USTA Eastern will honor 28 volunteers, tennis pros, players and organizations at its Annual Awards Dinner on Jan. 21, 2012 at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in White Plains. The award recipients will be recognized for the range of ways they helped grow tennis in the section, from providing free tennis lessons to organizing programs for…
Maria Sharapova had a good, but not spectacular, year in 2011 as she failed to win a major. However, the search engine Bing.com says the Russian tennis star, who is currently ranked number four in the world, has been the search engine’s "Most-Searched-For Athlete of 2011." Two other women on the tennis circuit, 12th-ranked American Serena…
For the past 13 years, the world’s best junior tennis players have annually gathered at the hard courts of the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, Fla., to compete in the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships. But this year, the USTA opted to shift the event back to its roots, moving the event to…
The New York City tennis community is blessed to have some of the best indoor facilities and best coaches in the world right here in our backyard. Recently, New York Tennis Magazine spoke with some of these top coaches to get some insight into their coaching/training strategies, what they look for in a great player,…
Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 to take Spain’s third Davis Cup title in the past four years. This is his first title since winning the French Open and raised him up from a series of underperforming matches played on his part. This win gives Spain…
WTA number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has hired Ricardo Sanchez as her new coach. Sanchez will replace her father, Piotr Wozniacki, who supposedly "wanted to get a little bit of time off the court." Sanchez’s first goal with Wozniacki will be to have her win the Australian Open in January. Wozniacki is yet to win a…
Rafael Nadal has given Spain a 1-0 lead over Argentina at the Davis Cup after defeating Juan Monaco 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. Nadal played on his prime surface of clay at the Olympic Stadium breaking Monaco seven times. "The best part of my game was I didn’t make mistakes," said Nadal. "The most important thing is…
Alex Bogomolov Jr. will play for Russia rather than the United States after the ITF confirmed his request. Bogomolov was born in Moscow and has played for the U.S. since he turned Pro in 2002, however has never played at a senior level in the Davis Cup. The Davis Cup Committee came to the conclusion…
The following is a interview between U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez: TIM CURRY: Thank you, everyone, for joining us today for this media conference call with Mary Joe Fernandez and Jim Courier. We want to talk both about the upcoming 2012 Fed Cup and Davis Cup seasons, which may seem…
Change is constant … oftentimes motivated by necessity, and other times, triggered by technology in an effort to maximize convenience. Rarely do we have a choice but to adapt, even if we are not clear on how we feel about the particular change. From posted mail to e-mail, landlines to cellphones, and from enjoying the…