A Look at the 2019 Transition Tour & Its Impact
I received the following article from a long-time member of the ParentingAces Community. She put a lot of effort into dissecting and explaining the new ITF Transition Tour and...
When PPR Goes Awry
USTA has been using the Points Per Round (PPR) ranking system for many years, and, for the most part, it works relatively well. At the beginning...
US Open Musings Day 14
This was a very interesting US Open to say the least! Between the heat, the questionable decisions by various chair umpires throughout the two weeks, and the scoring and...
US Open Musings Day 11
As I reported yesterday, the junior matches were scheduled to begin an hour later - at noon - today, so I took my time packing my luggage and getting...
US Open Musings Day 9
It was an interesting day, that's for sure, and it lasted well into Wednesday thanks to a scorcher of a match between Dominic Thiem of Austria and Rafa Nadal...
US Open Musings Day 8
One of my favorite parts of being at the US Open and watching the juniors compete is meeting the parents. Over the past almost-7 years, I have met some...
US Open Musings Day 7
Day 7 saw the beginning of the US Open Junior Championships singles main draws at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In an effort to promote sportsmanship,...
US Open Musings Day 6
I had a really interesting day at The Open today, starting with the bus ride from the Grand Hyatt to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. I was...
US Open Musings Day 3
It was a rough, very hot, day for the former college players at the US Open. There were 7 on yesterday's schedule and only 2 of them - former...
US Open Musings Day 2
What a first day of the tournament - wow! We had top seed Simona Halep lose to Estonian Kaia Kanepi in straight sets. We had some amazing 5-setters, most...
