The USTA has broken ground in Orlando, Fla. on the USTA National Campus, the New Home of American Tennis, in Lake Nona, Fla. The model tennis facility, expected to be completed in late 2016, will house the USTA’s Community Tennis and Player Development divisions. When completed, the facility will feature more than 100 courts, including red and…
Americans Jack Sock and Steve Johnson made their way into the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships second round with victories on Tuesday. In one of the earlier matches of the day, Johnson took out fellow American and 45th-ranked Donald Young 7-5, 6-4. In what was a tight match, Johnson notched the lone break in the…
So you are in a competitive match and the score is 4-4 in the third set with your ranking is on the line. Your parents, maybe a college coach, a friend or other adversaries are watching. Now is the time when the rubber hits the road. It does not matter if you win or lose,…
I’m going to take off my college consultant baseball cap and put on my ski cap for this issue. The ski cap says “Tournament Parent” on one side and “Tournament Director” on the other. With experience playing tournaments (30-plus years), coaching juniors who play tournaments (15-plus years) and being a parent of a child who…
The women’s tennis team at Stony Brook continued its winning ways on Monday afternoon, knocking off the Fordham Rams 7-0 to win its fourth consecutive match and move to 10-1 on the season. The win came a day after the Seawolves knocked off Binghamton 5-2 on Sunday afternoon. On Monday, Stony Brook was led by…
Novak Djokovic won his fifth Miami Open title on Sunday, beating familiar foe Andy Murray 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-0 on an extremely humid Easter Sunday afternoon. The title also means that for the third time in his career, Djokovic has completed the Indian Wells and Miami sweep, becoming the only player ever to do so. Djokovic…
Serena Williams put on a dominant performance Saturday afternoon, beating Spaniard Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-2, 6-0 to win the eighth Miami Open title of her career. It did not look as if Serena would blow out Suarez-Navarro early on as both players exchanged holds through the first four games. With the opening set even at 2-2,…
There is no doubt that technological developments are always at the center of change, and that is no more evident than in coaching and teaching. Over the last couple of decades, advances in technology have changed and shaped the way some of the top tennis coaches in the country teach their players. “One of the…
Andy Roddick won his third event on the 2015 PowerShares Series, defeating John McEnroe 6-3 in the championship match of the PowerShares QQQ Challenge from the Sears Centre in Chicago, Ill. on Thursday night. Playing in his third event on the circuit this season, Roddick displayed the dominant serve that made him such a force…
World number one Serena Williams and world number three Simona Halep met in a much-anticipated semifinal contest on Thursday night at the Miami Open. Both players entered the match on fire: Halep has the most match wins on the WTA Tour this season, while Serena has yet to lose in 2015. The match did not…