Located on New Providence in The Bahamas, Albany Tennis Academy is set on the 25-acre campus of Windsor High School, adjacent to the renowned, luxury resort community of Albany. The unique day and boarding school combines an academic curriculum based on the Cambridge system with unprecedented athletic and training academies for both tennis and…
Taylor Fritz headlines a talented group of young Americans in the Delray Beach Open Qualifying Draw starting next weekend. Fritz has competed in the main draw at Delray Beach the last two years, and is the first alternate for direct entry into the main draw should somebody drop out of the field. In the…
2018 Australian Open boys’ singles champion, Sebastian Korda, has been awarded a wildcard into the New York Open’s main draw, which will run from February 10-18 at NYCB LIVE home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The 17-year-old Korda is the fifth American to win the Australian Open boys’ singles title and the third…
Professional tennis players say that playing a different sport improves their performance. Rafael Nadal believes golf and fishing allow him to relax after the stresses of a tennis tournament. His argument is perfectly logical: Outside sports let athletes hone their native skills, escape their frustrations with a mental reset, and move in new ways, encouraging…
Tie Break Tens, the new fast-paced short-form tennis competition, announced on Wednesday that Elina Svitolina and Marion Bartoli will compete in its inaugural United States tournament, which will take place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on Monday, March 5. Svitolina and Bartoli join Serena and Venus Williams in the tournament’s field….
The final matches of the Orange Ball Box league during the spring of 2017 were critical. After five consecutive months of weekly matches hosted and organized by Center Court Tennis Academy in Chatham, NJ, the point spread between the top performers was marginal. My son, Rafael, was the youngest competitor on a roster of…
Sports scientists and most coaches agree that it is valuable to play another sport or multiple sports to support the athletic development of a tennis player and prevent injuries. While it’s true that some prodigies specialize in tennis very early, the vast majority of players show an interest in multiple sports at young ages. Thus…
The 2018 Australian Open came to a close this weekend with two edge-of-your-seat men’s and women’s singles finals as each went the distance, with one player claiming his 20th Grand Slam title, and another winning her first. On Saturday, Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki captured the first major title of her fantastic career with a thrilling 7-6(2),…
Roger Federer advanced to the seventh Australian Open final of his career on Friday, but didn’t do so in the fashion he would have liked. The defending champion and 19-time Grand Slam winner held a 6-1, 5-2 lead against 21-year-old South Korean Hyeon Chung, before the tournament’s breakout star was forced to retire with…
Both Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki both advanced to the third major final of their careers on Thursday, but each did so in different fashions with contrasting semifinal matchups that saw Wozniacki through easy, while Halep battled through an epic match with former champion Angelique Kerber. Wozniacki took on 22-year-old Elise Mertens of Belgium…