For most of the season, Townsend Harris was on cruise control. The Hawks had been dominant in the Queens 2A division throughout the fall, including in the first two rounds of the playoffs where it defeated Beacon and Brooklyn Tech, both by the score of 5-0. But in the semifinals, Townsend Harris received its biggest…
When he steps onto the court, the atmosphere shifts. Even the most restless kids pause for a moment — it’s as if Pavlo Bednarzh can command attention without saying a word. His voice is firm, his movements confident, and his eyes radiate the energy of a man who has lived and breathed tennis his entire…
On a beautiful late-October morning, a group of dedicated tennis players gathered at the Roosevelt Island Racquet Club to participate in one of the club’s unique offerings: Anne Hobbs Doubles Tournaments. Run quarterly, these tournaments bring together a mix of different women’s tennis players to compete in a round-robin style competition. At some of them,…
Building on the excitement surrounding the inaugural ‘A Racquet at The Rock’, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) and Unified Events today unveiled expanded programming for the December 7 tennis event at Prudential Center. The first tennis event in Prudential Center’s history promises to be a landmark celebration of the sport. Headlining the night will…
The beauty of tennis is that it holds a lot more importance and can have a greater impact than just forehands and backhands, and wins and losses. Being a tennis player allows one to become part of a community with people of shared interests, and oftentimes bridges gaps. For Mariia Vainshtein, moving from war-torn Ukraine…
Sometimes, as a tennis player, you exist on an island. Alone, solo, under the lights of your local club or drenched in the sun, there you are … between the lines, either gaining the accolades of glory hitting the winning shot or facing the weight of a loss. There are no teammates to pass to;…
Jolie Chichak came out firing in the singles championship of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Individual Championships on Wednesday morning. The freshman from Shenendehowa High School won the first four games of the opening set to build a commanding 4-0 lead over Great Neck South’s eighth-grader Gabrielle Villegas, only to…
Top Nidunjianzan of Princeton University captured the title at the One-On-One Doubles New Jersey Shootout at the West Orange Tennis Club in West Orange, New Jersey, defeating Roy Smith, a former No.1 singles player at Baylor University in the finals. Nidunjianzan was one of the 16 players in the draw which was made up of…
Arcadi Edelman is a coach at MatchPoint NYC, but this isn’t just the story of a coach. It’s the story of a man who still walks onto the court in New York every day, in sweltering 95-degree heat racket in hand, watching a child’s reaction as attentively as he did half a century ago. A…
The Summer 2025 season in the Metro Corporate League came to a close as Roosevelt Island Racquet Club hosted the end-of-season party and finals, bringing to an end another successful year in the league. The end-of-season parties featured high-level competition on the courts while catered food and an open bar kept both players and spectators…