The First Serve

News of the week with www.thefirstserve.com.au senior writer Christian Montegan kicking off by talking about Alexander Zverev's doping test story where he was picking up his daughter at the airport after testers had told him a timeslot and came at a different time to picking up his daughter.

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The First Serve head of Social Media Connor Joyce on the ground in Madrid joined Brett Phillips for some first time observations from the Caja Magica and the Aussie report card friom week 1.

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Brett Phillips presents this episode of The First Serve live from Madrid and everything was going beautifully until a quarter of the way through the show when Spain suffered a massive power outage that last about 10 hours. Excuse the line quality a little but we managed to keep the show rolling including Connor Joyce with his obserbvations of the week on the ground. Alexander Zverev ELC controversy, Alex de Minaur in reflection after his round 1 win, thefirstserve.com.au senior writer Christian Montegan with the news of the week, Lachlan Puyol with all the college news of the week and a recap of results back home.

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Aussie No 1 Alex de Minaur was clinical in opening his Madrid Masters 1000 campaign with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Italian Lorenzo Sonego. Listen in to his match reflection, plus his thoughts on balls, contrasts of clay court tennis, drop shots, his clay court record, electronic line calling and anti doping procedures.

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Daria Katakana chats to Brett Phillips after her first round win over American Alycia Parks 6-2, 7-5 at the WTA 1000 Madrid Open.

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Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode three for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they review the recent 12/14's National Clay court championships in Canberra, with the narrative of episode one this year - winning vs. development.

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Our latest Tennis in QLD episode with host Adon Kronk chats to a man with one of the best backhands you have seen in Jack Moore playing a key role at the National Tennis Academy in Brisbane and Ellie and Lauren Buckingham from Gladstone Tennis Association on their travels.

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Brett Phillips catches up with Aussie 19 year old Maya Joint after another significanrt step in her young career, qualifying for a 1000 event and winner her first main draw match at that level and also on clay, a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win over Spanish wildcard Carlota Martinez Cirez in Madrid.

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Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie trio Eric Padgham (University of Arizona), Lachlan Brain (University of North Alabama) and Darcy Nicholls (Samford University)

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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Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 catching up with Aussie duo Darcy Nicholls (Samford University) and Amy Stevens (Vanderbilt)

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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