In 1973, I was on the first-ever women’s varsity tennis team at the University of Michigan. Two years later I would transfer to the University of Texas at Austin and compete for the Longhorns. Both experiences were important, but the opportunity to be part of a pioneering squad in the history of Michigan athletics remains… Continue Reading
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Former pro tennis player Annette Zaharoff, MD, will serve as tournament physician at the inaugural WTA San Antonio Open, tournament organizers have announced. The WTA 125K Series event is slated for March 14-19, 2016 at McFarlin Tennis Center. Dr. Zaharoff, a noted sports medicine physician and orthopedic specialist, competed in the 1980s… Continue Reading
If you watched the 2015 Australian Open, you saw some of the greatest tennis in the world and some of the greatest drama — involving cramps. Rafael Nadal survived a second-round scare from American qualifier Tim Smyczek after struggling with severe cramping. Tennis media praised Nadal for fighting through cramps that appeared to attack his… Continue Reading
As a former professional tennis player, I’m always excited to see the world’s best players competing for a major championship. Unfortunately, as New York prepares to welcome many of the greatest in the game today for the U.S. Open, the defending men’s champion won’t be in the ranks. Rafael Nadal just announced that a he… Continue Reading
Another great U.S. Open has come and gone. Congratulations to Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal on going into the record books with another impressive Grand Slam singles championship. Yet receiving almost as much press as the victors was the fourth-round ousting of Roger Federer, one of the greatest male players in tennis history. In a… Continue Reading
By Dr. Annette “Dr Z” Zaharoff What do you get when you have a wooden paddle, a ball, and enough space to fit a ping-pong table, but you don’t have a table? You play RoTenGo, of course. Maybe you know it better by its official name, “road tennis.” Or maybe you don’t know it at… Continue Reading
In tennis as in most sports, major upsets by their very nature tend to be memorable. Unless they occur in the championship game, however, upsets rarely outshine the eventual championship play. This year’s Wimbledon may be one of those exceptions. On the men’s side, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer failed to make the quarterfinals. Perhaps… Continue Reading