Top-seeded Jack Sock of Lincoln, Neb., successfully defended his USTA Boys’ 18s National title, and Lauren Davis of Gates Mills, Ohio, captured the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships as the number one seed on Sunday, and both will receive main wild card draws into the 2011 U.S. Open. Sock defeated number two-seeded Mitchell Frank of…
Division I Benjamin N. Cardozo High School 11-1 Forest Hills 10-2 Francis Lewis 6-6 Bayside High School 3-9 Townsend Harris 0-12 Division II Brooklyn Technical 10-0 Leon M. Goldstein High School for Science 8-2 Midwood 6-4 Abraham Lincoln High School 4-6 James Madison 2-8 Fort Hamilton 0-10 Division III Beacon High School 10-0 Stuyvesant High School 8-4 Bronx…
The first-ever Beach Tennis USA Nation’s Cup will be held at a new state-of-the-art sand complex at the Crest Hollow Country Club, located at 8325 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury, N.Y, Friday, Aug. 19 from noon-7:30 p.m. The Crest Hollow has great locker room facilities and will serve light refreshments during the day. A post-event cocktail party…
This year’s U.S. Open will surely be one to remember. Not just for the high level intensity and shot-making from the best players in the world, but for another more meaningful reason. It was just announced by the U.S. Open that a white “9-11-01” will be painted next to the court for the U.S. Open…
You know when you think sometimes the script is just written in sports and the players just follow along? That’s the feeling I have now after watching for a third straight day a top male and female upset in their respective tournaments. On the men’s side it was Roger Federer, and on the women’s side,…
Anyone remember the last time Roger Federer played a tournament before the current Rogers Cup event in Montreal? If you guessed Wimbledon, then you’re right. Anyone remember who Federer’s last loss was against in the tournament? If you guessed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, then give yourself a pat on the back because you’re right again….
Now this is just getting a little weird. First the men’s side loses Andy Murray to which the women’s side loses Kim Clijsters. Yesterday, the men’s side lost Rafael Nadal, and that was followed up by the women losing Caroline Wozniacki. If this is the pattern, should we expect Federer and Serena to be gone…
There’s some kind of déjà vu feeling in the air as I remember writing an article recapping Andy Murray’s embarrassing opening round exit in Montreal to Kevin Anderson of South Africa. That story doesn’t even compare to Rafael Nadal losing 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(5) in his opening round match to Ivan Dodig of Croatia at the…
Tennis Channel will explore five alternative tennis histories in the upcoming edition of countdown series, "Best of 5." Among the scenarios the fourth season’s latest episode, What Ifs, will consider: What If young number one Monica Seles had never been attacked by a deranged fan at the height of her dominance? The show will premiere…
New York City tennis players are lucky. They have access to one of the few public red clay tennis facilities in the United States thanks to the Riverside Clay Tennis Association (RCTA) which maintains and manages 10 beautiful red clay courts along the Hudson River in Manhattan’s Riverside Park near 96th Street. Anyone with a…