Four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic finished off his round-robin play in style on Thursday, cruising past David Goffin 6-1, 6-2 to finish undefeated in his three round-robin matches, clinching his fifth straight ATP World Tour Finals semifinal appearance at the O2 Arena in London. Goffin, an alternate, was thrust into action after France’s Gael Monfils…
World number one Andy Murray outlasted Kei Nishikori 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4 at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday, extending his winning streak to 21 matches in what was the longest best-of-three sets match ever at the ATP World Tour Finals. The opening set would head to a tiebreaker after Nishikori saved a set point…
The New York Metropolitan tennis community has some of the sport’s finest facilities, both indoor and outdoor, and best coaches in the world. With this wealth of talent available right in our own backyard, New York Tennis Magazine recently took the opportunity to pick the brains of some of these top coaches. What…
The reason why we are not producing more champions in America is due to our overall coaching philosophy and how parents are involved with junior tennis. We see too many junior players with different coaches, or players moving from one program to another. Sometimes, we see players with three different coaches at the same time….
Austria’s Dominic Thiem won his first career match at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday, hanging on to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 to improve to 1-1 in round-robin play in the Ivan Lendl Group at the O2 Arena in London. “I had a good start today. I was trying to stay…
The round-robin play in the John McEnroe group at the ATP World Tour Finals in London got underway on Monday, and Japan’s Kei Nishikori won the day’s first match with an impressive 6-2, 6-3 win over Stan Wawrinka at The O2. Nishikori was the more aggressive player and it showed throughout the match as he…
The Czech Republic won its fifth Fed Cup title in the last six years over the weekend, as Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Strycova won the deciding fifth rubber match, downing France’s Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 7-5 to clinch the 3-2 overall victory for the Czechs. “Of course I am very proud. It was…
Until Sept. 12, it had been more than three years since a woman other than Serena Williams held the distinction of world number one in the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings. So when Serena lost to Karolina Pliskova in the semifinals of the 2016 U.S. Open, it snapped a streak of 186 consecutive weeks with the…
France's Lucas Pouille won the ATP Most Improved Player. The ATP World Tour announced its year-end awards for the 2016 season on Thursday, as Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro and the Bryan Brothers were among those honored with awards. Federer, despite having not played over the last few months of the year due to…
If I were to ask, “What is the most important trait a tennis player could have,” what would you say? If “discipline” is your response, then you are an astute tennis player! More important than the answer itself is the understanding of why self-discipline is held with such esteem. If you research player qualities that…