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.
December 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
James Blake of Yonkers, N.Y. and Jack Sock of Lincoln, Neb. are among 13 American men accepted to the qualifying draw of the 2013 Australian Open, beginning Jan. 7 in Melbourne.
August 29, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
It’s been an uneven first two days at the 2012 U.S. Open, with everything going to form on Arthur Ashe Stadium and chaos ruling on the outside courts. Thus far, all 10 matches in Arthur Ashe Stadium have been decided in straight sets (the closest set score: 6-4) ...
August 28, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
It’s a mix of the experienced and the new as eight U.S. women take to the courts in today’s action, including a pair of all-American matchups, with three-time champion and reigning Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams taking on 2008 girls’ champion CoCo Vandeweghe, and Venus Williams opening her 2012 U.S. Open against fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
August 15, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the eight women and men who have been awarded singles main draw wild card entries into the 2012 U.S. Open.
July 13, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In Thursday action at the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, R.I., Merrick, N.Y.'s Scott Lipsky and doubles partner Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico, the third-seeded doubles pairing, were 7-6(6), 6-7(3), 10-7 winners over the team of Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr. & Gilles Mueller of Luxembourg.
July 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
When John Isner and Nicolas Mahut step on court to play each other, it's natural for fans to wonder how long they will be watching. However, in Newport R.I. on Wednesday, the match time was just one hour and 18 minutes ...
July 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Island native Scott Lipsky and his doubles partner, Rajeev Ram, came just short of shocking the second-seeded team of Mark and Bob Bryan in the men's doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon this morning, but fell 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6.
January 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tuesday saw two local hopefuls take to the courts at the Austrailian Open and both came up with performances to make the Tri-State area proud.
September 1, 2011
By Anthony Pastecchi
Day three of the 2011 U.S. Open saw many great matches with an early upset by a 19-year-old American player. That player was Christina McHale of nearby Englewood Cliffs, N.J., who defeated the number eight-seed Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets, 7-6, 6-2.
June 6, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Easter Bowl, a USTA National Championship, showcases the talent of top junior players across the country every spring. The Easter Bowl is the only National Championship where the top juniors in multiple age divisions, their families and coaches are all at the same place at the same time.
March 7, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Alex Bogomolov Jr. won in the finals of the Challenger of Dallas at T Bar M Racquet Club on Sunday. His serve was on and his return game came through when it counted, as he came up with a 7-6(5), 6-3 victory over Rainer Schuettler of Germany.
February 28, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Americans Scott Lipsky from Merrick, N.Y. & Rajeev Ram from Englewood, Colo. won their second consecutive ATP World Tour title at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships as they rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 10-3 win over Christopher Kas from German & Alexander Peya from Austria.
February 23, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The American doubles team of Merrick, N.Y. native Scott Lipsky & Rajeev Ram upset the team of Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram of Israel, in a third set superbreaker tie-break, 6-2, 3-6, 10-2, to advance to the second round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.
February 3, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Merrick, N.Y. native Scott Lipsky and his doubles partner Rajeev Ram have advanced to the semifinals of the SA Tennis Open 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa, defeating the hometown South African duo of Rik de Voest & Izak Van Der Merwe, 7-6(5), 6-3.
August 27, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Court 11 was good to players with New York connections on day three of the 2010 U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament on Thursday. Former Georgia Tech All-American Irina Falconi, who grew up playing on the public courts at Inwood Park near Washington Heights in the Bronx, beat Germany’s Mona Barthel, 6-0, 6-2, in the first round of the U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
August 25, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Despite two rain delays, most of the matches were completed on Day 1 of the 2010 U.S. Open Qualifying tournament at the USTA BIllie Jean King National Tennis Center. Among the notables who advanced were American Robert Kendrick, who defeated Madwe Middlekoop, 6-4,6-0 , as well as fellow Americans Bobby Reynolds and Ryan Harrison on the men's side.
July 26, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Americans Scott Lipsky of Merrick, N.Y. & Rajeev Ram of Englewood, Colo. defeated Rohan Bopanna of India & Kristof Vliegen of Belgium to win the Atlanta Tennis Championships doubles title.
May 28, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The top eight seeds of the player field at the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships will be dominated by players ranked within the top 100 on the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings. New additions to the player field include number 53-ranked Benjamin Becker; the top two Belgian players, Olivier Rochus and Xavier Malisse; the top two players from Columbia, Santiago Giraldo and Alejandro Falla; American Michael Russell, currently ranked number 82 and number 85-ranked, Karol Beck of Slovakia.
April 14, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Rajeev Ram, who clinched both the singles and the doubles titles in Newport last year, will return to compete in the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships again this year. Ram, who is currently ranked 85th on the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings, joins a dynamic Newport player field that features four of the top-10 Americans.