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Wrexham Ready
by Rose Courteen
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.
Episodes
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Weekly Episode 11 - The Countdown is on!
Join Rose for one last weekly episode of the Wrexham Ready Podcast before the 2026 Lexus Wrexham Open. She is joined by Abigail Johnson, BBC 5Live Commentator, Tournament Director Richard Joyner, and Tournament Promoter Dave Courteen. Together they discuss some of the players they are most…
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Weekly Episode 10
Join Rose for another jam-packed episode as she chats to three inspiring women each empowering people in a different way. First she is joined by Kay Gilbert who set up a Facebook Group for 'tennis parents'. Kay saw an opening to help out other parents and created a place for parents of…
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Weekly Episode 9 - One Point Grand
Imagine getting the chance to play a match against a professional... That's the opportunity that 16 amateurs have on Monday 19th October in Wrexham! A series of one point matches with the winner not only winning £1,000, but also flights and accommodation to Australia to take part in the…
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Weekly Episode 8 - Business Breakfast
With just over 3 weeks to go, the excitement is building for the Lexus Wrexham Open 2026! This week, several local businesses and people joined together at the Ramada Plaza in Wrexham for the Business Breakfast, a networking opportunity to involve the local community with the tennis and it was...
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Weekly Episode 7
With the Lexus Wrexham Open 2026 just a month away, there's so much to look forward to! Today Rose chats to Casper Farrimond, head of Sports Psychology at bmindful Psychology. They are sponsoring the Player Recovery Zone at the W100 next month. He explains how psychology for elite players is just...
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Weekly Episode 6
Just over 5 weeks to go until the tournament! On this episode, Rose chats to Gemma Dobson, the Senior Business Manager at Temple Spa about their longstanding sponsorship of the event. She shares some advice on skincare and tells us all about their upcoming Christmas products and a partnership…
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Weekly Episode 5 - US Open
Join Rose as she heads to the US Open!! Whilst a rain delay meant that not many matches were being played, Rose caught up with Iain Bates, the head of British Women's tennis. They chatted about some of Iain's favourite memories at Flushing Meadows and got a couple insights into who to look out…
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Weekly Episode 4 - Carden Park
This week’s episode comes from Carden Park, a luxury country estate just a few miles outside Wrexham and in Cheshire. As well as hosting the “Ultimate Tennis Ball” earlier in the year and part of the build up to the Lexus Wrexham Open, Carden Park are sponsoring the event and have secured the...
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Weekly Episode 3 - Annabel Croft
Join Rose on the latest episode of the Wrexham Ready Podcast as she chats to former British Tennis Player, now broadcaster, Annabel Croft. Annabel had considerable success from a very early age within tennis, but retired early into her career. She tells Rose all about her transition out of the...
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Weekly Episode 2 - Lexus Chester
Join Rose as she heads to Lexus Chester for the second weekly episode in the countdown to the Lexus Wrexham Open 2026. First she chats with Elliot Mitchell, from Lexus Chester, about the brand new Lexus ES, which has landed this month. She finds out more about Lexus's partnership with the LTA...
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Weekly Episode 1 - Net World Sport and Megan Davies
Join Rose as she heads to the headquarters of Net World Sport! She chats to several people, working at the company in a variety of roles ranging from Marketing to Product Development, gaining a real insight into the inner workings of the global business. Then she's accompanied by Marketing…
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July - Wimbledon and Tennis Wales
Rose heads to Wimbledon on this latest episode and chats to Simon Johnson, CEO of Tennis Wales after he watched Lexus Wrexham Open Champion 2025, Mimi Xu at the Championships. She also catches up with LTA Suffolk Councillor, Julia Waters about her experience of Wimbledon and involvement at…
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June - Roland Garros and Birmingham
Listen in to this two part podcast episode where Wrexham Ready goes on tour to Birmingham and Paris! Rose attended the clay court Grand Slam, Roland Garros this week alongside her dad and tournament promoter Dave Courteen. She also caught up with 5 Live commentator, Abigail Johnson to hear her...
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May - City of Culture
Wrexham is bidding to be the UK City of Culture for 2029, and they're sponsoring the Wrexham Ready Podcast!! Rose chats to just a few of the many people involved in the bid including Joanna Knight OBE, Chair of Wrexham Community and Culture Trust who shares her pride for Wrexham. Wrexham is full…
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April - All About the Launch Event
Join Rose as she attends the 2026 Lexus Wrexham Open Launch event. She chats to many of the guests on the panel about their roles within the tournament including Adam Venton from Little Monster Media - the man behind the music for the podcast, and Jim Dorrington from It's all About You…
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March - Commentary Competition
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a tennis commentator? Well school children across Wrexham are invited to do just that! The Lexus Wrexham Open is supporting a brand new Commentary Competition for school children in years 5-8. They can work individually or in groups up to 3 to recreate...
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February - Australian Open Recap
Join Rose for this month's episode as she chats to 5 Live Commentator Abigail Johnson about her experience at Melbourne Park last month. Abigail gives her detailed insight into the highlights of the first Grand Slam of the year, including her unexpected excitement over the 1 Point Slam. She also...
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January - All About Tennis Wales
Join Rose at Bolton Arena where the Lexus Junior International U14's, a Tennis Europe Event, is taking place. To start, she chats to Sandi Procter about her role on the Committee for Tennis Europe and why she loves coming to watch the future stars of the sport in action. Next we discover just how...
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December - All About Christmas
Listen in as Rose chats to a few players as they reflect on their 2025 season and look ahead to 2026. With Christmas just less than a week away we will also find out how tennis players spend Christmas. The players answer a set of quick fire Christmas questions so have a listen to discover what…
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Lexus Wrexham Open 2025 Recap
It's been a few weeks since the incredible Lexus Wrexham Open but we are still buzzing from it! Rose is joined by Tournament Director, Richard Joyner and Tournament Promoter, Dave Courteen as they recap their favourite moments and highlights from Wrexham 2025. They look ahead to changes and...
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Finals Day
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...
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Semifinals
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...
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Quarterfinals
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…
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Second Round
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…
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Main Draw Day 2
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…
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Main Draw Day 1
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...
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Sponsors and Players Party
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...
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All About Who is Playing
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...
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All About Finals Day
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...
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All About The Tennis Podcast
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....
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All About the Businesses
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…
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All About the Players
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…
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All About Fitness
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…
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All About the Home of the Lexus Wrexham Open
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...
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All About the Volunteers
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...
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All about Eisteddfod
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...
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All About Engaging Young People
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...
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All About the ITF World Tennis Tour Coming to Wrexham
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,...
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Trailer
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…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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