After being forced to come back from a set down in her previous three matches at Roland Garros, world number one Serena Williams did not want to go down that path again. She came out firing early and often against Italy’s Sara Errani, beating the 17th-seed 6-1, 6-3 to move into the French Open’s final…
After stopping in Indian Wells, Calif. last month, the Sportime World Tour made its way across the Atlantic Ocean and into Paris for a French Open-themed event at Sportime Roslyn. The fourth stop of the Sportime World Tour brought in a Parisian theme, where five courts of play available where Sportime instructors conducted a number…
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga marched into the French Open semifinals on Tuesday, beating fifth-seed Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3. The hometown favorite Tsonga came out firing from the very start of the match, breaking twice in the opening games en route to taking the opening set 6-1. The 14th seed then built a 5-2…
Bob & Mike Bryan made their way into the French Open semifinals on Tuesday, downing Marcin Matkowski & Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4. The top duo in the world nailed down a key break early in the third set which proved to be the difference, finishing off the Polish and Serbian pair in one hour…
Ana Ivanovic’s run at the French Open continued on Tuesday as the former world number one defeated the Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Roland Garros semifinals. Ivanovic battled through some windy conditions throughout the match, even double-faulting on her opening service game, to stay with it and cruise into the final four….
When the French Open draw was released, tennis fans salivated at the prospect of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic facing off in the quarterfinals. The Spaniard and the Serb each took care of business on Monday, winning their respective matches relatively easily to set up one of the more intriguing Grand Slam matchups in recent…
Serena Williams hasn’t made things look easy in her French Open matches thus far, but the end result is all that matters. That was true again on Monday, as the world number one came back from a set down to beat fellow American Sloane Stephens 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 and reach the Roland Garros quarterfinals. Coming…
Young hopefuls from across Long Island will be on hand at SPORTIME Syosset, the Long Island home of JMTA, located at 75 Haskett Drive in Syosset, N.Y. on Saturday, June 27, to try out for a full scholarship to attend JMTA at SPORTIME Syosset for the 2015-2016 season. The day begins with registration at 9:00…
Defending champion Maria Sharapova saw her dream of repeating in Roland Garros come to an end on Monday as the second-seeded Russian fell to Lucie Safarova. The 13th seeded Czech pulled off the upset with a 7-6(3), 6-4 win over the five-time Grand Slam champion. Safarova jumped out to a 3-1 advantage in the opening…
Webster Schroeder Junior Matt Gamble won his second consecutive singles title at the 2015 NYSPHSAA/NYSFSSAA Boys Tennis Championships on Saturday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center defeating Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK's Yuval Solomon 6-3, 6-1. "I think I played my best match of the tournament today," said Gamble. "I felt like this one…