To nobody’s surprise, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, the women’s and men’s world number ones, took home ESPY Awards last night. Serena won the award for Best Female Tennis Player for the seventh time in her career. She also won it in 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. She beat out Maria Sharapova, Simona…
The second installment of the 2015 Long Island Tennis Challenge took place July 11th at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn, N.Y., where some of the area’s top players took to the Club’s clay courts on a beautiful Saturday afternoon for a day of highly-competitive tennis, great food and prizes, and a chance to be crowned…
Twenty-one-year-old Dennis Novikov of San Jose, Calif. has won the Bronze Medal in singles at the Pan American Games in Toronto, defeating Guido Andreozzi of Argentina, 6-4, 6-4. Novikov, ranked 215th in the world, was the 2012 USTA Boys 18s National Champion in singles and doubles. Those victories earned him wild card entries into each…
World number three and 2013 Champion Simona Halep and defending champion and world number five Petra Kvitova headline the field for the 2015 Connecticut Open, presented by United Technologies. The WTA event, which is part of the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series, will be held Aug. 21-29, 2015 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale….
Fresh off her win at Wimbledon, world number one Serena Williams cruised in the first-round of the Collector Swedish Open in Bastad, Sweden on Wednesday, beating Belgian qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-1 for her 40th win of this season. “I had never played her before, so I didn’t know what to expect,” said Serena. “And…
The Hall of Fame Tennis Championships are being played in Newport, R.I. this week, and a number of top Americans headline the field. John Isner, the top-seed in Newport, was shocked by 161st-ranked Rajeev Ram, who ousted the top-ranked American with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(8) victory. Isner captured Hall of Fame Tennis Championships title back…
Strokes Most tennis careers start with a lesson of forehands, backhands, volleys, grips and a few serves. The first thing a teaching pro sees is hand-eye coordination, athletic ability, and for me, if the child has the ability to learn. How does the child listen and learn? Are they quiet, paying close attention to the…
The USTA has announced that the total purse for the 2015 U.S. Open will increase by $4 million dollars, bringing the total purse for the tournament to a record $42.3 million and a 10.5 percent increase over the 2014 U.S. Open. Both the men’s and women’s singles champions will earn $3.3 million, the largest payout…
High school tennis players work hard both on and off the court, and often forget about proper hydration and nutrition during tennis season. Tennis involves intense physical activity. Nobody can predict when a match will finish until the final point is won. The best way to prepare to play tennis is to load up and…
Seventeen-year old Reilly Opelka of Palm Coast, Fla. won the Wimbledon boys singles title on Sunday, defeating number 12 Elias Ymer of Sweden, 7-6(5), 6-4, at the All England Club in London, the latest accomplishment in a summer of superlatives for U.S. junior boys. Opelka, who stands 6-foot-11 and trains with coach Diego Moyano out of the USTA Training…