The First Serve

Brett Phillips chats to Tournament Director Andy Reynolds to wrap up the long standing Labour Day weekend Warrnambool Lawn Open.

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Brett Phillips sits down with Aussie doubles player JP Smith after his big week at Indian Wells, where as a late entry made the semi finals of a Masters 1000 for the first time with Brazil's Fernando Romboli

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Former player and long time coach in Australia, Mark Draper who is curently working with Rinky Hijikata and Adam Walton chats to Brett Phillips after the pair were defeated in the 2nd round of Indian Wells about how they are going overall.

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Head of The First Serve digital on the road and writer for www.thefirstserve.com.au Connor Joyce joins Brett Phillips to wrap up a big fortnight at Indian Wells.

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Indian Wells is rated as the best of the 1000 events and BNP Paribas have been long standing naming rights partners. We sat in on the announcement of the extension of the partnership hearing from Jose Placido CEO of BNP Paribas USA, Tommy Haas Tournament Director, Peggy Micheals Asst Tournament Director and Patrick McEnroe head of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show on the road wrapping up Indian Wells and the big wins to Mirra Andreeva and Jack Draper, also going behind the scenes with the annoucement of title sponsor BNP Paribas extending for a further five years, The First Serve's social view with Connor Joyce, Aussie JP Smith also joins from the desert after his run to the mens doubles semis, Aussie coach of Rinky Hijikata and Adam Walton Mark Draper has a chat and away from Indian Wells Andy Reynolds Tournament Director wraps up the Labour Day weekend Warrnambool Open, Jaimee Fourlis previews Tennis Victoria Premier League and Lachlan Puyol has our weekly college segment.

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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 Jack McCarthy from the Gold Coast who is at Cornell University in Upstate New York in his senior year

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 goes one on one with Indian Tennis legend Rohan Bopanna, still playing at the highest level at 45 and his inner thoughts on the state of play with the game of doubles at pro level and its future.

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Aussie tennis legend Mark Wooforde joined the show to reflect on the passing of another tennis legend in Fred Stolle.

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Brett Phillips sits down with Aussies Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin, Adam Walton, Rinky Hijikata, Chris O'Connell and Kimberly Birrell after their matches at Indian Wells in Week 1.

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