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Wrexham Ready

The ITF World Tennis tour is coming to Wrexham. It’s the biggest women’s tennis event in the UK outside of the grass court season. As well as players ranked in the top 100 in the world, the Lexus Wrexham Open will bring a festival of events and activities across the Wrexham and North Wales community. Listen in to learn all about the events, the players, and the personalities that are bringing such a prestigious event to Wrexham, giving you the chance to watch world class tennis on your doorstep.

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00:15:22

Finals Day

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/27

The Lexus Wrexham Open 2025 ended with a Welsh Fairytale as Mimi Xu took home both the Single's and Double's titles. It was an incredible week displaying some of the top women's tennis and the finals were no different. Join Rose as she wraps up the week by chatting to Mimi and Ella after the Double's Final to hear their thoughts on the week and as they look ahead to next week in Glasgow. Beth Heath, from Shropshire Festivals, chats through the week's events and describes the

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00:17:33

Semifinals

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/26

The final day of the Lexus Wrexham Open is upon us and we have what many would describe as the perfect final - Mika Stojsavljovic vs Mimi Xu. The two teenagers will take to the stage at the Wrexham Tennis and Padel Centre this afternoon and battle for the trophy. We spoke to both players to hear their thoughts following their semifinals and looking ahead to their final today.We also chat to commentator Alex Hyman to get his views ahead of today's match and to get some analysis from the two

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00:31:37

Quarterfinals

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/25

After a busy day at the Wrexham Tennis and Padel Centre yesterday with five matches on the Show Court, the final four at the Lexus Wrexham Open have been decided and who would have thought at the start of the week that three British players would be playing in the semifinals!Mimi Xu was triumphant over the last remaining seeded player Harmony Tan and will take on fellow Brit Lily Miyazaki who won a fought hard from a set down to Jana Otzipka. The second semifinal is between the sixteen year old Mika

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00:23:37

Second Round

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/24

The quarter finals have been decided following a packed day at the Lexus Wrexham Open with four British players making it through. They aren't playing each other meaning that we could have an all British semi final line up too!In the second round, Lily Miyazaki had a dominant win over the top seed Jessika Ponchet in straight sets, so we chatted to her later on in the podcast to hear how she is feeling this week. Mimi Xu came back from a 5-1 deficit in the first set and showed determination in

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00:26:23

Main Draw Day 2

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/23

The first round is now completed and we're down to the final sixteen competing for the Lexus Wrexham Open title. There are still five Brits left in the draw. Tuesday saw big comeback wins for Mimi Xu and Lily Miyazaki and Rose caught up with Elle McDonald after her straight sets victory against the in form Alicia Dudeney.Yesterday evening was The Tennis Podcast Live at the Grove Park Theatre so we spoke to Matt Roberts and David Law straight after they walked off the stage following a near sell

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00:23:40

Main Draw Day 1

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/22

The main draw kicked off today with many Brits taking the stage at the Lexus Wrexham Open. But before all of the tennis started, Rose went along to the Business Leaders Breakfast at the Ramada Plaza Wrexham to hear some of the inspiring speeches. This included Oli Patrick, host of the Energy Equation Podcast - part of the High Performance Podcast Group - who gave an engaging speech about improving our wellbeing.A full packed day at the Wrexham Tennis and Padel Centre followed so we chatted to

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00:29:07

Sponsors and Players Party

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/21

Wrexham Ready now goes out daily as the Lexus Wrexham Open tournament is underway.Join Rose as we head to Net World Sports Sponsors and Players Party which was kindly sponsored by Ramada Plaza Wrexham and Lanyon Bowdler.We get the first reaction to the draw and chat to many of the different guests who attended, including Iain Bates, Baroness Amanda Sayter president of Tennis Wales, and Sandi Procter LTA President.

