For the 22nd consecutive year, the City Parks Foundation hosted its annual benefit at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows during the US Open to raise money for CityParks Tennis and the free tennis programming it provides throughout the five boroughs. Each year, the event helps generate funds which…
Metropolitan Tennis Group (MTG) has long been one of the stalwarts in the LGBTQ New York sports community as the group’s members have given their time and have dedicated resources to raising money for various charities in the community every year. This year, MTG was honored to have a float and participate in World…
What to Watch For By Stefen Rosner Domination Novak Djokovic has been on a tear over a long stretch that dates back to the summer of 2018. He has added some nice hardware to his collection this season, having taken down Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open in straight sets, as well as outlasting…
Fans all around the world were able to witness one of the truly great performances in all of sports earlier this summer, when two of tennis’ all-time greats—Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer—squared off in the finals of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. For five hours, Djokovic and Federer competed against one another on a beautiful…
The Gotham Tennis Academy at Stadium Tennis Center is at the core of sports and athletics in the Bronx, and this summer, the program and facility has continued its efforts to bring tennis to the community in which it resides. “An important part of our mission at Gotham Tennis Academy and Stadium Tennis Center…
Throughout August, the City Parks Foundation has been hosting free community tennis events at multiple locations throughout New York City. That continues into next week when it will host a Tennis Clinic with Murphy Jensen sponsored by LACOSTE at the Central Park Tennis Courts, located at W. 96th Street and Central Park West, from…
The 12th Annual TIA Tennis Forum will be held on Monday, Aug. 26, on the Ballroom Level of the Grand Hyatt New York City from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. The Tennis Forum will present the latest news about the state of the tennis industry, including participation, marketplace trends, grassroots initiatives, updates from the Tennis…
New York City is synonymous with the bright lights, big stars and exciting nightlife featuring the best in food and drinks. There is perhaps no better example of this than Citi Taste of Tennis, which is celebrating its 20th year in the world’s most eventful city next week. Taste of Tennis combines the best…
The USTA today announced the 2019 US Open women’s singles wild card recipients. Americans Francesca Di Lorenzo, Coco Gauff, Caty McNallyand Whitney Osuigwe will join US Open Wild Card Challenge winner Kristie Ahn and USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion Katie Volynets as main draw wild card recipients. Australia’s Samantha Stosur, the 2011 US Open champion, and France’s Diane Parry will also receive US Open main draw…
The USTA today announced that Americans Bjorn Fratangelo, Marcos Giron, Denis Kudla and Jack Sock join US Open Wild Card Challenge winner Ernesto Escobedo and 2019 USTA Boys’ 18s National Champion Zachary Svajdaas 2019 US Open men’s singles main draw wild card recipients. Antoine Hoang was awarded a main draw wild card by the French Tennis Federation as part of its reciprocal agreement…