The boy’s tennis playoffs in Suffolk County began Wednesday afternoon, as teams battled in first-round action. The top eight seeds in the County receive byes into the second-round. Below are the results of Wednesday’s action: â–º(16) Patchogue-Medford defeated (17) Shoreham-Wading River 5-2 Patcogue-Medford advances to play (1) Half Hollow Hills West â–º(9) Northport defeated (24) Stony Brook…
Victoria Azarenka outlasted Caroline Wozniacki in a second round matchup at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome on Wednesday, defeating the fifth-seeded Dane 6-2, 7-6(2). Azarenka entered Wednesday’s contest with wins in her two previous matches this year against Wozniacki, and looked as if she would take this one easily early on. She cruised through…
Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal cruised into the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday, rolling past Turkey’s Marsel Illhan 6-2, 6-0. Nadal needed just 74 minutes to defeat Illhan. He dominated on serve, winning 92 percent of his first service points and saved the only two break point chances he allowed. “I am…
The Syosset Braves kept on rolling on Tuesday afternoon, defeating Port Washington 7-0 in a Conference I semi-final. The win improves Syosset’s record to 15-0 on the season, and puts them into the Conference I title match. The deciding match on Tuesday came from the second doubles tandem of Evan Lowitt & Preet Rajpal. The…
Defending champion Novak Djokovic opened up his defense of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia title with a three-set win over Nicolas Almagro on Tuesday. Djokovic hung on to defeat Almagro 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-3 to reach round three of the event in Rome, Italy. It looked as if Djokovic would cruise early on, capturing the first set…
The USTA has announced that CiCi Bellis and Claire Liu will headline the eight top junior girls selected for the 2015 Team USA National Junior Team, a training program designed to give a collection of America’s best young players opportunities to train together during the summer and travel to play against top junior competition from around the…
The team playoffs for Nassau County boys’ tennis began Monday afternoon with a number of quarterfinal contests being played as teams bid for a conference championship. Conference 1 Quarterfinals â–ºPort Washington 6, Plainview JFK 1 Port Washington defeated Plainview JFK 6-1 in a play-in match, pushing the Vikings into a Conference I…
American John Isner continued his solid clay-court season on Monday, defeating Brazil’s Joao Sousa 7-5, 6-3 in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia first-round. Isner ripped 13 aces and saved the only break point chance he faced to move past Sousa. He also managed to notch a break point in each set to dictate the play and…
The 2015 Long Island Winter Junior Team Tennis Season ended with two exciting weekends of competition, with 18 teams competing in three different divisions. In the 12 & Under Division, World Gym Setauket defeated the Sportime Legends in the finals and will move on the Sectionals. The 14 & Under Division had a five team round-robin to determine the…
The Nassau County individual singles and doubles tournament got underway this past weekend with the top players from all across the county competing at Oceanside High School for a chance to be crowned county champion. Mother nature spoiled the fun on Saturday morning, the tournament’s opening day, as a rain delay suspended play for awhile….