Play Some Tennis by Deuce (8/1)

📬 Deuce – Week of August 1st

Happy Friday, everyone!!! 🎾🥳 It’s gonna be a great week.

Can you believe that today is the first day of August? Yikes. That’s scary. The good news is that the US Open is this month 🥳 and the Cincinnati Open starts in 4 days.

It’s gonna be a great day, week, month. Side note. I start a new job on Monday. Wish me luck 🤞.

LET’S KICK OFF THIS NEWSLETTER!

🎾 Tennis in Harlem on the Block

In partnership with Marcus Meets Malcolm, Dreamers Youth, and sponsored by Wilson and USTA Eastern, join All-Love Racquet Club for Tennis in Harlem on the Block — an all-day, all-ages celebration of culture, movement, and community right in the heart of Harlem. They’re transforming West 120th Street into an open-air tennis and wellness experience for the whole neighborhood.

📍 West 120th Street (btwn Malcolm X Blvd & Mount Morris Park West)
📅 Friday, August 16th
⏰ 10AM – 6PM
💵 FREE for all ages

✨ What to expect:
👟 Mini-court match play & live tennis exhibitions
🎶 DJ sets & music all day
🧘🏾‍♀️ Wellness & movement sessions
🍉 Local food vendors
🎒 Back-to-school giveaways
🎈 Family games & activities

🎾 Fortgreene Tennis Tournament: (8/2-8/3) - (8/9-8/10)

The annual Fort Greene Tennis Association Open will be held across the next two weekends, August 2-3, and August 9-10.

It’ll be a great time to hang at the park and catch your favorite local tennis players. I’ll be there tomorrow to hang out and cheer on some friends. It’ll be a great day to meet new tennis friends and catch the tournament!

📍Fort Green Tennis Courts: 136 Dekalb Avenue

🎾 Court16 partnership & promo code

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been sharing some of the best tennis programs around NYC, and Court16 keeps coming up for a reason. Whether you're just starting or looking to clean up your serve-and-volley game, this club has everything you need to level up.

And now’s the perfect time to try it.

From July 25 to August 25, when you buy a group class pack, Court16 is throwing in bonus classes for free.

📍 Locations in Brooklyn, Long Island City, and FiDi.

To take advantage:

1. Create a Court16 account

2. Book your class pack

3. Get after it on court

👉 Sign up here

📍 Zombie Tennis @ Ideal Glass

Tennis Season is in the air, and Ideal Glass and Red Ball Tennis are teaming up to bring tennis to the afterlife — and everyone else. Zombie Tennis, a theatrically immersive, community-powered, inviting guests to play Red Ball Tennis — a slower, beginner-friendly version of the sport — while dressed as zombies, ghosts, and other reanimated icons of the court. Whether you’ve never picked up a racquet or you’ve been training for the zombie apocalypse, the game is “so easy, even the dead can play.”

August 27th @ 5:30-9pm
Ideal Glass Studios
9 West 8th Street, NYC
GET TICKETS HERE

🎾 LVBL Events

LVBL games are continuing through August. They have games at Riverside, Astoria Park, and Jackie Robinson.

Astoria:

Jackie Robinson:

Riverside:

That’s it for this week!

See you on the court,
– Deuce 🎾