May 22, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tenth-ranked Mardy Fish and women's 16th-ranked Andrea Petkovic are among several players who pulled out of the upcoming French Open. Fish, the top-seeded American, has not played a match for more than a month due to an injury. He will be replaced by Canada's Frank Dancevic.
December 9, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Robin Soderling of Sweden is set to miss the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of 2012, as he fights off mononucleosis. He has not played a match since mid-July after capturing the Bastad title. "My recovery has been longer than expected," said Soderling via Twitter.
October 21, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Robin Soderling has announced his withdrawal from next month's Paris Masters due to illness. The sixth-ranked Swede has suffered from mononucleosis which has resulted in absence since last July.
September 1, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Both the men's side and women's side each lost a big name on Wednesday as Sweden's Robin Soderling and American Venus Williams were forced out of action at the 2011 U.S. Open due to illness.
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.
June 23, 2011
By David Drucker
Even when you mention the game of tennis, the first names that come to mind are automatically Federer and Nadal. Novak Djokovic should now be one of those names that quickly come to mind, considering he is playing the best tennis on tour this year.
June 16, 2011
By David Drucker
Yesterday, the seeding ceremony took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, where the top 32 seeds were announced for this year's Wimbledon. For the most part, the men’s seeding generally followed their actual ATP ranking.
June 1, 2011
By David Drucker
It was supposed to be an entertaining match, but thanks to the Swiss maestro Roger Federer, it became just another routine affair. Federer was able to defeat France’s Gael Monfils, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals of the 2011 French Open on Tuesday afternoon.
May 31, 2011
By David Drucker
The anticipation was high at the 2011 French Open for the third round clash between the number two seed Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro, 2009 U.S. champion. With little daylight left, the match was suspended until Saturday with the score tied at a set apiece.
April 29, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The ATP and WTA have released their latest world rankings. Spaniard Rafael Nadal stands atop the men's rankings, while Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki leads the women's rankings. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Robin Soderling round out the top five on the ATP side, while the women's top five behind Wozniacki includes Kim Clijsters, Vera Zvonareva, Francesca Schiavone and Victoria Azarenka.
February 8, 2011
By Emilie Katz
Emilie Katz reviews 2010 on both the ATP and WTA tours ... the winners, ranking and who hung up their racquets for the final time through retirement from the sport ...
January 13, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
For the 2011 Australian Open, Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki have been named top seeds on the men's and women's sides respectively, as the event begins next week, Jan. 17-30 at Melbourne Park.
January 10, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Robin Soderling defeated Andy Roddick, 6-3, 7-5 to capture the Men's Singles Title at the 2011 Brisbane International Tennis Tournament in Australia at the Pat Rafter Arena.
December 16, 2010
By Daniel Kresh
Since 2000, when I became a ballperson for The Hamlet Cup, I have longed to try out for the U.S. Open, the most elite group of ballpeople in the world. Ten years later, I finally had that opportunity.
November 16, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have been placed in Group A in the draw for the ATP season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, along with Tomas Berdych and Andy Roddick.
November 15, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Robin Soderling of Sweden defeated Gael Monfils of France, 6-1, 7-6 (1), to capture his first Masters 1000 title n the Paris Masters final. Soderling became the first Swede to win a Masters 1000 tournament since Thomas Enqvist did so in Cincinnati in 2000. The win will place Soderling number four in the men's rankings.
September 21, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The latest rankings have been released for for the men's and women's pro tours. Atop the ATP rankings, Rafael Nadal of Spain, the 2010 U.S. Open winner, with a wide margin of nearly 5,000 in ranking points. On the women's side, the injured Serena Williams leads the WTA rankings, coming in with 6,995 ranking points, followed closely behind Caroline Wozniacki who trails by slightly more than 1,000 points.
September 9, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Wednesday was a chance for both the men and the women to punch their ticket the semifinals at this year's U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Strong winds at Arthur Ashe Stadium made playing conditions tough, but the top players fought through Day 10 at Flushing Meadows.
September 9, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The following is taken from Roger Federer's post-match press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 8 during the 2010 U.S Open. The second-seeded Federer defeated Swede Robin Soderling on Wednesday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.
September 7, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Labor Day Monday saw a full card of great tennis at the USTA Billie Jean KIng National Tennis Center for Day Eight of the 2010 U.S. Open.
September 5, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Day Six of the 2010 U.S. Open was full of action, as the sport's top stars once again took to the courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. American upstart Beatrice Capra's Cinderella run came to an end on Saturday as she fell to the 14th-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova, 6-0, 6-0.
September 3, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Day Four of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, number one women's seed Caroline Wozniacki wasted no time getting out of the heat and off the court in her second round match against Taipei's Chang Kai-Chen.
August 31, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The sun was out and the fans swarmed to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Day One of the 2010 U.S. Open. While the day was filled with a bunch of close and thrilling matches, there were no major upsets.
June 7, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The number 17-seed, Francesca Schiavone of Italy, defeated seventh-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (2), in the women's finals of the 2010 French Open. Schiavone came into the match with only one win in five attempts against Stosur,
June 6, 2010
By Emilie Katz
