March 4, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Serbia's Novak Djokovic clinched his fourth title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in just over 90 minutes.
February 25, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saved a match point before overcoming top-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the finals of the Open 13. The third-seeded Tsonga won his first title of the season and 10th of his career.
February 11, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The United States Fed Cup team found itself in a fifth and decisive doubles rubber against Italy in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas First Round in Rimini, but came up short and lost to Italy, 3-2.
February 5, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
With the year's first Grand Slam in the books, both the ATP and WTA World Singles Rankings have re-shaped a bit. Below is a look at the top 20 on both the ATP and WTA tours, as 2013 Aussie Open winners Serbian Novak Djokovic maintains his top spot among the men's singles and Victoria Azarekna of Belarus holds her number one position atop the WTA rankings.
February 4, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Sam Querrey proved his mettle in live Davis Cup singles matches, clinching the First Round tie for the U.S. over Brazil, 3-2, in a fifth and decisive rubber on Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla. Querrey, ranked 20th in the world, defeated Thiago Alves, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3), becoming the first American to clinch a Davis Cup tie in a fifth and decisive rubber since 2000 ...
January 23, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Davis Cup champions the Czech Republic will not have to worry about facing Roger Federer in the opening round of their defense after he was left out of Switzerland's team for the Geneva tie.
January 16, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The biggest upset on Day Three of the 2013 Australian Open came at the expense of the hometown favorite as Australian Samantha Stosur, who was up 5-2 in the third set, was broken three straight times and lost the final five games as she was knocked out by the unseeded Zheng Jie.
January 15, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Australian Open's second day of action saw the top seeds roll through, but some other seeds go home. On the men's side number three seed Andy Murray and second-seeded Roger Federer breezed through their matches with straight-set wins.
January 11, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic will begin his quest to become the first man to win three consecutive Australian Open titles in the Open Era against Paul-Henri Mathieu, while second-ranked Roger Federer and third-ranked Andy Murray have been drawn in the bottom half of the 2013 Australian Open.
November 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek gave the Czech Republic the 2012 Davis Cup title for the first time as an independent nation by beating Spain 3-2 in the finals.
November 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) have announced that Ivan Lendl, who was an integral member of the Czechoslovakian Davis Cup team before becoming an American citizen, is the recipient of the 2012 Davis Cup Award of Excellence.
November 16, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of defending champion Spain and the Czech Republic's Davis Cup championship competition in Prague this weekend, with live and same-day "Instant Encore" replays Friday through Sunday.
November 15, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The draw for the 100th Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final was made Thursday afternoon in Prague for the event which is set to begin Friday, Nov. 16. Radek Stepanek will open play for the host Czech Republic against World number five-ranked David Ferrer of Spain, and will be followed by sixth-ranked Tomas Berdych against 11th-ranked Nicolas Almagro.
November 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Lucie Safarova defeated Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 6-1 to clinch a second consecutive Fed Cup by BNP Paribas title for the Czech Republic over Serbia on Sunday. After the Czechs won the final's opening two singles rubbers, Petra Kvitova, who had won her last 11 Fed Cup encounters, was expected to clinch the trophy against Ivanovic in the first of Day 2's reverse singles.
November 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Ana Ivanovic will play Lucie Safarova in the opening rubber match of the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final between Czech Republic and Serbia. The draw also pitted Petra Kvitova and Jelena Jankovic against one another in the second singles rubber on Saturday.
October 1, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Victoria Azarenka and Roger Federer are the current world number ones as the latest WTA and ATP rankings were released Monday. Azarenka is trailed by Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska and Serena Williams rounds out the top four.
September 13, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the United States semifinal competition against defending champion Spain in Gijon, Spain, this weekend in Davis Cup action, with live telecasts of each match and same-day, "Instant Encore" replays.
September 8, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In a year where Great Britain's Andy Murray has already captured Olympic Gold at the 2012 London Games, he'll also have a shot at taking home the 2012 U.S. Open title after his 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(7) win over sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic Saturday afternoon in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
September 3, 2012
By Eric C. Peck
American Mardy Fish has announced his withdrawal from the 2012 U.S. Open due to health concerns. He was scheduled to face top-seeded Roger Federer today at Arthur Ashe Stadium to close out the Day Session. Fish's withdrawal gives Federer a walkover to the quarterfinals ...
September 3, 2012
By Anthony Pastecchi
Americans Scott Lipsky & Abigail Spears lost to Russian Elena Vesnina & Leander Paes of India in the second round of mixed-doubles at the 2012 U.S. Open, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(10-5). The Americans had a total of six double faults throughout the match, compared to just two by their opponents.
September 3, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Serena Williams continued her domination at the 2012 U.S. Open Monday afternoon with a 6-0, 6-0 win over the 82nd-ranked Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic. Serena has lost only four matches to date in 2012.
August 31, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 U.S. Open heads into its fifth day as the field narrows even further as we head into the Labor Day Weekend, highlighted by a number of Americans taking to the main courts to continue their quest of hoisting titles, as the defending champs from 2011 look to do the same.
August 25, 2012
By Eric C. Peck
World number five-ranked Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic captured the 2012 New Haven Open title on Saturday after her 7-6(9), 7-5 win over world number 14, Maria Kirilenko of Russia. Kvitova now heads south down the I-95 to Flushing Meadows, N.Y. when action begins Monday at the 2012 U.S. Open.
June 22, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Friday, the 2012 Wimbledon draws were announced for both men's and women's singles. In the women's draw, top seed Maria Sharapova, the 2004 champion and 2012 French Open winner, begins first round action against Australia's Russian-born Anastasia Rodionova ...
June 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
This year's French Open winner Maria Sharapova is the top seed in the womens singles and defending champion Novak Djokovic has been confirmed as the top seed in this year's mens singles at Wimbledon 2012.
