If you came of age as a tennis player some time during the early days of the Open Era, eventually you came into contact with Vitas Gerulaitis. He was, on some level, the embodiment of tennis in the New York metropolitan area and why it was cool to play. There had been other great players…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga injured his finger during his third round 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (5) loss to Ivan Dodig at the Queen’s Club on Thursday, jeopardizing his chances of playing in Wimbledon which is just 10 days away. Last year, Tsonga lost to Andy Murray at Queen’s Club in the finals and later upset Roger Federer…
Defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany cut Rafael Nadal’s start to the grass court season short with a 6-3, 6-4 win over the recently-crowned French Open champion in the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Kohlschreiber, currently ranked 28th in the world, will now face either Czech Tomas Berdych or fellow German Tommy Haas in the…
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer kicked off their grass court season at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany on Thursday with comfortable wins. The 2012 French Open Champion Nadal defeated Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, 7-5, 6-1 in the second round. Five-time champion Federer advanced to the quarterfinals after beating Florian Mayer, 6-4, 7-5. Nadal…
The 12th Annual Jana Hunsaker Memorial Wheelchair Tennis Tournament was held from June 7-10 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Jana Hunsaker was the director of the wheelchair tennis program at the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park center until her death in 2000. She ran weekly clinics, as well as the annual tournament, which have…
The New York Junior Tennis League (NYJTL) hosted the 25th Annual Mayor’s Cup All-Scholastic Tennis Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center from June 2-10. The Mayor’s Cup Championships, presented by Reliance Communications, is the largest scholastic tennis event in the nation, and is also the only interscholastic tournament featuring teams competing…
The USTA has joined with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Queens officials to release details of a proposed strategic vision for future development at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, site of the U.S. Open. The strategic vision—a series of interconnected construction projects that include building…
Germany’s Andrea Petkovic has withdrawn from Wimbledon because she has yet to fully recover from a serious right ankle injury. Wimbledon will mark the third Grand Slam that Petkovic has been forced to miss after sitting out the French Open and the Australian Open. "Unfortunately, I will not be able to return in time for…
For a city that is known as the “Concrete Jungle” and has limited recreational space, there are a surprisingly large number of new avenues available to play tennis in New York City at tennis clubs, tennis academies, parks, schoolyards, and gyms. One tennis innovator, Gotham Tennis Academy, is changing the tennis landscape in New York…
Tennis is the sport for a lifetime. Unlike many sports, tennis is a “carry over” sport, meaning it can be enjoyed from childhood through adulthood. It is a sport that when played proficiently, provides the cardiovascular aerobic exercise needed for a healthy life, while developing character, physical and mental competence and self-esteem. Equally as important,…