Metropolitan Tennis Group (MTG)

⚾️🌈 Queens, we have a situation.
MTG is heading to Citi Field for Mets Pride Night: field-level seats, a Phillies rivalry game, a free Pride jersey for the first 15K fans, and post-game fireworks.

This one always sells fast, and we’ve got limited tickets in Section 106.

🔗 Link in bio for tickets. See you at the ballpark.

“I almost didn’t sign up because I thought everyone would be better than me.”

Turns out, every advanced beginner thinks that.

Join us for MTG Drill & Play (Advanced Beginner) on June 14 at Roosevelt Island Racquet Club. New players, new friends, zero pressure.

🔗 Link in bio to register.

Indy gave us great tennis, great people, and enough technology to make us wonder if we’re still playing the same sport.

Live match recordings. Digital boards telling us where to go. AI-generated match analysis and highlights. And towel service that may have been the real tournament champion.

Congrats to our finalists:
🥈 D Singles Finalist: Matthew Johnson
🥈 D Doubles Finalists: Matthew Johnson & Rome Romulo

Proud of our MTG crew for representing NYC, supporting one another, and bringing a little NYC energy to Indy. 💙

MTG traded tennis racquets for basketballs and headed to Pride Night as the New York Liberty took on the Phoenix Mercury at Barclays Center. 🌈🏀

A sold-out crowd, rainbow everything, and enough q***r energy to power Brooklyn for a week. The Liberty got the win, MTG got the group photo, and nobody asked us to explain the WNBA standings.

We’ll call that a successful night out.

REWIND. Rain. Wind. Questionable forecasts. None of it stopped this crew. This week brought marathon matches, third-set battles, and standings shakeups that would make this year’s Roland Garros draw feel familiar. Even Ladder Legends aren’t immune to an early exit.

Swipe for this week’s moments + the current Top 8 in every division. Some players are climbing. Some are asking for a standings recount.

Only 2 spots left in Division A.
Link in bio before the draw closes and your villain origin story begins.

Two snowstorms. Twenty-four matches wiped off the calendar. One rooftop celebration.

The 2026 Winter Doubles League officially wrapped up with what may be the latest finish in MTG history, and honestly, we blame the weather. ❄️🎾

96 players. 6 divisions. 168 matches. Proof that nothing—not even two snowstorms—can stop MTG from finishing a league.

Last night, under a perfect NYC sky at 230 Rooftop Bar, we traded tennis shoes for cocktails, heard from our board members, and celebrated the teams who survived months of doubles drama, scheduling gymnastics, and winter’s best attempts to cancel the season.

🏆 WDL Champions & Runner Ups

Gosen
🥇 Felix Hui & Leo Norlin
🥈 Manoj Gupta & Jeremy Lin

Grapplesnake
🥇 Matthew Johnson & Rome Romulo
🥈 Matty Barbato & Tyler Cook

Kirschbaum
🥇 John Karle & Jose Ortiz
🥈 Stephen Chin & Dennis W. Ng

Luxilon
🥇 Luke Sherman & Johannes Vogt
🥈 Yu Yang Pei & Liuqing Wang

Signum Pro
🥇 Devin Huerta & Zach Koser
🥈 Valeriy Nazarchuk & Kevin Santos

Ytex
🥇 Thomas Lodge & Tim Wildin
🥈 John James & Seong-Moh Yang

Congratulations to all of our winners, runner ups, and every player who spent the winter chasing down lobs, refreshing weather apps, and making sure this season crossed the finish line.

See you next season. Hopefully a little sooner.

The Carolina weather saw a group of gay tennis players arriving in Raleigh and immediately panicked. 🌧️🎾

Still, another amazing tournament weekend full of great matches, community, friendships, and MTG showing up strong all across the draws. Huge congrats to everyone who competed and represented us so well:

🏆 B Doubles Finalist: Elliott Schiff
🏆 C Doubles Champions: Fred Lujan
🏆 D Singles Champion: Shelly McCloud
🏆 D Singles Finalist: Steven Brown
🏆 D Doubles Champions: Timothy Hilario & John Karle

🥇 A 40+ Singles Consolation Finalist: Ernest Nichols
🥇 C Singles Consolation Champion: Chris Phillips
🥇 C Singles Consolation Finalist: Fernando Zaragoza
🥇 C 50+ Singles Consolation Finalist: John Karle
🥇 D Singles Consolation Champion: Stephen Velasquez
🥇 D Doubles Consolation Finalists: Steven Brown & Stephen Velasquez

Very proud of this crew — on court, off court, and wherever the post-match group dinner somehow turned into a three-hour function. ❤️

MTG fam, get excited! Merch is happening for the May 28 Social. Now you too can look emotionally unavailable while discussing doubles strategy.

Choose your fighter:

🧢 hat that says “I have opinions about tennis scoring”
👕 t-shirt that turns MTG into your entire personality

IMPORTANT: No shipping available. Orders must be picked up at the May 28 Social like a chic little NYC underground streetwear drop.

Limited quantities. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.
🔗 Link in bio to purchase.

Toronto, you were cute. 🎾🇨🇦
MTG showed up to the with racquets, sideline theatrics, and enough outfit changes to keep the weekend interesting. We fought the main draw bravely. Unfortunately, the main draw had other plans and access to stronger groundstrokes. Still, MTG showed up, battled hard, and represented all weekend long.

Huge shoutout to everyone who competed, cheered, rallied, organized, and made the trip unforgettable. Special congrats to Brian Suarez for making the consolation finals 🏆 Grateful for the friendships, the tennis, and the memories. Until the next tournament. 💙

REWIND — the courts were full, the rallies were long, and let’s just say hydration wasn’t the only thing making people sweat this week. 🥵

Swipe through the latest ladder moments + current Top 8 across every division. Future Ladder Legends are separating themselves from the people still blaming the wind.

Only 10 spots left in Division A. Link in bio before you have to hear “you should’ve signed up earlier.”