The annual BNP Paribas Showdown has a rich history of junior matches featuring some of the world’s best young tennis talent. This year Zane Khan will take on Nathan Han in an opening match presented by HEAD Penn Racquet Sports at Madison Square Garden on March 6, it was announced today. The stars of tomorrow…
USTA Eastern hosted its annual College Showcase Day at the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y., bringing together high school-aged players from the Eastern Section and college coaches from across the country in order to ease the difficult process of college recruiting. “The goal of College Showcase Day is to provide valuable information for…
With the 2016 U.S. Open over, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows hosted an Open House on Sunday, giving free tours, clinics and other activities to showcase the new grounds throughout the complex. “The purpose of this event is to reintroduce our beautiful campus to people that have not been…
A group of iconic sports legends and special honorees will be celebrated by The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis, the fundraising arm of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, at its 31st Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner on Monday, September 12 at The Waldorf Astoria. The annual benefit, hosted by NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti and his son Marc, will honor New York Yankees…
MatchPoint NYC’s QuickStart program continues to find success this spring, hosting another tournament to showcase some of its top young junior players. This installment of their QuickStart tournament featured 22 boys, who were split up into one group of eight for QuickStart and one group of 14 for Advanced QuickStart. To add something extra to…
Credit photos to Oleg Tolstoy The second annual Finance Cup took place this past weekend as Team USA headed across the pond to take on Team Europe at the Queen’s Club in London, England. “David [Anving] and I met up last year when we were in Paris for the French Open, and I invited him…
NYC ACES gathers locals for networking event at Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island Racquet Club (RIRC) recently hosted its monthly NYC ACES Young Professional Tennis Social. The event serves as a gathering for locals to come together to network with the sport of tennis as the backdrop. Spring events will be announced…
New York Junior Tennis & Learning’s 28th Annual Mayors Cup All-Scholastic Tennis Championships concludes this Sunday, June 12 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in Crotona Park in the Bronx. The premier event for scholastic tennis players in New York City culminates with a parade, awards, scholarships, and celebration. For more than 40 years, NYJTL has provided…
The tennis community lost one of its best people recently, as Sol Schwartz passed away at the age of 46. Schwartz was a manager and buyer at Holabird Sports, and dedicated his time and efforts to the sport of tennis, pushing his initiative #SaveCollegeTennis, while also helping the Long Island community following the devastation of…
The Metro Corporate Tennis League, presented by Advantage Tennis Clubs, is a joint initiative of the Metrotennis Community Tennis Association (MCTA) and USTA Eastern Metro Region. The League is divided into three levels of play, Intermediate (3.0-3.5), Advanced Intermediate (4.0) and Advanced (4.5+). We also offer an Advanced Beginner Clinic program for teams…