Siem “Sam” Woldeab picked up a tennis racket at age 7 as a fun summer activity. His family lived across the street from the Helix Charter High School tennis courts, so it was an easy choice. After a few lessons, however, he knew tennis was his sport.  Recently, the United States Tennis Association’s Player Development…

The Chase Return the Serve Fun Day event returns to Los Angeles for the fourth straight year on Friday, July 14, at StubHub Center in Carson. First Break Academy, in partnership with JP Morgan Chase Bank and the USTA Foundation, will serve as the local L.A. host of the event, which is a celebration of…

Talk about humble beginnings learning the game of tennis, John Thomas has us all beat. The 46-year-old PTR certified tennis instructor from Koreatown first checked out the courts in his neighborhood just north of downtown L.A. in his young 20s. A former star athlete from North Carolina, Thomas became infatuated with the game after a…

He had just come from a disappointing clay tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, dropping his second match of qualifying rounds by posting a bagel at the back end of a straight set loss. Due in Korea one week later for a hard court Challenger, Daniel Nguyen considered packing up and heading back to the States. “I…

21st Annual Southern California Wheelchair Sectional Players from Arizona, Northern California, San Diego and the greater LA area competed in Open, A, B and C divisions at the Lakewood Tennis Center on June 3 & 4, 2017. The two day tournament welcomed new players as well as returning experienced players. There were no easy wins…

Before the Angel City Games, I thought I had seen it all. As a tennis coach for six years in Philadelphia – the City of Brotherly Love – I have worked with kids ranging from 4 to 14 years old. However, on a picture perfect day on the campus of UCLA last month, feeding tennis…

The finals of the 131st Annual Southern California Open Sectionals were completed last weekend at the Lakewood Tennis Center in Lakewood. The final results were: Men’s Singles: Warren Wood (Del Mar) def. Daniel Kosakowski (Downey), 6-4, 6-4 Men’s Doubles: Robert Baylon (Buena Park)-Patrick John Tierro (Costa Mesa) def. Cecil Mamiit (Pasadena)-Jack Pulliam (Manhattan Beach), 6-3,…

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Defending Mylan World Teamtennis Champion San Diego Aviators To Host Maria Sharapova And Orange County Breakers In 2017 Home Opener Match Scheduled for 6 p.m. (PT) Sunday, July 16 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad The defending Mylan World TeamTennis champion San Diego Aviators will open their 2017 campaign by hosting former…

Daniel Kosakowski, Billy Rowe, Joshua Ortlip and Warren Wood all won quarterfinal matches in the Men’s Open Singles division on Friday at the 131st Annual Southern California Open Sectionals taking place at the Lakewood Tennis Center. In the Women’s Open final, it will be Kelly Chen of Cerritos taking on San Diego’s Jwany Sherif in…