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Happy New Year from USTA Colorado! For the past several months, the elves at USTA Colorado have been hard at work, preparing for the 2017 Big Book of Colorado Tennis and retooling our venerated BLAST! newsletter. After much tinkering, testing and tweaking, we are excited to introduce our new BLAST!, which is making its debut today….
Join USTA Colorado for the Colorado tennis community’s biggest and brightest night of the year! You’re invited to help the Colorado Tennis Hall of Fame welcome four new members to its ranks, and to help celebrate the 2016 recipients of USTA Colorado’s Annual Awards. Register now for the 2017 Colorado Tennis Hall of Fame Gala and…
The 2016 NTRP Ratings are now available! Each year, the USTA publishes year-end NTRP Ratings around the beginning of December. Many questions about ratings can be answered by reading the information on this page. If you have a question that isn’t answered on this website, please send an email to Jason Rogers. Questions will only…
It’s an annual rite of passage for most avid Colorado tennis players…. Waiting outside in the snow, sometimes for hours — even days — to get a glimpse of the one person who will wipe away the doldrums of a dreary winter and deliver true happiness. But don’t worry, joy is just around the corner….
Tennis Industry magazine has named Game Set Match, Inc. as its 2016 Pro/Specialty Retailer of the Year. The honor was announced in the January 2017 issue. Game-Set-Match’s string of stores has been servicing the greater Denver area since 1989 — proof that brick-and-mortar is alive and well. To Adam Burbary and his talented staff it’s all about connecting with the customer and…
Tickets are now available for the 2017 Colorado Tennis Hall of Fame Gala and Annual Awards Celebration. The event will be held on Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Marriott Denver Tech Center. Cocktails will be served beginning at 5:30. At 7pm, there will be dinner, a liver auction and the program, featuring the induction…
In case you missed the coverage in your local paper of the 2016 Colorado Boys High School Tennis State Championships, we’ve got your back…. The 2016 Fall/Winter issue of Colorado Tennis newspaper features these headlines: Ross captures career repeat 4A singles crown, leads Kent to 4th straight team title Hill fulfills expectations, sends Creek coach…
Preparing for off-season? That sounds a little strange, doesn’t it? How do you prepare to take it easy? The good folks over at Porter Hospital have some words of wisdom for you, on how to take advantage of the off-season to help make next season even better. The key, as you’ll soon discover, is to…
The Fall/Winter issue of Colorado Tennis newspaper – the Official Publication of Tennis Lovers – is now online. Inside: Colorado League Tennis Denver metro area ranks second in the nation only to Atlanta. Colorado adult league participation rivals many Sections, many of which are comprised of multiple states. Given that Colorado’s climate provides unique challenges to…
Story by Blair Henley for USTA.com When Vicky Matarazzo was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, she had simple instructions for her doctors: They needed to perform the necessary mastectomy quickly so she could take her Special Olympics tennis players to nationals five weeks later. Her medical team obliged, and Matarazzo took her…