Summary Of J. R. Moehringer's Open

In order to establish exigence, Hogan relays his personal experiences about his times playing tennis to the reader. The author makes it clear that, in the words of the colonel, “Tennis is the one game that, once you learn it, you will be able to play for the rest of your life.” As a result, Hogan reveals how he played it every year of his life since he was first introduced to the game (Hogan,106). In his narrative, the author tells the reader that, with the help of the Colonel, tennis helped him find focus and a way to relax. Because he was not the best at the sport, the author was able to learn to be happy not by being the number one player on the tennis courts, but instead finding joy in the magnitude of his skill. Hogan tells the reader that even though the sport has changed since he first started playing, from a rich man's sport to a competitive

On the afternoon of August 8th, 2016 a young girl was facing the tennis match of her life. The Girls 14s Nationals were coming to a close and the championship trophy was only 3 games and 1 set away. Everything she had dreamed for was so close, yet so far. The extremely sunny sky glared into her eyes, making it impossible to think. But she couldn’t lose hope now, if she won this match, she would be crowned the Girls 14s Nationals Champion for Tennis. All she had to do was clutch this game. Just a few more points…

During the earlier years of my tennis career, about the age of seven, my parents had learned of a nearby organization at Watkins Park Maryland. The organization was known as the Prince George’s Tennis and Education Foundation. It was here where I began to make my largest strides in my life, both academically and athletically.

Tennis is more than just a sport for Damien Heller-Chen, it is a lifestyle. When he was six years old, he got introduced to tennis and found it as a very enjoyable sport. Many sports are intense and competitive, which is why Heller-Chen chose tennis, as he fell in love with a less competitive sport. Heller-Chen enjoys the feeling of having control in the game. He feels empowered since he is center stage of the game and not on a team. Tennis takes dedication as he practices for eight to 14 hours a week at The Boars Head.

Purpose Statement: The purpose of my speech is to inform my audience about the history of tennis and about tennis itself.

become an Amercian professional tennis player which is one of the greatest of all time. She uses grit which means passion and perseverance to achieve long term goals. As she overcome challenges throughout her life as a tennis player. Her hard work and practice has taken her a long way.

His great success in tennis carried on into college, so he decided to play tennis for the Dutch and just so happened to be the best player on the team. He had an excellent scholarship due to his academic success and kept the scholarship throughout all of his years. Lucas wishes he would have studied more while he was in college instead of just getting by as easy as he could. He described college as one of the most fun times of his life because he did not have class all day so he could do whatever he wanted whenever, plus living with his friends did not urge him to be the most studious student. He also informed me about how much time tennis took from his college life, not being paid to play, he would have to practice a lot and would be involved in many things with tennis taking away time from his studies. However, it did not take as much time away from him as football players because Lucas informed that at Central that the football players were pretty much full time players. They had lift weights four times a week and practice even more. The tennis players did not have to put in as much time but he expressed how it was a pain taking so much time out of his day which could have been used for work, studying, or relaxing. Although, he did not want to take playing tennis for granted because he loved the sport and was extremely good at

My ascent to the Baylor Men’s Tennis Team is a story of using relentless hard work to accomplish a goal that seemed like a long shot

In the autobiography, No One Makes It Alone, by Andrew A Valdez, we learn more or less on how one man’s decision to pull Andy off the streets, and have him pursue tennis, changed Andy’s entire life for better. Even though my older brother Omar was not influenced by a certain person he is still pursuing his dreams and trying to accomplish all his goals in life. Andy and Omar both learned how play sports and they knew that in order to improve they need to keep practicing and never give up. Omar and Andy are both self- doubting , curious, and hardworking individuals who have overcome obstacles in life, and still manage to keep positive attitudes.

I have been watching the U.S. Open religiously over these past two weeks. The world riveted and awe-struck as Serena Williams the greatest female tennis player to ever live approached the possibility of garnering a Grand Slam - winning four major championships within one calendar year - a feat last achieved in 1988. The world watched with bated breath as she meticulously defeated her opponents. Her victories were by no means easy. She struggled, she looked at times defeated, but in the change over between sets, in the seconds between one game and the next, she gathered her strength and kept pushing forward.

He is contrasting the image of the tennis game to the game of war as

However, current racial demographics and the experiences of black tennis players show that the sport is not very diverse. The current racial demographics of tennis proves discouraging to any people of color interested in playing and indicates

On a hot Monday evening on the 18th of January, my family, my parents, my sister and I went to watch a Tennis match. It was Roger Federer’s first Australian Open match in Rod Laver Arena. It was our first time watching one beyond the TV screen. Everyone but myself seemed to be excited, I personally didn’t really like tennis.

Similarly, the article from management today by Adam Gale discusses the lucrative deals coming from the sport. Dale states the “revenue from official partners at the ATP, which runs the worldwide men’s tour, has increased 215% in six years” (Dale). He said that the growth can be attributed to viewing experience that tennis provides, as mentioned in the Pilic Affair. He states that tennis is a far more “intimate” experience with spectators due to the television experience available today. He also claims that there is a large untapped market of young adults that may have glossed over the sport originally, which may prove to be profitable down the line. As a result, these readings show the popularization and monetization of the sport can be attributed to the development in the game, as well as the widespread media attention players currently receive. Unfortunately, there was not available literature on the effects of the time of a match on the outcome and wealth in the sport.

Mark Mathabane is born into the lifestyle of poverty in South Africa. During his lifetime he grew up surrounded by the actions of apartheid, during this he experienced starvation, violence, and the hatred of supremacist. School being a very rare thing for a young black boy to be enlisted in school, but Mark was one of the lucky boys. Begging to hate school, Mark learned to make it into a passion, it changed his world. During apartheid, the white power was dominant and held most power, just like America during segregation the black and whites were not allowed to be together. Ignoring the law, Mark traveled to the white sections of South Africa to play tennis. Trying to get out of South Africa, he pursues his tennis career in hopes for a scholarship,