The vast majority of tennis games are played with great sportsmanship by players who demonstrate that tennis is a game of scrupulous honesty and courteous competitive spirit. A handful of players—and I do mean a handful—whip out a new rule interpretation that rattles the brain. I saw a player stop a match in a third…
New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) and the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis and Learning celebrated the unveiling of its two new stadium courts on Sunday on a beautiful afternoon at Crotona Park in the Bronx, N.Y. “April 9, 2017 was a joyous celebration for New York Junior Tennis & Learning and the Cary Leeds…
GF Sports, a live events and sports media entertainment company, has partnered with Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE) to move the Memphis Open men’s tennis tournament to NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which is located on Long Island in New York. As part of the long-term agreement, the Coliseum, which reopened…
The annual USTA Eastern Conference in White Plains is always an important and productive weekend, as members of the regions that comprise the Eastern Section gather to discuss the year that was, as well as look ahead to the future. At this year’s conference, it was a time to welcome in many new members of…
The United States and Australia are facing off in a Davis Cup World Group Quarterfinal, and the Aussies jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the first two rubber matches on Friday. In the first match, Jack Sock of the United States took on the 79th ranked Jordan Thompson, and the Nebraska native struggled to…
In a battle of two of New York City’s top teams on Wednesday, it was Beacon, the nine-time defending PSAL champions, who came out on top as the Blue Demons defeated Stuyvesant 5-0 to improve to 3-0 on the season. With Ethan Leon out, Marcos Lee stepped into the first singles role for Beacon and…
For 26 weeks in 2009, Russia’s Dinara Safina was the number one ranked player in the world, holding that distinction from April 20-Oct. 11, and again from Oct. 26-Nov. 1, reaching the finals of three Grand Slam tournaments. But towards the end of that 2009 season, a back injury became a lingering problem for Safina….
MatchPoint NYC hosted a Junior TeamTennis tournament at its facility over the weekend as some of New York City’s top youngsters came together for this team competition in the Green Dot Advanced Division. The team match’s are broken into six different flights, four singles and two doubles, with the sets played to four games, and…
The third annual Finance Cup brought the esteemed event back to the United States as Team USA took on Team Europe at Fisher Island, Florida. Team USA, led by captain Jeffrey Appel and co-captain Bill Ackman, were victorious, beating Team Europe 9-2. Team USA won the third annual Finance Cup with a 9-2 victory over…
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center hosted a free conference on Sunday: “Making the Admissions Process Work For You” and “How to Create a Great College Tennis Resume”, presented by the National Tennis Center, the City Parks Foundation and Serve and Return, Inc. “We’re always aiming to provide our dedicated juniors with tools…