American Venus Williams has advanced to the third round of the Family Circle Cup tournament in Charleston, S.C., after defeating Serbian Jelena Jankovic in straight sets, 7-5, 6-0, to advance to the third round of play. She put up a high level of play that will be hard to be overcome by remaining players in…
The 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinals match between the United States and France will take place Friday-Sunday, April 6-8 at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune Cap Martin, France. The U.S. will be competing for its sixth time on the road since defeating Switzerland in the 2009 first round held…
Serena Williams, Sam Stosur, and Vera Zvonareva all won their round of 16 matches at the Family Circle Cup in straight set victories in Charleston, S.C. Venus Williams also continued her comeback from illness that kept her out a majority of 2011 with a first-round victory and the number 10 seed, Anabel Medina-Garrigues was the…
American Andy Roddick will target a record fifth AEGON Championships title at The Queen’s Club, June 11-17. Roddick, who won the title in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007, and reached finals at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2004, 2005 and 2009, is now fully fit after a difficult year. He scored an impressive win over Roger…
The Winter Metro Corporate Tennis League season will feature 49 teams this year. This season, two new companies/teams, Opera Solutions and Blue Wolf Holdings, have joined in on the action. The following is a divisional breakdown: â–ºAdvanced Division: Seven teams â–ºAdvanced Intermediate Division: 17 teams â–ºIntermediate Division: 24 teams â–ºBeginner’s Clinic Program: One team The…
The USTA has announced that co-ed intramural and sport club tennis teams representing 64 colleges and universities across the country have qualified for the 2012 USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship to be played in Cary, N.C., April 12-14. Six schools will be making their debut at the National Championship and the field also includes defending…
Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-4 to capture the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open title. Sharapova held her head high when shaking hands although slumping her shoulders in disappointment. She lost serve in the final game of each set and fell short yet again of a title from Key Biscayne. Sharapova is now the runner-up…
The USTA has announced that American Mardy Fish will pull out of the 2012 Davis Cup quarterfinals against France due to a health scare. Fish was seen by doctors in Key Biscayne during the Sony Ericsson Open after facing extreme fatigue and will now need to rest for two to three days. The USTA has…
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won his third Sony Ericsson Open title after he defeated Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6. Only Andre Agassi, a six-time Sony Ericsson Open champion, has won more. The top-ranked Djokovic lost only one service point in the second set tie-breaker, where he went ahead and double-faulted to make it just 3-2. Djokovic…
Several years ago at my sleepaway camp, there was an “incident” which illustrated to me the importance and urgency of switching to “synchronized teaching” at camp. “Synchronized teaching” is a system of instruction where every instructor on every court is teaching the same drills simultaneously. It enabled me to maintain control of our teaching program….