The Blazers of Great Neck North reached the Nassau County semifinals on Wednesday afternoon, beating Syosset 4-1 in a quarterfinal showdown. Great Neck North was led by the third doubles team of Brook Damaghi and Julia Kosinski, who defeated Caroline Lee and Alex Ho 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 to clinch the victory, and send the Blazers…
Commack's Kimberly Liao and Ward Melville's Denise Lai will try to lead their teams to a deep run in the Suffolk County playoffs. The two-top seeds in the Suffolk County team tournament, Commack and Ward Melville, respectively, will get their playoff tournaments underway on Wednesday afternoon, with spots in the quarterfinals on the line. The…
Manhasset's Maddie Clinton helped lead the Indians past Roslyn in the Nassau County playoffs on Tuesday afternoon. The defending Nassau County champions, the Manhasset Indians, advanced back to the county semifinals on Tuesday afternoon, defeating Roslyn 5-2 in a quarterfinal showdown. Maddie Clinton notched a 6-1, 6-1 win over Rena Zerzakos at second singles, and…
Eastport-South Manor’s Jackie Bukzin captured the Suffolk County singles title on Monday afternoon, upending defending champion Kimberly Liao of Commack 6-2, 6-3 at Suffolk County Community College in Selden. The junior was playing in her fifth Suffolk County tournament and with an added variety to her game and a more mentally strong attitude, she would…
Credit photo to Sidney Beal III American Serena Williams has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas WTA Finals in Singapore on the medial advice of her doctors, who say the world number two needs more time to recover from the shoulder injury which forced her to pull out of the Asian swing. “I was looking forward…
Following the completion of its investigation into Nick Kyrgios’ second round match last week at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, the ATP has announced that Kyrgios has been found to have committed the player major offense ‘Conduct Contrary to the Integrity of the Game.’ The offense means that Kyrgios receives an additional fine of $25,000, and…
When the Nassau County Individual Singles draw came out, top-seeded Merri Kelly Hannity of Cold Spring Harbor and second-seeded Courtney Kowalsky of Oyster Bay were on opposite sides and never thought they would play against one another. “It was hard but it was fun at the same time,” Hannity said of playing Kowalsky. “We talked…
The Nassau County regular season concluded its regular season on Thursday afternoon, as the final matches took place and the seeds for next week’s county tournament were finalized. In Conference I, Great Neck North earned itself the fourth-seed, downing Roslyn 5-2 to finish at 9-5 on the season. The first doubles duo of Ashley Yu…
The ATP has fined Australia’s Nick Kyrgios $16,500 for his actions during his second-round match at the Shanghai Rolex Masters against Mischa Zverev on Wednesday. The fine was broken into three parts: $10,000 for showing a “lack of best efforts”, $5,000 for verbal abuse of a spectator and $1,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct. Zverev defeated Kyrgios…
Serbia’s Viktor Troicki upset Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6(3) in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, beating the Spaniard for the first time in his career to reach the third round. “I played really well. I was aggressive, I served well and I hit the ball nice,” said Troicki. “It was a great feeling…