As one of the only wheelchair tennis player competing on a Southern California USTA 3.5 League team, Atif Moon says he appreciates opponents he faces who don’t take him lightly or ease up when playing against him. “Most of the players think it’s cool because they’ve never played someone in a wheelchair,” said the 31-year-old…

As a fundraiser kickoff event for a club tournament, “Serve-it-up-for-the-troops,” Seacliff CC is welcoming our Long Beach Wounded Warrior tennis clinic players who are disability patients at the Long Beach Veterans VHA Medical Center. The intent of this fundraiser is to benefit disabled veterans – who better to showcase local wheelchair tennis than our local…

Congratulations To All The Teams That Competed In The Adult 40 & Over Sectionals. It was very competitive with many match tiebreaks played. Everyone exhibited great sportsmanship through out the event. The winners will move on to Nationals in October, held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Orlando, FL and Mobile, AL. 3.0M Champ:  SGV ATC Dare…

The USTA Southern California has announced a Section-wide Captain Appreciation and Recognition program. For each league division (Adult 18 & Over, Mixed 40 & Over, etc.) a captain will be nominated by their Area League Coordinator for the Section Award.

Some final thoughts and observations from this past weekend’s USTA 16s and 18s National Championships, which took place at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego… Kudos to USTA National Director of Junior Tennis Bill Mountford for his aggressive and forward thinking idea to bring on longtime San Diego resident Lornie Kuhle to lead this…

USTA Southern California Announces 2017 League Captain Of The Year Program The USTA Southern California has announced a Section-wide Captain Appreciation and Recognition program. For each league division (Adult 18 & Over, Mixed 40 & Over, etc.) a captain will be nominated by their Area League Coordinator for the Section Award. The Adult Selection Committee…

Jacob Bullard was likely just too tired to muster up any negative displays of emotion or loud outbursts during last month’s USTA Clay Court Nationals. The 16-year-old Calabasas High junior said he’s been working on his on-court demeanor and it paid off as he was named the USTA’s Sportsmanship Award winner at the prestigious national…

Registration for the 89th Annual San Diego District Championships is still open but the deadline us coming up fast! Prize money and trophies will be awarded to finalists and winners. Tournament is played at the Balboa Tennis Club in Morley Field starting Friday thru Sunday, Aug. 25-27 and Labor Day weekend Saturday thru Monday, Sept.…

At this year’s BNP Paribas Masters at Indian Wells, American hopefuls Kayla Day and Taylor Fritz energized the crowd with spirited play and dreams of a forthcoming renaissance for Team USA Tennis. This week, the USTA announced that both will return to the big stage in New York for the 2017 US Open. The USTA…

Ashley Kratzer celebrates her win at the USTA Girls National Championships in La Jolla. Coming into this week’s USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships, 18-year-old Ashley Kratzer of Newport Beach, Calif., did not envision winning the hard court title at the Barnes Tennis Center. But the unexpected happened on Sunday afternoon as the third-seeded Kratzer finished…