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.
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 15, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Ana Ivanovic defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 in her first round match at the 2012 Italian Open.
May 4, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal has made some complaints to the ATP for allowing a new blue-clay surface at the Madrid Open beginning this weekend in Spain. During a practice session, Nadal had trouble on the new surface, claiming it was soft and slippery. Along with this change, he is also displeased with the placement of new advertising boards on the court.
April 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has started off his 2012 clay court season on a positive note with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Andreas Seppi in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
April 9, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Longines, the official timekeeper and partner of the French Open, has announced the United States’ participants for the 2012 Longines Future Tennis Aces—On the Road to the French Open U.S. qualifying tournament.
April 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Longines, the official timekeeper and partner of the French Open, has announced that 16 junior female tennis players from the United States ages 12-and-under will compete in a one-day Longines Future Tennis Aces–On the Road to the French Open qualifying tournament ...
October 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have agreed to a multi-year extension of the French Open rights package that has been in place since 2007, keeping the network as the primary non-broadcast home of the world's preeminent clay-court championship for years to come.
August 11, 2011
By David Drucker
The magical run of Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his mixed-doubles partner, Australian Casey Dellacqua, has finally come to a happy ending at Roland Garros, as the duo captured the 2011 French Open Mixed-Doubles Championship.
August 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that defending champion Jack Sock of Lincoln, Neb., and reigning Orange Bowl champion Lauren Davis of Gates Mills, Ohio, will be the top seeds at the 2011 USTA Boys’ and Girls’ 18s National Championships.
June 6, 2011
By David Drucker
Stop me when you’ve heard this before: French Open finals, Federer vs. Nadal. In their storied rivalry, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have met 24 times with Nadal coming out the victor 16 times, six of which have come in a Grand Slam final.
June 3, 2011
By David Drucker
It seems almost automatic that once the French Open starts, you know at least who one of the finalists will be. For a sixth time, Spain’s Rafael Nadal is headed into the finals of the French Open.
June 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The magical run of Merrick, N.Y.'s Scott Lipsky and his mixed-doubles partner, Australian Casey Dellacqua, has finally come to an end at Roland Garros as the duo captured the 2011 Mixed-Doubles Championship.
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.
June 1, 2011
By David Drucker
Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his mixed-doubles partner Casey Dellacqua of Australia have done it again, clinching a spot in the mixed-doubles championship match at the 2011 French Open. The duo was able to overcome a surge from opponents Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia to advance.
June 1, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel and ESPN have extended the French Open and Australian Open multimedia programming alliance they began in Roland Garros in 2007. Both networks will continue to offer matches virtually round the clock from both events, two of the sport's four major "Grand Slam" tournaments ...
May 31, 2011
By David Drucker
Merrick, N.Y. native Scott Lipsky has made his way into the semifinals of the mixed-doubles bracket at the 2011 French Open with partner Casey Dellacqua of Australia. Lipsky, a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, N.Y. as well as Stanford University, is catching the eyes of many as he seeks his first Grand Slam Mixed-Doubles Title.
May 27, 2011
By David Drucker
Before we could even catch our breath after Kim Clijsters’ early exit yesterday, top seed and number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark succumbed to defeat at the hands of the number 28 seed, Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia.
May 26, 2011
By David Drucker
As second round action picked up at Roland Garros, perhaps the biggest upset on the men and women’s draw took place Thursday as the number two seed and one of the heavy favorites to win the French slam, Kim Clijsters, fell to Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.
May 25, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
After almost the greatest upset on a clay surface, people around the world are still talking about how world number one-ranked Rafael Nadal escaped by the skin of his teeth in five sets against young American John Isner. This had been the first time in Nadal’s career that he was faced with a five set match at Roland Garros.
May 17, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Kim Clijsters has announced that she will be ready to play in the 2011 French Open at Roland Garros. This announcement comes after she was faced with wrist and shoulder ailments, along with a sprained ankle, which she faced back in early April.
May 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Novak Djokovic defeated Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (4), 6-2 to win the Serbia Open for his 27th consecutive win of the 2011 season.
April 11, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Saturday April 9, 16 boys, ages 12 and under, took the courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to compete in the Longines Future Tennis Aces event. They were all playing for the chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to the French Open to meet and play against tennis greats, Andre Agassi and Jim Courier at Roland Garros.
March 10, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
David Nalbandian of Argentina strained his groin and tore a muscle last week in a Davis Cup match against Adrian Ungur of Romania which will require surgery and an approximate two-month absence from the court.
February 17, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Longines, the Swiss-based watch company, will be the official timekeeper for the highly anticipated BNP Paribas Showdown. Tennis rivals of the 80s and 90s, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl will once again compete at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 28, 2011.
