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We are committed to a property’s owner, installer, athlete – and to the environment that we share. Our goal is to provide surface products and systems that are:

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NGi Sports is pleased to announce the following recent contract completions:

Recently completed project by General Acrylic, NGI client, at Pah Rah Park using NGI's ProBounce - Completed 06.11.19

Kiefer USA, NGI Client.
Have just completed a Titan Trax Air installation, more on this
next month when Kiefer USA is Client of the Month in The NGI News

NGI Just completed project Malibu West Beach Club Malibu, CA

Description:
2 tennis court remodelled due to Malibu wildfires.
Removal of existing damaged Sport Court tile surface on one tennis court, and provide and install Titan Trax Shield overlay on same tennis court. Applied acrylic resurface to both tennis courts.

Edgerton High School in Edgerton WI approved the installation of seven (7) ProBounce courts. The project includes pulverizing the existing asphalt, adding a concrete curb and then laying a laser graded stone base over which the ProBounce will be directly installed.

NGI Sports will be attending the following Trade Shows:

• The FSB will take place on 4 days from Tuesday, November 5 to Friday November 8, 2019 in Cologne. Germany.
• ASBO 2019 Technical Meeting December 6-9 at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida.
• 2020 Racquet & Paddle Sports Show, January 22nd to 24th
  

Keeping tennis matches shorter and more dynamic are some of the goals that tennis enthusiast and “Thirty30” founder Mark Milne has in mind in order to encourage participation and drive competition in tennis.

Quick, what did this year’s Wimbledon men’s singles final, the Laver Cup and the Challenger Tour’s Murray Trophy doubles final all have in common? The outcomes of all of these tennis events were decided by match tie-breakers, something which can be like a lottery and, often, are decided quickly.

However, the future of tennis, Mark Milne believes, requires having alternative scoring formats in order to inspire interest from younger players, drive participation by older players and to encourage competition among players of all ages.

Milne, a mechanical design engineer and tennis enthusiast from Arbroath, Scotland, who is passionate about racquet sports, has devised “Thirty30 Tennis – Where Every Point Really Counts” as an alternative to the current, traditional “Fast-four” format of the sport in which sets are currently decided by winner of four games with no ad-scoring and no lets and the third set is decided by a 10-point match tie-break.

With “Thirty30” (T30) – a tennis equivalent to cricket’s Twenty20 (T20) – Milne says it encourages competition, in which a set can be completed in an average of 20 minutes.

Here’s how:

• Every game played starts at a score of 30-30 (called “Thirty-Thirty).

• At six-games all, a 9-point tie-break is played with the winner being the first to five points and sudden death played at 4-all.

• Players serve alternate games and only change ends after “two and four” games played instead of after “one and two” games, as per traditional rules.

• No ad and no let rules are not used in the Thirty30 format.

Milne believes that a final set (winning by two games such as 7-5 or 8-6) of Thirty30 tennis produces a fairer match decider than the third set 10-point match tie-break, “which can be a lottery.”

According to Milne, a set of Thirty30 tennis takes no longer than 20 minutes, a best-of-three sets match lasts 60 minutes and the duration of a best-of-five sets is 90 minutes.

“Every second point played is a game point and this leads to very exciting matches,” Milne explained during a recent email interview. “Youngsters especially like the shorter, faster moving more exciting format.”

Milne said he hopes to convince the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to have Thirty30 officially trialled as an alternative shorter scoring method. And, it’s his goal to have the ATP and WTA give Thirty30 a serious look, too.

“I firmly believe that Thirty30 can work for the ITF, ATP and WTA as an alternative to traditional tennis,” said Milne, whose love of tennis goes back to watching the 1972 Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles final as a kid on a small black and white TV set, between future Hall of Famers Stan Smith and Ilie Nastase, which went five sets and was won by Smith.

