May 21, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Maria Sharapova successfully defended her Italian Open title Sunday, beating Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a three-hour rain-drenched match.
May 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Ninth-seeded Serena Williams has advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, after Italy's Flavia Pennetta was forced to retire in their quarterfinals match after trailing Serena 4-0.
May 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova easily to advance at the Madrid Open semifinals in straight sets 6-1, 6-3. This is her seventh win in a row against Sharapova and it came on the new blue-clay court surfaces.
May 7, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka and number two-ranked Maria Sharapova have advanced to the second round of the 2012 Madrid Open after both had straight-set wins on the new blue-clay court surfaces.
April 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Maria Sharapova, the second-ranked woman's player, quickly defeated Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, on Sunday to capture the Porsche Grand Prix for her first title of 2012.
April 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-4 to capture the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open title. Sharapova held her head high when shaking hands although slumping her shoulders in disappointment.
March 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number two-ranked Maria Sharapova, a three-time runner-up at the Sony Ericsson Open, rallied to defeat Caroline Wozniacki in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, advancing to the finals of the event where she will meet Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, a 6-4, 6-2 straight sets winner over France's Marian Bartoli.
March 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Serena Williams’s bid for a sixth Sony Ericsson Open title came to an end Tuesday after she lost in the quarterfinals to Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. The former world number one-ranked Wozniacki won 74 percent of her first serve points and converted three of her six break point opportunities.
March 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Serena Williams, the number 10 seed, returned from a left ankle injury and defeated China's Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-3 at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open.
March 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus are both looking to defend their titles as opening round action at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open gets underway today in Miami.
March 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus has won her fourth title of 2012 with a 6-2, 6-3 straight set win over Maria Sharapova in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., extending her win streak on the year to 23 consecutive victories.
March 16, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Ana Ivanovic has gained a position in the semifinals with a straight set 6-3, 6-4 victory over Marion Bartoli. Ivanovic now goes onto play against Maria Sharapova who needed over three hours to defeat Maria Kirilenko in three sets.
March 14, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka and number two-ranked Maria Sharapova are both headed to the quarterfinals of the 2012 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., both defeating their opponents in less than an hour.
March 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open has announced the women's seeds, with the number one seed being Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
March 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Professional tennis returned to New York City last night as four former world number one-ranked players took to the court at the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown.
March 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
MSG Sports and StarGames has announced a strong field of marketing partners for the Monday, March 5th BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden. An impressive array of marketing partners has signed on to showcase their brands at the fifth annual one-night only tennis event, which will feature four of today’s greatest tennis players.
March 2, 2012
By Michael Sarro
John McEnroe has been selected "Tennis Night in America" spokesperson, and in accordance, he held a tennis clinic at his John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) at Sportime on Randall’s Island for a select group of NYJTL students.
March 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis has certainly become a global sport, but one of the sport’s largest markets, the New York area, has lost some high-profile events through the years from both the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tours.
February 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
MSG Sports and StarGames have announced a comprehensive broadcast plan for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown that involves ESPN to broadcast the much-anticipated matches live from Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 5 featuring world number two-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia playing former world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and world number three Roger Federer of Switzerland taking on American Andy Roddick.
February 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that on Monday, March 5, it will launch "March Into Tennis," a month-long drive to get more kids playing the sport. Throughout the month, a record 1,200 USTA youth tennis events will take place across the country. March Into Tennis coincides with “Tennis Night in America"
February 24, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
A special edition of the “World of Tennis, Presented by BNP Paribas” will debut Friday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. on Tennis Channel. It will offer a preview of the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown, the fifth annual event at Madison Square Garden set for Monday, March 5 featuring Maria Sharapova vs. Caroline Wozniacki and Roger Federer vs. Andy Roddick.
February 24, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Island Tennis Magazine recently had a chance to chat with Federer as he prepares for his March 5th exhibition with Roddick at MSG and shares his thoughts on New York, the upcoming Summer Olympics and his preparations for the 2012 season ...
February 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Island Tennis Magazine recently had a chance to chat with former world number one Maria Sharapova of Russia, who will be coming to New York on Monday, March 5 to compete at the BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden.
February 16, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Seven-time Grand Slam tournament champion John McEnroe has been named the 2012 spokesperson for “Tennis Night In America,” a combined promotional effort between the USTA, StarGames Inc. and MSG Sports.
February 15, 2012
By Emilie Katz
A look back at the 2011 tennis season and all major tournaments and year end rankings.
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