It was business as usual for the top seeds at the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Thursday, as the number one, two and four seeds all rolled to victories to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. World number one and top-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic was one of the first matches…
USTA Eastern will hold the 2015 Junior Awards Gala on Monday, Aug. 31 at 10:30 a.m. at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Indoor Hospitality Pavilion to recognize the top juniors in the Eastern Section. Alexa Noel of Summit, N.J. will be honored in two divisions, as she is number two in the Girls 12s and number…
As the U.S. Open approaches, we are extremely motivated to play harder and more often so we can feel like the pros. With only so many hours in a day, the more tennis we play, the more we ignore fitness preparation and injury prevention. And then one day … we develop overuse injuries. The good…
The 3rd Annual Mats Wilander Foundation & debra of America Tennis Pro-Am will be held Wednesday, September 2, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the historic grass courts of West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City. Play with Mats Wilander and Cameron Lickle of Wilander on Wheels, as well…
Victoria Azarenka rolled past third-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday, notching her first win over a top four player since 2013. Azarenka came out firing against Kvitova, building a hefty 6-2, 4-1 lead. After Kvitova trimmed that lead to 3-4, Azarenka rattled off the next two games to close out the fourth-ranked player…
Rafael Nadal got his Rogers Cup tournament off to a winning start on Wednesday, downing Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6(4), 6-3 to reach the third-round in Montreal. The seventh-seed Nadal had a chance to serve out the first set, but was broken by Stakhovsky to send the opening set into a tiebreak. Nadal outdueled him in…
World number one Serena Williams came out of the gate slow on Tuesday afternoon at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, but in typical Serena fashion, rallied back for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over Italy’s Flavia Pennetta to move into the tournament’s third-round. After dropping the first set, Serena found herself down a break early…
Novak Djokovic recorded his 250th career win at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments on Tuesday, beating Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 6-3, 7-6(4) in the Rogers Cup second-round. Bellucci played Djokovic tough, but was just never able to break the Serb. Djokovic broke once in the first set to take it 6-3, and then after both…
Injury prevention in tennis is vital for all ages and all levels. The inherent repetitive motions in tennis can cause injuries and imbalances in professionals, juniors and adults just looking for some weekly exercise. According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), a complete physical activity program consists of four components: Strength training, cardio,…
New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) launched its flagship facility, the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning, in Crotona Park in the South Bronx with a ribbon-cutting and celebration. The event drew hundreds of names from the worlds of tennis, fashion, government and civic engagement. “It would be very difficult to find any…