“I am convinced that Thirty30 is better than Tie-Break Tens, Fast4 (such as is used during the ATP Next Gen Finals) and can be a better alternative to the third-set tie-break as it produces shorter, more dynamic sets of tennis that respects the traditions of tennis and still feels, looks and sounds like traditional tennis,” said Milne.

“My aim is to prove this through asking tennis people all over the world to try T30. The beauty of T30 is that it is very simple and the transition from traditional scoring to T30 is seamless for everyone involved.”

Hundreds of testimonials have been posted on Thirty30’s website. Among them, “Thirty30 was great. Very smooth, very quick and very efficient. I use it fairly often with the guys to keep things moving. Tennis needs this.” Another wrote, “Thirty30 is a great idea to shorten games. I like the system. I think the concept is good for coaching and drills and appreciate its thought. It is also good for the youngsters. They will learn the after-deuce-grind and they will still get the feel of momentum changes.”

According to Milne, Thirty30 would be an ideal format for tennis broadcasts on TV by allowing for advertisements at the change of ends and at the end of the 20-minute sets. Plus, there would be a maximum of only three change of ends per set and with the speed up of play, matches would be less physical and easier on the players, and spectators would see more matches and more players, too. Additionally, the Thirty30 format can be used where extremely hot weather requires shorter matches be played or if inclement weather has delayed an event.

“I believe that Thirty30 still provides a fair test of skill and ability and the better player on the day still wins,” said Milne. “Going forward, this is very important because any new, shorter format has to be credible to both the players and the spectators. At the top level, best-of-5 sets matches using T30 provides this. At club level, including seniors, best-of-3 sets provides this.”

At a time in which many if not all sports are looking at shorter formats that are both participant and fan friendly – not to mention combatting our shorter attention spans – Thirty30 deserves a serious look and chance to succeed.

Evan Frondorf ’14 wrote in YALE ALUMNI MAGAZINE after another U.S. tournament, the Connecticut Open, had been sold to China: As anyone who follows tennis knows, there is widespread concern that the United States doesn’t produce world-class players the way it once did. No American man has won a Grand Slam event since 2003, and while American women have continued to dominate, they have won only three majors in the last four years. A new series of tournaments for emerging talent, known as the Oracle Challenger Series, aims to reverse this decline. The Oracle Challenger Series features players at the other end of the talent pipeline. It was created by Oracle Corporation, a computer technology company whose founder, Larry Ellison, and CEO, Mark Hurd (since deceased), are avid tennis supporters. Classified as events in the World Tennis Association’s 125K Series and ATP’s Challenger Tour, the tournaments often pay out more than $20,000 each to the men’s and women’s singles winners. Participants earn points to qualify for the BNP Paribas Open, a major tournament owned by Ellison.

ORACLE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mark your calendars and join us at Newport Beach Tennis Club and The Tennis Club for the concluding tournament of the fall collegiate tennis. The Oracle ITA National Fall Championships will be held November 6 - 10, 2019, a family friendly event that is FREE to attend!

The Oracle ITA National Fall Championships features 128 of the nation's top collegiate singles players (64 men and 64 women) and 64 doubles teams (32 men's team and 32 women's teams). It is the only national collegiate event to feature competitors from all five divisions of college tennis (NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and JUCO), showcasing some of the best tennis that the collegiate level has to offer.

In addition to the tournament, don't miss out on these special events:

November 8: Pickleball and Pints Party - social play, pizza and pints from 6:30-9pm (The Tennis Club)

November 10: Finals Sunday Family BBQ - finals Sunday championship singles matches with burgers, dogs, and ice cream floats from 11am-3pm (Newport Beach Tennis Club)

Food and drink available for purchase.

Plus Kid's Day, Recruiting Process/College Tennis Info Session, and more!

The Oracle Challenger Series, to be held November 10-17, 2019 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center at Rice University in Houston has released its player entry lists today, which are led by defending champion Bradley Klahn; 2019 Challenger Series New Haven champion Tommy Paul; 2019 Citi Open champion Jessica Pegula; and Canadian former World No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard.

