Bronxville Field Club director of racquet sports Nathan LeFevre jumped on the opportunity last summer to run all of its Club’s championships in a brand new way, having the players themselves self- schedule their matches, when mutually convenient, and then self-report the match scores, using the innovative iPlayMe2. Nathan shared his interesting story about leveraging…
Viking Athletics is a company that is built around the dream of playing racquet sports at the highest levels. It has been the market leaders in platform tennis for almost 30 years now. Platform tennis is a sport that combines both tennis and squash. After almost three decades of being the most recognizable brand name…
USTA Eastern’s Long Island Region’s Awards Dinner returns this September. The 33rd celebration of Long Island’s tennis community will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at Sea Cliff Manor in Sea Cliff, N.Y. With this event, the Long Island Region looks forward to recognizing the achievements of individuals, facilities and organizations who have gone above and beyond, both…
With seven-time champion Novak Djokovic taking on 20-year-old phenom Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s Wimbledon final, we all expected a classic. And the two players absolutely delivered. Over the course of five sets and nearly five hours, Alcaraz and Djokovic put on a tennis masterclass, and in the end, it was the young Spaniard Alcaraz who…
Marketa Vondrousova is a Wimbledon champion. The 24-year-old from the Czech Republic completed her remarkable two-week run in London by defeating Tunisian sixth-seed Ons Jabeur in Saturday’s Ladies’ Singles Championship. The unseeded Vondrousova won her first career major with a 6-4, 6-4 victory on the Centre Court at the All-England Club. “This seems impossible,” she…
Trying to figure out a way to maintain your tennis training momentum throughout the offseason? Indoor tennis is a lot more viable than you might think. New York’s harsh winters make outdoor tennis strictly a seasonal sport—unless you can move it indoors. And while indoor tennis may seem like an expensive luxury, The Farley Group…
Novak Djokovic moved within one victory of his eighth Wimbledon title as he defeated Italy’s Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) in the first semifinal on Friday. The victory marked his 34th straight at the Wimbledon Championships. “In the semifinals, it was always going to be a very tense, very close match,” said Djokovic. “Three very…
When he was just three-years-old, Rocco Roti was given the gift of his first tennis racquet. The ecstatic youngster can remember immediately being drawn to the sport, and it quickly became his first love. “I remember getting my first racquet and dragging it on the floor as it was too heavy for me,” recalls Roti….
The Ladies’ Singles Final at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships is all set. Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur will take on Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova in the championship match on Saturday after each won their respective semifinals on Thursday. Vondrousova was the first to advance as she played a near flawless match to end the inspiring run of…
We put thoughts into words to regulate emotions. Words are incidental in producing emotions; it’s the thoughts that they produce that matter. To control our thoughts and emotions, we should know that reactive thought regulation slows reaction time. Proactive thought regulation speeds reaction time. So to control emotions, we need to prepare before getting on…