April 17, 2013
By David Cox
Most news stories on men’s tennis in the past two years have been scraping the thesaurus for new ways to eulogize the current state of the game. And fair enough, it’s undeniable that in Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, we are privileged to be witnessing three of the greatest players of all time doing battle on the biggest stages of all.
November 21, 2012
By Ricky Becker
In this and the next edition of Long Island Tennis Magazine, I will be interviewing two former players who graduated from Stanford with me in 1996 and were my roommates/teammates. Both Jim Thomas and Jeff Salzenstein played professional tennis for 10-plus years after their four years of college and have some good insight and advice for today’s juniors about tennis life as a pro, college and junior player.
December 16, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Marat Safin, a former top-ranked tennis player, has won a seat in Russia's lower house of Parliament and will go onto represent the pro-Kremlin party United Russia.
February 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
With only weeks remaining before the much anticipated BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden, tennis legends Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl are in preparations for their respective match ups at The World’s Most Famous Arena on Feb. 28, 2011.
April 13, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis returned to the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night for the first time in almost 15 years with the inaugural Caesars Tennis Classic. The event featured five of the sport's top past and present stars, including Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, recent retiree Marat Safin and the current number one-ranked American player, Andy Roddick. The hostess for the event was seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams.
March 23, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Each year, the world’s best 14-and-Under Juniors represent their country in a major international tennis event, Les Petits As. This prestigious tournament, held in Tarbes, France, resembles a major professional tournament, complete with television coverage, a linesman and ball boys.
March 4, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Fourteen-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras, and James Blake have been added to the Caesars Tennis Classic at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on April 10, 2010.
September 12, 2009
By Brent Shearer
I have never been a fan of reading encyclopedias. So it was with some trepidation that I opened Randy Walker’s book On This Day in Tennis History. The thought of reading about things that happened in tennis from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 through the years sounded slightly, but only slightly, more fun than curling up with a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
