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...
In a year of firsts for 16-year-old Junior Tennis Champions Center player Francis Tiafoe, Monday provided arguably the biggest so far: an ATP main draw debut in prime time on center court at his hometown Citi Open, to be broadcast live on national television. With...
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,...
Junior Tennis Champions Center is very pleased to announce a new addition to the JTCC Team: Sean Maymi will join the staff as a Senior Coach, effective July 15. Maymi is considered one of the most comprehensive developmental coaches in the country. He offers a...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Taka Bertrand, who spent the past two seasons as head coach at St. John's, has been named Swensen-McMahon Head Coach of Women's Tennis at Yale. Bertrand brings NCAA Tournament experience as both a coach (at the University of Chicago) and as a player...
For the second consecutive year, JTCC alum Denis Kudla was ousted in the second round of the Wimbledon Championships. In a scant 88 minutes, Kei Nishikori, the No. 10 seed, downed the American in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. A point in the second set with Nishikori...
Junior Tennis Champions Center alum Denis Kudla will take on Marsel Ilhan (TUR) tomorrow on Court 8 at the Wimbledon Championships. They are the first scheduled match with the opening serve set for 11:30 am (local time). This will mark Kudla's second appearance at...
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...
. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN09JMkR69U Déjà vu. On his 28th birthday, The King of Clay again enlisted the assistance of a JTCC junior player to participate in his practice routine. Five years ago, Denis Kudla's (JTCC alum) junior French Open first round match...