The First Serve

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 [email protected]

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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 news and Chris Kachel tells about a big function coming up to honour Mark Edmonson, the last Aussie man to win the Australian Open.

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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'

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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.

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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.

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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.

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