May 22, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 French Open, the year’s second Grand Slam event, will take place May 27-June 10 at the famed clay courts of Roland Garros. The event was first played in 1891 as a French national tournament on grass. The surface would be changed to red clay in 1912.
April 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Rafael Nadal has broken another record this weekend after winning the Barcelona Open final in straight sets against David Ferrer 7-6, 7-5. He is now the first player in the Open era to claim two tournaments seven times.
April 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Canada's Milos Raonic has recorded his first top four victory after he defeated Great Britain's Andy Murray,6-4, 7-6 to advance to the semifinals at the 2012 Barcelona Open Sabadell. Raonic will now face either the third seed David Ferrer or the seventh-seeded Feliciano Lopez, depending on the outcome of their quarterfinal match.
April 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Spain's Rafael Nadal has opened his 2012 Barcelona Open run with a quick victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2.
March 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Novak Djokovic has setup a semifinal meeting against Juan Monaco at the Sony Ericsson Open. He held off David Ferrer of Spain in straight sets 6-2, 7-6.
January 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Spain's David Ferrer, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-1, in action on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals. His semifinals opponent will be the fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain, a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 winner over Japan's Kei Nishikori.
January 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Novak Djokovic has advanced onto the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the fifth consecutive year. He defeated Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in four sets 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Djokovic is hopeful of becoming only the fifth ever to win three consecutive majors.
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.
December 30, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Switzerland's Roger Federer, 6-2, 6-1, on Friday at the World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. Djokovic advances to the finals of the event where he will face Spain's David Ferrer in Saturday's final ...
December 29, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Serbian Novak Djokovic scored a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over the 16th-ranked Frenchman Gael Monfils at the World Tennis Championship, a $250,000 winner-takes-all exhibition event in Abu Dhabi.
November 22, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, after saving a match point in the third to avoid becoming another upset of the day at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London.
November 21, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated American Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday at The O2 Arena in London, England in a three-hour-plus marathon match. Nadal overcame a stomach ailment to defeat Fish in opening round action in Group B.
November 16, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The ATP and WTA Tours have released their latest rankings, with Serbian Novak Djokovic maintaining the top spot on the men's side, as Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki is seated atop the women's rankings.
November 16, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is grouped with Spain's Rafael Nadal in round-robin play at this year's event at The O2 Arena in London. Also grouped together in first round action at the event is world number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic and Great Britain's Andy Murray in Group A.
November 10, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish will complete the singles player field at the 2011 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held Nov. 20-27 at The O2 in London, featuring the world’s top eight singles players and doubles teams.
November 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The number three seed, Frenchman Gael Monfils has been defeated at the Valencia Open in Valencia, Spain by unseeded Marcel Granollers of Spain, 7-6(12), 3-6, 6-4.
October 17, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer 7-5, 6-4 to claim the title at the Shanghai Masters Tournament.
October 14, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
David Ferrer has defeated Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters 6-7, 6-2, 7-6. Ferrer had many errors which led to him dropping the first to Roddick.
September 9, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American tennis lives on at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, as Andy Roddick, John Isner and Serena Williams have all taken steps closer to the 2011 U.S. Open championship. The American trio will play their upcoming matches over the course of today, leading into this weekend's semifinals and quarterfinals, and Long Island Tennis Magazine caught up with each as they moved down the path to potential U.S. Open glory.
September 8, 2011
By Anthony Pastecchi
In the fourth round of play on the men's side at the 2011 U.S. Open, we saw Americans John Isner and Andy Roddick advance onto the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament.
September 8, 2011
By Eric C. Peck
Rain yesterday at the 2011 U.S. Open again washed out action, creating some interesting scenarios for Thursday's action at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as Day 11 action begins. All 20 players are still alive in the singles draws, particularly on the men’s side, where the four fourth-round matches will all hit the court at 11:00 a.m.
September 7, 2011
By Eric C. Peck
Today could be a banner day at the 2011 U.S. Open for American players, as four are still in contention, including women's quarterfinalist Serena Williams, and three on the men's side seeking a trip to the quarterfinals, the unseeded Donald Young, the 28th-seeded John Isner and the number 21-seed, Andy Roddick.
September 5, 2011
By Eric C. Peck
In Sunday action at the 2011 U.S. Open, 22-year-old American Donald Young reached the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time, beating 24th-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela from Argentina in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. A full house at the Grandstand gave Young a standing ovation as he celebrated the victory, pumping his fist and grinning widely. Young had 46 winners to Chela’s 19.
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.
July 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Fifth-ranked Robin Soderling of Sweden defeated David Ferrer of Spain to capture the Swedish Open title. This is Soderlings second title at the Swedish Open in just the past three years.
