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Feature Stories8 USTA Names 2012 Team USA Olympic Tennis Squad

It’s just weeks away from the 2012 London Olympics, time to meet the men and womenwho look to bring gold back to the United States in singles, doubles and mixed-doubles.

40 2012 Boys High School Season RecapA look back at the 2012 Boys and Girls High School Tennis season, including results fromthe PSAL season, the 2012 Mayor’s Cup and the States.

Additional Features4 The Catch 22 of American Tennis and Why the U.S. is Behind the Rest of the World By Gilad Bloom3 What Goes on Inside the Mind of a Junior Player Before a Tournament? By Eric Faro6 Catch the Volley By Bill Longua6 USTA Flex Leagues12 Four Locals Headed to New Haven for Shot at U.S. Open Qualifying Draw By Kristen Kelleher18 Watch the Ball 50 Percent of the Time and Watch Your Game Soar By Lisa Dodson25 Jill Fonte Named New USTA Eastern Executive Director27 Queens Native Takes Home Doubles Trophy at 12th Annual Jana Hunsaker Memorial

By Adam Wolfthal32 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Hosts 650 for Annual “Say Yes to Tennis,

No to Violence” Day By Adam Wolfthal35 More Than 400 Vie for 80 Spots at 2012 U.S. Open Ballperson Tryouts By Kristen Kelleher 39 Getting a Handle on Grips By Daniel Kresh

Columns13 New York Tennis Magazine Product Review: SUPER Tennis Elbow Brace14 Court Awareness: Playing With Your Mental Positioning System By Rob Polishook, MA, CPC16 Court Six: New York Tennis Magazine’s Gossip Column By Emilie Katz22 USTA Metro Region Update26 The Jensen Zone By Luke Jensen30 Adult League Wrap-Up By Deborah-Rose Andrews33 Tips From the Tennis Pro: What Really Grinds My Gears By Ajay Kumar36 Good to Great: A Model for Safely Building the Tennis Champions of Tomorrow …

Environments of Excellence By Steve Kaplan38 New York Tennis Magazine’s Literary Corner By Brent Shearer50 Upcoming Events50 New York Tennis Club Directory52 New York Rankings55 USTA/Metropolitan Region 2012 Tournament Schedule (July/August 2012)

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20 2012 New York Sportimes PreviewAndre Agassi comes to New York for the Johnny Mac Tennis ProjectFundraiser, become a part of the team by volunteering your time athome matches and get into the Guinness Book of World Records allthis season with the New York Sportimes.

Cover storyTABLE OF CONTENTSJuly/August 2012

Volume 2, Number 4

Brent ShearerEditorial Contributor

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By Eric Faro

What really does go oninside the mind of ajunior tennis player

before a tournament? This issomething that every coach and parentwonders. I decided to interview three up-and-coming players at Gotham TennisAcademy to find out. The juniors I inter-viewed included, Jordan Jordan (14s),Zachary Lieb (12s) and Evan Lieberman(14s).

What was your first tournament experi-ence like?Jordan Jordan: I was very nervous, butonce the match started, every time I hit theball, I released some of that nervous energyuntil it was all gone.Zachary Lieb: I felt very nervous and tightand thought I was going to get sick! It washard to execute my game plan.Evan Lieberman: My first tournament wasunforgettable. I was so nervous that I wasactually shaking! It definitely showed on thecourt when I lost badly in the first round!

How long did it take you to feel com-fortable performing in tournaments?Jordan: It took me a few months. The moreI played, the more I started to win and themore confidence I had. Lieb: It took me about six to eight monthsto start feeling comfortable and performingbetter at tournaments.Lieberman: It took me about a year ofplaying tournaments in order to start feel-ing comfortable.

Do you have any pre-match rituals or su-perstitions?Jordan: I take my racquet out of my bagand adjust the strings. I make sure I havemy watch on and my towel.Lieb: I eat a Clif Bar, drink my water,stretch, and wear long pants and a jacketin the winter!Lieberman: Yes … before my matches, Irun and try to find a quiet place to calm my

mind. This allows me to focus better. Fur-thermore, I stretch and jump rope to warmup my muscles. I always try to also get onthe court with enough time before mymatch.

How do you prepare differently the weekbefore a tournament, physically andmentally?Jordan: I try to play a lot of points andmake sure I’m staying consistent. I alsoload up on carbs and proteins and makesure I get plenty of rest. I relax by playinggames.Lieb: I try to focus on how to beat my firstround opponent. I establish a game planearly and make sure I eat well too.Lieberman: Mentally, I prepare for a tour-nament by working hard every second onthe court. Off the court, I relax my mind.Physically, I make sure I have plenty of restand take ice showers.

Do you feel differently when you are a fa-vorite going into a match compared tobeing an underdog?Jordan: I love being the underdog becauseit gives me a big boost of confidence. Itmakes me feel good to show that I canbeat the best.Lieb: Being the favorite going into a match

puts pressure on me, but being the under-dog enables me to hit more freely.Lieberman: When I’m the favorite, I feelconfident. When I’m the underdog, I feelsomewhat nervous, but have less to losethan the favorite.

What advice would you give playerswho are about to play their firsttournament?Jordan: Stay calm, keep confident, andwork your hardest for every single point nomatter what the score is. Practice makesperfect.Lieb: Stay composed, play YOUR game,do your rituals and have fun.Lieberman: EAT! Food gives you energyand you need a lot of energy to play amatch.

Eric Faro is program director at GothamTennis Academy and Stadium Tennis Cen-ter, just south of Yankee Stadium. Ericgrew up in Riverdale and attended Ho-race Mann, where he played number onesingles for all four years. He attended OhioState University and won more than 100matches during his collegiate career. He maybe reached by e-mail at [email protected], or online at www.stadiumtennis-nyc.com or www.gothamtennis.com.

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By Gilad Bloom

When I was playing protennis in the 1980s and evenin the early 1990s, Americanplayers were dominating the

scene. In some years, there were 20 ormore Americans in the top 100, including aseries of top 10 players and world champsincluding Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe,Jim Courier, Andre Agassi and PeteSampras. Needless to say, the situation isdifferent today and has been the case overthe past decade since the retirement ofplayers like Sampras and Agassi. So, howdid this powerhouse of a nation fall so farbehind countries like Spain, France, Serbia,

Croatia and Russia—all countries with lesstennis tradition and history than the U.S.?

To be fair to the U.S., the rise in popularityof the game in the countries previously men-tioned (and in other parts of the world) madetennis a much more global sport. In somecountries, such as Spain, Croatia, Serbia andArgentina, tennis is the second or third mostpopular sport after soccer, which means thatthe most athletic and talented kids start play-ing the game at an early age, thus raising theodds of producing phenoms like RafaelNadal or Novak Djokovic.

In the United States, the situation is verydifferent. Tennis in the U.S. is not very high onthe list of sports. The top athletes will mostlikely end up playing baseball, basketball,

football, soccer and even hockey before theyenroll in a tennis program. Team sports aremore appealing to American youngsters, andthe cost of tennis lessons and membershipsto clubs do not help either. The sport of ten-nis, being so highly technical and mental,means that in order to produce a great player,the child and their family have to make hugesacrifices if they want their player to breakthrough the ranks and make it on the pro tour.The financial commitment is substantial, andthe time and energy needed to raise a tennisstar is very high … any tennis parent can re-late to that.

But the bigger problem is that top juniorsin the country will face a dilemma, which Icall a “Catch 22,” when they reach their

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teens. Ideally, a decision to turn pro shouldbe made as early as possible. For example, Iknew when I was 12 that I was going to be apro and my coaches trained me towards thatgoal. That meant playing international eventsand turning pro at 16 years of age. By thetime I was 18, I was almost a veteran.

In today’s game, the pro tour is so deepand filled with talent that the odds for anAmerican kid to actually make it are slim.Many parents will choose to go the safe routeand send their child to college without evenconsidering turning pro. Ruling that out soearly in their career means that they will havelong school days accompanied with hours ofhomework which will prevent them from re-alistically competing against the best playersin their age group from other countries. Manykids who might have made it on the tour willnever know if they were good enough be-cause they simply didn’t try it.

In my 12 years of teaching tennis in theNew York area, I have come across manykids who had the potential to become pros,and almost every time I mentioned it to theirparents, they ruled it out on the spot. Parentswant what’s best (and safest) for their chil-

dren, and a full scholarship to a good schooland a free college degree sound like muchsafer and practical options than quittingschool early and trying the pro tour at the ageof 16.

No sane American parent will allow theirkid not to finish high school and skip college.The problem is that in other parts of theworld, they do make this choice, and there-fore, the American kids are less experiencedand not as mentally tough.

So, how do we change this? The USTAhas been promoting enrolling the top talentsto online home schooling programs, whichallows them to train more hours each day andthe opportunity to travel more, in fact, they al-most make it mandatory. This is a developingtrend that I believe will keep growing. How-ever, many parents still do not want to pre-vent their kids from the social aspects ofgoing to a normal school, and those kids willbe at a disadvantage.

In last year’s Junior Orange Bowl, I got alittle taste of the problem. One of my top stu-dents, a 12-year-old girl who is a top-rankedEastern Section player, played a Romaniangirl who destroyed her in the third round.

When I asked the coach of the Romanian girl(who was hitting like a machine and nevermissed) how many hours each day this girlplayed, he said she goes to an all-day tennisacademy, and she plays six hours a day. Thiswas in comparison to my student, who playstwo hours each day, four times a week, andcomes to practice after a full day of school.When I told the Romanian coach that I wassurprised at the amount of tennis his playerwas playing, he replied, “But during vaca-tions, she plays more, eight hours a day.”And here is the problem of American tennis ina nutshell.

Gilad Bloom is a former ATP touring pro-fessional who, at his peak, was ranked 61stin singles and 62nd in doubles in the world.Five times an Israel Junior Champion,three times in singles and twice in doubles,Gilad is currently the director of tennis atThe Club of Riverdale. He was the directorof tennis at John McEnroe Tennis Academyfor two years, and before, that ran GiladBloom Tennis for nine years. He may bereached by phone at (914) 907-0041 or e-mail [email protected].

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You have heard it before,“Don’t swing at your volley!”or “Punch the volley!” or“Just block it!” and so on. If

you are hoping that I am going to tell yousomething different … sorry, but here arethree tips that will help you if you have atendency to swing too much.

First, “catch your volley” … I mean thisliterally. Have someone hit or throw youballs at the net and you should step andcatch the ball with your forehand volleyhand. You will get in the habit of just reach-ing forward. When you catch in practice,make sure the hand and fingers are pointedup. In this drill, you will notice that to catcha ball, you do not bring your hand back be-hind your head and then reach forward,you simply reach forward—the same withthe volley.

Another way to stop a swinging forehandvolley is to have someone feed you volleys

whi le youro p p o s i t ehand is hold-ing on to yourwrist of yourvolleying arm.Holding thewrist with theo p p o s i t e

hand will not allow any backswing motion.If you do this drill often enough, you willtrain the arm not to swing but to simplyreach, developing muscle memory.

The third tip is not really possible, but trygive it a shot anyway. I had a coach whowanted me to see the ball hit the strings ofmy racquet on the volley through the backof the racquet. While almost impossible todo, the point was well taken. I had to reachforward far enough so I could look throughthe back of the racquet head to try and seethe ball hit the front.

If you have a two-handed backhand vol-ley, use the above tips to help with that also.

On the two-hand volley, it’s the oppositehand that reaches for the shot, so you cantry all of the above, just reaching with theopposite hand.

The key to not swinging on the one-handed backhand volley is the use of theopposite hand holding the racquet up nearthe throat and letting go right before thestep and hit. The opposite hand keeps thehead of the racquet up and helps prevent abackswing.

Also remember that all conventional vol-leys are hit with a firm, locked wrist. Goodluck and have fun.

Bill Longua is the director of tennis/head proat Palm Island Resort in Cape Haze, Fla. Billis a member of the USPTA, has been teach-ing tennis for more than 35 years and is theauthor of Winning Tennis Strokes. Bill alsoteaches tennis on his Web sites, http://on-linetennistraining.com and http://onlineten-nistraining.com/members He may bereached at [email protected].

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The USTA has announced the 12players nominated to the U.S.Olympic Tennis Teams for the 2012Olympic Games in London, set for

July 28-Aug. 5. U.S. women’s tennis coachMary Joe Fernandez nominated a six-per-son team, with four singles entries and twodoubles teams. Thirteen-time Grand Slamsingles champion Serena Williams willcompete in the singles competition, alongwith Christina McHale, Varvara Lepchenkoand three-time Olympic gold medalistVenus Williams, who will be competing inher fourth Olympics. The world’s numberone doubles team of Liezel Huber & LisaRaymond will compete for the U.S. in dou-bles, as will the Williams Sisters, who areundefeated in Olympic doubles competi-tion and will be seeking their third goldmedal together, having won gold in 2000and 2008.

“We have a very experienced team re-plete with gold medalists and a doubles

team that is currently the best in the world,”said Fernandez, who has led the U.S. FedCup Team to the Fed Cup final in two of herthree years as captain. “I am honored tohave the opportunity to coach this team atthe Olympics and firmly believe that wehave a team capable of competing for mul-tiple medals.”

U.S. men’s tennis coach Jay Berger alsonominated a six-player team consisting offour singles entries and two doubles teams.Andy Roddick, an Olympian in 2004, wasnamed to the team, along with John Isner,Ryan Harrison and Donald Young in sin-gles. The 2008 bronze medalists in men’sdoubles, Bob & Mike Bryan, will return tothe Olympics as a U.S. men’s doublesteam, with Isner & Roddick making up asecond doubles team.

“Our guys are honored to be represent-ing their country, and are relishing the op-portunity to compete for gold atWimbledon,” said Berger, who has been

the USTA player development head ofmen’s tennis since 2008. “I am confidentthat we will be in medal contention in bothsingles and doubles.”

The U.S. will also nominate two teams inmixed-doubles, which will be contested atthe Olympics Games for the first time sincetennis returned to the Games in 1988,comprised of combinations of the 12 play-ers named to the men’s and women’steams.

The 2012 Olympic tennis competitionwill be staged July 28-Aug. 5 on the grasscourts of the All England Lawn Tennis Clubat Wimbledon. The U.S. has won 17Olympic medals in men’s and women’stennis since it returned as a full medal sportin 1988—more than any other nation.

“These 12 players have worked ex-tremely hard to earn selection to the U.S.Olympic Team, and they will be granted thetremendous honor of playing for their coun-try on the world’s biggest stage,” said Jon

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Vegosen, chairman of the board and pres-ident of the USTA. “That the competition isbeing held on perhaps tennis’ most hal-lowed grounds, these Olympics will surelyaugment a memorable summer of tennis.”

Meet the 2012 USAOlympic Tennis Team

Bob Bryan will make his thirdconsecutive Olympic appearance.He captured the bronze medal in

men’s doubles in 2008 with twin brotherMike. Together, they own 11 Grand Slammen’s doubles titles (two at Wimbledon), andBob has won seven mixed doubles titles. TheBryans own a record 78 ATP World Tour dou-bles titles together, and have finished as theworld’s number one doubles team in sevenof the last nine years. Bob and Mike are each20-2 in Davis Cup doubles play, including 19-2 record together, which ranks first all-time inDavis Cup history. They helped lead the U.S.to the 2007 Davis Cup title.

Mike Bryan will make his thirdconsecutive Olympic appearance.He captured the bronze medal in

men’s doubles in 2008 with twin brotherBob. In addition to the 11 Grand Slammen’s doubles titles he won with hisbrother, Mike has also won two mixed-dou-bles titles. Mike owns 80 ATP World Tourdoubles titles (two more than Bob, havingposted a 14-2 record in 2002 with four dif-ferent partners other than Bob).

Ryan Harrison will make hisOlympic debut in London at theage of 20, after recently breaking

into the ATP World Tour Top 50. In 2008,Harrison became the third-youngest playersince 1990 to win a main draw match onthe ATP World Tour, and he reached thequarterfinals on grass in Nottingham in2010. Harrison made his U.S. Davis Cupdebut in the 2012 World Group first roundagainst Switzerland.

Liezel Huber will make her sec-ond Olympic appearance for theU.S. after competing in doubles in

2008. She also competed for South Africaat the 2000 games in Sydney. She is cur-rently the world’s top-ranked doublesplayer along with partner Lisa Raymond,and has captured five Grand Slam women’sdoubles titles (two at Wimbledon) and twoGrand Slam mixed doubles titles. Huber hasan 8-2 doubles record for the U.S. in FedCup play (17-4 career with U.S. and SouthAfrica), and helped lead the U.S. to the con-secutive Fed Cup finals in 2009-10.

John Isner will make his Olympicdebut at the site where he com-peted in the longest match in ten-

nis history. Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut70-68 in the fifth set of their 2010 first roundmatch that spanned 11 hours and five min-utes over three days. He has recorded vic-tories over world number one NovakDjokovic and world number three RogerFederer thus far in 2012, and recentlycracked the ATP World Tour Top 10 for thefirst time. Isner is 7-3 in Davis Cup play, in-cluding a 4-0 mark in 2012 to help lead theU.S. to the semifinals in September.

Varvara Lepchenko will makeher Olympic debut this year at theage of 26 and represents the U.S.

for the first time since becoming an officialcitizen in September 2011. She is a nativeof Uzbekistan who received political asy-

lum from the U.S. in 2001, and changed hernationality to officially represent the U.S. in2007. Lepchenko was one of just twoAmericans to reach the fourth round at the2012 French Open.

Christina McHale will make herOlympic debut in London at theage of 20. She captured the

bronze medal in singles and silver medal indoubles at the 2011 Pan American Games,and has reached the third round of the lastthree Grand Slam events to help her crackthe WTA Top 30 for the first time. She is 4-3 in singles in Fed Cup play, with all fourwins coming in 2012.

Lisa Raymond will make her sec-ond Olympic appearance at the ageof 38 after reaching the third round

in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles in2004. Currently the world’s top-ranked dou-bles player along with partner Liezel Huber(Raymond became the oldest woman to everachieve the number one ranking in either sin-gles or doubles). Raymond has captured sixGrand Slam women’s doubles titles, includ-ing Wimbledon in 2001, and four Grand Slammixed doubles titles. She has an 11-3 FedCup doubles record (14-9 overall), and helpedlead the U.S. to the 2000 Fed Cup title.

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Andy Roddick will make his sec-ond Olympic appearance afterreaching the singles quarterfinals

in 2004. Roddick captured the 2003 U.S.Open and is a three-time finalist at Wim-bledon, including 2009, when he lost toRoger Federer 16-14 in the longest fifth setin Wimbledon final history. He has alsocaptured four titles at the Wimbledon tune-up at Queens Club, and last week he cap-tured his first title at the grass court eventin Eastbourne. Roddick owns 33 DavisCup singles victories, second-most all-timein U.S. Davis Cup history, and helped leadthe U.S. to the 2007 title.

