NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk's Rebecca Link and Stamford's Richard Greenbaum and Tyler Pomerance were among the winners in a United States Tennis Association Level 7 Tournament held at Norwalk High School. The tournament was conducted by Slammer Tennis World.

Link won her first USTA tournament, 6-1, 6-1, over Hanna Hendricks in the girls 14-and-under championship. Link is a student under coach Marvin Tyler at Norwalk-based Slammer Tennis World.

Greenbaum won the boys 14-and-under final, 6-1, 6-2, over Jay Mudholkar of Westport. Mudholkar advanced to the ...

Students from Slammer Tennis World whacked balls, played games and did push-ups as part of the group's sixth annual jamboree Friday at Mathews Park in Norwalk. Coach Marvin Tyler ran the free, three-hour session for students who have been practicing all winter at the indoor courts at Ben Franklin School. Guest speaker Paul Iannacone from LA Fitness showed the players exercises, including push-ups, and Kitty Rodriguez, a seventh-grade science teacher at Rippowam Middle School in Stamford, talked about the value of education. For more information on Slammer Tennis ...

As the temperatures drop outside, tennis action is still hot inside Ben Franklin School gym on Flax Hill Road in Norwalk, where Slammer Tennis World is conducting its after-school fall tennis programs for players of all ages.

"The court here is fantastic," says Marvin Tyler, whose STW programs provide an affordable opportunity for youths and adults to learn tennis once a week. "The Norwalk Recreation and Parks Department deserves credit for refurbishing the Ben Franklin school gym, which is now a multisport gym for tennis, basketball and volleyball. The support of Mike Mocciae ...

Rebecca Link got an expenses trip to Florida for her 12th birthday. Marvin Tyler, who coaches Rebecca at Slammer Tennis World, called Link's family and informed them the girl had won a one-week scholarship to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. "It was like they won the lotto,'' Marvin says.

Link, who will be seventh grade student at Ponus Ridge, was selected for the scholarship by the New England Tennis Association. Tyler recommended Link based on her tennis commitment and her community service. Rebecca helps her Girl Scout trip make pillows for Norwalk Hospital, baby sits ...

"I'm not playing tennis,'' Marvin Tyler recalls telling co-worker Eric Hamilton, who asked Tyler about 15 years ago to replace a player in his foursome at Westport Tennis Club. "I'm a baller (basketball player). He asked me for two years and I always said no."

Tyler finally capitulated, and it changed his life. He now owns Slammer Tennis World and runs programs in Norwalk, Stamford and New Canaan. He instructs players of all ages and abilities, and earned the United State Tennis Association's Community Tennis Association of the Year award in 2008 from the New England Section. ...