Andy Murray has enjoyed a fantastic tennis career up to this point and is no doubt one of the top three players in the world. Murray led Great Britain to the 2015 Davis Cup championship and brought a Wimbledon championship back to Great Britain when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final, becoming the…
"So … does my child have talent?" I cringe when asked this all too frequent question for a few compelling reasons. First, I defer to child development experts who agree that, at a very young age, it's virtually impossible to distinguish between real physical talent and precocious development. Most talent evaluations are misleading because a seemingly…
The Townsend Harris Hawks improved to 2-0 on the season, rolling past Forest Hills 5-0 in a battle for Queens supremacy on Tuesday afternoon. The Hawks were led by its singles play as it went through the three singles flights losing just two games. Maxim Prohorov beat Nicolas Caicedo 10-0 at first singles, Mitchell Mu…
The USTA and United States Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez has announced that world number 22 Madison Keys, number 36 CoCo Vandeweghe, number 57 Christina McHale, and world number three doubles player Bethanie Mattek-Sands will represent the U.S. in the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoffs against Australia. The best-of-five match series will be played on an outdoor…
Whether it’s money, health, work or sports, goal-setting is an essential component to success. All goals take time and effort to reach, and planning is required to make meaningful progress. Goals can be slow to achieve, but amazing when we succeed. Understanding this for tennis makes it all worthwhile. Tennis goals can be a little…
The USTA has announced the tournaments for the 2016 USTA Pro Circuit Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes the USTA Pro Circuit to award wild cards into the French Open. Three women’s events will be hosted in Dothan, Ala., Charlottesville, Va., and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., and three men’s events will take place in…
Both the Columbia men’s and women’s tennis teams opened up Ivy League play over the weekend in grand fashion as both teams notched wins over Dartmouth and Harvard. On Saturday afternoon, the men took on 40th-ranked Dartmouth in its first Ivy League contest of the season. Dartmouth jumped out to the early 1-0 by taking…
Both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka followed up their victories at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells a couple of weeks ago by triumphing at the Miami Open this past weekend, completing what is known as the Sunshine Double. On Saturday, Belarus’ Azarenka took on Svetlana Kuznetsova, the Russian who captured the Miami title…
World number one Novak Djokovic notched a fairly routine victory over 15thseed David Goffin on Friday afternoon, moving past the Belgian 7-6(5), 6-4 to book his spot in the Miami Open final. Djokovic fell behind early as Goffin broke for a 4-3 lead, but as he does so often, Djokovic broke right back immediately to…
Victoria Azarenka continued her March onslaught on Thursday night, moving past Australian Open champion and second-seed Angelique Kerber 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the Miami Open final. The match got off to a shaky start for both players, with the first three games seeing breaks of serve. Azarenka finally broke through with a hold to…