St. John’s freshman Jessica Livianu becomes the first player in program history to be selected to compete in the NCAA Division I Women’s Singles Championship, the NCAA announced on Wednesday. “We are thrilled to have Jessica represent St. John's University at the 2017 NCAA Women's Tennis Championships,” Head Coach Lauren Leo told RedStormSports.com. “It's a great…
During professional matches or junior tournaments, everyone in the stands can see the score. But what about what’s below the score? What can’t we see? More times than not, that’s going to be the predictor in what happens next? I’m referring to a player’s emotional energy. Are they calm, aware and in a balanced state?…
The Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning has announced the addition of its new executive director of tennis, Rick Ferman, a long-time and well-respected tennis coach. “We have a responsibility to the tennis community in the New York City-area, and our goal is to implement the most outstanding program for all ages possible,” Ferman…
Bard High School improved to 10-0 on the season on Monday, defeating the High School for Environmental Studies 5-0 in a key Manhattan B6 battle. Nathan Silverstein led the way for the Raports with a 10-1 win over Luis Liriano at first singles, while Gabriel Neuman won 19-8 over Matthew Wong at second singles. Zachary…
One-on-One Doubles Tennis, the half-court serve-and-volley singles game played cross-court including the alley returned the New York City as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center hosted The Innovations Tennis Challenge, a USTA National Category III tournament. “I just love the game, and think the serve and volley in tennis certainly should be revisited…
The St. John’s women’s tennis team came up one win shy of a BIG EAST title and an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, losing a tough 4-3 contest to Depaul in Cayce, South Carolina. The No. 1-seeded Johnnies battled tough against the Blue Demons in a back and forth affair that…
The St. John’s men’s tennis team lost its first BIG EAST Championship match in more than four years on Friday morning, falling to Georgetown 4-2 at the Cayce Tennis & Fitness Center in Cayce, S.C. St. John’s was seeking its fourth consecutive BIG EAST tournament title this weekend. Georgetown got on top in doubles action with…
The PSAL runner-ups from a year ago, Brooklyn Tech, improved to 6-0 on the season, notching a 5-0 win over Midwood on Thursday afternoon. Jonathan Glinsky remained perfect on the season, defeating Phillip Khoroshko 8-4 at second singles. Glinsky is now 4-0 on the year in singles. At first singles, Daniel Maseyev beat Jacob Chernov…
Former WTA world #1 doubles star and seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion Liezel Huber will join the NYJTL Cary Leeds Center as Director of Tennis and Development on June 1, it was announced today by General Manager Skip Hartman. "We are thrilled to have Liezel on our Leadership Team," said Executive Director of Tennis…
Wednesday afternoon played host to a small slate of high school matches in New York City, the biggest of which was Bronx Science taking on Stuyvesant in an inter-borough showdown in League A3. Bronx Science avenged a loss from earlier this season, taking down the Hitmen 5-0 to improve to 5-2 on the season. Blake…