A captivating men’s field is highlighted by defending champion and World No. 99 Klahn, who overcame wild card Roy Smith in last year’s final; and Paul, the 2019 New Haven champion who boasts three ATP Challenger Tour titles in 2019. World No. 69 Sandgren returns to Houston as the highest-ranked player in the men’s draw after competing in 2018 as the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed. Two-time Challenger Series semi-finalist Donald Young again joins the men’s draw, as does New Haven singles finalist Marcos Giron; and 18-year-old Jenson Brooksby, a Baylor University freshman who advanced through qualifying at the 2019 US Open and defeated former World No. 4 Tomas Berdych in the first round. Sekou Bangoura, Ernesto Escobedo, Evan King, Mitchell Krueger, Michael Mmoh, Daniel Nguyen, Michael Redlicki and Alexander Ritschard round out the list of American men.

ATP Tour all-time ace leader and veteran Ivo Karlovic leads a host of talented international standouts looking to end their season on a high note. Romanian Marius Copil also joins the field after recently reaching the quarterfinals of the European Open at Antwerp.

An equally potent women’s field is led by World No. 76 Pegula, a semifinalist in Houston a year ago who captured her maiden WTA title earlier this season at the Citi Open; Canadian Bouchard, a 2014 Wimbledon finalist; American Taylor Townsend, who is surging back up the rankings after a strong showing at the US Open in September, where she upset No. 4 seed Simona Halep en route to a Round of 16 appearance; and New Haven finalist Usue Arconada, who will look to back up her stellar showing in September and bolster her already strong positioning on the Road to Indian Wells Leaderboard. Teenage sensation Catherine McNally returns to the Oracle Challenger Series for the second time, having captured WTA doubles titles at Washington and Luxembourg this season alongside partner Coco Gauff. American Shelby Rogers, a quarterfinalist at Roland Garros in 2016, is also entered. Completing the list of American women are 2018 Oracle U.S. Tennis Award winner Francesca DiLorenzo, Whitney Osuigwe, Varvara Lepchenko, Ann Li, Allie Kiick, Irina Falconi, Sachia Vickery, Caroline Dolehide, Danielle Lao and Asia Muhammad.

2018 Oracle Challenger Series Indian Wells champion Sara Errani and former Top 15 player Kirsten Flipkens lead a host of hungry international competitors.

The remaining spots in both the men’s and women’s main draws will be filled by wild cards, which will include at least one Rice University male and female student athlete.

Dates and locations for the remaining stops on the 2019-2020 Oracle Challenger Series will be announced in the coming months. The Challenger Series culminates at the 2020 BNP Paribas Open, the largest ATP Tour and WTA combined two-week event in the world, held annually at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The top two American male and female players over the course of the four events receive main draw wild cards into the prestigious ATP Tour Masters 1000 / WTA Premier Mandatory event.

Meet with leading & up-and-coming brands in Orlando, FL at the all-new Racquet & Paddle Sports Show, Tuesday, Jan 21 - Friday, Jan 24 and find the latest trends and innovations in equipment, technology, court construction & maintenance, apparel, accessories, and so much more.

Make your plans to join us in the sunshine state and find out why the Racquet & Paddle Sports Show is the destination to discover what's new and next to drive your business forward.

Fort Collins, CO - TennisSource.Net introduced the latest release of the Concierge product at the 2019 USPTA conference in Las Vegas. The product features a complete point-of-sale system that can handle court bookings, program registrations, pro-shop inventory retail, on-court activities, waiver management and cafe/concession sales.

In addition, it also provides Welcome Desk Staff with a full complement of solutions to respond and reach out to customers with marketing and communications. This innovative approach combines transaction processing with a full customer relationship management solution while in direct communications with the customer.

The upgraded EMC and Credit Card processing capability now supports the latest credit card processing technology reducing credit card fees even more!