March 21, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In opening round men's singles action at the 2013 Sony Open in Miami, it was wild card James Blake who defeated his fellow countryman, Ryan Harrison, 6-2, 6-2. Blake won 24 of his 27 first serve points and broke Harrison twice while improving his head-to-head series with Harrison to a perfect 3-0 mark.
March 8, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Ryan Harrison set a second-round clash with two-time former champion Rafael Nadal after defeating Go Soeda 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 in opening round action at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open. Harrison capitalized on four of his six break points to seal the victory.
February 13, 2013
By Emilie Katz
Mike Bryan has married Lucille Williams in California. American ATP stars and personalities in attendance at Mike's wedding included his twin brother Bob Bryan, Mardy Fish and Justin Gimelstob.
January 15, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The third day of the 2013 Australian Open will bring some more great tennis, as the second round gets underway. Two American men will try to take down the big boys today, as Tim Smyczek will face fourth-seeded David Ferrer, and in the featured match of the day, Ryan Harrison will take on top-seeded Novak Djokovic.
January 9, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Ryan Harrison, currently ranked 68th in the world, has upset the top seed and fellow countryman John Isner 6-4, 6-4 at the Apia International Sydney. Harrison, who had lost both his previous meetings with Isner in straight sets, saved all three break points that he faced on serve.
December 17, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Madison Keys of Rock Island, Ill. and Rhyne Williams of Knoxville, Tenn. each earned wild card entries into the main draw of the 2013 Australian Open Sunday by winning the Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at Peachtree Corners.
November 14, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Long Island Tennis Magazine takes a closer look at four locales offering sun, relaxation and plenty of on-the-court opportunities.
August 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American men had a great day on Day Three at the 2012 U.S. Open. Top-seeded American John Isner fought through Xavier Malisse and won in four tough sets 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 7-6. Behind strong support from the pro American crowd on the Grandstand, Ryan Harrison won easily in straight sets against Benjamin Becker ...
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 28, 2012
By Steven Kaplan
The United States was the dominant force on the world tennis scene for the first 30 years of the Open Era, but in the last decade, has experienced limited international success. Now, with the current generation of U.S. champions all over 30, American tennis is at a crossroads and the future is uncertain at best.
July 25, 2012
By Emilie Katz
Five ATP and WTA pros landed at various points on Forbes magazine's list of the globe's "100 Most Powerful Celebrities."
July 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
James Blake defeated the number six seeded Ryan Harrison at the BB&T Atlanta Open 1-6, 6-3, 7-5. Blake is now 32-years-old and just came off knee surgery and entered this match with a sore right shoulder.
July 16, 2012
By Jessica Stiles
World TeamTennis was back in action Friday night, July 13, as the New York Sportimes hosted the Philadelphia Freedoms at Sportime Stadium at Randall’s Island. The Sportimes put forth a solid roster with the trio of Robert Kendrick, Jesse Witten and Ashley Harkleroad in action with former world number one Martina Hingis leading the way.
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.
June 26, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the 12 players nominated to the U.S. Olympic Tennis Teams for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, set for July 28-Aug. 5. U.S. women’s tennis coach Mary Joe Fernandez nominated a six-person team, with four singles entries and two doubles teams.
June 18, 2012
By Emilie Katz
Our Court Six column features tennis gossip from around the tennis community ...
May 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The following is a interview conducted with Patrick McEnroe and the top women's junior player in the United States, Taylor Townsend of Stockbridge, Ga. Taylor swept the singles and doubles title at the Australian Open in January, the first American to do that at a Junior Slam since Lindsay Davenport at the 1992 U.S. Open.
April 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the U.S. Davis Cup team's quarterfinal competition against France in Monaco, this weekend, with live and same-day, "Instant Encore" replays Friday through Sunday.
April 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Guy Forget, the captain of the French Davis Cup team, feels that the United States will be weakened by the loss of Mardy Fish in their quarterfinal match which commences on Friday.
April 4, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinals match between the United States and France will take place Friday-Sunday, April 6-8 at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune Cap Martin, France.
March 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In action on the men's side of the draw at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open, U.S. wild card entry Ryan Harrison defeated Italy's Potito Starace 6-7(6/8), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to face Switzerland's Roger Federer
March 9, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Robby Ginepri has become the first American to win a spot into the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. after defeating Paoli Lorenzi of Italy in three sets 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
February 23, 2012
By Emilie Katz
Russian tennis star Maria Kirilenko has a new beau, two-time NHL most valuable player Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals.
February 13, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The United States has defeated Switzerland in 2012 Davis Cup action, 5-0, as Americans Ryan Harris and John Isner both had straight set victories to complete the undefeated match. The matches, held on an indoor red clay court at the Forum Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland ...
