Do your children play nationals? Do they aspire to? After years of deliberation, the USTA has announced significant changes to the national junior tournament structure that will be phased in this year and next. These changes will dramatically impact national level play for many juniors. Many of the changes are directed at shifting play for…
Steven Sun of Glen Cove, N.Y. has captured the 2013 Boys National Clay Court Championship 12s singles title over Brandon Nakashima of San Diego, 7-6(3), 6-2 at the Randy Pate Tennis Academy in Winston-Salem, N.C. Seeded fourth coming into the event, Sun upset the top-seeded Nakashima in the finals. In the semis, he was a 6-2, 6-1 victor…
Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y. pulled off a big upset win today in the second round of the Wimbledon Junior Tournament. Loeb, who trains at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, defeated 10th-seeded Camila Giangreco Campiz of Paraguay in straight sets. Loeb played well throughout the match, but the critical point in the match came late…
On Saturday, July 20, the John McEnroe Tennis Academy will host scholarship tryouts at Sportime Bethpage from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Full-year and half-year scholarships will be awarded, and registration for tryouts closes Friday, July 12 at 5:00 p.m. The event is open to junior players, ages six- through 16-years of age and it will be…
Over 40 junior tennis players showed their skills to tennis scouts and former pros at Sportime Kings Park on June 23rd as they competed for a scholarship to Sportime Kings Park. The aspiring tennis stars, who ranged in age from six-years-old through 16, went through a series of drills and played points against former pros,…
Sportime in Kings Park will be hosting tennis scholarship tryouts on Sunday, June 23, from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 pm. Full-year and half-year scholarships will be awarded. Participants may qualify to attend the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) Tryouts on Sunday, July 21. The event will feature a tennis exhibition between former professional players and current Sportime coaches Robert…
Christopher Morley Tennis LLC is bringing a new generation of tennis instruction to the area with the opening of its tennis facility in Nassau County in September. The new facility, which will be located on the grounds of Christopher Morley Park at 500 Searingtown Road in Roslyn, N.Y., will include five hard courts and five…
Locals Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y. and 17-year-old Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y. will participate in the 2013 French Open Junior Championships, June 2-8 at Roland Garros in Paris, France. Both Rubin and Loeb train out of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy in Randall’s Island. Rubin, who has been ranked as high as number six in the world…
Just because he won four of his six ASICS Easter Bowl matches after dropping the first set–and five total three-setters–doesn’t mean that Gage Brymer enjoys playing in them. “No, I don’t really like them,” was Brymer’s response to a question posed by USTA First Vice President Katrina Adams, who was handling Tennis Channel on-court commentating duties…
In action on Thursday at the 46th Annual ASICS Easter Bowl at the Sunrise Country Club, top-seeded in the Boys 18s Division Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y. advanced to the quarterfinals of the event after a 7-5, 7-5 win over Logan Smith of Carlsbad, Calif. Awaiting Noah in the quarters is the 14th-seeded Alexandru Gozun of Sarasota,…