April 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
John Isner, America's current highest-ranked singles player, has stated that he would like to put himself into the sweepstakes to play mixed-doubles with Serena Williams at the 2012 London Olympics this summer.
April 3, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Andy Roddick will target a record fifth AEGON Championships title at The Queen's Club, June 11-17. Roddick, who won the title in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007, and reached finals at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2004, 2005 and 2009, is now fully fit after a difficult year.
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 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Spain's Rafael Nadal had a straight set 6-4, 6-4 win over Japan's Kei Nishikori to reach the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Tournament in Miami.
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 13, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated South Africa's Kevin Anderson, 6-2, 6-3, to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
March 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Professional tennis returned to New York City last night as four former world number one-ranked players took to the court at the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown.
March 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
MSG Sports and StarGames has announced a strong field of marketing partners for the Monday, March 5th BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden. An impressive array of marketing partners has signed on to showcase their brands at the fifth annual one-night only tennis event, which will feature four of today’s greatest tennis players.
March 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Andy Roddick has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships after defeating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5.
March 2, 2012
By Michael Sarro
John McEnroe has been selected "Tennis Night in America" spokesperson, and in accordance, he held a tennis clinic at his John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) at Sportime on Randall’s Island for a select group of NYJTL students.
March 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis has certainly become a global sport, but one of the sport’s largest markets, the New York area, has lost some high-profile events through the years from both the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tours.
February 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
MSG Sports and StarGames have announced a comprehensive broadcast plan for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown that involves ESPN to broadcast the much-anticipated matches live from Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 5 featuring world number two-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia playing former world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and world number three Roger Federer of Switzerland taking on American Andy Roddick.
February 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Andy Roddick hopes to turn around what is an already dismal 2012 season when he begins action at the 2012 Delray Beach International Tennis Championship. Seeded fourth at the event, Roddick has slipped to 30th in the world and will look to turn around his 2012 2-3 record when he faces German Philipp Petzschner in opening round action on Tuesday night.
February 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that on Monday, March 5, it will launch "March Into Tennis," a month-long drive to get more kids playing the sport. Throughout the month, a record 1,200 USTA youth tennis events will take place across the country. March Into Tennis coincides with “Tennis Night in America"
February 24, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
A special edition of the “World of Tennis, Presented by BNP Paribas” will debut Friday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. on Tennis Channel. It will offer a preview of the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown, the fifth annual event at Madison Square Garden set for Monday, March 5 featuring Maria Sharapova vs. Caroline Wozniacki and Roger Federer vs. Andy Roddick.
February 24, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Island Tennis Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Federer as he prepares for his March 5th exhibition with Roddick at MSG and shares his thoughts on New York, the upcoming Summer Olympics and his preparations for the 2012 season ...
February 23, 2012
By Emilie Katz
Russian tennis star Maria Kirilenko has a new beau, two-time NHL most valuable player Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals.
February 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Andy Roddick has been upset by Xavier Malisse of Belgium, 7-6, 7-5, in the opening round match on Wednesday night during the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tenn. Roddick, who has fallen to 27th in the ATP Tour rankings ...
February 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Island Tennis Magazine recently had a chance to chat with former world number one Maria Sharapova of Russia, who will be coming to New York on Monday, March 5 to compete at the BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden.
February 16, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Seven-time Grand Slam tournament champion John McEnroe has been named the 2012 spokesperson for “Tennis Night In America,” a combined promotional effort between the USTA, StarGames Inc. and MSG Sports.
February 13, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
An evening of tennis will be held Monday, March 5 in New York City at Madison Square Garden with the BNP Paribas Tennis Showdown. This is the fifth year the event will be held at the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, and the event will kick off with Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova of Russia facing former number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.
February 9, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round match between the United States and Switzerland will take place from Friday-Sunday, Feb. 10-12, in Fribourg, Switzerland, at the Fribourg Forum on a temporary indoor red clay court.
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 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the 2012 Australian Open. He was trailing two sets to one when he was forced to retire against Australian Lleyton Hewitt. He was trailing 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and said, "Lleyton. That's it," and retired.
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