Tennis Topia: $5 Off Tennis Stringing + $25 Off $50 Groupon

 $5 Off Racket Stringing

Darrell Haines and Tennis Topia has offered to take $5 Off Racket Stringing for all of our Tennis-Bargains fans!

How to get the Stringing Discount

1) "Like" us on Facebook

2) Print out this promotion and show it to receive your $5 discount at checkout.

*This is an exclusive offer from Darrell and will only run through the month of October!*

#1 Tennis Pro Shop in DC Area

Best of all, they will string your racket while you wait or shop around the store. It is a very professionally run store with great staff.

If you look at their reviews on Yelp, they always receive outstanding scores and reviews from their loyal customers (including me).

*Tennis Bargains approves and recommends that you give Tennis Topia a try!

Tennis Topia Location

1701 Rockville Pike, Suite B-10
Rockville, Maryland 20852
301-230-9195
Get Directions (just behind the REI)

Groupon Now Deal - $25 OFF $50

We also love their Groupon $25 off $50 Daily Deals (Mon-Thurs). Just buy it the day when you plan on making a purchase of $50 or more to save big!

Fall Savings for Tennis

Check back with us and subscribe to our email newsletter if you'd like to learn more about upcoming deals.

Around Oct/Nov last year, Tennis Topia had a great Pre-Thanksgiving Day sale on a lot of great items. So usually there is no need to wait until Black Friday to get the best prices.

This is usually also the time of the year when tennis rackets, clothes and other gear will get marked down in prices with the anticipation of next year's models. Best time for bargain hunters to go shopping for tennis!

Free Youth Tennis Events this Fall

Get Your Kids Active - Give the Gift of Tennis!

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month and tennis is a great way to get your kids active! Join the USTA and support our drive to fight Childhood Obesity with Tennis!
Kids (of all ages) can try out the sport at some of these free fun events - rackets, nets and courts that are sized right for their age.

From September 1 through October 31, these events are for kids of all ages and skill levels.
Find a local youth tennis event near you!

Train like Spain, in Florida (Sanchez-Casal) Dec 7-9

USPTA Coaches Conference (Dec 7-9) in Naples, Florida

Sanchez-Casal Academy YouTube Videos

• USPTA Conference Review 2010
• "X" and "V" Attack-Defend Patterns
• Footwork Drills

Prices start at $300, with discounts for hotels/lodging.

Learn from USPTA Master Professionals

Luis Mediero and Emilo Sanchez (former Davis Cup Captain for Spain) will be your instructors. The weather in southern Florida is usually almost perfect in December.

Only a short car ride to Miami and South Beach, this trip makes for a nice winter getaway.

If it worked for Andy Murray as a junior, it should help your students improve too.

Spain is Davis Cup World Champions in last 3 of 4 years; now in its 4th Final in 5 years.

After the Davis Cup Semi-Finals loss to David Ferrer and Nicholas Almago, John Isner admitted, “It is disappointing; the Spanish team in my opinion is just too good....That is a credit to [Nicolas] Almagro and Ferrer, they were both better than me." (ATPWorldTour.com)

As they say, if you can't beat them...join them

Understand progression training, build upon the "X" and "V" Attack-Defend Patterns and Footwork Drills. Learn how to bring a winning tradition to your own team/club.

Help young players learn to enjoy playing and working hard to get better:
http://www.asc-florida.com/

• Learn to love clay and have flexibility on all surfaces
• Teach players to use their feet (footwork), before they learn to use their hands (grips)
• Mobility before Power
• Use Tennis as a way of educating and improving the student's life

Andy Murray: US Open 2012 Champion - Get his Adidas Gear now on sale

Congrats to Andy Murray on winning his first ever Grand Slam - US Open 2012!

What a great 5-set match against the indomitable Novak Djokovic who came back from 2 sets down to level! Congrats Andy!!

What's the Common Formula for Novak and Andy?...both US Open Champions

Rain Update: Men's Monday Final Tickets ~$80, Women's Final ~$50 on TicketExchange NOW!

Check here on Limited Availability and Updated Prices:

http://jc10s.com/US_Open_Sold_Out_Tickets

$5 Grounds Pass for Men's Monday Finals

You can also get a $5 Grounds Admission Pass to watch the Men's Final at the US Open on the big screens. It can actually be a very exciting crowd outside the stadium. You can actually hear the players' shots echoing, fans cheering on both sides plus usually a better view than sitting at the very top of Ashe.

Tip: Be sure to pick up one of those Amex radios to get the play-by-play audio too. Can't beat $5 bucks!! 

Actually now that I think about it, if you arrive later at night and see some people leaving the match early - you could always ask them nicely for their old ticket. If Murray wins, it might be cool to go inside just to see Andy hoist his first Grand slam title! Enjoy the Finals!

