Francisco Montoya

The story goes that when the last crew of GREAT men American players was active (Sampras, Chang, Agassi, and Courier), a person would walk into the player lounge area of … Read more

It only takes a few minutes watching Rafael Nadal in person to realize what incredible natural ability he was “born” with. Standing at a big and strong 6’2” of height … Read more

The tournament system in the US has to be used as a positive tool for our youngsters to develop throughout the difficult junior years. The fact that we have opportunities … Read more

As a junior player, I was not a doubles’ specialist because there was not such a thing. Doubles were a part of the national and international events that I competed … Read more

I had a nice conversation with a family from the Netherlands who is considering moving to the Boston area next year, and they wanted to find out more about what … Read more

During the mid 1990s, one of the touring professional players who would stop by and do short training blocks at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy was an American guy named … Read more

Back in 2005, two of the most promising 18-year-olds in the world had to face each other in the first round of the US Open main draw. The names are … Read more

At the beginning of August of this year, my wife told me to leave a particular Friday evening open at the end of the month because she had gotten tickets … Read more

In Colombia, we don’t have a holiday celebration like Thanksgiving. For me growing up, it was simply something that we saw in all the TV shows, but I actually had … Read more

When the USTA had its national training center in Boca Raton (Before they moved to Orlando), they had a series of banners around the courts with famous sayings from former … Read more