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00:49:08

All About Who is Playing

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/10

Join Rose for a different style podcast featuring a round table style conversation with BBC 5 Live commentator, Abigail Johnson, and tournament promoter, Dave Courteen.There is a reflection on previous versions of the Lexus Wrexham Open before we elicit Abigail's expert knowledge to discuss the British players who will be gracing the courts at the Wrexham Tennis and Padel Centre. There is some analysis of the other stand out players on the acceptance list. There are some great stories as gracing

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00:42:22

All About Finals Day

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/10/03

Episode ten and with just two weeks until the Lexus Wrexham Open starts we focus on why Finals Day will be arguably one of the best days of the week. Listen along to hear from key sponsor Steven Hesketh of Hotel Wrexham as he reminisces on how much he loved tennis growing up and thinks that the Lexus Wrexham Open will reignite that passion. Beth Heath is the Director of Fun at Shropshire Festivals (who wouldn’t want that job title?!) leads the team who do all the incredible behind the scenes work

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00:37:25

All About The Tennis Podcast

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/09/26

The Wrexham Ready Podcast meets The Tennis Podcast! Host Rose Courteen chats to Catherine Whitaker and hears the story of the Tennis Podcast before Catherine and co - presenters David Law and Matt Roberts come to The Grove Park Theatre on Wednesday 22nd October during the Lexus Wrexham Open week.The Tennis Podcast tackles hot topics and discusses the big issues within the tennis world and so Rose and Catherine’s discuss some of the inequalities in tennis currently.They debate the scheduling at the

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00:54:14

All About the Businesses

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/09/19

Like all sports events, sponsors are a core part of ensuring the viability of bringing world class sport to the region. According to research from Sport England, events like the Lexus Wrexham Open will bring £400,000 of benefit to the local economy so there is a mutual benefit for both sponsors and the event. Host Rose Courteen went to the iconic offices of Moneypenny and sat in their treehouse interviewing a number of the thirty odd sponsors who are helping to bring the ITF World Tennis Tour to the

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00:57:12

All About the Players

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/09/12

As we head into the last five weeks before the Lexus Wrexham Open we decided that it would be great to chat to some of the players who will hopefully be gracing the courts at Wrexham in just over a months time. We chat to four different players including our defending champion Sonay Kartal just as she heads over to China to take part in the Billie Jean King Cup team and up and coming Welsh junior Mimi Xu. We also talk to Iain Bates, the head of British Women's tennis about the excitement in

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00:36:44

All About Fitness

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/09/05

Tennis is a sport that is played competitively at elite level for almost 11 months of the year and requires high levels of conditioning. The work put in off court and in the gym is of paramount importance to professional tennis players and in this episode, we look into what that involves especially during a tournament week such as the Lexus Wrexham Open. We head to Total Fitness, Wrexham’s leading health club, which will act as the official player gym throughout the tournament week. We meet with the

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00:52:55

All About the Home of the Lexus Wrexham Open

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/08/29

Excitement is building at the Wrexham Tennis and Padel Centre, as we are just a few weeks away from hosting the ITF World Tennis Tour and the biggest tennis event to ever be hosted in North Wales.In this episode of Wrexham Ready, we meet the team on site and a Trustee of the centre to hear about how this event is perfectly timed coming just months after a major refurbishment programme.We will also learn about what happens behind the scenes to make sure that the infrastructure is in place to

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00:28:44

All About the Volunteers

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/08/22

Join your host, Rose Courteen, at the wonderful Humble and Whole coffee shop and bakery in Rossett, just outside Wrexham where she will be discovering all about volunteering.The Lexus Wrexham Open couldn't be staged without the support of an army of around 80 volunteers who work in a variety of roles including court stewarding, accreditation, and driving the player transport vehicles. Rose talks to Chris Hinks who has volunteered as Transport Manager for many years at this event looking after

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00:31:26

All about Eisteddfod

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/08/15

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. To find out more about the Lexus Wrexham Open click here

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00:41:43

All About Engaging Young People

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/08/08

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

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00:49:56

Episode 1 - All About the ITF World Tennis Tour...

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/08/01

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

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00:01:25

Trailer

Wrexham Ready ·

2025/07/21

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!

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