The Lexus Wrexham Open is proud to be based in Wales and hopes to be part of the country's sporting culture. The Wrexham Ready Podcast team spent the day at the Eisteddfod Festival, soaking up the atmosphere and speaking to people about the event and their pride in being Welsh.

To honour the culture and spirit of the Eisteddfod, part of this podcast is spoken in Welsh.

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The Lexus Wrexham Open is coming to the city in October and there are so many opportunities for young people to get involved. In this episode, we will explore how the event will need ball crew and what training will be involved.

We talk to Wrexham University about their Sports Discovery Day, held in the tournament week, aimed at sixth form students to understand how they can build a career in sports.

There are also conversations about apprenticeships and schools events that will happen while the Lexus Wrexham Open is in the city.

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In this first episode, Wrexham Ready host, Rose Courteen, meets the Lexus Wrexham Open Tournament Director, Richard Joyner, and Chief of Officials, Phil Evans, to learn all about what the ITF World Tennis Tour will bring to Wrexham.

Recorded just after they had both finished working at Wimbledon, Rose also investigates what it is like to work behind the scenes at one of the world's greatest tennis tournaments.

There is also time to chat to Simon Johnson, CEO of Tennis Wales, about what this event means to the Welsh sporting community.

This is the perfect start to our Wrexham Ready podcast and a great way to ensure you are up to date with the biggest indoor womens tennis event in the UK, which will be happening in Wrexham in October 2025.

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The Wrexham Ready Podcast is the official podcast of the Lexus Wrexham Open. The tennis event, taking place from October 19th- October 26th 2025 is the biggest indoor women's tennis event in the UK and is coming to Wrexham for the first time.

This trailer will give you an insight into what you can expect to hear from the rest of the series in the build up to the tournament week.

So follow along to keep up to date with the biggest and most exciting tennis event in North Wales!