Playing in his first ATP tournament as a seeded player, American Denis Kudla opened up his Memphis Open campaign with a 6-4, 6-2 over fellow American Rajeev Ram on Monday to move into the second round. Kudla won 79 percent of his first serve points and converted on three of his five break point chances…
The No. 6 nationally-ranked California women's tennis team made school history on Monday afternoon at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, as they captured the program's first-ever ITA Division I National Women's Team Indoors Championship title with a thrilling 4-3 victory over No. 5 North Carolina. Cal, the lone Pac-12 team at the tournament,…
The Columbia women’s tennis team captured the 2016 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Women’s Indoor Tennis Championship on Sunday, knocking off Harvard 4-2 in the final. The Lions had to pull double-duty on Sunday after a power-outage on Saturday night postponed its semifinal match against Dartmouth until Sunday morning. The match resumed with…
The United States needed just the first three singles matches of its best-of-five World Group II playoff to move past Poland 3-0 after Venus Williams defeated Poland’s second-highest ranked player, Magda Linette, 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. The playoff got underway on Saturday, and it was Sloane Stephens who put the Americans…
Photo Credit: Alex Smith/Memphis Open American Michael Mmoh took down compatriot Bjorn Fratangelo in a three-set thriller that lasted two hours and 54 minutes today at the Memphis Open presented by ServiceMaster. With the win, Mmoh qualifies for his first career ATP main draw event. In arguably the most exciting match of the final…
There are many opposites in tennis. This article applies to the general tennis playing public who hit their groundstrokes after the bounce has peaked and is on the way down. One opposite is to be able to hit up, you have to stay down! Topspin is created by brushing up the backside of the ball,…
Most tennis players wish they could practice exclusively with better players despite the zero sum impracticality. This means that we cannot all hit up all the time because if one player is hitting "up," the other is hitting "down." Still, some players are able to overcome this challenge and are sought out by top competitors…
It’s never easy for one to leave their home nation to start over in a completely foreign land. Having to learn and adapt to a new culture, language, lifestyle, etc. can be a daunting task. So when Peter Gecse came to America from Hungary with his sister Andrea in 1997, he knew it would be…
Juan Martin del Potro announced on Wednesday that he will be returning to the ATP World Tour at the Delray Beach Open, which begins on Feb. 15. Del Potro played in just four tournaments in 2014 and two in 2015 following multiple wrist surgeries. The 2009 U.S. Open champion began training last fall, but was…
The Fall/Winter Metro seasons are in full swing. The 40 & Over Women’s and Men’s season are just finishing up, with playoffs coming up. Congratulations to the following teams for qualifying for 40 & Over playoffs at their respective levels: Women ►3.0 Level: Karen Johnson & Deborah Fantera ►3.5 Level: Ashley Rowe & Susan Chee…