Junior Tennis News and Articles
Blog includes news, events and information about Celsius Tennis Academy, junior tennis and competitive tennis training.
New Locations During Construction
Elevation rendering of the new Bath + Racquet Club in Sarasota, FLLet The Games Begin Celsius Tennis Academy officially finished our tenure of more than 20 years at the "old" Bath & Racquet Fitness Club on December 1, 2022 to make way for construction to begin the...
Celsius Alum Abigail Rencheli Caps Off Great Season for Wolfpack
Shoutout to Abigail Rencheli who finished an outstanding sophomore season for the NC State Wolfpack during the 2022 season. After losing to No. 4 Duke in the quarterfinal of the team championships, the No. 6 ranked Wolfpack squad had more opportunities to add to NC...
Jackson Caldwell Spotlight
Jackson Caldwell - Seabrook, Texas Congratulations to Celsius Tennis Academy’s Jackson Caldwell on a great performance in this year’s Easter Bowl at Indian Wells, California. Jackson went 8-1 to win the consolation singles final, defeating fifth-seeded Asror...
Verano 2021 en Celsius Tennis Academy
En Celsius Tennis Academy ya estamos listos para recibir a todos los jugadores que quieran llevar su nivel tenístico a otro nivel este verano 2021.Los diferentes programas de entrenamiento con los que contamos están pensados en darles todas las herramientas para...
Bath & Racquet Club Sarasota
The original Bath and Racquet Fitness Club was built in 1969 and it long was at the epicenter of racquet sports for generations of Sarasota locals, me included. It’s been home to Celsius Tennis Academy since 2003. Bath & Racquet sits on roughly 13-acres in central...
Congratulations to Sophie Llewellyn
Big shout out to Celsius rising star Sophie Llewellyn (15 yrs). On January 23rd Sophie lost a nail biter to Mia Slama in the J4 Finals in San Jose, Costa Rica. On January 30, 2021 Sophie was victorious in the finals of the J5 event over Ana Grubor of Canada. En route...
Tennis for all
Celsius Tennis Academy trains and hosts events at Bath and Racquet in Sarasota, FL including both USTA and UTR junior tennis tournaments. We are not affiliated with the Sarasota Bath and Racquet Club and have no management or membership role. Recently two...
College Tennis Camp in India
Cary Cohenour, director of Celsius Tennis academy just completed another week in India with Todd Clark at Ahmedabad Racquet Academy pathway to success camp. The camp focused on training for those student athletes in India who were considering playing collegiate tennis...
Kaipo and Marco
Check out this point between two Celsius Tennis Academy athletes, Kaipo from Barbados and Marco from Serbia. Great players and great kids who embody the sport. We are so grateful to have them in our program at Celsius.
North Carolina State Women’s Tennis
Sarasota, FL - Congratulations to Celsius Tennis Academy standout Abigail Rencheli on your commitment to play tennis for North Carolina State University and help the Wolfpack continue their winning ways. We are sure your hard work and dedication will be appreciated in...
Congratulations Juila
A big shout out to Celsius Tennis Academy star, Julia Piotrowska for an impressive 6-0, 6-0 win in the finals of the USTA Celsius Tennis Academy L6 tournament in September. Keep up the great play!
L3 Nationals
Congratulations to Celsius standout Abigail Rencheli for her impressive 6-0, 6-0 win in the finals at the USTA National Level 3 Tournament at Sanlando Park. Your dedication and hard work is an inspiration to us all. We look forward to following your tennis career for...
2019 USTA National Campus Academy Cup
Eight Junior Tennis Academies set to square off at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida Celsius Tennis Academy won the first evening match against Sanchez-Casal Academy 4-3 Eight academies head to the USTA National Campus this weekend for the 2018 Academy Cup,...
Thanks for the great summer tennis
As summer winds down and we start to look forward (or maybe not) to the academic year, we should all congratulate ourselves for a great summer of tennis and some excellent results on the tournament trail. Tennis is a year-round sport and summer can be tough especially...
Happy 4th of July!
Have a fun and safe 4th of July holiday. Everybody deserves a day off now and then. Be sure to take in the fireworks on Siesta Key if you can. The beach is only a stones throw from our training courts at Bath and Racquet.
Passage to India
Another stop on the Celsius Tennis Academy world tour in New Dehli India. You can see Director, Cary Cohenour spreading a little Florida Junior Tennis to some very enthusiastic junior tennis players from India. Special thanks to ADAB Sports Group for all the event...
Go Abby!
