Khrystsina Tryboi, a tennis pro at MatchPoint in Brooklyn, N.Y., co-authored this article. The QuickStart Tennis program provides many advantages in learning how to play tennis from a young age, and has helped coaches and instructors instill the game in its young players. This program gradually builds skill sets that are essential in the development of…
It was an eventful Friday at the All England Club for Serena and Venus Williams, who had to overcome rain delays and their opponents to advance at Wimbledon. Venus took on 29th seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina, and outlasted her 7-5, 4-6, 10-8. Venus was down a break and 3-4 in the third set before getting…
Juan Martin del Potro hadn’t played at Wimbledon in two years until his first round victory earlier this week, but the Argentine pulled off an incredible upset on Friday, knocking off two-time Grand Slam champion and fourth-seed Stan Wawrinka 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon third round. “The crowd was unbelievable with me….
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced the provisional list of the entries for both singles and doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympics Tennis Event, set to take place at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park from August 6-14. The defending champions in the men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles will…
French Open Girls Finalist Amanda Anisimova, 2015 USTA Girls 18s National Champion and U.S. Open Girls Finalist Sofia Kenin and Ulises Blanch, the number two-ranked junior in the world, lead a deep field of American girls and boys currently set to compete at the Wimbledon Junior Championships in London. Qualifying begins today, with the main…
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza’s run at Wimbledon came to a close on Thursday as the second-seeded Spaniard fell to Slovakia’s Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-2 in the Wimbledon second round. Last year, Cepelova ousted Simona Halep at this tournament and the Slovak continued her giant-slaying ways on Wednesday. “I like to play against big stars,…
The fourth day at Wimbledon was kind to American men, as Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey advanced to the third round while John Isner and Donald Young made their way into the tournament’s second round. Querrey ousted Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to advance, winning 83 percent of the points on his first…
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova had no problems in her first round match on Wednesday, breezing past Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-4 to reach the second round in less than an hour. Kvitova got things started right away, winning the first four points of the match to break Cirstea at love and seize control. The Czech,…
In the March/April 2016 issue of New York Tennis Magazine, I wrote Part One of what I have learned in my 20 years of teaching tennis. Each student I have worked with over the course of two decades has added to my body of work and my coaching philosophy. In the first part, I wrote…
Novak Djokovic won his 30th consecutive Grand Slam match on Tuesday afternoon, moving past France’s Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(5) to reach the third round. Djoker looked to be on his way to a routine victory through the first two sets. He notched one break point in both the first and second set, while winning 78…