March 18, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The American duo of Bob & Mike Bryan won their first BNP Paribas Open title on Saturday, rallying to defeat Treat Huey and Jerzy Janowicz 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 in just over an hour to capture their fourth title of 2013 ...
February 13, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
This year's Australian Open champ, the top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, breezed into the third round of the Qatar Open in Doha with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Romina Oprandi on Wednesday.
January 31, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
After successfully defending her Australian Open title Victoria Azarenka remains atop the world rankings as number one in the WTA Women's Singles Rankings as Rafael Nadal is set to make his first U.S. appearance at the annual BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 4.
January 28, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka won her second Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, rallying from a set down to beat Li Na in a dramatic three-setter and successfully defend her Australian Open crown.
January 24, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Two-time defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic advanced to his third consecutive final Down Under with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 win over the fourth-seeded David Ferrer.
January 24, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
China's Li Na overpowered second-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the 2013 Australian Open women's singles finals and a chance for her second Grand Slam title.
January 23, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Roger Federer defeated a very tough Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3 to reach the Australian Open semifinals for a 10th consecutive year. The 17-time Grand Slam champion will next play U.S. Open winner Andy Murray, who advanced in straight sets over the unseeded Jeremy Chardy of France.
January 23, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Nineteen-year-old American Sloane Stephens shocked world number three-ranked and fellow American Serena Williams on Wednesday at the 2013 Australian Open, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
January 22, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Even after top-seeded Novak Djokovic's five-plus-hour marathon match against Stanislas Wawrinka, the world number one showed no signs of any lasting fatigue to overcome Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday and advance to the Australian Open semifinals.
January 14, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2013 Australian Open will take place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from Jan. 14-27, the 101st edition of the Open. ATP top-ranked Novak Djokovic from Serbia will return to defend his men's singles title for a third time, as WTA top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will defend the women's singles title. Here is a look at this year’s contenders, pretenders and sleepers as well as an overview of what's new this year in the land Down Under.
January 14, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On a beautiful day in Melbourne Park action got underway at the years first Grand Slam. Day One saw a few of the seeded players pushed to the brink (Nicolas Almagro, Fernando Verdasco) were extended to five sets and Julia Goerges three sets.
January 11, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In the women's draw of the 2013 Australian Open, Serena Williams will start her bid for a sixth Melbourne title against the unseeded Edna Gallovits-Hall of Romania, with a potential quarterfinal meeting with former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova.
January 10, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number 13 and top-ranked American John Isner has withdrawn from next week's Australian Open with a knee injury, leaving 22nd-ranked Sam Querrey as the highest-ranked U.S. man at the season's first Grand Slam tournament.
January 8, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Fourteen former top 10 players will return to the court and take part in the Annual Legends event at the Australian Open 2013. The lineup, which includes five former world number ones, will join the action at Melbourne Park from Jan. 19-25.
January 7, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel's sixth year of televising the Australian Open, the first major tournament of the annual tennis season, will begin Monday, Jan. 14, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The network plans for more than 30 hours of live match telecasts during the two-week competition again this year, with more than 180 hours of dedicated tournament coverage overall.
December 24, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number 95 ranked Russian Vera Zvonareva has pulled out from the Australian Open with a right shoulder injury.
December 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2013 Australian Open will pay more prize money per round than any other tennis event, officials have announced. The Australian Open 2013 men's and women's singles champion will each receive $2.55 million (U.S.)–the biggest prize money purse in the history of the sport.
December 20, 2012
By Eric C. Peck
Madison Keys and Rhyne Williams won the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs last weekend in Atlanta, earning a trip to Melbourne to take part in the 2013. For Keys, it's her second win in a row at the Australian Open Playoff. For Rhyne, it will be his first appearance at a Grand Slam other than the U.S. Open where he qualified this year and played fellow American Andy Roddick.
December 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
James Blake of Yonkers, N.Y. and Jack Sock of Lincoln, Neb. are among 13 American men accepted to the qualifying draw of the 2013 Australian Open, beginning Jan. 7 in Melbourne.
December 17, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Madison Keys of Rock Island, Ill. and Rhyne Williams of Knoxville, Tenn. each earned wild card entries into the main draw of the 2013 Australian Open Sunday by winning the Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at Peachtree Corners.
December 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
At the 2012 U.S. Open, two storied careers came to a close, as both American Andy Roddick and Belgium’s Kim Clijsters took to the court for the final time in their careers.
November 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Mardy Fish will miss the Australian Open in January as he continues to recover from health issues related to heart surgery. Fish underwent a procedure in May to correct a form of arrhythmia and is "improving" and plans to return to the ATP Tour in February at the SAP Open in San Jose.
November 29, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y. will lead the American field of juniors at the 66th Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, beginning Dec. 3 at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, Fla.
November 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that former top 30 player Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Rochester, Minn.), former U.S. Open junior champion Jack Sock (Lincoln, Neb.) and two-time reigning NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson (Orange, Calif.) are among the players competing in the 2012 Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, held Dec. 14-16, at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at Peachtree Corners in Norcross, Ga.
October 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that 2012 Olympic Men’s Doubles Gold Medal winners and 12-time Grand Slam doubles champions Bob & Mike Bryan will play a unique exhibition to help kick off the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, held Dec.14-16 at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at Peachtree Corners in Norcross, Ga.
