The USTA Nominating Committee has announced the nomination of Jonathan Vegosen as USTA Chairman of the Board and President to serve a two-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Vegosen, who has served on the USTA Board of Directors for four years and is currently completing a two-year term as First Vice President, is a long-time…
Woody Schneider has been a mainstay in the New York tennis community for 30-plus years. As current owner of NYC Racquet Sports in Midtown Manhattan, Schneider’s goal is to become the one-stop shop for the Long Island-based tennis aficionado who commutes to New York City. Located centrally at 157 West 35th Street, NYC Racquet Sports…
Proper form is essential to maintaining a healthy shoulder while playing tennis. During a tennis serve and stroke, power comes from the legs and transmitted to the racquet via what is known as the kinetic chain. Power is generated from the legs, passes through the core, then the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and ultimately, to the…
The United States have drawn a South American opponent in the first round for the second year in a row in round one of Davis Cup play in drawing Chile. Chile is expected to play the Americans on red clay, the favorite surface of almost any team playing the United States. Chile is a tough squad…
Beach Tennis USA recently hosted its sixth Annual National Championship in Long Beach, N.Y. on Labor Day Weekend (Sept. 4-5). Juniors, amateurs and pros competed for beach tennis bragging rights, as top pro teams from a dozen countries battled for $10,000 in cash prizes at the two-day event. Here is the latest men’s and women’s…
The latest rankings have been released for for the men’s and women’s pro tours. Atop the ATP rankings, Rafael Nadal of Spain, the 2010 U.S. Open winner, with a wide margin of nearly 5,000 in ranking points. On the women’s side, the injured Serena Williams leads the WTA rankings, coming in with 6,995 ranking points,…
A generation ago, training for athletes was a lot simpler than it is today. We lifted a few weights, did various forms of running for conditioning and even stretched on occasion. Granted, we probably weren’t quite as fit as the athletes of today, but somehow we managed to get by. Fast-forward about 20 years, and…
The North Shore Men’s Tennis League (NSMTL) is an outdoor league comprised of teams representing clubs from across Long Island. The outdoor season runs from May through August, and matches are played on Tuesdays with the playoffs taking place in mid-August. The match format for the North Shore Men’s Tennis League consists of five courts of men’s doubles….
One of the more curious things that tennis players tend to do is give up the lead when ahead. They could be dominating, have a set lead and are cruising along just fine, but when victory is in sight, they soften up and fold. It’s as if a switch has been flipped off and all…
Mardy Fish defeated Columbian Santiago Giraldo 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 in a four-plus-hour battle on Sunday to clinch a win for the United States against Colombia in the Davis Cup Playoff Round. Sunday’s victory keeps the United States into the Davis Cup World Group in 2011 and eligible to win the Davis Cup title. It…