The focus of two New York Times feature stories. Heaps of praise have been bestowed upon him from tennis scholars including Brad Gilbert. "That kid's got the talent to be a real player," Gilbert noted in a recent Grantland article. Last December, he captured the...
Two Junior Tennis Champions Center players have advanced in their respective international tournaments this week. In one case, it marks a career milestone. 16-year-old Francis Tiafoe has won his first ATP points and is into the quarterfinals of the USTA 10K Men’s...
After a successful run that included wins over No. 1 and No. 4 seeds, Junior Tennis Champions Center’s Andrew Fenty lost to No. 2 seed Nicola Kuhn (Spain) 6-3, 6-1 in the final of the Nike Junior International Teen Tennis tournament in Bolton, England. Play will now...
13-year-old Andrew Fenty of Junior Tennis Champions Center has advanced to the semifinals of the Nike Junior International Teen Tennis tournament with a 6-4, 6-2 upset of the No. 1 seed Yshai Oliel from Israel. Fenty will next play No. 4 seed Felix Auger Aliassime of...
A Frozen, Fertile Ground for Developing Tennis Players By BEN ROTHENBERG JAN. 5, 2014 COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Following tennis usually means chasing summer, with players training on sunbaked courts in Florida and California and traveling the globe in search of...
Francis Tiafoe is a finalist for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) December Male Athlete of the Month! In the male athlete category, Francis is the second youngest in the group. Show your support and cast your vote. You will need a Twitter account to cast a...
With Halloween around the bend, the results were fittingly eerie. On consecutive weekends this month, a former and current Junior Tennis Champions Center player secured a convincing victory at a top-level tournament. Their singles matches were dead ringers for one...
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...
All four teams from the USA qualified for the world finals during the North Central America & Caribbean final qualifying that was held in Montreal this weekend. Qualifying host nation Canada will join them at the World Junior Tennis finals in Prostejov. As...