August 29, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The U.S. Open is new underway at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The threat of Hurricane Irene swept through the area and has left many without power and water damage, but the Open is scheduled to get underway with no delays in sight.
August 29, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Russian Maria Sharapova, fresh off her recent finals win in Cincinnati over former world number one-ranked Jelena Jankovic in three sets, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3, is in New York gearing up for her appearance at the 2011 U.S. Open.
August 22, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked American Mardy Fish clinched the 2011 Olympus U.S. Open Series men’s title with a 7-5, 7-5, round of 16 win over Richard Gasquet at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Thursday (now that the field for the Winston-Salem Open, the final event of the Series–has been closed).
August 22, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Murray of Great Britian defeated Serbian Novak Djokovic on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati in the finals of the Western & Southern Open after Djokovic, the world's number one ranked player on the ATP Tour, was forced to retire due to a sore right shoulder.
August 19, 2011
By David Drucker
It seems as if all the talk in recent weeks has been about Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer. Yes, these are the world’s number one, two and three ranked players respectively, but we’re forgetting about world number four Andy Murray of Great Britain.
August 19, 2011
By David Drucker
This week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, we’ve seen what happened to the men in Montreal last week. Top players losing early and other top players withdrawing due to injury during and before the tournament had even started.
August 18, 2011
By David Drucker
American Serena Williams has announced her withdrawal from the the Western & Southern Open, an Olympus U.S. Open Series event in Cincinnati due to aggravating a toe injury.
August 18, 2011
By David Drucker
Rafael Nadal of Spain can now breathe a sigh of relief after he secured his first win of the Western & Southern Open, an Olympus U.S. Open Series event in Cincinnati.
August 18, 2011
By David Drucker
For the second tournament in a row, we've seen world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark fall in her opening match of the Western & Southern Open, an Olympus U.S. Open Series event in Cincinnati. This time, Wozniacki was upset by young American teenager Christina McHale, 6-4, 7-5.
August 17, 2011
By David Drucker
When the draw came out for the Masters 1000 Series tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, I, along with every other tennis fan, were excited about the potential early round showdowns. One of them being a second round matchup between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.
August 16, 2011
By David Drucker
The upset bug has gotten the best of American Andy Roddick once again in the early stages of a major tournament, this time at the hands of Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber, a man who knows how to get under Roddick’s skin as he’s done in the past.
July 27, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Serena Williams defeated Australian Anastasia Rodionova, 6-0, 6-0 in first round action at the Bank of the West Classic on Tuesday at Stanford University in California.
July 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will provide the sport's fans with close to 100 high-definition hours of live or same-day match play during the 2011 Olympus U.S. Open Series this summer.
November 15, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Robin Soderling of Sweden defeated Gael Monfils of France, 6-1, 7-6 (1), to capture his first Masters 1000 title n the Paris Masters final. Soderling became the first Swede to win a Masters 1000 tournament since Thomas Enqvist did so in Cincinnati in 2000. The win will place Soderling number four in the men's rankings.
September 13, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The following is taken from Bob and Mike Bryan's post-match press conference on Friday, Sept. 10th during the 2010 U.S Open. The top-seeded men's doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan were victorious over the 16th-seeded team of Rohan Bopanna from India & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan, 7-6(5), 7-6(4) to capture the 2010 U.S. Open Men's Doubles Championship.
September 10, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The following is taken from Rafael Nadal's post-match press conference on Thursday, Sept. 9th during the 2010 U.S Open. The top-seeded Nadal from Spain battled windy on-court conditions and defeated fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, the number eight seed, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
August 23, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Roger Federer ended his mini-vacation with another Masters title. A well-rested Federer beat American Mardy Fish, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Sunday, winning the Cincinnati Masters Championship. He was barely on the court all week because his opponents got hurt and his game was so good.
August 20, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that television coverage of the 2010 Olympus U.S. Open Series on ESPN2 has reached more people through four weeks than ever before at this point in the Series’ seven-year history.
August 19, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that NCAA singles champion Chelsey Gullickson (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Jamie Hampton (Auburn, Ala.), local favorite Christina McHale (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.), 2010 USTA Girls’ singles champion Shelby Rogers (Daniel Island, S.C.), and Coco Vandeweghe (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) ...
July 16, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel, the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle, will carry nine Olympus U.S. Open Series tournaments this summer, offering viewers nearly 80 hours of high-definition action from the six-week series that leads to the U.S. Open in August.
April 5, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Roddick capped his best American hard court swing since 2006 when he won his second Sony Ericsson Open title. Roddick defeated Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4, ending the Czech’s run through the tournament in which he defeated a trio of top 10 seeds, including Roger Federer, Fernando Verdasco and Robin Soderling.
April 2, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Roddick rallied from a set down and upset Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open The turning point for Roddick was late in the second set and then he continued his fine play and parlayed it into a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over the two-time Sony Ericsson Open finalist Nadal, who showed very rare signs of frustration as the match slipped away.
March 26, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced the 2009 winners of the Annual Player Awards during a special ceremony Wednesday at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Seven players were honored for their remarkable on and off court achievements during the 2009 season.
