USTA / Midwest Foundation Grants

List of USTA / Midwest Scholarships and Grants

Secrets of Johanna Konta's rise to stardom revealed by mind coach

Secrets of Johanna Konta's rise to stardom revealed by mind coach
Good article on centering your focus on what you can control, and positive thinking and visualisation strategies.

Ohio State Triple Header Wednesday

Ohio State Men's Tennis has a triple-header tomorrow January 20th.  The matches are:
10:30 AM Dayton
3:30 PM Butler
6::00 PM Xavier
Ohio State starts the season ranked #10 and has 2 players ranked in the top 10.  They are projected to have one of if not the toughest schedules in the country, playing non-conference matches against Oklahoma, Georgia, Notre Dame, Florida, Texas A&M, Texas and more.
2016 schedule
In depth season preview by College Tennis Today.

Midwest Level 4

Congratulations to Alex Cash for getting 3rd place at the Girls 18s Midwest Level 4 Championships in Wisconsin.  She won the 4 matches including a 6-4 6-4 win in the 3rd place match.

Great Stretch for Tennis Elbow

Midwest Indoor Championships

Congratulations to Kevin Metka and Gabe Higgs for winning the Midwest Indoor Championships
prize money tournament.  Congrats to Kevin for also sweeping the Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles with Kirsten Flower.  Metka defeated Kallim Stewart in the finals 7-6 7-6.  All matches in the doubles were won in 3rd set tiebreakers including the finals against Jordan Parker and Bradley Holt.

USTA National Winter Boys 14s Doubles Champion

Congratulations to Robert Cash who won a gold ball, winning the USTA National Winter Boys 14s Doubles Championship with Nathan Jose last week in Arizona.  The 4 seeds did not drop a set the entire tournament.  They defeated James and Thomas Yu 6-4 6-4 in the finals, who won the Gold Ball at Winters in 2013.  In the semis they defeated the 7 seeds 7-6 6-1.

National Winter Girls 12s Consolation Champion

Congratulations to Maddie Atway for winning the West Consolation at the USTA Girls 12s National Winter Championships last week in Arizona.  After losing her 1st round match in 3 sets, she won 6 rounds including defeating a seed.

Midwest Winter Doubles Finalists

Congratulations to Stu Brdicka and Jordan Phelps for reaching the Finals of the Midwest Boys 16s Doubles Winter Championships in Cincinnati last week.  They defeated the 3 seeds and lost 9-7 to the 1 seeds in the Final.