia Gibson has done it - into the top 100 for the first time in the live rankings after her best win on tour taking down World Number 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round of Indian Wells. Next she will face 17th seed Clara Tauson.

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7 min

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