The New York Empire, presented by Citi, has announced that rising British doubles specialist and 2015 Mylan WTT Male Rookie of the Year Neal Skupski has been named to the 2016 roster for their inaugural Mylan World TeamTennis season presented by GEICO. The Empire will play their home matches at Forest Hills Stadium at The…
The draw for the Rogers Cup in Toronto took a major hit on Tuesday, as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both announced they were withdrawing from the tournament. The two announcements come just a day after Wimbledon champion and last year’s Rogers Cup champion Andy Murray said he would not play Toronto this year. “I have…
New Jersey native Christina McHale opened up her U.S. Open Series campaign with a straights set victory on Tuesday, moving past Romania’s Monica Niculescu 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Citi Open second round. McHale used a dominant return game to move through in straight sets. She broke twice in the opening set, and added three…
There are life lessons to be learned throughout all sports, but there may be no sport that has a more direct correlation to the real world than tennis. Whether you are playing at an individual tournament or playing on your high school or college team, skills and lessons used and learned on the tennis court…
USTA Eastern will be hosting a Play Like The Pros event in August, as junior players of all ages will have an opportunity to compete in a World TeamTennis-style format on August 6-7. The Co-Ed 10 and under division tournament will be held on Saturday, August 6 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at Cunningham Tennis, and…
Marat Safin and Justine Henin joined Yvon Petra and Margaret Scriven this weekend as the four were the latest inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. Safin was introduced by fellow Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Connors, while Henin was introduced by Monica Seles. Also joining Safin and Henin was Amélie…
On March 7 of this year, Russian star Maria Sharapova called a news conference for what she called a big announcement. But even the dozens of reporters in the room and those watching the conference from afar weren’t prepared and didn’t expect what she would say next. “I wanted to let you know that a…
The USTA Eastern Adult League Sectionals took place recently and the teams from the Metro Section did exceptionally well. â–ºThe 6.0 Mixed Doubles team, captained by Jeffrey Dietz and Lily Lee, finished as finalists â–ºThe 7.0 Mixed Doubles team, captained by Angelo Ragione and Jung Hoon Park, finished in fourth place â–ºThe 8.0 Mixed Doubles…
Credit photos to Oleg Tolstoy The second annual Finance Cup took place this past weekend as Team USA headed across the pond to take on Team Europe at the Queen’s Club in London, England. “David [Anving] and I met up last year when we were in Paris for the French Open, and I invited him…
The USTA has announced the 12 men and women who will represent the United States in tennis at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The finalists were named Friday morning via a Facebook post on the USTA’s Facebook Page. Action gets underway in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, Aug. 5, with the Closing Ceremony scheduled…