The Wantagh Warriors improved to 9-0 on Thursday, edging Valley Stream South 4-3 in a key Conference IV matchup. Andrew Randazzo helped the cause with a 6-0, 6-0 triumph at third singles, but it was the third doubles court that came up clutch for Wantagh. To clinch the match, Matt Pullman and John King shook…
Photo Credit: Sarah Schwartz The Syosset Braves defeated Jericho 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping all seven courts to push its winning streak to 42 straight. It was the Syosset singles players that led the way on this day. Neel Rajesh won 6-0, 6-0 over Mike Wexler at first singles and Kabir Rajpal followed it up…
Long Island Tennis Magazine will continue its local grassroots push by running a series of events and tournaments throughout the 2017 summer. The 2017 LITM Summer Series will kick-off on Saturday, May 20 (Rain-Date May 21) at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn, N.Y., as we host The Long Island Tennis Challenge. This event will consist of three divisions/levels…
The start to 2017 has been much kinder to Serena Williams than the start of the 2016 season. She began 2016 coming off one of the most difficult losses of her career, a shocking defeat to Roberta Vinci in the 2015 U.S. Open semifinals, as she was pursuing both Steffi Graf’s Open Era record of…
The Syosset Braves improved to 7-0 on the year on Monday afternoon, downing Cold Spring Harbor in a Conference I matchup. The win extends the Syosset winning streak to 41 straight matches as the two-time defending county champions continue to roll. On Monday it was sophomore Neel Rajesh who clinched the victory, defeating Matt Cashin…
Photo Credit: Twitter/@Shelby_Rogers_ The United States defeated top-seed and three-time defending champions Czech Republic 3-2 to reach the Fed Cup Final at Saddlebrook Resort in Florida on Sunday. After splitting the first two rubbers, the two squads entered Sunday all even at 1-1 with three matches remaining. Coco Vandeweghe stepped up and gave the Americans…
The Roslyn Bulldogs won its second straight match on Friday afternoon as it beat Jericho 6-1 in a Conference I matchup to improve to 5-1 on the season. Roslyn would win two of the three singles matches on the day, as Daniel Weitz beat Michael…
Great Neck North snapped a four-match losing streak on Thursday, beating Plainview JFK 4-3 in Conference I to win its first match of the season. The Blazers were led by Luke Hakimian and Damien Chafe, who notched a 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 win over Alex Fried and Nick Dechiano at first doubles to anchor the victory….
Top-seed Andy Murray and 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka were both bounced from the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters just hours apart on Thursday. Murray was up first and was taking on Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who had to battle back from 0-4 down in the final set to pull off the 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 upset. “Today it’s…
The Massapequa Chiefs moved to 5-0 on the season, gutting out a tough 4-3 win over Oceanside in a Conference II-B showdown on Wednesday afternoon. This tightly-contested match would come down to the second doubles court, and John Probst and Joseph Menichini clinched the win for Massapequa with a 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 win over Noah…