MIDDLETOWN – The championship matches are set for Championship Sunday at the Wint Filipek Sr. Memorial Tennis Tournament. The Filipek, in its 18th year, is also in its final year. Prior to the start of this year’s event, tournament director Wint Filipek Jr. announced it would be the last. Today, starting at 9 am on … Read more
It wasn’t quite ‘if you build it they will come’. It was more like if you continue to play, the results will come. Faith Christian Academy’s Toby Frantz has been playing tennis for most of his life. He trains by himself, with his coach, with other tournament players, at clinics. To say he puts in … Read more
By Alberto Amalfi | Saturday, June 25, 2022 Caroline Garcia rallied past Bianca Andreescu 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in the Bad Homburg Open final to collect her eighth career title. Photo credit: Bad Homburg Open Final set stress doesn’t daunt Caroline Garcia. Down a break in the decisive set today, Garcia responded with forward thinking … Read more
The oldest tennis tournament in the world has come up with updates this year to keep up with world politics. The 2022 Wimbledon, starting July 27, has banned players from Russia and Belarus due to the invasion of Ukraine and the atrocities that followed. Then the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis … Read more
Filip Krajinovic has been a professional tennis player nearly half his life. He knows himself on the tennis court as well as he knows anything else and after 14 years on the tour he was so sure grass-court tennis was not for him that he barely even tried: “Every year I find a way to … Read more
With the golf world already divided over Saudi Arabia’s emergence as a powerful force in the game, another major sport is contending with whether to do business with the kingdom. This time it’s women’s tennis, which pulled out of China last year over concerns for the welfare of a player who accused a Chinese vice … Read more
De’Anthony Melton averaged career highs last season with 10.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals in 22.7 minutes per game. PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey announced Friday that the team has acquired De’Anthony Melton in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies. In the trade, Philadelphia sent the draft … Read more
For players born in 2011, Nechifor is ranked first in the province, and is number 10 nationwide. Competing in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, Nechifor has won numerous tournaments, including the 2021 U10 Provincial Tournament in Edmonton and the U12 Lakewood Indoor Junior and Future Stars Tournament in Saskatchewan. This March, he represented Alberta, as … Read more
Ina sport filled with so much uncertainty, where anyone can beat anyone else on any given day, for so long Simona Halep was one of the few pillars of consistency at the top of women’s tennis. She landed inside the top 10 aged 22 in 2014 and for seven and a half years she stayed. … Read more
Nadal and Djokovic make grass court return in Hurlingham Follow live scores and updates as Rafael Nadal faces Felix Auger-Aliassime in an exhibition match in the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic this afternoon, as the 22-time grand slam champion steps up his Wimbledon preparations. Nadal will take to the court in west London just hours after … Read more
