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Tina Bianchi and Sandy Lutersz share why they have embraced pickleball as their favourite sport, explain how you can play pickleball with little prior experience, seeing smiles on young and old alike from the moment they pick up a pickleball paddle, their own personal successes on the pickleball court, and following their dreams of setting up their own pickleball centre. The post Pickleball v Tennis appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Kate Robinson shares with us her favourite tennis fashions of the recent past, Serena Williams iconic outfits, and casts her discerning eye over the hits and misses in the players’s kits at the 2025 Australian Open. The post Kate Robinson, artist and tennis fan talks tennis fashion appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Soupy JOY presenter delights us with a variety of racquet and tennis themed sports that you never knew existed. Anyone for racquetlon? The post Soupy brings us racquet sports you didn’t know you needed to know about appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos speaks with writer and director Annette Baumeister, about her documentary Playing to Survive: Hitler vs von Cramm about the true story of Baron Gottfried von Cramm, a gay German tennis champion of the 1930s and 1940s. Annette’s film provides a detailed and enthralling account using a combination of archive footage, narration by Pierce Brosnan, animation, and interviews with tennis legends including Stefan Edberg and Billie Jean King. The documentary reveals how von Cramm refused to join the Nazis, was imprisoned for being gay, was rejected by the tennis establishment including being banned from Wimbledon and the US Open, and yet supported by his rivals on the tennis tour. The post Playing to Survive: Hitler vs Von Cramm – the incredible true story of a German tennis champion appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Rowen D’Souza is the President of the GLTA, and a global LGBT sanctioning body for tennis tournaments for the LGBT community. The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) recently reviewed its policy about trans inclusion in British tennis. Rowen and host Demetra reflect of what are the wider implications for this decision, how does it compare to Tennis Australia’s policy and what other options are possible beyond the binary structure of sport. The post Rowen D’Souza President of the GLTA explains the Lawn Tennis Associations review of trans inclusion in British tennis appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Lowana Williams joins host Demetra Giannakopoulos to discuss whether women should play 5-set matches in Grand Slams. This question is often raised to be critical of equal pay between men and women at Grand Slams where women play best of 3-sets and men play best of 5-sets. You will be surprised what wider issues of discrimination this simple question actually reflects about women’s sports. The post Should women play best of 5-set matches in Grand Slams; another perspective appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos speaks with TJ, the President of Hobart Hotties, and Brendon Oliver-Ewen, about creating a safe and welcoming space for LGBTIQ tennis players in Tasmania, Australia. They talk about how both experienced and beginner tennis players show the love of the game and TJ and Bredon tell us what they learn from playing tennis that helps them deal with life. The post Hobart Out Tennis Club aka Hobart Hotties and their special space for tennis and inclusion appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Soupy, JOY presenter, challenges Demetra on her tennis trivia knowledge. The post Did you know THIS about tennis? appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Dr Catriona Nguyen-Robertson from Science Queeries explains the science of tennis racquets, ball flight and how this knowledge will improve your tennis.   The post The science of tennis appeared first on Hit Me Up.

Dr Sally Ride was the first American woman astronaut. But did you know that her initial career path was to be a professional tennis player? Dr Cartriona Nguyen-Robertson from JOY show Science Queeries tells us about this remarkable woman and her legacy. And yep, she was a science “queerie” too. The post Dr Sally Ride: From aspiring professional tennis player to astronaut appeared first on Hit Me Up.