Six ITA standouts comprise the United States roster competing in the Ninth Annual Master'U BNP Paribas, held Dec. 4-7 in Aix-en-Provence, France. Competing for the U.S. this year are UCLA seniors Robin Anderson and Chanelle Van Nguyen, University of Virginia junior Julia Elbaba and sophomore Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, University of Georgia senior Nathan Pasha and Wake Forest…
Dozens of New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) kids arrived at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center recently to watch the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, hosted by Columbia University. While all of the kids were able to spend time talking with the student-athletes off the court, some also had work to…
Virginia's Julia Elbaba of Oyster Bay, N.Y., and North Carolina's Brayden Schnur completed an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sweep of singles titles on Sunday at the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center and hosted by Columbia University. In the women's singles championship, Elbaba strung together her second…
The finals are set at the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and hosted by Columbia University. Virginia's Julia Elbaba from nearby Oyster Bay, N.Y., will take on California's Maegan Manasse for the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship Women's Singles title, the first national championship match for Elbaba…
The ASA College Men's and Women's Tennis teams start the 2014-2015 season at the top of the Preseason ITA Junior/Community Colleges National Rankings. The Avenger squads won both the men's and women's 2014 NJCAA National Championships, the first two national titles in ASA College history for any sport. Right behind the Avengers in the ITA Junior/Community…
Five of eight men's singles seeds fell on Day One of the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, while third-seeded Hayley Carter of North Carolina was the only female singles seed to lose at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Seven of the eight women's singles seeds advanced safely into today's second round. Reigning champion and top-seeded…
Reigning NCAA champion Danielle Collins (University of Virginia), top-ranked Jamie Loeb (University of North Carolina), of nearby Ossining, N.Y., and Long Island-native Julia Elbaba (University of Virginia) are among the top college players set to compete in the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, set for Nov. 6-9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Loeb, the Intercollegiate…
The Pratt Institute women's tennis team won its fourth consecutive Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) Championship Saturday afternoon, winning all nine flights of the tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Top singles player Agata Jakubowska from Dallas, Texas was named HVIAC Player of the Year, and fellow sophomore Megan Basaldua…
Denise Starr and Robert Levine, two elite players who reside in the New York City area, spent this past summer training at Gotham Tennis Academy/Stadium Tennis Center. While their opinions are unique, their perspectives are universal. Recently, they fielded questions from campers, as well as from parents of aspiring young players. Denise Starr is a…
Inspired by seeing her hero Roger Federer earlier in the morning eating breakfast, North Carolina’s Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y. beat fellow New Yorker, Oyster Bay's Julia Elbaba, 7-5, 6-1 of Virginia to capture the first American Collegiate Invitational women’s singles title played at the U.S. Open. With the win, Loeb receives at least a qualifying wild card…