The fourth Long Island Tennis Magazine Challenge of 2021 took place this past Saturday as Sportime Kings Park played host to our Thanksgiving Mixed Doubles tournament. The event featured four divisions of play, with action scattered across the various hard and clay courts of the facility, as players came out to work off that…
On Wednesday, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced that it is suspending all tournaments in China, including Hong Kong, as it remains unconvinced about the well-being of tennis star Peng Shuai. In early November, Shuai accused former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault in a post on the Chinese social media platform Weibo….
One thing that makes a coach’s job easier, in any sport, is having the team’s best player be its hardest worker, and setting the example for the rest of their team. That’s the case for the St. Anthony’s girls tennis team and its star player Nicolina Giannola. The junior is in her second year…
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world at the beginning of last year, Jason Pasion, who at the time was the head coach of the Hofstra men’s and women’s tennis teams, decided to help out. Armed with a medical degree and a desire to contribute, Pasion wanted to do his part. “I remained…
Confidence is a very important part of a good player’s “toolbox”. When the point gets long, the game is tight, or the match is on the line, confidence can be the difference in a player’s ability to execute the shot or play the point well. The problem is that confidence comes from having success….
This story first appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. Click Here to see the complete digital edition As Emma Raducanu fired an ace, her third of the match, past Leylah Fernandez inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on, she dropped her racket and put her hands over her face in disbelief….
The USTA Eastern Tennis Conference returns to an in-person event in 2022, and is set for January 28-29, 2022, at the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel in Mahwah, N.J. In the days leading up to the in-person event, there will also be four virtual webinars held featuring special guests. Below is the full schedule for both…
For the second time in his career, Germany’s Alexander Zverev has won the Nitto ATP Finals as he defeated Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in the championship match on Sunday in Turin, Italy. “It was great,” said Zverev. “I won the [Nitto ATP] Finals, in the final against someone I had lost five times…
If you are a competitive tennis player, you want to win. The problem is, so does your opponent. In fact, everyone wants to win. The best way to give yourself a great shot at winning is to focus on what you need to do on the way to the desired outcome. This is the…
Garbine Muguruza captured her third and biggest title of the year as she won the end-of-the-year WTA Finals with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit in Guadalajara, Mexico on Wednesday night. In doing so, Muguruza becomes the first Spanish woman to ever win the event. “Right now I feel extremely happy and…