The year 2017 proved to be a very good year for the Long Island USTA Adult League teams. We had five teams win at the Sectional Championships advance to the National Championships! Job well done! The winning teams who advanced to Nationals include: The 18 & Over 3.5 Women’s Team from Carefree, captained by…
The United States captured its 18th Fed Cup title this past weekend, going into Minsk to beat Belarus 3-2 thanks to a clutch doubles victory from Shelby Rogers and Coco Vandeweghe in the weekend’s final match. “I’m just really thrilled for all four players, “USA captain Kathy Rinaldi said afterwards. “CoCo came out and…
USTA Eastern hosted its 31st Annual College Showcase Day at the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y., which drew more than 70 of the top high school tennis players in the Northeast to come to connect with 50 college tennis coaches from Division I, II and III collegiate programs. The Showcase provides these college-bound…
It was Tuesday night, the 19th of September in 1973, exactly 44 years ago when I sat in front of the TV and watched Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in a tennis match called the “Battle of the Sexes.” Fast-forward to 2017, and Billie Jean is walking the red carpet in New York…
Every four years, Israel hosts The Maccabiah Games as 10,000 Jewish athletes, of all ages, from 80 countries converge and meet to compete in the event that features many sports including soccer, basketball and tennis. The Maccabiah Games is the third largest international sportime event in the world and this July, one of Point…
This story first appeared in the November/December 2017 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine As 2016 turned into 2017, Sloane Stephens found herself at a difficult crossroads in both her life and her tennis career. After undergoing foot surgery in January of 2017, Stephens knew she would be missing considerable time on the tour…
Almost 50 years ago, the U.S. Open and Australian Open were played on grass courts. At that time, three out of the four Grand Slams were played on grass with the French Open being the only exception. Backtracking even farther into tennis history, you will find that before we had the ATP, WTA or…
On a flight returning from Portugal this past June, I was with 24 varsity collegiate players from the Oneonta State Tennis program. I had eight hours with my thoughts on a transatlantic journey from Lisbon to New York. We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to play some team exhibitions in Europe and…
Victoria Azarenka, the greatest tennis player in Belarus’ history, will not compete in the nation’s Fed Cup Final against the United States this weekend in Minsk. “It’s a pity but we just can’t change anything right now,” said Belarus captain Eduard Dubrov last week. Azarenka has not played since Wimbledon in July as a…
The meniscus has the important job of cushioning and stabilizing the knee joint, and any time a meniscus injury occurs, the symptoms are usually severe enough to warrant a trip to an Orthopedic Surgeon. If you’ve injured your knee and are experiencing any, or any combination, of the below-mentioned symptoms, you might have a meniscus…