Tennis

Historic doubles performance headlines strong showing for men's tennis at ITA Cup

By Jack Krasnof | October 18

Five individuals from the men’s tennis team took the flight down to Georgia to compete at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Cup this past weekend. Senior Vuk Vuksanovic qualified by winning an ITA Regional singles title at the New England Regional Championships hosted by Tufts. Doubles pair junior Javier Gonzalez and first-year Stavros Mastrogamvrakis, as well as doubles pair juniors Sacha Maes and Alex Ganchev, both qualified by reaching the ITA New England Regional doubles finals.

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Stand-out first-year performances highlight ITA Regionals to kick off the women’s tennis season

By Keriann Slayton | September 27

Tufts women’s tennis traveled to Bowdoin College in Maine last weekend to launch their fall campaign by competing in Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals over the course of two days. On Sept. 21, first-year Melanie Woodbury won her first two collegiate matches to advance to the Round of 16 in the “A” singles draw, while her fellow first-year Brooklyn Bindas handled Sanjana Kumar of Brandeis University to advance in “B” singles.

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Tennis

Sports and Society: Tennis isn't a sport

By Oliver Fox | September 15

Until last week, I would have had a different opinion. Tennis has all the hallmarks of a sport: competition, athleticism, clearly defined rules and even uses a ball. Surely that’s a sport, right?Wrong.

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Tennis

Tennis brings love to the House of Blues

By Madeleine Aitken | April 11

Romance between band members is a tale as old as time — as old as music, at least — and it usually doesn’t end well. Take ABBA, The Mamas and the Papas, The White Stripes or the ubiquitous Fleetwood Mac. But Tennis, an indie pop duo made up of husband and wife Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, is a lovely exception who seem to have cracked the code to marriage and music. On tour for their sixth album, “Pollen” (2023), released on Feb. 10, they brought their ballads to the House of Blues on April 3. 

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Viewpoint

Roger Federer: A human first and a tennis legend second

By Idil Kolabas | September 30

Who is Roger Federer? A legend in the tennis world? A humble Swiss ball boy? When asked by Joe Sabia in the “73 Questions” series for Vogue, he said he wanted to be remembered as “philanthropic” and “a good tennis player.” I am here to tell you that both descriptions are understatements of who he is, both as a tennis player and a philanthropic foundation president.

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Tennis

Senior Profile: Isaac Gorelik’s impact on tennis

By Steven Landry | May 22

“Everyone on our team knows Isaac has the best forehand in the country.”

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Women’s tennis improves to 8–2 with trio of wins

By David Cooperman | April 11

The Tufts women’s tennis team, ranked No. 10 nationally, pushed its record to 8–2 overall and 3–2 in the NESCAC with a strong two weeks that included three dominant wins against Babson, Brandeis and Connecticut College, along with a tightly contested defeat against Wesleyan.

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News

Tufts removes Harleston basketball hoops for tennis court space, commits to new hoop installation at later date

By Odessa Gaines | October 22

Tufts University removed the basketball hoops located outside Harleston Hall in an effort to create more court space for the men’s and women’s varsity tennis teams in early October. The decision temporarily removes the only available outside space for Tufts pickup basketball players.

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News

With Vouté Courts still unusable, Tufts varsity tennis teams continue use of South Courts

By Skyler Goldberg | September 29

The Vouté Tennis Courts on Professors Row remain unusable due to the modular housing units installed on top of the courts in 2020. This has caused Tufts’ varsity tennis teams to hold practices and games on the South Courts by Harleston Hall, as they did last year.

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Tennis

Serena Williams' powerful fashion, through the years

By Colette Smith | April 21

Serena Williams is both a fashion trailblazer and one of the greatest athletes of all time. She has a history of using fashion to support her activism, with her most recent statement coming in the semifinals of the 2021 Australian Open in February. While she has always pushed boundaries and broken glass ceilings with her supreme athletic ability and talent, Williams has used her platform to support women in a variety of ways.

