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 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 14, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Serena Williams defeated world number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3 to win the 2012 Madrid Open. Serena, now 30 years of age, entered as the ninth seed into the event where she extended her winning streak to 13 matches.
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 8, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In opening round action at the 2012 Madrid Open, Serena Williams defeated 68th-ranked Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-1 to reach the second round, while sister Venus was a 6-4, 6-1 loser to Angelique Kerber.
April 26, 2012
By Emilie Katz
Court Six Gossip Column from the March & April 2012 Long Island Tennis Magazine.
April 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In their first match-up ever in Fed Cup history, the United States swept Ukraine 5-0 in the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Playoffs, on an outdoor red clay court at the Superior Golf and Spa Resort in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
April 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the U.S. Fed Cup team's playoff competition against Ukraine in Kharkiv, Ukraine, this weekend, with live telecasts Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22.
April 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
John Isner, America's current highest-ranked singles player, has stated that he would like to put himself into the sweepstakes to play mixed-doubles with Serena Williams at the 2012 London Olympics this summer.
April 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The following is taken from a conference call moderated by Jasmine Sheppard with Mary Jo Fernandez, captain of the U.S. Fed Cup team who will be competing in the World Group playoffs in the Ukraine, April 21-22.
April 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez announced that 13-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams will be joined by Christina McHale, Sloane Stephens, and world number one doubles player Liezel Huber in representing the United States against Ukraine in the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff at the Superior Golf & Spa Resort in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 21-22.
April 9, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Serena Williams defeated Lucie Safarova 6-0, 6-1 to capture the 2012 Family Circle Cup on Sunday. This is her 40th WTA title and first on clay since she captured the same championship back in 2008.
April 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Fifth-seeded American Serena Williams defeated Marina Erakovic of New Zealand in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, to move closer to a meeting between her and her Sister Venus Williams at the 2012 Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C.
April 4, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Serena Williams, Sam Stosur, and Vera Zvonareva all won their round of 16 matches at the Family Circle Cup in straight set victories in Charleston, S.C.
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 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus narrowly got past Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, 1-6, 7-6, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
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 15, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Women's number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated the fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-0, 6-2 in just over an hour to tie Serena Williams’ 2003 record of 21-0 to start a season and advance to the semifinals of the 2012 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
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 8, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 World TeamTennis Pro League schedule kicks off on Monday, July 9, with the defending champion Washington Kastles vying to continue their 16-match winning streak that started last summer as they face off against the Orange County Breakers in Irvine, Calif.
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 21, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
For the first time in television history, Tennis Channel will rank the best 100 players ever to pick up a tennis racquet. The "100 Greatest of All-Time, Presented by Ally Bank," is a five-night, week-long series that will cross generation and gender as it counts down the game's most elite on-court competitors.
February 15, 2012
By Emilie Katz
A look back at the 2011 tennis season and all major tournaments and year end rankings.
February 15, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Six current or former world number one-ranked players from the United States, including Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Bob and Mike Bryan, Lindsay Davenport, and John McEnroe, were among the names drafted by the eight franchises in the World TeamTennis (WTT) Pro League presented by GEICO.
February 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Venus Williams served in her first match in five months alongside Liezel Huber in the United States Fed Cup match against Belarus. Williams was off to a good start that improved as the match went on with the duo defeating Anastasiya Yakimova & Liezel Huber in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. "It was perfect conditions," said Williams.
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