Port Washington sophomore Austin Egna improved his record in singles to 9-0 this season, defeating Joey Austin of Hewlett at third singles to lead the Vikings over the Bulldogs 7-0 in a Conference I-A matchup Tuesday afternoon. The Vikings have now won seven of its last eight matches and currently sit at 8-2 in the…
Defending champion Maria Sharapova cruised into the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday, moving past Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino 6-1, 6-2. “It’s definitely nice to get another win today,” said Sharapova, who beat Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday. “It’s a little bit of a different opponent and different style of play against…
Gael Monfils got off to a winning start in Madrid, cruising past Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-0 to reach the Mutua Madrid Open second-round on Tuesday. Monfils used a dominant serve to get past Troicki, losing just 15 service points in the match, and broke Troicki five times in six chances to advance. The 13th-seeded…
American John Isner was one of three men from the United States to win their opener in the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday, defeating France’s Adrian Mannarino 7-6(2), 6-4 to advance to the second-round. Isner ripped 13 aces and didn’t allow a single break point to ease past the Frenchman. He will play Brazilian Thomaz…
The Syosset Braves remained perfect on the 2015 season on Monday, beating conference foe Roslyn 5-2 in a tightly-contested matchup on a sunny, but windy, afternoon. The Braves were led by its singles play, starting at the top with first singles player Daniel Shleimovich. While the wind caused some frustration and he struggled a bit…
A number of boys tennis teams took to the courts Friday afternoon with each match becoming more and more important as we wind down the regular season. In Conference I-B, Great Neck North won its fourth consecutive match to improve to 10-3 on the season. The Blazers cruised past the Jericho Jayhawks 7-0 on Friday, pulling…
Seventeen-year-old Frances Tiafoe of College Park, Md., will make his Grand Slam main draw debut after earning a main draw wild card into the French Open by winning the 2015 Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge. Tiafoe, who turned pro in early April and is currently ranked a career-high 381st in the world, clinched the wild card…
In his first time playing in the country of Turkey, world number two Roger Federer captured the Istanbul Open trophy, beating third-seeded Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 7-6(11) for his 85th career ATP World Tour title. Federer notched the lone break point of the opening set and went on to take it 6-3. He looked to…
Roger Federer survived a strong test from Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the Istanbul Open third-round on Friday, advancing with a 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-3 victory. Gimeno-Traver kept himself in the match by saving 10 of the 13 break points he faced, but the world number two from Switzerland was just too tough, breaking while up 4-3…
The Half Hollow Hills East Boys Tennis team came into the 2015 season with a 106-match winning streak over Suffolk County opponents, but its cross-town rivals, the Hills West Colts, has now beaten the Thunderbirds twice this season following a 4-3 victory on Thursday afternoon. In a back and forth match, the contest came down…