While the new Louis Armstrong Stadium has garnered most of the attention thus far throughout the first week of the 2018 U.S. Open, Arthur Ashe Stadium features a blockbuster slate of matches on Friday, including a day session where both defending singles champions will be in action. Opening up play is last year’s women’s…
As the new school year approaches, USTA Long Island has already begun its Net Generation School Training for the 2018-2019 year. The program began this week in the Bayport-Blue Point School District. As part of the district’s Professional Development Day, 15 teachers came out for the three-hour workshop which was run by Fabiana Rezak….
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios fought back from a set down to beat Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-0 in the U.S. Open second round on Thursday, but it was the pep talk he received from chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani midway through the second set that is garnering all the attention. Down a set and 0-3…
It took nearly two hours, but sixth-seed Caroline Garcia of France pushed her way into the U.S. Open third round on Thursday, outlasting Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 on Grandstand. Garcia ripped 27 winners and secured the lone break point of the third and deciding set to advance. She moves on to…
Petra Kvitova notched a 7-5, 6-3 victory over China’s Yafan Wang to book her spot in the U.S. Open third round on Thursday, marking the seventh straight year the Czech has reached the Round of 32 in Flushing Meadows. The sixth-seeded Kvitova fired 27 winners and broke on five of seven chances to push…
Many of us reading this article witnessed Rafael Nadal defeat Dominic Thiem to win his 17th Grand Slam in the 2018 French Open finals. He further established his dominance as the greatest clay court player ever with 11 French Open titles. The real question is: What is the story behind the score? How did he…
Har-Tru LLC is excited to share that the company is celebrating 10 years of ClayTech in 2018 by hosting play events around the country. ClayTech is a hybrid clay court that offers all the benefits and playability of clay without all the maintenance. The surface was developed and sold in Europe prior to its introduction…
The second round of singles play comes to a close on Thursday at the US Open, as Day Four at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center presents a number of intriguing matchups. Opening up play inside Arthur Ashe Stadium will be 2016 champion Angelique Kerber as she takes on Sweden’s Johanna Larsson….
Defending champion and third-seeded Sloane Stephens survived a tough challenge from Ukrainian qualifier Anhelina Kalinina to secure her place in the U.S. Open third round with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 win on Wednesday. On a miserably hot day in Flushing Meadows, both players battled through the conditions for nearly three hours, as Kalinina, who…
Stan Wawrinka got a stiff test from French qualifier and ATP Next Gen player Ugo Humbert in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, but pulled through 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to advance to round three. “I knew it was going to be a difficult match. He was a younger player who…