Serena Williams is undefeatedand a two-time gold medalist indoubles (2000 and 2008), and a

quarterfinalist in her only Olympic singlesappearance in 2008. She is a 13-timeGrand Slam singles champion, includingfour Wimbledon singles titles and has cap-

tured 12 Grand Slam doubles titles (four atWimbledon) and two mixed doubles titles.She is one of six women in history to haveheld the number one rankings in both sin-gles and doubles simultaneously. Williamsis a perfect 11-0 in Fed Cup play, including8-0 in singles, and she helped the U.S.capture the 1999 Fed Cup title.

Venus Williams is the most dec-orated Olympic tennis player inU.S. history with three gold

medals, and will become the first Americantennis player to compete in four OlympicGames. She captured the gold medal insingles in 2000 and won gold medals indoubles with her sister Serena in 2000and 2008. She is a seven-time GrandSlam singles champion, including fiveWimbledon titles, and has won 12 GrandSlam doubles titles (four at Wimbledon)and two mixed-doubles titles. Williams is18-4 in Fed Cup competitions, including a

14-2 singles record, and she helped leadthe U.S. to the 1999 title.

Donald Young will make hisOlympic debut in London at theage of 22. He reached his first ca-

reer ATP World Tour final in Bangkok, Thai-land, in 2011, and reached a career-high38th in February 2012. Young became theyoungest player to end a year ranked num-ber one in the ITF World Junior Rankings in2005 at the age of 16, and captured theboys singles title at Wimbledon in 2007.

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On June 16, the U.S. Open NationalPlayoffs came to a close at the USTABillie Jean King National Tennis Cen-

ter, as the women’s singles, men’s singles, andmixed-doubles finals were all played. For sixdays, players battled at the National TennisCenter for a chance to qualify for the 2012 U.S.Open. The winners of all the draws advance tothe next part of the National Playoffs againstthe winners from the other USTA Sections. Thefollowing stage will be played in New Haven,Conn. in August. The winners of the singlesand doubles draws from that tournament ad-vance to the U.S. Open Qualifying draw. TheMixed-Doubles winner advances to the U.S.Open Main Draw as there is no qualifying drawin mixed-doubles for the U.S. Open.

The final day of the U.S. Open NationalPlayoff started off with the women’s singlesfinal, as Brooklyn’s Magda Okruashvilidefeated Rima Asatarian of New Jersey instraight sets, 6-4, 6-4. Okruashvili was lastyear’s Eastern runner up, but this year, shewas able to pull out the win. Okruashvili isoriginally from the country of Georgia andmoved to the United States in 2006, whereshe trains and plays in ITF and USTA ProCircuit tournaments.

“The first steps are the best. This is noth-

ing, we still have to play New Haven, but thefirst steps are definitely the best,” said Okru-ashvili of her win.

The second match of the day was themen’s singles final which featured NikitaKryvanos of Flushing and Winston Lin ofBuffalo. Kryvanos has had experience on thisstage before, winning the 2010 U.S. Open Na-tional Playoffs Eastern event. For Lin, the 2012Ivy League Rookie of the Year at Columbia, itwas his first time playing in the tournament.The match featured many long points and wastightly contested, and after over two hours,Kryvanos came out with a hard-foughtstraight-set win, 6-4, 6-3.

Kryvonos was born in Ukraine and came tothe U.S. with his family when he was 13. Heestablished himself as a promising junior

player, but contracted a staph infection at theage of 16 following leg surgery. After a long re-covery, he worked back to become ranked ashigh as 389th in the world by playing on theUSTA Pro Circuit. He won a USTA Pro CircuitFutures in Irvine, Calif., in 2007 and also com-peted in the 2007 U.S. Open qualifying drawand the 2005 U.S. Open men’s doubles maindraw. He also served as a practice partner forthe U.S. Davis Cup team in the 2006 semifinalin Russia alongside Andy Roddick, JamesBlake and the Bryan Brothers. Shortly afterKryvonos’ played in the 2010 U.S. Open Na-tional Playoffs Men’s Championship, hestarted to have knee trouble, which lingeredlast year. He decided not to play much tennisin 2011, skipping the National Playoffs andUSTA Pro Circuit events. However, Kryvonos

Four Locals Headed to New Haven for Shot at U.S. Open Qualifying Draw

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has been back training at the USTA Billie JeanKing National Tennis Center this year and is fi-nally feeling good again.

The last match of the day was the mixed-doubles finals which featured Alison Adamski(Jamaica, N.Y.) & Keith Kessler (Brooklyn, N.Y.)against Malika Rose (Davie, Fla.) & Steven Wil-son (Bronx, N.Y.). Adamski & Kessler, whostruggled in their semifinal match, pulling out asuper tie-breaker to advance to the finals, wereon their game in this one and had a relativelyquick win over Rose & Wilson, 6-1, 6-1.

Adamski, 26, played tennis for St. John’sUniversity and currently coaches the Hofstratennis team, while Kessler, 26, played forFlorida Tech and is a teaching pro in Brook-lyn, N.Y. The duo has played many nationaltournaments together, winning a bronze ballat the 2011 USTA Open Indoors Champi-onships. This was the first time the pair hascompeted in the U.S. Open National Playoffs,but they were familiar with the surroundings.

“We’ve played the National Open here atthe National Tennis Center for the past threeyears, so we decided to give this tournamenta shot,” said Kessler.

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There is a new type of arm brace you maysee on the courts this year, made for

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The impetus for creating this product was the recognition of a needfor a new approach to managing this condition. Dr. Dao knew that othertreatments for tennis elbow were not effective. As one who suffered

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In today’s day and age,most people have a GlobalPositioning System (GPS)in their car. Certainly thisdevice has made it easierto reach your destination.

All that is necessary is to input the des-tination and “voila” … the GPS tells youwhere to go. There need be little aware-ness of where you currently are, and nothinking or planning is necessary. Sowhat does this have to do with tennis?Stay with me …

Let’s flash back a few years to a timewhen people read maps to determinehow to reach a destination. There wereusually three steps that were necessary:First, you needed to be aware of yourcurrent location. Second, you needed toknow where you wanted to go. Andthird, you needed to plan the most effi-cient route to reach your desired desti-nation. Then, along came an inventioncalled “MapQuest.” This was hailed as

the greatest navigation tool ever. Whatmade it so easy was that the driver nolonger needed to plot their strategy toreach the destination as it was automat-ically calculated. Now, our fancy GPSsystem not only eliminates the need toplot a strategy to reach our desired des-tination, but we don’t even need to beaware of our current location! The GPSautomatically finds us via satellite, andcalculates where we need to turn toreach our destination.

On the tennis court, we cannot turn toour GPS. However, all players have asimilar, yet superior, tool of cognitionwhen on the court, which combines thebenefits of a knowledge of the destina-tion, with the planning skills of reading amap. This tool is what I refer to as theMPS, or “Mental Positioning System.”The MPS is a human machine, run bythe strongest computer in the uni-verse—not an electronic device, but ourown brain. It is activated by awareness.

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It requires us to examine the same threepoints we needed to ask when using amap: Where we are at this exact point intime, where we want to end up, andwhat the necessary steps are in order toreach that goal.

A mentally-sound player can employtheir MPS system in both practice andin matches. When activated by aware-ness, the player’s MPS can tell themwhether they are currently using idealform on a stroke, what steps to take toimprove technique, and lastly, wheresuch adjustments will lead you. In amatch, it can tell you where you are,where you want to be, and how to getback on track.

Fortunately, we all have MPS devices,in fact, they are hard-wired into ourbrain. Some players may use theirsmore than others, and consequently,reap the benefits, while others may takethe shortcuts that our driving GPS sys-tem uses. For example, many players


simply say, “I want to win.” In otherwords, they input the destination likethey would with a GPS. However, on thecourt, this shortcut will fail. The playersmust first be aware and able to assessthe complexion of the match, patterns ofplay that have developed, and the scorethat has resulted. Once they accomplishthis, they can determine what has thusfar prevented the desired outcome andmove toward the steps to reach thatoutcome.

It is the MPS which allows RogerFederer to make adjustments at anytime during a match. If Roger has failedto return serves to his backhand sideafter a couple games, for instance,Roger’s MPS alerts him that he mayneed to move back, forward, or adjustthe spin on his return. Then, Rogerdecides how he is going to accomplishthis feat. Tiger Woods is known to beable to make on-the-fly adjustments,whether on the course or in front of amirror, simply by being aware of the“feel” of his stroke.

Choosing to use your MPS is a ques-tion of whether we are aware, objective

and courageous enough to admit wherewe are in our technical, strategic, physi-cal or mental process. To use your MPSsystem properly in practice, ask yourselfthe following questions:

1. Where am I now on a particular elementof the game?

2. Where do I want to be in a certainamount of time?

3. To get there what do I have to do?4. Am I willing to put in the effort to do

this?5. Who can help me?6. How will I know when I reach this goal?

To use your MPS system in matches. Askyourself these questions:

1. What is happening at this moment?2. What do I want to be happening?3. What do I need to do to change

things?4. How would my position change if I made

these adjustments?5. Am I willing to make the adjustments?

Remember, when you are on the court,

don’t take the shortcut by trying to useyour GPS. It only works in the car. Turnon your MPS system and trust yourselfto objectively assess what is happeningin the match or practice session, whatyou want to be happening, and the beststrategy to effectively reach your goal/des-tination. You will find that using your mindto change the course of a frustrating matchin your favor is one of the most fulfilling ex-periences in the game.

Rob Polishook, MA, CPC is the founderand director of Inside the Zone SportsPerformance Group. As a mental train-ing coach he works with athletes andteams of all levels. His work focuses onhelping athletes gain the mental edgeand letting go of blocks which get in theway of peak performance. He is a USTAZonal Coach and has spoken and beenpublished for the USTA, USPTA and ITA.Additionally, he has conducted work-shops nationally and internationally inIndia and Israel. He may be reached byphone at (973) 723-0314, e-mail rob@in-sidethezone or visit www.insidethe-zone.com.

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Tennis Tweets from the pros

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just the one I get to keep. Can’t stop look-ing at it …

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Casey Dellacqua(@caseydellacqua):Bike riding in Brusselsto find the laundromat.

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Novak Djokovic (@djok-ernole): Congrats to@RafaelNadal for incredi-ble run at Roland Garros.See you again soon ;)

Forbes: Five tennisstars among “MostPowerful” Celebrities

Five ATP andWTA proslanded at

various points on Forbes magazine’s list ofthe globe’s “100 Most Powerful Celebri-ties.” Their rankings: Roger Federer atnumber 31, Rafael Nadal at 47, MariaSharapova at 71, Serena Williams at 77,and Li Na at 87. Federer is considered thefourth most powerful athlete in the world,behind Tiger Woods, LeBron James andKobe Bryant. Tiger roars in at number 12.Jennifer Lopez tops the list, supplanting2011’s number one celeb, Lady Gaga.

Djokovic switches to UNIQLO

The world’s top ten-nis player, SerbianNovak Djokovic,ended his deal withclothing sponsor Ser-gio Tacchini. In an e-mailed statement tomedia, the clothing

company said, “It has been mutually andamicably decided that, as of the 2012Roland Garros Grand Slam, Novak Djokovicwill no longer be the brand ambassador.”Djokovic has inked a new five-year deal towear UNIQLO clothing. The partnership willalso include collaboration on future productlines, as well as co-developing the ultimateUNIQLO functional wear. A preview of thecollaboration’s first results will be seen atthe 2012 French Open, where Djokovic willdebut his newly-designed UNIQLO matchwear to spectators in Paris and to a world-wide TV audience.

Federer becomes a Man in Black

After Roger Federer won the Madrid Open,Will Smith came on the court and took themicrophone. He spoke in Spanish about


Federer’s win and also how he was giv-ing Roger his suit for his summer block-buster, “Men in Black III.” This was allbecause of a press tour that Will andJada Smith are doing to promote “Men inBlack III”.

Serena releases rap song

Serena Williams is now a rapper? Shemade her debut with a brand new song, aone-minute-long track recorded at theFlorida studio of her friend, BryantMcKinnie of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.The unnamed track is about winning andSerena’s self-proclaimed dominance onthe court. She even gives a shout out tofrozen pizza and “beats so good they’llblow ‘ya speakers.”

Argentina’s JuanIgnacio Chela’s “Top-10 Ways YouKnow You’re a WTA Tour Player”

10. It is crucial to pro-duce 100 millime-ters of tears a day,on average.

9. The sound whenyou hit the ballexceeds 1,500decibels.

8. At some point in your career, you’ll havean acne attack.

7. Before serving, you turn your back tothe court and fix your strings for 20 sec-onds.

6. You never practice with other WTA players.5. When your coach comes on court to talk

to you, you look elsewhere.4. You must hang a stuffed animal on your

racquet bag.3. From the quarterfinals on, you come on

court with makeup.

2. You hate all of your colleagues.And … the top reason you know you’re aWTA Tour player is …1. At the end of the match, you wave like

Miss Universe.

The newest SoderlingSoderling and his fianceeare hav ing a baby.Soderling revealed on hisTwitter account that theyare expecting their firstchild in late September.

“Hi everyone. I have the best news. Jenniand I are becoming parents in late Septem-ber. We are both very happy and excited.”

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By Lisa Dodson

Keep your head up! You’relate! Snap your wrist!Watch the ball!These common tennis

phrases are actually meaningless on theirown, but we hear and use them all of thetime. A book could be written about eachone. The most abused phrase shouted bypros and used by players when failing is,“Watch the ball,” but what does that actu-ally mean?

Most players think that you are sup-posed to watch the ball at all times when itis in play, and most pros actually reinforcethis behavior. It is simply not true. In fact,visually letting go of the ball is a skill in it-self that must be learned and practiced.

So what’s the real scoop? When do wewatch the ball? When do we visually let goof the ball? Let’s break it down into somehard facts:

When TO watch the ballA player needs to see the origin of the hit.This is the opponent’s strike of the ball on

their racket. They need to follow the ball onits trajectory over the net to the bounce ontheir side (for a groundstroke) and as closeto point of contact on their racket as possi-ble. This seems simple, but due to manyvariables, few of us actually do it. We don’tsee the origin of the hit and begin reacting“late,” which gives us less time for move-ment and preparation to strike our own ball.Then, the ball is watched part of the way tothe bounce and is lost. We try to pick upsight again somewhere after the bounce tocontact point. We may as well have oureyes closed when the opponent is strikingthe ball, open them for part of the flight,close them again when the ball is bouncingand open them for contact.

When NOT to watch the ballAfter you have struck your ball and it is onits way forward, you STOP watching it andstart watching your opponent. You are hit-ting the ball with intent, direction and pur-pose so you generally know where it isgoing. If you follow your opponent’s move-ment, they will tell you where your ball is bymoving to it. In this way, you can gather in-

formation about their balance, position tothe ball, racket position and shot selection.This visual information will give you whatyou need to respond quickly and to thebest of your ability.

The most critical point in time concern-ing judging what a ball is going to do, howit will travel and how it will act when it hitsthe ground comes from seeing the oppo-nent. It is generally said that one needs to“read the ball” which is a very complextask. The “reading” starts from visual in-formation available at the opponent’s hit,not from seeing the ball flying towardsyou and magically being able to see whatit will do. If a player is still watching theflight of their ball and where it is landing,they miss all of the critical informationthat the opponent is giving them. Playersneed to watch everything about the waytheir opponent approaches a ball, andhow their racket is prepared to gain infor-mation about the hit.

Let’s look at three common point playsituations and general responses to them.If you are watching your ball bounce andnot your opponent, you will miss seeingthe clear signs that will help you handlethese balls:

1. If an opponent is running laterally orforward and is reaching and stretchingfor a ball, it will not have power. Thisfact tells us that we should start tak-ing a few steps forward to be able toeasily handle the short ball. What it

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won’t tell us is exactly where it is going:Left, right, high or low. If you are headedforward, you’ll be able to handle anyball that is coming.

2. If you hit a high deep ball, the opponentis backing up and on their back foot youcan probably expect an attempt at ahigh return. In this position, they cannotdrive, so their ball may be weak or theymay get lucky and launch a high one. Ineither case, this information will helpyou to respond.

3. If the opponent is setting up for a fore-hand or backhand and looks balancedand calm, you should be prepared fortheir drive. If you’ve been paying atten-tion, you will have seen what their“best” strokes look like and what typeof shot to expect. You may not knowexactly what the ball will do, but you’llprepare to receive a drive. You will knownothing if you don’t see the position ofthe opponent.

The bottom line is this …Watch the ball fully and accurately for 50percent of the point play. Watch it ascarefully as you can when it is travelingtowards you from the opponent’s hit,through the flight, to the bounce and toyour contact point. Visually, leave it aloneafter you have hit it and shift your focusto your opponent. You can then begin togather information about what your op-ponent can and can’t do, or what they areattempting to do. You will still see the ballin the “big picture,” but it will not be yourfocal point. If you are watching your balltravel from your hit to the bounce on theopposite side, you are not seeing what isimportant: The balance and position ofthe opponent, their physical relationshipto the ball and the position of their racket.Test this out yourself next time you are onthe court. Discover what you REALLY do.Make massive improvements in yourgame by changing your visual focus, notyour strokes.

Lisa Dodson is owner of The Total Serve, aUSPTA Pro 1, and a formerly WTA world-ranked player. She may be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or visitwww.thetotalserve.com.

Gijon, Spain to Host the Davis Cup Semifinal

The Spanish Tennis Federation has announced that the Davis Cup by BNPParibas World Group Semifinal between the U.S. and Spain will be held on anoutdoor red clay court at the Parque Hermanos Castro in Gijon, Spain. Thesemifinal tie will be held Sept. 14-16.

The U.S. and Spain have met 10 times in Davis Cup play, with the seriestied at five wins a piece. Spain defeated the U.S. in the 2011 quarterfinal inAustin, Texas, and in the 2008 semifinal on red clay in Madrid, Spain. The U.S.last beat Spain in the 2007 quarterfinal on an indoor hard court in Winston-Salem, N.C., en route to capturing its record 32nd Davis Cup title. The U.S.is undefeated in three road ties under U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier—all of which have been played on red clay—including wins over Switzerlandand France in 2012.

Should the U.S. defeat Spain in the semifinals, it will advance to the DavisCup Final for the first time since winning the title in 2007, and would eitherhost the Czech Republic or travel to Argentina.

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Agassi, McEnroe and Hingis to PlayWTT Match to Benefitthe Johnny Mac Tennis Project

Tennis Hall of FamersAndre Agassi andJohn McEnroe, andformer world numberone Martina Hingis,will compete as part ofthe World TeamTennismatchup betweenthe New YorkSportimes and Boston

Lobsters, in a special benefit night on July19. Proceeds will go towards the JohnnyMac Tennis Project (JMTP) to providescholarships, coaching, transportationand other financial assistance to qualifiedyoung tennis players in the greater NewYork area. The evening begins at 7:00p.m. at Sportime Stadium on Randall’s Is-land. Last year, McEnroe faced BjornBorg in the first JMTP benefit evening infront of a sold-out Sportime Stadiumcrowd.

Johnny Mac Tennis Project recipients willattend the John McEnroe Tennis Academy,which is completing its second year atSportime Randall’s Island. Ticket prices forthe match will be $250, $150 and $60;please consult your tax advisor concerningthe tax deductibility of ticket purchases.Tickets for the Benefit night on July 19, andfor additional NY Sportimes home matcheson July 10, 13, 18 and 25, can be pur-chased by calling 1-888-WTT-NYC1 or byvisiting www.nysportimes.com.

