Tennis Channel has nearly 60 hours of live match play lined up for its annual coverage of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 Arena in London next week, with more than 150 dedicated hours overall via same-day, prime-time replays. The network will again offer a complete, wall-to-wall telecast of the season-ending competition,…
I am still fired up from this year’s U.S. Open … the most physical Grand Slam tournaments I’ve ever been a part of since I began playing them in 1983. Before the tournament began, there was an earthquake centered in Washington, D.C. and felt on the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with no…
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is grouped with Spain’s Rafael Nadal in round-robin play at this year’s event at The O2 Arena in London. Also grouped together in first round action at the event is world number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic and Great Britain’s Andy Murray in Group A….
The ATP and WTA Tours have released their latest rankings, with Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki seated atop the women’s rankings and Serbian Novak Djokovic maintaining the top spot on the men’s side. On the women’s side, Wozniacki leads the pack with 7,485 points, followed by youngster Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, the 2011 Wimbledon winner,…
At this point in my college consulting career, each of my consults fall into one of a few categories. For example, many consults are with parents of freshmen in high school who want to know whether their child should make an academic or athletic run through college doors. Other clients want to know what colleges…
Twenty-one-year-old Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, has been named WTA Player of the Year for 2011 to cap off her amazing year. Currently, Kvitova has a 60-13 record, earning six singles titles, including her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon and the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships. She rose from…
Americans Robby Ginepri and Melanie Oudin are among the four women and three men who have been invited to participate in the 2011 Kia Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, set for Dec. 16-18 at the Racquet Club of the South, a USTA-Certified Regional Training Center in Atlanta. The complete field for the eight-man and eight-woman…
Roger Federer ended the 2011 season on the high side after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-1, 7-6, to win his first Paris Masters event title and the 69th title of his career. He has won 16 Grand Slams and has never reached the Paris final, however, gave it his all to save two break points after…
Considering it was a snowy night, 14 people still showed up for a 90-min., high-paced, cardio tennis workout on Oct. 29th at Roosevelt Island Racquet Center. Attendees showed up in costume to get into the Halloween spirit, as music blasted on three courts and attendees performed dead ball drills and took part in live ball…
Pictured above (front row, left to right): Emily Steinberg, R.A.L.L.Y.: Racquet and Literacy League for Youth, 2010 NJTL of the Year; Dr. Deborah MacFarlane-Antoine, NYJTL, 2010 NJTL of the Year; Sandy Martin, Saint Paul Urban Tennis, 2010 NJTL of the Year; Bob Bratcher, 2010 Eve Kraft Community Service Award; Brenda Gilmore, 2010 Eve Kraft Community…