It would be understandable if Bayside, Queens, native and ETA legend Butch Seewagen were content to rest on his laurels instead of launching Long Island’s first pro team competition. After all, the 63-year-old Seewagen, who has been director of tennis at Pine Hollow Country Club in East Norwich, N.Y. for the past seven years, has…
The USTA has announced the top American juniors who will represent the United States in the World Junior Tennis Competition Finals. Among those chosen for the boy’s team is local product Noah Rubin of Merrick, N.Y. who made the cut and will join teammates Jordan Belga of Elk Grove Village, Ill. and Stefan Kozlov of Pembroke Pines, Fla….
The Tennis Channel has a feature in which top professionals dig into their bags to see what they have inside. I suspect that they find some long lost items when they do this bag check, and the tone of this feature is more flippant than serious. Junior tournament players, however, should recognize that having a…
Bob and Mike Bryan, or simply “The Bryans,” have won eight Grand Slam Doubles Titles, including the career Grand Slam by winning each major. They have combined to win eight additional Grand Slam Mixed-Doubles Titles and they maintain a 15-2 record while representing the United States in Davis Cup play. Their 59 career tour titles…
I scored two goals playing tennis in one day … how you may ask? I mishit a ball so severely on two separate occasions that it flew backwards over the fence and into two soccer goals which were adjacent to the court. It may be one of the biggest clichés in sports, but “keep your…
The USTA has announced that the U.S. Open National Playoffs–Women’s Championship will be held July 28-Aug. 1 at the Taube Family Tennis Center in Stanford, Calif. The tournament will be held in conjunction with the Bank of the West Classic, the first women’s event of the 2010 Olympus U.S. Open Series. Live scoring is available…
Thirteen-year-old Mia Vecchio has reached new heights … literally. Now up on the Long Island Expressway by Grand Avenue is a billboard with Mia’s photo and the message "Hey NY, If She Can’t Do It, No One Can." It’s a very exciting day for the Vecchio family, who have had this plan in the works…
Tennis elbow is a common and painful condition that affects of the outer portion of the elbow at a group of muscles are called the wrist extensors. These muscles are responsible for making a firm grip, as well as straightening the wrist and fingers. The wrist extensors originate at a portion of the elbow called…
Inside the heart of everyone who has ever fallen in love with the game is the dream of being on the pro tour. What air guitar is to the aspiring musician, what American Idol is to all of us who sound great singing in the shower or Thursday Karaoke night at the local watering hole,…
In the finals of the U.S. Open National Playoffs–Men’s Championship on Sunday in Atlanta, number one-seeded Blake Strode defeated second seed Cecil Mamiit, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(1). By winning the tournament, Strode receives a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament, held August 24-27, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing,…