The Stony Brook’s Women’s Tennis team has been on a rollercoaster ride all season long, from earning their first national ranking in program history, to heading up to Vestal, N.Y. where they won their fourth straight America East title, cruising past Binghamton and Albany to once again qualify for the NCAA Tournament. “This never gets…
If you wanted to take the most comprehensive tennis lesson possible, what would it include? First, you’d have to think outside of that rectangular court and venture into areas of the game that you’re really not good at. You’ll need to set some priorities, but you’re not sure what those are. You’re pretty good at…
Defending champion and top-seed Kei Nishikori moved into the Barcelona Open semifinals on Friday, beating seventh-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. After dropping the second set, Nishikori broke twice in the final set and won 16 of his 18 service points to clinch the victory and move on. “It was [a] difficult match,” said…
Andy Roddick continued his dominance on the PowerShares Series circuit on Thursday night, beating James Blake 6-3 in the one-set final at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. The title is the seventh of Roddick’s season on the circuit, extending his record for the most titles in a single season. The previous record was held…
The Syosset Braves won its seventh consecutive match and improved to 7-0 on the season, defeating Great Neck North 5-2 on Thursday afternoon in Conference I-B. The deciding match came at first singles, with Syosset’s Daniel Shleimovich downing Great Neck North’s Alan Delman 6-3, 6-3 to clinch the victory. Syosset will visit Friends Academy on Friday…
Italian Fabio Fognini upset second-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal on Thursday, beating the eight-time champion 6-4, 7-6(6) to reach the Barcelona Open quarterfinals. The 13th-seeded Fognini was able to secure the lone break of the opening set and was able to serve out the remainder to take the one set advantage on Nadal. In the second…
Two of the top three seeds at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany were eliminated on Thursday, as top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova and third-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova were both bounced from the tournament. Kvitova was the first of the two to fall as she met American Madison Brengle in the early slate of…
The USTA has announced that reigning ITF World Junior Champion CiCi Bellis leads the 12 top juniors nominated to represent the U.S. in the qualifying rounds of Junior Davis and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas (16-and-under) and World Junior Tennis (14-and-under), the world’s premier junior team competitions. The events will be played April 30-May 2 at the USTA Training…
James Blake defeated John McEnroe 7-5 in the one-set final of the Champions Cup at the Agganis Arena at Boston University on Wednesday night, capturing his first title on the 2015 PowerShares Series circuit. Blake handed Andy Roddick his first loss on the circuit in 2015 in the semifinals, defeating his compatriot 6-3 to reach…
Rafael Nadal opened up his Barcelona Open campaign with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro on Wednesday. Nadal broke twice in the opening set, with the key one coming in the seventh game, to capture the first frame. He opened the door a bit in the second set as he lost his…