John McEnroe Tennis Academy Scholarship Tryouts will be held on Saturday, June 14 from 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, located on Randall’s Island, One Randall’s Island in New York, N.Y. Full- and half-year scholarships will be awarded. Proper tennis attire must be worn. Player locker and shower facilities will be available and food and…
The United States has qualified for the world finals in all four junior team events this past weekend– The Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas (16-and-under) and boys’ and girls’ World Junior Tennis (14-and-under) – at the North/Central American and Caribbean Final in Montreal, Canada. The U.S. will now go on to…
The USTA has announced that 14-year-old Rachel Lim of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., along with Elysia Bolton (14, Lake Forest, Ill.) and Claire Liu (13, Thousand Oaks, Calif.) have been selected to represent the United States States at the World Junior Tennis competition (14-and-under) North/Central American and Caribbean Final, set for May 8-10 in Montreal, Canada….
John McEnroe Tennis Academy Scholarship Tryouts will be held on Saturday, June 14 from 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, located on Randall’s Island, One Randall’s Island in New York, N.Y. Full- and half-year scholarships will be awarded. Proper tennis attire must be worn. Player locker and shower facilities will be available and food and…
At the 2014 ASICS Easter Bowl at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, it was the Boys’ 14s top-seeded player, 13-year-old Steven Sun of Glen Cove, N.Y., defeating Keenan Mayo, the second-seeded player from Roseville, Calif., 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, to capture his second Super National previously having won the 12s Clays. “This was a lot tougher and I played better…
It’s a new-look ASICS Easter Bowl in 2014, as the annual junior tennis tournament has plenty of changes in store once play begins this week. The location, format and draw sizes have all changed this year for the 47th annual event. The host site this year is the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where the nation’s…
The USTA has announced that the U.S. Open National Playoffs will be held for the fifth season this year, expanding the footprint of the U.S. Open to cities nationwide by providing the opportunity for all players 14 years of age and older to earn a berth into the U.S. Open. The USTA Eastern Section will…
Two promising American junior players will once again be featured as part of the BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden, as a pair of 16-year-olds, Francis Taifoe and Reilly Opelka, will take part in World Tennis Day on March 3. These juniors will play prior to Andy Murray taking on Novak Djokovic and the Bryan Brothers facing the McEnroe Brothers…
Top-seeded and number one-ranked Alexander Zverev of Germany overcame 15-year-old American Stefan Kozlov of Pembroke Pines, Fla., 6-3, 6-0, to win the 2014 Australian Open Boys Singles Title in Melbourne. The second seeded Kozlov advanced to his first Grand Slam junior singles final and became the first American boy to reach the singles final at a junior Grand Slam…
It was a celebration that fit the achievement. Francis Tiafoe slammed his racket down and shouted up to the sky in elation. The 15-year-old Tiafoe won the Boys 18s Singles Title at the 2013 Metropolia Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships on Sunday, becoming the youngest player to win the title in the tournament’s 67 years. Tiafoe defeated Stefan Kozlov of Pembroke Pines, Fla., 7-6(3), 0-6,…