skip schwarzman, Author at UBITENNIS

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I'm an ex-USPTA teaching pro who started playing when Laver was king. (In fact, Laver's still king.) Teaching gigs included Philadelphia, PA, USA, Fribourg and Romont, Switzerland, and Oxford, England. I first learned to teach from Mr. Frank X. Brennan, Sr., coach of Billie Jean King, who taught us that if we were good players we'd be welcome all over the world. He was right, as usual.
24 Articles

The Davis Cup: Then, Now, and….the Future?

Originally known as The International Tennis Competition, the annual competition began as…

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On Injuries…..

The injury trend among tennis pros, most especially ATP players, is an…

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On the Controversy Over Margaret Court Arena

The holder of 24 Grand Slam singles titles (and 64 overall, counting…

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Did A Perfect Storm Lead to the Hegemony of the Big Four?

As the 2018 season ramps up, and notwithstanding the ATP year end…

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Tweets I Should Have Posted

As Federer rolled through, over, and around both sides of David Goffin…

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Do We Really Get More Excited Because Of This?

  Just once I would like to see the marketing study that…

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A Deep Dive: Five Reasons Why The Calls To Change Davis Cup Are Generally Bogus

We are the Davis Cup Preservation Society / God save two man teams,…

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A Little of This, And Then That, plus The Audacity of Hope

After 3 days at the US Open last week, an unexpected opportunity…

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Out and About At The US Open

  Similar to my ubitennis compatriot’s piece, the Day Three Grounds Pass…

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One person’s entirely personal list of intriguing first round US Open women’s matches.

Please excuse the cut-and-paste, but here’s the same intro I used for…

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One person’s entirely personal list of intriguing first round US Open men’s matches.

Herewith follows an explanation of why I’d focus on these first round…

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2017 Wimbledon Qualifying at Roehampton to be a ticketed event

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), organizers of Wimbledon in association…

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Around the WTA at the Miami Open, Friday, March 24th

- submitted by Giovanni Vianello In WTA matches in Miami, Timea Babos,…

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Nick Kyrgios pulls from BNP Paribas at Indian Wells, citing food poisoning!

Nick Kyrgios, the always-news-worthy Aussie, just announced on Twitter that he's defaulting…

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There’s Enough Here For A Battalion Of Sports Psychologists….

Sam Querry and Nick Kyrgios’ paths to their semi-final match yesterday at…

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So, Is This Good For Tennis or No Good for Tennis?

My friend Phil K wrote me this morning, not long after Federer…

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Reversal of Rankings as Goffin tops Thiem

David Goffin become the first Belgian man to ever make the quarters…

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Five Things Tennis Can Do To Increase TV Ratings Without Changing Tennis

If the tennis community really wants to (excuse the expression) grow the…

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Fifth seed Kei Nishikori marches on into third round.

After his grueling 5 set win in round one against Alex Kuznetsov,…

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