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Pickleball v Tennis

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 [http://www.kingstonpickleballcentre.com]. The post Pickleball v Tennis [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup/2025/01/30/pickleball-v-tennis/] appeared first on Hit Me Up [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup].

Kate Robinson, artist and tennis fan talks tennis fashion

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 [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup/2025/01/30/kate-robinson-artist-and-tennis-fan-talks-tennis-fashion/] appeared first on Hit Me Up [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup].

Soupy brings us racquet sports you didn’t know you needed to know about

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 [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup/2025/01/23/soupy-brings-us-racquet-sports-you-didnt-know-you-needed-to-know-about/] appeared first on Hit Me Up [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup].

Playing to Survive: Hitler vs Von Cramm – the incredible true story of a German tennis champion

Host Demetra Giannakopoulos speaks with writer and director Annette Baumeister, about her documentary Playing to Survive: Hitler vs von Cramm [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33396423/] 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 [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup/2025/01/23/playing-to-survive-hitler-vs-von-cramm-the-incredible-true-story-of-a-german-tennis-champion/] appeared first on Hit Me Up [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup].

Rowen D’Souza President of the GLTA explains the Lawn Tennis Associations review of trans inclusion in British tennis

Rowen D’Souza is the President of the GLTA [https://glta.net/], 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 [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup/2025/01/16/rowen-dsouza-president-of-the-glta-explains-the-lawn-tennis-associations-review-of-trans-inclusion-in-british-tennis/] appeared first on Hit Me Up [https://joy.org.au/hitmeup].