Below are the scores from Wednesday’s action in New York City, via PSAL. Have a score or photos to share from a high school match in New York City? Send us an e-mail to info@usptennis.com to be included in our daily recaps: ►Lab Museum 5, Philip Randolph 0 Madeline Schneider won at second singles to help lead…
I’m grinding it out on the court. My footwork is better, I’m hitting the split-steps, my coach is helping me with my slice, and I’ve made some cool friends from the team. This is a hard letter to write, but this is how I really feel. After I lost the match yesterday, you yelled…
In today’s game, there are many schools of thought as to how to create the best serve. The information is often unclear, the terminology is difficult and the execution is near impossible. I’d like to give you three clear and simple concepts to think about that will change your serve for the better in…
Has your child ever felt pulled between tennis and school? Having time to dedicate to tennis makes all the difference in maintaining a competitive edge, but the traditional 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. school day can limit a player’s options. Dwight Global Online School, the online program of Dwight School on New York’s Upper West Side,…
When he was around seven-years-old, Julian Joaquin Vasquez can remember his aunt giving him an old tennis racket and he begin hitting balls against a wall. “I hit for about an hour, and then when we were supposed to leave, I didn’t want to at all,” recalls Vasquez. “This made my parents realize they…
The 2019 Championship at Wimbledon served up a startling contrast in personality. The Gentlemen’s Singles Finals pitted the number two seed Roger Federer against number one-seeded Novak Djokovic in front of a sold-out crowd which included Kate Middleton, Prince William, David Beckham, Kate Beckinsale, Stanley Tucci, Jude Law and Eric Bana. At the conclusion…
I picked up my first tennis racket when I was nine-years-old and fell in love with the game. I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, and for years, I only played on hard courts, with a wooden racket, regular yellow tennis balls at an elevation of at least 4,000 feet. I…
Below are the scores from Wednesday’s action in New York City, via PSAL. Have a score or photos to submit? Send us an e-mail at info@usptennis.com. ►Louis Brandeis 5, Seward Park 0 Isanyi Reyes and Xin Yu Lin won 10-6 at second doubles to lead Louis Brandeis. ►Frederick Douglass 3, Bayard Rustin 2 Brianna Lindsay…
Over the last few months, Roosevelt Island Racquet Club (RIRC) in Manhattan has undergone a makeover. The prominent 12-court tennis facility, situated in the middle of the East River below the Queensborough Bridge, has recently implemented a series of upgrades and renovations. “The Club was built more than 25 years ago, and there was…
Every year for the past 10 years, I teach a workshop at the Omega Institute in upstate New York called “Tennis Inside the Zone: Becoming More Than an Athlete.” The workshop is targeted toward adult tennis players. We spend the week reconnecting to those unique attributes, characteristics and skills that make us uniquely ourselves….