Defending Mylan World Teamtennis Champion San Diego Aviators To Host Maria Sharapova And Orange County Breakers In 2017 Home Opener Match Scheduled for 6 p.m. (PT) Sunday, July 16 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad The defending Mylan World TeamTennis champion San Diego Aviators will open their 2017 campaign by hosting former…

Daniel Kosakowski, Billy Rowe, Joshua Ortlip and Warren Wood all won quarterfinal matches in the Men’s Open Singles division on Friday at the 131st Annual Southern California Open Sectionals taking place at the Lakewood Tennis Center. In the Women’s Open final, it will be Kelly Chen of Cerritos taking on San Diego’s Jwany Sherif in…

As an elite performance expert, Dr. Michelle Cleere helps top athletes, musicians, and executives in competitive fields unlock the power of the mind and create the mental toughness to be the best. Dr. Michelle’s extensive academic background, which includes a PhD in Clinical Psychology and a Masters in Sports Psychology, allows her to help clients…

School might be out for the summer for most, but not for 15 dedicated and ambitious teachers.  Educator Cheri Borger from Grapevine Elementary School in Vista recently gathered some of her good friends from nearby community schools to play tennis on the North San Diego County playground. It was three hours of fun “blacktop tennis”…

Some of Southern California’s top men’s and women’s Open players took to the courts on Thursday in the 131st Annual Southern California Open Sectionals. Divisions in singles, doubles, mixed, and father-son are being contested and currently taking place at the Lakewood Tennis Center with the finals set for Sunday. In the Men’s Open Singles first…

This week’s #SoCalPROfile hails from Monterey Park – the young American doubles talent, Vania King! Most seventeen-year-olds have a lot on their plate – their first driver’s license, college and university tours, part-time jobs.  Not Vania King. At seventeen, King decided to become a professional tennis player, and two years later moved to Florida to train with Tarik…

Each week we visit our Champions of Southern California Tennis – those who go above and beyond to promote and grow the game throughout SoCal and beyond. These individuals and organizations deliver the game of tennis to a variety of audiences, often in places where the significance of tennis goes far beyond the court itself. As we share their…

Sun, sand and racquets help grow emerging sport It’s fast, engaging, fun — and its chief executive does not look like your everyday sports administrator. Dressed in shorts and T-shirt and sporting a year-round tan, Donny Young is chief executive of the Beach Tennis Association, which is arguably giving racquet sports a bit of an…

Cardio Tennis Participation Surges In Latest National Physical Activity Council Survey Ranked No. 1 in growth in a study of 118 sports, this tennis-based group fitness activity is helping millions of Americans achieve their health and wellness goals. More and more Americans are choosing Cardio Tennis, a high-energy group fitness workout that combines the best…

Back in 2005 when former Wimbledon singles finalist Chris Lewis made the decision to leave the comforts of his native land of Auckland, New Zealand, and move to the hustle and bustle of Irvine in Southern California, it was surely a case of New Zealand’s loss quickly becoming SoCal’s gain. Lewis accepted a job to…