For the third straight year, the Centercourt Warriors have won the USTA’s New Jersey Region/Northern Jersey Championship. The 12U team finished atop the league with a record of 19-1, including 109 individual victories and only 11 losses, in a season that ran from October to May. “The three straight titles are meaningful because we…
Townsend Harris edged High School of American Studies 3-2 to reach the PSAL “A” Division quarterfinals on Monday afternoon. Justin Chen defeated Jacob Gottesfeld 10-6 at second singles, while Joshua Ashvil notched a 10-2 victory over Alexander Fraser at third singles. Townsend Harris’ second doubles team, Abhinav Garg and Philip Ha, helped clinch the…
Rafael Nadal got the better of Novak Djokovic in a star-studded Italian Open final on Sunday, capturing the Rome title with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 victory. Nadal was competing in his 50th Masters 1000 final while also looking to hoist his first trophy of the season. “What means most to me is this trophy,”…
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Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the 2019 French Open, set to begin May 26th, citing lingering effects of a shoulder injury which is still not fully healed.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…