On its quest for a 10th straight PSAL championship, Beacon rolled through the regular season on a mission, going 10-0 after Thursday afternoon’s 5-0 win over Hunter. Playing without top singles players Ethan Leon and Felix Levine, Beacon didn’t miss a beat. Matthew Mosejczuk defeated Ezra Jones 10-0 in the first singles spot and Tyler…
The Stuyvesant Hitmen snapped a two-match losing streak on Wednesday afternoon, downing the High School for American Studies 5-0. Nicholas Pustilnik notched an 8-2 win over Lucas Suhl in the first singles spot, and Albert Wan chipped in an 8-4 win over Bennett Abeles at second singles. Brandon Huang rounded out the singles scoring with…
SPORTIME and The John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) today announced that JMTA Co‐Director Patrick McEnroe will be overseeing summer tennis training at the JMTA satellite at SPORTIME Amagansett, in the Town of East Hampton, beginning in summer 2017. Since January, 2017, JMTA students and families at SPORTIME Randall’s Island, the Company’s 20‐court Flagship club in…
Marc Powers (left) and Rob Pohly (second from left) won the 7th Annual R Baby New York Tennis Tournament. R Baby Foundation hosted its seventh annual New York Tennis Tournament: Serving to Save Babies’ Lives on Saturday at MatchPoint NYC in Brooklyn, as twenty-four doubles teams came together for a competitive day of tennis and…
Everyone is eager to improve their tennis game, and USTA ratings are a fair indicator as to a player’s “competitive” skill set. Once USTA posts year-end ratings, I hear a wide variety of comments, ranging from frustration of not moving up, wanting to appeal their rating, or the celebratory “woo-hoo!” upon jumping to next level….
Toni Nadal has been instrumental in the development of his nephew, Rafael, into a world-class tennis player. I recently had the good fortune to study with him in Mallorca, Spain at the new Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy. Many of his values are espoused by other Spanish mentors of mine, including legendary coach Lluis Bruguera, while…
Tennis is one of the most technical sports to learn. Unlike basketball or soccer where someone can pick up a ball and play right away, it will take a young child up to a year or more to develop the skills to engage in realistic competition. In addition to that, we are fighting for children’s…
The Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships is the cream of the crop when it comes to showcasing the world’s top junior tennis talent, and the 55th edition of the tournament in Miami, Fla. was no exception. It was an exceptional tournament for two players from the Eastern Section who both happen to train at…
Both men and women from Columbia’s tennis programs were honored with All-Ivy League selections, as voted upon by the league’s eight head coaches. On the women’s side, junior Alexandra Solovyev was named to the All-Ivy League First Team and the Second Team in doubles. Adi Milstein, also a junior, earned second team honors in doubles….
Credit photo to PSAL/Damion Reid James Madison’s Omer Khalifa won the PSAL Boys Tennis Invitational Tournament in late April, beating Townsend Harris’ Justin Chen 6-3, 6-4 in the final. The play began with a round-robin style tournament where the players where split into four different groups with two players emerging from each, resulting in the…