US Open Weather and Ticket Update:

With severe weather canceling the 2nd men's semi-final and women's final, ticket sales are going crazy! People are trying to get rid of tickets as fast as they can tonight - Sell! Sell!

Here's the new schedule:

Sunday Schedule:

Ferrer-Djokovic 11 am, Azarenka-Serena 4:30 pm.

Monday Schedule:

Men's final on Monday ~5PM

Check here on Limited Availability and Updated Prices:

http://jc10s.com/US_Open_Sold_Out_Tickets

Men's Semi's ~$100 and Finals Tickets now ~$110

US Open TicketExchange - Prices Cut in Half for Semi's and Finals Sessions

Update: With both Federer and Nadal absent from the US Open Finals for the first time in almost a decade, starting Thursday, we have been seeing the resale value of these tickets drop in half!

Limited Availability:

http://jc10s.com/US_Open_Sold_Out_Tickets

"Sold Out" Tickets still available for Finals Weekend

These sessions for the entire weekend were all "sold out" as of early Summer, even before it was available to the public. But today some of them can still be had for just over $100 from TicketExchange

• Their loss is your gain!
• Remember to buy an electronic TicketExchange ticket, for instant print-out
• These tickets are guaranteed by Ticketmaster

Ferrer vs Djokovic, Murray vs Berdych

Should make for some great matches on Sat! Let's see who will tire out whom before Sunday's Final. Ferrer will be my dark horse pick to win it all; Maybe we'll see someone win their first major - lots of possibilities left.

Hope everyone will enjoy the rest of the US Open, wherever you get to watch it!
Also remember to vote on our Facebook page for a chance to win free tickets to 2013

Limited Availability:

http://jc10s.com/US_Open_Sold_Out_Tickets

9/5 and 9/6, Thursday and Friday tickets: 2-for-1 specials

Looking for great deals for Thursday and Friday tickets?

Sometimes the rain we had on Tues and Wed can work out for the best for those people who have tickets for Thursday and Friday sessions.

Remember there are $26 tickets available for both days with our ticketmaster promo codes

Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)[8] vs. David Ferrer (ESP)[4] (9/6 @ 1:30 PM)

The last men's quarter-final will be played NLT 1:30 PM. Also now with Federer out of the draw as of last night, the men's field is wide open! That was a terrific match between Berdych and Federer - who knows, maybe this is the year that Murray will finally win his first major?!

Also on the women's side, many are predicting a Serena vs Sharapova face-off and rematch.

Also, you'll be able to see both Men's and Women's Doubles semi-finals in the next few days.

Remember that the outer courts will have the top juniors all playing during the day so hopefully you'll be able to see some future stars in action too!

Thurs and Friday - Ticket Deals: 2-for-1 prices still available

• Thursday, Sept 6 - US Open 2 for 1 Ticket Codes
• Friday, Sept 7 - US Open 2 for 1 Ticket Codes
• Super-Saturday and Final Sunday Tickets

US Tennis Rain Forecast = Low Ticket Prices

Example: 2012 Hurricane Isaac Rains moving through East coast on Tues/Wed

So it looks like the remnants of Hurricane Isaac is going to be passing through the NYC area this Tuesday and Wednesday! This means a lot of moisture and possibly long extended periods of rain for Tues and into Wed this mid-week after Labor Day!

How to BUY or SELL tickets when there's 50%+ chance of Rain in forecast.
Look for falling ticket prices a day or two ahead of a storm!
People will often panic and sell great seats at well below cost.

For all US Open Series tournaments, there are no roof courts.
Be smart and do not risk holding a "wet ticket". Instead, if it looks like rain just buy a ticket for the following day.

Accuweather.com: isaac-brings-flash-flood-risk

Rained out the whole day? Rescheduled match with 5PM cut-off*

In previous US Opens when there have been long rain delays, matches with late start times can become moved to the next day*.

Also if no matches have started before 5pm, ticket holders usually get to come back the next day.

If this happens two days in a row then you can actually see a big backlog of the Men's and Women's 4th round and QF matches

Here is the Official US Open Inclement Weather Policy*

Therefore, when there is a 60% chance of rain in the forecast especially for the first Tuesday and Wednesday, look for great matches starting Thursday you might want to think ahead!

Remember what I said last year? Seems like deja vu all over again for this US Open 2nd week

Did you know: US Open Rain Trivia

The last 4 straight years (2008-2011), the Men's Final has been rain delayed and played on Monday (NY Times)

This can sometimes be a great opt for NYC fans who are can stick around the US Open the day after to get cheap tickets for Semi's and Finals if they cannot complete the necessary matches to have a Sunday Final.

I was able to get great seats and witness Nadal complete his career grand slam in 2009 because of rain.