The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region has announced that it will be offering AED/CPR training and certification to all clubs and club owners along with member organizations in the Long Island Region. This program is being provided free of charge by Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation. All participants ages 14 and over will receive their AED/CPR two-year…
The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region and the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation & Museums are inviting children ages 10 and under from across Nassau County to select parks for a free day of tennis lessons and fun this coming Wednesday, July 27. The fourth annual QuickStart Tennis in the Parks Day runs from 10:00 a.m.-1:00…
The USTA is teaming up with Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf to encourage children to get healthy, active and into the game through the USTA’s 10 and Under Tennis program. The collaboration will launch a new commercial that will air during the Olympus U.S. Open Series and the U.S. Open. The 30-second commercial, which is…
Your child … a future tennis star? America is searching for that next big tennis star and it could be your child! With the growing popularity of QuickStart Tennis for young children, the USTA encourages children 10 years of age and under to pick up a racket and…
The leaders of the USTA Eastern Section will be traveling to tennis facilities across the Section to hear what’s on the minds of local tennis providers, local players and volunteers, in the Section’s 2011 Listen and Learn Tour. The tour, led by Jeff Williams, president of the section’s board of directors, and D.A. Abrams, the…
The USTA has announced that it will host its annual open casting call on Tuesday, June 21 at Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theater in New York City to select children to perform at the 2011 U.S. Open, Aug. 29–Sept. 11. Winners will perform “America the Beautiful” live at Arthur Ashe Stadium during night sessions of this year’s U.S….
On May 26th, the United States Tennis Association, in conjunction with the Queens District Attorney’s Office hosted its 13th Annual “Say Yes to Tennis, Say No to Drugs” event at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The free event was presented to hundreds of elementary school students from schools throughout the Far Rockaways….
On Thursday, June 9th, wheelchair tennis players from around the world will return to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for the 11th Annual Jana Hunsaker Memorial Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. The four-day event is sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation, and is part of the NEC Wheelchair…
Former doubles world number two-ranked Ellis Ferreira won the mixed-doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open and the men’s doubles title at the 2000 Australian Open, and reached the final of the U.S. Open men’s doubles in 2000. He is now one step closer to returning to the U.S. Open after winning the mixed doubles…
The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region has announced a new event pitting doubles teams of club pros and juniors against each other to support the Junior Tennis Foundation and its goals. The Junior Tennis Foundation, a key non-profit organization within the Eastern Section, has, since its establishment in 1979, raised more than $1 million to support junior…