In almost every match, one player is usually the favorite. Sometimes this is based on ranking and results and other times it is based on what they look like hitting the ball and the weapons that they possess. If the player who is ranked lower or is perceived as being the weaker player, wins…
Slinger, a leading connected sports company, today announced that it has agreed to acquire PlaySight Interactive Ltd. (www.playsight.com), a pioneer and leader across sports video technology, data capture, high performance analytics and automated video production. Coupled with the recent acquisitions of Foundation Tennis and GAMEFACE.AI, the acquisition of PlaySight immediately expands Slinger’s footprint in the…
Oralie Joseph Gabriel won 10-4 at first singles to lead Brooklyn Tech to the shutout victory over Leon Goldstein, and push the Engineers to 4-0 on the season. Below are other scores in New York City from this past weekend, via PSAL: ►Lab Museum 5, Frederick Douglass 0 ►Fort Hamilton 5, Abraham Lincoln 0…
Cardozo defeated Forest Hills 3-2 on Thursday afternoon to improve to 3-3 on the season, and hand Forest Hills its first loss of the season to drop the Lady Rangers to 5-1 this year. Olivia Benton won at first singles and Jasmine Siong won her match at third singles to help lead the Lady…
Football teams spend hours and hours watching film of past games to determine what is working, and what is not. Tennis players may not always have the luxury of accessing film of their matches, but a good coach can help a player come up with a plan that will have a greater chance of…
For the better part of two decades, Jeffrey Appel has been known as the Mayor of New York Tennis. Through his support, mentoring, and his passion for the game, he has helped countless tennis players maximize their opportunities on the court and off the court with their careers. New York Tennis Magazine got a…
At the beginning of this year, Ioonna Felix was named the Regional Council Director for USTA Eastern’s Metro Region, a role she will serve in through the end of 2022. As a native of New York City, Felix was excited to take the baton from previous Director Pablo Sierra, and continuing to grow the…
Watching the Laver Cup last weekend has made it pretty obvious that tennis (at all levels) comes down to combining consistent serving with consistent returning over the course of the match. This is the case in both singles and doubles. Europe did this better than the World in this year’s event. Even though the…
As she approached the possibility of a fourth surgery on her ankle, Anna Tatishvili faced the tough decision that many professional athletes must face at one point in their careers: continue to work through rehab and play through pain, or hang it up. “It was towards the end of 2019, I was rehabbing and…
The annual USTA Eastern Awards Ceremony are set to be held in January as part of the Section’s annual conference, and nominations for this year’s awards are now open. From USTA Eastern: With its annual awards, USTA Eastern honors those who have made remarkable contributions toward growing and promoting tennis at the grassroots…