May 23, 2012
By Jessica Stiles
As the world of professional tennis awaits the start of the 2012 French Open, the qualifying tournament takes place in the day’s preceding. Players whose ranking fall just outside the top tier will compete for a chance to play in the main draw beginning Sunday, May 27.
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.
March 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis has certainly become a global sport, but one of the sport’s largest markets, the New York area, has lost some high-profile events through the years from both the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tours.
February 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Andy Roddick has been upset by Xavier Malisse of Belgium, 7-6, 7-5, in the opening round match on Wednesday night during the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tenn. Roddick, who has fallen to 27th in the ATP Tour 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.
January 19, 2012
By David Drucker
Mardy Fish is now the top-ranked American in the world, surpassing Andy Roddick who held the distinction as the top-ranked American for a number of years.
October 21, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Robin Soderling has announced his withdrawal from next month's Paris Masters due to illness. The sixth-ranked Swede has suffered from mononucleosis which has resulted in absence since last July.
September 22, 2011
By Lonnie Mitchel
While watching Wimbledon at the beginning of the summer, the announcers would talk about the bad state of American tennis. During the French Open a few weeks earlier, I heard the same comments several times during the course of the tournament.
August 22, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Murray of Great Britian defeated Serbian Novak Djokovic on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati in the finals of the Western & Southern Open after Djokovic, the world's number one ranked player on the ATP Tour, was forced to retire due to a sore right shoulder.
July 12, 2011
By David Drucker
There simply isn’t enough time in the day to describe all the wonderful things about Andre Agassi ...
April 1, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, top-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated the number seven seed Tomas Berdych, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, to advance to the friday night semifinals of the event where he'll face Roger Federer. Federer was victoious over Gilles Simon, who was forced to retire due to a stiff neck after dropping the first three games in a quick 10 min. match.
March 23, 2011
By Luke Jensen
Dear Tennis Fanatics of the East! My name is Luke Jensen and Long Island Tennis Magazine has given me the opportunity to write a column on anything on my mind. So look out!
December 30, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andy Roddick has announced that he has overcome a bout of mononucleosis and looks to improve upon his number eight ranking as the ATP Tour begins its 2011 schedule.
October 26, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Former top-ranked Thomas Muster is making his return to the ATP Tour at the Bank Austria Trophy, 26 years after he first played at the event.
July 27, 2010
By Alan Fleishman
Inside the heart of everyone who has ever fallen in love with the game is the dream of being on the pro tour. What air guitar is to the aspiring musician, what American Idol is to all of us who sound great singing in the shower or Thursday Karaoke night at the local watering hole ...
September 10, 2009
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
A look at the rising American stars on both the men's and women's fronts who will be taking part in the 2009 U.S. Open.
March 1, 2009
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis has certainly become a global sport, but it is disappointing to see its leading country, and one of that country’s largest markets, having lost some high-profile events from both the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tours. New York has lost a couple of professional tournaments that were very popular in the tennis community, both on Long Island and in the Metropolitan area.
January 1, 2009
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Proudly representing the Association of Tennis Professionals, Merrick, N.Y.-native Scott Lipsky recently took a break from giving opponents service ace-induced whiplash and enlightened Long Island Tennis Magazine on the man behind the racket.
