BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup

There’s only one indoor sports arena in the world that could attract twelve thousand fans on a Nor-easter night where Polar Bears would be scurrying for cover. During probably the worst winter storm of the worst winter in recent memory, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic squared off in the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden in New York City for the Billie Jean King Cup.
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February Musings – A-Rod and S-Peer

This is turning out to be one of the craziest weeks in sports for quite awhile. We have the Alex Rodriguez baseball steroid scandal. Investigators have claimed that A-Rod injected steroids during the 2001-2003 baseball seasons. He is the highest paid player in professional baseball. Sad story!
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Summer 2009 Camp Schedule Available

Hey everyone – quick update – the latest Summer 2009 Camp schedule is out, so please click below to have a look and make your tennis plans for the coming season!

Click here to view the latest PDF of my Summer 2009 Camp Schedule

Strength and honor…

In 2009, I will…

I will live this day as if it is my last.
And what shall I do with this last precious day which remains in my keeping? First, I will seal up its container of life so that not one drop spills itself upon the sand. I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes, yesterday’s defeats, yesterday’s aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?
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Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving weekend was anything but quiet at The Greenspring Racquet Club in Lutherville, Maryland. One hundred and sixty junior tennis players ranging in age from 7 years (8 and under division) to 18 years (18 and under division) whom participated in the annual Turkey Bowl Junior Tennis Classic.160 boys and girls playing for 3 days. Busy, two weeks before their onslaught, 30 juniors just in the 14 and under division played in the Yonex Junior Open at Greenspring Racquet Club run by yours truly.
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U.S. Open 2008 Report

Just a quick heads-up if anyone other than my wife and daughter go looking for me around the Labor Day weekend of the summer holiday.  I’ll probably be in New York at the United States Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows.  Why do I say this? The record shows that thirty-six out of the last thirty-eight years (but who is counting) you can find me roaming around the boroughs of Manhattan and Long Island, New York.
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Eulogy & Wimbledon Musings

Tricia Brooke Bowley

Our dear friend Tricia Brooke Bowley lost her courageous fight against Cystic Fibrosis on Friday, July 4th, 2008 at the Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson, Maryland. She was 37 years old. All prayers go out to her, her family, and her husband Jeff Carlson.

May peace be with you all.
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Cystic Fibrosis Hits Close to Home

Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that:

· clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and

· obstructs that pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.

In the 1950s, few children with Cystic Fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, advances in research and medical treatments have further enhanced and extended life for children and adults with CF. Many people with the disease can now expect to live into their 30s, 40s, and beyond.

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Recollections

What teenager came crashing into men’s professional tennis with a semi-final showing at the 1988 French Open exhibiting racket head speed and power seldom ever seen in the world of professional tennis? A career characterized by demin and flash. Over the years, fans saw him grow into his talent; sometimes they were disappointed. They felt that he had been cheating himself and them with so much wasted talent. But not the day he was lying on the green grass of the All England Club’s Centre Court savoring a five set first Grand Slam Title at the big “W,” Wimbledon.

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Welcome!

Welcome to my blog, and the first posting from the Steve Krulevitz Tennis Program and Krulevitztennis.com website. I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to three special people, Mike Hammer, Minky, and Rainbow for putting together the new website. They did a great job and worked very hard on it. So thanks to you, Hammer, Minky and Rainbow. We hope you like the website.

Every few weeks I will be writing about a variety of subjects, professional tennis players, the pro tour, charity, family, my past experiences as a pro player and future of the game of tennis.
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