“This year’s Johnny Mac Tennis ProjectNight will highlight three of the most popu-lar and exciting players ever to play thesport,” said Sportime Clubs and NYSportimes Chief Executive Officer ClaudeOkin. “Andre Agassi has become a notablehumanitarian and ambassador for tennis asa life-changing opportunity. We are thrilledthat he will be part of this great night tobenefit our efforts to improve the lives ofyoung people and young players here inNew York City.”

Agassi and McEnroe met four timeswhile active on the ATP World Tour, eachwinning two matches. McEnroe won in1986 in Stratton Mountain, Vt., and in 1989in Dallas, while Agassi was victorious in

1988 in Los Angeles and 1992 in the semi-finals at Wimbledon.

“I’m committed to giving opportunitiesto youngsters in the New York area tohelp them reach their full potential as ten-nis players and as people through theJohnny Mac Tennis Project,” said McEn-roe. “This night is critical in making theJMTP a success, and getting to faceAndre in a WTT match will make it evenmore special.”

This will be the fifth appearance in WTTfor Agassi, who previously competed forthe Sacramento Capitals from 2002-2004and the Philadelphia Freedoms in 2009.

“Youth tennis and education have al-ways been extremely important to me,”said Agassi, who won 60 career singlestitles. Among those were eight GrandSlam crowns, including wins at all fourmajor venues. “I am proud to supportJohn’s program and look forward tocompeting against him in an excitingmatch on July 19.”

The July 19WTT match willfeature Agassiand McEnroec o m p e t i n gagainst eachother in bothmen’s singlesand in doublesin the five-setWTT format.H i n g i s w i l lalso play forthe New York

Sportimes that evening as McEnroe’s teammember; they will be joined by veteranNew York Sportimes players RobertKendrick, Jesse Witten and AshleyHarkleroad, three of the standouts whohelped the squad reach the WorldTeamTennis finals in 2010.

The 2012 WTT regular season runs fromJuly 9-28, with the top two teams fromboth the Western and Eastern Conference

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Preview

Photo credit: Kenneth B. Goldberg

Martina Hingis of the New York Sportimes

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Previewadvancing to the WTT Finals Weekend pre-sented by GEICO, Sept. 14-16, at the Fam-ily Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C.

2012 Sportimes Home Schedule� July 10 vs. Springfield Lasers, 7:00 p.m.

at Sportime/Randall’s Island (Sportimes–Martina Hingis)

� July 13 vs. Philadelphia Freedoms, 7:00p.m. at Sportime/Randall’s Island(Sportimes–Martina Hingis & Philadel-phia–Ryan Harrison)

� July 18 vs. Philadelphia Freedoms, 7:00p.m. at Sportime/Randall’s Island(Sportimes–Martina Hingis)

� July 19 vs. Boston Lobsters, 7:00 p.m. atSportime/Randall’s Island (Sportimes–Hingis, McEnroe & Boston– Andre Agassi)

� July 23 vs. Washington Kastles, 7:30 p.m.at Albany/SEFCU Arena (Sportimes–Hingis & Washington–Venus Williams)

� July 24 vs. Boston Lobsters, 7:30 p.m. atAlbany/SEFCU Arena (Sportimes–Hingis& Boston–John Isner)

� July 25 vs. Washington Kastles, 7:00 p.m.at Sportime/Randall’s Island (Sportimes–Hingis & McEnroe)

Sportimes seekingvolunteers

Want to get involved?Are you ready to partic-ipate as a team mem-ber in a fast-paced

environment and assist in game opera-tions? Volunteering for the New YorkSportimes of the World Team Tennis Pro-fessional League during July 2012 willprovide you with valuable experienceand build your resume. It’s a competitiveworld out there, so why not get a leg up?Applicants will have the opportunity tobe hands-on and actively involved withthe staging of an exciting professionaltennis event.

Volunteers are needed for all home

matches on Randall’s Island on the follow-ing dates: July 10, 13, 18, 19 and 25. Matchtime for all games is 7:00 p.m. and volun-teer check-in time is 4:45 p.m.

For more information and to downloadan application, visit www.nysportimes.com.

Sportimes Fans Aimto Set World Recordat July 18 WTT Match

Ever wanted to help set a Guinness WorldRecord? Fans in attendance at the WorldTeamTennis matchup between the NewYork Sportimes and the PhiladelphiaFreedoms on July 18 at Sportime Sta-dium on Randall’s Island will have the op-portunity to take part in an attempt to set

2012 partners show their support for the Sportimes

Photo credit: Kenneth B. Goldberg

the official mark for “Most People Bounc-ing Tennis Balls on Tennis Rackets,” priorto the 7:00 p.m. match, which will featureformer world number one and Sportimesstar Martina Hingis.

Fans interested in participating shouldarrive at Sportime Stadium by 5:00 p.m.,wear tennis sneakers and bring theirrackets. Tennis balls will be provided. Allparticipants must purchase a ticket tothat evening’s World TeamTennis matchin order to participate.

Hingis, along with Sportime playersRobert Kendrick, Jesse Witten, AshleyHarkleroad and Sportimes Coach ChuckAdams, will lead the attempt, which willtake place on the Stadium Court.

The previous record of 658 wasachieved in advance of the U.S. Open atthe USTA Billie Jean King National TennisCenter in New York on Aug. 26, 2011.

In order to set the record, on the audi-ble signal, all contestants must bouncethe ball for a minimum of 10 seconds,using just the racket. Only those whomaintain the bounce in the air, withoutthe ball touching the ground for the full10 seconds, will be counted towards therecord.

Sportimes’ partners for 2012 in-clude USTA Eastern Section,GEICO, USTA, Wilson, DecoTurf,Principal Funds, SPORTIMEClubs, Arizon Tennis Domes, NYOrthopedics, Randall’s IslandPark Alliance, Zurita, ReliableFencing, Mylan Cleaning Serv-ices, KIMA, SIMS, Lippolis, Sun-nyside Car Service, TennisMedia, Efficiency Experts, andJan Dry Wall.


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Mark McIntyre answers a few questions about GreenOutlook,quite possibly the best thing to hit Riverside Park since, well, thered clay courts he brought back to life over the last 20 years.

How did you first get into tennis/RCTA?Mark McIntyre: About 20 years or so ago, I used to hang out atthe clay courts every afternoon looking for pickup games. I startedvolunteering to help fix up the courts, which were in pretty badshape. I was invited to join the board of the volunteer group, andthen they hired me to expand the organization and find the fundsto transform the dirt courts into the red clay courts.

What inspired you to create a sustainable structure, GreenOut-look? McIntyre: Necessity, really. What used to be a pretty isolated partof the park is now extremely busy thanks to the success of thetennis courts and the extension of the Hudson River Greenway.We now get thousands of people each day. These people need abathroom and the sewer system doesn’t come this far. We had tofigure a way to get bathrooms here and green seemed to be thebest and most responsible way to go. While there are one or twopublic composting restrooms in new York City, this will be the firstto use solar power and, if we get appropriate permissions, the firstto use the compost to fertilize public flower gardens. In otherwords, it will be a totally self-contained, off-grid complex.

Besides a grassroots effort, how else do you plan to get theword out about GreenOutlook?McIntyre: We are reaching out to bicycling groups, local schools,runners groups and other organizations with large membershipswho are affected by what goes on in Riverside Park.

What fundraisers and other activities are you planning thissummer to help generate donations for GreenOutlook?McIntyre: We have a couple of possibilities in the works involving

some pro players, both active and retired. We have a hugewalkathon planned for the fall, in mid-October, and we are think-ing about having a dinner on the site, which is now an abandonedparking lot.

What is your target date for Green Outlook to open?McIntyre: We’d love to have a ribbon-cutting ceremony bythe end of 2013, but that is going to depend on the successof our fundraising efforts this summer. We held a recentfundraiser, hosted by New York City Council member GaleBrewer, who allocated $1.2 million to the GreenOutlookproject.

Where and how can people get involved besides going towww.GreenOutlook.info for additional details?McIntyre: They can e-mail me at [email protected].

Do you feel that once this project is completed, others will follow?McIntyre: I do … absolutely. If this is a success, and I am con-vinced it will be, I think it will serve as a model for future parks’public restrooms.

Is there anything else you would like to add?McIntyre: I just want to invite everyone reading this down toour summer concerts, which are free, and which we haveevery Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. that began June 9 and runthrough the end of August. Go to www.RCTA.info to see ourschedule. We have a different style of music every week.

GreenOutlook will have a long-lasting impact on the fu-ture of green building in New York and across the country.The new structures will meet the Living Building Challenge,one of the most rigorous green building standards in theworld, and will forcefully advance Mayor Bloomberg’s andour city’s sustainability goals laid out in PlaNYC 2030 andVision 2020.

Things Are Looking Green at Riverside Park

Mark McIntyre, executive director of theRiverside Clay Tennis Association (RCTA);Fareed Zakaria; and Dale Caldwell, USTAboard member

Photo credit: Cook+Fox ArchitectsAn artist’s conception of theGreenOutlook project (courtesy ofCook+Fox Architects)

Photo credit: John HerroldA view of the courts from the proposed siteof the GreenOutlook project


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The Kings County Tennis League(KCTL)By C. Dotson & H. Van De Mark

Youth tennis canimpart a lifetime ofpositive benefits.Tennis fosters men-tal and physical

strength, and develops a player’s sense of accountability and con-fidence. Unfortunately, it’s not often a “go to” sport in urban com-munities. Thankfully, tennis legend Arthur Ashe once said, “Startwhere you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

Kings County Tennis League (KCTL) is a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization founded in the spring of 2010 by 29-year-oldMichael McCasland. What began as the Marcy Tennis Club at theMarcy Houses, and took place every Saturday afternoon from Mayto October, has grown to include multiple sites: Marcy, Tompkins,Lafayette Gardens and Sumner—all under the new KCTL bannerin 2012. McCasland and his young, diverse volunteers continueto provide tennis instruction at no cost to the neighborhood kidsof low-income communities every Saturday afternoon.

KCTL is thrilled to offer these lessons because many of theirstudents might not otherwise be afforded the opportunity to par-ticipate in this sport. The kids range in ages from five to 16 yearsof age. KCTL uses tennis as a vehicle for encouraging wellness,mentoring and community building. Also, through grant funding,KCTL plans to encourage safe facilities by managing court reno-vation projects the youth and community can utilize.

“We teach tennis as the sport of opportunity,” said McCasland.“The children that participate learn confidence, self-expression,and tools that translate well beyond tennis.”

In October, KCTL hosts an annual end-of-the-season jamboreethat features a tournament among neighborhood sites; a certifi-cate and trophy ceremony for all participants; food, music, games,wellness resources; and offerings from other community partners.The Third Annual KCTL Fundraiser is set for Tuesday, July 24 from6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at The Dumbo Loft, located at 155 WaterStreet in Brooklyn, N.Y. For more information, visit KingsCoun-tyTennisLeague.org.

As an organizational member of the USTA Eastern, KCTL takesstudents and parents to Arthur Ashe Kids Day in August at the

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center—another great op-portunity for the kids to engage with other young tennis enthusi-asts. They appreciate the chance to visit and play at the stadiumwhere players and legends from all over the world compete. KCTLis always grateful for the chance to help provide these experiencesfor their students.

Kings County Tennis League is always looking for good volun-teers. Classes are from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. on Saturdays fromMay to October. Please do not hesitate to contact them atKingsCountyTennisLeague.org for more program information, tovolunteer or work with the board of directors and/or making do-nations. For more information, visit KingsCountyTennisLeague.org,Facebook, Meet Up, @Kctennisleague1.

119TA Spring Festival: Enjoying Tennis and Raising Moneyto Help Maintain the CourtsBy Liz Westbrook Hydes

You couldn’t have asked for a betterday for the occasion—Saturday,May 19 at the 119th Street hardcourts in Riverside Park. Sunny andin the mid-70s, the 119th Street Ten-nis Association (119TA) held itsSpring Tennis Festival. With supportfrom USTA Eastern, local busi-nesses, volunteers, and associationmembers, the event featured sev-eral tennis activities, a picnic, a raf-fle and a membership drive.

Some 100-plus tennis enthusi-asts, families and friends took part

in the day’s activities. The morning kicked off with a clean-up ofthe court perimeter and its surroundings, supported by RiversidePark Fund’s Volunteer Program. This was followed by a round ofQuickStart Tennis for kids, and informal hitting with the residenttennis pros, Jaime Bravo, Dawn Fox and Dave Kardas. Parentswere thrilled to see their kids learning and enjoying the sport. Ingratitude, many of them bought raffle tickets to support the asso-ciation in its efforts to promote tennis and help pay for the main-tenance of the facility’s 10 hard courts. Several players were soimpressed by the generous picnic, the recently pressure-washedcourts, and programs sponsored by 119TA, that they eagerlysigned up to become members and participate in tournaments tobe held this summer.

Festival participants were treated to a sumptuous picnic featur-

119TA Board Members (left to right,back row) Patrick Duvalsaint,Joanie Schroeder and Liz WestbrookHydes, with (left to right, front row)Josie Atienza and Amy Ayres

ing specialties donated by neighbor-hood restaurants, including Bet-tolona, Henry’s, Indian Café, 107West, Pisticci and Symposium. Muchexcitement surrounded the an-nouncement of the winners of theraffle, including the grand prize oftwo tickets to the U.S. OpenWomen’s Semifinals, generously do-nated by a 119TA board member. Ac-tivities continued all afternoon, withtennis tips and round-robin play withthe tennis pros. To top it off, the as-sociation held its inaugural Women’sDoubles Round-Robin Tournament.

“We had a lot of fun!” remarkedparticipants Sarit Cohen and JulianaPrather. This was the first tournamentthey ever played in.

The event was considered atremendous success. As Liz Hydes,president of the association noted:“People enjoyed the day’s activities,met fellow tennis enthusiasts, andlearned about 119TA. Moreover, weraised $2,500 from the raffle, new/re-newed memberships, and donations,including the Festival Sponsorshipgrant from USTA Eastern Metro.”

119th Street Tennis Association is anon-profit organization operating underthe auspices of Riverside Park Fund inNew York City. Supported by morethan 150 members, 119TA is dedicatedto improving the quality of the tennis fa-cility in New York City’s Riverside Parkat 119th Street. It organizes tourna-ments, clinics and other related tennisactivities. For more information onmembership, tournaments and events,visit www.119TA.net.

Liz Westbrook Hydes is the director of development for Riverside ParkFund (RPF), raising money to maintain and improve the Park. The jobhappens to correlate with the 119th Street Tennis Courts that are inRiverside Park, as 119TA is an affiliate of RPF and supports court main-tenance. For more information, call (212) 870-3082 or e-mail [email protected].

USTA Eastern Metro Regionawards grantsThe following groups are all receiving the full amount of $1,000 ingrants from the USTA Eastern Metro Region. The purpose of thegrants is to increase tennis participation and support tennis pro-gramming, especially among racially and ethnically diverse groups.

GreenOutlook The GreenOutlook is an off-grid, self-contained, sustainable com-plex that will serve thousands of bicyclists, joggers, strollers, pic-nickers and tennis players. The Green Outlook will: Replace anabandoned asphalt parking lot with a native wildflower meadow; cre-ate an overlook with stunning views of the Hudson River; provideRiverside Park and Hudson River Greenway users with a public rest-room that employs solar energy, composting toilets and a green roof;and build a green maintenance facility for the busy red clay tenniscourts and surrounding parkland and gardens. Serving as a modelfor future park improvements, the entire GreenOutlook complex willbe carbon-neutral and employ the latest green technologies, includ-ing solar power, recycled materials, gray-water remediation, on-sitewaste treatment and use, and storm water management.

The NYTAThe goals of the NYTA are to: Preserve the history of African-Amer-icans in the sport of tennis; create and maintain opportunities foradult and junior ATA members across the region, to compete, de-velop and network through the sport of tennis; contribute fundingand fundraising efforts in support of the competitive developmentof NYTA juniors; provide scholarships for incoming and existingcollege students who are ATA members; and help in the fightagainst obesity in the community by offering tennis-oriented healthand fitness initiatives.

The Knickerbocker Field Club (also known as “the Knick”)114 East 18th Street in Brooklyn, N.Y.The idea for a free summer program was initiated in 2003 by Win-ston Ramsey, one of the club’s two pros who also grew up in cen-tral Brooklyn. As a child, Winston was introduced to tennis throughlocal community programming, and he personally introduced theconcept of the program to the Knick’s board of directors as ameans opening the club to local kids who have limited access tothe sport. With the board’s approval and its commitment to usingthree of the club’s five courts and its facilities, the program beganas a six-week, two-hour instructional program meting twice perweek. Through personal contacts and word of mouth, the programwas immediately filled with 45 neighborhood kids ages fivethrough 18 who flocked to the club for a chance to play tennis.


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Joanie Schroeder, Lester Schulmanand Tom Holz putting up the newUSTA Eastern Region banner

Women’s Doubles TournamentFinalists Henrietta Gwaltney &Daisy Siemon and Champions LizHydes & Joanie Schroeder

Masaki Kasetani with the new119TA banner


USTA Eastern has announced the ap-pointment of Jill Fonte as the Sec-tion’s new executive director. Fonte

will lead the Section as it places a newemphasis on growing tennis participationamong players of all ages and abilities.For the past 12 years, Fonte has workedas an executive coach, consultant andspeaker, providing a wide range of lead-ership training to corporations, includingselling and customer service, strategicplanning, and executive presence. Earlierin her career, Jill served as executive di-rector of the United States RacquetStringers Association (USRSA), a tradeorganization that provides education andcertification to racquet techniciansacross the country. During her 18 yearsat the USRSA, she introduced a range ofnew training materials and programs andoversaw the organization’s growth tomore than 7,000 members.

“I am very excited to lead Easternthrough this transition,” said Fonte. “The

new charge from the Board of Directorsto increase tennis participation is atremendous opportunity, and will open up

new and creative ways for the section’soutstanding staff and volunteers to growthe game.”

Fonte has also been a USTA volunteerfor several years, serving as a memberand president of the USTA Middle StatesBoard of Directors, as chair of USTA’sTennis Innovation Committee, and as amember of the USTA’s National Strate-gic Planning and Budget & FinanceCommittees.

“Jill has outstanding experience as aleader and teacher, and understands howto develop the partnerships and pro-grams we need to grow participation,”said Jeff Williams, president of USTAEastern. “We are very excited to have heron board and look forward to workingwith her.”

Jill holds a Bachelor of Science degreein nutrition from Simmons College inBoston and a Masters in Business Admin-istration from the University of California atIrvine, Calif.

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The Jensen Brothers aregoing to bring it in Georgia!I am so excited to tell youthat Murphy and I are nowpart of the Sea Island Ex-perience! From 1990 when

Murphy played at the University of Geor-gia (UGA), the Jensen family has beenpart of the Atlanta tennis scene.

