Best of Philly 2009: Tennis Instructor

Eric Riley

If you’re losing your matches (and your pride), the handsome Riley and his TeamRiley can get you some topspin. The nine-time world-ranked ATP player — who 20-some years ago was the number one player at Penn — ­coaches some of the world’s best (Lisa Raymond, Zachary Fleishman), youngsters on their way to collegiate tennis stardom, and local power types like Dennis Alter and ­lawyer Dan Berger (as well as the editor of this magazine, whose serve remains hopeless nonetheless). Even if your court movement is more Andre the Giant than Andre ­Agassi, Riley can firm up your fundamentals and play patterns to a plateau that will have you calling everyone for rematches. 

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