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Tennis academyseeks youngstersBy Robert ElkinSportimes owns several tennis centersin the metropolitan area, including one atRandalls Island. The center is also the homeof New York Sportimes, one of eight franchisesin the World Team Tennis Leaguewith four teams right from the northeastand east. It is also the venue of the JohnMcEnroe Tennis Academy in the third yearof existence.Eight ‘future’ outstanding tennis playersin their age category recently were recipientsand earned scholarships of the JohnMcEnroe Tennis Academy. They includeCameron Daniels of Oakland Gardens,Diane McCready of Brooklyn, Natalie Eordekianof Woodside, and Palmer Clare ofNorth Bellmore, all from the New York Cityarea, and Leonte Wilder of Plainfield, NewJersey, Yorktown Heights’ Sean Wei, TomasKopczynski of Sleepy Hollow and Chesterfield,Michigan’s Arthur O’Dell.Most of the winners were on hand duringthe final home event of the WTT scheduleagainst undefeated Washington. In addition,the hard workers of the John McEnroeTennis Academy which helps the verybeginner through the advanced youngsterswere in attendance to help make leagueplay possible by doing different chores onContinued on Page 46Gayle shines againBy Azad AliWest Indies batsman Chris Gayleregained his place as the team’s top ratedbatsman in ODIs after his string of goodscores, which carried him up to ll placesto 21st in the latest ICC Rankings.Gayle, who endured a 14-month absencefrom international cricket, has scored 252runs in four innings (Average: 84.0) sincereturning against England.Meanwhile, Marlon Samuels leapedfroged 15 batsmen to go to 67th positionfollowing scores of l0l not out, 11 and 42in the recent series against New Zealandand Andre Russell, who hit an unbeaten 42and 59 not out in his two innings, jumpedfrom 63rd to 54th.Keiron Pollard (34th), Lendl Simmons(69th) and Dwayne Bravo (82nd) are theother active batsmen in the top l00.At the top of the list are South AfricansContinued on Page 46SPORTSFOR MORE SPORTS, GO TO CARIBBEANLIFENEWS.COM/SPORTSLACKLUSTERGAMETottenham Hotspur’s Michael Dawson (20) battles New York Red Bulls’ Tim Cahill (17) for a header in the first halfduring a friendly soccer match at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J., Tuesday, July 31, 2012.AP Photo/Rich SchultzTottenham defeats Red Bulls 2-1By Patrick HorneThe New York/New Jersey area welcomedanother foreign club to our shores,this time English Premier League clubTottenham Hotspurs was the guest of theNew York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena inHarrison (NJ) Tuesday night for the annualBarclays New York Cup Powered by UnderArmour. Unfortunately, this game wasn’tpowered by anything! Despite Tottenham’s2-1 win, the game paled in comparisonto the recent highly technical and tacticaldisplay at Yankee Stadium on Sunday,July 22 between two other foreign teams:the 1-1 duel between France’s Paris SaintGermain and Chelsea FC of the EnglishPremier League.The exciting moments Tuesday nightwere few and far between. Two of the threegoals scored came from set plays: KennyContinued on Page 46Page 45 • Caribbean Life • Brooklyn/Staten Island • Aug. 3–9, 2012