The opportunity to work side by side,once again, with my brother Murphy likewe did on the ATP Tour winning the 1993French Open on through today, it developsa very special family experience at Sea Is-land through the game of tennis.

Murphy and I have one mission in mindfor our tennis program. Making doubles ournumber one priority! We call it DoublesHeaven!

If doubles is your game, Sea Island is thename you need to know. With specialevents and weekend camps every month,Sea Island Tennis will have everything thehardcore tennis player needs.

Murphy and I made our living on the ATPTour winning at doubles. To be honest, Iwas tired of hearing from the tennis fan thatthere needs to be more doubles on TV anda doubles emphasis from the ATP and WTATours. I wanted to do something about it.

Sea Island has given the Jensen Brothers aplatform to teach and promote the gameMOST tennis players play … the complicatedand rewarding game of doubles!

At every level, doubles is a differentgame and one needs a different approachthan in singles. The mindset, tactics andmovements are unique and have to bemastered in order to be successful in dou-bles tennis. Junior players, college playersand adult league players ALL need a depthof understanding and confidence in theirdoubles game.

Junior players must understand that a

winning high school program needs pro-ductive doubles players in order for theteam to win. For the player looking to playin college, 83 percent of the time, the teamwinning the doubles points wins the teamdual match at the collegiate level.

For the adult player, every year we lose ahalf a step of court coverage, and doublestennis will find you sooner or later. Doubles isa game of mental tactical chess. It’s not asphysical as singles, but more demanding inthe way of strategy and communication.

Doubles on any surface at any level canbe very complicated. First, it is very impor-tant to choose the right partner. A greatplayer may blame you if the team is losing.A player similar to you may not bring thegame needed on that day to win. I havefound that opposites attract in doubles.Find someone who is supportive when youare playing bad and find a partner who in-spires you to have fun when things beginto get tough. After that, make sure the part-ner compliments what you do. If you are apower player, pick up a steady no-misspartner. If you are the rock of consistency,find a power plant of winners in your part-ner. These combinations can handle anytype of team across the net.

The team aspect, in the end, is critical.Successful teams enjoy being on the prac-tice and match court together. Spendingtime with your doubles partner off the courtin social situations creates a bond that willhelp the team perform well under pressure.

Great doubles tennis is played and wonwith great team chemistry. My brother Mur-phy and I were so in tune that I knew whatshot he would hit before he hit it based onthe score and where on the court he was hit-ting from. By the end of our ATP careers,there were only brief tactical discussionsfrom time to time after spending decades ofmeshing the team to a world-class machine.

We had achieved what all great teamsare searching for … UNITY. We thought,moved and played as one unit. We coveredall areas of the court to the point where webecame a wall around the net. Murphy andI are now excited about teaching the dou-bles concept and theory to achieve unityon the court for your team.

Sea Island Tennis is dedicated to mak-ing all players at EVERY level better. Thefacilities at Sea Island and now the prostaff, with two French Open DoublesChampions, are without equal on theplanet.

Join us soon at Sea Island, and let Mur-phy and I “Jensenize” your doubles game!Go on a horseback ride on the miles-longprivate beach, play some golf, go to ourworld-class shooting school, take upsquash, then go to the spa for a manicureand a pedicure! There is unlimited fun andactivities available at Sea Island on the At-lantic Ocean.

See you soon on our manicured claycourts.

Born in Grayling, Mich., Luke Jensen ishead coach of the Syracuse UniversityWomen’s Tennis Team. Jensen’s re-sume includes 10 ATP Tour doubles ti-tles and singles victories against AndreAgassi, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl, JohnMcEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors,Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and JimCourier. Jensen and his brother, Mur-phy, won the 1993 French Open dou-bles title. He was also a member of the1991 and 1992 Davis Cup Teams. Hisambidextrous play, including his abilityto serve the ball with either hand at 130mph, earned him the nickname “DualHand Luke.” He may be reached byphone at (315) 443-3552 or e-mail [email protected].


� Division A: Todd Cox defeated Paul J.Sullivan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

� Division B: Atif Moon defeated RicardoCorral 6-3, 6-3

� Division C: Wayne Bennett defeatedTroy Eap 6-2, 6-1

� Division D: Rodolfo Guevara defeatedAndre Lambert 8-6

Doubles� Open Division: Stephen Welch & John

Becker defeated Rafael Medeiros &Daniel A. Rodriques 6-2, 6-2

� Division A: Kevin Green & Todd Coxdefeated Chris Herman & Richard Lane6-3, 6-3

� Division B: Atif Moon & Jerry Russeldefeated Jose Gomez & David J. Kelly6-2, 2-6, 6-3

� Division C: Troy Eap & Michael J.Sullivan defeated Wayne Bennett & AlanSalceda 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

� Division D: Rodolfo Guevara &Estephen Santiago defeated AndreLambert & John Robert 8-4

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Queens Native Takes Home Doubles

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The 12th Annual Jana Hunsaker Me-morial Wheelchair Tennis Tourna-ment was held from June 7-10 at the

USTA Billie Jean King National TennisCenter. Jana Hunsaker was the director ofthe wheelchair tennis program at the Flush-ing Meadows-Corona Park center until herdeath in 2000. She ran weekly clinics, as wellas the annual tournament, which have bothsince been taken over by Aki Takayama, thecurrent director of the event.

Players from three continents were rep-resented in both the Singles and DoublesMain Draw. In addition to the Open Draw,there are four Divisions, A through D, eachwith its own draw, as well as a round-robinQuad Draw in each discipline.

The Men’s Doubles Open final roundwas played between John E. Becker, aQueens, N.Y. native currently residing inBoca Raton, Fla. & Stephen Welch of Ar-lington, Texas against the Brazilian team ofRafael Medeiros & Daniel A. Rodriques,with the American duo of Becker & Welchcoming out on top, 6-2, 6-2.

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We had beautiful weather for the 2012Mixed-Doubles Regional Playoffs, aseveryone had a great time. Check out

our Facebook page (Metrotennis Leagues) toview the photos from this event. Congratula-tions to the following teams that advanced tothe Sectional Championship:

� 6.0 Level—The Brooklyn team cap-tained by Janice Bateh and CrissaCaponi

� 7.0 Level—The Queens team captainedby Lauren Kende and Stephanie Vogt

� 8.0 Level—The Queens team captainedby Marcella Davoren

� 9.0 Level—The team captained byMarvin Jeffries

� 10.0 Level—The team captained byEileen Melniker

Our winners went to the 2012 SectionalChampionships in Schenectady, N.Y. fromJune 1-3. Friday, June 1 was a beautiful ten-nis day and kicked off the weekend in style.The cocktail party was a hit, and many of ourplayers won raffle prizes. Unfortunately, Sat-

urday and Sunday brought rain and theteams moved inside and made the best of it.The results for the Metro teams at the 2012Sectional Championships are as follows:

� 6.0 Level—Sixth place� 7.0 Level—Finalist� 8.0 Level—Finalist� 9.0 Level—Third place� 10.0 Level—Third place

The 7.0 team had a tight finish. When theirmatch ended, they had to go to the last pos-sible tie-break to determine who would finishin second place—games lost. They took sec-ond place by three games! It just proves thatevery game counts!

The 2102 Spring/Summer Season is well un-derway and we are battling the rain in Queens.The Regional Playoffs are currently scheduledfor Friday-Sunday, Aug. 3-5. Please comedown to the USTA Billie Jean King National Ten-nis Center to cheer on the teams as they repre-sent their districts and play for a spot in theSectional Championships which will be held inSchenectady, N.Y. this year. The 2.5, 3.5 and

4.5 Levels will compete Friday-Sunday, Aug.10-12, while the 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 Levels willcompete Friday-Sunday, Aug. 17-19.

The Senior League runs through August. Ifyou are still looking for a team, contact me bye-mail at [email protected]. The2012 Senior Sectional Championships willalso be held in Schenectady, Friday-Sunday,Sept. 14-16. The Senior Mixed Champi-onships are set for Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23

Our next league will be the ManhattanMixed-Doubles League, which begins in lateOctober. We will have teams at the 6.0, 7.0,8.0, 9.0 and 10.0 Levels. Each match consistsof three courts of doubles. Levels are formedby the combination of player ratings. For ex-ample, a 6.0 Level team would consist of two3.0 Level players.

Enjoy the summer!

Deborah-Rose Andrews is the Local LeagueCoordinator for the Metro Region. She is alsovice chair of the Adult League Committee anda member of the Metro Region board of di-rectors. She may be reached by e-mail [email protected].

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While many Queens County residentsran for shelter from the rain on May24, more than 650 students from

the Far Rockaway School District were run-ning after tennis balls at the USTA BillieJean King National Tennis Center for the15th Annual “Say Yes to Tennis, No to Vio-lence” Day, hosted by Queens District At-torney Richard A. Brown, along with theUSTA and NYJTL. The students who areenrolled in the District Attorney’s STARTrack (Straight Talk About Risks) were allpresent to participate in this fun, anti-vio-lence program. Students from the FarRockaway district participated, includingMiddle School 53 and Public Schools 43,104, 106, 197, 215 and 333 which enrollmore than 4,200 students in grades fourthrough 12.

“I want to first congratulate all of the stu-dents who have participated in our STARTrack program this year and the thousandsof others who have been with us in the

prior 14 years,” said District AttorneyBrown. “My fervent hope is that they havebenefitted from the experience and that thelife lessons they have learned–such as fairplay and self-control–will have a positive ef-fect on their daily lives.”

After arriving at the National Tennis Cen-ter, the students received t-shirts donatedby Modell’s and goodie bags containingitems donated by the New York City PoliceDepartment, New York Mets, SUNY Re-cruitment Center, CUNY LaGuardia Com-munity College, School Theater TicketProgram, Queens Borough Public Libraryand the Queens Botanical Garden. Then,the kids headed to the courts to practicetheir volleys, overheads and ground strokeswith local tennis coaches who volunteer forthe program.

“The Program exposes kids to tennis,which normally they wouldn’t get to see,and the Billie Jean King Tennis Centerwhere they wouldn’t get to be. They look

forward to it every year, and it is very wellorganized,” said I.A. Principal GaryFairweather of PS 43.

Among the day’s invited guests was NYPDDetective Lieutenant Steven D. McDonald,who was shot and paralyzed by a 15-year-oldgunman more than 20 years ago.

“Today’s tennis event is meant to en-courage our young people to make affir-mative choices, such as sports, as apositive alternative to the deadly culture ofgun violence which permeates their liveson an almost daily basis,” said DA Brown.“Our challenge and goal is to teach themthat tennis, aside from being a fun activity,is an enriching, self-improving activity thatcan be applied to all aspects of life and cangive them the confidence to succeed.”

Adam Wolfthal is the director of businessdevelopment for New York Tennis Maga-zine. Adam is a former Dowling Collegemen’s tennis player.

USTA BJK National Tennis Center Hosts 650 Kids for Annual “Say Yes to Tennis, No to Violence” Day

BY ADAM WOLFTHAL


What Really Grinds My GearsBy Ajay Kumar

How is it that most “develop-mental players” show up witha decent forehand grip andstroke, but it ends right there.

How is it that they have a hard timegrasping the concept of a Continental Grip?How is it that they miss out on learning agrip that will help them execute a variety ofshots using a Continental Grip at an early(learning) age.

Bear with me here … I’m generalizing a bit,but in my experience as a teacher in this sport,I have noticed at least for every 10 playerswho show as “developmental” players, thereare eight or nine who do not have the experi-ence or feel for the grip, and the usual answerI receive is that “It’s hard.” I always believe inteaching the proper skills, even if the player isplaying once a week.

The least taught grip is the ContinentalGrip, and the most taught is either theSemi-Western or Western Grip—generallyfor the forehand. Forehands, or Semi-West-ern/Western Grips are easy to learn; theContinental Grip, which can be used on aplayer’s two-handed backhand grips, arehard. Continental Grips are used in practi-cally every other shot other than forehands.

So, which grip should be learned more oroften for long-term success in the sport of tennis?I really hope your pick is the Continental Grip.

When a forehand is learned, regardlessof the grip, two different scenarios appear:

� Instant success (for the short-term) thatthe ball “went over the net” and

� Unfortunately, the players tend to keepthe same grip for every other shot (orsomething else rather than the required

grip, and deprive themselves of learn-ing the most valuable grip).

When a Continental Grip is being taught, itgenerally takes a longer time than usual be-cause it requires loads of practice, feel and thediscipline to achieve that “comfort” in holdingthe grip. However, most players lose interest inlearning the much more needed and usedContinental Grip. It is unfortunate, but a reality.

It is the most-used grip in the sport whichgenerally translates to it being the most versa-tile—helping in a variety of shot-making situa-tions—changing paces, depths and angles onall of a player’s shots that are not a forehand.Most shots that require the Continental Gripmake the player dangerous and crafty, andhelp them compete in any style.

Forehands, as I mentioned before, havebut a few variety of grips and swing styles.But grips, however, don’t vary as much be-tween shots (unless the player is a touringtournament player).

It really grinds my gears when players comein for lessons and show in interest in improv-ing their game, but do not have the much-needed Continental Grip. I try to see if they areable to execute a variety of shots—or in thisinstance, do they have a Continental Grip?And do they know how, when, or why to useit? And do they know the dividends they cangain from it? And if they are new to it, are theywilling to explore that particular grip?

To learn a Continental Grip is quite simple,any average pro should be able to teach andassign take-home-work for their players tomake them feel comfortable and confident.With practice, they will have the ability to use itfrequently during the lesson and gradually con-tinue to use it during point- and match-play.

Players will have the ability to close the net

more, and execute volleys and overheads withease and confidence and help them tremen-dously with their serves (which happen to bethe most important shot in the game).

It is very important to provide players withthe right tools, and basic foundations of thegame: Footwork and grips, in this instance, isthe key. Have the player think long-term suc-cess, as opposed to short-term gains—whether recreational or tournament player.

Tennis is a great individual sport, if not forwin or loss, develops and helps a player learnabout discipline, patience, and how to be re-sponsible for their own abilities and actions.If so, why not provide them with the appro-priate tools? As teachers and coaches, weare responsible to help teach the sport to anyplayer at any level. Once a player masters thefoundations, let them run wild on the courtwith their variety of shots, and you will seethem benefit from it at every turn of theirgrowth!

Ajay Kumar is currently the director of tennis atone of the oldest tennis facilities in New York,the New York Tennis Club (NYTC), and is an as-sistant director for the Advantage Tennis Clubsfamily, servicing out of four-major locations inManhattan. Prior to taking over the director oftennis position at NYTC, Ajay was a partner atMetro Tennis Academy and was instrumental indeveloping a renowned junior program thatserviced both recreational and competitiveplayers. He has played in the USTA EasternSection, and as well as in the ITF. He graduatedwith a sports medicine major from ManhattanCollege, where he played competitively in its Di-vision I varsity team as a scholar-athlete. He maybe reached by phone at (646) 294-2653, [email protected] or visit Ad-vantageCamps.net.


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On June 21, the 2012 U.S. OpenBallperson Tryouts were held at theUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis

Center. More than 400 people were onhand to show off their skills in running,throwing and catching for a shot at one ofthe 80 available spots. The extreme heatdid not stop competitors, ranging in agefrom 14 on up, from impressing the U.S.Open officials for their shot at the big stagein late August.

“I feel like it went well. It was nerve-wracking at first since you’re around abunch of people you’ve never met before,”said 15-year-old Gabrielle Williams. “Youjust have to move quickly and rememberwhat you’re doing it for.”

Those who are chosen to become aballperson work during both the qualifyingand main draw of the U.S. Open.

“I think this tryout is pretty hard. It showshow much effort needs to be put in. Theheat was also really tough,” said 17-year-old Lawrence Chih.

With the temperature in the 90s and thesun blaring down on the courts, potentialballpersons had to not only flex their skills,but battle the elements thrown their way byMother Nature, and as the officials judgingthe competition continually stressed, “Thisis U.S. Open weather.”

Richard DeGregoris, a current ballboy,helped at this year’s tryout.

“I’ve been a ballboy for four years now,”

said DeGregoris. “I really like it not just be-cause it’s great money, but it is the experi-ence of a lifetime being on court with thepros. You also meet a lot of new friends.”

With the applicant pool being so large,the selection for spots is extremely com-petitive. Those selected will have the havethe unique opportunity to be on-court atthe USTA Billie Jean King National TennisCenter with some of the sport’s biggeststars at the Open when action begins inlate August.

Kristen Kelleher is an intern with New YorkTennis Magazine. She is currently attendingLoyola University Maryland and may bereached by e-mail at [email protected].

More Than 400 Vie for 80 Spots at2012 U.S. Open Ballperson Tryouts

BY KRISTEN KELLEHER


Good to Great:A Model for Safely Building the Tennis Champions of Tomorrow

Environments of ExcellenceBy Steve Kaplan

Good tennis playersdevelop and achievein positive environ-

ments, and truly thrive andactualize great potential in environmentsof excellence. While great learning envi-ronments are a shared effort, they start athome and there is nothing more power-ful and impactful to children than a parentwho is a leader and role model.

Coaches are vital to providing growthmindsets, but they play a subordinaterole to parents because they do notmost effectively instill core values to stu-dents nor should they seek to instill fun-damental beliefs. Instead, coachesshould reinforce the already-internalizedvalues that students derived from home.

My friend and one of my first stu-dents, Bobby Banck, talks frequentlyabout parental responsibility in his in-sightful blog, “The Mission Dad.” Bobbyhas a unique perspective and passionconcerning parental roles, both on andoff the court as the father of two youngboys; a former top player; as well ascoach of Monica Seles, Mary Pierce, MaryJo Fernandez and David Pate. Bobbyspent several years at Nick Bollettieri’sAcademy during the “Golden Era” ofU.S. tennis and experienced one of thegreatest citadels of excellence in U.S.tennis history.

Bobby explains, “It wasn’t the qualityof the coaching that was special, it wasthe attitude. My parents taught me de-votion and instilled the idea that tenniswas a privilege. Nobody at Nick’sviewed tennis as a chore.”

Bobby’s consistent message is thatparents must demonstrate and exem-

plify leadership to their children. Hecredits the support of his parents for hisability to greatly benefit away fromhome.

Leaders are team players and parentscannot realistically expect to get the re-sults they want from their child unlessthey step up and become the leader oftheir child’s education.

If you believe that, as a parent, youcan best serve your child’s education byteaching them to serve, perhaps youshould try this exercise.

Sit down and write your coaching re-sume as if you are applying for the op-portunity to be hired as your child’scoach. Include your education, back-ground, experience and availability, andthen evaluate it as a selfless leader andteam player, rather than as a co- de-pendent. Consider the overwhelmingtheoretical and empirical evidence thatindicates that coaching your child isphysiologically risky. Would you reallyhire yourself as the most qualified can-didate for the job?

Bobby Banck explains, “I don’t knowtoo many top players with happy rela-tionships with both parents.”

Are you so uniquely qualified for therole of coach and is tennis achievementso high on your list of priorities for yourchild that the hazards of coaching yourchild justify the potential rewards?

