My best coach ever was a woman! This means a great deal, coming from someone in her fifties, who started playing tennis as an older teenager and has always had a coach. Since I picked up a racquet, I have had at least 10 private coaches and have taken lessons, at...
There were lots of expectations on Kristina Mladenovic heading into 2018. She had a breakthrough year in 2017 and finished the year ranked number 11 in the world in singles. Not bad for someone that had primarily been thought of as a double’s specialist. Many people...
One of the great perks of being a member of XS Tennis in Chicago is the fact that one gets to run into Kamau Murray on occasion. Kamau is the founder of XS Tennis Foundation and the coach of Sloane Stephens. Kamau’s main mission at XS Tennis is developing young...
