USTA Eastern hosted its 31st Annual College Showcase Day at the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y., which drew more than 70 of the top high school tennis players in the Northeast to come to connect with 50 college tennis coaches from Division I, II and III collegiate programs. The Showcase provides these college-bound…
This story first appeared in the November/December 2017 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine As 2016 turned into 2017, Sloane Stephens found herself at a difficult crossroads in both her life and her tennis career. After undergoing foot surgery in January of 2017, Stephens knew she would be missing considerable time on the tour…
USTA Eastern hosted a Rally for Relief event at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Saturday to raise money for natural disaster relief. All proceeds from the event were donated to the Hispanic Federation UNIDOS Disaster Relief Fund to support Puerto Rico and Mexico following the devastating natural disasters to strike…
USTA Eastern will be hosting its 31st annual College Showcase Day on Sunday, November 5 at the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y. The showcase gives high school sophomores, juniors and seniors an opportunity to meet college tennis coaches, collect information, listen to experts and learn about the NCAA process. “The task for these kids…
Point Set Indoor Racquet Club in Oceanside, N.Y. served as the practice courts for competitors in the 2017 U.S. Open Wheelchair tournament, continuing its work as one of the leading wheelchair tennis advocates. That mission started nearly 50 years ago when Danny Dwyer, former Co-Owner of Point Set, got a call from a wheelchair…
Below are some fun facts from the 2017 U.S. Open, per USTA: American Players ►Four American women reached the singles semifinals at the US Open for the first time since 1981. First-time US Open champion Sloane Stephens, first-time US Open finalist Madison Keys and first-time US Open semifinalist CoCo Vandeweghe joined two-time US Open champion Venus Williams in the semifinals. ►Eighty five…
Rafael Nadal delivered a masterful performance on Sunday, capturing his 16th Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win over Kevin Anderson in the U.S. Open final, his second major title of the year and another confirmation that 2017 belonged to he and Roger Federer. “It’s been a great two weeks,” Nadal said in…
New Jersey-born Amanda Anisimova won the U.S. Open Girls’ Singles title on Sunday. (Credit photo to USTA/Mike Lawrence) Sixteen-year old Amanda Anisimova, of Aventura, Fla., won the US Open girls’ singles title Sunday, defeating American 13-year old Cori ‘CoCo’ Gauff, 6-0, 6-2. It was the first time since 1981 that the US Open women’s and girls’ finals…
Unseeded 22-year-old Sloane Stephens defeated fellow American Madison Keys, the number 15 seed, late Saturday afternoon 6-3, 6-0 to capture the 2017 U.S. Open Women’s Singles Championship, the first Grand Slam title of her career. With the win, Stephens becomes the lowest-ranked player to win the U.S. Open title. Stephens, playing in just her fifth…
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and hospitality partner, Levy, will bring a world-class sports and entertainment dining experience to this year’s US Open. Several new NYC dining hot spots, expanded dining options, local artisanal offerings, fresh seafood, and global flavors have been added to this year’s menu. Each year, more than 700,000 fans partake…