Dante Brown of Harlem, N.Y. was named USTA Eastern’s Leslie J. FitzGibbon Tennis Man of the Year for his contribution to tennis as a teacher, director and community advocate. Brown will receive his award at USTA Eastern’s Tennis Conference on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Renaissance Hotel in White Plains, N.Y. Brown is currently the…
Serena Williams was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year on Monday, becoming the first woman to be honored with the magazine’s award in more than three decades. The top-ranked player in the world put together a historic 2015 season, coming within two matches of winning the Calendar Grand Slam and compiling a record of…
MatchPoint NYC in Brooklyn hosted its second annual QuickStart tournament on Saturday as the club continues to grow its junior development program. The tournament broke the kids up into an Advanced and Beginner divisions, with round-robin play to determine who would reach the semifinals and finals. After excellent tennis filled the round-robin stage, the semifinals…
I often sit in meetings with other head coaches from a variety of sports at the college where I lead the men’s and women’s tennis programs. I attend forums and seminars, spending time trying to learn new ways to improve within the coaching profession. I share coaching stories with other instructors, and invariably, there is…
The OUE Sinagpore Slammers won all five sets against the Philippine Mavericks on Friday en route to a 30-22 record to improve to 3-3 in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). Carlos Moya got the Slammers going with a 6-4 win over Mark Philippoussis in the Men’s Legends set to give the Slammers the early…
Top American Madison Keys has ended her coaching relationship with Lindsay Davenport, Keys’ agent confirmed to WTA Insider. Davenport, and husband Jon Leach, worked with Keys throughout the past year, beginning in the 2014 offseason. Together, they helped Keys reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open and finished the year ranked 18th…
Hey fans of Roger Federer … this installment of “The Jensen Zone” is for you! Even if you do not have Federer as your favorite player, it is easy to respect the Swiss champion and his approach to sportsmanship, competition and appreciation for the game he plays. One thing that makes me sad is that…
The Legendari Japan Warriors notched its first win of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) season on Thursday, coming from behind to down the OBI UAE Royals 24-21 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. The lead thanks to Royals took the earlySerb Ana Ivanovic, who downed Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 in the Women’s Singles…
A friend of mine just returned from a three-week trip to Japan and told me a story I found impossible to believe. This same story also brought tears to my eyes. It occurred at the end of a long day of shopping in Kyoto. She was in a very high-end department store and it was…
Despite winning 11 tournaments over the last two years, Switzerland’s Roger Federer announced on Wednesday that he has ended the coach-player relationship between him and Swede Stefan Edberg. “After two very successful years, I would like to thank Stefan Edberg, my childhood idol, for agreeing to join my team,” Federer wrote on his Facebook page….