No. 5 Tomas Berdych defeated Junior Tennis Champions Center alum Denis Kudla yesterday on Louis Armstrong Stadium, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3. In the early stages, Kudla was the aggressor as his backhand tracers caught the German off guard. "It was not easy at all. He made me work...
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Kudla US Open Second Round Primer
Denis Kudla marched on to the second round after he downed Jiri Vesely in a four set nail biter on Tuesday. No. 5 Tomas Berdych stands between Kudla and the third round. The two will face off on Louis Armstrong today. They are the second scheduled match with play...
Riske US Open Second Round Primer
Junior Tennis Champions Center's Alison Riske dispatched of Tsvetana Pironkova on Monday to advance to Round 2 of the US Open. She is pitted against No. 28 Mona Barthel. The match is slated for Court 13 and is third in the order of play. Second Round: Alison Riske...
Kudla and Riske US Open First Round Primer
Junior Tennis Champions Center's Denis Kudla and Alison Riske take the court today to commence their US Open journey. They are both the last scheduled matches on their respective courts (Court 10 for Kudla and Court 4 for Riske). First Round: Denis Kudla v. Jiri...
Usue Arconada to partake in US Open festivities
Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), the area's world-class tennis training facility in College Park, Md., is proud to announce that Usue Arconada will take center court at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday, August 24 to help kick off the US Open. Arconada is one of...
Director of Tennis, Vesa Ponkka, Featured in Washington Post
The best part of this game is that it is an individual sport. You take the blame; you keep the glory. Nobody can help you out. You are so alone when you get out there it’s not even funny. You have to learn to be strong. You have to learn to trust yourself. It’s up to...
Eight JTCC players bound into second round of ITF
Boys Main Draw (First Round Results) -No. 10 seed Ken Onishi def. Yancy Dennis (JTCC), 6-3, 6-1 -Thomas Mayronne (JTCC) def. Santiago Sierra, 6-1, 6-2 -Adrian Mex Ortiz def. Brian Tsao (JTCC), 6-3, 6-3. -Jordi Arconada (JTCC) def. Joao Menezes, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. -No. 9...
Cernoch advances to ITF main draw
Brian Cernoch of the Junior Tennis Champions Center tallied three wins this past weekend to earn a spot in the International Hard Court Championship main draw. He will square off with Alan Nunez Aguilera in the first round. In three qualifying rounds, the imposing...
JTCC set to host ITF Grade 1 tournament
The Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC) of College Park will host the second-annual International Tennis Federation Grade 1 Junior International Hard Court Championships Aug. 19-24. The Grade 1 tournament will feature 64 boys and 64 girls in the expanded draw,...