Below are the scores in New York City from Wednesday: ►Beacon 5, Hunter 0 ►Frederick Douglass 5, West 50th Street 0 ►HS American Studies 5, Eleanor Roosevelt 0 ►Wingate 5, Boys and Girls 0 ►FDR 5, Lincoln 0 ►John Dewey 3, Lafayette 2 ►Leon Goldstein 5, Midwood 0 ►James Madison 4, New Utrecht 1…
The run of American qualifier Danielle Collins continued on with a major upset over eight-seed and three-time champion Venus Williams on Wednesday night. The former two-time NCAA singles champion from the University of Virginia needed just one hour and 27 minutes to dispatch Venus 6-2, 6-3 and book her spot in the Miami Open…
While 10 and Under Tennis has been growing over the past few years, I feel there is more growth in store. There are a few coaches on Long Island who are starting to realize how important the 10 and Under format is for tennis, in general, but we still find a lot of resistance among…
Shawn Jackson, last year’s PSAL Individual Championships runner-up, helped lead Susan Wagner to a season-opening victory on Tuesday. The Falcons defeated New Dorp 3-2 in a tightly-contested Staten Island matchup. Jackson notched a 10-1 win over Alec Litvin at first singles. Below are the rest of the scores from New York City on Tuesday,…
For the third consecutive year, SPORTIME and the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) will host the 2018 John McEnroe Tennis Academy College Recruiting Combine, scheduled for the weekend of June 23‐24, to be held at SPORTIME Randall’s Island, the NYC home of JMTA. The Combine will provide select rising high school sophomores, juniors and…
HBO Sports, acclaimed for its innovative programming, is teaming up again with IMG’s Original Content group for a five-part documentary series chronicling tennis icon Serena Williams at a pivotal moment in her personal and professional life. BEING SERENA debuts WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other new episodes subsequent Wednesdays at…
My USTA year-end tennis rating, and possibly yours, popped out of the NTRP, National Tennis Rating Program in December. Within minutes, maybe seconds, of the publication of those ratings, a handful of players pushed the “appeal rating” link. They could not believe they were that number. Some wanted to be bumped “up,” while others wanted…
Watching the top tennis players is akin to watching Houdini escape from ropes and chains tied. Be it Roger Federer or Serena Williams, the greats have an uncanny ability to escape and, further, to turn adversity into opportunity. The big question is … how do they do it? If you asked them they might say,…
Americans Christina McHale was one of three American women to advance to the Miami Open third round on Thursday as she defeated 25th seeded Czech Barbora Strycova 6-1, 6-4. McHale saved 10 break points throughout the one hour and 49 minute match. She broke Strycova four times. In the third round, McHale will square off…
Kids. They are your everything, having inherited your eyes and smile. They look like you, but did they inherit your love for tennis? You want them to fall in love with the game and be willing to pick up a racket, work hard, track the ball and find the point of contact, but are you…