For the second consecutive night the New York Empire presented by Citi took an early lead, only to see the Washington Kastles come back and rally for the victory, 21-20. The Empire fall to 0-2 on the young World TeamTennis presented by GEICO season while the Kastles improve to 2-0. The Empire won two of…
The USTA today announced that the prize money for the 2018 US Open will be at a record high of $53 million, maintaining the US Open as the richest purse in tennis history. Prize money at the US Open has increased by 57% since 2013. 2018 marks the 45th Anniversary of equal prize money which…
The New York Empire presented by Citi will host a robust lineup of women who inspire today’s youth on Wednesday, July 18 as part of Empower Her night when the Philadelphia Freedoms visit Court 17 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Hundreds of young girls, beginning at 4 p.m., will be treated to…
The New York Beach Tennis (NYBT) Summer Series kicked off on Sunday, June 24 at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury as guys and girls took to the club’s pristine sand courts to compete in the summer’s first tournament: The Battle on the Beach. As an internationally sanctioned tournament by the International Federation Beach…
For Novak Djokovic, it was his fourth. For Angelique Kerber, her first. The two players stood atop the tennis mountain this weekend after each hoisted the Wimbledon trophies after a long fortnight in London. Kerber was first up and faced a familiar-foe in her final on Saturday: Serena Williams. The seven-time champion and 25th…
In one of the best matches you will ever see, South Africa’s Kevin Anderson outlasted American John Isner 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 7-6(9), 6-4, 26-24 in six hours and 36 minutes to book his spot in the Wimbledon final. Heading into the semifinal, most people thought Isner and Anderson would play a competitive match as both…
The New York Empire begin its third season in World TeamTennis presented by GEICO as the franchise returns to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center this summer, looking to build off a 2017 campaign which saw it come one match away from the finals. “There were so many close matches, we lost…
–This story first appeared in the July/August 2018 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine– I was first introduced to tennis at the age of seven at a local park on Long Island and quickly fell in love with the sport. I headed to my first U.S. Open shortly thereafter, somewhere around 1990. It became…
In a rematch of the 2016 final, and that year’s Australian Open final, Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber will square off for the Wimbledon championship on Saturday after each won their respective semifinals on Thursday. “Believe me, I know she wants to go out there and win. So do I,” Serena said of Kerber….
It’s been 12 years in the making, but American John Isner is into the first Grand Slam semifinal of his career after dispatching Canada’s Milos Raonic 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-3 in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Wednesday. In a matchup of two big-time servers, few were surprised that neither play faltered on their own serve…