Players travel from all over the world to compete for the Orange Bowl junior championship. This year’s champions didn’t have to come far at all. Stefan Kozlov and Sofia Kenin, both from nearby Pembroke Pines, Fla., won the Boys and Girls 18s Singles titles at the Metropolia Orange Bowl Tennis Championships, held at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center, the first American…
Taking It to the Streets By Daniel Arzuaga “Yeah I know how to play tennis!” declared Brandon Smith, an eight-year-old resident of Crown Heights when he attended the first ever “Street Tennis” clinic held in front of his building on Union Street. “I hit hard! Watch me!” Brandon hit a tennis ball clear across the…
The ATP has announced that there will be significant prize-money increases on the World Tour over the next four years, and will surpass $100 million for the first time ever in 2015. It says that prize money could reach $135 million by 2018. The biggest hike will come at the top-tier Masters 1000 tournaments where…
Eugenie Bouchard has signed a global marketing and management deal with the agency WME-IMG, joining Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams as IMG Tennis clients. “I am really excited about joining WME-IMG, a company that is in the best possible position to help me achieve my business goals and maximize the value of my brand,” said…
The tempo of the take-back is the first and most critical phase in the timing of the serve. It doesn’t matter whether you use a classic, abbreviated or somewhere in between motion. Remember you have to organize your feet, legs, hips, torso, shoulders, arms, hands and head in a continuous chain event to get to…
The coaching merry-go-round continues to spin throughout professional tennis as the sport’s offseason once again brings with it a number of coaching hires and firings. The most recent on the men’s side Wednesday, as top-ranked American John Isner announced a new coaching agreement with former player and current Tennis Channel broadcaster Justin Gimelstob for the…
In today’s game, one of the most under-practiced shots is the inside-out backhand. While the inside-out backhand is not the weapon of choice players enjoy with their inside-out forehand, there are key times and reasons you should include this shot into your practice schedule and match play. Return of serve As a right-handed player, returning…
I have written articles for Long Island Tennis Magazine and New York Tennis Magazine for the past five years. During that time, I have come in contact with many parents and juniors who read this publication with questions about the collegiate tennis experience. They can ask everything from how do I market myself as a…
The WTA announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to a media rights contract with PERFORM that will be worth more than $525 million over 10 seasons starting in 2017. The deal plans to produce all singles matches on the women’s tour each year, around 2,000 or so matches a season. “Their investment at this…
Last week, Agnieszka Radwanska told the media in her home country of Poland that she would be hiring a “super coach” to work with her in 2015. On Tuesday, she followed through on that by announcing that Martina Navratilova would be joining her coaching staff in 2015. She will work alongside Radwanska’s current coach Tomasz…