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… News and notes from across the New York Metro tennis community
Golovcsenko of Tennis Innovators Former Eastern Star McHale Captures February Challenger Returns to National Tennis Center Nathan Golovcsenko of Tennis Innovators defended his home courts by winning the L2 Boys 14s Tennis Innovators Academy February Challenger. Golovcsenko won a thrilling match over second-seed Michael Hart, 7-5, 4-6, 13-11, before winning the final 6-4, 6-0 over Henry Nicklin.
Former USTA Eastern standout Christina McHale took some time out of her schedule to stop by the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and hit with some current USTA Eastern junior players.
Stephens Heads Upstate to Win Cornell Title
Cary Leeds Partners With NYPD for Volley Against Violence The Cary Leeds Center for Tennis and Learning spent several weeks participating in Volley Against Violence, a community/police engagement tool designed to bring youth and uniformed police together through fun yet vigorous physical activities. The goal of the event was to create opportunities for inform mentoring, relationship building and the learning of life-skills. The event was put on by the New York Police Department’s 42nd Precinct who provided the leadership and officers for the program.
Shand Stephens of New York City and Advantage Tennis Clubs won the Boys 16s title at the L1 Reis Tennis Center January Championships at Cornell, winning all three of his matches in straight sets and dropping just nine games on his way to the victory. He beat Robbie Werdiger 6-2, 6-1 in the tournament’s final.
Proform’s Rios Returns to Dominican Republic
Juan Oscar Rios, Academy director at Proform Tennis Academy, recently took a trip to the Dominican Republic to give back to the country in which he lived for 12 years as a kid. He gave clinics and coaching seminars at no charge for three days with more than 50 local kids. NYTennisMag.com • March/April 2017 • New York Tennis Magazine
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