May 22, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 French Open, the year’s second Grand Slam event, will take place May 27-June 10 at the famed clay courts of Roland Garros. The event was first played in 1891 as a French national tournament on grass. The surface would be changed to red clay in 1912.
May 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Great Britain's Andy Murray was ousted from the 2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia by Frenchman Richard Gasquet, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, on Thursday. The world number four-ranked Murray, who continues to be hampered by a long-term back injury, dominated the first set tie-break ...
May 16, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On his 25th birthday, Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina in three sets, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5, to advance to the third round of the 2012 Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, Italy.
May 4, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
A back injury has forced world number four-ranked Andy Murray of Great Britain to withdraw from the 2012 Madrid Open. He last won the tournament in 2008 when it was played on indoor hard courts and has reached the Madrid quarterfinals in 2009 and 2010.
April 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Canada's Milos Raonic has recorded his first top four victory after he defeated Great Britain's Andy Murray,6-4, 7-6 to advance to the semifinals at the 2012 Barcelona Open Sabadell. Raonic will now face either the third seed David Ferrer or the seventh-seeded Feliciano Lopez, depending on the outcome of their quarterfinal match.
April 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Serbia's Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 Monte Carlo Masters after defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in three sets, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, just hours after he learned of his grandfather's passing.
April 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Murray has advanced on to the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters after Julien Benneteau suffered an injury to his ankle and retired.
April 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Serbia's Novak Djokovic has won his third Sony Ericsson Open title after he defeated Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6. Only Andre Agassi, a six-time Sony Ericsson Open champion, has won more.
March 29, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, to earn a place in the semifinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open. Nadal will now face fourth-seeded Andy Murray, who defeated Janko Tipsarevic in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
March 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The following was part of an interview with Jim Courier, captain of the 2012 U.S. Davis Cup team, conducted recently by Tim Curry, director of Corporate Communications for the USTA, as Captain Courier prepares for the United States' showdown in April with Team France ...
March 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American John Isner has joined the ranks of the world's top 10 players atop the ATP World Rankings after beating world number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the semifinals of the 2012 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. this past weekend.
March 7, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki will defend their titles at the upcoming $11 million BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., an ATP and WTA hard-court event which commences today. This is a record prize purse for any ATP-WTA event outside of the majors which gives $1 million to the women's and men's singles champions.
March 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number three-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Great Britain's Andy Murray to win his fifth Dubai Championship title, defeating Murray in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.
March 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic has fallen to Great Britain's Andy Murray for his first loss of the season in straight sets 6-2, 7-5 in the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
February 29, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Switzerland's Roger Federer defeated Michael Llodra of France in straight sets, 6-0, 7-6, to advance at the Dubai Championships. Great Britain's Andy Murray also advanced in a close three-set match against German qualifier, Michael Berrer, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
February 15, 2012
By Emilie Katz
A look back at the 2011 tennis season and all major tournaments and year end rankings.
February 1, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Great Britain's Andy Murray will sit out of the Davis Cup next month against Slovakia. The reasoning behind his absence is due to "a few injuries" that he sustained in his quest during the Australian Open which has just concluded.
January 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic will have an opportunity to defend his Australian Open this weekend after he defeated Andy Murray of Great Britain, the number four seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5, in the semifinals at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park.
January 26, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Spain's Rafael Nadal has defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland to advance to the finals of the 2012 Australian Open. Nadal, who is ranked number two in the world, took the match in four close sets, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 to up his record to 8-2 against the number three-ranked Federer in Grand Slam head-to-head matchups.
January 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Spain's David Ferrer, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-1, in action on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals. His semifinals opponent will be the fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain, a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 winner over Japan's Kei Nishikori.
January 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic had a pretty solid match, and on the other hand, American Serena Williams had her head in the sky. Djokovic, took the match in four sets, only dropping the third to wild card entry and Australia's own Lleyton Hewitt who could not hold his comeback. The top five-ranked men's singles players have now advanced the quarterfinals.
January 19, 2012
By David Drucker
Mardy Fish is now the top-ranked American in the world, surpassing Andy Roddick who held the distinction as the top-ranked American for a number of years.
January 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Day Four of the 2012 Australian Open, top-ranked Serbian and defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic needed only one hour and 42 min. to dispatch of his second round opponent, Colombia's Santiago Giraldo, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
January 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On the eve of the Australian Open, American teenagers Grace Min and Jack Sock, both U.S. Open junior champions, started the year strong by winning the USTA Pro Circuit’s season-opening women’s and men’s events in Innisbrook, Fla., and Plantation, Fla., respectively.
January 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel is adding another Hall of Famer to its Australian Open booth this year, bringing two-time U.S. Open winner Tracy Austin to Melbourne for its coverage of the season's first major, Grand Slam competition.
