If your goal is to learn tennis properly by developing a solid technique, tactics and strategies, it is a step in the right direction to seek the advice of a tennis professional for guidance. The most important part of your responsibility for improvement is choosing the right pro. Referrals by friends are the best…
The 2019 Oracle ITA Masters got underway from the campus of Pepperdine University and the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu, Calif. on Thursday featuring some of the best college players in the country. A number of players from local colleges headed out west to compete, including St. John’s Jessica Livianu, Jack Lin of Columbia…
We all often hear the cliché that tennis the sport of a lifetime, because you have the ability to play and remain involved with the sport throughout your entire life. Few people embody that concept as much as Brooklyn’s Hector Henry, who is set to turn 87-years-old in early September, but has not missed…
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…