In a matchup between the top two teams in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), the Philippine Mavericks gave the Micromax Indian Aces its first loss of the season, winning a tight 25-24 affair Tuesday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. It was the Aces who got out to the early lead…
The WTA has announced its yearly awards, voted on by a combination of media and fans, on Tuesday, and to no surprise, world number one Serena Williams took home Player of the Year honors for the fourth straight year and seventh time overall. Serena put together a remarkable 2015 season, winning the first three majors…
The 2015 Grand Slam season has concluded and on the men’s side, Novak Djokovic walked away with the U.S. Open trophy, defeating Roger Federer in four sets. Both Novak and Roger have had consistently solid years. They are both poster boys for the thread which I have woven into my articles during the previous year:…
The Micromax Indian Aces remained alone atop the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) standings, defeating the OBI UAE Royals 30-18 on Monday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila to improve to 3-0 in the IPTL. The Aces won all five of the sets played on Monday, and it was Rohan Bopanna & Sania…
Whatever the level of your tennis skill may be, you can always improve upon your game by improving your tennis-specific fitness. Fitness training should be a regular part of your “tennis lifestyle.” The more serious a player you are, the more fitness you will need. You have to improve your strength, power, explosiveness, quickness, endurance,…
The Micromax Indian Aces improved to 2-0 in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) on Friday, beating the OUE Singapore Slammers 27-22 at the Kobe World Hall in Kobe, Japan. It was the Slammers who would take the early lead in this one, as Carlos Moya defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-5 to put the Slammers ahead….
Thank you, Roberta Vinci. Finally, someone has opened our eyes and made a clear statement: Tennis is not all about hitting the cover off the ball. Somehow, we all bought into the idea that the only way to play is to stay on the baseline and slug it out. Vinci showed us that simply changing…
The OUE Singapore Slammers notched a 26-24 win over the Philippine Mavericks on the second day of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) on Thursday in Kobe, Japan. The Slammers got on the board thanks to Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova, who defeated American Serena Williams 6-4 in the Women’s Singles set, after Mark Philippoussis of…
The USTA has announced that its Player Development Division will host a series of coaching education symposiums geared to engage under-represented coaching communities. The overall goal of these symposiums is to continue USTA Player Development’s ongoing efforts to create a collaborative partnership with a full spectrum of its American tennis stakeholders. At the symposiums, USTA Player Development…
Instructional group clinics and private tennis lessons these days seem to be primarily populated by and marketed toward juniors. That’s fine in the respect that once children begin playing tennis and training at a young age, they will no doubt become competitive players. But where is the adult population these days, and why aren’t they…