Both Roger Federer and Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Italian Open in Rome on Friday with a leg and hand injury, respectively. “I am disappointed that I will not be able to compete today,” said Federer. “I am not 100 percent physically, and after consultation with my team, it was determined that I not…
The playoffs in New York City continued on Thursday afternoon with a number of teams moving on in either the “A” or “B” Division brackets. Below are results from Thursday’s action. Click Here to see the full results and brackets. ►Bard 4, FDR 1 ►Stuyvesant 5, Eleanor Roosevelt 0 ►Dewitt Clinton 5, HS Environmental…
The PSAL “A” and “B” Division playoffs were in full swing on Wednesday with many teams advancing into the second round of the brackets. Susan Wagner edged Petrides 3-2 thanks to its singles play as it received wins from Owais Mulla, Eric Kremerman and Jelani Blow to advance. Below are the other results from…
Nick Kyrgios was defaulted from his second-round match against Norwegian Caspar Rudd after an outburst on court during the match’s third set at the Italian Rome in Rome on Thursday. At two-sets-all and 1-1 in the deciding third set, Kyrgios was upset at movement in the crowd during his service game, and expressed that…
Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the 2019 French Open, set to begin May 26th, citing lingering effects of a shoulder injury which is still not fully healed. Hampered by the bum shoulder since late last summer after being knocked out of the Round of 16 by Carla Suárez Navarro at the U.S. Open, the injury…
Unfortunately, tennis is not as popular a sport as soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and many other team sports where you have teammates to share pressure when winning and losing. Tennis is an expensive sport, and it requires a financial and time commitment from the player’s parents. Junior tennis players feel a tremendous amount of pressure to…
Imagine dedicating your heart and soul to a competitive sport throughout your childhood and adolescence just to give it up at the age of 20 or 30. After you “retire” from your passion, in order for you to play the sport you love, you need to gather a large group of people together in…
As players age, the tactics of the game of tennis also change. The typical, albeit annoying, byproduct of getting older is the loss of mobility and power. Instead of remembering how fast and strong you were and trying to recapture this younger innate characteristic, it would be wise to accept the changes, and modify…
High Country Ski & Tennis 465 West Mount Pleasant Avenue Livingston, N.J. (973) 994-3630 HighCountrySkiAndTennis.com High Country Ski & Tennis is one of New Jersey’s premier tennis specialty shops. In existence for more than 30 years, High Country has New Jersey’s largest tennis showroom from March through September, and it is shrunk down in…
Two local programs and conference rivals, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and Queens College, squared off in the NCAA Tournament Division II second round on Tuesday for a spot in the Sweet 16. The Knights were able to exact some revenge on the Bears, as NYIT won the East Coast Conference title with…