The First Serve

Daria Kasatkina moves into the 4th round of Roland Garros for a fourth time in her career after defeated tenth seed Paula Badosa 6-1, 7-5.

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Padel Pow Wow is back for episode two of 2025 with hosts Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) and Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they review the latest on court in the last month, go through all the steps to start a padel club and compare Australia to the rest of the world in terms of costs and structure of clubs.

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Alexei Popyrin is into the 4th round of a major for the first time after a straight sets win over Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 at Roland Garros to set up a meeting with American Tommy Paul

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Newest Aussie Daria Kasatkina is through to the third round of Roland Garros after a straight sets 6-4, 6-2 win over French wildcard Leolia Jeanjean in the final match of the day on Court Suzanne Lenglen that saw her come into press at midnight chatting about the match, the quality of players in the womens draw and looking ahead to her next opponent Paula Badosa.

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Alexei Popyrin is the first Aussie through to Round 3 of Roland Garros with another straights sets win, this time defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. This will be his first time in the Round of 32 in Paris to play Portugal's Nuno Borges.

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Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring a chat with Aussie Jarryd Chaplin, Assiociate Head Coach at University of Georgia.

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In Tennis Victoria State Grade over the weekend the Keon Park TC women's team had their first ever victory. Eleanor Schuster was a special guest on The First Serve Live, also chatting about her Samoan heritage as she tries to inspire kids in the Oceania region to play tennis.

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Adam Walton completed all the Aussies competing in Round 1 of Roland Garros on Tuesday with a five set win over German qualifier Maximilian Marterer - 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, just his 2nd main draw win at a major and first in Paris. Chatting with Brett Phillips.

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Our newest Aussie Daria Kasatkina has navigated her way through the first round of Roland Garros defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

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Number 1 Aussie Alex de Minaur continues his great streak winning first round matches at the majors, accounting for Serbia's Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 to set up a second round meeting with Kazak Alexander Bublik.

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