Many tennis players spend a lot of time and money learning the tactical and technical skills of tennis. Few players invest the same energy in mastering the mental skills. Yet any competitive tennis player will tell you the mind is the one to conquer. Tina Greenbaum, LCSW, Sport Psychology Consultant and Fred Sperber, Prince Pro Staff…
The USTA has announced that Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y. will lead the American field of juniors at the 66th Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, beginning Dec. 3 at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, Fla. Rubin won the title at the Pan American ITF Championships and competed on the U.S. Junior Davis Cup team in…
A room full of tennis pros might argue on some points, but without question, they would all agree that the serve is the most difficult and most important shot in tennis. Simply put: (1) a player must hit a serve to start any point in match play and (2) it is the only shot in…
Italy had a lot to cheer for on the WTA this year, not only in singles, but in doubles too—and now they have two WTA Player Awards to celebrate as well, with Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci taking Doubles Team of the Year and Errani receiving the Most Improved Player of the Year Award. Errani’s…
Celebration! After his U.S. Open triumph, Andy Murray and 30 of his guests went to the trendy New York restaurant, Hakkasan, and racked up a sizeable bill of $6,448. The drinks alone contributed $1,408 to the total bill, and out of all those fancy drinks, including "Green Destinies" and "Zesty Martinis," the only thing Andy…
The USTA has announced that former top 30 player Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Rochester, Minn.), former U.S. Open junior champion Jack Sock (Lincoln, Neb.) and two-time reigning NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson (Orange, Calif.) are among the players competing in the 2012 Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, held Dec. 14-16, at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at…
Since winning the Wimbledon junior title as a 14-year-old in 2008, Laura Robson had been touted as one of the next big things in the pros—and in the second half of 2012, she came through on that promise in a big way with a string of big results, most notably a run to the second…
After a breakthrough 2010 season that saw her go as high as 29th in singles and win two Grand Slam titles in doubles, she underwent knee surgery at the start of 2011 and struggled to find her winning form again, falling as low as 259th, but Yaroslava Shvedova caught fire again in 2012, making deep…
Hannah Camhi credits tennis with helping her develop self-confidence, optimism, and perseverance. And it is those traits–along with her outstanding grades, leadership, and match play—that earned Camhi of Woodbury, N.Y., a 2012 USTA National Junior Scholar Athlete Award. "My longtime coach told me when I started as a competitive tennis player that ‘success is a…
Robert Kendrick is director of tennis at Sportime Syosset and co-director of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy Annex at Bethpage. Robert joined the Sportime team in the fall of 2012 after a decade as a successful singles and doubles player on the ATP Tour. Robert was an All-American at both the University of Washington and…