At last year’s U.S. Open, local junior Blake Chang had the experience of a lifetime. The 12- year-old from Manhasset had the honor of presenting the trophy after the U.S. Open women’s singles final, and was on stage with champion Coco Gauff and runner-up Aryna Sabalenka. “It was incredible being on that court,” Chang recalls….
After a loss to conference rivals Roslyn, the Syosset Braves found themselves with a record of 4-2. It was an unfamiliar position for a program so used to winning, and with two early season defeats, the team’s seniors decided to say something. “After those two losses, no one wanted to lose again,” said senior co-captain…
Three years ago, Harshith and Shashank Pennabadi came up with a plan. For Harshith’s senior season, the brothers from Ward Melville would pair up and play doubles together in the county tournament with the goal of competing for a state title. That plan was put into action and came to fruition on Sunday morning at…
Syosset captured the Nassau County Division I title for the second straight season as the Braves defeated Roslyn 5-2 at Hofstra University on Wednesday afternoon in a battle between the county’s top two seeds. The victory puts them back into the Long Island Championship and into a matchup with Commack on Monday, June 3 at…
In a contentious and emotional Long Island Division II Championship, Friends Academy and The Ross School left it all out on the courts of Smithtown East High School on Tuesday afternoon. When it was all said and done, it was the Quakers of Friends Academy who walked away victorious to capture its second consecutive LI…
For the fourth year in a row, the title of Suffolk County Boys Tennis Champions belongs to Commack. On Monday morning, Commack battled past Ward Melville 4-3 in a thrilling county championship at Long Island Health & Racquet Club in East Setauket. The match was broken down to one team dominating the singles flights as…
With spring, it’s time for the clay court season on the ATP and WTA Tours, which is highlighted by the signature red clay of Roland Garros and the year’s second major: the French Open. A year ago, Novak Djokovic was the men’s singles champion and hoisted the fourth French Open title of his career to…
For the third straight year, the Nassau County Boys’ Small School Championship pitted Friends Academy against Wheatley. And for the second straight time, it was the Quakers of Friends Academy that came out on top. Friends swept all five courts in Thursday’s final at Syosset High School to defend its title from 2023 and advance…
Winning Pretty is a new tennis technique book by Chris Lewit, author of the best-selling book The Secrets of Spanish Tennis. Winning Pretty is an expert’s guide to modern, world-class tennis technique and features cutting edge biomechanics, evidence-based technique analysis, diagrams and models, and many excellent technique drills for building beautiful, elastic technique. The book…
In what will most likely be the final French Open for Rafael Nadal, the Spaniard now knows who is first-round opponent will be. The 14-time Roland Garros champion will square off against fourth-seed Alexander Zverev to kick off his fortnight in Paris. In their previous 10 matchups against one another, Nadal is 7-3 against Zverev….