Each year, Steve Kaplan and the Bethpage Park Tennis Center hosts an instructional High School Coaches Clinic, which brings together coaches from the middle school, junior varsity and varsity levels as they prepare for the upcoming season. Prior to the New York Tennis Expo and the New York Open, the facility hosted this Clinic…
The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation (MCB) announced on Thursday that the “Road to the Little Mo Nationals” will return for its 22nd year this summer. The circuit begins each spring with 20 different sectionals held across the country, which advance to four regionals held in the summer, and culminates with the prestigious “Little…
With the ATP and WTA Tours competing for Australian Open glory Down Under, local junior players took to the courts of SPORTIME Kings Park for a special event, as the SPORTIME World Tour made its annual stop in Melbourne for an Australian Open-themed event. “The Melbourne World Tour event at SPORTIME Kings Park went…
Standing above the rest in New York is no easy task … even if you stand at 6’11”. But that is just what Reilly Opelka did over the course of a week at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale. The 21-year-old American captured the second-ever New York Open singles…
Bob and Mike Bryan won the Delray Beach Open doubles title for the fifth time in their careers on Sunday, defeating a different pair of brothers, Ken and Neal Skupski, 7-6(5), 6-4. It’s the brother’s 117th title overall, but their first since last April in Monte Carlo. It was after that tournament that Bob Bryan…
Radu Albot became the first Moldovan to win an ATP Tour title as he came back to defeat British qualifier Daniel Evans 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7) and win the Delray Beach Open title on Sunday. “It feels unbelievable,” he said afterwards. “You work so much. You work your whole life, your whole career and at…
“That ball was in!” she yells at a USTA playoff match. Her competitor, who stands four feet from where the ball landed, says, “My partner and I called it out at the same time. It is our call. The ball was out.” “The ball was in!”, the player repeats and stomps her feet. On…
Juan Martin del Potro kicked of his 2019 season and did so in winning fashion on Tuesday night, defeating Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 7-5 in the Delray Beach Open first round. “It was a tough first round because Nishioka is a solid player from the baseline,” said del Potro. “But I played well in…
As USPTA tennis professionals, we are often asked questions about strategy. What shot should I use when this happens? When should I try this tactic? I have put together some tips to help singles players better understand how and when to use certain strokes in order to achieve the best tactical benefits. Each player…
American Reilly Opelka captured the first ATP Tour title of his career on Sunday afternoon, defeating Brayden Schnur 6-1, 6-7(7), 7-6(7) in a thrilling New York Open final inside NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. “This is definitely my biggest title yet, the one I’m most proud of for sure,” said…