The feedback I get from many parents about the USTA’s decision to use low-compression balls in the 10 & Under Tournaments tells me that many people are skeptical of the benefits and uses of these balls. They usually think that low-compression balls are only for beginners. They say that when their nine-year-old is playing up…
The NYJTL Mayor’s Cup, the largest interscholastic tennis event in the United States, returned to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., crowning 14 team and individual champions and awarding eight prestigious Marion & Jacob Javits College Scholarships. Isadora Braune, of Roosevelt Island, was a double winner, earning a $5,000…
American Francis Taifoe made his ATP Tour debut Monday in the first-round of the Citi Open in Washington D.C. but lost to Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round bout. Taifoe fought off three match points before Donskoy was able to close out the 16-year old. Despite the loss, the teenager took positives…
American Shelby Rogers has been one of the rising stars on the women’s circuit and has enjoyed the best month of her professional career in July. The 21-year old from South Carolina reached her first ever WTA final at Bad Gastein earlier in the month, and has now followed that up with an upset over…
Seventeen Grand Slam titles … 60 total championships and more than 600 career wins … Serena Williams, a four-time Gold Medal winner from three separate Olympic Games has suffered shocking losses early in tournaments this year, leaving fans, coaches and players alike left wondering if anybody will step up to challenge the queen’s throne on…
Two-time NCAA champion for Stanford Nicole Gibbs, 21, of Santa Monica, Calif., will return to the U.S. Open for the third consecutive year as a wild card. However, this time, Gibbs will be competing due to her results on the USTA Pro Circuit, rather than on the college tennis court. Gibbs earned the main draw wild…
Where did the idea for ZEMgear come from? Christina Bracken: Today's ZEM Collection of Wind, Water, Sand and Land shoes have a unique history. In the beginning, a group of beach volleyball athletes asked us to solve a problem. They wanted a shoe to protect them from hot and cold sand, and debris that could…
American John Isner defended his title in Atlanta on Sunday, rolling past Israeli Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-4 to capture the BB&T Atlanta Open for the second straight year. The top-seeded Isner ripped 15 aces throughout the match and used a dominant and powerful serve to outmuscle Sela. Isner did not lose a service game all…
Why is tennis so often referred to as "The sport for a lifetime?” Largely because tennis isn't just a terrific means of exercise and improving your health, but it offers psychological advantages as well. Tennis is also fun to watch and can expand your horizons across the country and around the world. The sport is…
Seventh ranked Canadian Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from next week’s Citi Open, tournament organizers announced Thursday. Jeff Newman, the tournament director, released a statement yesterday that said WTA officials had notified them that Bouchard requested a medical withdrawal. Lucie Safarova, who reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, will replace Bouchard as the tournament’s top seed. The…