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latest stories, news & tournament info
Steve Duffel | October 2022
Getting ready for 2023..... never underestimate the benefits of planning. Now is the time for looking forward to the 2023 Tournament Calendar and the changes surely to be made. October 1st was the deadline for Level 1,2, and 3’s tournaments to submit their applications to the USTA for review, scheduling and then for approval by the USTA Sanctioning Committee. Slowly, the USTA is releasing the approved tournaments and building the 2023 calendar.
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USTA 2023 Schedule
The USTA has commenced posting the 2023 tournament schedule. We are updating our Tournament List and will continue to update it regularly.
POSTPONED * POSTPONED
Due to Hurricane Ian this event has been postponed until April. More details to follow.
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September 2022
The USTA has posted the application information for the ITF World Team Championships. For age divisions - 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, the deadline is September 19, 2022. The other deadlines are in 2023. All the information can be found here
September 21-23, Wexford, PA
The National Senior Men’s Tennis Association (NSMTA) and Oxford Athletic Club (OAC) are excited to announce the second annual team doubles invitational tournament in the Pittsburgh area for senior men tennis players (ages 55+).
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August 2022
The Gordon Trophy is an annual tennis competition between the United States and Canada that was started in 1949. One of the goals of the Gordon Trophy is to encourage camaraderie and competition. This tradition continues to this day thanks to dedicated tennis players on both sides of the border. This website has been created to help share the experiences of our yearly competition.
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August 2022
This year’s Ralph Grieco Memorial doubles tournament was held July 17 to 20th at the beautiful Hound Ears Club in Boone, North Carolina. The event grew from four to six teams this year and expanded to play from three to four days. Each team fielded one court each of 65s, 70s and 75s.
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July 2022
While watching the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells this past week, the all too familiar scene on the tennis tour was injuries. The sport of tennis requires all-direction extreme lunging and movements. It requires incredible endurance. Injuries are inevitable in this physical sport, especially at the highest, most grueling levels. Injuries can short-circuit careers. Big names like Barty, Collins, Federer, Nishikori, Tsona, and Thiem are all recovering from injuries and unable to play.
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Paul Fein | July 2022
Neither a difficult introduction to tennis as a kid or various obstacles along the way deterred Tom Walker from embracing a sport he wound up enjoying for more than 60 years. In fact, the more he learned about tennis, the more he became fascinated. Tom, who now resides in White Plains, N.Y., earned a living as a highly successful coach, and he blossomed into an elite senior competitor. In this interview, he talks about the people who influenced and inspired him and the many joys he’s experienced playing and teaching tennis.
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June 2022
Did you know that the knee is the body’s largest joint? And it’s one of the strongest. Because the knee’s structure is complex, the joint is susceptible to many types of injuries – especially for athletes. The knee comprises an intricate network of muscles, tendons, bones, ligaments, cartilage, and fluid.
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Keith Richardson | June 2022
New NSMTA member Ward Snyder has written a book titled "Tennis Life." Ward interviewed 24 men and women about their individual journeys in this great game, from the Juniors, Coaching, College, and the Pro Tour. He has captured unique and interesting stories from players that most of our members will know, including Harold Solomon, Taylor Dent, Billy Martin, and even yours truly, to name a few!
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Jimmy Parker | May 2022
After reading the book, it’s not clear to me whether the author is a better writer or tennis player – he’s awfully good at both! Frankel has written many books on a multiplicity of subjects over several decades. In this book, just the idea of a quest for mastery – tennis or otherwise, hooked me.
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Jimmy Parker | April 2022
John doesn’t waste much time in answering the question that the title of the book poses! In the very first sentence of the book he states, “The ideal tennis teacher is an artist making use of current science.” There you have it, folks – no need to read further. However, if you do indeed continue reading, you’ll be rewarded with a wealth of knowledge gleaned from the author’s many years of playing and teaching at a high level.
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Jimmy Parker | April 2022
Many of our NSMTA members have enjoyed interesting, colorful, and productive careers off the court as well as on. In William King’s case, he has been quite proficient with a stringed instrument other than a tennis racquet for a long time. Growing up in a musical family, he eventually became adept at playing not only the guitar, but also the trumpet (his favorite), flute, piano, keyboard, and percussion. Originally though, William recalls he did his best to evade music lessons, preferring instead to duck out to play various sports. He is best known as one of the original Commodores, a Grammy-winning group that is still touring more than fifty years after getting together. Did I mention that he is also the group’s primary choreographer?
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Level 1 Points To ITF World Championships
Carolyn Nichols | March 2022
The USTA will award Level 1 points to the USTA players participating in the 2022 ITF Seniors and Super Seniors Individual World Championships in Palm Beach County, Florida. The dates of the Super Seniors (65-90, men/women, singles/doubles/mixed) will take place in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach Florida April 30-May 7.
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