What's Buzzing in the Tennis Blogosphere

Check out this week's World Tennis Round Up at the Tennis Zoo (not to be confused with ZooTennis from Kalamazoo).

We are into the second week of the US Open Series of tennis tournaments with three events:

• The WTA  The Acura Classic in San Diego
• The ATP The Orange Prokom Open in Sopot, Poland
• The ATP Legg Mason Classic in Washington DC

ProTennisFan has the latest.

If you're concerned about the development of American tennis players, don't miss Peter Bodo's post, Wither American Tennis? He gets right to the bottom line and challenges the assumption that the USTA should be involved with junior development.

I like it when people examine assumptions before swallowing them whole. Bodo offers some food for thought on the matter:

Much as I love tennis, I always thought there was something Orwellian and borderline de-humanizing in state's involvement in the development of tennis talent in places like France, Germany and, now, the Brand New Big Brother on the Block, China.

TennisPro has an important tip about running: BALANCE. I might add that you should pump your arms naturally as you chase a shot. Having a racket in one hand shouldn't keep you from doing that. And NEVER sidestep to chase: sidestepping is for recovering, not for moving to the ball.

Colette at ZooTennis has the seeds and the draws for the Boys 18 & 16 National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan, scheduled to begin this Friday.