Breakthrough New York raised nearly $780,000 at its Fourth Annual Gala in mid-April, as it honored three inspiring leaders: Grand Slam Winner and ESPN Analyst Chris Evert, Credit Suisse Managing Director Maria Chiodi, and Edgehill Endowment Partners Co-Founder and Managing Partner D. Ellen Shuman. Approximately 400 attendees were at the Gala, held at 583 Park…
Nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal has had enough of the allegations of doping and performance enhancing drug use thrown his way, filing a lawsuit against a former French minister on Monday. Roselyne Bachelot, the former French minister for health and sport, went on the French television show Le Grand 8 last month and accused…
Rafael Nadal continued his torrid clay season on Sunday afternoon, downing two-time defending champion Kei Nishikori 6-4, 7-5 to win his ninth career Barcelona Open title. “It was a very close match. There were a lot of chances for both of us but I think I have been solid,” said Nadal. “When you play against…
Some of the finance industry’s biggest names came together to compete in a different venue on Saturday, April 16, competing in the sixth annual R Baby Foundation New York Tennis Tournament at MatchPoint NYC in Brooklyn. The event was founded by Jason Pinsky of Table Management and co-hosted by Jeffrey Appel of Broadband Capital. “Six…
A few years ago, I attended a seminar where Patrick McEnroe, director of USTA Player Development at the time, spoke about the future of tennis in the United States. He spoke of the demise of tennis as a youth sport and asked why there wasn’t something like Little League in our sport. The crowd, filled…
The Metro Corporate Tennis League, presented by Advantage Tennis Clubs, is a joint initiative of the Metrotennis Community Tennis Association (MCTA) and USTA Eastern Metro Region. The League is divided into three levels of play, Intermediate (3.0-3.5), Advanced Intermediate (4.0) and Advanced (4.5+). We also offer an Advanced Beginner Clinic program for teams…
I have been working full-time at an academic institution. In my fifth year, academia has done something that I could never envision when I took on a full-time role as head tennis coach at SUNY Oneonta. I am exposed to great thinkers, doctors and professors from many fields on a daily basis. I attend lectures…
It recently hit me that I have been teaching tennis for more than 20 years. I have now taught tennis for more years than I have played the sport competitively, and I had a relatively long career. I am a totally different coach than I was 20 years ago. I did go through the ATP…
According to the International Tennis Federation (ITF), half of all tennis players will suffer from tennis elbow. Thirty-four of the top 40 ATP and WTA men and women have been sidelined recently from shoulder, wrist and elbow injury or surgery (TennisInsights.com/Injuries). In the past 30 years, more than 150 million players have suffered an arm…
Eastern Metro Region supports Delete Blood Cancer Credit all photos to Eric Vitale The USTA Eastern Metro Region was happy to support the Delete Blood Cancer Second Annual “Game, Set, Match for Life” tennis event at Sportime Randall's Island in February. Attendees helped raise enough funds to register more than 300 new potential bone…