An alternative to coaching your childis to lead them as a role model. It’s waymore work but isn’t your child’s growthworth the effort? My friend, DaveMcElwaine, is a wonderful example of thepower of leadership. Dave is perhaps thepremier senior mountain bike racer andphoto journalist in the world. As an avidracer myself, I know very well just how

much expertise Dave brings to this verydemanding and competitive sport. On oneoccasion, Dave and I traveled to competein the senior division of a nationalchampionship race in Showshoe, W. Va.Dave’s 14-year-old son Colt came with usto race in the junior class. I was amazedthat, despite Dave’s vast knowledge andexperience, he didn’t offer even one bit ofadvice to Colt. Instead, Dave extendedinvitations to Colt to join us as a peer. “Colt,Steve and I are pre-riding the course,you’re invited. Colt, we are prepping ourbikes now if you are interested? My race isat 9am if you want to watch me. AfterwardsI plan on watching you at 12.”

As Colt developed, Dave hired MarkMcCormick, a top racer and coach tofurther him. Colt went on to become na-tional junior champion, graduate Har-vard, and pursue his love of cycling as atop pro racer and leading bike journalist.

Great competitive athletes need greatleadership and mentorship. Who is bet-ter qualified to provide these essentialqualities then the people with uncondi-tional and limitless love?

Coaching is a conditional role, parent-ing is not.

Steve Kaplan is the owner of Bethpage ParkTennis Center, as well as the director ofReebok Academy for New York City ParksFoundation. Over the last 33 years, Steve hasbeen the longtime coach of more than 500nationally-ranked junior players, 15 state highschool champions, two NCAA Division 1 Sin-gles Champions, and numerous touring pro-fessionals and prominent coaches. Steve’sstudents have been awarded in excess of$7 million in college scholarship money. Hemay be reached by e-mail at [email protected].


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Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert

With Steve Jamison

The two top American tennis players of the70s and 80s, Jimmy Connors and JohnMcEnroe, were Irish-American lefties whowere cheaters. Brad Gilbert doesn’t saythis in his classic guide to the mental sideof winning tennis matches, but it isn’t a far-fetched inference from some of the warstories he tells.

Gilbert’s book, Winning Ugly, publishedin 1993, has been thoroughly absorbedinto the minds of most players andcoaches. Obviously, the game haschanged since the early 1990s, but a lot ofwhat Gilbert says about smart tennis is stillrelevant.

Here’s an example.

“The two most common mistakes recre-ational players make are: They don’t thinkabout what they’re doing. They do it toofast.”

Winning Ugly is a great book on two lev-els. It’s full of stories about Gilbert’s expe-riences with the pros of his era who,besides Connors and McEnroe, includedIvan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg,Michael Chang and Bjorn Borg. So it is agreat read even for those tennis players

who aren’t looking for advice on how to winmore sets.

The second level the book succeeds onis as a dispenser of tactical and strategicadvice about winning matches. It’s onlynatural that Gilbert use his matchups withhis contemporaries to illustrate points he’smaking about playing smart.

On the cheating issue, certainly there is alot of gray area in determining wheregamesmanship ends and actual cheatingbegins.

When Gilbert tells the story in WinningUgly about his match with Connors inwhich the author wins match point, isstanding at the net ready to shake hands,but ends up losing the match, it’s hard notto draw the conclusion that Connorscheated him.

What happened was Connors protestedthe “in” call on Gilbert’s last shot, got it over-ruled and went on to win the match. Buteven for Jimmy Connors, it took a lot ofhistrionics to reverse a match point call. Ifany readers want to try this in their club tour-nament, they should be advised that Con-nors really had to throw a convincing fit,complete with snot coming out of his nose.Be prepared to sit by yourself at the post-tournament dinner, if you borrow this tactic.

As for McEnroe’s manipulation ofmatches, Gilbert asks the same questionthat so many players who competedagainst McEnroe ask: Did he ever stageone of his outbursts when he was ahead?The implied answer is rarely, if ever. ButGilbert isn’t calling anybody a cheater,that’s my interruption. So what if tennisdoes sometimes resemble pro wrestling?When Marat Safin dropped his shorts atthe French Open in 2004, that’s the kindof moment YouTube is made for, right?

The other thing that the tennis historypart of the book has going for it is that

Gilbert and his co-author Steve Jamisonare hilarious. Not only is the prose in thebook light-hearted, the authors givecredit where credit is due to some of thebook’s subjects.

In one anecdote, Gilbert describes theway McEnroe won a match on a chilly nightin Los Angeles. At 3-3 in the third set,McEnroe argued about a call and basicallystopped the match for 10 minutes. Whenthe match resumed, Gilbert tried to take histime, although he had started to get cold inthe 45-degree weather. He got a warningfor delay of play. McEnroe had just shutdown the match for 10 minutes, but be-cause Gilbert toweled off between pointstoo slowly, he got hit with a warning. Gilbertfreaked out and lost the match. Later, in thelocker room, McEnroe said, “Brad, you’vegot to be more careful about delaying thegame like that. In this weather, I could havecaught a cold.”

Anyway, beyond stories like this, Gilbertalso supplies a ton of useful tips on gettingthe most out of a player’s game. The greatthing is that unlike a lot of tennis advice,Gilbert’s points are as useful for recre-ational players as for pros.

Never mind McEnroe’s morality,Gilbert uses his matches with the NewYorker to illustrate one perennial problemfor us righties when facing a lefty servingus wide in the ad court. Gilbert says thereceiver should stand as far to the left ashe can, in the alley or even past the alley,to make the lefty server beat him bychanging his serving pattern to go downthe middle. Gilbert argues, as he doeswith a lot of his advice, that even if thelefty server can adjust, the receiver iscontrolling that part of the match.

As my friend, Stan, said as we discussedGilbert’s book at the East River Parkcourts, the idea that Gilbert was such a


weak player that he had to use his“smarts” to win matches is a little exag-gerated. You don’t get to a career-highranking of number four without a lot of tal-ent. Then again, Gilbert’s Grand Slam re-sults aren’t inspiring. For a career thatlasted from 1982-1995, he only got to thequarters of Slams twice.

Still, as we know, he has become oneof the game’s leading coaches (AndreAgassi, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick,among others) and a popular TV analyst.

And the same sense of humor that makesWinning Ugly such a delight is also evi-dent in Gilbert’s commentary.

Some years ago, he said he consideredWimbledon a warm-up, as far as sharpen-ing his analytic skills, for a big, NorthernCalifornia junior tournament that his sonZach was playing in.

Gilbert also gives a shout-out to localpro, Fritz Buehning, associate academy di-rector at the John McEnroe Tennis Acad-emy at Randall’s Island, as he tells the story

By Daniel Kresh

In my opinion, many clubplayers do not fully ap-preciate the potential

benefits of varying grips tohelp produce and deal with a robust ar-senal of shots. The modern game of ten-nis has racket technology and courtsurfaces that allow for increasingly higherbounces and the player to impart morespin than ever before. With the higherbounces, ground stroke grips tend to bemoving more western, which allows for ahigher contact point further out in frontthan other grips, and more easily pro-duces topspin.

If you take a look at the handle of atennis racket, you will notice that ratherthan being rounded, there are eightbevels around the handle. By placing theknuckle of your index finger on differentbevels, you change the angle of theracket face. The angle of the racket facesignificantly impacts the spin you can im-part on the ball and the ideal contactpoint.

If you hold a racket by the head in frontof you in your dominant hand with the han-dle pointing down with your fingers on theoutside side of the strings and your thumbon the inside and then slide your handdown the handle, you will have the Conti-nental Grip. For a right-handed player, thiswould be mean your index finger’s knuckle

is on the second bevel going clockwisefrom the top (lefties are counterclockwise.).This grip is often called the “Hammer Grip”and is a classic and versatile grip. In themodern game, the Continental Grip is oftenused for serves/volleys/half-volleys/over-heads/slice/drop shots, in fact, JohnMcEnroe used it for every shot. In McEn-roe’s days, the lower bounce allowedthis to also be a viable grip for ground-strokes, but the groundstroke strikezone for Continental is very low and it isa difficult grip to produce topspin ongroundstrokes with.

If you rotate one more bevel (rightiesclockwise, lefties counterclockwise) tothe third bevel, this is the Eastern Fore-hand Grip, one more over to the fourthbevel is the Semi-Western Grip, and thefifth or bottom bevel would be the West-ern Grip and a full 135 degrees awayfrom the Continental Grip. Basically, asyou move away from a Continental Grip,the racquet face will close (begin to ro-tate forward) slightly making the contactpoint a little higher, a little further in front,and topspin a little easier. The Easternforehand grip used to be the predomi-nant grip in the low bouncing grass courtdays but is now a rarity in the modernprofessional game. Most players todayhave Semi-Western or Western fore-hands and play with a two-handed back-hand. There are many combinationspossible for the two-handed backhand,

but oftentimes, the non-dominant handwill be in a Semi- or Full-Western Grip.

For those tennis purists who still hit aone-handed backhand the most commongrip would be the Eastern BackhandGrip, which would have the base knuckleof your index finger on the first bevel, itis 180 degrees opposite the WesternGrip, like the Western Grip, is the samefor righties and lefties. The ContinentalGrip is great for serves and volleys be-cause it is neutral, it can impart all typesof spin on the serve and can be usedseamlessly for the forehand and back-hand volley where, oftentimes, therewouldn’t be enough time to switch gripsanyway. The other bevels offer grips soextreme that their deficiencies outweightheir benefits and are not worth mention-ing here. I would suggest playing aroundwith grips particularly if you’re looking toadd more spin or get more comfortablewith higher or lower contact points. Usingnew grips may feel weird at first, but withpatience, you will vastly improve.

Daniel Kresh is a USPTA-certified tennisprofessional who recently accepted thepositions of director of junior tennis andassistant tennis professional at the ThreeVillage Tennis Club in Setauket, N.Y. He isalso the assistant professional at The PortJefferson Country Club at Harbor Hills.He may be reached by e-mail [email protected].

Getting a Handle on Grips

of a loss to the New Jersey native Buehn-ing that inspired Gilbert to start to ap-proach his matches more analytically.

So, yes, there is a reason Winning Ugly isa classic. Buy it to get some help in maxi-mizing the potential of your game, but readit a second and third time for its hilarioustakes on tennis history from one of thegame’s brightest commentators.

Brent Shearer may be reached by e-mail [email protected].


2012 Boys & Girls High School

SEASON RECAP2011-2012 PSALBoys High SchoolTennis Final SeasonStandingsDivision A1Benjamin N. Cardozo High School ....12-0Forest Hills............................................8-4Townsend Harris ..................................5-7Francis Lewis ......................................3-9Bayside High School ..........................2-10

Division A2Brooklyn Technical ............................10-0Leon M. Goldstein High School for Science ..........................................8-2Fort Hamilton ......................................6-4James Madison ....................................4-6Abraham Lincoln High School..............1-9Midwood ..............................................1-9

Division A3Beacon High School ..........................12-0Stuyvesant High School ......................9-3Bronx High School of Science ............6-6High School of American Studies at Lehman College ............................2-10Hunter College High School ..............1-11

Division B1Jamaica ................................................9-2John Bowne ........................................8-3Thomas Edison ....................................2-9Hillcrest ..............................................0-11

Division B2Newtown ............................................12-0Grover Cleveland..................................8-4William C. Bryant..................................6-6Newcomers ..........................................5-7Long Island City ................................2-10

Division B3Franklin D. Roosevelt ........................10-0Sheepshead Bay ..................................8-2George Westinghouse ..........................4-6New Utrecht ........................................3-7

Division B3 (continued)Lafayette Educational Complex ..........3-7Paul Robeson Campus High School....2-9

Division B4Christopher Columbus High School ....9-3Dewitt Clinton ......................................8-4John F. Kennedy Campus ....................6-6Manhattan Center for Science & Math 4-8Herbert H. Lehman ............................2-10

Division B5Tottenville ..........................................12-0McKee/Staten Island Tech ................10-2Curtis ....................................................7-5Susan Wagner ......................................6-6Port Richmond ....................................5-7New Dorp ..........................................2-10Petrides ..............................................0-12

Division B6Bard High School Early College ........11-0Eleanor Roosevelt High School............9-2HS Environmental Studies....................3-8Frederick Douglass Academy ............0-11

Division C1Beach Channel/Channel View..............8-2Campus Magnet ..................................6-4Richmond Hill ......................................4-6John Adams ........................................1-9

Division C2Aviation Career & Technical Education High School ......................10-0Flushing High School ..........................8-2Queens High School For Science at York College ....................................3-7August Martin High School ................0-10

Division C3South Bronx ........................................8-0Harry S. Truman ..................................7-1Walton Campus....................................3-5Samuel Gompers ................................3-5Alfred E. Smith......................................2-6West 50th Street Campus ....................1-7

DevelopmentalWingate Educational Campus..............2-1Boys and Girls High School ................0-2

2011-2012 PSALGirls High SchoolTennis Final SeasonStandingsDivision A1Benjamin N. Cardozo High School ....11-1Francis Lewis ....................................10-2Bayside High School ............................6-6Townsend Harris ..................................3-9Forest Hills..........................................0-12

Division A2Leon M. Goldstein High School for Science ..........................................8-1Brooklyn Technical ..............................6-3James Madison ....................................4-6Midwood ..............................................0-9

Division A3Beacon High School ..........................12-0Stuyvesant High School ......................9-3Bronx High School of Science ............5-7Hunter College High School ................4-8High School of American Studies at Lehman College ............................0-12

Division B1Grover Cleveland................................12-0Hillcrest ..............................................10-2Robert F. Kennedy................................7-5Newcomers ..........................................6-6Richmond Hill ......................................5-7Martin Van Buren................................1-11Campus Magnet ................................1-11

Division B2Eleanor Roosevelt High School..........12-0Bard High School Early College ..........8-4Lab Museum United ............................5-7Long Island City ..................................4-8William C. Bryant................................1-11



SEASON RECAPDivision B3McKee/Staten Island Tech ................10-0Susan Wagner......................................8-2Curtis....................................................5-5Tottenville ............................................4-6New Dorp ............................................3-7Port Richmond ..................................0-10

Division B4Benjamin Banneker Academy..............9-0Franklin K. Lane Campus ....................5-4EBC/Bushwick Leaders ......................3-6Boys and Girls High School ................0-9

Division C1Springfield Gardens ..........................10-0John Bowne ........................................7-2Newtown ..............................................6-4Robert F. Wagner Jr. ............................3-6Far Rockaway Educational Campus....3-7Beach Channel/Channel View High School........................................0-10

Division C2East New York Family Academy ..........6-2Canarsie Educational Campus ............6-2Erasmus Hall Campus..........................6-2Clara Barton ........................................1-7Tilden Educational Campus ................1-7

Division C3Abraham Lincoln High School ..........10-0Franklin D. Roosevelt ..........................7-3Fort Hamilton ......................................6-4HS Telecommunication Arts& Technology........................................5-5Sheepshead Bay..................................1-9New Utrecht ........................................1-9

Division C4Seward Park Campus ..........................8-2HS Economics & Finance ....................4-5Murry Bergtraum..................................2-8University Neighborhood ....................1-8

Division C5Dewitt Clinton ....................................10-0Taft Educational Campus ....................7-3Walton Campus....................................2-8John F. Kennedy Campus ....................1-9

Division C6Christopher Columbus HS ..................9-1Adlai Stevenson Campus ....................6-4Herbert H. Lehman ..............................4-6Harry S. Truman ..................................1-9

Division C7HS Environmental Studies ..................9-1Louis Brandeis ....................................8-2Frederick Douglass Academy ..............4-6Bayard Rustin Educational Complex ..3-7

DevelopmentalGrand Street Campus ..........................2-0Frank Sinatra School of the Arts ..........0-0The Scholars Academy ........................0-0Wingate Educational Campus..............0-2

NYJTL Hosts 25th Annual Mayor’s CupBy Jessica Stiles

The New York Junior Tennis League(NYJTL) hosted the 25th AnnualMayor’s Cup All-Scholastic Individual

Tennis Championships at the USTA BillieJean King National Tennis Center fromJune 2-10. The Mayor’s Cup Champi-onships, presented by Reliance Commu-nications, is the largest scholastic tennisevent in the nation, and is also the only in-terscholastic tournament featuring teamscompeting against each other from pub-lic, private and parochial schools. Thisyear’s championships included elemen-tary school players for the first time in theevent’s history.

“We are thrilled to include the youngplayers in the Mayor’s Cup competition,”said Dr. Deborah Antoine, NYJTL presidentand CEO. “It is the perfect opportunity foryoung players to see their high school

counter parts as role models.”This year’s championships were also sig-

nificant due to the amount of registrants asan all-time high of 107 varsity boys and 83varsity girls signed up for the event.

As the final matches concluded, thisyear’s winners were as follows:

� Aleksandra Bekirova of Brooklyn cap-tured the Girls Middle School SinglesTitle over number one-seeded AlexusGill 6-3, 6-2

� The Girls Varsity Singles Title went toBecky Shtilkind from Leon Goldstein,who defeated Rebecca Fakas 6-1, 6-0

� Steliana Fakas & Nakia Miller, who werethe number two seeds from BenjaminCardozo High School, won the Girls Var-sity Doubles Title against MonicaGokhberg & Dina Levy-Lambert 6-4, 7-5.

� The Boys Middle School Singles Titlewent to the number two seed, AnanthRaghavan from MS 54 Booker T. Wash-ington, who defeated the number fourseed, Christian Gloria 6-1, 6-0

� The Boys Varsity Singles Title went tothe number 12 seed, JeremyKochman from Poly Prep Country DaySchool, who defeated his higher-seeded opponent, Andrew Arnaboldi,6-3, 4-6, 6-1

� The Boys Varsity Doubles Title went tothe number one seeds, Christopher Jou& Leon Pan from Stuyvesant HighSchool, who defeated Jeremy Klapper& Sam Schwarz, 6-3, 6-2

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SEASON RECAPScenes From the 25th Annual Mayor’s Cup

June 2-10 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center



SEASON RECAP

The Beacon High School Boys TennisTeam won its fifth consecutive PSALClass A Championship, sweeping

Stuyvesant High School 5-0 at the USTA Bil-lie Jean King National Tennis Center. Clinch-ing the victory was Christian Waldron, a 6-4,6-0 winner over Christopher Jou. Waldron fellto Jou twice during the regular season, buthis luck changed during the finals.

“The Beacon crowd came out to help meand out focus and really supported methroughout the match because I tend to getside tracked a lot,” said Waldron.

The win capped off an undefeated sea-son for Beacon, finishing with a perfect 15-0 mark.

Final results of the 2012 Class A Cham-pionship match between Beacon andStuyvesant:

Class A Singles� Christian Waldron (Beacon) defeated

Christopher Jou (Stuyvesant) 6-4, 6-0� Justin Fields (Beacon) defeated Leon

Pan (Stuyvesant) 6-1, 6-0� Maxwell Smith (Beacon) defeated

Victor Miglio (Stuyvesant) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Class A Doubles� Lucas Pickering & Richard Sec

(Beacon) defeated Hayden KaarpHecker & Peter Becht (Stuyvesant) 6-2,6-2

� Daniel Segan & Oliver Sec (Beacon)defeated Pavel Shapturenka & RyanElnagger (Stuyvesant) 6-0, 6-3

In the B Division finals, it was Bard HighSchool who captured the 2012 Class BBoys Title, edging out Eleanor Roosevelt 3-

2. After a first round bye, Bard shot outGrover Cleveland in the quarterfinals and inthe semis, was a 3-2 winner over SusanWagner en route to the finals.

