Maria Sharapova hung on to beat Simona Halep in a back and forth affair at the WTA Finals in Singapore on Tuesday, eventually outlasting the Romanian 6-4, 6-4 to win the round-robin contest. At 4-4 in the opening set, Sharapova turned up her level. She rattled off seven of the next eight games to build…
The WTA Finals in Singapore continued on Monday with two matches, as Garbine Muguruza and Angelique Kerber both picked up straight set victories. Muguruza, the youngest player in the tournament, beat Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova 6-3, 7-6(3) to win her first match of the finals. The 22-year old Spaniard secured a break early on in the…
It was a busy weekend for tennis on Long Island as both Nassau and Suffolk County had their county championships played, but it wasn’t just high school tennis played, as three Long Island colleges captured their respective conference championships over the weekend. The Bears of New York Insitute of Technology (NYIT) were seeking its fourth…
The Half Hollow Hills East Thunderbirds entered the 2015 Girls High School Playoffs as the fourth seed in Suffolk County, but played its best tennis when it mattered most, and ran the table in the playoffs, defeating second seed and undefeated Commack 5-2 in the County Final. It was singles play that led the way…
As the defending Nassau County Girls High School Tennis champions, the Manhasset Indians played each and every match of the 2015 season with a target on its back. And each and every time, Manhasset’s girls came through, culminating in a 5-2 victory over Cold Spring Harbor on to complete the undefeated season and win its second…
The Commack Cougars continued its undefeated season on Thursday afternoon, downing East Hampton/Bridgehampton/Pierson 5-2 to reach the Suffolk County Girls High School Tennis Finals. In what was a highly-competitive match, it was singles play that led the way for the Cougars, winning all four singles courts behind the comeback victory of Emma Matz at third…
The USTA has announced the launch of the Australian Open Wild Card Challenge. The Wild Card Challenge, in its second year, will utilize the USTA Pro Circuit to award wild cards into the 2016 Australian Open. In this Wild Card Challenge, the American man and American woman who earn the most ATP World Tour and…
The Colonials of William Floyd High School continued their dominant run over the last two years, downing eighth-seed Sayville 7-0 in a Suffolk County quarterfinal match on Wednesday. Brooke Fernandez anchored the victory for Floyd, downing Paige Liskiewicz 6-2, 6-0 at second singles. Floyd is now 18-0 on the season, and will take its undefeated…
Heading into Wednesday’s Nassau County Girl’s High School Tennis semifinal, both Cold Spring Harbor head coach Melissa McLees and Syosset head coach Shai Fisher knew this one would be close. And it was, with the Seahawks of Cold Spring Harbor sneaking out a 4-3 win at Syosset High School on a warm and sunny Wednesday…
The USTA has announced that the Holua Tennis Center at Holua Resort at Mauna Loa Village in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, has been selected as the site for the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round between the United States and Poland, Feb. 6-7. Fed Cup is the world’s largest annual international team competition…