October 27, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Hundreds of children from around Long Island learned tennis basics and had fun trying a new sport at the Annual Merrick Fair.
September 14, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 4th Annual Tennis Blitz in the Parks was held in late July, as nearly 1,000 children received free tennis lessons in eight different Nassau County parks.
August 25, 2011
By Michael Sarro
On Aug. 23, hundreds of fans were lined up outside Bar Basque in New York City just to catch a glimpse of defending U.S. Open champ, Rafael Nadal. Nadal was on hand to promote his new campaign with Bacardi Limited, Champions Drink Responsibly ...
August 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Volunteers from around Long Island joined the USTA’s Long Island Tennis Service Representative Bill Mecca to introduce almost 250 of Huntington’s elementary school children to the many fun and health benefits of tennis.
August 1, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Malverne School District’s second and third graders took to the courts recently during two field day events sponsored by the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region.
June 6, 2011
By David Drucker
A big congratulations is in order to Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor for what he accomplished this past weekend winning the 2011 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Tournament.
June 3, 2011
By David Drucker
As the 2011 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Tournament kicked off, Long Island representatives gave a strong showing on day one. Between six singles and six doubles matches, Nassau and Suffolk County combined together had eight wins.
May 16, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Bill Mecca, tennis service representative from the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region, recently presented gently used racquets and balls to Jarred Kershaw, coach of Roosevelt High School's Boys and Girls Tennis Teams for distribution to his players.
October 28, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA Eastern Long Island Regional Board received a citation and thanks from Edward P. Mangano, Nassau County Executive, for providing volunteers and instructors to help with the QuickStart Tennis Blitz in the Park.
June 10, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Longines, the official timekeeper off the French Open, is committed to developing and finding future tennis champions. As part of that commitment, they invited 16 12-and-Under players from 15 different countries to take part in the Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament.
June 3, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Longines Future Junior Aces Tournament Lucky Draw was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris on Wednesday. The Tennis Aces event is a global tennis challenge for junior tennis’ rising stars ages 10-12 created by Longines to identify and develop rising tennis’ stars of tomorrow.
May 13, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2010 Annual USPTA Eastern Conference is set for Monday-Tuesday, May 17-18, 2010 and it will be hosted at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens. The two-day event brings together some of the sport's top professionals, who will be on hand to discuss the sport and deliver presentations on improving your game, to committee meetings, to networking receptions.
April 7, 2010
By Bill Mecca
Nassau County Parks Commissioner Jose Lopez presented Bill Mecca, USTA Eastern Section’s Long Island representative, with a Citation of Appreciation for working to make Nassau County a healthier place to live.
April 6, 2010
By USTA Eastern Long Island Region
Dear Long Island Tennis community: Please pause and pray for Haiti … may their hearts and land be healed over time.
July 1, 2009
By Jonathan Klee
I was very disappointed to read Jim Dileo's article, "USTA Team Tennis: Increasing Your Chances to Play for a National Title" in the May/June 2009 edition of Long Island Tennis Magazine. Mr. Dileo takes the approach that, in order to be competitive and win, you need to “game” the system when self-rating players. His article is an attempt to show the flaws in the self-rate process and how to exploit a "loophole" in order to gain a coveted spot for a team at Nationals. Speaking from experience, nothing can be further from the truth. Attempts to "game" the system have not only failed miserably, but they have led to multiple captains, as well as players, being suspended, placed on probation and re-rated. Countless matches have been reversed due to disqualifications for abuses in the self-rating process and many teams who saw Section Championships within their reach have seen their teams go from playoff contenders to also-rans at the stroke of a computer key.