Congratulations to Celsius athlete Abigail Rencheli (MDA) who won her first round today in the qualifying for The Oaks Club $25,000 Women’s USTA Event by defeating Catherine Leduc of Canada with a WTA ranking of #734 in strait sets. Abby, who turned 17 a little more...
Abigail Rencheli Qualifies for Main Draw Pro Circuit Event
Congratulations and happy birthday to Celsius Tennis Academy athlete, Abigail Rencheli for punching her way into the main draw of The Oaks Club $25,000 Women’s USTA Pro Circuit Event by winning the qualifying tournament this weekend. Abby, a former Sarasota...
College Style Spring Tennis Camp April 21-27, 2019
Do you aspire to play college tennis? If so, don't miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime! Experience what it feels like to train at a top Division 1 college program (under the expert supervision of Coach Eric Shore, 26 season Head Coach at former Top 5...
18 Years Strong at CTA
After 18 years, here is our great international group from January 2019 representing all parts of the world. What a amazing journey it's been with so many great kids. Looking forward to a great year at Celsius Tennis Academy.
Fitness with Andre Hudson
Fitness with Enrique
Enrique Casados taking one of our groups through a winter routine at Celsius Tennis Academy in Sarasota keeping our athletes strong and limber. With the modern game of tennis fitness and Prehab are as important as your game. Enrique has a long history at the highest...
Happy Holidays
Wishing you happy holidays, joy, peace and much success for 2019!
2018 Eddie Herr at IMG
Congratulations to all Celsius Tennis Academy athletes who competed in the 2018 Eddie Herr International at IMG Academies especially Abigail Rencheli and Evgenia Pugina who went deep in singles and doubles. The Eddie Herr International Junior Championship at IMG...
2018 Eddie Herr International
The 2018 Eddie Herr International tournament is underway at IMG Academies. Congratulations to Celsius athletes Jake Pettingal, Max Pettingal, Diego Andrade, Abigail Higgens and Adrian Palowski and Evgenia Pugina who participated in the qualies. Come out and support...
High Performance Winter Break Tennis Camp
The gang at Nassau High Performance Tennis Academy in New Jersey are joining us at Celsius Tennis Academy for a holiday tennis camp between December 26th and December 30th. Each practice session will be 2 hours long followed by a 30 minute off court fitness...
Universal Tennis Rating (UTR)
There is a lot of talk lately about UTR and depending on who you ask, you may get different answers and certainly many opinions. Right now those most interested in the new UTR rating system are higher level junior players like those at Celsius Tennis Academy and other...
Celsius Dual Match vs. Monteverde Academy
Celsius goes to Clairmont to battle Monteverde Academy On November 10, Celsius Tennis Academy traveled to the Orlando area for a College format dual match meet up with Monteverde Academy. This was a follow up to to the USTA Academy Cup which was contested in...
2018 USTA Academy Cup
Eight Junior Tennis Academies set to square off at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida Eight academies head to the USTA National Campus this weekend for the 2018 Academy Cup, with action getting underway Friday afternoon. Each team is guaranteed three dual...
Welcome BVI Tennis Association
Celsius welcomes some athletes from the BVI Tennis Association Celsius routinely has athletes from Asia, Europe, Canada and South America training with us, and this week we are lucky enough to have a great group of athletes from the British Virgin Islands to train...
Shoutout
Shout-out to Celsius athlete Maddox Bose for reaching the finals tomorrow at the ATA Nationals at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, FL. Maddox has been training really hard this summer and its paying off. Send him some good vibes!
China Connection
Tennis on the other side Tennis is truly an international sport. Each week we have international student athletes living in Sarasota and training at Celsius Tennis Academy with or without their family. In recent years tennis has exploded in China and we have...
Finn Anderson in Big Sky Country
Three years ago Finn Anderson and his mom and dad arrived in Sarasota from Austin Texas. The Andersons arrived with one main goal in mind, to play d1 college tennis and possibly get a scholarship in the process. Finn arrived with not much of a ranking and with a lot...
Love Means Zero
This weekend at the Sarasota Film Festival we saw Love Means Zero, the documentary about legendary coach Nick Bollettieri. Cary Cohenour, Celsius Tennis Academy director was in Nick’s first group of athletes as he developed what was regarded as the very first “Junior...
Self-Confidence and the Junior Game
A big challenge for many juniors is that they are too concerned about what others think when they play. Worrying about what others think is a huge distraction and interferes with most every aspect of their developing game. Don’t get me wrong, we want our kids to care,...
Having efficient footwork key to success
As tennis continues to become more physical and the speed of the game becomes faster, having a wide base is and has been in the recent past years one of the most important keys to having success when competing at a high level in tennis. Primarily so a player can take...