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 24, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the 14 teams that will compete in the first-ever U.S. Open National Playoffs–Mixed-Doubles Championship, Aug. 24-27, at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in New Haven, Conn. Representing the USTA Eastern Region will be 30-year-old Bea Bielik from Valley Stream, N.Y. and her teammate, 27-year-old Darrin Cohen from Smithtown, N.Y.
August 24, 2011
By Roman Prokes
As the U.S. Open nears, tennis players have the obstacle of playing on a third surface in less than two months. Shuffling between these surfaces creates key variations for players to compensate for.
August 23, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In its third year of U.S. Open coverage, Tennis Channel will add Mary Carillo to its on-air lineup, marking the Queens, N.Y., native's first stint in the network's broadcast booth at the Flushing Meadow-based largest event in tennis.
August 23, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that world number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark has been named the top seed in women’s singles at the 2011 U.S. Open, set for Aug. 29-Sept. 11 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
August 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
USTA Player Development has announced the eight men and eight women who will participate in the second annual U.S. Open Wild Card Playoff, being held at the Junior Tennis Champions Center, a USTA Certified Regional Training Center in College Park, Md., Aug. 18-20.
August 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that 2001 U.S. Open champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and a group of Americans consisting of former U.S. Open semifinalist Robby Ginepri, teenager Ryan Harrison, reigning NCAA champion Steve Johnson, Jack Sock, who won his second consecutive USTA Boys’ 18s title on Sunday, and current world number 89th ranked player Donald Young, along with France’s Julien Benneteau, have been awarded men’s singles main draw wild card entries into the 2011 U.S. Open.
August 8, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In addition to being the number one-ranked player in the United States, Mardy Fish is currently number one in the Olympus U.S. Open Series Bonus Challenge men's standings, having reached the finals of the first two events: Winning in Atlanta and with a runner-up finish Sunday in Los Angeles ...
August 8, 2011
By David Drucker
This weekend at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. we saw the unexpected happen. By that, I mean unseeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic capturing the title, as he faced the number one seed, Gael Monfils of France, who was obviously favored going into the match.
July 29, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that Robert Kendrick has been found to have committed a doping violation under Article C.1 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (presence of a prohibited substance in player’s sample) and has been suspended from participation for one year
July 28, 2011
By David Drucker
Yesterday evening under the lights of the L.A. Tennis Center, fans were treated to the most anticipated matchup of the draw, a second round clash between number two seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina and James Blake of the United States at the Farmers Classic.
July 27, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA announced the top American juniors who will represent the United States in the World Junior Tennis Competition Finals. The event features 32 teams (16 boys teams and 16 girls teams) composed of players 14-and-under from 25 nations across the world.
July 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On the weekend of July 10-11, the fast-growing sport of beach tennis held its first ever U.S. National Championships, as the sport's top players converged in Chicago to compete for $3,000 in prize money and to vie to see who is the best of the best in the world of beach tennis.
July 12, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
USTA Serves, the national charitable foundation of the United States Tennis Association, has awarded the Dwight Mosley Scholarship Award to Half Hollow Hills High School Senior Christopher Hunter of Melville, N.Y.
July 11, 2011
By David Drucker
This past weekend, the United States Davis Cup team had a wide-open opportunity to upend Spain in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Davis Cup, but was unable to do so. Everything was in favor of the U.S. prior to the competition getting underway.
July 7, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the United States' and Spain's Davis Cup quarterfinal competition in Austin, Texas, this weekend with live telecasts of each match and same-day, "Instant Encore" replays beginning at 3:00 p.m. EST each day.
June 28, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier has announced that world number nine Mardy Fish, number 10 Andy Roddick, and the world’s top-ranked doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinal tie against Spain, July 8-10.
June 17, 2011
By David Drucker
This morning, the Wimbledon draws were announced for both the men's and women's sides, which begins this Monday. The men’s draw was expected to see have some good first round matches and possible showdowns later on ... and did they ever hit the nail on the head!
June 10, 2011
By David Drucker
As play got underway today at the AEGON Championships in London, England, Andy Roddick of the United States made quick work of Spain’s Fernando Verdasco, 6-2, 6-2.
June 8, 2011
By Anthony Pastecchi
On May 26, the United States Tennis Association in conjunction with the Queens District Attorney’s Office, hosted its 13th Annual “Say Yes to Tennis, Say No to Drugs” event at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
June 8, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Thursday June 9th, Wheelchair tennis players from around the world will return to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for the 11th Annual Jana Hunsaker Memorial Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. The four-day event is sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation, and is part of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
June 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Former doubles world number two-ranked Ellis Ferreira won the mixed-doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open and the men’s doubles title at the 2000 Australian Open, and reached the final of the U.S. Open men’s doubles in 2000.
June 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Thirty-one years after the stirring Wimbledon Gentlemen's Final that earned Hall of Famers John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg a place among history's great sports battles, HBO Sports looks back at their unforgettable rivalry of the 1970's and 1980's in the new documentary McEnroe/Borg: Fire and Ice.
June 1, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region has announced a new event pitting doubles teams of club pros and juniors against each other to support the Junior Tennis Foundation and its goals.
May 17, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel will bring the world's most prestigious clay-court tournament to American televisions in 3-D for the first time during its coverage of the 2011 French Open.
