February 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 Australian Open champion, world number one-ranked Novak Djokovic, will not participate in Serbia's Davis Cup match against Sweden in March. He will be given rest after his long series of matches during the Australia Open, including his finals match with Spain's Rafael Nadal which clocked in just under six hours.
February 1, 2012
By Roman Prokes
Stringing tennis racquets is a true art form. The stringing process is not as uniform and simple as it may seem. Players often believe that stringing is a non-differentiated good/service like milk or gasoline.
January 31, 2012
By Lawrence Kleger
Do you ever win the first set easy and lose in three? Of course! It happens to every competitive player at some point in time. The scenario goes something like this …
January 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Victoria Azarenka from Belarus defeated Russia' Maria Sharapova in the 2012 Australian Open Women's singles finals in just one-hour, 22-min. Azarenka swept the three-time Grand Slam winner, 6-3, 6-0, and won 12 out of 13 games in a row to quickly capture her first Grand Slam win ...
January 27, 2012
By Rob Polishook
How many times have you found yourself in a match in which you were just a few points or games from winning? Maybe the score was 6-3, 5-2, and you began to think, “This is great. I’m going to be the champion!”
January 26, 2012
By Luke Jensen
The late season surge from Roger Federer winning his last three tournaments of the year (Basel, Paris and London) show tremendous signs that the player of the last decade will be ready to make a run for the top spot again in 2012.
January 26, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the return of the U.S. Open National Playoffs for the third year. The U.S. Open National Playoffs will again include both men’s and women’s singles and mixed-doubles in 2012.
January 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez have announced that 13-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams will be joined by her sister Venus Williams, Christina McHale, and world number one doubles player Liezel Huber in representing the United States against Belarus in the 2012 Fed Cup ...
January 24, 2012
By Bobby Calise
Roger Federer, arguably the greatest men’s tennis player of all time, has earned about $3 million in 2011, not including endorsements. His rival, Rafael Nadal, has made in excess of $6 million, and top-ranked Novak Djokovic, who recently completed a historic season that included three major titles, has pocketed nearly $11 million.
January 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic had a pretty solid match, and on the other hand, American Serena Williams had her head in the sky. Djokovic, took the match in four sets, only dropping the third to wild card entry and Australia's own Lleyton Hewitt who could not hold his comeback. The top five-ranked men's singles players have now advanced the quarterfinals.
January 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Jordie Dolberg is the new director of tennis at Sportime Massapequa. Jordie lived in Florida his entire life, attending college at The University of Florida, before recently moving to Long Island to accept his new position.
January 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On the eve of the Australian Open, American teenagers Grace Min and Jack Sock, both U.S. Open junior champions, started the year strong by winning the USTA Pro Circuit’s season-opening women’s and men’s events in Innisbrook, Fla., and Plantation, Fla., respectively.
January 16, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Day One of the 2012 Australian Open is in the books Down Under, with many of the top seeds advancing to the second round of the first Grand Slam of 2012. The biggest upset of the day came on the men's side of the draw from 19-year-old hometown favorite Bernard Tomic ...
January 13, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been placed on the same half of the Australian Open draw for the first time in any Grand Slam since 2005. This means that Novak Djokovic, the current number one ranked player, won’t have to go up against either rival until he reaches the finals of the Open.
January 12, 2012
By Steven Kaplan
Traditionally, strokes are developed and corrected by haphazardly focusing on body movements, racket movements and ball and racket interactions.This approach is confusing, ineffective and needlessly complicated because it fails to address the kinetic chain of events that led to a successful stroke.
January 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Copa Del Cafe is a Junior ITF World Tour Tournament played in Costa Rica taking place this week. The tournament is a Grade 1 event played on hard courts. Long Island's Noah Rubin is participating in the event and has made Long Island proud once again as he has advanced to the semifinals where he will face the number four seed, Greece's Markos Kalovelonis.
December 23, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Brad Drewett, former player and current ATP senior executive, has been named as the new ATP executive chairman and president. He will be based in the ATP's London office.
December 23, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Nineteen-year-old Swedish tennis player Lucas Renard has been suspended for six months and fined $5,000 by the Tennis Integrity Unit after admitting an offense under Article D of the 2011 Uniform Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.
December 22, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked tennis pro Novak Djokovic from Serbia is planning an acting career in addition to tennis. The world's number one-ranked player is known off the court for his funny impressions of fellow top tennis players, plus his spoof of a Maria Sharapova commercial for Head racquets.
December 22, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Petra Kvitova has been chosen as the Czech Athlete of the Year in a poll conducted by sports journalists. The 21-year-old Wimbledon champion has been honored as the WTA's player of the year for 2011 and won six singles title. She has risen 32 positions from 34th in the rankings to second in the past year.
December 21, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Duke men's tennis head coach Ramsey Smith has announced on Monday the signing of three of the nation's best recruits, as well as one of the top international recruits. Among this crop is Cold Spring Harbor's Josh Levine, who will join Michael Redlicki, Daniel McCall and Bruno Semenzato will join the Blue Devils for the 2012-13 season.
December 20, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Atlanta Tennis Championships announced Monday 2003 U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick, 2010-11 ATC finalist John Isner and U.S. Open mixed doubles champion Jack Sock have committed to play in the tournament, which is the opening event of the Olympus U.S. Open Series.
December 13, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that, for the eighth time in nine years, the American doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan were named Men’s Doubles World Champions.
December 13, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Jan. 21, USTA Eastern will recognize 16 outstanding students for their sportsmanship and their appreciation of Arthur Ashe’s legacy at the section’s 2012 Junior Awards Luncheon.
December 12, 2011
By Scoop Malinowski
Status: 2011 French Open Mixed-Doubles Champion. Winner of six career ATP doubles titles.
