With the country in the midst of celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, USTA Eastern welcomed author Robert Lopez to Grow Tennis New York’s Courts & Cocktails event at SPORTIME Syosset. Lopez spoke to the sold-out crowd of participants about his book, Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure, which tells the story…
All season long, Syosset’s goal has been to return to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Team Championships and win it this time around. On Saturday, the Braves moved one step closer to that goal, defeating Hills East 6-1 in the Long Island Large School Championship at Shoreham-Wading River High School….
The Phantoms can now call itself the Long Island Champions. Bayport-Blue Point captured its first ever Long Island Championship on Saturday afternoon, edging Cold Spring Harbor 3-2 at Shoreham-Wading River High School in a rematch of the 2023 final. “It feels so good, four years later and we finally got the Long Island Championship,” said…
This article was written prior to the National Championships being held. There will be a follow-up story in the January/February 2025 edition of Long Island Tennis Magazine Déjà vu all over again. A year ago, Laura Crain and her team from Point Set Tennis represented the USTA Eastern Section at the USTA National Championships. The…
Angel Walia capped off her high school tennis career in the best way possible as the senior from Herricks captured the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Singles Title at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens on Wednesday morning. Walia won her fifth consecutive match of the week…
An excerpt from Chris Lewit’s new book, Winning Pretty, which will be available in paperback in 2025 There is now a widespread belief in the tennis coaching world that eye dominance, where one eye is assumed to be preferred over the other for sighting, plays an important role in tennis biomechanics. But is it true…
The theme of Syosset’s wins over the last few years has been the depth of its roster, with their doubles teams oftentimes proving to be the difference. In the Nassau County Large School Championship, the Braves singles lineup came to play as it aimed to defend its county title in a showdown with Port Washington….
Playing at her own school and on the court she plays her team matches on, Smithtown East’s Anya Konopka captured her second straight Suffolk County singles title on Monday afternoon. Konopka repeated as champion with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over Mt. Sinai’s Sofia Perez. “This was the first time we’ve ever had the finals here….
A year ago, Emilia and Evie Romano of Bayport-Blue Point came up just short in pursuit of the Suffolk County doubles title, falling to eventual New York State Champions Matilda Buchen & Julia Stabile of Westhampton Beach in the finals. This time around, however, playing a Westhampton Beach pairing once again, this time Buchen &…
Angelina Bravo is now the owner of two Nassau County Individual titles. Bravo backed up her doubles title in 2023 with the singles title in 2024, defeating Alex Raikos of Mepham 6-4, 6-0 in the championship match on Sunday afternoon at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. “It feels great,” she said. “After playing doubles last…