Back and better than ever, the New York Tennis Expo returned to NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 9, with more than 5,000 people coming out for an all-day celebration of tennis as Long Island and New York Tennis Magazines joined forces with GF Sports to kick off the…
USTA Eastern once again brought together all the pieces that make up the Section’s puzzle for a weekend as it hosted its annual Tennis Conference at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in White Plains, N.Y. this winter. The Conference serves as the Section’s annual professional development gathering, where leaders and professionals in the tennis industry…
The most endearing quality of the local tennis community is that it is, in fact, a community. If you look around the New York-Metropolitan area you can find people throughout who are willing to donate their time and energy into growing the sport of tennis, and contribute to the greater good of the sport….
Celebrities turned out in force to show their support at the USTA Foundation Gala, which marked the opening night of the 2018 U.S. Open. Co-hosted by Billie Jean King and TV personality Michael Greenberg, the star-studded event at Arthur Ashe Stadium raised more than $1.5 million for tennis and education. Attendees included Hugh Jackman, Anna Wintour, and…
The USTA, the 17 USTA Sections and the USTA Foundation today announced that they have pledged to donate $350,000 to restore tennis facilities and restart tennis programming throughout Puerto Rico. It has been one year since the devastation across the island, and the goal of this effort would be to give the children and…
The USTA and United States Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that Jack Sock, Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson, Mike Bryan and Frances Tiafoe will represent the U.S. in the 2018 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Semifinal against Croatia. The best-of-five match series will be played on an outdoor red clay court at…
Third time’s the charm for Anastasija Sevastova. Playing in her third consecutive U.S. Open quarterfinal, the 29th seeded Latvian finally broke through to claim her spot in the semifinals, doing so in stunning fashion as she upset third-seed and defending champion Sloane Stephens 6-2, 6-3 inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday. Sevastova saved seven break…
Austrian Dominic Thiem overcame a one set deficit to defeat young American Taylor Fritz 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-4 and book his spot in the U.S. Open fourth round on Friday. After dropping the first set, Thiem responded by taking the second set, setting up an exciting finish to the intriguing third round clash. Fritz broke…
In a stark contrast from her second-round three-setter, defending champion Sloane Stephens played her best tennis from the very start of her match on Friday against Victoria Azarenka. The third-seeded American moved through to the Round of 16 of the U.S. Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory. “Very happy to be through,” Stephens said afterwards….
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios fought back from a set down to beat Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-0 in the U.S. Open second round on Thursday, but it was the pep talk he received from chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani midway through the second set that is garnering all the attention. Down a set and 0-3…