Brooklyn fifth-grader Kayla Moore is a dedicated young tennis player who trains at Gotham Tennis Academy and Stadium Tennis Center in the Bronx. And despite her age, Moore has already set lofty goals for herself as she pursues a tennis career. “My goal is to become a professional tennis player,” said Moore. “And I’m…
While some say, “I don’t take responsibility at all,” others recognize that saying, “we are united”, or, “we are all in this together”, rings hollow and empty when your actions don’t back up your words. We know that wearing a simple mask in public will do very little to protect you, but it will protect others….
Since most points end after the serve (ace, service winner, missed return or double fault), it is extremely important to get your return of serve in play and force the server to hit another shot. Focusing on the basics will make this more likely and will also give you a chance to get the…
CBS will air the World TeamTennis Celebrity All-Star Match Presented by Barefoot Hard Seltzers this Saturday, April 4 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The network will air a one-hour special highlighting the top moments from the event that was played on March 1. The match featured Maria Sharapova, the Bryan Brothers, Sam Querrey, Monica Puig,…
Last year, Hannah Berner was added to the cast of Summer House, the reality television series on Bravo TV, which follows the lives of eight young adults as they work their jobs in New York City and spend weekends in the Hamptons. But this was not the first foray out into the Hamptons for…
This article is the second part of Dr. Ferraro’s series, The Tennis Guru. Click Here to read the first part. Yin awoke early the next day and was excited to get going. This was the big day, the day he would get to meet The Tennis Guru. He quickly brushed his teeth, put on his…
I know the COVID-19 crisis is going to be resolved. It may take longer than we had hoped. This is a great time to practice tennis on your own. I had not hit a ball in the last three weeks until the other day. I took ten balls and a racquet to the court. After…
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will house a temporary hospital site in an effort by New York City’s emergency management office to increase hospital space in the continued battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indoor Training Facility’s 12 courts will be converted into 100,000 square feet of hospital space, with construction…
According to reports, the 2020 Wimbledon Championships will be canceled on Wednesday. German Tennis Federation Vice President Dirk Hordorff told Sky Sports Germany: “I am also involved the in the bodies of the ATP and WTA. The necessary decisions have already been made there and Wimbledon will decide to cancel next Wednesday. There is no…
Have you ever driven past an empty plot of land, or a vacant building, and thought of all the ways you could transform it? New York City native Chris Lewit had this idea. As a young tennis coach, he recalls constantly driving past an abandoned tennis club in rural Vermont. “I really thought it…