The Stony Brook Women’s Tennis team knocked off 43rd-ranked Brown over the weekend, catapulting the Seawolves into the national rankings for the first time in the program’s history. Stony Brook beat Brown 5-2 on Saturday for its first win over a nationally-ranked opponent in the school’s history. The win bumped it up to 53rd in…
Former world number four Juan Martin del Potro withdrew from the BNP Paribas Masters at Indian Wells earlier this week as the Argentine still continues to battle a left wrist injury. Del Potro was the runner up at the tournament back in 2013 and had been given a wild card to this year’s event. The…
Grigor Dimitrov brings his talents to New York City in early March for the BNP Paribas Showdown, when he takes on Roger Federer in an exhibition match. The 23-year-old Bulgarian has made quite a name for himself in his short years on the ATP Tour and 2015 could be a breakout season for the rising…
The Hofstra Men’s Tennis team fell to 3-3 on the season over the weekend as the Temple Owls edged out a 4-3 victory over the Pride at Point Set Indoor Racquet Club in Oceanside on Sunday. With both teams exchanging wins in the six singles matches, Temple was able to win two of the three…
Queens College’s Lucas Martinez was named East Coast Conference (ECC) Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week in men’s tennis. The freshman has now received the honor in each of the last two weeks as he has helped the Knights start its 2015 campaign at 4-1. In an 8-1 victory over Hunter on…
The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced its 2015 inductees at a press conference Monday, with two-time Grand Slam champion and current coach of Andy Murray, Amelie Mauresmo, headlining the class of three. Mauresmo is a former world number one who captured titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006. She held the number…
Bethpage Park Tennis Center hosted its 8th Annual High School Tennis Coaches Workshop on March 8. The free event gathered high school coaches from across Long Island and taught different tips, methods and drills that coaches can use for their players. There was a great turnout as more than a couple dozen coaches came out…
Tennis legends Monica Seles and Gabriela Sabatini will face each other in a 25th anniversary rematch of their famed 1990 five-set WTA Championship final in the 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown, set for March 10 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Seles leads the career head-to-head 11-3 over Sabatini. In addition to the Seles-Sabatini…
The United States entered this past weekend’s Davis Cup action needing to sweep all three of the remaining matches to move past Great Britain and into the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, the Americans were only able to conjure up two of the three victories they needed, falling to the Brits 3-2 in Glasgow, Scotland. Fifth-ranked Andy Murray clinched…
For the second consecutive week, Timea Bacsinszky knocked off Caroline Garcia in a tournament final, capturing the Abierto Monterrey Afirme title with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory on Sunday. Just last week, Bacsinszky defeated Garcia 6-3, 6-0 in Acapulco to win the Mexican Open crown. The match was much closer this time around as Garcia…