The C Division Boys Title went to Avia-tion Career & Technical Education HighSchool, a 5-0 finals winner over BeachChannel/Channel View High School. Avia-tion defeated Flushing 3-2 in the semifinalsafter a first round bye.

Beacon continued its winning ways bywinning its second consecutive 2012Mayor’s Cup Annual Tennis Tournament.Beacon, the first seeded team who de-feated Horace Mann High School, 4-1 inthe finals at the USTA Billie Jean King Na-tional Tennis Center. In the quarterfinals,Riverdale Country Day School fell to Bea-con 0-5, and in the semifinals, Trinity HighSchool also fell to Beacon, 0-5. HoraceMann was able to make it all the way to the

finals only dropping two matches leadinginto the final match-up. Final results for the2012 Mayor’s Cup:

Mayor’s Cup Singles� Christian Waldron (Beacon) defeated

Andrew Arnaboldi (Horace Mann) 6-3,0-6, 6-2

� Justin Fields (Beacon) defeated DilanGupta (Horace Mann) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

� Will Smith (Beacon) defeated IanAntonoff (Horace Mann) 6-1, 6-2

Mayor’s Cup Doubles� Lucas Pickering & Richard Sec (Bea-

con) defeated Daniel Elkind & StevenHefter (Horace Mann) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

� Justin Langfan & Wonsye Chong (HoraceMann) defeated Sean Solomonoff &Felipe Konig Oosses (Beacon) 3-6, 6-4,7-6(5)

Beacon High wins fifth consecutive PSAL A Division Championship and captures 2012 Team Mayor’s Cup

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The Dolphins of Leon M. Goldstein HighSchool were 5-0 winners over Car-dozo at the USTA Billie Jean King Na-

tional Tennis Center to be crowned the2012 PSAL A Division Girls High SchoolChampions. After byes in the first and sec-ond rounds, the Dolphins, who finished infirst place in Division A2 with an 8-1 record,defeated Bayside in the quarterfinals, 4-1,advancing to the semifinals where theywere 5-0 winners over Beacon HighSchool. Beacon finished the 2011-2012campaign with a perfect 12-0 mark, and infirst place in Division A3.

In the B Division, the 2012 PSAL Titlewent to Bard High School Early College, anupset 3-2 winner over Eleanor Rooseveltwho finished the season 12-0. Bard ad-vanced to the finals after a first round bye,followed by a 4-1 win over Hillcrest in the

quarterfinals. Bard, who finished the regu-lar season with an 8-4 record, shut out thesecond-seeded Grover Cleveland team 5-0in the semifinals to move on to the finals.

The C Division was won this year by thegirls from Springfield Gardens. Entering theplayoffs after a successful 10-0 regularseason and finishing atop the C1 Division,the second-seeded Springfield Gardenswas a 3-2 winner over the top-seeded girls

from Abraham Lincoln High School, whoalso finished out the regular season unde-feated with a 10-0 mark.

After capturing the PSAL crown, theeighth-seeded Leon M. Goldstein HighSchool Dolphins upset the top-seeded St.Francis Prep Terriers to capture the GirlsHigh School Tennis 2012 Mayor’s Cup in aclose 3-2 finish. Goldstein’s win ended a203-match winning streak by St. FrancisPrep, and marked the first time in 12 yearsthat St. Francis did not win the Mayor’sCup. En route to the victory, the Dolphinsdefeated Forest Kew and Benjamin Car-dozo High Schools. Going into the tourna-ment, Goldstein was seeded last in theeighth position. Leading up to the Finals,Goldstein didn’t drop a single match,blanking each school in the quarterfinalsand semifinals, 5-0.

Leon M. Goldstein HS Girls defeat Cardozo for PSAL A Division Titleand shocks St. Francis Prep for Team Mayor’s Cup

Fordham Prep earns CHSAA Boys Tennis Title

It was a five-year drought between championships for Fordham Prep, a drought that ended at the USTA Billie Jean King NationalTennis Center in the 2012 CHSAA Class AA Boys High School Tennis Finals as Fordham defeated Iona Prep 3-2 to capture its firsttitle since 1997. Here are the match results of the 2012 CHSAA Class AA Boys High School Tennis Finals:

Singles� Decklon Cunningham (Iona Prep) defeated Oscar Magalong (Fordham) 6-3, 6-3� David Commender (Iona Prep) defeated Rob Gittings (Fordham) 6-4, 6-4� Andrew Hauser (Fordham) defeated Justin Cramer (Iona Prep) 6-2, 7-5

Doubles� Alex Parisi & Dillon Breuning (Fordham) defeated Will McMillian & Ryan Kinchoe (Iona Prep) 6-0, 6-2� George Dailey & Dan Neeson (Fordham) defeated Will Burke & Brendan Rooney (Iona Prep) 6-2, 6-4



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At the 2012 NYSPHSAA Boys TennisChampionships, the 2012 New YorkCity Champs Lucas Pickering & Winn

Smith of Beacon finished second place tothe team of Daniel Morgan & Doug Kaplanof Pelham, N.Y. Despite playing in differentSections, Beacon and Pelham are a mere15 miles from one another. After taking acommanding lead in the first set, breakingBeacon in every serve game, Pelham’sMorgan & Kaplan took the first set 6-2, andlooked to have the match in hand. Pickering& Smith had other ideas, fighting back tobring the second set to a tie-break and winit 8-6. The third set super tie-break sawBeacon open up with an early mini-break

Beacon’s Pickering & Smith Finish Second in 2012 NYSPHSAA Boys Doubles

to go up 6-4. Pelham fought back to winfour straight points to take the lead to 9-7and eventually finished off Beacon with an8-10 victory.

Pickering & Smith’s path to the finalsfeatured an exciting super tie-breaker in thesemis, as the Beacon team defeated MattLevine & Alex Meyer of Byram Hills. Aftergiving up the first set by one crucial breakof serve, Pickering & Smith scrapped backwith a 6-3 second set victory and 10-6 winin the deciding third set tie-break. In thequarterfinals, Pickering & Smith were 7-5,6-3 winners over Matt Renzi & Paul Barrettof Pittsford Mendon. In round two, theBeacon duo defeated Jay & Rex Glickman

of Greeley, 6-3, 6-2, and a first roundvictory over, Pickering & Smith defeated IanBaranowski & Kevin Katz of Syosset, 6-4,3-6, 7-6(1).

Lucas Pickering & Winn Smith of Beacon inthe 2012 NYSPHSAA Boys Doubles Finals

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SEASON RECAPPSAL 2011-2012 Boys High School Tennis Top 25

Rank Player Grade School

1 Richard Williams Sophomore Dewitt Clinton

2 Haseeb Raza Junior Flushing High School

3 Sami Chahi Junior Brooklyn Technical

4 Habib Raza Junior Flushing High School

5 Mikolaj Borak Senior Brooklyn Technical

6 Chanze German Freshman Dewitt Clinton

7 Clayton Brandt Junior Bard High School Early College

8 Peter Sills Sophomore Bard High School Early College

9 Hector Molina Senior Tottenville

10 Jason Jamison Sophomore George Westinghouse

11 Adam Ali Sophomore Queens High School for Science at York College

12 Michael Benavidez Senior Newcomers

13 Loren Gallmon Freshman Flushing High School

14 Anthony Brown Senior Christopher Columbus High School

15 Daniel Gorelik Sophomore Midwood

16 Jonathan Montanez Senior Dewitt Clinton

17 Kevin Apolo Senior Dewitt Clinton

18 Michael Markin Junior Abraham Lincoln High School

18 Rosben Saint Dic Junior George Westinghouse

20 Shui Yuen Sophomore Dewitt Clinton

21 Mohammad Mollick Senior Dewitt Clinton

22 Sara Lijo Senior Flushing High School

23 Luke Lukolic Senior Newtown

24 Justin Selig Junior Brooklyn Technical

25 Geovanny Guzman Senior Newtown



SEASON RECAP

Rank Player Grade School

1 Emi Lewis Sophomore Lab Museum United

2 Katelynne Bazile Junior Seward Park Campus

3 Jessica Richards Junior Seward Park Campus

4 Esther Chan Junior Walton Campus

5 Katrina Bautista Senior Newtown

6 Massiel Arellano Senior Louis Brandeis

7 Kayla Banwarie Junior Seward Park Campus

8 Kayla Williams Freshman Seward Park Campus

9 Lilliemae Ervin Senior Bayard Rustin Educational Complex

10 Yanibel Veras Junior Frederick Douglass Academy

11 Sidasia Johnson Senior Seward Park Campus

12 Agathe Benichou Sophomore Louis Brandeis

13 Kate Wagner Sophomore Eleanor Roosevelt High School

14 Verdhiqi Duni Junior New Utrecht

15 Kathleen Chan Junior HS Environmental Studies

16 Sok Cheng Senior HS Economics & Finance

16 Betty Lazis Sophomore Brooklyn Technical

18 Hayya Fayaz Freshman Newtown

19 Nicole Retsepter Freshman Brooklyn Technical

20 Ajani Skeete Freshman HS Environmental Studies

21 Demi Margulies Sophomore Louis Brandeis

21 Destiny Xie Junior Brooklyn Technical

21 Emily Sham Sophomore Brooklyn Technical

24 Michelle Soroka Sophomore Brooklyn Technical

25 Mackenzie Donohue Sophomore Louis Brandeis

PSAL 2011-2012 Girls High School Tennis Top 25



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UPCOMINGEVENTSAUGUST 2012Wednesday-Monday, August 15-202012 Central Park Tournament FinalsCentral ParkNew York, N.Y.For more information, visit www.cityparksfoundation.org.

Thursday-Sunday, August 16-19Harlem Week/Les Halles Cup (USTA Sanctioned Tournament,Level I)Fred Johnson Park at Adam Clayton Powell BoulevardBetween 150th and 151st StreetsNew York, N.Y.Boys and Girls 12-18s Singles OnlyFor more information, visit www.harlemjuniortennis.org.

Monday, August 202012 Central Park Trophy PresentationCentral ParkNew York, N.Y.A trophy presentation following the annual culmination ofsummer-long City Parks Tennis program at Central Park inNew York City.For more information, visit www.cityparksfoundation.org.

Tuesday, August 212012 U.S. Open Qualifying Rounds BeginUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing Meadows, N.Y.For more information, visit www.usta.com.

Thursday, August 2313th Annual BNP Paribas Taste of TennisThe W Hotel541 Lexington AvenueNew York, N.Y.For more information, visit www.tasteoftennis.com.

Saturday, August 252012 Arthur Ashe Kids DayUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing Meadows, N.Y.For more information, visit www.arthurashekidsday.com.

Monday-Sunday, August 27-September 9 2012 U.S. Open Tennis ChampionshipsUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing Meadows, N.Y.For more information, visit www.usopen.org.

Tuesday, August 28City Parks Foundation 2012 U.S. Open Tennis BenefitUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing Meadows, N.Y.For more information, visit www.cityparksfoundation.org.

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N E W Y O R K R A N K I N G SBoys & Girls Metro Rankings(as of 06/26/12)

BOYSMetro Boys 12 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Derek Lung..................Brooklyn, N.Y.2 ........Mitchell Mu ................Oakland Gardens, N.Y.3 ........Kemal Irfan Aziz ..........Staten Island, N.Y.4 ........Nicholas Pustilnik........Brooklyn, N.Y.5..........Derrick Mu ......................Oakland Gardens, N.Y.6 ........Eitan Khromchenko ....Staten Island, N.Y.7 ........David Moldovan..........Brooklyn, N.Y.8 ........Henry Hochfelder........New York, N.Y.9 ........Christopher Tham ......Flushing, N.Y.10 ......David Dylan Pines ......New York, N.Y.11 ......Robert Shinder............Brooklyn, N.Y.12 ......Logan Gruss ..............New York, N.Y.13 ......Sidharth Chawla..........New York, N.Y.14 ......Scott Fischer ..............New York, N.Y.15 ......Stevan Stojkovic ........Flushing, N.Y.16 ......Dylan Friedman ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.17 ......Gregory Thomas Coe..New York, N.Y.18 ......Eli Taylor-Kerman ........New York, N.Y.19 ......Ryan McCook ............Saint Albans, N.Y.20 ......Blake Frank ................New York, N.Y.21 ......Noah Edelman ............New York, N.Y.22 ......Emil Nadyrbekov ........Brooklyn, N.Y.23 ......Jonathan Glinsky ........Brooklyn, N.Y.24 ......Brandon Cohen ..........New York, N.Y.25 ......Ethan Finley ................New York, N.Y.26 ......Joseph Shulkin ..........Staten Island, N.Y.27 ......David Krasner ............Staten Island, N.Y.28 ......Teddy Brodsky ............New York, N.Y.29 ......Joseph Wilkanowski ..Long Island City, N.Y.30 ......Nash Johnson ............New York, N.Y.31 ......Javier Nathaniel Luna New York, N.Y.32 ......Bryce Kassalow ..........New York, N.Y.33 ......Kai Yuminaga ..............Little Neck, N.Y.34 ......Alex Huynh..................Astoria, N.Y.35 ......Shawn Jackson ..........Staten Island, N.Y.36 ......Ameer Hosain ............New York, N.Y.37 ......Felix Levine ................Long Island City, N.Y.38 ......Alexander Petrov ........Middle Village, N.Y.39 ......Michael Cooper Jr.......Brooklyn, N.Y.40 ......Daniel Rafael Helfgott New York, N.Y.

Metro Boys 14 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Denis Korol..................Brooklyn, N.Y.2 ........Horia George Negru....Middle Village, N.Y.3 ........Scott Glauber..............New York, N.Y.4 ........Andrew Zucker............New York, N.Y.5 ........Leonardo Escudero ....Ozone Park, N.Y.6 ........Daniel Schaw ..............New York, N.Y.7 ........Andrew E. Hauser ......New York, N.Y.8 ........Dan Ion Negru ............Middle Village, N.Y.9 ........Evan Liberman ............New York, N.Y.10 ......Garrett Sopko ............Brooklyn, N.Y.11 ......Adam Bernstein ..........New York, N.Y.12 ......Jordan Rey-Anatole ....Brooklyn, N.Y.13 ......Josh Charap................New York, N.Y.14 ......Robert Millman............New York N.Y.15 ......Jahmall Forde ............Jamaica, N.Y.16 ......William J. Trang ..........Staten Island, N.Y.17 ......Brett Robert Raskopf ..New York, N.Y.18 ......Kevin Yan ....................Brooklyn N.Y.19 ......Xavier Pacthod............New York, N.Y.20 ......Oliver Mai ....................Little Neck ,N.Y.21 ......Nate Newhouse ..........New York, N.Y.22 ......Adam Bryan Borak......Brooklyn, N.Y.23 ......Eric Ryklin ..................New York, N.Y.24 ......Ray Fishman ..............New York, N.Y.25 ......Massimo Costantini ....New York, N.Y.

26 ......Jake Laurence ............New York, N.Y.27 ......Gabriel Sifuentes ........Flushing, N.Y.28 ......Mitchell Mu ................Oakland Gardens, N.Y.29 ......Ethan Moszkowski ......New York, N.Y.30 ......Gabriel Broshy ............New York, N.Y.31 ......Logan Gruss ..............New York, N.Y.32 ......Marc Betito ................Floral Park, N.Y.33 ......Sam Krevlin ................New York, N.Y.34 ......Kristjan Tomasson ......New York, N.Y.35 ......Barak Harari ................Hollis, N.Y.36 ......Genji Noguchi ............Fresh Meadows, N.Y.37 ......Ian Lee ........................New York, N.Y.38 ......Cameron Gruss ..........New York ,N.Y.39 ......Daniel Usvyat ..............Forest Hills N.Y.40 ......Jacob Kern..................New York, N.Y.

Metro Boys 16 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Jonathan Compres ....E. Elmhurst, N.Y.2 ........Jonathan Cohen..........New York, N.Y.3 ........David Farina ................New York, N.Y.4 ........Leonard Margolis ........Brooklyn, N.Y.5 ........Christopher Huynh......Astoria, N.Y.6 ........Benjamin Erichsen ......Bronx, N.Y.7 ........Michael Jared Lesser..New York, N.Y.8 ........Joshua Freud ..............New York, N.Y.9 ........Jordan Selig ................New York, N.Y.10 ......Leonardo Escudero ....Ozone Park, N.Y.11 ......Ryo Kono ....................New York, N.Y.12 ......Michael Jasienowski ..Middle Village, N.Y.13 ......Justin Ho ....................Brooklyn, N.Y.14 ......Dillon McKenzie ..........Laurelton, N.Y.15 ......Zachary Kaplan ..........New York, N.Y.16 ......Anthony Santino ........Douglaston, N.Y.17 ......Andrew Penn ..............New York, N.Y.18 ......Justin S. Selig ............New York, N.Y.19 ......Teddy Drucker ............New York, N.Y.20 ......Alexander Pintilie ........New York, N.Y.21 ......Samuel Caloras ..........Little Neck, N.Y.22 ......Safraz Hamid ..............Brooklyn, N.Y.23 ......Jahmall Forde ............Jamaica, N.Y.24 ......Daniel Witke ................Brooklyn, N.Y.25 ......Kevin Huynh................Astoria N.Y.26 ......Alexander Fallone ......New York, N.Y.27 ......Kumeil Hosain ............New York, N.Y.28 ......Kevin Valdez................Jamaica, N.Y.29 ......Lamar Hurt ..................New York, N.Y.30 ......William Trang ..............Staten Island, N.Y.31 ......Ira Rey-Anatole ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.32 ......Mitchell Cheung..........Woodside, N.Y.33 ......Rohil Vir Basu..............New York, N.Y.34 ......Josh Avedon Weiner ..New York, N.Y.35 ......Benjamin Beruh ..........Bronx, N.Y.36 ......Douglas Mo ................Douglaston, N.Y.37 ......Spencer Bistricer ........New York, N.Y.38 ......Alexander Newhouse..New York, N.Y.39 ......Gregory Gon ..............Flushing, N.Y.40 ......Yihao Yang ..................New York, N.Y.

Metro Boys 18 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........David N. Zhukovsky....Brooklyn, N.Y.2 ........Sean Solomonoff ........New York, N.Y.3 ........Brad Gaffin..................New York, N.Y.4 ........Alexander Pintilie ........New York, N.Y.6 ........Jonathan Cohen..........New York, N.Y.7 ........Mark Semerik..............Brooklyn, N.Y.8 ........Josh Weiner ................New York, N.Y.9 ........Benjamin Erichsen ......Bronx, N.Y.10 ......Jordan Selig ................New York, N.Y.11 ......Hugh Mo ....................Douglaston, N.Y.12 ......Teddy Drucker ............New York, N.Y.13 ......Jack Walla ..................New York, N.Y.14 ......Jahmall Forde ............Jamaica, N.Y.15 ......Christopher Huynh......Astoria, N.Y.16 ......Matthew Glaser ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.

