In the last issue, we started discussing the major differences between the serve and the overhead. Hopefully you have started cleaning up your overhead technique by improving your movement, balance and preparation for this important shot. If you have, you may now be looking forward to hitting your overhead instead of avoiding it. Let’s do…
Andrea Petkovic defeated world number two Victoria Azarenka in the first round of the China Open on Monday, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. In 2011, Petkovic advanced to the finals of the China Open, but could only secure the runner-up spot, falling to eventual winner Agnieszka Radwanska. Next up for Petkovic in round two is Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova, a…
Petra Kvitova defeated Angelique Kerber 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 on Sunday for her second WTA title of the year at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan. With the win, Kvitova rises in the WTA Women’s Singles Rankings, from 11th to number seven. Kvitova now has 11 WTA titles in her career and is now 11-4 lifetime in…
Canada’s Milos Raonic defeated the top-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-6(4), 6-3 at the Thailand Open on Sunday. Raonic hit 18 aces to beat Berdych in the finals en route to his fifth career title. Raonic upped his lifetime record over Berdych to 2-0 after also beating him in the Cincinnati Masters last year. Raonic is now just 180 points…
The Queens season was once again plagued by rain. We had 44 matches rained out and several were interrupted mid-match by rain. The weather issues continued into District playoffs. The 4.0 Queens men playoffs were interrupted mid-match. Several Manhattan matches were also impacted by rain. Regionals also started out rainy and the day of Regionals…
Israel Tennis Centers’ (ITC) Vice President of Development Jacqueline Glodstein has announced that Dvorah Marsha, coach at the Israel Tennis Centers in Tel Aviv and Ramat Hasharon, Israel, would be moving to New York to take over the role of development manager in the ITC Foundation’s NYC office. “As our organization continues to grow, we must…
Angelique Kerber and Petra Kvitova will meet in the finals of the 2013 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, after Kvitova defeated Venus Williams 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2) and Kerber was a 6-4, 7-6(5) winner over the fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. The number seven-seeded Kvitova ended a nice run by Venus, as the two put on a serving display, each…
Look out tennis parents and kids. There is a new contender for U.S. Open honors. He is the star of two picture books by Maura Moynihan, a Florida-based tennis instructor. And talk about growing the game … he is a bear with a parrot pal. In Murphy Bear’s Tennis Lesson, the title character discovers how…
Venus Williams reached the semifinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday after her 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 win in three-plus hours over Canadian Eugenie Bouchard. Venus and Bouchard had comparable unforced errors in the match, 35 for Williams and 34 for Bouchard, but their winners told the story—Venus had 43 in the match, Bouchard…
Centercourt Performance Tennis Center 65 Columbia Road ♦ Morristown, N.J. www.centercourtclub.com The Centercourt Performance Tennis Center (CPTC) is located in Morristown, N.J., a one-of-a-kind facility fully-dedicated to the development and performance of tennis players. The Performance Center went through a complete renovation in 2012 and has…