Through the many years of coaching, we have done our best to provide quality advice to our players in their journey to becoming the best player/selves they can be.  “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of Wisdom…” Listed are a few of our most valuable ones that we have learned ourselves as competitors… [Read More]

10 Truths every parent of competitive players should never forget… 1. Regardless of his/her success in junior tennis, the chances of your child making a living on the tour are close to zero, so make sure he/she is prepared for life after tennis. 2. If you were not able to change your youngster’s attitude up… [Read More]

And the TRUTHS will set you free… Truth#1 If you think you can’t benefit from a practice because your practice partner you are paired with isn’t as good as you, most likely you are not much better. If you were really better you could find a way to make it work. Truth #2 Drills don’t suck, you… [Read More]

CONGRATUATIONS!! JENYA PEREVERZIN MIKE AGASSI’S “NO QUIT” SINGLES FINALIST!! Congratulations to Jenya Pereverzin, who made it to the finals of the Mike Agassi NO QUIT Championships. Jenya worked his way from the round of 32, to the finals where he lost in a close match to the first seed, Denis Nguyen. In the five rounds… [Read More]

For the months of December and January came many opportunities for the players at the Leong Tennis Academy to challenge every facet of their tennis game. These two months have been filled with many national tournaments, as well as some fun local tournaments in the Portland area. In mid-December freezing temperatures and a week-long snow… [Read More]

After a year of competition and training, some of our players went on to challenge themselves at a national level in year-end winter nationals. Congratulations to Jenya and Tasha for rising to this challenge and representing the LTA at the USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale Arizona. Jenya won his first three rounds, beating Daniel… [Read More]

With little turnaround time after this national tournament, Tasha went to the Copper Bowl in Tucson Arizona along with Kadie, Allie, and Betsy. Tasha competed in a very close first round match against Jill Wollesen in the Girls 16s division, but was defeated in a close third set ending in a seven-point tie-breaker. She rallied… [Read More]

Jenya was the only LTA player who competed in the Columbus Indoor Tennis Tournament from January 31st to February 2nd. Once again, Jenya achieved incredible results, beating Kyle Dawson and Trevor Horstmann. In his third match Jenya was defeated by Sebastian Fauchet in close sets. Jenya unfortunately had to withdraw from his last match against… [Read More]

LTA SELECT Players Compete in the New Year’s Dual Level 5 Tournaments On the weekend of January 16th-19th most of our players competed in the Dual Level 5. For the boys, this was a local tournament at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center, but for the girls, this tournament was in Mercer Island Washington. LTA Coach,… [Read More]

LTA’s Michael Stephenson Battles in Back to Back Tournaments LTA player Michael Stephenson has stepped up to the plate in recent months, and has been a fierce competitor in many challenger level tournaments. In the City of Vancouver Jr. Challenger from January 9th to the 11th, Michael competed in the Boys 12s singles division, and… [Read More]