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Tennis

Women's tennis sweeps Brandeis in first match this season

By Eric Spencer | April 9

The No. 11 ranked Tufts women’s tennis team marked the return of Tufts sports on Saturday with a dominant 9–0 victory over Brandeis in Waltham. While no spectators were permitted at the match, it was the first Tufts athletics competition this year. The match also marked the season opener for the Brandeis Judges.

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Columns

Power to the Players: Djokovic is victorious, but his track record is still questionable

By Isaac Karp | February 23

Djokovic has a problematic track record that includes making disparaging comments about equal pay for women and questioning the validity of COVID-19 precautions and vaccines. Yet, as opposed to Federer and Nadal, who often side with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) over the players, Djokovic has become a prominent voice in the call for reform in tennis. 

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Tennis

Jumbos best Judges in prolonged Wednesday battle

By Yuan Jun Chee | March 30

The Jumbos are off to a 5-1 start to the season, defeating the Brandeis Judges 6-3 in their first home match of the season. Prior to that, the No. 12 Tufts spent spring break in California and came out with a 4-1 record, initially beating Oberlin 8-1, Carleton 9-0, No. 21 Wisconsin Whitewater 9-0, ...

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Led by Gregor, Jumbos hope to build on 2014-15 campaign

By Alex Schroeder | September 4

Last year, the men's tennis team finished the spring season with some of its more promising results in recent history. The Jumbos earned their highest seed ever in the NESCAC tournament -- No. 4 -- and they were right on the edge of earning an at-large bid for the NCAA Div. III tournament.This ...

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Tufts falls to Bowdoin in tight match to close regular season

By raypaulbiron | April 26

The men's tennis team was defeated by the No. 8 Bowdoin Bears on Friday by a score of 5-4 in the Jumbos' final contest of the regular season. The No. 30 Jumbos end the season ranked sixth in the NESCAC with a 4-4 record, which is good enough to qualify them for a bid in the NESCAC tournament, ...

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Tufts defeats Williams for first time since 1989

By Ray Paul Biron | April 23

The men’s tennis team defeated No. 20 Bates College yesterday afternoon 7-2 and NESCAC rival No. 14 Williams College 6-3 on Sunday to improve to 8-6 on the season and 4-3 in the NESCAC. It was the first time the Jumbos have defeated the Williams Ephs since 1989.The No. 30 Jumbos began the match with ...

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Tennis

Jumbos return to winning ways over long weekend

By Steven Hefter | April 21

The women’s tennis team returned to action this Patriot’s Day weekend with three matches, two of which came on the road and one of which took place on the Voute Courts at home. Tufts, ranked 19th nationally and eighth in the Northeast region, took on No. 30 Wellesley on Friday, Conn. College on ...

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Tennis

Tufts drops three straight matches to NESCAC opponents

By Steven Hefter | April 15

After starting the NESCAC with two wins at Colby and Bates, the No. 19 Tufts women’s tennis team has dropped its past three league matches against No. 3 Amherst, No. 33 Trinity and No. 17 Wesleyan. The team, despite its recent losing streak, maintains a 2-3 conference record and can still salvage ...

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Tufts comes just shy of pulling off upset against No. 2 Emory

By Ray Paul Biron | April 14

The men’s tennis team fell 5-4 to No. 2 Emory College on Saturday. The loss dropped them to 3-6 on the season. The No. 30 Jumbos came just one point shy from pulling off the monumental upset. Tufts has now dropped its last five matches after beginning the season 3-1. The Jumbos fell behind 2-1 in ...

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Tufts falls to reigning national champions 7-2

By Ray Paul Biron | April 6

The men’s tennis team lost on Saturday to No. 5 Amherst 7-2, falling to 3-3 on the season and 0-1 in the NESCAC. Both of Tufts’ points came from first-years, as the doubles team of Zain Ali and Griffin Brockman claimed victory over Amherst seniors Jon Cypers and Andrew Scheiner. Ali was also able ...

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