Throughout most of tennis history, rackets were made of wood. Heads were around 65 square inches, and some rackets came with fashionable trapezoid-shaped “cases”. Although graphite composites rackets came out in the early 1980s, Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg tried to stage a comeback in 1985 in Monte Carlo with his standard small-headed wood racket because “he hadn’t tried the…
Anyone who follows tennis knows that the point scoring in a game goes “Love”-15-30-40 (plus “Deuce” and “Ad” if needed in order to win by 2 points), 6 games generally win a set, and 2 sets win a match in the women’s game. The rules for high school girls are the same except if the players split the first 2…
On Thursday the Varsity Girls Tennis team traveled the short distance to Moraga to take on a tough Campolindo Cougar team. There were a couple of very tight matches, but the Dons fell short on winning the overall match with a 3-6 score (note: 6 singles and 3 doubles play in normal league matches). In singles play, Line 3 Grace…
The Girls JV tennis team won their match at College Park on Tuesday 9/12, 11-1. They demonstrated good focus and ability to dominate their opponents. In addition, they exhibited very good sportsmanship with an inexperienced opponent. They were very gracious winners. The girls’ hard work in practice is paying off and they prevailed in their first league match of the season.…
In Tuesdays action on the tennis courts, Acalanes hosted the College Park Falcons and dominated with an 8-1 overall win. An encouraging home crowd was treated to many great matches. Thank you to all who came to cheer on the Dons! In singles play at Line 1, Sophomore Aamena Shipchandler handled her opponent in two sets 6-2, 6-0. Junior Piper…
On Friday, the Girls Varsity Tennis team travelled to Union City for a 12 team tournament at James Logan High School. The team had a challenging match in the morning against San Ramon Valley, who appeared to be the strongest team in the field, but bounced back in the afternoon against Berkeley. Olivia Dawkins, Lauren Foster, Hanna Wisnewski, and Liv…
The US Open is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens and is the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year. Originally known as the US National Championship, it is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first played in August 1881. This year marks the 50th anniversary of equal prize money for women…
Most historians believe that tennis originated in France in the 12th century. The French called the game ‘Tenez’, which can be translated as ‘hold!’, ‘receive!’ or ‘take!’, a call from the server indicating that he or she is about to serve. The ball was struck with the palm of the hand, and later with a glove. The game came to…
The Acalanes Girls Varsity Team ended their regular season play at home Tuesday with a loss to Miramonte. The Dons solo match won was by Senior and Captain Analese (Ari) Ruczynski in a thrilling three setter. After going down 1-6, she flipped the script against her opponent and won the second set 6-1. That took it to a narrow 12-10…
The JV Girls Tennis team wrapped up a successful season on Tuesday against Miramonte winning the top 6 matches of the day. After beating Northgate last week with some amazing singles and doubles play, Tuesday was a day of all doubles matches and the Dons came out strong once again. At Line 1, Tea Smith and Georgia Wilson took the…