Tennis News: February 20, 2023
Inspiration for us all. A 33-year-old real-estate broker wins an ATP Tour level match and an 81-year-old senior women’s tennis player wins her 100th “goldRead More
An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
Inspiration for us all. A 33-year-old real-estate broker wins an ATP Tour level match and an 81-year-old senior women’s tennis player wins her 100th “goldRead More
Back in 2021, I was triggered by a USTA Facebook post looking for players in the 18-39 age demographic to survey. That prompted me toRead More
1 responseRumor has it that I am not a big fan of the USTA’s Tennis on Campus program. In fact, I eventually came to believe thatRead More
Last weekend I attended the 2023 USTA Texas Annual Meeting. Excluding the times I wandered through the conference ballroom looking for my Mom when IRead More
2 responsesThe much anticipated new book, Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson by Ashley Brown, was released on February 7. I was unableRead More
The Tri-Level Sectionals Championships last month were impacted by drizzly weather that made the courts unplayable for the better part of Saturday. That is hardlyRead More
3 responsesA couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of competing at the Texas Tri-Level Section Championship with a bunch of my friends on aRead More
Shortly after my 28-year hiatus from tennis ended, my very first USTA League team advanced to 9.0 Mixed Sectionals. Not coincidently, I have already toldRead More
Many tennis fans regard Althea Gibson as the first great black American Tennis Player. However, long before Gibson broke the color barrier in that sport,Read More
I received a very nice set of temporary lines as a Christmas gift. This is something that has been on my wish list for aRead More