The First Serve

Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of 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 second episode of 2026 is Aussie Marc Sophoulis - High performance tennis coach (Melbourne International Tennis School) but also in another sport - AFL.

He was part of the famous Bryan Brothers team when they would compete in Australia and has coached many pros across his career. It is a great journey documented in this edition from an aspiring player to transforming as a young coach.

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Frances Soyer, Tournament Director of the annual Australian Teams Championships on the Gold Coast joined The First Serve Live to wrap up the 11's and 13's event and looking ahead to the 15's this week.

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Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence joined The First Serve Live in our monthly data chat around the topic ' The validity of the term forced error' and why it is vital to use forced and unforced when developing players.

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It was another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade action. Special guest on The First Serve Live was the captain of the women's team at Royal South Yarra - Neyara Weerawansa to talk through their win over MCC Glen Iris Valley, also sharing her tennis journey

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Injured Australian Jordan Thompson was a feature guest on The First Serve Live with Brett Phillips to discuss a range of topics including his injury status and his thoughts on the future of Australian tennis being one of 11 active Aussie male players who signed a letter sent to Tennis Australia endorsing Sam Groth for a senior leadership position at the governing body.

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Brett Phillips is back with another big show with Wimbledon getting underway. Tennis Broadcaster/Journalist Candy Reid is on the ground at SW19. Feature guest this show is injured Aussie Jordan Thompson, Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence is back 'The validity of the term forced error', Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 8 wrap features Royal South Yarra's Captain Neyara Weerawansa and Francis Soyer, Tournament Director of the Australian Teams Championships updates the 11's/13's results of the last week plus all the other tennis news.

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Welcome to the fourth episode of The Masters Zone for 2026, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world. 

In this edition Tim has the latest news regarding the ITF, feature guest is Aussie Morgan Young, competing in the 50+ category, who will be part of the Australian Men's 50's team at the upcoming world champs in Italy, plus a tournament wrap from the last month, thanks to www.cremoniniclay.com.au

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The State of Play goes inside the Australian Tennis Landscape and what the lie of the land looks like and our future on the world stage. Wayne Goldsmith, coaching expert features and Paul Kilderry - Director of Professional Tennis at Tennis Australia.

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Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 7 was played over the weekend, and special guest this week was 18 year old Evan Vasiliadis from MCC-Glen Iris Valley TC.

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The UTR Professional Tennis Tour latest stop was in Sydney in the last week. Kale Nairn from UTR Sports wraps the action, catching up with mens winner Scott Jones.

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