Last night, World TeamTennis (WTT) returned to Randall’s Island as the New York Sportimes played their first home match of the season at Sportime Randall’s Island. A nice crowd, including former Mayor David Dinkins and the General Manager of USTA Player Development Patrick McEnroe, turned out to see two former world number ones square off…
American Ryan Harrison was a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 winner over Australian Marinko Matosevic in opening round action at the 2013 BB&T Atlanta Open on Monday, the first tournament of the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series. Harrison will go for his 50th tour-level win when he next faces fourth-seeded Dutchman Igor Sijsling. Harrison reached his first ATP…
On July 22, former world number ones, Davis Cup standouts and International Tennis Hall of Famers John McEnroe and Jim Courier will battle it out on the Sportime Stadium hard court on as the New York Sportimes take on the Texas Wild in a World TeamTennis (WTT) matchup. The annual night benefiting the Johnny Mac…
Seventeen-year-old Daniel Kerznerman of Brooklyn, N.Y., who trains full-time at the USTA Training Center in East Flushing, N.Y. captured the USTA Boys 18s National Clay Court Championships singles title on Sunday. With the win, Kerznerman received a wild card entry into the 2013 U.S. Open Junior Championship. As a number 17 seed, Kerznerman beat the seventh-seeded…
World number one Serena Williams won the 53rd title of her career at the 2013 Collector Swedish Open by beating Johanna Larsson, 6-4, 6-1. With the win, Serena tied Monica Seles for ninth place in most WTA titles in the Open Era. Serena was down a break in the first set, but came back to tie…
When you have a real passion for a particular sport or game, you’ll find a variety of unconventional ways to practice and improve. Take tennis, for example. It can be played with nothing more than a racquet, a tennis ball and a wall. The wall acts as the unforgiving competitor. Players work to hone their footwork,…
The game of tennis played by the pros of today is explosive and exciting to watch. Back when I played on the ATP Tour in the late 1980s and most of the 1990s, not many players could, what I call, "Turn a Point.” What I mean is to take a defensive situation like being put…
Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has withdrawn from the Bank of the West Classic, set for July 22-28 at Stanford University due to a hamstring strain. Bartoli is the second prominent player to pull out of the tournament this week, following Maria Sharapova who pulled out due to a left hip injury suffered during Wimbledon. "During Wimbledon,…
The 2nd Annual National Tennis Camp for Wounded, Ill, and Injured Servicemembers and Veterans was held in San Diego last month. This event is an outgrowth of an adaptive tennis program started in 2009 in partnership with Naval Medical Center San Diego that has served over 500 military personnel in free, twice-monthly tennis clinics. The…
The USTA has announced that world number one and defending champion Serena Williams leads the women’s field for the 2013 U.S. Open Tennis Championships, set for Aug. 26 through Sept. 9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Joining Serena will be 100 of the world’s top 102 women,…