April 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Maria Sharapova, the second-ranked woman's player, quickly defeated Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, on Sunday to capture the Porsche Grand Prix for her first title of 2012.
April 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain has defeated world number one Novak Djokovic in the finals of the 2012 Monte Carlo Masters in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. The win by Nadal ended Djokovic's streak of seven consecutive wins over the Spaniard in title matches.
April 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
John Isner, America's current highest-ranked singles player, has stated that he would like to put himself into the sweepstakes to play mixed-doubles with Serena Williams at the 2012 London Olympics this summer.
March 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus has won her fourth title of 2012 with a 6-2, 6-3 straight set win over Maria Sharapova in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., extending her win streak on the year to 23 consecutive victories.
March 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open has announced the women's seeds, with the number one seed being Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
March 7, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki will defend their titles at the upcoming $11 million BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., an ATP and WTA hard-court event which commences today. This is a record prize purse for any ATP-WTA event outside of the majors which gives $1 million to the women's and men's singles champions.
March 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic has fallen to Great Britain's Andy Murray for his first loss of the season in straight sets 6-2, 7-5 in the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
February 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Mardy Fish needed just 57 min. to advance to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-1, 6-1 straight sets win over Andreas Beck of Germany.
February 15, 2012
By Emilie Katz
A look back at the 2011 tennis season and all major tournaments and year end rankings.
February 6, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
According to Ricardo Sanchez, former coach of world number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki's, she must be 'more aggressive.'
January 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Taylor Townsend, a 15-year-old from Stockbridge, Ga., defeated 17-year-old Russian Yulia Putintseva, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to win the 2012 Australian Open Girls Singles Title. Earlier, Townsend partnered with 15-year-old Gabrielle Andrews of Pomona, Calif., to win the 2012 Australian Open Girls Doubles title.
January 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Spain's David Ferrer, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-1, in action on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals. His semifinals opponent will be the fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain, a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 winner over Japan's Kei Nishikori.
January 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Russia's Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, two former Wimbledon winners, will go head to head in the 2012 Australian Open semifinals after both won their quarterfinal matches in straight sets.
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 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Novak Djokovic has advanced onto the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the fifth consecutive year. He defeated Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in four sets 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Djokovic is hopeful of becoming only the fifth ever to win three consecutive majors.
January 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Russia's Maria Sharapova has advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2012 Australian Open in a hard-fought, three set win against Germany’s Sabine Lisicki. Sharapova is the fourth seed and came back from dropping the opening set to defeat the 14th-ranked Lisicki, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
January 20, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Day Five of the 2012 Australian Open, the last American hopeful took to the courts at Mebourne Park to keep hope alive in bringing the men's singles Aussie title back to American soil. That will have to be put on hold as the last remaining American, the 16th-ranked John Isner from North Carolina, fell to the 18th-ranked Feliciano Lopez of Spain ...
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.
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 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tuesday saw two local hopefuls take to the courts at the Austrailian Open and both came up with performances to make the Tri-State area proud.
January 17, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel and Verizon FiOS TV have reached a new multi-year carriage agreement, it was announced by Patrick Wilson, senior vice president, distribution, Tennis Channel, and Terry Denson, vice president of global content strategy, Verizon.
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 Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
China's Li Na defeated Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the semifinals of the Sydney International with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 three-set win on Thursday. Kvitova needed to be victorious at this tournament in order to knock Caroline Wozniacki out of the number one spot atop the WTA rankings prior to the Australian Open.
January 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The top injured players in tennis are continuing to improve their games heading into the Australian Open. Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, and the defending champ Kim Clijsters have said they have seen progress in recovery and are primed and ready for next week's first Grand Slam of 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