17 ......Enrique Torres ............Brooklyn, N.Y.18 ......Justin Selig..................New York, N.Y.19 ......Mitchell Cheung..........Woodside, N.Y.20 ......Christopher Walla........New York, N.Y.21 ......Michael Leon ..............Woodhaven, N.Y.22 ......Zachary Kaplan ..........New York, N.Y.23 ......Travis Arffa ..................New York, N.Y.24 ......Kevin Ching ................Bayside, N.Y.

GIRLSMetro Girls 12 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Victoria Hanuman ......Brooklyn, N.Y.2 ........Dakota Fordham ........New York, N.Y.3 ........Zoe Kava ....................New York, N.Y.4 ........Carolyn Brodsky ........New York, N.Y.5 ........Diana Sosonkin ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.6 ........Sabrina Boada ............Woodhaven, N.Y.7 ........Gabriella Eitkis ............Brooklyn, N.Y.8 ........Olga Drahanchuk ........Brooklyn, N.Y.9 ........Caroline Kantor ..........New York, N.Y.10 ......Sofie Levine ................New York, N.Y.11 ......Rachel Okin ................New York, N.Y.12 ......Anastasya Menshikova..Brooklyn, N.Y.13 ......Christina Huynh ..........Astoria, N.Y.14 ......Brittny Ferreira ............Brooklyn, N.Y.15 ......Jean Soo ....................Flushing, N.Y.16 ......Rosa Aksanova ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.17 ......Danielle Kade..............New York, N.Y.18 ......Hanna Yip ..................New York, N.Y.19 ......Perene Wang ..............New York, N.Y.20 ......Skyie Stamper ............Bronx, N.Y.21 ......Audrey Pacthod ..........New York, N.Y.22 ......Amanda Solecki ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.23 ......Stephanie Li ................New York, N.Y.24 ......Najah Dawson ............Rosedale, N.Y.25 ......Sonia Tartakovsky ......New York, N.Y.26 ......Amalia Parrish ............Queens Village, N.Y.27 ......Miriam Aziz..................Staten Island, N.Y.28 ......Bella Kaplan ................New York, N.Y.29 ......Samantha Fischer ......New York, N.Y.30 ......Steffi Antao ................Briarwood, N.Y.31 ......Johnniesha Breiten ....Bronx, N.Y.32 ......Lena Kovacevic ..........New York, N.Y.33 ......Lorraine Bergmann ....Forest Hills, N.Y.34 ......Tiana Fernandez ........Bronx, N.Y.35 ......Alice Pinho ..................Woodside, N.Y.36 ......Alexandra Miasnikova Rego Park, N.Y.37 ......Rebecca Krupatkin ....Brooklyn, N.Y.38 ......Isabella Tushaj ............Bronx, N.Y.39 ......Kyra Bergmann ..........Forest Hills, N.Y.40 ......Rebecca Izyayeva ......Staten Island, N.Y.

Metro Girls 14 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Keren Khromchenko ..Staten Island, N.Y.2 ........Jennifer Yu ..................Forest Hills, N.Y.3 ........Sarah Hirschfield ........New York, N.Y.4 ........Victoria Zezula ............Ridgewood, N.Y.5 ........Zorriana B. Johnson ..New York, N.Y.6 ........Vanessa Hanuman ......Brooklyn, N.Y.7 ........Anna Maite Kaplan......New York, N.Y.8 ........Marierose Apice ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.9 ........Sydney Lynn Katz ......New York, N.Y.10 ......Nicole Schnabel ..........Woodhaven, N.Y.11 ......Alexandra Sanford ......New York, N.Y.12 ......Arianna Motta ............Staten Island, N.Y.13 ......Donna Episcopio ........Bayside, N.Y.14 ......Isabelle Rovinski ........New York, N.Y.15 ......Kiara Rose ..................New York, N.Y.16 ......Marion Goldberg ........New York, N.Y.17 ......Victoria Hanuman ......Brooklyn, N.Y.18 ......Sabrina Lee Abrams ..New York, N.Y.19 ......Val Leifer ....................New York, N.Y.20 ......Veronika Semenova ....Brooklyn, N.Y.21 ......Electra Frelinghuysen..New York, N.Y.

22 ......Nicole Khorosh ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.23 ......Cecilia Anne Swenson New York, N.Y.24 ......Stephanie Li ................New York, N.Y.25 ......Grace Tom ..................Rego Park, N.Y.26 ......Hannah Spears ..........New York, N.Y.27 ......Rosa Aksanova ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.28 ......Christina Huynh ..........Astoria, N.Y.29 ......Danielle Kade..............New York, N.Y.30 ......Caitlin McCarthy Ervine New York, N.Y.31 ......Jean Soo ....................Flushing, N.Y.32 ......Brooke Jin ..................New York, N.Y.33 ......Alexandra Miasnikova ..Rego Park, N.Y.34 ......Anu Alalade ................Rosedale, N.Y.35 ......Emma Wrazej ..............New York, N.Y.36 ......Elizabeth Khusid ........Brooklyn, N.Y.37 ......Eliza Hannah Lesser ..New York, N.Y.38 ......Cheyenne Jenkins ......Bronx, N.Y.39 ......Olga Drahanchuk ........Brooklyn, N.Y.40 ......Hanna Yip ..................New York, N.Y.

Metro Girls 16 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Emi Lewis....................New York, N.Y.2 ........Vania Savic..................Woodside, N.Y.3 ........Keren Khromchenko ..Staten Island, N.Y.4 ........Nicole Serras ..............Whitestone, N.Y.5 ........Julia Zbarsky ..............New York, N.Y.6 ........Hediye Karabay ..........Flushing, N.Y.7 ........Jenna Borenstein ........New York, N.Y.8 ........Erika Tinalli ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.9 ........Keri Anne Picciochi ....Flushing, N.Y.10 ......Nicole Schnabel ..........Woodhaven, N.Y.11 ......Irina Titova ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.12 ......Dina Levy-Lambert ....New York, N.Y.13 ......Annie Reiner................New York, N.Y.14 ......Nia Rose ....................New York, N.Y.15 ......Bianca Signore............Staten Island, N.Y.16 ......Jennifer Yu ..................Forest Hills, N.Y.17 ......Alexus Gill ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.18 ......Alicia Ng......................Howard Beach, N.Y.19 ......Brittany Biggs ............Bronx, N.Y.20 ......Isador Braune ............New York, N.Y.21 ......Marion Goldberg ........New York, N.Y.22 ......Sarah Horne................New York, N.Y.23 ......Paula Faltynowicz ......Flushing, N.Y.24 ......Anika Pornpitaksuk ....Flushing, N.Y.25 ......Stefana Vujinovic ........Brooklyn, N.Y.26 ......Camille Price ..............New York, N.Y.27 ......Claire Harnett ..............New York N.Y.28 ......Anna Maite Kaplan......New York, N.Y.29 ......Kiarah Williams ..........Bronx, N.Y.30 ......Nicole Druzhinsky ......Brooklyn, N.Y.31 ......Shayna Spooner ........New York, N.Y.32 ......Sara Levy-Lambert ....New York, N.Y.33 ......Kara Renee RosenblumNew York, N.Y.34 ......Lipika Raghunathan ....New York, N.Y.35 ......Priscilla Signore ..........Staten Island,N.Y.36 ......Champagne Mills ........New York, N.Y.37 ......Danielle Hupper ..........New York, N.Y.38 ......Zorriana Johnson........New York, N.Y.39 ......Savannah George ......Bronx, N.Y.40 ......Julia Greenberg ..........New York, N.Y.

Metro Girls 18 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Rachel Colton ............New York, N.Y.2 ........Kimberly Salkin ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.3 ........Bianca Signore............Staten Island, N.Y.4 ........Charlotte Camacho ....New York, N.Y.5 ........Michelle Khaimov........Jamaica, N.Y.6 ........Nicole Snegur ............Staten Island, N.Y.


N E W Y O R K R A N K I N G SBoys & Girls Sectional Rankings(as of 05/29/12)

BOYSSectional Boys 12 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City2 ........Gary Fishkin ................Staten Island, N.Y.15 ......Jeffrey Gorilovsky ......Brooklyn, N.Y.18 ......Sumit Sarkar ..............New York, N.Y.20 ......Oliver Jevtovic ............Astoria, N.Y.24 ......Ethan Leon..................Woodhaven, N.Y.30 ......David Mizrahi ..............Brooklyn, N.Y.31 ......Sam Vagner ................Staten Island, N.Y.38 ......Zachary Jordan Lieb ..New York, N.Y.47 ......Kemal Irfan Aziz ..........Staten Island, N.Y.50 ......Shand Stephens ........New York, N.Y.54 ......Gabriel Sifuentes ........Flushing, N.Y.56 ......Derek Raskopf ............New York, N.Y.59 ......Jonah Jurick................New York, N.Y.60 ......Steven Nazaroff ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.66 ......Logan Gruss ..............New York, N.Y.68 ......Robbie Werdiger ........New York, N.Y.70 ......James Kandel Dill ......New York, N.Y.72 ......Lantis Wang ................New York, N.Y.75 ......Will Coad ....................New York, N.Y.81 ......Christopher Tham ......Flushing, N.Y.88 ......Joseph Reiner ............New York, N.Y.93 ......Henry Hochfelder........New York, N.Y.98 ......David Moldovan..........Brooklyn, N.Y.105 ....Christopher Kolesnik ..Staten Island, N.Y.110 ....Ethan Finley ................New York, N.Y.114 ....Dylan Friedman ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.116 ....Jeffrey Fradkin ............New York, N.Y.120 ....Itamar Oron ................New York, N.Y.121 ....Eitan Khromchenko ....Staten Island, N.Y.130 ....Derek Lung..................Brooklyn, N.Y.134 ....Tyler Kats ....................Astoria, N.Y.137 ....Oliver Obeid ................New York, N.Y.142 ....Derrick Mu ..................Oakland Gardens, N.Y.143 ....Maxwell Kachkarov ....Flushing, N.Y.147 ....Harry Portnoy..............New York, N.Y.149 ....Nicholas Pustilnik........Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 14 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City5 ........Oliver Sec....................New York, N.Y.6 ........Alex Knaff....................New York, N.Y.11 ......Aleksandar Kovacevic ..New York, N.Y.14 ......Mitchell Ostrovsky ......Brooklyn, N.Y.15 ......Philip Raytburg............Brooklyn, N.Y.16 ......Ananth Raghavan........New York, N.Y.18 ......Cole Gittens ................New York, N.Y.21 ......Jordan Jordan ............Astoria, N.Y.27 ......Marcus T. Smith ..........Little Neck, N.Y.29 ......Alexander Thrane........New York, N.Y.33 ......Jack Haroche..............New York, N.Y.37 ......Ian Witmer ..................New York, N.Y.41 ......Christian Gloria ..........Queens Village, N.Y.61 ......Peter Lohrbach ..........Little Neck, N.Y.64 ......Cameron Gruss ..........New York, N.Y.71 ......Evan Liberman ............New York, N.Y.75 ......Max Prohorov..............Rego Park, N.Y.92 ......Sumit Sarkar ..............New York, N.Y.96 ......Antony Jippov ............New York, N.Y.100 ....Jared Fields ................New York, N.Y.104 ....Leonardo Escudero ....Ozone Park, N.Y.107 ....William Trang ..............Staten Island, N.Y.113 ....Tyler Pasko..................Staten Island, N.Y.114 ....Robert Kennedy..........New York, N.Y.127 ....Xavier Pacthod............New York, N.Y.133 ....Jacob Kern..................New York, N.Y.140 ....James Dill....................New York, N.Y.

141 ....Adam Borak ................Brooklyn, N.Y.142 ....Bojidar Todorov ..........Rego Park, N.Y.147 ....Allan Magid ................Brooklyn, N.Y.150 ....Ethan Moszkowski ......New York, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 16 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City12 ......James Wasserman......New York, N.Y.16 ......Artemie Amari ............New York, N.Y.17 ......Win Smith....................Brooklyn, N.Y.22 ......Lucas Pickering ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.25 ......Sachin Raghavan........New York, N.Y.27 ......Richard Sec ................New York, N.Y.28 ......Christopher Auteri ......Staten Island, N.Y.30 ......Cameron Daniels ..........Oakland Gardens, N.Y.35 ......Daniel Kerznerman......Brooklyn, N.Y.38 ......Victor Miglo ................Kew Gardens, N.Y.40 ......Joshua Gordon ..........Staten Island, N.Y.47 ......Oliver Sec....................New York, N.Y.54 ......Marcus Smith..............Little Neck, N.Y.66 ......Gal Sossen..................Oakland Gardens, N.Y.69 ......Maurice Russo ............New York, N.Y.77 ......Michael Anzalone........Howard Beach, N.Y.79 ......Douglas Mo ................Douglaston, N.Y.80 ......Edan Sossen ..............Oakland Gardens, N.Y.86 ......Steven Koulouris ........Long Island City, N.Y.99 ......Alexander Pintilie ........New York, N.Y.100 ....Alex Knaff....................New York, N.Y.108 ....Jack Spiegel ..............New York, N.Y.109 ....Jun Yuminaga ............Little Neck, N.Y.110 ....Matthew Balilo ............Oakland Gardens, N.Y.117 ....Jacob Frisch ..............New York, N.Y.123 ....Michael Pisarek ..........Forest Hills, N.Y.129 ....Jonathan Compres ....East Elmhurst, N.Y.130 ....Michael Lesser............New York, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 18 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City6 ........Richard Del Nunzio ....Forest Hills, N.Y.10 ......Joshua Yablon ............New York, N.Y.24 ......Courtney Murphy ........Bronx, N.Y.25 ......Eric R. Brinzenskiy ......Staten Island, N.Y.26 ......Jake Sosonkin ............Brooklyn, N.Y.32 ......Justin Fields ................New York, N.Y.46 ......Ryoma Haraguchi ......New York, N.Y.47 ......Christian Waldron........Bronx, N.Y.63 ......Christopher Jou ............Oakland Gardens, N.Y.65 ......Leon Pan ....................Brooklyn, N.Y.79 ......Dennis Druzhinsky ......Brooklyn, N.Y.80 ......Joseph Motta..............Staten Island, N.Y.87 ......Daniel Kerznerman......Brooklyn, N.Y.91 ......Alexis Cai ....................Woodhaven, N.Y.98 ......Zachary Yablon ..........New York, N.Y.102 ....Jonathan Selegean ....East Elmhurst, N.Y.103 ....Ian Antonoff ................New York, N.Y.105 ....Richard Sec ................New York, N.Y.106 ....Jeremy Kochman........Brooklyn, N.Y.115 ....Andrew Arnaboldi ......New York, N.Y.120 ....Mikolaj Borak ..............Brooklyn, N.Y.123 ....Sean Solomonoff ........New York, N.Y.134 ....David Zhukovsky ........Brooklyn, N.Y.136 ....Mark Semerik..............Brooklyn, N.Y.

GIRLSSectional Girls 12 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City4 ........Dasha Kourkina ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.5 ........Aleksandra Bekirova ..Brooklyn, N.Y.8 ........Chelsea Williams ........Brooklyn, N.Y.10 ......Michelle Sorokko ........Douglaston, N.Y.11 ......Jennifer Yu ..................Forest Hills, N.Y.16 ......Nicole Semenov..........Brooklyn, N.Y.

