World number one Andy Murray outlasted Kei Nishikori 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4 at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday, extending his winning streak to 21 matches in what was the longest best-of-three sets match ever at the ATP World Tour Finals. The opening set would head to a tiebreaker after Nishikori saved a set point…
The Long Island tennis community has some of the sport’s finest facilities, both indoor and outdoor, and best coaches in the world. With this wealth of talent available right in our own backyard, Long Island Tennis Magazine recently took the opportunity to pick the brains of some of these top coaches. What you will…
Austria’s Dominic Thiem won his first career match at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday, hanging on to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 to improve to 1-1 in round-robin play in the Ivan Lendl Group at the O2 Arena in London. “I had a good start today. I was trying to stay…
The round-robin play in the John McEnroe group at the ATP World Tour Finals in London got underway on Monday, and Japan’s Kei Nishikori won the day’s first match with an impressive 6-2, 6-3 win over Stan Wawrinka at The O2. Nishikori was the more aggressive player and it showed throughout the match as he…
The Czech Republic won its fifth Fed Cup title in the last six years over the weekend, as Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Strycova won the deciding fifth rubber match, downing France’s Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 7-5 to clinch the 3-2 overall victory for the Czechs. “Of course I am very proud. It was…
Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka captured the third Grand Slam of his career in Flushing Meadows, downing Novak Djokovic 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in the finals of the 2016 U.S. Open, but Stan the Man wasn’t as calm and collective heading into that match as one may have thought. Minutes before he walked onto the court in…
France's Lucas Pouille won the ATP Most Improved Player. The ATP World Tour announced its year-end awards for the 2016 season on Thursday, as Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro and the Bryan Brothers were among those honored with awards. Federer, despite having not played over the last few months of the year due to…
The sixth annual Gold Coast International Film Festival begins next week as more than 25 feature-length films and 40 short films will be screened at the Gold Coast Arts Center in North Hempstead, and there is one film in particular that will be of interest to tennis fans here on Long Island. “Gold Balls” is…
Tennis Elbow is the scourge of many amateur and high level players. In the past, most athletes suffering this injury were forced to take time away from the court while the pain improved, or in more severe cases, surgery was required to repair the damaged tendon. In recent years, a new treatment has been gaining…
On Tuesday night, Nov. 8th, Suffolk County's high school girls tennis players, along with their families and coaches, came together at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook for the 2016 Suffolk County Girls Varsity Tennis Awards Dinner, organized by the Suffolk County Girls Varsity Tennis Coaches Association. The annual event is an evening when the shining stars…