The saying goes: “You are what you eat.” But you are also “How you eat” and “When you eat.” A tennis training diet should be focused on high-energy foods and proper hydration. The adequate portions of your diet should be timed appropriately before and after competition. Some hydration tips include: â–ºLimiting or avoiding caffeinated beverages…
"Back in the day,” people were never home-schooled to play tennis. Back a “half-day ago,” it was done by a select few who had a slightly reasonable chance to make a living as a professional tennis player. It was considered putting all of your eggs in one basket. But what about today? Home schooling is…
ATP World Tour tennis is headed to Rio de Janeiro, host city to the 2016 Olympic Games and co-host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The ATP Board of Directors last week in Monte-Carlo approved the sale of the Memphis membership to IMX to stage an ATP World Tour 500 event from 2014 in Brazil’s…
Top-ranked American Mardy Fish will headline the ATP World Tour 500 tennis tournament in Washington, D.C., to be played July 28-Aug. 5. The new-look event becomes the Citi Open and and will be played at an upgraded William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center. Fish has been eager to return to the tournament after being forced to withdraw…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal has opened his 2012 Barcelona Open run with a quick victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. He had 15 break point chances and converted six of them as he took the match in just 81 min. Nadal ended a 10-month title hiatus with his win over world number one-ranked…
Wimbledon officials have agreed to a substantial increase to the prize money for the 2012 Championships following talks with the world’s leading players. A majority of the prize monies will be directed to helping lower-ranked players. The men’s and women’s singles champions will each receive a record $1.85 million, while most of the $2.4 million increase to…
Taylor Townsend, a 16-year-old from Stockbridge, Ga., who trains full-time at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., became the top-ranked junior in the ITF World Junior Rankings (for players 18 and younger) on Monday, making her the first American girl to earn the number one ranking since the ITF combined singles and…
After inclement weather not only moved Sunday’s Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship match out of Cary, N.C., and indoors to Wake Forest’s indoor tennis complex, Duke rallied back from a lost doubles point to win four singles matches, defeat rival North Carolina, 4-2, and claim its 17th ACC title in program history. "Even after we…
Families in the USTA Eastern Region can enjoy free tennis lessons, hear from tennis coaching legend Nick Bollettieri, and watch a performance by Disney signing sensation Tiffany at the 2nd Annual TennisFest, a free day of activities for players of all ages and abilities, on Sunday, May 20 from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Saw…
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain has defeated world number one Novak Djokovic in the finals of the 2012 Monte Carlo Masters in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. The win by Nadal ended Djokovic’s streak of seven consecutive wins over the Spaniard in title matches. Nadal had little trouble against Djokovic in this match and…