The USTA and U.S. Olympic tennis coaches Kathy Rinaldi and Bob Bryan today announced that top-ranked Americans Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz will play mixed doubles together for the U.S. at the Paris 2024 Games. The No. 2-ranked Gauff and No. 11-ranked Fritz are the top-ranked Americans in singles, and are both now competing in singles, doubles and mixed…
Next stop: Sectionals. The Mixed Doubles 7.0 team out of Point Set Tennis in Oceanside, captained by Lori Sarnelli and Melissa Thomas, captured the title in the Mixed Doubles 7.0 division at the USTA Long Island Regionals. “Our depth played a big part as so many players were able to play and win important matches…
The USTA today released the men’s and women’s singles entry lists for the 2024 US Open. Click to view the full entry lists: Men’s Singles | Women’s Singles World No. 1s Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek lead their respective fields, followed by reigning US Open champions Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff, who are both ranked No. 2 in…
This past fall, the Garden City girls’ tennis team enjoyed one of their best seasons in the history of the program. The Trojans won Nassau County’s Conference IIIA and advanced to the finals of the Nassau County Team Tournament. Senior captain Kayla Castellano played third singles for Garden City during the season, and was a…
On Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic met in a rematch of last year’s Wimbledon Championship. While it was a repeat of the 2023 final, this one played out much differently. A year after outlasting Djokovic in a thrilling five-set affair, Alcaraz repeated as champion, this time beating the nine-time champion 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4) to…
The below is an excerpt from the new Secrets of Spanish 2, the second edition of Chris Lewit’s best-selling book. The book is now available on Amazon and other venues. Although historically there has been some personal conflict — and competition — between Bruguera and Alvarez, together they have had a profound influence on the…
USTA Eastern’s Long Island Region is thrilled to announce the return of its Annual Awards Event this September. The 34th celebration of Long Island’s tennis community will be held on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at Sea Cliff Manor in Sea Cliff, N.Y. Please note a format change: The event will include a cocktail hour at…
The championship match in Ladies’ Singles at this year’s Wimbledon Championships is all set after the seventh-seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy and the 31st seed Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic won their respective semifinals on Thursday. Both players were forced to come back from a set down in their semifinal, with Paolini advancing first in…
If you have participated in an adult tennis or pickleball tournament on Long Island, there’s a good chance that you have interacted with Michelle Stoerback, who runs events and tournaments practically every weekend. Stoerback is the Adult Tennis Director for Sportime Clubs here on Long Island, and has become a fixture at all different types…
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