For the second time this week, American Kristie Ahn won just one game in the opening set. And for the second time this week, she completed the comeback, this time taking out fifth-seeded Kai-Lin Zhang of China 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the 2016 U.S. Open Qualifiers at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center….
The 2016 Mylan World TeamTennis (WTT) season will end the same way it started–with the Orange County Breakers and San Diego Aviators battling on the league’s signature multi-colored courts. But this time, the 2016 WTT championship title will be on the line when the rivals face off in the Mylan WTT Finals, presented by Citi,…
The country to our north is primarily known for its excellence in one sport: Hockey. The success of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Blue Jays have put Canada’s basketball and baseball franchises on the map, but our neighbors from the north have begun to carve out their niche in the sport of tennis, and much…
American CiCi Bellis cruised into the second round of U.S. Open Qualifiers on Wednesday, blowing past Macedonia’s Lina Gjorcheska 6-0, 6-2 to advance. Bellis, who burst onto the scene as a 15-year-old with her upset win over Dominika Cibulkova at the 2014 U.S. Open, wasted no time in the opening set. She started things off…
New Yorker Noah Rubin made his way into the second round of the 2016 U.S. Open Qualifiers on Wednesday morning at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center much quicker than even he expected, leading 3-0 in the opening set before China’s Yan Bai was forced to retire with a wrist injury. “I haven’t really…
For the second consecutive year, the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Women's Tennis team was selected as an unanimous favorite in the East Coast Conference (ECC) Preseason Poll. NYITʹs Lena Dimmer was selected by the coaches as the Preseason Player of the Year. The Queens College Women's Tennis team placed second in the ECC Preseason Poll. NYIT, who won their…
The game of modern tennis was patented in 1874, and was offered to players in a box with bats, balls, a portable court and a nine-page pamphlet titled Wingfield’s Rules of the Game. Nine pages. Nine. By the time the 2015 edition of Friend at Court, the USTA Handbook of Tennis Rules and Regulations, was…
Kristie Ahn fought back from a set down to defeat fellow American Francesca Di Lorenzo during the U.S. Open qualifying tournament on Tuesday, coming back for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win to move into the second round of qualifying. Di Lorenzo came out firing in the opening set, breaking at love for a 3-1 lead…
The USTA has announced that world number one and defending U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic and 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Andy Murray have been named the top two seeds, respectively, in Men’s Singles at the 2016 U.S. Open, headlining the four U.S. Open and five Grand Slam champions to earn Top-10 seeds. On the women’s…
USTA Eastern will hold its 2016 Junior Awards Gala on Monday, Aug. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Hospitality Pavilion to recognize the top juniors in the Eastern Section. Each of the 30 players honored are the top three in their age group as a result of their…