Let the 2010 Australian Open Begin

Let the First Grand Slam of the Year Begin!! Australian Open is now Live!!

Exciting times for tennis players even the ones stuck in the snow. Who do you see winning the tourney this year, perennial favorites; Federer, Nadal or maybe Murray. Or maybe an upset from a player who is just playing better than the rest right now like Del Potro, Roddick or maybe Djokovic?

On the Women's Side it could be any one of a number of potential players: Henin, William Sisters?, maybe Safina, Clijsters, Jankovic or everyone's hopeful Ana Ivanovic. Day 1 results are already in and Maria Sharapova has already been bounced from the tourney by her countrywomen Maria Kirilenko.

All we really know is that there will be some great tennis, some lasting memories and the internal desire for ourselves to get out on the courts and play.

Here's some Day 1 Results:
Defending men's champion and second-seeded Rafael Nadal found his rhythm after a slow start to the first set and beat Australia's Peter Luczak 7-6 (0), 6-1, 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the Australian Open.

U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro beat American Michael Russell 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and No. 5 Andy Murray defeated South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.

Seventh-seeded Andy Roddick beat Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

American Mardy Fish, was beaten in his first-round match, losing 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 to wild-card entry Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan. American Wayne Odesnik beat Slovenian qualifier Blaz Kavcic 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.

In between rain delays, No. 11-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile beat Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 and Florian Mayer had an impressive comeback to beat Philipp Petzschner 0-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 6-2.

Here are some our new cities for 2010: San Antonio Tennis, San Diego Tennis, Austin Tennis

Congrats to the 2009 Player of the Years

In each city we track the most passionate players using the Player of the Year app. Shown here is the final results for Tennis-Miami's Player of the Year. Miami was by far our most passionate base of players who fell in love with our tennis league format.

The formula is based upon number of referrals to the league and points for playing matches in the league or the partner program.

Washington DC / No. Virginia winner: Phil Harris, with a record 420 pts.
Boston: Mark Stern
Chicago: Michael Braun
Los Angeles: Robert Brombach
Orange County: Peter Tran
San Francisco: Ihsan Elouafi
Miami: Brian Beno, also won an extra $50 gift card with 10 referrals in the year

Baltimore Tennis: Michael Smit
Denver: Bala Srinivasan
Minneapolis: Mark Mitchell
NYC: Lance Jordan
Philadelphia: Dedan Tolbert
Portland: Craig Ekstrand
St. Louis: Matthew Frein

We hope to have players of the year for the new cities like Tennis Orlando, Tennis Tampa Bay and Tennis San Antonio in 2010.

Players can now submit ratings on the tennis courts page

On our courts page:  Charlotte Tennis Courts, Miami Tennis Courts & Austin Tennis Courts players can now submit ratings based upon surface rating, lighting, management and busyness of the courts.  This has greatly improved the valuable information we are providing our members.

Each court can also be broken down by this data:

Key Biscayne - Crandon Park Tennis Ctr

Region:

Coral Gables & South Miami

Total # Tennis Courts: 26
# Clay Courts: 6
# Lighted Courts: 6
Has hitting wall?: No
Fee (Per Hour): None that we know about
Address: 6908 Rickenbacker Causeway
City, State Zip Code: Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Directions: Get Directions
Phone Number: (305) 365-2300

Matches Played Here: 127
Admin Notes: This will be where the 2009 Tennis League Network National Tourney will be run.

Success for Tennis League Network’s First National Tennis Tournament

Press release from Nov. 15, 2009

The first annual national tournament of the Tennis League Network(TLN), (http://www.tennisleaguenetwork.com/) which sponsors local online tennis communities in 34 cities, 'was a big success' says TLN CEO Steve Chagnon. Held Nov. 6-8 at Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, FL.

We crowned 4 national champions:
Men's 4.0: Steve Kushner out of Chicago
Men's 3.5: Jorge Vasquez out of Philadelphia
Men's 3.0: Gokul Venkatesan out of Chicago
Women's: Darlene Dykas out of Boston

The metro area leagues under the TLN umbrella serve to connect local, dedicated tennis players who want to play a lot of tennis. Matches are played predominantely on free public courts. Since 2006, there have been more than 42,000 matches played in which 2009 saw a 51% increase in on court connections.

