The U.S. lost to Spain 3-1, in the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Semifinal, held on an outdoor red clay court at the Parque Hermanos Castro in Gijon, Spain. In the first and only rubber of the day, John Isner lost to David Ferrer, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, causing Ferrer to clinch the…
Spain’s Nicolas Almagro outlasted American John Isner 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in four hours and 16 minutes to extend Spain’s advantage at its 2012 Davis Cup semifinals match in Spain, heading into Saturday’s action. Almagro converted three of his 19 break points and won 77 per cent of his first serve points to notch his…
USTA Eastern Section has joined USTA National in an effort to thank our nation’s veterans for giving so much to insure our freedom. Surrounding this Veterans Day, park and recreation departments across the country will be teaming up with local USTA organization members to host Military Family Tennis Play Days on community courts across the…
It’s late in the summer and you want to play college tennis and use your tennis game to help your college prospects, but you haven’t done anything yet to prepare for your college search. This is what you should do first … If you graduated high school in 2012 … Know what you want to…
The 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinal match between the United States and Spain is set for this weekend in Gijon, Spain, at the Parque Hermanos Castro on an outdoor red clay court. The U.S. will play on the road for the seventh time in its last eight ties since defeating Switzerland…
I just got back from a book tour of Korea, and I was there to discover the secret to how such a little country like Korea can produce a wave of female golfers that dominate the LPGA. I traveled to The One Golf Academy run by Dr. Won Park. They are located next to a…
I have been coordinating the USTA Leagues on Long Island for 26 years. When I started, there were about 400 in the league and this number has grown to over 4,000 players. As another season comes to an end, I was thinking about some of the good experiences I’ve had or heard about from the…
Serena Williams and doubles teams Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond and Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka have qualified for the season-ending TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, which will feature the world’s top eight singles players and top four doubles teams and will be held at the Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul from Oct….
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the United States semifinal competition against defending champion Spain in Gijon, Spain, this weekend in Davis Cup action, with live telecasts of each match and same-day, "Instant Encore" replays. Highlighting the competition, American John Isner will face U.S. Open semifinalist and world number five David Ferrer for the…
Rob Delman, Gil Koppel and Peter Simel, Masters Tennis Co-Chairmen of the 19th Maccabiah USA Organizing Committee, and Head Coach Roy Kozupsky are actively seeking the best Jewish tennis players from across the country to try out for the Maccabiah team. The Masters Tennis team will be part of the 1000+ USA Maccabiah Team competing…