March 5, 2013
By Emilie Katz
A recap of the winners and those who called it quits in 2012 ...
January 2, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The U.S. rallied past France 2-1 on Tuesday at the Hopman Cup, as the mixed-doubles team of John Isner and Venus Williams captured the decisive mixed-doubles match to win a second straight series. France won the opening singles match when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overwhelmed Isner 6-3, 6-2.
October 26, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Juan Martin del Potro defeated South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2 to advance to the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors Basel. del Potro's trip to the semis comes just one day after qualifying for the 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held at The O2 in London in November.
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.
March 13, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated South Africa's Kevin Anderson, 6-2, 6-3, to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
March 5, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
South Africa's Kevin Anderson took down Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6, to win the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships for his second ever career ATP title. Anderson is the first ever South African to win this tournament.
October 19, 2011
By Eric C. Peck
Unseeded American James Blake defeated second-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2011 Stockholm Open in Sweden. Also advancing was South Africa's Kevin Anderson, the number five seed, a 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 winner over Germany's Tommy Haas.
October 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Roddick lost to South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 4-6, 5-7 in the first round of the China Open a defeat the sixth-seeded American called “unacceptable.” Roddick struggled with his usually reliable serve and was broken at key points in each set.
September 23, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Maria Kirilenko has advanced into the semifinals at the Guangzhou Open after defeating Tetiana Luzhanska of the Ukraine in straight sets, 6-1, 7-5.
September 6, 2011
By Brent Shearer
Right before the Grateful Dead played “Johnny B. Goode,” guitarist Jerry Garcia used to announce, “This is the one that started it all off.” For tennis memoirs, the same can be said about A Handful of Summers by former South African tennis pro Gordon Forbes. A Handful of Summers is a coming of age story set against the cosmopolitan background of the pro tour in the 1950s while it was still segregated between amateurs and pros.
August 25, 2011
By Eric C. Peck
Today at the USTA BIllie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., the men's and women's draws were announced for the 2011 U.S. Open.
August 11, 2011
By David Drucker
There’s some kind of déjà vu feeling in the air as I remember writing an article recapping Andy Murray’s embarrassing opening round exit in Montreal to Kevin Anderson of South Africa. That story doesn’t even compare to Rafael Nadal losing 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(5) in his opening round match to Ivan Dodig of Croatia at the 2011 Rogers Cup in Montreal.
August 5, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 11th-seeded American John Isner got past his doubles partner and fellow American James Blake, 7-6 (0), 1-6, 7-6 (4) in Washington, D.C. in Thursday action at the Legg Mason Classic
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.
March 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the players and coaches who will represent the United States at the 2011 World Team Cup.
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.
December 22, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, Tuesday in the first of a two-match charity exhibition series held for the charitable foundations of each of the sport's top stars.
August 9, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The United States girls’ teams continued its string of dominance at the 2010 World Junior Tennis Finals, winning its fourth consecutive title at the 14-and-under version of Fed Cup and Davis Cup, in Prostejov, Czech Republic, Aug. 2-7.
July 29, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the top American juniors who will represent the United States in the World Junior Tennis Competition Finals. Among those chosen for the boy's team is local product Noah Rubin of Merrick, N.Y. who made the cut and will join teammates Jordan Belga of Elk Grove Village, Ill. and Stefan Kozlov of Pembroke Pines, Fla. to represent the United States squad.
September 6, 2009
By Carl Barnett
It has recently been discovered that an un-swallowed taste of replacement drink versus placebo can spike the performance of one athlete over another. The anticipation of fuel can stimulate the areas of the brain which appear to have allowed their muscles to work even harder.
