The USTA today announced the seeds for the Men’s and Women’s Singles draws at the 2019 US Open. The main draw gets underway on Monday, August 26, with the draw ceremony taking place on Thursday, August 22 at Noon. The seeds are: Women’s Singles 1. Naomi Osaka, Japan 2. Ashleigh Barty, Australia 3. Karolina…
Watch out for Daniil Medvedev. The 6’6” twenty-three-year-old Russian sensation has dominated the summer hard court series and is heading into the US Open in as good of form as anyone on tour. After coming just short of the title in Washington, D.C. and Montreal, Medvedev played lights out tennis to claim the most prestigious title…
Throughout August, the City Parks Foundation has been hosting free community tennis events at multiple locations throughout New York City. That continues into next week when it will host a Tennis Clinic with Murphy Jensen sponsored by LACOSTE at the Central Park Tennis Courts, located at W. 96th Street and Central Park West, from…
American Madison Keys powered her way past Svetlanda Kuznetsova to win the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon, defeating Svetlana Kuznetosva 7-5, 7-6(5). On the men’s side, Russian Daniil Medvedev continued his torrid play in August by beating David Goffin 7-6(3), 6-4 and winning the first Masters 1000 title of his…
The 12th Annual TIA Tennis Forum will be held on Monday, Aug. 26, on the Ballroom Level of the Grand Hyatt New York City from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. The Tennis Forum will present the latest news about the state of the tennis industry, including participation, marketplace trends, grassroots initiatives, updates from the Tennis…
This summer, the Bronx played home to the best season in the history of World TeamTennis’ New York Empire franchise, as the place to be from mid-July through early August was the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning. After an up-and-down start to the season, the Empire caught fire towards the end of…
New York City is synonymous with the bright lights, big stars and exciting nightlife featuring the best in food and drinks. There is perhaps no better example of this than Citi Taste of Tennis, which is celebrating its 20th year in the world’s most eventful city next week. Taste of Tennis combines the best…
The USTA today announced that the 2019 US Open will include a number of new special events and activities over the course of its three weeks, beginning with the start of US Open Fan Week on August 19 and continuing through the main draw, which begins on August 26 and ends September 8. US Open Fan…
It’s that time of year where the Adult League season in the USTA Eastern Metro Region wraps up, with teams competing for regional titles in the hopes of advancing to the Eastern Sectional Championships in Albany, N.Y. later this fall. Below are the teams (listed by captain’s name) that won their respective divisions and…
The USTA today announced the 2019 US Open women’s singles wild card recipients. Americans Francesca Di Lorenzo, Coco Gauff, Caty McNallyand Whitney Osuigwe will join US Open Wild Card Challenge winner Kristie Ahn and USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion Katie Volynets as main draw wild card recipients. Australia’s Samantha Stosur, the 2011 US Open champion, and France’s Diane Parry will also receive US Open main draw…