19 ......Anastasia Koniaev ......Forest Hills, N.Y.20 ......Lauren Munari ............Middle Village, N.Y.24 ......Katherine Kachkarov ..Flushing, N.Y.30 ......Shelly Yaloz ................Little Neck, N.Y.33 ......Christina Huynh ..........Astoria, N.Y.42 ......Kyra Bergmann ..........Forest Hills, N.Y.50 ......Isabel Balilo ................Flushing, N.Y.59 ......Sarah Finley ................New York, N.Y.61 ......Alice Soares Pinho......Woodside, N.Y.62 ......Diana McCready ........Brooklyn, N.Y.67 ......Rosie Gross ................New York, N.Y.68 ......Stephanie Li ................New York, N.Y.69 ......Olivia Simone Morris ..Floral Park, N.Y.70 ......Dakota Fordham ........New York, N.Y.76 ......Miriam Aziz..................Staten Island, N.Y.77 ......Carolyn Brodsky ........New York, N.Y.81 ......Steffi Antao ................Briarwood, N.Y.83 ......Isabella Tushaj ............Bronx, N.Y.84 ......Rachel Okin ................New York, N.Y.85 ......Diana Ellen Sosonkin ..Brooklyn, N.Y.92 ......Alexa Nobandegani ....New York, N.Y.95 ......Elvina Kalieva ..............Staten Island, N.Y.98 ......Perene Wang ..............New York, N.Y.105 ....Sofie Levine ................New York, N.Y.107 ....Najah Dawson ............Rosedale, N.Y.109 ....Zoe Kava ....................New York, N.Y.114 ....Gabriella Eitkis ............Brooklyn, N.Y.128 ....Elisabeth Schlossel ....New York, N.Y.129 ....Amalia Parrish ............Queens Village, N.Y.131 ....Rosa Aksanova ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.134 ....Caroline Kantor ..........New York, N.Y.135 ....Rebecca Izyayeva ......Staten Island, N.Y.136 ....Rebecca Fisch ............New York, N.Y.146 ....Anastasya Menshikova Brooklyn, N.Y.148 ....Amanda Solecki ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 14 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Jessica Golovin ..........New York, N.Y.2 ........Jessica Livianu............Brooklyn, N.Y.3 ........Sabrina Xiong..............Fresh Meadows, N.Y.10 ......Brianna Williams ........Brooklyn, N.Y.21 ......Isis Gill ........................Brooklyn, N.Y.24 ......Yuka Lin ......................Kew Gardens, N.Y.25 ......Alexus Gill ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.26 ......Regina Furer................Brooklyn, N.Y.27 ......Sophia Kryloff ............Brooklyn, N.Y.30 ......Julia Fisch ..................New York, N.Y.32 ......Alexandra Koniaev ......Forest Hills, N.Y.34 ......Jennifer Richards ........New York, N.Y.35 ......Jillian Auteri ................Staten Island, N.Y.40 ......Anastasiya Malinouskaya Staten Island, N.Y.44 ......Victoria Sec ................New York, N.Y.63 ......Julia Zbarksy ..............New York, N.Y.67 ......Patricia Obeid ............New York, N.Y.73 ......Lauren Munari ............Middle Village, N.Y.76 ......Michelle Khaimov........Jamaica, N.Y.78 ......Jennifer Yu ..................Forest Hills, N.Y.80 ......Aleksandra Bekirova ..Brooklyn, N.Y.81 ......Marierose Apice ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.104 ....Sydney Katz................New York, N.Y.126 ....Lisa Marchelska ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.127 ....Anna Kaplan................New York, N.Y.130 ....Nicole Semenov..........Brooklyn, N.Y.132 ....Keren Khromchenko ..Staten Island, N.Y.134 ....Victoria Zezula ............Ridgewood, N.Y.136 ....Chelsea Williams ........Brooklyn, N.Y.140 ....Dasha Kourkina ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.141 ....Cecilia Swenson ........New York, N.Y.142 ....Sarah Hirschfield ........New York, N.Y.143 ....Alexandra Sanford ......New York, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 16 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City2 ........Jessica Golovin ..........New York, N.Y.10 ......Ariana Rodriguez ........Bronx, N.Y.14 ......Destiny Grunin ............Brooklyn, N.Y.16 ......Jessica Livianu............Brooklyn, N.Y.17 ......Arnelle Sullivan............Brooklyn, N.Y.19 ......Hannah Shteyn ..........Staten Island, N.Y.21 ......Lily Bondy ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.23 ......Elizabeth Tsvetkov ......Brooklyn, N.Y.30 ......Stefanie Lineva ..........Middle Village, N.Y.33 ......Sabrina Xiong..............Fresh Meadows, N.Y.37 ......Nia Rose ....................New York, N.Y.38 ......Kimberly Salkin ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.47 ......Victoria Zoha ..............New York, N.Y.48 ......Shayna Spooner ........New York, N.Y.50 ......Sophia Kryloff ............Brooklyn, N.Y.66 ......Illana Levich ................Staten Island, N.Y.71 ......Champagne Mills ........New York, N.Y.73 ......Sophia Schlossel ........New York, N.Y.76 ......Christina Puccinelli ....New York, N.Y.82 ......Augusta Conway ........New York, N.Y.85 ......Anastasiya Malinouskaya Staten Island, N.Y.89 ......Briel Biggs ..................Bronx, N.Y.90 ......Julia Zbarsky ..............New York, N.Y.91 ......Erika Tinalli ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.93 ......Isis Gill ........................Brooklyn, N.Y.103 ....Anna Ulyashchenko ....Brooklyn, N.Y.122 ....Vania Savic..................Woodside, N.Y.124 ....Brittany Biggs ............Bronx, N.Y.126 ....Annie Reiner................New York, N.Y.136 ....Brianna Williams ........Brooklyn, N.Y.140 ....Rebecca Fakas ..........Little Neck, N.Y.142 ....Jenna Borenstein ........New York, N.Y.143 ....Jennifer Yu ..................Forest Hills, N.Y.146 ....Dina Levy-Lambert ....New York, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 18 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City4 ........Emily Safron................New York, N.Y.6 ........Ariana D. Rodriguez ....Bronx, N.Y.15 ......Nadia Smergut ............New York, N.Y.17 ......Hannah Shteyn ..........Staten Island, N.Y.19 ......Samantha Tutelman ....New York, N.Y.20 ......Denise Starr ................Brooklyn, N.Y.26 ......Lily Bondy ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.30 ......Alexa Meltzer ..............New York, N.Y.37 ......Madison Gordon ........New York, N.Y.44 ......Angela Assal ..............Bronx, N.Y.45 ......Jessica Golovin ..........New York, N.Y.47 ......Laura Chitu ................New York, N.Y.49 ......Leighann Sahagun ......Queens Village, N.Y.54 ......Destiny Grunin ............Brooklyn, N.Y.61 ......Katie Derienzo ............Douglaston, N.Y.66 ......Lisa Ventimiglia ..........Bayside, N.Y.71 ......Kyra Silitch ..................New York, N.Y.74 ......Jacqueline Katz ..........New York, N.Y.79 ......Becky Shtilkind ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.82 ......Alexis Tashiro ..............Jamaica, N.Y.83 ......Charlotte Camacho ....New York, N.Y.87 ......Kimberly Salkin ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.90 ......Arielle Griffin................Jamaica, N.Y.92 ......Allison Immergut ........New York, N.Y.93 ......Dayana Agasieva ........Forest Hills, N.Y.94 ......Paulina Velasquez ......Kew Gardens, N.Y.97 ......Loulou Revson ............New York, N.Y.100 ....Marylen Santos ..........Jamaica, N.Y.101 ....Jordan Zola ................New York, N.Y.102 ....Anastasiya Malinouskaya Staten Island, N.Y.103 ....Monica Gokhberg ......Brooklyn, N.Y.106 ....Sophia Schlossel ........New York, N.Y.127 ....Augusta Conway ........New York, N.Y.129 ....Arnelle Sullivan............Brooklyn, N.Y.132 ....Victoria Zoha ..............New York, N.Y.


N E W Y O R K R A N K I N G S133 ....Isis Gill ........................Brooklyn, N.Y.142 ....Allie Jackson-Hing ......Rosedale, N.Y.143 ....Brianna Williams ........Brooklyn, N.Y.146 ....Rachel Colton ............New York, N.Y.149 ....Nicole Snegur ............Staten Island, N.Y.

Boys & Girls National Rankings(as of 06/27/12)

BOYSNational Boys 12 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City111 ....Gary C. Fishkin ..........Staten Island, N.Y.127 ....Jeffrey Gorilovsky ......Brooklyn, N.Y.129 ....Sumit Sarkar ..............New York, N.Y.269 ....Sam V. Vagner ............Staten Island, N.Y.322 ....Ethan Leon..................Woodhaven, N.Y.546 ....Kemal Irfan Aziz ..........Staten Island, N.Y.590 ....Oliver Jevtovic ............Astoria, N.Y.611 ....David Mizrahi ..............Brooklyn, N.Y.624 ....Zachary Lieb ..............New York, N.Y.940 ....James Dill....................New York, N.Y.995 ....Gabriel Sifuentes ........Flushing, N.Y.

National Boys 14 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City38 ......Oliver Sec....................New York, N.Y.65 ......Alex Knaff....................New York, N.Y.96 ......Mitchell Ostrovsky ......Brooklyn, N.Y.140 ....Ananth Raghavan........New York, N.Y.149 ....Cole Gittens ................New York, N.Y.151 ....Aleksandar Kovacevic New York, N.Y.159 ....Alexander Thrane........New York, N.Y.232 ....Philip Raytburg............Brooklyn, N.Y.398 ....Ian Witmer ..................New York, N.Y.510 ....Jordan D. Jordan ........Astoria, N.Y.537 ....Jack Haroche..............New York, N.Y.542 ....Christian Gloria ..........Queens Village, N.Y.584 ....Marcus Smith..............Little Neck, N.Y.595 ....Alex Chao....................New York, N.Y.

National Boys 16 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City8 ........Daniel Kerznerman......Brooklyn, N.Y.154 ....James Wasserman......New York, N.Y.155 ....Win Smith....................Brooklyn, N.Y.306 ....Artemie Amari ............New York, N.Y.312 ....Richard Sec ................New York, N.Y.346 ....Sachin Raghavan........New York, N.Y.361 ....Lucas Pickering ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.587 ....Joshua Gordon ..........Staten Island, N.Y.629 ....Christopher Auteri ......Staten Island, N.Y.638 ....Victor Miglo ................Kew Gardens, N.Y.652 ....Oliver Sec....................New York, N.Y.690 ....Douglas L. Mo ............Douglaston, N.Y.773 ....Cameron Daniels ..........Oakland Gardens, N.Y.952 ....Gal Sossen..................Oakland Gardens, N.Y.991 ....Maurice Russo ............New York, N.Y.

National Boys 18 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City77 ......Richard Del Nunzio ....Forest Hills, N.Y.92 ......Daniel Kerznerman......Brooklyn, N.Y.249 ....Joshua Yablon ............New York, N.Y.254 ....Jake Sosonkin ............Brooklyn, N.Y.355 ....Eric R. Brinzenskiy ......Staten Island, N.Y.741 ....Courtney Murphy ........Bronx, N.Y.

977 ....Leon Pan ....................Brooklyn, N.Y.978 ....Ryoma Haraguchi ......New York, N.Y.984 ....Zachary Yablon ..........New York, N.Y.

GIRLSNational Girls 12 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City53 ......Aleksandra Bekirova ..Brooklyn, N.Y.73 ......Dasha Kourkina ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.98 ......Chelsea Williams ........Brooklyn, N.Y.120 ....Michelle Sorokko ........Douglaston, N.Y.123 ....Jennifer Yu ..................Forest Hills, N.Y.154 ....Lauren Munari ............Middle Village, N.Y.262 ....Nicole Semenov..........Brooklyn, N.Y.462 ....Anastasia Koniaev ......Forest Hills, N.Y.508 ....Shelly Yaloz ................Little Neck, N.Y.561 ....Katherine Kachkarov ..Flushing, N.Y.721 ....Christina Huynh ..........Astoria, N.Y.788 ....Isabel Balilo ................Flushing, N.Y.798 ....Isabella Tushaj ............Bronx, N.Y.800 ....Kyra Bergmann ..........Forest Hills, N.Y.910 ....Marie Ivantechenko ....Brooklyn, N.Y.955 ....Miriam Aziz..................Staten Island, N.Y.

National Girls 14 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City10 ......Jessica Golovin ..........New York, N.Y.38 ......Jessica Melane Livianu Brooklyn, N.Y.89 ......Sabrina Xiong..............Fresh Meadows, N.Y.188 ....Isis Gill ........................Brooklyn, N.Y.338 ....Julia D. Fisch ..............New York, N.Y.340 ....Sophia Kryloff ............Brooklyn, N.Y.394 ....Brianna Williams ........Brooklyn, N.Y.464 ....Yuka Lin ......................Kew Gardens, N.Y.498 ......Anastasiya Malinouskaya Staten Island, N.Y.555 ....Jillian Rose Auteri ......Staten Island, N.Y.572 ....Jennifer Richards ........New York, N.Y.582 ....Alexandra Koniaev ......Forest Hills, N.Y.596 ....Regina Furer................Brooklyn, N.Y.684 ....Alexus Gill ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.741 ....Patricia Obeid ............New York, N.Y.840 ....Victoria Sec ................New York, N.Y.

National Girls 16 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City25 ......Jessica Golovin ..........New York, N.Y.126 ....Ariana D. Rodriguez ....Bronx, N.Y.178 ....Hannah Shteyn ..........Staten Island, N.Y.199 ....Destiny Grunin ............Brooklyn, N.Y.240 ....Lily Bondy ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.527 ....Arnelle Sullivan............Brooklyn, N.Y.545 ....Jessica Livianu............Brooklyn, N.Y.550 ....Elizabeth Tsvetkov ......Brooklyn, N.Y.557 ....Stefani Lineva ............Middle Village, N.Y.710 ....Anna Ulyashchenko ....Brooklyn, N.Y.721 ....Sabrina Xiong..............Fresh Meadows, N.Y.913 ....Shayna Spooner ........New York, N.Y.933 ....Victoria Zoha ..............New York, N.Y.974 ....Anastasiya Malinouskaya Staten Island, N.Y.

National Girls 18 Singles—Metro RegionRank ..Name ..........................City10 ......Denise Starr ................Brooklyn, N.Y.43 ......Emily Safron................New York, N.Y.125 ....Jacqueline R. Katz ......New York, N.Y.134 ....Ariana D. Rodriguez ....Bronx, N.Y.152 ....Leighann Sahagun ......Queens Village, N.Y.189 ....Hannah Shteyn ..........Staten Island, N.Y.220 ....Samantha Tutelman ....New York, N.Y.536 ....Becky Shtilkind ..........Brooklyn, N.Y.

577 ....Arielle N. Griffin ..........Jamaica, N.Y.623 ....Madison Gordon ........New York, N.Y.640 ....Angela Assal ..............Bronx, N.Y.694 ....Nadia Smergut ............New York, N.Y.708 ....Jessica Golovin ..........New York, N.Y.792 ....Lily Bondy ..................Brooklyn, N.Y.804 ....Dayana Agasieva ........Forest Hills, N.Y.849 ....Charlotte Camacho ....New York, N.Y.1000 ..Katie Derienzo ............Douglaston, N.Y.


JULY 2012Friday-Monday, July 13-16L3 Alley Pond July UPSAlley Pond Tennis Center7920 Winchester BoulevardQueens Village, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (14-12)s, RRSurface Type: HardEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries isWednesday, July 11 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 264-2600.

Saturday-Sunday, July 14-16 & 20-22Roosevelt Island NTRP 4.0 Eastern Challenger SeriesRoosevelt Island Racquet Club281 Main StreetRoosevelt Island, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked: NM (4.0)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $65 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday,July 10)For more information, call (212) 935-0250.

Monday-Sunday, July 16-22L1B Roosevelt Island Summer ChallengerRoosevelt Island Racquet Club281 Main StreetRoosevelt Island, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (14)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tues-day, July 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 935-0250.

Monday-Sunday, July 16-22USTA National W 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, & 80 Grass Court ChampionshipsWest Side Tennis Club1 Tennis Place • Forest Hills, N.Y.Divisions: W (30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80)sd, FICSurface Type: GrassEntry Fee: $97.25 per player singles, $65 per player doubles(deadline for entries is Saturday, June 30 at 11:59 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 268-2300.

Monday-Friday, July 16-20L2R Metro Regional City Parks Junior Tournament SeriesCity Parks FoundationFlushing Meadows ParkBrooklyn, N.Y. 11368Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $28 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,July 6 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 760-6985.

Friday-Sunday, July 20-22L1 Sportime Randall’s Island July 2012 ChampionshipsSportime Randall’s Island1 Randall’s IslandNew York, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (16-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries isFriday, June 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 427-6150.

Monday-Sunday, July 23-29L1B Roosevelt Island Summer ChallengerRoosevelt Island Racquet Club281 Main StreetRoosevelt Island, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (16)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries isMonday, July 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 935-0250.

Tuesday-Monday, July 24-30L1 North Shore Tower Country Club July ChampionshipsNorth Shore Towers Country Club27-286 Grand Central ParkFloral Park, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (18-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline for entries isMonday, July 16 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 428-5030.

Monday-Friday, July 16-20L2R Metro Regional City Parks Junior Tournament SeriesCity Parks Foundation–Olmstead CenterFlushing Meadows ParkBrooklyn, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $28 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,July 6 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 760-6985.

Monday-Friday, July 30 – August 3L2R Metro Regional City Parks Junior Tournament SeriesCity Parks Foundation–Olmstead CenterFlushing Meadows ParkBrooklyn, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $28 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,July 16 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 760-6985.

Monday-Sunday, July 30 – August 5Roosevelt Island Eastern Adult Challenger SeriesRoosevelt Island Racquet Club281 Main Street • Roosevelt Island, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked NM (Op)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $65 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,July 27)For more information, call (212) 935-0250.

AUGUST 2012Friday-Saturday, August 3-4L3 Sportime Randall’s Island Eastern August UPSSportime Randall’s Island1 Randall’s Island • New York, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (16-12)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Fri-day, July 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (646) 783-5301.

Friday-Sunday, August 3-5Sportime at Randall’s Island Adult Summer Open ChampionshipsSportime Randall’s Island1 Randall’s IslandNew York, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked M (Op, 25, 35, 45, 55-65, 75)s, SE; W(Op, 25, 35, 45, 55)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $70.38 per player (deadline for entries is Fri-day, July 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 427-6150.

Sunday-Sunday, August 5-12L1 EmblemHealth BIYTC ChampionshipsNew York Junior Tennis League1701 Crotona Avenue • Bronx, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (18-12)s, SE; Quick StartBG (10 [60’Court/Orange Ball] 8 [36’Court/Red Ball])s,RR; BG (8 [36’Court/Red Ball])d, RRSurface Type: HardEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Sunday, July 22 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (347) 417-8168.

Monday-Sunday, August 6-12Upper Manhattan Championships at Columbia University Columbia University Tennis Center575 West 218th Street • New York, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked M (Op, 40)s, SE W (Op)sSurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player singles, $23 per player dou-bles (deadline for entries is Monday, July 23)For more information, call (212) 942-7100.

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Monday-Friday, August 6-10L2R Roosevelt Island August Metro RegionalRoosevelt Island Racquet Club281 Main StreetRoosevelt Island, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (12)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries isMonday, July 23 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 935-0250.

Friday-Sunday, August 10-12L2O Lincoln Terrace Tennis Association Summer OpenLincoln Terrace Tennis AssociationEastern Parkway & BuffaloBrooklyn, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate B (18-12)s, SE G(18-12)d, SESurface Type: HardEntry Fee: $38.13 per player (deadline for entries is Friday, Aug. 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (347) 661-8007.

Friday-Sunday, August 10-12L1B Sportime Randall’s Island August 2012 ChallengerSportime Randall’s Island1 Randall’s IslandNew York, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (18-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Friday, July 27 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 427-6150.

Monday-Friday, August 13-17L2O Alley Pond August OpenAlley Pond Tennis Center79-20 Winchester BoulevardQueens Village, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16, 12)s, SESurface Type: HardEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Friday, Aug. 10 at 5:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 264-2600.

Monday-Friday, August 13-17L2R Roosevelt Island August Metro RegionalRoosevelt Island Racquet Club281 Main StreetRoosevelt Island, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (14)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries isMonday, July 30 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 935-0250.

Monday-Friday, August 13-17L2R CityParks Junior Tournament Series August Metro RegionalCity Parks Foundation–Olmstead CenterFlushing Meadows Park • Brooklyn, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $28 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,Aug. 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 760-6985.

Thursday-Sunday, August 16-19L1 Harlem Week Summer ChampionshipsHarlem Junior Tennis Program40 West 143rd StreetNew York, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (18-12)s, SESurface Type: HardEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries isMonday, Aug. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 491-3738.

Friday-Sunday, August 17-19L2O Sportime Randall’s Island August 2012 OpenSportime Randall’s Island1 Randall’s IslandNew York, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-12)s, SE; Quick Start BG(10 [78’Court/Green Ball])s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Friday, August 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (917) 224-3436.

Monday-Friday, August 20-24L3 Alley Pond Eastern August UPSAlley Pond Tennis Center79-20 Winchester BoulevardQueens Village, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (14-12)s, RRSurface Type: HardEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Saturday, Aug. 18 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 264-2600.

Friday-Sunday, August 24-26+Sportime at Randall’s Island August ChampionshipsSportime Randall’s Island1 Randall’s Island • New York, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked M (Op, 25, 35, 45, 55-70)s, SE W (Op,25, 35, 45)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $70.38 per player (deadline for entries is Friday, Aug. 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (212) 427-6150.

Saturday-Sunday, August 25-26L3 Sportime Randall’s Island Eastern August UPSSportime Randall’s Island1 Randall’s IslandNew York, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (14-12)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Friday, July 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (646) 783-5301.

Monday-Friday, August 27-31L2R City Parks Junior Tournament Series August RegionalCity Parks Foundation–PelhamOlmstead CenterFlushing Meadows ParkBronx, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $28 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,Aug. 17 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 760-6985.

Monday-Friday, August 27-31L1B Alley Pond TC August ChallengerAlley Pond Tennis Center79-20 Winchester BoulevardQueens Village, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (14-12)s, SESurface Type: HardEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Friday, Aug. 24 at 5:00 p.m.)For more information, call (718) 264-2600.

Friday-Sunday, August 31-Sept. 9U.S. Open Junior Tennis ChampionshipsUSTA National Tennis CenterFlushing Meadows–Corona Park Flushing, N.Y.Divisions: BG (18) s d, SESurface Type: HardEntry Fee: No Entry FeeFor more information, call (718) 760-6200.


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