Serena Williams has announced her official return to the courts, Saturday, Dec. 30 in an exhibition at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi against 2017 French Open Champion Jelena Ostapenko. “The Mubadala World Tennis Championship has long marked the beginning of the men’s global tennis season, and I am…
During tryouts for a high school basketball team, the coach tactfully pulled a young student aside and said, “Perhaps you should try tennis.” The young man hung his head in despair, but picked up a tennis racket and turned the rejection into a winning high school and college tennis career. Greg Smith went on to…
Marion Bartoli is attempting a comeback to the WTA, the 33-year-old announced on social media on Tuesday. “I am delighted to announce my comeback on the professional circuit of the WTA next year,” she said in a video. “I am so looking forward to see you again during my matches and share some amazing…
Carefree Racquet Club in North Merrick, which is the official practice facility for the inaugural New York Open, hosted tryouts for kids seeking to become ballpersons for the tournament, which runs from Saturday, February 10 through Sunday, February 18 at NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Dozens of kids came out…
The New York Open announced on Tuesday that will be partnering with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to raise funds through two Play for P.I.N.K Nights during the tournament at NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum On Sunday, February 11, the New York Open’s Premiere Night will feature a women’s Play…
U.S. Open quarterfinalist and the 13th ranked player in the world, Sam Querrey, and fellow American and Ryan Harrison have committed to play the inaugural New York Open, which begins on Saturday, February 10 at NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Querrey holds 10 career titles and most recently won the Abierto…
Let’s get the tennis ball rolling into a new you on the tennis court! A new approach to a tactical you and how about the Americans at a red white and blue 2017 U.S. Open?! As usual, I am pumped up about a new edition to the Jensen Zone. So many things to cover, but…
Up or Down is a new tennis apparel company, established with one vision in mind: To Unite the Tennis Order. Tennis matches begin with a spin of the racket, followed by the words, “Up Or Down.” It is here where the match truly begins! The spinning of the racket is the game within the game,…
Hurry! Turn! Move your feet! Watch the ball! Hit up! These are catch phrases that so many instructors use that are really meaningless without explanation. Yet they are yelled across the court everywhere as though repeating them over and over will do the trick. Then, we have an overload of online instruction with enough contradiction…
Defending champion Serena Williams has entered to play in the 2018 Australian Open next month according to tournament director Craig Tiley. “She has got her visa, she has entered, she’s practicing, and she probably just needs a bit more space for a bigger entourage,” said Tiley. “There is no question she will be ready…