August 22, 2011
By Steve Pratt
The youngest and the oldest of the 16 women’s and men’s players selected to play in this weekend’s U.S. Open Wild Card Playoffs punched their tickets to New York with convincing wins on a stormy and thundering Sunday near Washington, D.C
August 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
USTA Player Development has announced the eight men and eight women who will participate in the second annual U.S. Open Wild Card Playoff, being held at the Junior Tennis Champions Center, a USTA Certified Regional Training Center in College Park, Md., Aug. 18-20.
July 21, 2011
By Monica Gorny
Sportimes Stadium at Randall’s Island was bubbling with excitement last night as the New York Sportimes took on the Washington Kastles in World TeamTennis action to close out the 2011 WTT season. Despite impressive play from the Sportimes team, the Kastles proved too much to handle as they clinched the top spot in the Eastern Conference with a 23-15 win.
August 27, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Court 11 was good to players with New York connections on day three of the 2010 U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament on Thursday. Former Georgia Tech All-American Irina Falconi, who grew up playing on the public courts at Inwood Park near Washington Heights in the Bronx, beat Germany’s Mona Barthel, 6-0, 6-2, in the first round of the U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
August 25, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Despite two rain delays, most of the matches were completed on Day 1 of the 2010 U.S. Open Qualifying tournament at the USTA BIllie Jean King National Tennis Center. Among the notables who advanced were American Robert Kendrick, who defeated Madwe Middlekoop, 6-4,6-0 , as well as fellow Americans Bobby Reynolds and Ryan Harrison on the men's side.
July 16, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
First place was on the line last night at Sportime Stadium at Randalls Island in a match between two World TeamTennis rivals, the New York Sportimes and the Washington Kastles. The Sportimes, who came in with a record of 7-3, were knocked out of the semifinals of last year's World TeamTennis Championship by the Kastles ...
July 6, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2010 World TeamTennis season started off with a very successful showing Monday night for the New York Sportimes at Sportime Stadium at Randall's Island against the Washington Kastles. The overall match came down to the very end as a super tie-breaker was needed to determine the winner.