The final puzzle piece of the New York Open Wild Card Playoff was put into place this weekend as the fourth Pre-Qualifying Tournament took place at MatchPoint NYC in Brooklyn. Adam El Mihdawy secured his spot in the Pre-Qualifying tournament semifinals by defeating Ethan Leon in the finals. El Mihdawy now joins Borna Gojo,…
Four months removed from the U.S. Open, both Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka delivered encore performances in Australia over the last two weeks. The two captured the men’s singles and women’s singles titles, respectively, in dominant fashion to leave no doubt on who currently stands atop the men’s and women’s tours. In the women’s…
The 2019 New York Tennis Expo, which will be held at NYCB LIVE, home of The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, February 9, will feature two different Speaker Sessions. We have assembled a great set of speakers for each respective panel, which will be co-headlined by an ATP player from the New York…
A day after Rafael Nadal dropped just six games en route to the Australian Open final, Novak Djokovic was nearly equally as dominant in his semifinal match on Friday. The top-seeded Serb routed Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 to secure his spot in the championship. “Today was a perfect match for me from…
Sports Made Easy Runs Challenger Event on Long Island Sports Made Easy continued its tournament series, hosting the Sports Made Easy November Challenger on Long Island. Like all Sports Made Easy tournaments, the idea was to combine the fun of playing the sport, with flexibility in the scheduling of events. In addition to…
Today, the Delray Beach Open announced the latest player commitments for their upcoming blockbuster event set to rock the tennis stadium in downtown Delray Beach next month. Joining an already star-filled line-up including former US Open and Delray Beach Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro (World No. 5), Kevin Anderson (World No. 6), Milos Raonic…
Rafael Nadal powered his way into the Australian Open final on Friday, dismantling one of the hottest players in the tournament, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 in clinical fashion. “I played well, of course,” said Nadal. “I have been playing well during the whole event. Every match, more or less, I think I…
Step inside NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, February 9 from 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. for an array of tennis programming for people of all ages and levels. Throughout the day, there will be free tennis clinics taking place on both the Stadium Court and Grandstand Court of…
In remarkable fashion, Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova came back to defeat Serena Williams 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 and book her spot in the Australian Open semifinals on Wednesday. Pliskova had captured the opening set, but soon after things took a dramatic turn. Serena rallied to win the second set, and then built a commanding 5-1…
Entering the Australian Open last week, American Danielle Collins had never won a main draw match at a Grand Slam. Now the 25-year-old finds herself in the final four at a Grand Slam after fighting back to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Tuesday and securing her spot in the Australian Open semifinals….