Registration begins for 2010 programs on Jan. 1st. We plan on having an even bigger and better year with connecting players on the courts in the various communties:

DC: http://www.tennisdc.com/
Boston: http://www.tennisnortheast.com/
Chicago: http://www.chitowntennis.com/
Los Angeles: http://www.tennislosangeles.com/
Philadelphia: http://www.tennisphilly.com/
Miami: http://www.tennis-miami.com/
New York: http://www.tennisnewyork.com/
Orange County: http://www.tennisoc.com/
SF: http://www.tennissf.com/
Denver: http://www.tennisdenver.com/
Raleigh: http://www.tennis-raleigh-durham.com/
St. Louis: http://www.tennisstlouis.com/
Portland: http://www.tennisportland.com/
Seattle: http://www.tennis-seattle.com/
Atlanta: http://www.tennis-atlanta.com/
Baltimore: http://www.tennis-baltimore.com/
Charlotte: http://www.tennis-charlotte.com/
Cincinnati: http://www.tenniscincy.com/
Cleveland: http://www.tenniscleveland.com/
Twin Cities: http://www.tennisminneapolis.com/
Austin: http://www.tennis-austin.com/
Houston: http://www.tennis-houston.com/
Dallas: http://www.tennis-dfw.com/
San Antonio: http://www.tennissanantonio.com/
Phoenix: http://www.tennisphoenix.com/
San Jose: http://www.tennissanjose.com/
Orlando: http://www.tennis-orlando.com/
Tampa: http://www.tennistampabay.com/
San Diego: http://www.tennissd.com/
Indy: http://www.tennisindianapolis.com/
Richmond: http://www.tennisrichmond.com/

Free Tennis Partner Program has been kicked off in Raleigh-Durham

The first of several Free Tennis Partner programs has been kicked off in the Raleigh-Durham location. We're communicating with the community to get as many tennis players as we can connected out on the courts. The goodwill program is also being offered in Dallas, Orange County and Miami.

First 20 Match Player of 2008: Robert Nazy, Tennis LosAngeles

Congrats to Robert Nazy on meeting up with 20 Tennis Los Angeles Partners over the 10 week Spring season. It takes a great amount of effort and passion to make it happen. 
Per the $10 for 10 rule, Tennis League Network has given Robert a free season for his dedication. Here's Roberts comments on the season: "Thank YOU for setting up the league. I enjoyed playing all the guys and it was a challenge adapting to the different styles of play. Most all the guys were friendly, personable, and most importantly, all had decent weapons on the court with which to compete at a high level of play. I had some very tough matches, which were the most enjoyable. It’s much more fun when the game is close and I get pushed physically and mentally."

Announcing TennisDenver.com

In our effort to servicing all the major metropolitan locations, we proudly announce the 12th location in the Tennis League Network: www.TennisDenver.com Metro Denver's online Tennis League. We'll be working hard to try to get a Fall League together for the participants.

4/3 New Software has arrived

The league constantly working to improve the over-all experience for the players. Connecting players with other great partners just isn't good enough.  So we have got the beta version of the new software layout online for Tennis Philly participants. We now have login access for player's contact information, more information for players who are members and the new Tennis Partner Program software.  The plan is to have all the cities online with the new software by May.

Spring is near for some cities, here for others!!

After a long winter it's great to know that spring is close. TennisDC will be kicking off its first season of the 2008 tennis year on Monday while Los Angeles and San Francisco players have been off and meeting up on the courts. The nice weather can't come soon enough for Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia players. Can you smell it? outdoor tennis is near.

Signed Partnership with the #1 Online Retailer: Tennis Warehouse

Tennis League Network, LLC has finalized its negotiations with Tennis Warehouse to provide players easier access to the largest depth of tennis products in the online world. We are also excited to announce that Tennis Warehouse has sponsored the Prize Pool to reward players after their accomplishments on the courts.