College Park Tennis Club member Russell Fink achieved the highlight of his senior playing career two weeks ago at the USTA National Men's 85s Clay Court Championships, winning a silver ball by reaching the final in singles. This caps off a remarkable year of top...
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Remembering Vic Braden
Legend and Junior Tennis Champions Center Senior Advisor Vic Braden passed away yesterday morning at the age of 85 from a heart attack. The entire tennis community grieves this distressing loss and we offer our condolences to his wife, Melody, and four children, Kory...
Sam Querrey visits the JTCC as FILA mentor
Sam Querrey, currently ranked No. 61 in the world, visited the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC) in College Park, Md., as a part of the Fila® junior tennis mentorship program. Querrey visited with the young players, answered questions, taught warm-up drills and...
JTCC players win International Junior Challenge Finals
As Team USA, players from the Junior Tennis Champions Center secured a first place finish last week at the under 16 Junior Challenge Worldwide Finals held at Wimbledon. JTCC players Brian Tsao, Evan Zhu, Raveena Kingsley and Usue Arconada along with coach Ali Agnamba...
Tiafoe and Arconada to compete in Citi Open
Francis Tiafoe, the No. 6 ranked junior in the International Tennis Federation, has received a wild card entry to the main draw of the Citi Open® Tournament. It will be the College Park, Md., native's first foray into an ATP World Tour tournament's main draw. Tiafoe,...
JTCC delivers at inaugural Citi Open Wildcard Challenge
In spite of the sweltering DC heat and arduous competition, Usue Arconada and Francis Tiafoe, two Junior Tennis Champions Center players, prevailed in the inaugural Citi Open Wildcard Challenge on Tuesday afternoon. Usue, the No. 2 seed, defeated the No. 3 (Malika...
JTCC players among top juniors to represent USA
The USTA announced yesterday that JTCC players Raveena Kingsley, Usue Arconada, and Andrew Fenty are among the top young Americans selected to represent the United States in Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas (16-and-under) and the boys’ and girls’...
JTCC players crowned Easter Bowl Champions
. Up 5-2 in the first set, Francis Tiafoe started to feel the match slipping away. “I definitely could have made that a little easier,” he told The Desert Sun. “I was up in the first set and we were both playing ugly tennis.” His opponent, Nathan Ponwith, started to...
JTCC named 2013 Team USA Developmental Program of the Year
... WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Legendary tennis coaches Jerry Baskin, Nick Bollettieri, Robert Lansdorp and Jack Sharpe were each honored as Team USA Coaching Legends at the inaugural Team USA Coaching Awards reception held Wednesday alongside the ASICS Easter Bowl...