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Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons Celebrate 50 Years
More than 50 years ago, Jerry and Helene Beaver, Harvey Bottlesen, and others gathered around a rock near the newly finished Santa Barbara Tennis Club. As they gazed over the promising vista, they contemplated the future. The topic of discussion: a nascent concept of a junior tennis program. Little did they know this modest idea…
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Storms Into Antwerp SFs | ATP Tour
Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to his first tour-level semi-final since winning the Los Cabos title in August with a clean performance on Friday night at the European Open in Antwerp. The top-seeded Greek beat Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3 to record back-to-back tour-level singles wins for the first time since that Los Cabos run. The victory saw…
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Rafa Nadal: If I’m well and he wants, I’d love to play with Alcaraz in the Olympic Doubles
Rafa Nadal is coming to an end of a glorious career in professional tennis, and there is a degree of irony at the fact as one Spanish legend is due to depart the sport, there is already a ready-made replacement. Wimbledon champion, Carlos Alcaraz, is arguably the best player in the world at this moment,…
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Challenging times: Meet the Arab players chasing tennis dreams away from the limelight
Three weeks ago, on a hard court in Charleston, South Carolina, Jordanian teenager Abdullah Shelbayh became the first player from his country to win an ATP Tour Challenger title, as well as the youngest Arab to do so. Seven days later, on a clay court in Lisbon, Portugal, Lebanon’s Benjamin Hassan knocked out former top-20…
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COMME des GARÇONS’ New Nikes Are Quiet… Too Quiet
COMME des GARÇONS and Nike’s longstanding relationship constantly keeps us on our toes, ranging from the over-the-top takes on classics or stripped-down tributes that keep the essence of the original silhouettes. Keeping in line with the latter, CdG BLACK’s take on tennis GOAT John McEnroe’s preferred Nike sneaker is its simplest yet. The Nike Tennis…
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Rafael Nadal says he’s feeling ‘better’ but isn’t ‘setting deadlines’ for his return to tennis
CNN — Rafael Nadal says he’s not setting any “deadlines” for his long-anticipated return to tennis, with the Spaniard still recovering from a hip injury. The 22-time grand slam champion has been out of action since the Australian Open in January and underwent surgery in June which ruled him out for the rest of the…
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Rafael Nadal says he’s feeling ‘better’ but isn’t ‘setting deadlines’ for his return to tennis
Ben Church, Patrick Sung and Pau Mosquera, CNN October 20, 2023 at 11:39 AM Rafael Nadal says he’s not setting any “deadlines” for his long-anticipated return to tennis, with the Spaniard still recovering from a hip injury. The 22-time grand slam champion has been out of action since the Australian Open in January and underwent…
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Another tennis player handed hefty suspension following failed drugs test
<!– –> The International Tennis Integrity Unit have been busier than it might have wanted to be over the course of 2023 and now another player has been handed a long ban. Brazilian player Victor Bini has been suspended from the sport for a period of 13 months following a breach of the Tennis Anti-Doping…
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Tennis: Shintaro Mochizuki continues surprising run in Tokyo
World No. 215 Shintaro Mochizuki advanced to the semifinals of tennis’ Japan Open on Friday, defeating 41st-ranked Australian Alexiei Popyrin. A day after he came from a set down to defeat top seed Taylor Fritz at Tokyo’s Ariake Colosseum, Mochizuki took down Popyrin 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 in their Day 5 quarterfinal of the ATP 500…
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Schreiner University – Assistant Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES Effectively perform duties associated with building a highly successful Men’s and Women’s Tennis program and help create a culture of excellence in everything the program does for student-athletes as directed by Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach. The successful candidate should demonstrate and support a commitment and sensitivity to diversity, gender equity,…
