April 2, 2013
By Kathy Miller
The Mixed-Doubles League continues match play with League playoffs beginning in May. The winning Long Island teams will advance to the Section Championship in Schenectady, N.Y. the weekend of May 31-June 2.
March 8, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Westhampton Beach Tennis will be again offering partial and full scholarships to both adults and juniors at its tennis academy. These scholarships are for beginning tennis players who have made contributions to their community. The scholarships are in the names of two of owner Peter Kaplan's roommates at Cornell University.
February 12, 2013
By Kathy Miller
First and foremost, I hope everyone is recovering from Superstorm Sandy. I know we had many players affected by the storm and my heart goes out to all of you. I am hoping that you are all starting to get some normalcy back in your lives!
January 3, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Over the holiday season, Rockville Racquet Club held their 2012 Men's Holiday Tournament. There was both singles and doubles competition for two levels of play, A+B. Tournament Director Kevin Gray did a great job making sure everything ran smoothly and that everyone had a great time. It was a wonderful two weeks of tennis at Rockville Racquet.
December 24, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Beach Tennis Center, who was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, is very close to being back in business. One bubble is up and within the next two weeks, LBTC will be fully open for business.
December 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Ian Shapiro's Syosset Sportime team won the Long Island Region for Men’s 3.5, 4.0. & 4.5 Tri-Level this weekend 2-1 over the Klee/Nassau Indoor team. The team went undefeated for the season, winning the LI championship for the second time in three years. They will now be headed to Schenectady Jan. 19-20 for the Eastern Championships.
December 10, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Congratulations to the women from Kings Park Sportime who took first place in the 2nd Annual USTA Long Island/United Way of Long Island Club & Corporate Challenge Fundraiser.
November 21, 2012
By Kathy Miller
Congratulations to the Women’s 3.0 Senior Team from Point Set, captained by Marilyn Shimon, and the Women’s 3.5 Senior Team from Carefree Racquet, captained by Bonnie Kolenberg, for winning at Sectionals and advancing to the Nationals! A job well done! Also advancing to Nationals is the Super Senior 9.0 Men’s Team from Jericho-Westbury, captained by Ed Wolfarth.
September 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
For the second consecutive year, the United States has won seven cups at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super-Seniors World Team Championships. The 2012 event, the 32nd edition of the championships, was held in Umag, Croatia, and consisted of 186 teams from 35 countries competing in 10 age categories from 60 and over to 80 and over.
September 13, 2012
By Kathy Miller
I have been coordinating the USTA Leagues on Long Island for 26 years. When I started, there were about 400 in the league and this number has grown to over 4,000 players. As another season comes to an end, I was thinking about some of the good experiences I’ve had or heard about from the league over the years.
September 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Rob Delman, Gil Koppel and Peter Simel, Masters Tennis Co-Chairmen of the 19th Maccabiah USA Organizing Committee, and Head Coach Roy Kozupsky are actively seeking the best Jewish tennis players from across the country to try out for the Maccabiah team.
September 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Does your schedule make it difficult to play on a USTA League team? Are you looking for people to play with, but don't know where to go? Do you want to work on your singles game, without affecting your USTA rating? USTA’s Flex League may be for you.
September 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region is proud to congratulate several local USTA League teams who achieved great things this season. Two Long Island teams, the 3.5 Men’s team from Rockville Racquet, captained by Don Rodgers and the Eastern Athletics 3.5 Women’s team, lead by captain Tricia Livingston, are going to Nationals! Additional teams from Rockville Racquet, Carefree and Sportime Lynbrook won their respective Long Island Championships and went to Sectionals.
September 4, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Rain has plagued Tuesday's schedule at the 2012 U.S. Open, as only one singles match has been completed. Women's singles top-seeded Victoria Azarenka advanced to the semifinals for the first time on with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(7/5) win over defending champion Samantha Stosur.
August 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Inwood Country Club, captained by Jonathan Klee and co-captained by Lionel Goldberg, won the NSMTL Championship defeating the Shelter Rock Rebels, captained by Michael Zeller in the final held at Inwood Country Club on Aug. 21.
August 22, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Eleven teams from USTA Eastern have advanced to the National Championship round of the largest adult recreational tennis league in the world by winning the USTA League Eastern Section Championships, held Aug.10-12 and Aug. 17-19 in the Capital Region of New York.
August 7, 2012
By Kathy Miller
At the time this article was written, we will be more than halfway through the Adult USTA League Season, with teams starting to think about the playoffs. A reminder that the USTA Web site does not show the correct standings as it does not take the point system into account and the correct standings can be found online at
www.litennisscores.com.
July 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Do you want to work on your singles game, without affecting your USTA rating? Does your schedule make it difficult to play on a USTA League team? USTA’s Flex League may be for you.
May 21, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Maria Sharapova successfully defended her Italian Open title Sunday, beating Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a three-hour rain-drenched match.
May 3, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Wednesday, May 2, the USTA Eastern-Long Island Region kicked off the summer 2012 season with it's annual Captain's Meeting held at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y.
May 1, 2012
By Kathy Miller
As the Mixed-Doubles season winds down, the adult, senior and super senior matches are about to begin. The captain’s scheduling meeting is set for Wednesday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y. Matches will begin the week of May 21st.
May 1, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
USTA Player Development has announced that Brian Baker of Nashville, Tenn., has earned a main draw wild card into the 2012 French Open. This year, the USTA awarded one men’s singles main draw wild card into the French Open to the American player who finished with the best combined results at two USTA Pro Circuit clay-court challengers ...
April 12, 2012
By Kathy Miller
It’s a busy time of year with the USTA Leagues! First, congratulations to the Women’s Tri-Level Team from Point Set Indoor Racquet Club, captained by Jen Jaeger and the Men’s Team from Carefree Racquet Club, captained by Adam Kolenberg, on representing Long Island at the Sectional Championship in Albany, N.Y.!
March 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Andy Roddick upset world number three-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland, 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-4, at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
March 6, 2012
By Carole Blake
I absolutely LOVE playing tennis! My mom was a club tennis champion in Baltimore in the 1930s, and she actually played tennis on the last day of her life at the age of 83. I learned the game at the age of 10 at a summer camp, and I’ve been playing socially ever since.
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