Andy Murray became the forth active player with 40 career titles on Sunday, knocking off Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 7-6(2) to capture the China Open title in Beijing. Murray came out firing as he broke Dimitrov in the match’s opening game, and would go on to serve out the rest of the set, helped out by…
Tennis starts with commitment. Let's use the collegiate level as a starting point and provide you an idea as to what it is that makes commitment a challenging endeavor. The human spirit/intestinal fortitude is the root and the decision to make commitment … not just to make a commitment, but to make that decision to…
American Madison Keys won a dramatic match in Beijing on Friday, edging Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5) to reach the China Open semifinals. “I think I played a pretty solid first set today, then she raised her level. I just think at the end it became a couple of points here or there,” said Keys….
Why is it that whenever a player in any sport wins a tournament, they are usually in a good place off the court? James Blake, in his book Breaking Back, said “My greatest professional successes occurred after I had faced my most personal challenges. I used to think this was ironic; now I realize that…
Alleyah Ally, playing first singles for Francis Lewis, took top honors at the Girls Invitational Tournament this past weekend. Ally kept her head in the game each match and simply outplayed her opponents with well-placed shots and lots of consistency. Ally beat Coney Banks, first singles from Frank Sinatra, in the finals in a hard…
John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, James Blake and Jim Courier will play in the first-ever tennis event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., the PowerShares QQQ Cup, set for Saturday, Jan. 7 at 7:00 p.m. McEnroe will replace Andre Agassi, who withdrew due to a back injury. In a pair of one-set semifinal matches, Roddick…
Maria Sharapova returns to the court for the first time in nearly nine months when she makes her World TeamTennis Smash Hits debut on Monday, October 10, at 6:30 p.m. Pacific at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Sharapova, the popular global icon who burst onto the pro tennis scene at the age of 14, will be playing in…
Youth Tennis Leagues experience the World TeamTennis format Youth Tennis Leagues recently coordinated a World TeamTennis 10 & Under, Middle School and High School Level tournament at Cunningham Park Tennis and Riverside Community Tennis Association. Sponsored by the USTA Eastern Metro Region Board, the event gave participants a taste of the World TeamTennis format, crowing…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced Maria Sharapova's suspension after testing positive for Meldonium to 15 months. Sharapova appealed the initial two-year suspension handed out by the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme in July, and will now be able to return to the court on April 26, 2017. “The TADP has a comprehensive and fair…
Metropolitan Tennis Group (MTG) hosted the Liberty Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as a part of the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Association (GLTA). Each year, MTG brings the LGBTQ community from around the globe together to compete in one of the best tournaments that the GLTA has to offer. In…