The Mid-Atlantic section winners for the 15th Annual Arthur Ashe Essay Contest have been selected. National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) participants were asked to answer this question: "If you could follow in Arthur Ashe’s footsteps and ‘give back’ to tennis,...
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Francis Tiafoe still standing at USTA National Championships in Kalamazoo
Francis Tiafoe is two wins away from joining the pantheon of Gold Ball Champions. Tiafoe is the sole remaining Junior Tennis Champions Center player competing in the USTA National Boys' 16 and 18 Division Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He will strive to follow...
The Junior Tennis Champions Center (@TheJTCC): It’s Not Just for Kids
The Junior Tennis Champions Center: It's Not Just for Kids Alison Riske is no longer a junior player. But she liked what she saw so much at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Maryland, that she moved here from Hilton Head to join her coach, Yves...
Riske second round Citi Open preview
JTCC affiliated player Alison Riske will take on No. 5 seed Sorana Cirstea in the second round today at the Citi Open. They are scheduled as the second match on Grandstand 2. In their first round matches, Riske defeated Vania King, 6-3, 7-5 and Cirstea bounced Lesia...
Usue Arconada scores first professional win
FIDO. Forget It. Drive On. This mindset mantra concocted by her coach Frank Salazar guided Junior Tennis Champions Center player Usue Arconada in her first professional match this past Saturday, July 27. Usue was awarded a Citi Open wildcard spot in qualifying...
JTCC captures five JTT State Titles
In a crowded and record-breaking field of 63 squads, the teams representing the Junior Tennis Champions Center left an indelible impression. Over three days this past weekend (July 19 to July 21), the Tennis Center at College Park (TCCP) hosted the 2013 USTA Maryland...
Strong JTCC contingent to compete in Citi Open
Four players who trained at the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), the area’s world-class tennis training facility in College Park, Md., will be competing in the upcoming Citi Open tennis tournament at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center. The tournament...
Medical Timeout with Bill Tyner
Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) Bill Tyner has provided sport medicine services for USTA Regional Training Center camps and tournaments at the Tennis Center at College Park (TCCP) for the past 2 1/2 years. Bill has experience helping professional tennis players with...
Adult summer camp a smashing success
Smorgasbord. The term defined the camp in every which way. This past weekend, 25 tennis aficionados participated in the Tennis Center at College Park (TCCP) inaugural adult camp. The three day event was replete with dead and live ball drills, situational and match...